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+THE HOLY BIBLE
+
+
+
+
+Translated from the Latin Vulgate
+
+
+Diligently Compared with the Hebrew, Greek,
+and Other Editions in Divers Languages
+
+
+THE OLD TESTAMENT
+First Published by the English College at Douay
+A.D. 1609 & 1610
+
+and
+
+THE NEW TESTAMENT
+First Published by the English College at Rheims
+A.D. 1582
+
+
+With Annotations
+
+
+The Whole Revised and Diligently Compared with
+the Latin Vulgate by Bishop Richard Challoner
+A.D. 1749-1752
+
+
+
+
+
+THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO SAINT MATTHEW
+
+Saint Matthew, one of the twelve Apostles, who from being a publican,
+that is, a taxgatherer, was called by our Saviour to the Apostleship: in
+that profession his name is Levi. (Luke 5.27, and Mark 2.14.) He was the
+first of the Evangelists that wrote the Gospel, and that in Hebrew or
+Syro-Chaldaic which the Jews in Palestine spoke at that time. The
+original is not now extant; but it was translated in the time of the
+Apostles into Greek, that version was of equal authority. He wrote about
+six years after the Lord's Ascension.
+
+
+Matthew Chapter 1
+
+The genealogy of Christ: he is conceived and born of a virgin.
+
+1:1. The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the
+son of Abraham:
+
+1:2. Abraham begot Isaac. And Isaac begot Jacob. And Jacob begot Judas
+and his brethren.
+
+1:3. And Judas begot Phares and Zara of Thamar. And Phares begot Esron.
+And Esron begot Aram.
+
+1:4. And Aram begot Aminadab. And Aminadab begot Naasson. And Naasson
+begot Salmon.
+
+1:5. And Salmon begot Booz of Rahab. And Booz begot Obed of Ruth.  And
+Obed begot Jesse.
+
+1:6. And Jesse begot David the king. And David the king begot Solomon,
+of her that had been the wife of Urias.
+
+1:7. And Solomon begot Roboam. And Roboam begot Abia. And Abia begot
+Asa.
+
+1:8. And Asa begot Josaphat. And Josaphat begot Joram. And Joram begot
+Ozias.
+
+1:9. And Ozias begot Joatham. And Joatham begot Achaz. And Achaz begot
+Ezechias.
+
+1:10. And Ezechias begot Manasses. And Manasses begot Amon. And Amon
+begot Josias.
+
+1:11. And Josias begot Jechonias and his brethren in the transmigration
+of Babylon.
+
+1:12. And after the transmigration of Babylon, Jechonias begot
+Salathiel. And Salathiel begot Zorobabel.
+
+1:13. And Zorobabel begot Abiud. And Abiud begot Eliacim. And Eliacim
+begot Azor.
+
+1:14. And Azor begot Sadoc. And Sadoc begot Achim. And Achim begot
+Eliud.
+
+1:15. And Eliud begot Eleazar. And Eleazar begot Mathan. And Mathan
+begot Jacob.
+
+1:16. And Jacob begot Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born
+Jesus, who is called Christ.
+
+The husband of Mary... The Evangelist gives us rather the pedigree of
+St. Joseph, than that of the blessed Virgin, to conform to the custom of
+the Hebrews, who in their genealogies took no notice of women; but as
+they were near akin, the pedigree of the one sheweth that of the other.
+
+1:17. 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.
+
+1:18. 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.
+
+1:19. Whereupon Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing
+publicly to expose her, was minded to put her away privately.
+
+1:20. 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.
+
+1:21. And she shall bring forth a son: and thou shalt call his name
+Jesus. For he shall save his people from their sins.
+
+1:22. Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which the Lord
+spoke by the prophet, saying:
+
+1:23. 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.
+
+1:24. And Joseph rising up from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had
+commanded him, and took unto him his wife.
+
+1:25. And he knew her not till she brought forth her first born son: and
+he called his name Jesus.
+
+Till she brought forth her firstborn son... From these words Helvidius
+and other heretics most impiously inferred that the blessed Virgin Mary
+had other children besides Christ; but St.  Jerome shews, by divers
+examples, that this expression of the Evangelist was a manner of
+speaking usual among the Hebrews, to denote by the word until, only what
+is done, without any regard to the future. Thus it is said, Genesis 8. 6
+and 7, that Noe sent forth a raven, which went forth, and did not return
+till the waters were dried up on the earth. That is, did not return any
+more. Also Isaias 46. 4, God says: I am till you grow old. Who dare
+infer that God should then cease to be: Also in the first book of
+Machabees 5. 54, And they went up to mount Sion with joy and gladness,
+and offered holocausts, because not one of them was slain till they had
+returned in peace. That is, not one was slain before or after they had
+returned. God saith to his divine Son: Sit on my right hand till I make
+thy enemies thy footstool. Shall he sit no longer after his enemies are
+subdued? Yea and for all eternity. St. Jerome also proves by Scripture
+examples, that an only begotten son, was also called firstborn, or first
+begotten: because according to the law, the firstborn males were to be
+consecrated to God; Sanctify unto me, saith the Lord, every firstborn
+that openeth the womb among the children of Israel, etc. Ex. 13. 2.
+
+Matthew Chapter 2
+
+The offerings of the wise men: the flight into Egypt: the massacre of
+the Innocents.
+
+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,
+
+2:2. 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.
+
+2:3. And king Herod hearing this, was troubled, and all Jerusalem with
+him.
+
+2:4. And assembling together all the chief priests and the scribes of
+the people, he inquired of them where Christ should be born.
+
+2:5. But they said to him: In Bethlehem of Juda. For so it is written by
+the prophet:
+
+2:6. 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.
+
+2:7. Then Herod, privately calling the wise men learned diligently of
+them the time of the star which appeared to them;
+
+2:8. 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 and adore him.
+
+2:9. 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.
+
+2:10. And seeing the star they rejoiced with exceeding great joy.
+
+2:11. 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.
+
+2:12. And having received an answer in sleep that they should not return
+to Herod, they went back another way into their country.
+
+2:13. 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.
+
+2:14. Who arose, and took the child and his mother by night, and retired
+into Egypt: and he was there until the death of Herod:
+
+2:15. That it might be fulfilled which the Lord spoke by the prophet,
+saying: Out of Egypt have I called my son.
+
+2:16. Then Herod perceiving that he was deluded by the wise men, was
+exceeding angry: and sending killed all the menchildren 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.
+
+2:17. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet,
+saying:
+
+2:18. A voice in Rama was heard, lamentation and great mourning; Rachel
+bewailing her children, and would not be comforted, because they are
+not.
+
+2:19. But when Herod was dead, behold an angel of the Lord appeared in
+sleep to Joseph in Egypt,
+
+2:20. 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.
+
+2:21. Who arose, and took the child and his mother, and came into the
+land of Israel.
+
+2:22. But hearing that Archclaus 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.
+
+2:23. And coming he dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be
+fulfilled which was said by the prophets: That he shall be called a
+Nazarene.
+
+Matthew Chapter 3
+
+The preaching of John: Christ is baptized.
+
+3:1. And in those days cometh John the Baptist preaching in the desert
+of Judea.
+
+3:2. And saying: Do penance: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
+
+Do penance... Paenitentiam agite. Which word, according to the use of
+the scriptures and the holy fathers, does not only signify repentance
+and amendment of life, but also punishing past sins by fasting, and such
+like penitential exercises.
+
+3:3. 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.
+
+3:4. And the same John had his garment of camel's hair, and a leathern
+girdle about his loins: and his meat was locusts and wild honey.
+
+3:5. Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea, and all the country
+about Jordan:
+
+3:6. And were baptized by him in the Jordan, confessing their sins.
+
+3:7. 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?
+
+Pharisees and Sadducees... These were two sects among the Jews: of which
+the former were for the most part notorious hypocrites; the latter, a
+kind of freethinkers in matters of religion.
+
+3:8. Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of penance.
+
+3:9. 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.
+
+3:10. 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.
+
+3:11. I indeed baptize you in 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.
+
+3:12. 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.
+
+3:13. Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to the Jordan, unto John, to be
+baptized by him.
+
+3:14. But John stayed him, saying: I ought to be baptized by thee, and
+comest thou to me?
+
+3:15. And Jesus answering, said to him: Suffer it to be so now.  For so
+it becometh us to fulfil all justice. Then he suffered him.
+
+3:16. 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.
+
+3:17. And behold a voice from heaven saying: This is my beloved Son, in
+whom I am well pleased.
+
+Matthew Chapter 4
+
+Christ's fast of forty days: He is tempted. He begins to preach, to call
+disciples to him, and to work miracles.
+
+4:1. Then Jesus was led by the spirit into the desert, to be tempted by
+the devil.
+
+4:2. And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterwards he
+was hungry.
+
+4:3. And the tempter coming said to him: If thou be the Son of God,
+command that these stones be made bread.
+
+4:4. 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.
+
+4:5. Then the devil took him up into the holy city, and set him upon the
+pinnacle of the temple,
+
+4:6. 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.
+
+4:7. Jesus said to him: It is written again: Thou shalt not tempt the
+Lord thy God.
+
+4:8. 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,
+
+Shewed him, etc... That is, pointed out to him where each kingdom lay;
+and set forth in words what was most glorious and admirable in each of
+them. Or also set before his eyes, as it were in a large map, a lively
+representation of all those kingdoms.
+
+4:9. And said to him: All these will I give thee, if falling down thou
+wilt adore me.
+
+4:10. Then Jesus saith to him: Begone, Satan: for it is written: The
+Lord thy God shalt thou adore, and him only shalt thou serve.
+
+4:11. Then the devil left him; and behold angels came and ministered to
+him.
+
+4:12. And when Jesus had heard that John was delivered up, he retired
+into Galilee:
+
+4:13. And leaving the city Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capharnaum on
+the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon and of Nephthalim;
+
+4:14. That it might be fulfilled which was said by Isaias the prophet:
+
+4:15. Land of Zabulon and land of Nephthalim, the way of the sea beyond
+the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles:
+
+4:16. 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.
+
+4:17. From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: Do penance, for
+the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
+
+4:18. 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).
+
+4:19. And he saith to them: Come ye after me, and I will make you to be
+fishers of men.
+
+4:20. And they immediately leaving their nets, followed him.
+
+4:21. 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.
+
+4:22. And they forthwith left their nets and father, and followed him.
+
+4:23. 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.
+
+4:24. 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 the
+palsy, and he cured them:
+
+4:25. And much people followed him from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and
+from Jerusalem, and from Judea, and from beyond the Jordan.
+
+Matthew Chapter 5
+
+Christ's sermon upon the mount. The eight beatitudes.
+
+5:1. And seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain, and when he
+was set down, his disciples came unto him.
+
+5:2. And opening his mouth he taught them, saying:
+
+5:3. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of
+heaven.
+
+The poor in spirit... That is, the humble; and they whose spirit is not
+set upon riches.
+
+5:4. Blessed are the meek: for they shall possess the land.
+
+5:5. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
+
+5:6. Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after justice: for they
+shall have their fill.
+
+5:7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
+
+5:8. Blessed are the clean of heart: they shall see God.
+
+5:9. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children
+of God.
+
+5:10. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice' sake: for
+theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
+
+5:11. Blessed are ye when they shall revile you, and persecute you, and
+speak all that is evil against you, untruly, for my sake:
+
+5:12. Be glad and rejoice for your reward is very great in heaven. For
+so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.
+
+5:13. You are the salt of the earth. But if the salt lose its savour,
+wherewith shall it be salted? It is good for nothing anymore but to be
+cast out, and to be trodden on by men.
+
+5:14. You are the light of the world. A city seated on a mountain cannot
+be hid.
+
+5:15. 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.
+
+5:16. So let your light shine before men, that they may see your good
+works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.
+
+5:17. Do not think that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets. I
+am not come to destroy, but to fulfil.
+
+To fulfil... By accomplishing all the figures and prophecies; and
+perfecting all that was imperfect.
+
+5:18. 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.
+
+Amen... That is, assuredly of a truth... This Hebrew word, amen, is here
+retained by the example and authority of all the four Evangelists. It is
+used by our Lord as a strong asseveration, and affirmation of the truth.
+
+5:19. 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.
+
+5:20. 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.
+
+The scribes and Pharisees... The scribes were the doctors of the law of
+Moses: the Pharisees were a precise set of men, making profession of a
+more exact observance of the law: and upon that account greatly esteemed
+among the people.
+
+5:21. 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.
+
+Shall be in danger of the judgment... That is, shall deserve to be
+punished by that lesser tribunal among the Jews, called the Judgment,
+which took cognizance of such crimes.
+
+5:22. 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.
+
+Raca... A word expressing great indignation or contempt. Shall be in
+danger of the council... That is, shall deserve to be punished by the
+highest court of judicature, called the Council, or Sanhedrim,
+consisting of seventy-two persons, where the highest causes were tried
+and judged, which was at Jerusalem.  Thou fool... This was then looked
+upon as a heinous injury, when uttered with contempt, spite, or malice:
+and therefore is here so severely condemned. Shall be in danger of hell
+fire...  literally, according to the Greek, shall deserve to be cast
+into the Gehenna of fire. Which words our Saviour made use of to express
+the fire and punishments of hell.
+
+5:23. If therefore thou offer thy gift at the altar, and there thou
+remember that thy brother hath anything against thee;
+
+5:24. Leave there thy offering before the altar, and go first to be
+reconciled to thy brother, and then coming thou shalt offer thy gift.
+
+5:25. 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.
+
+5:26. Amen I say to thee, thou shalt not go out from thence till thou
+repay the last farthing.
+
+5:27. You have heard that it was said to them of old: Thou shalt not
+commit adultery.
+
+5:28. 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.
+
+5:29. 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 thy whole body be cast into hell.
+
+Scandalize thee... That is, if it be a stumblingblock, or occasion of
+sin to thee. By which we are taught to fly the immediate occasions of
+sin, though they be as dear to us, or as necessary as a hand or an eye.
+
+5:30. 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 go into hell.
+
+5:31. And it hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him
+give her a bill of divorce.
+
+5:32. But I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife,
+excepting the cause of fornication, maketh her to commit adultery: and
+he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.
+
+5:33. 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.
+
+5:34. But I say to you not to swear at all, neither by heaven for it is
+the throne of God:
+
+Not to swear at all... It is not forbid to swear in truth, justice and
+judgment; to the honour of God, or our own or neighbour's just defence:
+but only to swear rashly, or profanely, in common discourse, and without
+necessity.
+
+5:35. Nor by the earth, for it is his footstool: nor by Jerusalem, for
+it is the city of the great king:
+
+5:36. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make
+one hair white or black.
+
+5:37. But let your speech be yea, yea: no, no: and that which is over
+and above these, is of evil.
+
+5:38. You have heard that it hath been said: An eye for an eye, and a
+tooth for a tooth.
+
+5:39. But I say to you not to resist evil: but if one strike thee on thy
+right cheek, turn to him also the other:
+
+Not to resist evil, etc... What is here commanded, is a Christian
+patience under injuries and affronts, and to be willing even to suffer
+still more, rather than to indulge the desire of revenge: but what is
+further added does not strictly oblige according to the letter, for
+neither did Christ nor St.  Paul turn the other cheek. St. John 18., and
+Acts 23.
+
+5:40. And if a man will contend with thee in judgment, and take away thy
+coat, let go thy cloak also unto him.
+
+5:41. And whosoever will force thee one mile, go with him other two.
+
+5:42. Give to him that asketh of thee, and from him that would borrow of
+thee turn not away.
+
+5:43. You have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy
+neighbour, and hate thy enemy.
+
+5:44. But I say to you, Love your enemies: do good to them that hate
+you: and pray for them that persecute and calumniate you:
+
+5:45. 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.
+
+5:46. For if you love them that love you, what reward shall you have? do
+not even the publicans this?
+
+The publicans... These were the gatherers of the public taxes: a set of
+men, odious and infamous among the Jews, for their extortions and
+injustice.
+
+5:47. And if you salute your brethren only, what do you more? do not
+also the heathens this?
+
+5:48. Be you therefore perfect, as also your heavenly Father is perfect.
+
+Matthew Chapter 6
+
+A continuation of the sermon on the mount.
+
+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.
+
+Your justice... that is, works of justice; viz., fasting, prayer, and
+almsdeeds; which ought to be performed not out of ostentation, or a view
+to please men, but solely to please God.
+
+6:2. Therefore when thou dost an alms-deed, sound not a trumpet before
+thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that
+they may be honoured by men. Amen I say to you, they have received their
+reward.
+
+6:3. But when thou dost alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right
+hand doth.
+
+6:4. That thy alms may be in secret, and thy Father who seeth in secret
+will repay thee.
+
+6:5. 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.
+
+6:6. 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.
+
+6:7. And when you are praying, speak not much, as the heathens.  For
+they think that in their much speaking they may be heard.
+
+6:8. Be not you therefore like to them for your Father knoweth what is
+needful for you, before you ask him.
+
+6:9. Thus therefore shall you pray: Our Father who art in heaven,
+hallowed be thy name.
+
+6:10. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
+
+6:11. Give us this day our supersubstantial bread.
+
+Supersubstantial bread... In St. Luke the same word is rendered daily
+bread. It is understood of the bread of life, which we receive in the
+Blessed Sacrament.
+
+6:12. And forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our debtors.
+
+6:13. And lead us not into temptation. But deliver us from evil.  Amen.
+
+Lead us not into temptation... That is, suffer us not to be overcome by
+temptation.
+
+6:14. For if you will forgive men their offences, your heavenly Father
+will forgive you also your offences.
+
+6:15. But if you will not forgive men, neither will your Father forgive
+you your offences.
+
+6:16. 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.
+
+6:17. But thou, when thou fastest anoint thy head, and wash thy face;
+
+6:18. 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.
+
+6:19. Lay not up to yourselves treasures on earth: where the rust, and
+moth consume, and where thieves break through, and steal.
+
+6:20. 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.
+
+6:21. For where thy treasure is, there is thy heart also.
+
+6:22. The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole
+body shall be lightsome.
+
+6:23. 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!
+
+6:24. 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.
+
+Mammon... That is, riches, worldly interest.
+
+6:25. 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?
+
+6:26. 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?
+
+6:27. And which of you by taking thought, can add to his stature one
+cubit?
+
+6:28. And for raiment why are you solicitous? Consider the lilies of the
+field, how they grow: they labour not, neither do they spin.
+
+6:29. But I say to you, that not even Solomon in all his glory was
+arrayed as one of these.
+
+6:30. 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?
+
+6:31. Be not solicitous therefore, saying: What shall we eat: or what
+shall we drink, or wherewith shall we be clothed?
+
+6:32. For after all these things do the heathens seek. For your Father
+knoweth that you have need of all these things.
+
+6:33. Seek ye therefore first the kingdom of God, and his justice, and
+all these things shall be added unto you.
+
+6:34. Be not therefore solicitous for to morrow; for the morrow will be
+solicitous for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.
+
+Matthew Chapter 7
+
+The third part of the sermon on the mount.
+
+7:1. Judge not, that you may not be judged.
+
+7:2. For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with
+what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.
+
+7:3. And why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye; and seest
+not the beam that is in thy own eye?
+
+7:4. 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?
+
+7:5. Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and
+then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.
+
+7:6. 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.
+
+7:7. Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock,
+and it shall be opened to you.
+
+7:8. For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth:
+and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.
+
+7:9. Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread,
+will he reach him a stone?
+
+7:10. Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?
+
+7:11. 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?
+
+7:12. 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.
+
+7:13. 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.
+
+7:14. How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to
+life: and few there are that find it!
+
+7:15. Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of
+sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.
+
+7:16. By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of
+thorns, or figs of thistles?
+
+7:17. Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil
+tree bringeth forth evil fruit.
+
+7:18. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil
+tree bring forth good fruit.
+
+7:19. Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down,
+and shall be cast into the fire.
+
+7:20. Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.
+
+7:21. 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.
+
+7:22. 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?
+
+7:23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from
+me, you that work iniquity.
+
+7:24. 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,
+
+7:25. 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.
+
+7:26. 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,
+
+7:27. 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.
+
+7:28. And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the
+people were in admiration at his doctrine.
+
+7:29. For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the
+scribes and Pharisees.
+
+Matthew Chapter 8
+
+Christ cleanses the leper, heals the centurion's servant, Peter's
+mother-in-law, and many others: he stills the storm at sea, drives the
+devils out of two men possessed, and suffers them to go into the swine.
+
+8:1. And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes
+followed him:
+
+8:2. And behold a leper came and adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt,
+thou canst make me clean.
+
+8:3. And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will,
+be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.
+
+8:4. 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.
+
+8:5. And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a
+centurion, beseeching him,
+
+8:6. And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and
+is grievously tormented.
+
+8:7. And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.
+
+8:8. 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.
+
+8:9. 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.
+
+8:10. 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.
+
+8:11. 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:
+
+8:12. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the
+exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+
+8:13. 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.
+
+8:14. And when Jesus was come into Peter's house, he saw his wife's
+mother lying, and sick of a fever;
+
+8:15. And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and
+ministered to them.
+
+8:16. 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:
+
+8:17. That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet
+Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.
+
+8:18. And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass
+over the water.
+
+8:19. And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow
+thee whithersoever thou shalt go.
+
+8:20. 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.
+
+8:21. And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to
+go and bury my father.
+
+8:22. But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their
+dead.
+
+8:23. And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him:
+
+8:24. And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was
+covered with waves, but he was asleep.
+
+8:25. And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we
+perish.
+
+8:26. 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.
+
+8:27. But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the
+winds and the sea obey him?
+
+8:28. 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.
+
+8:29. 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?
+
+8:30. And there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding.
+
+8:31. And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence,
+send us into the herd of swine.
+
+8:32. 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.
+
+8:33. And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every
+thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils.
+
+8:34. And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they
+saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.
+
+Matthew Chapter 9
+
+Christ heals one sick of palsy: calls Matthew: cures the issue of blood:
+raises to life the daughter of Jairus: gives sight to two blind men: and
+heals a dumb man possessed by the devil.
+
+9:1. And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into
+his own city.
+
+9:2. 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.
+
+9:3. And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He
+blasphemeth.
+
+9:4. And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in
+your hearts?
+
+9:5. Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say,
+Arise, and walk?
+
+9:6. 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 the palsy,) Arise, take
+up thy bed, and go into thy house.
+
+9:7. And he arose, and went into his house.
+
+9:8. And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave
+such power to men.
+
+9:9. And when Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the
+custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he
+arose up and followed him.
+
+9:10. 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.
+
+9:11. And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your
+master eat with publicans and sinners?
+
+9:12. But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a
+physician, but they that are ill.
+
+9:13. 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.
+
+9:14. Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the
+Pharisees, fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?
+
+9:15. 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.
+
+Can the children of the bridegroom... This, by a Hebraism, signifies the
+friends or companions of the bridegroom.
+
+9:16. And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For
+it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a
+greater rent.
+
+9:17. 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.
+
+9:18. As 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.
+
+9:19. And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.
+
+9:20. And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve
+years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.
+
+9:21. For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I
+shall be healed.
+
+9:22. 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.
+
+9:23. And when Jesus was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the
+minstrels and the multitude making a rout,
+
+9:24. He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And
+they laughed him to scorn.
+
+9:25. And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by
+the hand. And the maid arose.
+
+9:26. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.
+
+9:27. And as Jesus passed from thence, there followed him two blind men
+crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.
+
+9:28. 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.
+
+9:29. Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it
+done unto you.
+
+9:30. And their eyes were opened, and Jesus strictly charged them,
+saying, See that no man know this.
+
+9:31. But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.
+
+9:32. And when they were gone out, behold they brought him a dumb man,
+possessed with a devil.
+
+9:33. And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the
+multitudes wondered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.
+
+9:34. But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out
+devils.
+
+9:35. 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.
+
+9:36. And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they
+were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.
+
+9:37. Then he saith to his disciples, The harvest indeed is great, but
+the labourers are few.
+
+9:38. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth
+labourers into his harvest.
+
+Matthew Chapter 10
+
+Christ sends out his twelve apostles, with the power of miracles. The
+lessons he gives them.
+
+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.
+
+10:2. And the names of the twelve Apostles are these: The first, Simon
+who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,
+
+10:3. 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,
+
+10:4. Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.
+
+10:5. 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.
+
+10:6. But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.
+
+10:7. And going, preach, saying: The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
+
+10:8. Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out
+devils: freely have you received, freely give.
+
+10:9. Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:
+
+10:10. Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a
+staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.
+
+10:11. And into whatsoever city or town you shall enter, inquire who in
+it is worthy, and there abide till you go thence.
+
+10:12. And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to
+this house.
+
+10:13. And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but
+if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.
+
+10:14. 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.
+
+10:15. 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.
+
+10:16. Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye
+therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.
+
+Simple... That is, harmless, plain, sincere, and without guile.
+
+10:17. But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and
+they will scourge you in their synagogues.
+
+10:18. And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for
+my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles:
+
+10:19. 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:
+
+10:20. For it is not you that speak, but the spirit of your Father that
+speaketh in you.
+
+10:21. 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.
+
+10:22. 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.
+
+10:23. 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.
+
+10:24. The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his
+lord.
+
+10:25. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the
+servant as his lord. If they have called the good man of the house
+Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?
+
+10:26. Therefore fear them not. For nothing is covered that shall not be
+revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.
+
+10:27. 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.
+
+10:28. 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.
+
+10:29. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and not one of them
+shall fall on the ground without your Father.
+
+10:30. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
+
+10:31. Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.
+
+10:32. Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also
+confess him before my Father who is in heaven.
+
+10:33. But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before
+my Father who is in heaven.
+
+10:34. Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to
+send peace, but the sword.
+
+10:35. 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.
+
+I came to set a man at variance, etc... Not that this was the end or
+design of the coming of our Saviour; but that his coming and his
+doctrine would have this effect, by reason of the obstinate resistance
+that many would make, and of their persecuting all such as should adhere
+to him.
+
+10:36. And a man's enemies shall be they of his own household.
+
+10:37. 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.
+
+10:38. And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not
+worthy of me.
+
+10:39. He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose
+his life for me, shall find it.
+
+10:40. He that receiveth you, receiveth me: and he that receiveth me,
+receiveth him that sent me.
+
+10:41. 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.
+
+10:42. 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.
+
+Matthew Chapter 11
+
+John sends his disciples to Christ, who upbraids the Jews for their
+incredulity, and calls to him such as are sensible of their burdens.
+
+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 to preach in their
+cities.
+
+11:2. Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ: sending two
+of his disciples he said to him:
+
+11:3. Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?
+
+11:4. And Jesus making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what
+you have heard and seen.
+
+11:5. 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.
+
+11:6. And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.
+
+Scandalized in me... That is, who shall not take occasion of scandal or
+offence from my humility, and the disgraceful death of the cross which I
+shall endure.
+
+11:7. 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?
+
+11:8. 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.
+
+11:9. But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea I tell you, and more
+than a prophet.
+
+11:10. For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel
+before my face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.
+
+11:11. 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.
+
+11:12. And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of
+heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.
+
+Suffereth violence, etc... It is not to be obtained but by main force,
+by using violence upon ourselves, by mortification and penance, and
+resisting our perverse inclinations.
+
+11:13. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:
+
+11:14. And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come.
+
+He is Elias, etc... Not in person, but in spirit. St. Luke 1. 17.
+
+11:15. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
+
+11:16. But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like? It is
+like to children sitting in the market place.
+
+11:17. Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you
+have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.
+
+11:18. For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath
+a devil.
+
+11:19. 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.
+
+11:20. Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of
+his miracles, for that they had not done penance.
+
+11:21. Woe 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.
+
+11:22. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon
+in the day of judgment, than for you.
+
+11:23. 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.
+
+11:24. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land
+of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee.
+
+11:25. At that time Jesus answered and said: I confess to thee, O
+Father, Lord of Heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things
+from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.
+
+11:26. Yea, Father: for so hath it seemed good in thy sight.
+
+11:27. 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.
+
+11:28. Come to me all you that labor and are burdened, and I will
+refresh you.
+
+11:29. 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.
+
+11:30. For my yoke is sweet and my burden light.
+
+Matthew Chapter 12
+
+Christ reproves the blindness of the Pharisees, and confutes their
+attributing his miracles to Satan.
+
+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.
+
+12:2. And the Pharisees seeing them, said to him: Behold thy disciples
+do that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days.
+
+12:3. But he said to them: Have you not read what David did when he was
+hungry, and they that were with him:
+
+12:4. 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?
+
+The loaves of proposition... So were called the twelve loaves which were
+placed before the sanctuary in the temple of God.
+
+12:5. 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?
+
+12:6. But I tell you that there is here a greater than the temple.
+
+12:7. And if you knew what this meaneth: I will have mercy, and not
+sacrifice: you would never have condemned the innocent.
+
+12:8. For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.
+
+12:9. And when he had passed from thence, he came into their synagogues.
+
+12:10. 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.
+
+12:11. 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?
+
+12:12. How much better is a man than a sheep? Therefore it is lawful to
+do a good deed on the sabbath days.
+
+12:13. 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.
+
+12:14. And the Pharisees going out made a consultation against him, how
+they might destroy him.
+
+12:15. But Jesus knowing it, retired from thence: and many followed him,
+and he healed them all.
+
+12:16. And he charged them that they should not make him known.
+
+12:17. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaias the
+prophet, saying:
+
+12:18. 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.
+
+12:19. He shall not contend, nor cry out, neither shall any man hear his
+voice in the streets.
+
+12:20. The bruised reed he shall not break: and smoking flax he shall
+not extinguish: till he send forth judgment unto victory.
+
+12:21. And in his name the Gentiles shall hope.
+
+12:22. Then was offered to him one possessed with a devil, blind and
+dumb: and he healed him, so that he spoke and saw.
+
+12:23. And all the multitudes were amazed, and said: Is not this the son
+of David?
+
+12:24. But the Pharisees hearing it, said: This man casteth not out
+devils but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.
+
+12:25. 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.
+
+12:26. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how
+then shall his kingdom stand?
+
+12:27. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children
+cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.
+
+12:28. But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is the
+kingdom of God come upon you.
+
+12:29. 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.
+
+12:30. He that is not with me, is against me: and he that gathereth not
+with me, scattereth.
+
+12:31. Therefore I say to you: Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven
+men, but the blasphemy of the Spirit shall not be forgiven.
+
+The blasphemy of the Spirit... The sin here spoken of is that blasphemy,
+by which the Pharisees attributed the miracles of Christ, wrought by the
+Spirit of God, to Beelzebub the prince of devils. Now this kind of sin
+is usually accompanied with so much obstinacy, and such wilful opposing
+the Spirit of God, and the known truth, that men who are guilty of it,
+are seldom or never converted: and therefore are never forgiven, because
+they will not repent. Otherwise there is no sin, which God cannot or
+will not forgive to such as sincerely repent, and have recourse to the
+keys of the church.
+
+12:32. 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.
+
+Nor in the world to come... From these words St. Augustine (De Civ. Dei,
+lib. 21, c. 13) and St. Gregory (Dialog., 4, c. 39) gather, that some
+sins may be remitted in the world to come; and, consequently, that there
+is a purgatory or a middle place.
+
+12:33. 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.
+
+12:34. 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.
+
+12:35. 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.
+
+12:36. 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.
+
+Every idle word... This shews there must be a place of temporal
+punishment hereafter where these slighter faults shall be punished.
+
+12:37. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou
+shalt be condemned.
+
+12:38. Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying:
+Master, we would see a sign from thee.
+
+A sign... That is, a miracle from heaven. St. Luke 11. 16.
+
+12:39. 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.
+
+12:40. 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.
+
+Three days, etc... Not complete days and nights; but part of three days,
+and three nights taken according to the way that the Hebrews counted
+their days and nights, viz., from evening to evening.
+
+12:41. 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.
+
+12:42. 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.
+
+12:43. And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh
+through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.
+
+12:44. Then he saith: I will return into my house from whence I came
+out. And coming he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.
+
+12:45. 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 is made worse than the first. So shall it be also to
+this wicked generation.
+
+12:46. As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold his mother and
+his brethren stood without, seeking to speak to him.
+
+12:47. And one said unto him: Behold thy mother and thy brethren stand
+without, seeking thee.
+
+12:48. But he answering him that told him, said: Who is my mother, and
+who are my brethren?
+
+Who is my mother?... This was not spoken by way of slighting his mother,
+but to shew that we are never to suffer ourselves to be taken from the
+service of God, by any inordinate affection to our earthly parents: and
+that which our Lord chiefly regarded in his mother, was her doing the
+will of his Father in heaven. It may also further allude to the
+reprobation of the Jews, his carnal kindred, and the election of the
+Gentiles.
+
+12:49. And stretching forth his hand towards his disciples, he said:
+Behold my mother and my brethren.
+
+12:50. For whosoever shall do the will of my Father, that is in heaven,
+he is my brother, and sister, and mother.
+
+Matthew Chapter 13
+
+The parables of the sower and the cockle: of the mustardseed, etc.
+
+13:1. The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat by the sea side.
+
+13:2. And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he
+went up into a boat and sat: and all the multitude stood on the shore.
+
+13:3. And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying: Behold the
+sower went forth to sow.
+
+13:4. And whilst he soweth some fell by the way side, and the birds of
+the air came and ate them up.
+
+13:5. 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.
+
+13:6. And when the sun was up they were scorched: and because they had
+not root, they withered away.
+
+13:7. And others fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked
+them.
+
+13:8. And others fell upon good ground: and they brought forth fruit,
+some an hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold.
+
+13:9. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
+
+13:10. And his disciples came and said to him: Why speakest thou to them
+in parables?
+
+13:11. 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.
+
+13:12. 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.
+
+13:13. Therefore do I speak to them in parables: because seeing they see
+not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.
+
+13:14. 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.
+
+13:15. 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.
+
+13:16. But blessed are your eyes, because they see, and your ears,
+because they hear.
+
+13:17. 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.
+
+13:18. Hear you therefore the parable of the sower.
+
+13:19. 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.
+
+13:20. And he that received the seed upon stony ground, is he that
+heareth the word, and immediately receiveth it with joy.
+
+13:21. 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.
+
+13:22. 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.
+
+13:23. 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.
+
+13:24. Another parable he proposed to them, saying: The kingdom of
+heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.
+
+13:25. But while men were asleep, his enemy came and oversowed cockle
+among the wheat and went his way.
+
+13:26. And when the blade was sprung up, and had brought forth fruit,
+then appeared also the cockle.
+
+13:27. And the servants of the good man of the house coming said to him.
+Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? Whence then hath it
+cockle?
+
+13:28. 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?
+
+13:29. And he said: No, lest perhaps gathering up the cockle, you root
+up the wheat also together with it.
+
+13:30. 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.
+
+13:31. 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.
+
+13:32. 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.
+
+13:33. 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.
+
+13:34. All these things Jesus spoke in parables to the multitudes: and
+without parables he did not speak to them.
+
+13:35. 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.
+
+13:36. 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.
+
+13:37. Who made answer and said to them: He that soweth the good seed is
+the Son of man.
+
+13:38. 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.
+
+13:39. And the enemy that sowed them, is the devil. But the harvest is
+the end of the world. And the reapers are the angels.
+
+13:40. Even as cockle therefore is gathered up, and burnt with fire: so
+shall it be at the end of the world.
+
+13:41. The Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out
+of his kingdom all scandals, and them that work iniquity.
+
+13:42. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be
+weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+
+13:43. Then shall the just shine as the sun, in the kingdom of their
+Father. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
+
+13:44. 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.
+
+13:45. Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant seeking good
+pearls.
+
+13:46. Who when he had found one pearl of great price, went his way, and
+sold all that he had, and bought it.
+
+13:47. Again the kingdom of heaven is like to a net cast into the sea,
+and gathering together of all kinds of fishes.
+
+13:48. 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.
+
+13:49. So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels shall go out,
+and shall separate the wicked from among the just.
+
+13:50. And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be
+weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+
+13:51. Have ye understood all these things? They say to him: Yes.
+
+13:52. 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.
+
+13:53. And it came to pass: when Jesus had finished these parables, he
+passed from thence.
+
+13:54. 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?
+
+13:55. Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary,
+and his brethren James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Jude:
+
+His brethren... These were the children of Mary the wife of Cleophas,
+sister to our Blessed Lady, (St. Matt. 27. 56; St.  John 19. 25,) and
+therefore, according to the usual style of the Scripture, they were
+called brethren, that is, near relations to our Saviour.
+
+13:56. And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence therefore hath
+he all these things?
+
+13:57. 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.
+
+13:58. And he wrought not many miracles there, because of their
+unbelief.
+
+Matthew Chapter 14
+
+Herod puts John to death. Christ feeds five thousand in the desert. He
+walks upon the sea, and heals all the diseased with the touch of his
+garment.
+
+14:1. At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard the fame of Jesus.
+
+Tetrarch... This word, derived from the Greek, signifies one that rules
+over the fourth part of a kingdom: as Herod then ruled over Galilee,
+which was but the fourth part of the kingdom of his father.
+
+14:2. 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.
+
+14:3. For Herod had apprehended John and bound him, and put him into
+prison, because of Herodias, his brother's wife.
+
+14:4. For John said to him: It is not lawful for thee to have her.
+
+14:5. And having a mind to put him to death, he feared the people:
+because they esteemed him as a prophet.
+
+14:6. But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before
+them: and pleased Herod.
+
+14:7. Whereupon he promised with an oath, to give her whatsoever she
+would ask of him.
+
+14:8. But she being instructed before by her mother, said: Give me here
+in a dish the head of John the Baptist.
+
+14:9. 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.
+
+14:10. And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison.
+
+14:11. And his head was brought in a dish: and it was given to the
+damsel, and she brought it to her mother.
+
+14:12. And his disciples came and took the body, and buried it, and came
+and told Jesus.
+
+14:13. Which when Jesus had heard, he retired from thence by a boat,
+into a desert place apart, and the multitudes having heard of it,
+followed him on foot out of the cities.
+
+14:14. And he coming forth saw a great multitude, and had compassion on
+them, and healed their sick.
+
+14:15. And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying: This
+is a desert place, and the hour is now passed: send away the multitudes,
+that going into the towns, they may buy themselves victuals.
+
+14:16. But Jesus said to them, They have no need to go: give you them to
+eat.
+
+14:17. They answered him: We have not here, but five loaves, and two
+fishes.
+
+14:18. Who said to them: Bring them hither to me.
+
+14:19. And when he had commanded the multitude 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.
+
+14:20. And they did all eat, and were filled. And they took up what
+remained, twelve full baskets of fragments.
+
+14:21. And the number of them that did eat, was five thousand men,
+besides women and children.
+
+14:22. 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.
+
+14:23. And having dismissed the multitude, he went into a mountain alone
+to pray. And when it was evening, he was there alone.
+
+14:24. But the boat in the midst of the sea was tossed with the waves:
+for the wind was contrary.
+
+14:25. And in the fourth watch of the night, he came to them walking
+upon the sea.
+
+14:26. And they seeing him walking upon the sea, were troubled, saying:
+It is an apparition. And they cried out for fear.
+
+14:27. And immediately Jesus spoke to them, saying: Be of good heart: it
+is I, fear ye not.
+
+14:28. And Peter making answer, said: Lord, if it be thou, bid me come
+to thee upon the waters.
+
+14:29. And he said: Come. And Peter going down out of the boat walked
+upon the water to come to Jesus.
+
+14:30. But seeing the wind strong, he was afraid: and when he began to
+sink, he cried out, saying: Lord, save me.
+
+14:31. And immediately Jesus stretching forth his hand took hold of him,
+and said to him: O thou of little faith, why didst thou doubt?
+
+14:32. And when they were come up into the boat, the wind ceased.
+
+14:33. And they that were in the boat came and adored him, saying:
+Indeed thou art the Son of God.
+
+14:34. And having passed the water, they came into the country of
+Genesar.
+
+14:35. 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.
+
+14:36. And they besought him that they might touch but the hem of his
+garment. And as many as touched, were made whole.
+
+Matthew Chapter 15
+
+Christ reproves the Scribes. He cures the daughter of the woman of
+Canaan: and many others: and feeds four thousand with seven loaves.
+
+15:1. Then came to him from Jerusalem scribes and Pharisees, saying:
+
+15:2. Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the ancients? For
+they wash not their hands when they eat bread.
+
+15:3. But he answering, said to them: Why do you also transgress the
+commandment of God for your tradition? For God said:
+
+15:4. Honour thy father and mother: And: He that shall curse father or
+mother, let him die the death.
+
+15:5. But you say: Whosoever shall say to father or mother, The gift
+whatsoever proceedeth from me, shall profit thee.
+
+The gift, etc... That is, the offering that I shall make to God, shall
+be instead of that which should be expended for thy profit. This
+tradition of the Pharisees was calculated to enrich themselves; by
+exempting children from giving any further assistance to their parents,
+if they once offered to the temple and the priests, that which should
+have been the support of their parents. But this was a violation of the
+law of God, and of nature, which our Saviour here condemns.
+
+15:6. And he shall not honour his father or his mother: and you have
+made void the commandment of God for your tradition.
+
+15:7. Hypocrites, well hath Isaias prophesied of you, saying:
+
+15:8. This people honoureth me with their lips: but their heart is far
+from me.
+
+15:9. And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and
+commandments of men.
+
+Commandments of men... The doctrines and commandments here reprehended
+are such as are either contrary to the law of God, (as that of
+neglecting parents, under pretence of giving to God,) or at least are
+frivolous, unprofitable, and no ways conducing to true piety, as that of
+often washing hands, etc., without regard to the purity of the heart.
+But as to the rules and ordinances of the holy church, touching fasts,
+festivals, etc., these are no ways repugnant to, but highly agreeable to
+God's holy word, and all Christian piety: neither are they to be counted
+among the doctrines and commandments of men; because they proceed not
+from mere human authority; but from that which Christ has established in
+his church; whose pastors he has commanded us to hear and obey, even as
+himself. St. Luke 10. 16; St. Matt. 18. 17.
+
+15:10. And having called together the multitudes unto him, he said to
+them: Hear ye and understand.
+
+15:11. Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man: but what
+cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man.
+
+Not that which goeth into, etc... No uncleanness in meat, nor any dirt
+contracted by eating it with unwashed hands, can defile the soul: but
+sin alone; or a disobedience of the heart to the ordinance and will of
+God. And thus when Adam took the forbidden fruit, it was not the apple,
+which entered into the mouth, but the disobedience to the law of God
+which defiled him. The same is to be said if a Jew, in the time of the
+old law, had eaten swine's flesh; or a Christian convert, in the days of
+the apostles, contrary to their ordinance, had eaten blood; or if any of
+the faithful at present should transgress the ordinance of God's church,
+by breaking the fasts: for in all these cases the soul would be defiled;
+not indeed by that which goeth into the mouth; but by the disobedience
+of the heart, in wilfully transgressing the ordinance of God, or of
+those who have their authority from him.
+
+15:12. Then came his disciples, and said to him: Dost thou know that the
+Pharisees, when they heard this word, were scandalized?
+
+15:13. But he answering, said: Every plant which my heavenly Father hath
+not planted, shall be rooted up.
+
+15:14. Let them alone: they are blind, and leaders of the blind.  And if
+the blind lead the blind, both fall into the pit.
+
+15:15. And Peter answering, said to him: Expound to us this parable.
+
+15:16. But he said: Are you also yet without understanding?
+
+15:17. Do you not understand, that whatsoever entereth into the mouth,
+goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the privy?
+
+15:18. But the things which proceed out of the mouth, come forth from
+the heart, and those things defile a man.
+
+15:19. For from the heart come forth evil thoughts, murders, adulteries,
+fornications, thefts, false testimonies, blasphemies.
+
+15:20. These are the things that defile a man. But to eat with unwashed
+hands doth not defile a man.
+
+15:21. And Jesus went from thence, and retired into the coast of Tyre
+and Sidon.
+
+15:22. And behold a woman of Canaan who came out of those coasts, crying
+out, said to him: Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David: my
+daughter is grievously troubled by a devil.
+
+15:23. Who answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought
+him, saying: Send her away, for she crieth after us:
+
+15:24. And he answering, said: I was not sent but to the sheep, that are
+lost of the house of Israel.
+
+15:25. But she came and adored him, saying: Lord, help me.
+
+15:26. Who answering, said: It is not good to take the bread of the
+children, and to cast it to the dogs.
+
+15:27. But she said: Yea, Lord; for the whelps also eat of the crumbs
+that fall from the table of their masters.
+
+15:28. 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.
+
+15:29. And when Jesus had passed away from thence, he came nigh the sea
+of Galilee: and going up into a mountain, he sat there.
+
+15:30. 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:
+
+15:31. So that the multitudes marvelled seeing the dumb speak, the lame
+walk, the blind see: and they glorified the God of Israel.
+
+15:32. 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.
+
+15:33. And the disciples say unto him: Whence then should we have so
+many loaves in the desert, as to fill so great a multitude?
+
+15:34. And Jesus said to them: How many loaves have you? But they said:
+Seven, and a few little fishes.
+
+15:35. And he commanded the multitude to sit down upon the ground.
+
+15:36. And taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he
+brake, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave to the people.
+
+15:37. And they did all eat, and had their fill. And they took up seven
+baskets full, of what remained of the fragments.
+
+15:38. And they that did eat, were four thousand men, beside children
+and women.
+
+15:39. And having dismissed the multitude, he went up into a boat, and
+came into the coasts of Magedan.
+
+Matthew Chapter 16
+
+Christ refuses to shew the Pharisees a sign from heaven. Peter's
+confession is rewarded. He is rebuked for opposing Christ's passion. All
+his followers must deny themselves.
+
+16:1. And there came to him the Pharisees and Sadducees tempting: and
+they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven.
+
+16:2. But he answered and said to them: When it is evening, you say, It
+will be fair weather, for the sky is red.
+
+16:3. 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?
+
+16:4. 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.
+
+16:5. And when his disciples were come over the water, they had
+forgotten to take bread.
+
+16:6. Who said to them: Take heed and beware of the leaven of the
+Pharisees and Sadducees.
+
+16:7. But they thought within themselves, saying: Because we have taken
+no bread.
+
+16:8. And Jesus knowing it, said: Why do you think within yourselves, O
+ye of little faith, for that you have no bread?
+
+16:9. Do you not yet understand, neither do you remember the five loaves
+among five thousand men, and how many baskets you took up?
+
+16:10. Nor the seven loaves, among four thousand men, and how many
+baskets you took up?
+
+16:11. Why do you not understand that it was not concerning bread I said
+to you: Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?
+
+16:12. 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.
+
+16:13. 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?
+
+16:14. But they said: Some John the Baptist, and other some Elias, and
+others Jeremias, or one of the prophets.
+
+16:15. Jesus saith to them: But whom do you say that I am?
+
+16:16. Simon Peter answered and said: Thou art Christ, the Son of the
+living God.
+
+16:17. 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.
+
+16:18. 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.
+
+Thou art Peter, etc... As St. Peter, by divine revelation, here made a
+solemn profession of his faith of the divinity of Christ; so in
+recompense of this faith and profession, our Lord here declares to him
+the dignity to which he is pleased to raise him: viz., that he to whom
+he had already given the name of Peter, signifying a rock, St. John 1.
+42, should be a rock indeed, of invincible strength, for the support of
+the building of the church; in which building he should be, next to
+Christ himself, the chief foundation stone, in quality of chief pastor,
+ruler, and governor; and should have accordingly all fulness of
+ecclesiastical power, signified by the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
+Upon this rock, etc... The words of Christ to Peter, spoken in the
+vulgar language of the Jews which our Lord made use of, were the same as
+if he had said in English, Thou art a Rock, and upon this rock I will
+build my church. So that, by the plain course of the words, Peter is
+here declared to be the rock, upon which the church was to be built:
+Christ himself being both the principal foundation and founder of the
+same.  Where also note, that Christ, by building his house, that is, his
+church, upon a rock, has thereby secured it against all storms and
+floods, like the wise builder, St. Matt. 7. 24, 25.  The gates of hell,
+etc... That is, the powers of darkness, and whatever Satan can do,
+either by himself, or his agents. For as the church is here likened to a
+house, or fortress, built on a rock; so the adverse powers are likened
+to a contrary house or fortress, the gates of which, that is, the whole
+strength, and all the efforts it can make, will never be able to prevail
+over the city or church of Christ. By this promise we are fully assured,
+that neither idolatry, heresy, nor any pernicious error whatsoever shall
+at any time prevail over the church of Christ.
+
+16:19. 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 on earth, it shall be loosed also in
+heaven.
+
+Loose on earth... The loosing the bands of temporal punishments due to
+sins, is called an indulgence; the power of which is here granted.
+
+16:20. Then he commanded his disciples, that they should tell no one
+that he was Jesus the Christ.
+
+16:21. 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.
+
+16:22. And Peter taking him, began to rebuke him, saying: Lord, be it
+far from thee, this shall not be unto thee.
+
+And Peter taking him... That is, taking him aside, out of a tender love,
+respect and zeal for his Lord and Master's honour, began to expostulate
+with him, as it were to rebuke him, saying, Lord, far be it from thee to
+suffer death; but the Lord said to Peter, ver. 23, Go behind me, Satan.
+These words may signify, Begone from me; but the holy Fathers expound
+them otherwise, that is, come after me, or follow me; and by these words
+the Lord would have Peter to follow him in his suffering, and not to
+oppose the divine will by contradiction; for the word satan means in
+Hebrew an adversary, or one that opposes.
+
+16:23. 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.
+
+16:24. 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.
+
+16:25. For he that will save his life, shall lose it: and he that shall
+lose his life for my sake, shall find it.
+
+16:26. 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?
+
+16:27. 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.
+
+16:28. 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.
+
+Matthew Chapter 17
+
+The Transfiguration of Christ: He cures the lunatic child: foretells his
+passion; and pays the didrachma.
+
+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:
+
+17:2. And he was transfigured before them. And his face did shine as the
+sun: and his garments became white as snow.
+
+17:3. And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias talking with
+him.
+
+17:4. 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.
+
+17:5. 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.
+
+17:6. And the disciples hearing fell upon their face, and were very much
+afraid.
+
+17:7. And Jesus came and touched them: and said to them: Arise, and fear
+not.
+
+17:8. And they lifting up their eyes, saw no one, but only Jesus.
+
+17:9. 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.
+
+17:10. And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then do the scribes say
+that Elias must come first?
+
+17:11. But he answering, said to them: Elias indeed shall come, and
+restore all things.
+
+17:12. 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.
+
+17:13. Then the disciples understood, that he had spoken to them of John
+the Baptist.
+
+17:14. 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.
+
+17:15. And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him.
+
+17:16. 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.
+
+17:17. And Jesus rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the
+child was cured from that hour.
+
+17:18. Then came the disciples to Jesus secretly, and said: Why could
+not we cast him out?
+
+17:19. 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.
+
+As a grain of mustard seed... That is, a perfect faith; which in its
+properties, and its fruits, resembles the grain of mustard seed, in the
+parable, chap. 13. 31.
+
+17:20. But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.
+
+17:21. And when they abode together in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The
+Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
+
+17:22. And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall rise again.
+And they were troubled exceedingly.
+
+17:23. And when they were come to Capharnaum, they that received the
+didrachmas, came to Peter, and said to him: Doth not your master pay the
+didrachma?
+
+The didrachmas... A didrachma was half a sicle, or half a stater; that
+is, about 15d. English: which was a tax laid upon every head for the
+service of the temple.
+
+17:24. 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?
+
+17:25. And he said: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then the children
+are free.
+
+17:26. 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 it's mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to
+them for me and thee.
+
+Matthew Chapter 18
+
+Christ teaches humility, to beware of scandal, and to flee the occasions
+of sin: to denounce to the church incorrigible sinners, and to look upon
+such as refuse to hear the church as heathens. He promises to his
+disciples the power of binding and loosing: and that he will be in the
+midst of their assemblies.  No forgiveness for them that will not
+forgive.
+
+18:1. At that hour the disciples came to Jesus, saying: Who, thinkest
+thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?
+
+18:2. And Jesus, calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst
+of them.
+
+18:3. 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.
+
+18:4. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he
+is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.
+
+18:5. And he that shall receive one such little child in my name,
+receiveth me.
+
+18:6. 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.
+
+Shall scandalize... That is, shall put a stumblingblock in their way,
+and cause them to fall into sin.
+
+18:7. 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.
+
+It must needs be, etc... Viz., considering the wickedness and corruption
+of the world.
+
+18:8. 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.
+
+Scandalize thee... That is, cause thee to offend.
+
+18:9. 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.
+
+18:10. 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.
+
+18:11. For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
+
+18:12. 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 goeth to seek that which is gone astray?
+
+18:13. 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.
+
+18:14. Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in heaven, that
+one of these little ones should perish.
+
+18:15. 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.
+
+18:16. 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.
+
+18:17. 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.
+
+18:18. 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.
+
+18:19. Again I say to you, that if two of you shall consent upon earth,
+concerning anything whatsoever they shall ask, it shall be done to them
+by my Father who is in heaven.
+
+18:20. For where there are two or three gathered together in my name,
+there am I in the midst of them.
+
+There am I in the midst of them... This is understood of such assemblies
+only as are gathered in the name and authority of Christ; and in unity
+of the church of Christ. St. Cyprian, De Unitate Ecclesiae.
+
+18:21. Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my
+brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
+
+18:22. Jesus saith to him: I say not to thee, till seven times; but till
+seventy times seven times.
+
+18:23. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who would
+take an account of his servants.
+
+18:24. And when he had begun to take the account, one as brought to him,
+that owed him ten thousand talents.
+
+Talents... A talent was seven hundred and fifty ounces of silver, which
+at the rate of five shillings to the ounce is a hundred and eighty-seven
+pounds ten shillings sterling.
+
+18:25. 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.
+
+18:26. But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have
+patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
+
+18:27. And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go
+and forgave him the debt.
+
+18:28. 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, he
+throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.
+
+Pence... The Roman penny was the eighth part of an ounce, that is, about
+sevenpence half-penny English.
+
+18:29. And his fellow-servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have
+patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
+
+18:30. And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he paid
+the debt.
+
+18:31. Now his fellow servants seeing what was done, were very much
+grieved, and they came, and told their lord all that was done.
+
+18:32. Then his lord called him: and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I
+forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:
+
+18:33. Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow
+servant, even as I had compassion on thee?
+
+18:34. And his lord being angry, delivered him to the torturers until he
+paid all the debt.
+
+18:35. So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not
+every one his brother from your hearts.
+
+Matthew Chapter 19
+
+Christ declares matrimony to be indissoluble: he recommends the making
+one's self an eunuch for the kingdom of heaven; and parting with all
+things for him. He shews the danger of riches, and the reward of leaving
+all to follow him.
+
+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.
+
+19:2. And great multitudes followed him: and he healed them there.
+
+19:3. And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, saying: Is it
+lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?
+
+19:4. 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:
+
+19:5. For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall
+cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.
+
+19:6. Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God
+hath joined together, let no man put asunder.
+
+19:7. They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of
+divorce, and to put away?
+
+19:8. 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.
+
+19:9. 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.
+
+Except it be, etc... In the case of fornication, that is, of adultery,
+the wife may be put away: but even then the husband cannot marry another
+as long as the wife is living.
+
+19:10. His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be
+so, it is not expedient to marry.
+
+19:11. Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it
+is given.
+
+All men take not this word... That is, all receive not the gift of
+living singly and chastely, unless they pray for the grace of God to
+enable them to live so, and for some it may be necessary to that end to
+fast as well as pray: and to those it is given from above.
+
+19:12. For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mothers 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.
+
+There are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs, for the kingdom of
+heaven... This text is not to be taken in the literal sense; but means,
+that there are such, who have taken a firm and commendable resolution of
+leading a single and chaste life, in order to serve God in a more
+perfect state than those who marry: as St. Paul clearly shews. 1 Cor. 7.
+37, 38.
+
+19:13. Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose
+hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
+
+19:14. 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.
+
+19:15. And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from thence.
+
+19:16. And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall
+I do that I may have life everlasting?
+
+19:17. Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good,
+God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
+
+19:18. 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.
+
+19:19. Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy
+neighbor as thyself.
+
+19:20. The young man saith to him: All these have I kept from my youth,
+what is yet wanting to me?
+
+19:21. 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.
+
+19:22. And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad: for
+he had great possessions.
+
+19:23. Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, I say to you, that a rich
+man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.
+
+19:24. 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.
+
+19:25. And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered much,
+saying: Who then can be saved?
+
+19:26. And Jesus beholding, said to them: With men this is impossible:
+but with God all things are possible.
+
+19:27. Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all
+things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have?
+
+19:28. 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.
+
+19:29. 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.
+
+19:30. And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be
+first.
+
+Matthew Chapter 20
+
+The parable of the labourers in the vineyard. The ambition of the two
+sons of Zebedee. Christ gives sight to two blind men.
+
+20:1. The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out
+early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.
+
+20:2. And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent
+them into his vineyard.
+
+20:3. And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the
+marketplace idle.
+
+20:4. And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give
+you what shall be just.
+
+20:5. And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and
+the ninth hour, and did in like manner.
+
+20:6. 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?
+
+20:7. They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them:
+Go ye also into my vineyard.
+
+20:8. 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.
+
+20:9. When therefore they were come that came about the eleventh hour,
+they received every man a penny.
+
+20:10. But when the first also came, they thought that they should
+receive more: And they also received every man a penny.
+
+20:11. And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,
+
+20:12. 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.
+
+20:13. But he answering said to one of them: friend, I do thee no wrong:
+didst thou not agree with me for a penny?
+
+20:14. Take what is thine, and go thy way: I will also give to this last
+even as to thee.
+
+20:15. Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil,
+because I am good?
+
+What I will... Viz., with my own, and in matters that depend on my own
+bounty.
+
+20:16. So shall the last be first and the first last. For many are
+called but few chosen.
+
+20:17. And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart
+and said to them:
+
+20:18. 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.
+
+20:19. And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked and scourged
+and crucified: and the third day he shall rise again.
+
+20:20. Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons,
+adoring and asking something of him.
+
+20:21. 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.
+
+20:22. 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.
+
+20:23. 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.
+
+20:24. And the ten, hearing it, were moved with indignation against the
+two brethren.
+
+20:25. But Jesus called them to him and said: You know that the princes
+of the Gentiles lord it over them; and that they that are the greater,
+exercise power upon them.
+
+20:26. It shall not be so among you: but whosoever is the greater among
+you, let him be your minister.
+
+20:27. And he that will be first among you shall be your servant.
+
+20:28. 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.
+
+20:29. And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed
+him.
+
+20:30. 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.
+
+20:31. 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.
+
+20:32. And Jesus stood and called them and said: What will ye that I do
+to you?
+
+20:33. They say to him: Lord, that our eyes be opened.
+
+20:34. And Jesus having compassion on them, touched their eyes.  And
+immediately they saw and followed him.
+
+Matthew Chapter 21
+
+Christ rides into Jerusalem upon an ass. He casts the buyers and sellers
+out of the temple, curses the fig tree and puts to silence the priests
+and scribes.
+
+21:1. And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage,
+unto mount Olivet, then Jesus sent two disciples,
+
+21:2. 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.
+
+21:3. 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.
+
+21:4. Now all this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken
+by the prophet, saying:
+
+21:5. 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.
+
+21:6. And the disciples going, did as Jesus commanded them.
+
+21:7. And they brought the ass and the colt and laid their garments upon
+them and made him sit thereon.
+
+21:8. And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way: and
+others cut boughs from the trees and strewed them in the way.
+
+21:9. 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.
+
+21:10. And when he was come into Jerusalem, the whole city was moved,
+saying: Who is this?
+
+21:11. And the people said: This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth of
+Galilee.
+
+21:12. 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.
+
+21:13. 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.
+
+21:14. And there came to him the blind and the lame in the temple: and
+he healed them.
+
+21:15. 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,
+
+21:16. 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?
+
+21:17. And leaving them, he went out of the city into Bethania and
+remained here.
+
+21:18. And in the morning, returning into the city, he was hungry.
+
+21:19. 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.
+
+21:20. And the disciples seeing it wondered, saying: How is it presently
+withered away?
+
+21:21. 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.
+
+21:22. And all things whatsoever you shall ask in prayer believing, you
+shall receive.
+
+21:23. 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?
+
+21:24. 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.
+
+21:25. The baptism of John, whence was it? From heaven or from men? But
+they thought within themselves, saying:
+
+21:26. 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.
+
+21:27. 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.
+
+21:28. 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.
+
+21:29. And he answering, said: I will not. But afterwards, being moved
+with repentance, he went.
+
+21:30. And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering
+said: I go, Sir. And he went not.
+
+21:31. 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.
+
+21:32. 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.
+
+21:33. 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.
+
+21:34. And when the time of the fruits drew nigh, he sent his servants
+to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits thereof.
+
+21:35. And the husbandmen laying hands on his servants, beat one and
+killed another and stoned another.
+
+21:36. Again he sent other servants, more than the former; and they did
+to them in like manner.
+
+21:37. And last of all he sent to them his son, saying: They will
+reverence my son.
+
+21:38. But the husbandmen seeing the son, said among themselves: This is
+the heir: come, let us kill him, and we shall have his inheritance.
+
+21:39. And taking him, they cast him forth out of the vineyard and
+killed him.
+
+21:40. When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he
+do to those husbandmen?
+
+21:41. They say to him: He will bring those evil men to an evil end and
+let out his vineyard to other husbandmen that shall render him the fruit
+in due season.
+
+21:42. 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.
+
+21:43. 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.
+
+21:44. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on
+whomsoever it shall fall, it shall grind him to powder.
+
+21:45. And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables,
+they knew that he spoke of them.
+
+21:46. And seeking to lay hands on him, they feared the multitudes,
+because they held him as a prophet.
+
+Matthew Chapter 22
+
+The parable of the marriage feast. Christ orders tribute to be paid to
+Caesar. He confutes the Sadducees, shews which is the first commandment
+in the law and puzzles the Pharisees.
+
+22:1. And Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, saying:
+
+22:2. The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king who made a marriage for
+his son.
+
+22:3. And he sent his servants to call them that were invited to the
+marriage: and they would not come.
+
+22:4. 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.
+
+22:5. But they neglected and went their ways, one to his farm and
+another to his merchandise.
+
+22:6. And the rest laid hands on his servants and, having treated them
+contumeliously, put them to death.
+
+22:7. But when the king had heard of it, he was angry: and sending his
+armies, he destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.
+
+22:8. Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but
+they that were invited were not worthy.
+
+22:9. Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find,
+call to the marriage.
+
+22:10. 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.
+
+22:11. And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man
+who had not on a wedding garment.
+
+22:12. And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having
+on a wedding garment? But he was silent.
+
+22:13. 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.
+
+22:14. For many are called, but few are chosen.
+
+22:15. Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to
+insnare him in his speech.
+
+22:16. 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.
+
+The Herodians... That is, some that belonged to Herod, and that joined
+with him in standing up for the necessity of paying tribute to Caesar,
+that is, to the Roman emperor. Some are of opinion that there was a sect
+among the Jews called Herodians, from their maintaining that Herod was
+the Messias.
+
+22:17. Tell us therefore what dost thou think? Is it lawful to give
+tribute to Caesar, or not?
+
+22:18. But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye
+hypocrites?
+
+22:19. Shew me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny.
+
+22:20. And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this?
+
+22:21. 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.
+
+22:22. And hearing this, they wondered and, leaving him, went their
+ways.
+
+22:23. That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no
+resurrection; and asked him,
+
+22:24. Saying: Master, Moses said: If a man die having no son, his
+brother shall marry his wife and raise up issue to his brother.
+
+22:25. 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.
+
+22:26. In like manner the second and the third and so on, to the
+seventh.
+
+22:27. And last of all the woman died also.
+
+22:28. At the resurrection therefore, whose wife of the seven shall she
+be? For they all had her.
+
+22:29. And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the
+Scriptures nor the power of God.
+
+22:30. For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married,
+but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.
+
+22:31. And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read
+that which was spoken by God, saying to you:
+
+22:32. 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.
+
+22:33. And the multitudes hearing it were in admiration at his doctrine.
+
+22:34. But the Pharisees, hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees,
+came together.
+
+22:35. And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him:
+
+22:36. Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
+
+22:37. 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.
+
+22:38. This is the greatest and the first commandment.
+
+22:39. And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
+thyself.
+
+22:40. On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the
+prophets.
+
+22:41. And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,
+
+22:42. Saying: What think you of Christ? Whose son is he? They say to
+him: David's.
+
+22:43. He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord,
+saying:
+
+22:44. The Lord said to my Lord: Sit on my right hand, until I make thy
+enemies thy footstool?
+
+22:45. If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
+
+22:46. And no man was able to answer him a word: neither durst any man
+from that day forth ask him any more questions.
+
+Matthew Chapter 23
+
+Christ admonishes the people to follow the good doctrine, not the bad
+example of the scribes and Pharisees. He warns his disciples not to
+imitate their ambition and denounces divers woes against them for their
+hypocrisy and blindness.
+
+23:1. Then Jesus spoke to the multitudes and to his disciples,
+
+23:2. Saying: The scribes and the Pharisees have sitten on the chair of
+Moses.
+
+23:3. 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.
+
+23:4. 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.
+
+23:5. And all their works they do for to be seen of men. For they make
+their phylacteries broad and enlarge their fringes.
+
+Phylacteries... that is, parchments, on which they wrote the ten
+commandments, and carried them on their foreheads before their eyes:
+which the Pharisees affected to wear broader than other men; so to seem
+more zealous for the law.
+
+23:6. And they love the first places at feasts and the first chairs in
+the synagogues,
+
+23:7. And salutations in the market place, and to be called by men,
+Rabbi.
+
+23:8. But be not you called Rabbi. For one is your master: and all you
+are brethren.
+
+23:9. And call none your father upon earth; for one is your father, who
+is in heaven.
+
+Call none your father--Neither be ye called masters, etc...  The
+meaning is that our Father in heaven is incomparably more to be
+regarded, than any father upon earth: and no master to be followed, who
+would lead us away from Christ. But this does not hinder but that we are
+by the law of God to have a due respect both for our parents and
+spiritual fathers, (1 Cor. 4.  23:15,) and for our masters and teachers.
+
+23:10. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, Christ.
+
+23:11. He that is the greatest among you shall be your servant.
+
+23:12. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled: and he that
+shall humble himself shall be exalted.
+
+23:13. 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.
+
+23:14. 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.
+
+23:15. 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.
+
+23:16. 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.
+
+23:17. Ye foolish and blind: for whether is greater, the gold or the
+temple that sanctifieth the gold?
+
+23:18. And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but
+whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it is a debtor.
+
+23:19. Ye foolish and blind: for whether is greater, the gift or the
+altar that sanctifieth the gift?
+
+23:20. He therefore that sweareth by the altar sweareth by it and by all
+things that are upon it.
+
+23:21. And whosoever shall swear by the temple sweareth by it and by him
+that dwelleth in it.
+
+23:22. And he that sweareth by heaven sweareth by the throne of God and
+by him that sitteth thereon.
+
+23:23. 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.
+
+23:24. Blind guides, who strain out a gnat and swallow a camel.
+
+23:25. 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.
+
+23:26. Thou blind Pharisee, first make clean the inside of the cup and
+of the dish, that the outside may become clean.
+
+23:27. 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.
+
+23:28. So you also outwardly indeed appear to men just: but inwardly you
+are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
+
+23:29. Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, that build the
+sepulchres of the prophets and adorn the monuments of the just,
+
+Build the sepulchres, etc... This is not blamed, as if it were in itself
+evil to build or adorn the monuments of the prophets: but the hypocrisy
+of the Pharisees is here taxed; who, whilst they pretended to honour the
+memory of the prophets, were persecuting even unto death the Lord of the
+prophets.
+
+23:30. 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.
+
+23:31. Wherefore you are witnesses against yourselves, that you are the
+sons of them that killed the prophets.
+
+23:32. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
+
+23:33. You serpents, generation of vipers, how will you flee from the
+judgment of hell?
+
+23:34. 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.
+
+23:35. 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.
+
+That upon you may come, etc... Not that they should suffer more than
+their own sins justly deserved; but that the justice of God should now
+fall upon them with such a final vengeance, once for all, as might
+comprise all the different kinds of judgments and punishments, that had
+at any time before been inflicted for the shedding of just blood.
+
+23:36. Amen I say to you, all these things shall come upon this
+generation.
+
+23:37. 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 wouldst not?
+
+23:38. Behold, your house shall be left to you, desolate.
+
+23:39. 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.
+
+Matthew Chapter 24
+
+Christ foretells the destruction of the temple, with the signs that
+shall come before it and before the last judgment. We must always watch.
+
+24:1. And Jesus being come out of the temple, went away. And his
+disciples came to shew him the buildings of the temple.
+
+24:2. 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.
+
+24:3. 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?
+
+24:4. And Jesus answering, said to them: Take heed that no man seduce
+you.
+
+24:5. For many will come in my name saying, I am Christ. And they will
+seduce many.
+
+24:6. 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.
+
+24:7. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom:
+And there shall be pestilences and famines and earthquakes in places.
+
+24:8. Now all these are the beginnings of sorrows.
+
+24:9. 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.
+
+24:10. And then shall many be scandalized and shall betray one another
+and shall hate one another.
+
+24:11. And many false prophets shall rise and shall seduce many.
+
+24:12. And because iniquity hath abounded, the charity of many shall
+grow cold.
+
+24:13. But he that shall persevere to the end, he shall be saved.
+
+24:14. 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.
+
+24:15. 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.
+
+24:16. Then they that are in Judea, let them flee to the mountains:
+
+24:17. And he that is on the housetop, let him not come down to take any
+thing out of his house:
+
+24:18. And he that is in the field, let him not go back to take his
+coat.
+
+24:19. And woe to them that are with child and that give suck in those
+days.
+
+24:20. But pray that your flight be not in the winter or on the sabbath.
+
+24:21. For there shall be then great tribulation, such as hath not been
+from the beginning of the world until now, neither shall be.
+
+24:22. And unless those days had been shortened, no flesh should be
+saved: but for the sake of the elect those days shall be shortened.
+
+24:23. Then if any man shall say to you, Lo here is Christ, or there: do
+not believe him.
+
+24:24. For there shall arise false Christs and false prophets and shall
+shew great signs and wonders, insomuch as to deceive (if possible) even
+the elect.
+
+24:25. Behold I have told it to you, beforehand.
+
+24:26. 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.
+
+24:27. For as lightning cometh out of the east and appeareth even into
+the west: so shall also the cowling of the Son of man be.
+
+24:28. Wheresoever the body shall be, there shall the eagles also be
+gathered together.
+
+Wheresoever, etc... The coming of Christ shall be sudden, and manifest
+to all the world, like lightning: and wheresoever he shall come, thither
+shall all mankind be gathered to him, as eagles are gathered about a
+dead body.
+
+24:29. 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.
+
+The stars... Or flaming meteors resembling stars.
+
+24:30. 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.
+
+The sign, etc... The cross of Christ.
+
+24:31. 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.
+
+24:32. 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.
+
+24:33. So you also, when you shall see all these things, know ye that it
+is nigh, even at the doors.
+
+24:34. Amen I say to you that this generation shall not pass till all
+these things be done.
+
+24:35. Heaven and earth shall pass: but my words shall not pass.
+
+Shall pass... Because they shall be changed at the end of the world into
+a new heaven and new earth.
+
+24:36. But of that day and hour no one knoweth: no, not the angels of
+heaven, but the Father alone.
+
+24:37. And as in the days of Noe, so shall also the coming of the Son of
+man be.
+
+24:38. 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:
+
+24:39. And they knew not till the flood came and took them all away: so
+also shall the coming of the Son of man be.
+
+24:40. Then two shall be in the field. One shall be taken and one shall
+be left.
+
+24:41. Two women shall be grinding at the mill. One shall be taken and
+one shall be left.
+
+24:42. Watch ye therefore, because you know not what hour your Lord will
+come.
+
+24:43. But this know 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.
+
+24:44. Wherefore be you also ready, because at what hour you know not
+the Son of man will come.
+
+24:45. Who, thinkest thou, is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord
+hath appointed over his family, to give them meat in season?
+
+24:46. Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall
+find so doing.
+
+24:47. Amen I say to you: he shall place him over all his goods.
+
+24:48. But if that evil servant shall say in his heart: My lord is long
+a coming:
+
+24:49. And shall begin to strike his fellow servants and shall eat and
+drink with drunkards:
+
+24:50. The lord of that servant shall come in a day that he hopeth not
+and at an hour that he knoweth not:
+
+24:51. And shall separate him and appoint his portion with the
+hypocrites. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+
+Matthew Chapter 25
+
+The parable of the ten virgins and of the talents. The description of
+the last judgment.
+
+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.
+
+25:2. And five of them were foolish and five wise.
+
+25:3. But the five foolish, having taken their lamps, did not take oil
+with them.
+
+25:4. But the wise took oil in their vessels with the lamps.
+
+25:5. And the bridegroom tarrying, they all slumbered and slept.
+
+25:6. And at midnight there was a cry made: Behold the bridegroom
+cometh. Go ye forth to meet him.
+
+25:7. Then all those virgins arose and trimmed their lamps.
+
+25:8. And the foolish said to the wise: Give us of your oil, for our
+lamps are gone out.
+
+25:9. 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.
+
+25:10. 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.
+
+25:11. But at last came also the other virgins, saying: Lord, Lord, open
+to us.
+
+25:12. But he answering said: Amen I say to you, I know you not.
+
+25:13. Watch ye therefore, because you know not the day nor the hour.
+
+25:14. For even as a man going into a far country called his servants
+and delivered to them his goods;
+
+25:15. 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.
+
+25:16. And he that had received the five talents went his way and traded
+with the same and gained other five.
+
+25:17. And in like manner he that had received the two gained other two.
+
+25:18. But he that had received the one, going his way, digged into the
+earth and hid his lord's money.
+
+25:19. But after a long time the lord of those servants came and
+reckoned with them.
+
+25:20. 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.
+
+25:21. 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.
+
+25:22. 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.
+
+25:23. 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.
+
+25:24. 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.
+
+25:25. And being afraid, I went and hid thy talent in the earth.  Behold
+here thou hast that which is thine.
+
+25:26. 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.
+
+25:27. Thou oughtest therefore to have committed my money to the
+bankers: and at my coming I should have received my own with usury.
+
+25:28. Take ye away therefore the talent from him and give it him that
+hath ten talents.
+
+25:29. 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.
+
+25:30. And the unprofitable servant, cast ye out into the exterior
+darkness. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
+
+25:31. 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.
+
+25:32. 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:
+
+25:33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on
+his left.
+
+25:34. 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.
+
+25:35. 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:
+
+25:36. Naked, and you covered me: sick, and you visited me: I was in
+prison, and you came to me.
+
+25:37. Then shall the just answer him, saying: Lord, when did we see
+thee hungry and fed thee: thirsty and gave thee drink?
+
+25:38. Or when did we see thee a stranger and took thee in? Or naked and
+covered thee?
+
+25:39. Or when did we see thee sick or in prison and came to thee?
+
+25:40. 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.
+
+25:41. 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.
+
+25:42. For I was hungry and you gave me not to eat: I was thirsty and
+you gave me not to drink.
+
+25:43. 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.
+
+25:44. 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?
+
+25:45. 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.
+
+25:46. And these shall go into everlasting punishment: but the just,
+into life everlasting.
+
+Matthew Chapter 26
+
+The Jews conspire against Christ. He is anointed by Mary. The treason of
+Judas. The last supper. The prayer in the garden.  The apprehension of
+our Lord. His treatment in the house of Caiphas.
+
+26:1. And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended all these words, he said
+to his disciples:
+
+26:2. You know that after two days shall be the pasch: and the Son of
+man shall be delivered up to be crucified.
+
+26:3. Then were gathered together the chief priests and ancients of the
+people, into the court of the high priest, who was called Caiphas:
+
+26:4. And they consulted together that by subtilty they might apprehend
+Jesus and put him to death.
+
+26:5. But they said: Not on the festival day, lest perhaps there should
+be a tumult among the people.
+
+26:6. And when Jesus was in Bethania, in the house of Simon the leper,
+
+26:7. There came to him a woman having an alabaster box of precious
+ointment and poured it on his head as he was at table.
+
+26:8. And the disciples seeing it had indignation, saying: To what
+purpose is this waste?
+
+26:9. For this might have been sold for much and given to the poor.
+
+26:10. And Jesus knowing it, said to them: Why do you trouble this
+woman? For she hath wrought a good work upon me.
+
+26:11. For the poor you have always with you: but me you have not
+always.
+
+Me you have not always... Viz., in a visible manner, as when conversant
+here on earth; and as we have the poor, whom we may daily assist and
+relieve.
+
+26:12. For she in pouring this ointment on my body hath done it for my
+burial.
+
+26:13. 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.
+
+26:14. Then went one of the twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, to
+the chief priests.
+
+26:15. And said to them: What will you give me, and I will deliver him
+unto you? But they appointed him thirty pieces of silver.
+
+26:16. And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him.
+
+26:17. 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?
+
+Azymes... Feast of the unleavened bread. Pasch... The paschal lamb.
+
+26:18. 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.
+
+26:19. And the disciples did as Jesus appointed to them: and they
+prepared the pasch.
+
+26:20. But when it was evening, he sat down with his twelve disciples.
+
+26:21. And whilst they were eating, he said: Amen I say to you that one
+of you is about to betray me.
+
+26:22. And they being very much troubled began every one to say: Is it
+I, Lord?
+
+26:23. But he answering said: He that dippeth his hand with me in the
+dish, he shall betray me.
+
+26:24. The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him. But woe to
+that man by whom the Son of man shall be betrayed. It were better for
+him, if that man had not been born.
+
+26:25. And Judas that betrayed him answering, said: Is it I, Rabbi? He
+saith to him: Thou hast said it.
+
+26:26. And whilst they were at supper, Jesus took bread and blessed and
+broke and gave to his disciples and said: Take ye and eat.  This is my
+body.
+
+This is my body... He does not say, This is the figure of my body--but
+This is my body. (2 Council of Nice, Act. 6.) Neither does he say in
+this, or with this is my body; but absolutely, This is my body: which
+plainly implies transubstantiation.
+
+26:27. And taking the chalice, he gave thanks and gave to them, saying:
+Drink ye all of this.
+
+Drink ye all of this... This was spoken to the twelve apostles; who were
+the all then present; and they all drank of it, says St. Mark 14. 23.
+But it no ways follows from these words spoken to the apostles, that all
+the faithful are here commanded to drink of the chalice; any more than
+that all the faithful are commanded to consecrate, offer and administer
+this sacrament; because Christ upon this same occasion, and at the same
+time, bid the apostles do so; in these words, St. Luke 22. 19, Do this
+for a commemoration of me.
+
+26:28. For this is my blood of the new testament, which shall be shed
+for many unto remission of sins.
+
+Blood of the new testament... As the old testament was dedicated with
+the blood of victims, by Moses, in these words: This is the blood of the
+testament, etc., Heb. 9. 20; so here is the dedication and institution
+of the new testament, in the blood of Christ, here mystically shed by
+these words: This is the blood of the new testament, etc.
+
+26:29. And I say to you, I will not drink from henceforth of this fruit
+of the vine until that day when I shall drink it with you new in the
+kingdom of my Father.
+
+Fruit of the vine... These words, by the account of St. Luke 26:22. 18,
+were not spoken of the sacramental cup, but of the wine that was drunk
+with the paschal lamb. Though the sacramental cup might also be called
+the fruit of the vine, because it was consecrated from wine, and retains
+the likeness, and all the accidents or qualities of wine.
+
+26:30. And a hymn being said, they went out unto mount Olivet.
+
+26:31. Then Jesus saith to them: All you shall be scandalized in me this
+night. For it is written: I will strike the shepherd: and the sheep of
+the flock shall be dispersed.
+
+Scandalized in me, etc... Forasmuch as my being apprehended shall make
+you all run away and forsake me.
+
+26:32. But after I shall be risen again, I will go before you into
+Galilee.
+
+26:33. And Peter answering, said to him: Although all shall be
+scandalized in thee, I will never be scandalized.
+
+26:34. Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee that in this night before
+the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice.
+
+26:35. Peter saith to him: Yea, though I should die with thee, I will
+not deny thee. And in like manner said all the disciples.
+
+26:36. Then Jesus came with them into a country place which is called
+Gethsemani. And he said to his disciples: Sit you here, till I go yonder
+and pray.
+
+26:37. And taking with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, he began
+to grow sorrowful and to be sad.
+
+26:38. Then he saith to them: My soul is sorrowful even unto death. Stay
+you here and watch with me.
+
+26:39. And going a little further, he fell upon his face, praying and
+saying: My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me.
+Nevertheless, not as I will but as thou wilt.
+
+26:40. And he cometh to his disciples and findeth them asleep. And he
+saith to Peter: What? Could you not watch one hour with me?
+
+26:41. Watch ye: and pray that ye enter not into temptation. The spirit
+indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
+
+26:42. Again the second time, he went and prayed, saying: My Father, if
+this chalice may not pass away, but I must drink it, thy will be done.
+
+26:43. And he cometh again and findeth them sleeping: for their eyes
+were heavy.
+
+26:44. And leaving them, he went again: and he prayed the third time,
+saying the selfsame word.
+
+26:45. Then he cometh to his disciples and said to them: Sleep ye now
+and take your rest. Behold the hour is at hand: and the Son of man shall
+be betrayed into the hands of sinners.
+
+26:46. Rise: let us go. Behold he is at hand that will betray me.
+
+26:47. As he yet spoke, behold Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with
+him a great multitude with swords and clubs, sent from the chief priests
+and the ancients of the people.
+
+26:48. And he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying: Whomsoever I
+shall kiss, that is he. Hold him fast.
+
+26:49. And forthwith coming to Jesus, he said: Hail, Rabbi. And he
+kissed him.
+
+26:50. And Jesus said to him: Friend, whereto art thou come? Then they
+came up and laid hands on Jesus and held him.
+
+26:51. And behold one of them that were with Jesus, stretching forth his
+hand, drew out his sword: and striking the servant of the high priest,
+cut off his ear.
+
+26:52. Then Jesus saith to him: Put up again thy sword into its place:
+for all that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
+
+26:53. Thinkest thou that I cannot ask my Father, and he will give me
+presently more than twelve legions of angels?
+
+26:54. How then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that so it must be
+done?
+
+26:55. In that same hour, Jesus said to the multitudes: You are come
+out, as it were to a robber, with swords and clubs to apprehend me. I
+sat daily with you, teaching in the temple: and you laid not hands on
+me.
+
+26:56. Now all this was done that the scriptures of the prophets might
+be fulfilled. Then the disciples, all leaving him, fled.
+
+26:57. But they holding Jesus led him to Caiphas the high priest, where
+the scribes and the ancients were assembled.
+
+26:58. And Peter followed him afar off, even to the court of the high
+priest, And going in, he sat with the servants, that he might see the
+end.
+
+26:59. And the chief priests and the whole council sought false witness
+against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
+
+26:60. And they found not, whereas many false witnesses had come in. And
+last of all there came two false witnesses:
+
+26:61. And they said: This man said, I am able to destroy the temple of
+God and after three days to rebuild it.
+
+26:62. And the high priest rising up, said to him: Answerest thou
+nothing to the things which these witness against thee?
+
+26:63. But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest said to him: I
+adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us if thou be the Christ
+the Son of God.
+
+26:64. Jesus saith to him: Thou hast said it. Nevertheless I say to you,
+hereafter you shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the
+power of God and coming in the clouds of heaven.
+
+26:65. Then the high priest rent his garments, saying: He hath
+blasphemed: What further need have we of witnesses? Behold, now you have
+heard the blasphemy.
+
+26:66. What think you? But they answering, said: He is guilty of death.
+
+26:67. Then did they spit in his face and buffeted him. And others
+struck his face with the palms of their hands,
+
+26:68. Saying: Prophesy unto us, O Christ. Who is he that struck thee?
+
+26:69. But Peter sat without in the court. And there came to him a
+servant maid, saying: Thou also wast with Jesus the Galilean.
+
+26:70. But he denied before them all, saying: I know not what thou
+sayest.
+
+26:71. And as he went out of the gate, another maid saw him; and she
+saith to them that were there: This man also was with Jesus of Nazareth.
+
+26:72. And again he denied with an oath: I know not the man.
+
+26:73. And after a little while, they came that stood by and said to
+Peter: Surely thou also art one of them. For even thy speech doth
+discover thee.
+
+26:74. Then he began to curse and to swear that he knew not the man. And
+immediately the cock crew.
+
+26:75. And Peter remembered the word of Jesus which he had said: Before
+the cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. And going forth, he wept
+bitterly.
+
+Matthew Chapter 27
+
+The continuation of the history of the passion of Christ. His death and
+burial.
+
+27:1. And when morning was come, all the chief priests and ancients of
+the people took counsel against Jesus, that they might put him to death.
+
+27:2. And they brought him bound and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the
+governor.
+
+27:3. Then Judas, who betrayed him, seeing that he was condemned,
+repenting himself, brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief
+priests and ancients,
+
+27:4. Saying: I have sinned in betraying innocent blood. But they said:
+What is that to us? Look thou to it.
+
+27:5. And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed
+and went and hanged himself with an halter.
+
+27:6. But the chief priests having taken the pieces of silver, said: It
+is not lawful to put them into the corbona, because it is the price of
+blood.
+
+Corbona... A place in the temple where the people put in their gifts or
+offerings.
+
+27:7. And after they had consulted together, they bought with them the
+potter's field, to be a burying place for strangers.
+
+27:8. For this cause that field was called Haceldama, that is, the field
+of blood, even to this day.
+
+27:9. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremias the prophet,
+saying: And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that
+was prized, whom they prized of the children of Israel.
+
+27:10. And they gave them unto the potter's field, as the Lord appointed
+to me.
+
+27:11. And Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him,
+saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? Jesus saith to him: Thou sayest
+it.
+
+27:12. And when he was accused by the chief priests and ancients, he
+answered nothing.
+
+27:13. Then Pilate saith to him: Dost not thou hear how great
+testimonies they allege against thee?
+
+27:14. And he answered him to never a word, so that the governor
+wondered exceedingly.
+
+27:15. Now upon the solemn day the governor was accustomed to release to
+the people one prisoner, whom they would.
+
+27:16. And he had then a notorious prisoner that was called Barabbas.
+
+27:17. They therefore being gathered together, Pilate said: Whom will
+you that I release to You: Barabbas, or Jesus that is called Christ?
+
+27:18. For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
+
+27:19. And as he was sitting in the place of judgment, his wife sent to
+him, saying: Have thou nothing to do with that just man; for I have
+suffered many things this day in a dream because of him.
+
+27:20. But the chief priests and ancients persuaded the people that they
+should ask Barabbas and make Jesus away.
+
+27:21. And the governor answering, said to them: Whether will you of the
+two to be released unto you? But they said: Barabbas.
+
+27:22. Pilate saith to them: What shall I do then with Jesus that is
+called Christ? They say all: Let him be crucified.
+
+27:23. The governor said to them: Why, what evil hath he done? But they
+cried out the more, saying: Let him be crucified.
+
+27:24. And Pilate seeing that he prevailed nothing, but that rather a
+tumult was made, taking water washed his hands before the people,
+saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man. Look you to it.
+
+27:25. And the whole people answering, said: His blood be upon us and
+upon our children.
+
+27:26. Then he released to them Barabbas: and having scourged Jesus,
+delivered him unto them to be crucified.
+
+27:27. Then the soldiers of the governor, taking Jesus into the hall,
+gathered together unto him the whole band.
+
+27:28. And stripping him, they put a scarlet cloak about him.
+
+27:29. And platting a crown of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a
+reed in his right hand. And bowing the knee before him, they mocked him,
+saying: Hail, King of the Jews.
+
+27:30. And spitting upon him, they took the reed and struck his head.
+
+27:31. And after they had mocked him, they took off the cloak from him
+and put on him his own garments and led him away to crucify him.
+
+27:32. And going out, they found a man of Cyrene, named Simon: him they
+forced to take up his cross.
+
+27:33. And they came to the place that is called Golgotha, which is the
+place of Calvary.
+
+27:34. And they gave him wine to drink mingled with gall. And when he
+had tasted, he would not drink.
+
+27:35. And after they had crucified him, they divided his garments,
+casting lots; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the
+prophet, saying: They divided my garments among them; and upon my
+vesture they cast lots.
+
+27:36. And they sat and watched him.
+
+27:37. And they put over his head his cause written: THIS IS JESUS THE
+KING OF THE JEWS.
+
+27:38. Then were crucified with him two thieves: one on the right hand
+and one on the left.
+
+27:39. And they that passed by blasphemed him, wagging their heads,
+
+27:40. And saying: Vah, thou that destroyest the temple of God and in
+three days dost rebuild it: save thy own self. If thou be the Son of
+God, come down from the cross.
+
+27:41. In like manner also the chief priests, with the scribes and
+ancients, mocking said:
+
+27:42. He saved others: himself he cannot save. If he be the king of
+Israel, let him now come down from the cross: and we will believe him.
+
+27:43. He trusted in God: let him now deliver him if he will have him.
+For he said: I am the Son of God.
+
+27:44. And the selfsame thing the thieves also that were crucified with
+him reproached him with.
+
+27:45. Now from the sixth hour, there was darkness over the whole earth,
+until the ninth hour.
+
+27:46. And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying:
+Eli, Eli, lamma sabacthani? That is, My God, My God, why hast thou
+forsaken me?
+
+27:47. And some that stood there and heard said: This man calleth Elias.
+
+27:48. And immediately one of them running took a sponge and filled it
+with vinegar and put it on a reed and gave him to drink.
+
+27:49. And the others said: Let be. Let us see whether Elias will come
+to deliver him.
+
+27:50. And Jesus again crying with a loud voice, yielded up the ghost.
+
+27:51. And behold the veil of the temple was rent in two from the top
+even to the bottom: and the earth quaked and the rocks were rent.
+
+27:52. And the graves were opened: and many bodies of the saints that
+had slept arose,
+
+27:53. And coming out of the tombs after his resurrection, came into the
+holy city and appeared to many.
+
+27:54. Now the centurion and they that were with him watching Jesus,
+having seen the earthquake and the things that were done, were sore
+afraid, saying: Indeed this was the Son of God.
+
+27:55. And there were there many women afar off, who had followed Jesus
+from Galilee, ministering unto him:
+
+27:56. Among whom was Mary Magdalen and Mary the mother of James and
+Joseph and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.
+
+27:57. And when it was evening, there came a certain rich man of
+Arimathea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.
+
+27:58. He went to Pilate and asked the body of Jesus. Then Pilate
+commanded that the body should be delivered.
+
+27:59. And Joseph taking the body wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth:
+
+27:60. And laid it in his own new monument, which he had hewed out in a
+rock. And he rolled a great stone to the door of the monument and went
+his way.
+
+27:61. And there was there Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, sitting
+over against the sepulchre.
+
+27:62. And the next day, which followed the day of preparation, the
+chief priests and the Pharisees came together to Pilate,
+
+The day of preparation... The eve of the sabbath; so called, because on
+that day they prepared all things necessary; not being allowed so much
+as to dress their meat on the sabbath day.
+
+27:63. Saying: Sir, we have remembered, that that seducer said, while he
+was yet alive: After three days I will rise again.
+
+27:64. Command therefore the sepulchre to be guarded until the third
+day: lest perhaps his disciples come and steal him away and say to the
+people: He is risen from the dead. And the last error shall be worse
+than the first.
+
+27:65. Pilate saith to them: You have a guard. Go, guard it as you know.
+
+27:66. And they departing, made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone
+and setting guards.
+
+Matthew Chapter 28
+
+The resurrection of Christ. His commission to his disciples.
+
+28:1. And in the end of the sabbath, when it began to dawn towards the
+first day of the week, came Mary Magdalen and the other Mary, to see the
+sepulchre.
+
+28:2. And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord
+descended from heaven and coming rolled back the stone and sat upon it.
+
+28:3. And his countenance was as lightning and his raiment as snow.
+
+28:4. And for fear of him, the guards were struck with terror and became
+as dead men.
+
+28:5. And the angel answering, said to the women: Fear not you: for I
+know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
+
+28:6. He is not here. For he is risen, as he said. Come, and see the
+place where the Lord was laid.
+
+28:7. And going quickly, tell ye his disciples that he is risen.  And
+behold he will go before you into Galilee. There you shall see him. Lo,
+I have foretold it to you.
+
+28:8. And they went out quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great
+joy, running to tell his disciples.
+
+28:9. And behold, Jesus met them, saying: All hail. But they came up and
+took hold of his feet and adored him.
+
+28:10. Then Jesus said to them: Fear not. Go, tell my brethren that they
+go into Galilee. There they shall see me.
+
+28:11. Who when they were departed, behold, some of the guards came into
+the city and told the chief priests all things that had been done.
+
+28:12. And they being assembled together with the ancients, taking
+counsel, gave a great sum of money to the soldiers,
+
+28:13. Saying: Say you, His disciples came by night and stole him away
+when we were asleep.
+
+28:14. And if the governor shall hear of this, we will persuade him and
+secure you.
+
+28:15. So they taking the money, did as they were taught: and this word
+was spread abroad among the Jews even unto this day.
+
+28:16. And the eleven disciples went into Galilee, unto the mountain
+where Jesus had appointed them.
+
+28:17. And seeing him they adored: but some doubted.
+
+28:18. And Jesus coming, spoke to them, saying: All power is given to me
+in heaven and in earth.
+
+All power, etc... See here the warrant and commission of the apostles
+and their successors, the bishops and pastors of Christ's church. He
+received from his Father all power in heaven and in earth: and in virtue
+of this power, he sends them (even as his Father sent him, St. John 20.
+21) to teach and disciple, not one, but all nations; and instruct them
+in all truths: and that he may assist them effectually in the execution
+of this commission, he promises to be with them, not for three or four
+hundred years only, but all days, even to the consummation of the world.
+How then could the Catholic Church ever go astray; having always with
+her pastors, as is here promised, Christ himself, who is the way, the
+truth, and the life. St. John 14.
+
+28:19. Going therefore, teach ye all nations: baptizing them in the name
+of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
+
+28:20. Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded
+you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the
+world.
+
+
+
+
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