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LUKE + +St. Luke was a native of Antioch, the capital of Syria. He was by +profession a physician; and some ancient writers say, that he was very +skillful in painting. He was converted by St. Paul and became his +disciple and companion in his travels, and fellow-labourer in the +ministry of the Gospel. He wrote in Greek, about twenty-four years after +our Lord's Ascension. + + +Luke Chapter 1 + +The conception of John the Baptist, and of Christ. The visitation and +canticle of the Blessed Virgin. The birth of the Baptist and the +canticle of Zachary. + +1:1. Forasmuch as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a +narration of the things that have been accomplished among us, + +1:2. According as they have delivered them unto us, who from the +beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word: + +1:3. It seemed good to me also, having diligently attained to all things +from the beginning, to write to thee in order, most excellent +Theophilus, + +1:4. That thou mayest know the verity of those words in which thou hast +been instructed. + +1:5. There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judea, a certain priest +named Zachary, of the course of Abia: and his wife was of the daughters +of Aaron, and her name Elizabeth. + +Of the course of Abia... that is, of the rank of Abia, which word in the +Greek is commonly put for the employment of one day: but here for the +functions of a whole week. For, by the appointment of David, 1 Par. 24., +the descendants from Aaron were divided into twenty-four families, of +which the eighth was Abia, from whom descended this Zachary, who at this +time was in the week of his priestly functions. + +1:6. And they were both just before God, walking in all the commandments +and justifications of the Lord without blame. + +1:7. And they had no son, for that Elizabeth was barren: and they both +were well advanced in years. + +1:8. And it came to pass, when he executed the priestly function in the +order of his course before God, + +1:9. According to the custom of the priestly office, it was his lot to +offer incense, going into the temple of the Lord. + +1:10. And all the multitude of the people was praying without, at the +hour of incense. + +1:11. And there appeared to him an angel of the Lord, standing on the +right side of the altar of incense. + +1:12. And Zachary seeing him, was troubled: and fear fell upon him. + +1:13. But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachary, for thy prayer is +heard: and thy wife Elizabeth shall bear thee a son. And thou shalt +call his name John. + +1:14. And thou shalt have joy and gladness: and many shall rejoice in +his nativity. + +1:15. For he shall be great before the Lord and shall drink no wine nor +strong drink: and he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost, even from his +mother's womb. + +1:16. And he shall convert many of the children of Israel to the Lord +their God. + +1:17. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias: that +he may turn the hearts of the fathers unto the children and the +incredulous to the wisdom of the just, to prepare unto the Lord a +perfect people. + +1:18. And Zachary said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I +am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years. + +1:19. And the angel answering, said to him: I am Gabriel, who stand +before God and am sent to speak to thee and to bring thee these good +tidings. + +1:20. And behold, thou shalt be dumb and shalt not be able to speak +until the day wherein these things shall come to pass: because thou hast +not believed my words, which shall be fulfilled in their time. + +1:21. And the people were waiting for Zachary: and they wondered that he +tarried so long in the temple. + +1:22. And when he came out, he could not speak to them: and they +understood that he had seen a vision in the temple. And he made signs to +them and remained dumb. + +1:23. And it came to pass, after the days of his office were +accomplished, he departed to his own house. + +1:24. And after those days, Elizabeth his wife conceived and hid herself +five months, saying: + +1:25. Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he hath had +regard to take away my reproach among men. + +1:26. And in the sixth month, the angel Gabriel was sent from God into a +city of Galilee, called Nazareth, + +1:27. To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house +of David: and the virgin's name was Mary. + +1:28. And the angel being come in, said unto her: Hail, full of grace, +the Lord is with thee: blessed art thou among women. + +1:29. Who having heard, was troubled at his saying and thought with +herself what manner of salutation this should be. + +1:30. And the angel said to her: Fear not, Mary, for thou hast found +grace with God. + +1:31. Behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and shalt bring forth a +son: and thou shalt call his name Jesus. + +1:32. He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Most High. +And the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of David his father: and +he shall reign in the house of Jacob for ever. + +1:33. And of his kingdom there shall be no end. + +1:34. And Mary said to the angel: How shall this be done, because I know +not man? + +1:35. And the angel answering, said to her: The Holy Ghost shall come +upon thee and the power of the Most High shall overshadow thee. And +therefore also the Holy which shall be born of thee shall be called the +Son of God. + +1:36. And behold thy cousin Elizabeth, she also hath conceived a son in +her old age: and this is the sixth month with her that is called barren. + +1:37. Because no word shall be impossible with God. + +1:38. And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord: be it done to me +according to thy word. And the angel departed from her. + +1:39. And Mary rising up in those days, went into the hill country with +haste into a city of Juda. + +1:40. And she entered into the house of Zachary and saluted Elizabeth. + +1:41. And it came to pass that when Elizabeth heard the salutation of +Mary, the infant leaped in her womb. And Elizabeth was filled with the +Holy Ghost. + +1:42. And she cried out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou +among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. + +1:43. And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to +me? + +1:44. For behold as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in my +ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. + +1:45. And blessed art thou that hast believed, because those things +shall be accomplished that were spoken to thee by the Lord. + +1:46. And Mary said: My soul doth magnify the Lord. + +1:47. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. + +1:48. Because he hath regarded the humility of his handmaid: for behold +from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. + +Shall call me blessed... These words are a prediction of that honour +which the church in all ages should pay to the Blessed Virgin. Let +Protestants examine whether they are any way concerned in this prophecy. + +1:49. Because he that is mighty hath done great things to me: and holy +is his name. + +1:50. And his mercy is from generation unto generations, to them that +fear him. + +1:51. He hath shewed might in his arm: he hath scattered the proud in +the conceit of their heart. + +1:52. He hath put down the mighty from their seat and hath exalted the +humble. + +1:53. He hath filled the hungry with good things: and the rich he hath +sent empty away. + +1:54. He hath received Israel his servant, being mindful of his mercy. + +1:55. As he spoke to our fathers: to Abraham and to his seed for ever. + +1:56. And Mary abode with her about three months. And she returned to +her own house. + +1:57. Now Elizabeth's full time of being delivered was come: and she +brought forth a son. + +1:58. And her neighbors and kinsfolks heard that the Lord had shewed his +great mercy towards her: and they congratulated with her. + +1:59. And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise +the child: and they called him by his father's name Zachary. + +1:60. And his mother answering, said: Not so. But he shall be called +John. + +1:61. And they said to her: There is none of thy kindred that is called +by this name. + +1:62. And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. + +1:63. And demanding a writing table, he wrote, saying: John is his name. +And they all wondered. + +1:64. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed: and he +spoke, blessing God. + +1:65. And fear came upon all their neighbours: and all these things were +noised abroad over all the hill country of Judea. + +1:66. And all they that had heard them laid them up in their heart, +saying: What an one, think ye, shall this child be? For the hand of the +Lord was with him. + +1:67. And Zachary his father was filled with the Holy Ghost. And he +prophesied, saying: + +1:68. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel: because he hath visited and +wrought the redemption of his people. + +1:69. And hath raised up an horn of salvation to us, in the house of +David his servant. + +Horn of salvation... That is, A powerful salvation, as Dr. Witham +translates it. For in the Scripture, by horn is generally understood +strength and power. + +1:70. As he spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets, who are from the +beginning. + +1:71. Salvation from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us. + +1:72. To perform mercy to our fathers and to remember his holy +testament. + +1:73. The oath, which he swore to Abraham our father, that he would +grant to us. + +1:74. That being delivered from the hand of our enemies, we may serve +him without fear: + +1:75. In holiness and justice before him, all our days. + +1:76. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest: for +thou shalt, go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways: + +1:77. To give knowledge of salvation to his people, unto the remission +of their sins. + +1:78. Through the bowels of the mercy of our God, in which the Orient +from on high hath visited us: + +The Orient... It is one of the titles of the Messias, the true light of +the world, and the sun of justice. + +1:79. To enlighten them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death: +to direct our feet into the way of peace. + +1:80. And the child grew and was strengthened in spirit: and was in the +deserts until the day of his manifestation to Israel. + +Luke Chapter 2 + +The birth of Christ. His presentation in the temple. Simeon's prophecy. +Christ at twelve years of age, is found amongst the doctors. + +2:1. And it came to pass that in those days there went out a decree from +Caesar Augustus that the whole world should be enrolled. + +2:2. This enrolling was first made by Cyrinus, the governor of Syria. + +2:3. And all went to be enrolled, every one into his own city. + +2:4. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, +into Judea, to the city of David, which is called Bethlehem: because he +was of the house and family of David. + +2:5. To be enrolled with Mary his espoused wife, who was with child. + +2:6. And it came to pass that when they were there, her days were +accomplished that she should be delivered. + +2:7. And she brought forth her first born son and wrapped him up in +swaddling clothes and laid him in a manger: because there was no room +for them in the inn. + +Her firstborn... The meaning is, not that she had afterward any other +child; but it is a way of speech among the Hebrews, to call them also +the firstborn, who are the only children. See annotation Matt. 1. 25. + +2:8. And there were in the same country shepherds watching and keeping +the night watches over their flock. + +2:9. And behold an angel of the Lord stood by them and the brightness of +God shone round about them: and they feared with a great fear. + +2:10. And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you +good tidings of great joy that shall be to all the people: + +2:11. For, this day is born to you a Saviour, who is Christ the Lord, in +the city of David. + +2:12. And this shall be a sign unto you. You shall find the infant +wrapped in swaddling clothes and laid in a manger. + +2:13. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly +army, praising God and saying: + +2:14. Glory to God in the highest: and on earth peace to men of good +will. + +2:15. And it came to pass, after the angels departed from them into +heaven, the shepherds said one to another: Let us go over to Bethlehem +and let us see this word that is come to pass, which the Lord hath +shewed to us. + +2:16. And they came with haste: and they found Mary and Joseph, and the +infant lying in the manger. + +2:17. And seeing, they understood of the word that had been spoken to +them concerning this child. + +2:18. And all that heard wondered: and at those things that were told +them by the shepherds. + +2:19. But Mary kept all these words, pondering them in her heart. + +2:20. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all +the things they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. + +2:21. And after eight days were accomplished, that the child should be +circumcised, his name was called JESUS, which was called by the angel +before he was conceived in the womb. + +2:22. And after the days of her purification, according to the law of +Moses, were accomplished, they carried him to Jerusalem, to present him +to the Lord: + +2:23. As it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male opening the +womb shall be called holy to the Lord: + +2:24. And to offer a sacrifice, according as it is written in the law of +the Lord, a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons: + +2:25. And behold there was a man in Jerusalem named Simeon: and this man +was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel. And the Holy +Ghost was in him. + +2:26. And he had received an answer from the Holy Ghost, that he should +not see death before he had seen the Christ of the Lord. + +2:27. And he came by the Spirit into the temple. And when his parents +brought in the child Jesus, to do for him according to the custom of the +law, + +2:28. He also took him into his arms and blessed God and said + +2:29. Now thou dost dismiss thy servant, O Lord, according to thy word +in peace: + +2:30. Because my eyes have seen thy salvation, + +2:31. Which thou hast prepared before the face of all peoples: + +2:32. A light to the revelation of the Gentiles and the glory of thy +people Israel. + +2:33. And his father and mother were wondering at those things which +were spoken concerning him. + +2:34. And Simeon blessed them and said to Mary his mother: Behold this +child is set for the fall and for the resurrection of many in Israel and +for a sign which shall be contradicted. + +For the fall, etc... Christ came for the salvation of all men; but here +Simeon prophesies what would come to pass, that many through their own +wilful blindness and obstinacy would not believe in Christ, nor receive +his doctrine, which therefore would be ruin to them: but to others a +resurrection, by their believing in him, and obeying his commandments. + +2:35. And thy own soul a sword shall pierce, that, out of many hearts +thoughts may be revealed. + +2:36. And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of +the tribe of Aser. She was far advanced in years and had lived with her +husband seven years from her virginity. + +2:37. And she was a widow until fourscore and four years: who departed +not from the temple, by fastings and prayers serving night and day. + +2:38. Now she, at the same hour, coming in, confessed to the Lord: and +spoke of him to all that looked for the redemption of Israel. + +2:39. And after they had performed all things according to the law of +the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their city Nazareth. + +2:40. And the child grew and waxed strong, full of wisdom: and the grace +of God was in him. + +2:41. And his parents went every year to Jerusalem, at the solemn day of +the pasch. + +2:42. And when he was twelve years old, they going up into Jerusalem, +according to the custom of the feast, + +2:43. And having fulfilled the days, when they returned, the child Jesus +remained in Jerusalem. And his parents knew it not. + +2:44. And thinking that he was in the company, they came a day's journey +and sought him among their kinsfolks and acquaintance. + +2:45. And not finding him, they returned into Jerusalem, seeking him. + +2:46. And it came to pass, that, after three days, they found him in the +temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, hearing them and asking +them questions. + +2:47. And all that heard him were astonished at his wisdom and his +answers. + +2:48. And seeing him, they wondered. And his mother said to him: Son, +why hast thou done so to us? Behold thy father and I have sought thee +sorrowing. + +2:49. And he said to them: How is it that you sought me? Did you not +know that I must be about my father's business? + +2:50. And they understood not the word that he spoke unto them. + +2:51. And he went down with them and came to Nazareth and was subject to +them. And his mother kept all these words in her heart. + +2:52. And Jesus advanced in wisdom and age and grace with God and men. + +Luke Chapter 3 + +John's mission and preaching. Christ is baptized by him. + +3:1. Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius +Pilate being governor of Judea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and +Philip his brother tetrarch of Iturea and the country of Trachonitis, +and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilina: + +3:2. Under the high priests Anna and Caiphas: the word of the Lord was +made unto John, the son of Zachary, in the desert. + +3:3. And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the +baptism of penance for the remission of sins. + +3:4. As it was written in the book of the sayings of Isaias the prophet: +A voice of one crying in the wilderness: Prepare ye the way of the Lord, +make straight his paths. + +3:5. Every valley shall be filled and every mountain and hill shall be +brought low: and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways +plain. + +3:6. And all flesh shall see the salvation of God. + +3:7. He said therefore to the multitudes that went forth to be baptized +by him: Ye offspring of vipers, who hath shewed you to flee from the +wrath to come? + +3:8. Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of penance: and do not begin to +say, We have Abraham for our father. For I say unto you that God is able +of these stones, to raise up children to Abraham. + +3:9. For now the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree +therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be cut down and cast +into the fire. + +3:10. And the people asked him, saying: What then shall we do? + +3:11. And he answering, said to them: He that hath two coats, let him +give to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do in like +manner. + +3:12. And the publicans also came to be baptized and said to him: +Master, what shall we do? + +3:13. But he said to them: Do nothing more than that which is appointed +you. + +3:14. And the soldiers also asked him, saying: And what shall we do? And +he said to them: Do violence to no man, neither calumniate any man; and +be content with your pay. + +3:15. And as the people were of opinion, and all were thinking in their +hearts of John, that perhaps he might be the Christ: + +3:16. John answered, saying unto all: I indeed baptize you with water: +but there shall come one mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I +am not worthy to loose. He shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and +with fire; + +3:17. Whose fan is in his hand: and he will purge his floor and will +gather the wheat into his barn: but the chaff he will burn with +unquenchable fire. + +3:18. And many other things exhorting did he preach to the people. + +3:19. But Herod the tetrarch, when he was reproved by him for Herodias, +his brother's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done: + +3:20. He added this also above all and shut up John in prison. + +3:21. Now it came to pass, when all the people were baptized, that Jesus +also being baptized and praying, heaven was opened. + +3:22. And the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape, as a dove, upon +him. And a voice came from heaven: Thou art my beloved Son. In thee I am +well pleased. + +3:23. And Jesus himself was beginning about the age of thirty years: +being (as it was supposed) the son of Joseph, who was of Heli, who was +of Mathat, + +Who was of Heli... St. Joseph, who by nature was the son of Jacob, (St. +Matt. 1. 16,) in the account of the law, was son of Heli. For Heli and +Jacob were brothers, by the same mother; and Heli, who was the elder, +dying without issue, Jacob, as the law directed, married his widow: in +consequence of such marriage, his son Joseph was reputed in the law the +son of Heli. + +3:24. Who was of Levi, who was of Melchi. who was of Janne, who was of +Joseph, + +3:25. Who was of Mathathias, who was of Amos, who was of Nahum, who was +of Hesli, who was of Nagge, + +3:26. Who was of Mahath, who was of Mathathias, who was of Semei, who +was of Joseph, who was of Juda, + +3:27. Who was of Joanna, who was of Reza, who was of Zorobabel, who was +of Salathiel, who was of Neri, + +3:28. Who was of Melchi, who was of Addi, who was of Cosan, who was of +Helmadan, who was of Her, + +3:29. Who was of Jesus, who was of Eliezer, who was of Jorim, who was of +Mathat, who was of Levi, + +3:30. Who was of Simeon, who was of Judas, who was of Joseph, who was of +Jona, who was of Eliakim, + +3:31. Who was of Melea, who was of Menna, who was of Mathatha, who was +of Nathan, who was of David, + +3:32. Who was of Jesse, who was of Obed, who was of Booz, who was of +Salmon, who was of Naasson, + +3:33. Who was of Aminadab, who was of Aram, who was of Esron, who was of +Phares, who was of Judas, + +3:34. Who was of Jacob, who was of Isaac, who was of Abraham, who was of +Thare, who was of Nachor, + +3:35. Who was of Sarug, who was of Ragau, who was of Phaleg, who was of +Heber, who was of Sale, + +3:36. Who was of Cainan, who was of Arphaxad, who was of Sem, who was Of +Noe, who was of Lamech, + +3:37. Who was of Mathusale, who was of Henoch, who was of Jared, who was +of Malaleel, who was of Cainan, + +3:38. Who was of Henos, who was of Seth, who was of Adam, who was of +God. + +Luke Chapter 4 + +Christ's fasting and temptation. He is persecuted in Nazareth. His +miracles in Capharnaum. + +4:1. And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from the Jordan +and was led the by the spirit into the desert, + +4:2. For the space of forty days, and was tempted by the devil. And he +ate nothing in those days. And when they were ended, he was hungry. + +4:3. And the devil said to him: If thou be the Son of God, say to this +stone that it be made bread. + +4:4. And Jesus answered him: is written that Man liveth not by bread +alone, but by every word of God. + +4:5. And the devil led him into a high mountain and shewed him all the +kingdoms of the world in a moment of time. + +4:6. And he said to him: To thee will I give all this power and the +glory of them. For to me they are delivered: and to whom I will, I give +them. + +4:7. If thou therefore wilt adore before me, all shall be thine. + +4:8. And Jesus answering said to him. It is written: Thou shalt adore +the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. + +4:9. And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on a pinnacle of the +temple and said to him: If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself from +hence. + +4:10. For it is written that He hath given his angels charge over thee +that they keep thee. + +4:11. And that in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest perhaps thou +dash thy foot against a stone. + +4:12. And Jesus answering, said to him: It is said: Thou shalt not tempt +the Lord thy God. + +4:13. And all the temptation being ended, the devil departed from him +for a time. + +4:14. And Jesus returned in the power of the spirit, into Galilee: and +the fame of him went out through the whole country. + +4:15. And he taught in their synagogues and was magnified by all. + +4:16. And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into +the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day: and he rose +up to read. + +4:17. And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as +he unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written: + +4:18. The spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me +to preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite +of heart, + +4:19. To preach deliverance to the captives and sight to the blind, to +set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of +the Lord and the day of reward. + +4:20. And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the minister +and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him. + +4:21. And he began to say to them: This day is fulfilled this scripture +in your ears. + +4:22. And all gave testimony to him. And they wondered at the words of +grace that proceeded from his mouth. And they said: Is not this the son +of Joseph? + +4:23. And he said to them: Doubtless you will say to me this similitude: +Physician, heal thyself. As great things as we have heard done in +Capharnaum, do also here in thy own country. + +4:24. And he said: Amen I say to you that no prophet is accepted in his +own country. + +4:25. In truth I say to You, there were many widows in the days of Elias +in Israel, when heaven was shut up three years and six months, when +there was a great famine throughout all the earth. + +4:26. And to none of them was Elias sent, but to Sarepta of Sidon, to a +widow woman. + +4:27. And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Eliseus the +prophet: and none of them was cleansed but Naaman the Syrian. + +4:28. And all they in the synagogue, hearing these things, were filled +with anger. + +4:29. And they rose up and thrust him out of the city: and they brought +him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they +might cast him down headlong. + +4:30. But he passing through the midst of them, went his way. + +4:31. And he went down into Capharnaum, a city of Galilee: and there he +taught them on the sabbath days. + +4:32. And they were astonished at his doctrine: for his speech was with +power. + +4:33. And in the synagogue there was a man who had an unclean devil: and +he cried out with a loud voice, + +4:34. Saying: Let us alone. What have we to do with thee, Jesus of +Nazareth? Art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the +holy one of God. + +4:35. And Jesus rebuked him, saying: Hold thy peace and go out of him. +And when the devil had thrown him into the midst, he went out of him and +hurt him not at all. + +4:36. And there came fear upon all; and they talked among themselves, +saying: What word is this, for with authority and power he commandeth +the unclean spirits, and they go out? + +4:37. And the fame of him was published into every place of the country. + +4:38. And Jesus rising up out of the synagogue, went into Simon's house. +And Simon's wife's mother was taken with a great fever: and they +besought him for her. + +4:39. And standing over her, he commanded the fever: and it left her. +And immediately rising, she ministered to them. + +4:40. And when the sun was down, all they that had any sick with divers +diseases brought them to him. But he, laying his hands on every one of +them, healed them. + +4:41. And devils went out from many, crying out and saying: Thou art the +son of God. And rebuking them he suffered them not to speak; for they +knew that he was Christ. + +4:42. And when it was day, going out he went into a desert place: and +the multitudes sought him, and came unto him. And they stayed him that +should not depart from them. + +4:43. To whom he said: To other cities also I must preach the kingdom of +God: for therefore am I sent. + +4:44. And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee. + +Luke Chapter 5 + +The miraculous draught of fishes. The cure of the leper and of the +paralytic. The call of Matthew. + +5:1. And it came to pass, that when the multitudes pressed upon him to +hear the word of God, he stood by the lake of Genesareth, + +5:2. And saw two ships standing by the lake: but the fishermen were gone +out of them and were washing their nets. + +5:3. And going into one of the ships that was Simon's, he desired him to +draw back a little from the land. And sitting, he taught the multitudes +out of the ship. + +5:4. Now when he had ceased to speak, he said to Simon: Launch out into +the deep and let down your nets for a draught. + +5:5. And Simon answering said to him: Master, we have laboured all the +night and have taken nothing: but at thy word I will let down the net. + +5:6. And when they had done this, they enclosed a very great multitude +of fishes: and their net broke. + +5:7. And they beckoned to their partners that were in the other ship, +that they should come and help them. And they came and filled both the +ships, so that they were almost sinking. + +5:8. Which when Simon Peter saw, he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying: +Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, O Lord. + +5:9. For he was wholly astonished, and all that were with him, at the +draught of the fishes which they had taken. + +5:10. And so were also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were +Simon's partners. And Jesus saith to Simon: Fear not: from henceforth +thou shalt catch men. + +5:11. And having brought their ships to land, leaving all things, they +followed him. + +5:12. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man +full of leprosy who, seeing Jesus and falling on his face, besought him +saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. + +5:13. And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will. Be +thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed from him. + +5:14. And he charged him that he should tell no man, but: Go, shew +thyself to the priest and offer for thy cleansing according as Moses +commanded, for a testimony to them. + +5:15. But the fame of him went abroad the more: and great multitudes +came together to hear and to be healed by him of their infirmities. + +5:16. And he retired into the desert; and prayed. + +5:17. And it came to pass on a certain day, as he sat teaching, that +there were also Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, that were +come out of every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem: and the power +of the Lord was to heal them. + +5:18. And behold, men brought in a bed a man who had the palsy: and they +sought means to bring him in and to lay him before him. + +5:19. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in, +because of the multitude, they went up upon the roof and let him down +through the tiles with his bed into the midst before Jesus. + +5:20. Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. + +5:21. And the scribes and Pharisees began to think, saying: Who is this +who speaketh blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? + +5:22. And when Jesus knew their thoughts, answering he said to them: +What is it you think in your hearts? + +5:23. Which is easier to say: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: +Arise and walk? + +5:24. But that you may know that the Son of man hath the power on earth +to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), I say to thee to: +Arise, take up thy bed and go into thy house. + +5:25. And immediately rising up before them, he took up the bed on which +he lay: and he went away to his own house, glorifying God. + +5:26. And all were astonished: and they glorified God. And they were +filled with fear, saying: We have seen wonderful things to-day. + +5:27. And after these things, he went forth and saw a publican named +Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him: Follow me. + +5:28. And leaving all things, he rose up and followed him. + +5:29. And Levi made him a great feast in his own house: And there was a +great company of publicans and of others that were at table with them. + +5:30. But the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying to his disciples: +Why do you eat and drink with publicans and sinners? + +5:31. And Jesus answering, said to them: They that are whole need not +the physician: but they that are sick. + +5:32. I came not to call the just, but sinners to penance. + +5:33. And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often and +make prayers, and the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner; but +thine eat and drink? + +5:34. To whom he said: Can you make the children of the bridegroom fast +whilst the bridegroom is with them? + +5:35. But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away +from them: then shall they fast in those days. + +5:36. And he spoke also a similitude to them: That no man putteth a +piece from a new garment upon an old garment: otherwise he both rendeth +the new, and the piece taken from the new agreeth not with the old. + +5:37. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the new +wine will break the bottles; and it will be spilled and the bottles will +be lost. + +5:38. But new wine must be put into new bottles: and both are preserved. + +5:39. And no man drinking old hath presently a mind to new: for he +saith: The old is better. + +Luke Chapter 6 + +Christ excuses his disciples. He cures upon the sabbath day, chooses the +twelve and makes a sermon to them. + +6:1. And it came to pass on the second first sabbath that, as he went +through the corn fields, his disciples plucked the ears and did eat, +rubbing them in their hands. + +The second first sabbath... Some understand this of the sabbath of +Pentecost, which was the second in course among the great feasts: +others, of a sabbath day that immediately followed any solemn feast. + +6:2. And some of the Pharisees said to them: Why do you that which is +not lawful on the sabbath days? + +6:3. And Jesus answering them, said: Have you not read so much as this, +what David did, when himself was hungry and they that were with him: + +6:4. How he went into the house of God and took and ate the bread of +proposition and gave to them that were with him, which is not lawful to +eat but only for the priests? + +6:5. And he said to them: The Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. + +6:6. And it came to pass also, on another sabbath, that he entered into +the synagogue and taught. And there was a man whose right hand was +withered. + +6:7. And the scribes and Pharisees watched if he would heal on the +sabbath: that they might find an accusation against him. + +6:8. But he knew their thoughts and said to the man who had the withered +hand: Arise and stand forth in the midst. And rising he stood forth. + +6:9. Then Jesus said to them: I ask you, if it be lawful on the sabbath +days to do good or to do evil? To save life or to destroy? + +6:10. And looking round about on them all, he said to the man: Stretch +forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth. And his hand was restored. + +6:11. And they were filled with madness: and they talked one with +another, what they might do to Jesus. + +6:12. And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a +mountain to pray: and he passed the whole night in the prayer of God. + +6:13. And when day was come, he called unto him his disciples: and he +chose twelve of them (whom also he named apostles): + +6:14. Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew his brother, James and +John, Philip and Bartholomew, + +6:15. Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon who is +called Zelotes, + +6:16. And Jude the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, who was the +traitor. + +6:17. And coming down with them, he stood in a plain place: and the +company of his disciples and a very great multitude of people from all +Judea and Jerusalem and the sea coast, both of Tyre and Sidon, + +6:18. Who were come to hear him and to be healed of their diseases. And +they that were troubled with unclean spirits were cured. + +6:19. And all the multitude sought to touch him: for virtue went out +from him and healed all. + +6:20. And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: Blessed are ye +poor: for yours is the kingdom of God. + +6:21. Blessed are ye that hunger now: for you shall be filled. Blessed +are ye that weep now: for you shall laugh. + +6:22. Blessed shall you be when men shall hate you, and when they shall +separate you and shall reproach you and cast out your name as evil, for +the Son of man's sake. + +6:23. Be glad in that day and rejoice: for behold, your reward is great +in heaven, For according to these things did their fathers to the +prophets. + +6:24. But woe to you that are rich: for you have your consolation. + +6:25. Woe to you that are filled: for you shall hunger. Woe to you that +now laugh: for you shall mourn and weep. + +6:26. Woe to you when men shall bless you: for according to these things +did their fathers to the false prophets. + +6:27. But I say to you that hear: Love your enemies. Do good to them +that hate you. + +6:28. Bless them that curse you and pray for them that calumniate you. + +6:29. And to him that striketh thee on the one cheek, offer also the +other. And him that taketh away from thee thy cloak, forbid not to take +thy coat also. + +6:30. Give to every one that asketh thee: and of him that taketh away +thy goods, ask them not again. + +6:31. And as you would that men should do to you, do you also to them in +like manner. + +6:32. And if you love them that love you, what thanks are to you? For +sinners also love those that love them. + +6:33. And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are to +you? For sinners also do this. + +6:34. And if you lend to them of whom you hope to receive, what thanks +are to you? For sinners also lend to sinners, for to receive as much. + +6:35. But love ye your enemies: do good, and lend, hoping for nothing +thereby: and your reward shall be great, and you shall be the sons of +the Highest. For he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil. + +6:36. Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful. + +6:37. Judge not: and you shall not be judged. Condemn not: and you shall +not be condemned. Forgive: and you shall be forgiven. + +6:38. Give: and it shall be given to you: good measure and pressed down +and shaken together and running over shall they give into your bosom. +For with the same measure that you shall mete withal, it shall be +measured to you again. + +6:39. And he spoke also to them a similitude: Can the blind lead the +blind? Do they not both fall into the ditch? + +6:40. The disciple is not above his master: but every one shall be +perfect, if he be as his master. + +6:41. And why seest thou the mote in thy brother's eye: but the beam +that is in thy own eye thou considerest not? + +6:42. Or how canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me pull the +mote out of thy eye, when thou thyself seest not the beam in thy own +eye? Hypocrite, cast first the beam out of thy own eye: and then shalt +thou see clearly to take out the mote from thy brother's eye. + +6:43. For there is no good tree that bringeth forth evil fruit: nor an +evil tree that bringeth forth good fruit. + +6:44. For every tree is known by its fruit. For men do not gather figs +from thorns: nor from a bramble bush do they gather the grape. + +6:45. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth +that which is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth +forth that which is evil. For out of the abundance of the heart the +mouth speaketh. + +6:46. And why call you me, Lord, Lord; and do not the things which I +say? + +6:47. Every one that cometh to me and heareth my words and doth them, I +will shew you to whom he is like. + +6:48. He is like to a man building a house, who digged deep and laid the +foundation upon a rock. And when a flood came, the stream beat +vehemently upon that house: and it could not shake it: for it was +founded on a rock. + +6:49. But he that heareth and doth not is like to a man building his +house upon the earth without a foundation: against which the stream beat +vehemently. And immediately it fell: and the ruin of that house was +great. + +Luke Chapter 7 + +Christ heals the centurion's servant. He raises the widow's son to life, +answers the messengers sent by John and absolves the penitent sinner. + +7:1. And when he had finished all his words in the hearing of the +people, he entered into Capharnaum. + +7:2. And the servant of a certain centurion who was dear to him, being +sick, was ready to die. + +7:3. And when he had heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the ancients of +the Jews, desiring him to come and heal his servant. + +7:4. And when they came to Jesus, they besought him earnestly, saying to +him: He is worthy that thou shouldest do this for him. + +7:5. For he loveth our nation: and he hath built us a synagogue. + +7:6. And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the +house, the centurion sent his friends to him, saying: Lord, trouble not +thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof. + +7:7. For which cause neither did I think myself worthy to come to thee: +but say the word, and my servant shall be healed. + +7:8. For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers: +and I say to one, Go, and he goeth: and to another, Come, and he cometh; +and to my servant, Do this, and he doth it. + +7:9. Which Jesus hearing, marvelled: and turning about to the multitude +that followed him, he said: Amen I say to you, I have not found so great +faith, not even in Israel. + +7:10. And they who were sent, being returned to the house, found the +servant whole who had been sick. + +7:11. And it came to pass afterwards that he went into a city that is +called Naim: and there went with him his disciples and a great +multitude. + +7:12. And when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold a dead man +was carried out, the only son of his mother: and she was a widow. And a +great multitude of the city was with her. + +7:13. Whom when the Lord had seen, being moved with mercy towards her, +he said to her: Weep not. + +7:14. And he came near and touched the bier. And they that carried it +stood still. And he said: Young man, I say to thee, arise. + +7:15. And he that was dead sat up and begun to speak. And he gave him to +his mother. + +7:16. And there came a fear upon them all: and they glorified God +saying: A great prophet is risen up among us: and, God hath visited his +people. + +7:17. And this rumour of him went forth throughout all Judea and +throughout all the country round about. + +7:18. And John's disciples told him of all these things. + +7:19. And John called to him two of his disciples and sent them to +Jesus, saying: Art thou he that art to come? Or look we for another? + +7:20. And when the men were come unto him, they said: John the Baptist +hath sent us to thee, saying: Art thou he that art to come? Or look we +for another? + +7:21. (And in that same hour, he cured many of their diseases and hurts +and evil spirits: and to many that were blind he gave sight.) + +7:22. And answering, he said to them: Go and relate to John what you +have heard and seen: the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made +clean, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, to the poor the gospel is +preached. + +7:23. And blessed is he whosoever shall not be scandalized in me. + +7:24. And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak +to the multitudes concerning John. What went ye out into the desert to +see? A reed shaken with the wind? + +7:25. But what went you out to see? A man clothed in soft garments? +Behold they that are in costly apparel and live delicately are in the +houses of kings. + +7:26. But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yea, I say to you, and +more than a prophet. + +7:27. This is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my angel before +thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee. + +7:28. For I say to you: Amongst those that are born of men, there is not +a greater prophet than John the Baptist. But he that is the lesser in +the kingdom of God is greater than he. + +7:29. And all the people hearing, and the publicans, justified God, +being baptized with John's baptism. + +Justified God... that is, praised the justice of God, feared and +worshipped God, as just and merciful. + +7:30. But the Pharisees and the lawyers despised the counsel of God +against themselves, being not baptized by him. + +7:31. And the Lord said: Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this +generation? And to what are they like? + +7:32. They are like to children sitting in the marketplace and speaking +one to another and saying: We have piped to you, and you have not +danced: we have mourned, and you have not wept. + +7:33. For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine. +And you say: He hath a devil. + +7:34. The Son of man is come eating and drinking. And you say: Behold a +man that is a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and +sinners. + +7:35. And wisdom is justified by all her children. + +7:36. And one of the Pharisees desired him to eat with him. And he went +into the house of the Pharisee and sat down to meat. + +One of the Pharisees: that is, Simon. + +7:37. And behold a woman that was in the city, a sinner, when she knew +that he sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of +ointment. + +7:38. And standing behind at his feet she began to wash his feet with +tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head and kissed his feet and +anointed them with the ointment. + +7:39. And the Pharisee, who had invited him, seeing it, spoke within +himself, saying: This man, if he were if a prophet, would know surely +who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him, that she is a +sinner. + +7:40. And Jesus answering, said to him: Simon, I have somewhat to say to +thee. But he said: Master, say it. + +7:41. A certain creditor had two debtors: the one owed five hundred +pence and the other fifty. + +7:42. And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. +Which therefore of the two loveth him most? + +7:43. Simon answering, said: I suppose that he to whom he forgave most. +And he said to him: Thou hast judged rightly. + +7:44. And turning to the woman, he said unto Simon: Dost thou see this +woman? I entered into thy house: thou gavest me no water for my feet. +But she with tears hath washed my feet; and with her hairs hath wiped +them. + +7:45. Thou gavest me no kiss. But she, since she cane in, hath not +ceased to kiss my feet. + +7:46. My head with oil thou didst not anoint. But she with ointment hath +anointed my feet. + +7:47. Wherefore, I say to thee: Many sins are forgiven her, because she +hath loved much. But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less. + +Many sins are forgiven her, because she hath loved much... In the +scripture an effect sometimes seems attributed to one only cause, when +there are divers other concurring dispositions; for the sins of this +woman, in this verse, are said to be forgiven, because she loved much: +but (ver. 50) Christ tells her, Thy faith hath made thee safe. Hence in +a true conversion are joined faith, hope, love, sorrow for sin, and +other pious dispositions. + +7:48. And he said to her: Thy sins are forgiven thee. + +7:49. And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves: +Who is this that forgiveth sins also? + +7:50. And he said to the woman: Thy faith hath made thee safe. Go in +peace. + +Luke Chapter 8 + +The parable of the seed. Christ stills the storm at sea, casts out the +legion, heals the issue of blood and raises the daughter of Jairus to +life. + +8:1. And it came to pass afterwards he travelled through the cities and +towns, preaching and evangelizing the kingdom of God: and the twelve +with him: + +8:2. And certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and +infirmities: Mary who is called Magdalen, out of whom seven devils were +gone forth, + +8:3. And Joanna the wife of Chusa, Herod's steward, and Susanna and many +others who ministered unto him of their substance. + +8:4. And when a very great multitude was gathered together and hastened +out of the cities, unto him, he spoke by a similitude. + +8:5. The sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell by +the way side. And it was trodden down: and the fowls of the air devoured +it. + +8:6. And other some fell upon a rock. And as soon as it was sprung up, +it withered away, because it had no moisture. + +8:7. And other some fell among thorns. And the thorns growing up with +it, choked it. + +8:8. And other some fell upon good ground and, being sprung up, yielded +fruit a hundredfold. Saying these things, he cried out: He that hath +ears to hear, let him hear. + +8:9. And his disciples asked him what this parable might be. + +8:10. To whom he said: To you it is given to know the mystery of the +kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not +see and hearing may not understand. + +Seeing they may not see... See the annotation, Mark 4. 12. + +8:11. Now the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. + +8:12. And they by the way side are they that hear: then the devil cometh +and taketh the word out of their heart, lest believing they should be +saved. + +8:13. Now they upon the rock are they who when they hear receive the +word with joy: and these have no roots: for they believe for a while and +in time of temptation they fall away. + +8:14. And that which fell among thorns are they who have heard and, +going their way, are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of +this life and yield no fruit. + +8:15. But that on the good ground are they who in a good and perfect +heart, hearing the word, keep it and bring forth fruit in patience. + +8:16. Now no man lighting a candle covereth it with a vessel or putteth +it under a bed: but setteth it upon a candlestick, that they who come in +may see the light. + +8:17. For there is not any thing secret that shall not be made manifest, +nor hidden that shall not be known and come abroad. + +8:18. Take heed therefore how you hear. For whosoever hath, to him shall +be given: and whosoever hath not, that also which he thinketh he hath +shall be taken away from him. + +8:19. And his mother and brethren came unto him: and they could not come +at him for the crowd. + +8:20. And it was told him: Thy mother and thy brethren stand without, +desiring to see thee. + +8:21. Who answering, said to them: My mother and my brethren are they +who hear the word of God and do it. + +8:22. And it came to pass on a certain day that he went into a little +ship with his disciples. And he said to them: Let us go over to the +other side of the lake. And they launched forth. + +8:23. And when they were sailing, he slept. And there came down a storm +of wind upon the lake: and they were filled and were in danger. + +8:24. And they came and awaked him, saying: Master, we perish. But he +arising, rebuked the wind and the rage of the water. And it ceased: and +there was a calm. + +8:25. And he said to them: Where is your faith? Who being afraid, +wondered, saying one to another: Who is this (think you), that he +commandeth both the winds and the sea: and they obey him? + +8:26. And they sailed to the country of the Gerasens, which is over +against Galilee. + +8:27. And when he was come forth to the land, there met him a certain +man who had a devil now a very long time. And he wore no clothes: +neither did he abide in a house, but in the sepulchres. + +8:28. And when he saw Jesus, he fell down before him. And crying out +with a loud voice, he said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of +the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me. + +8:29. For he commanded the unclean spirit to go out of the man. For +many times it seized him: and he was bound with chains and kept in +fetters: and breaking the bonds, he was driven by the devil into the +deserts. + +8:30. And Jesus asked him, saying: What is thy name? But he said: +Legion. Because many devils were entered into him. + +8:31. And they besought him that he would not command them to go into +the abyss. + +8:32. And there was there a herd of many swine feeding on the mountain: +and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And +he suffered them. + +8:33. The devils therefore went out of the man and entered into the +swine. And the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake and +were stifled. + +8:34. Which when they that fed them saw done, they fled away and told it +in the city and in the villages. + +8:35. And they went out to see what was done. And they came to Jesus and +found the man out of whom the devils were departed, sitting at his feet, +clothed and in his right mind. And they were afraid. + +8:36. And they also that had seen told them how he had been healed from +the legion. + +8:37. And all the multitude of the country of the Gerasens besought him +to depart from them: for they were taken with great fear. And he, going +up into the ship, returned back again. + +8:38. Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that +he might be with him. But Jesus sent him away, saying: + +8:39. Return to thy house and tell how great things God hath done to +thee. And he went through the whole city, publishing how great things +Jesus had done to him. + +8:40. And it came to pass that when Jesus was returned, the multitude +received him: for they were all waiting for him. + +8:41. And behold there came a man whose name was Jairus: and he was a +ruler of the synagogue. And he fell down at the feet of Jesus, +beseeching him that he would come into his house: + +8:42. For he had an only daughter, almost twelve years old, and she was +dying. And it happened as he went that he was thronged by the +multitudes. + +8:43. And there was a certain woman having an issue of blood twelve +years, who had bestowed all her substance on physicians and could not be +healed by any. + +8:44. She came behind him and touched the hem of his garment: and +immediately the issue of her blood stopped. + +8:45. And Jesus said: Who is it that touched me? And all denying, Peter +and they that were with him said: Master, the multitudes throng and +press thee; and dost thou say, who touched me? + +8:46. And Jesus said: Somebody hath touched me; for I know that virtue +is gone out from me. + +8:47. And the woman seeing that she was not hid, came trembling and fell +down before his feet and declared before all the people for what cause +she had touched him, and how she was immediately healed. + +8:48. But he said to her: Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. Go +thy way in peace. + +8:49. As he was yet speaking, there cometh one to the ruler of the +synagogue, saying to him: Thy daughter is dead: trouble him not. + +8:50. And Jesus hearing this word, answered the father of the maid: Fear +not. Believe only: and she shall be safe. + +8:51. And when he was come to the house, he suffered not any man to go +in with him, but Peter and James and John, and the father and mother of +the maiden. + +8:52. And all wept and mourned for her. But he said: Weep not. The maid +is not dead, but sleepeth. + +8:53. And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. + +8:54. But he taking her by the hand, cried out, saying: Maid, arise. + +8:55. And her spirit returned: and she arose immediately. And he bid +them give her to eat. + +8:56. And her parents were astonished, whom he charged to tell no man +what was done. + +Luke Chapter 9 + +Christ sends forth his apostles, feeds five thousand with five loaves, +is transfigured and casts out a devil. + +9:1. Then calling together the twelve apostles, he gave them power and +authority over all devils and to cure diseases. + +9:2. And he sent them to preach the kingdom of God and to heal the sick. + +9:3. And he said to them: Take nothing for your journey, neither staff, +nor scrip, nor bread, nor money; neither have two coats. + +9:4. And whatsoever house you shall enter into, abide there and depart +not from thence. + +9:5. And whosoever will not receive you, when ye go out of that city, +shake off even the dust of your feet, for a testimony against them. + +9:6. And going out, they went about through the towns, preaching the +gospel and healing every where. + +9:7. Now Herod, the tetrarch, heard of all things that were done by him. +And he was in a doubt, because it was said + +9:8. By some that John was risen from the dead: but by other some, that +Elias had appeared: and by others, that one of the old prophets was +risen again. + +9:9. And Herod said: John I have beheaded. But who is this of whom I +hear such things? And he sought to see him. + +9:10. And the apostles, when they were returned, told him all they had +done. And taking them, he went aside into a desert place, apart, which +belongeth to Bethsaida. + +9:11. Which when the people knew, they followed him: and he received +them and spoke to them of the kingdom of God and healed them who had +need of healing. + +9:12. Now the day began to decline. And the twelve came and said to him: +Send away the multitude, that, going into the towns and villages round +about, they may lodge and get victuals; for we are here in a desert +place. + +9:13. But he said to them: Give you them to eat. And they said: We have +no more than five loaves and two fishes; unless perhaps, we should go +and buy food for all this multitude. + +9:14. Now there were about five thousand men. And he said to his +disciples: Make them sit down by fifties in a company. + +9:15. And they did so and made them all sit down. + +9:16. And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to +heaven and blessed them: and he broke and distributed to his disciples, +to set before the multitude. + +9:17. And they did all eat and were filled. And there were taken up of +fragments that remained to them, twelve baskets. + +9:18. And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples also +were with him: and he asked them, saying: Whom do the people say that I +am? + +9:19. But they answered and said: John the Baptist; but some say Elias: +and others say that one of the former prophets is risen again. + +9:20. And he said to them: But whom do you say that I am? Simon Peter +answering, said: The Christ of God. + +9:21. But he strictly charging them, commanded they should tell this to +no man. + +9:22. Saying: The Son of man must suffer many things and be rejected by +the ancients and chief priests and scribes and be killed and the third +day rise again. + +9:23. And he said to all: If any man will come after me, let him deny +himself and take up his cross daily and follow me. + +9:24. For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: for he that shall +lose his life for my sake shall save it. + +9:25. For what is a man advantaged, if he gain the whole world and lose +himself and cast away himself? + +9:26. For he that shall be ashamed of me and of my words, of him the Son +of man shall be ashamed, when he shall come in his majesty and that of +his Father and of the holy angels. + +9:27. But I tell you of a truth: There are some standing here that shall +not taste death till they see the kingdom of God. + +9:28. And it came to pass, about eight days after these words, that he +took Peter and James and John and went up into a mountain to pray. + +9:29. And whilst he prayed, the shape of his countenance was altered and +his raiment became white and glittering. + +9:30. And behold two men were talking with him. And they were Moses and +Elias, + +9:31. Appearing in majesty. And they spoke of his decease that he should +accomplish in Jerusalem. + +9:32. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep. And +waking, they saw his glory and the two men that stood with him. + +9:33. And it came to pass that, as they were departing from him, Peter +saith to Jesus: Master, it is good for us to be here: and let us make +three tabernacles, one for thee, and one for Moses; and one for Elias: +not knowing what he said. + +9:34. And as he spoke these things, there came a cloud and overshadowed +them. And they were afraid when they entered into the cloud. + +9:35. And a voice came out of the cloud; saying: This is my beloved son. +Hear him. + +9:36. And whilst the voice was uttered Jesus was found alone. And they +held their peace and told no man in those days any of these things which +they had seen. + +9:37. And it came to pass the day following, when they came down from +the mountain, there met him a great multitude. + +9:38. And behold a man among the crowd cried out, saying: Master, I +beseech thee, look upon my son, because he is my only one. + +9:39. And lo, a spirit seizeth him, and he suddenly crieth out, and he +throweth him down and teareth him, so that he foameth; and bruising him, +he hardly departeth from him. + +9:40. And I desired thy disciples to cast him out: and they could not. + +9:41. And Jesus, answering, said: O faithless and perverse generation, +how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son. + +9:42. And as he was coming to him, the devil threw him down and tore +him. + +9:43. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit and cured the boy and +restored him to his father. + +9:44. And all were astonished at the mighty power of God. But while all +wondered at all the things he did, he said to his disciples: Lay you up +in your hearts these words, for it shall come to pass that the Son of +man shall be delivered into the hands of men. + +9:45. But they understood not this word: and it was hid from them, so +that they perceived it not. And they were afraid to ask him concerning +this word. + +9:46. And there entered a thought into them, which of them should be +greater. + +9:47. But Jesus seeing the thoughts of their hearts, took a child and +set him by him, + +9:48. And said to them: Whosoever shall receive this child in my name +receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive me receiveth him that sent me. +For he that is the lesser among you all, he is the greater. + +9:49. And John, answering, said: Master, we saw a certain man casting +out devils in thy name: and we forbade him, because he followeth not +with us. + +9:50. And Jesus said to him: Forbid him not: for he that is not against +you is for you. + +9:51. And it came to pass, when the days of his assumption were +accomplishing, that he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. + +9:52. And he sent messengers before his face: and going, they entered +into a city of the Samaritans, to prepare for him. + +9:53. And they received him not, because his face was of one going to +Jerusalem. + +9:54. And when his disciples, James and John, had seen this, they said: +Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven and +consume them? + +9:55. And turning, he rebuked them, saying: you know not of what spirit +you are. + +9:56. The Son of man came not to destroy souls, but to save. And they +went into another town. + +9:57. And it came to pass, as they walked in the way, that a certain man +said to him: I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. + +9:58. Jesus said 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. + +9:59. But he said to another: Follow me. And he said: Lord, suffer me +first to go and to bury my father. + +9:60. And Jesus said to him: Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou +and preach the kingdom of God. + +9:61. And another said: I will follow thee, Lord; but let me first take +my leave of them that are at my house. + +9:62. Jesus said to him: No man putting his hand to the plough and +looking back is fit for the kingdom of God. + +Luke Chapter 10 + +Christ sends forth and instructs his seventy-two disciples. The good +Samaritan. + +10:1. And after these things, the Lord appointed also other seventy-two. +And he sent them two and two before his face into every city and place +whither he himself was to come. + +10:2. And he said to them: The harvest indeed is great, but the +labourers are few. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he +send labourers into his harvest. + +10:3. Go: Behold I send you as lambs among wolves. + +10:4. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes: and salute no man by +the way. + +10:5. Into whatever house you enter, first say: Peace be to this house. + +10:6. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon him: +but if not, it shall return to you. + +10:7. And in the same house, remain, eating and drinking such things as +they have: for the labourer is worthy of his hire. Remove not from +house to house. + +10:8. And into what city soever you enter, and they receive you, eat +such things as are set before you. + +10:9. And heal the sick that are therein and say to them: The kingdom of +God is come nigh unto you. + +10:10. But into whatsoever city you enter, and they receive you not, +going forth into the streets thereof, say: + +10:11. Even the very dust of your city that cleaveth to us, we wipe off +against you. Yet know this, that the kingdom of God is at hand. + +10:12. I say to you, it shall be more tolerable at that day for Sodom +than for that city. + +10:13. Woe to thee, Corozain! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if in Tyre and +Sidon had been wrought the mighty works that have been wrought in you, +they would have done penance long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. + +10:14. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment +than for you. + +10:15. And thou, Capharnaum, which art exalted unto heaven, thou shalt +be thrust down to hell. + +10:16. He that heareth you heareth me: and he that despiseth you +despiseth me: and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. + +10:17. And the seventy-two returned with joy, saying: Lord, the devils +also are subject to us in thy name. + +10:18. And he said to them: I saw Satan like lightning falling from +heaven. + +10:19. Behold, I have given you power to tread upon serpents and +scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall hurt +you. + +10:20. But yet rejoice not in this, that spirits are subject unto you: +but rejoice in this, that your names are written in heaven. + +10:21. In that same hour, he rejoiced in the Holy Ghost and said: I +confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast +hidden these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them to +little ones. Yea, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight. + +He rejoiced in the Holy Ghost... That is, according to his humanity he +rejoiced in the Holy Ghost, and gave thanks to his eternal Father. + +10:22. All things are delivered to me by my Father. And no one knoweth +who the Son is, but the Father: and who the Father is, but the Son and +to whom the Son will reveal him. + +10:23. And turning to his disciples, he said: Blessed are the eyes that +see the things which you see. + +10:24. For I say to you that many prophets and kings have desired to see +the things that you see and have not seen them; and to hear the things +that you hear and have not heard them. + +10:25. And behold a certain lawyer stood up, tempting him and saying, +Master, what must I do to possess eternal life? + +10:26. But he said to him: What is written in the law? How readest thou? + +10:27. He answering, said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy +whole heart and with thy whole soul and with all thy strength and with +all thy mind: and thy neighbour as thyself. + +10:28. And he said to him: Thou hast answered right. This do: and thou +shalt live. + +10:29. But he willing to justify himself, said to Jesus: And who is my +neighbour? + +10:30. And Jesus answering, said: A certain man went down from Jerusalem +to Jericho and fell among robbers, who also stripped him and having +wounded him went away, leaving him half dead. + +10:31. And it chanced, that a certain priest went down the same way: and +seeing him, passed by. + +10:32. In like manner also a Levite, when he was near the place and saw +him, passed by. + +10:33. But a certain Samaritan, being on his journey, came near him: and +seeing him, was moved with compassion: + +10:34. And going up to him, bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and +wine: and setting him upon his own beast, brought him to an inn and took +care of him. + +10:35. And the next day he took out two pence and gave to the host and +said: Take care of him; and whatsoever thou shalt spend over and above, +I, at my return, will repay thee. + +10:36. Which of these three, in thy opinion, was neighbour to him that +fell among the robbers? + +10:37. But he said: He that shewed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him: +Go, and do thou in like manner. + +10:38. Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain +town: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. + +10:39. And she had a sister called Mary. who, sitting also at the Lord's +feet, heard his word. + +10:40. But Martha was busy about much serving. Who stood and said: Lord, +hast thou no care that my sister hath left me alone to serve? Speak to +her therefore, that she help me. + +10:41. And the Lord answering, said to her: Martha, Martha, thou art +careful and art troubled about many things: + +10:42. But one thing is necessary. Mary hath chosen the best part, which +shall not be taken away from her. + +Luke Chapter 11 + +Christ teaches his disciples to pray. He casts out a dumb devil, +confutes the Pharisees, and pronounces woes against them for their +hypocrisy. + +11:1. And it came to pass that as he was in a certain place praying, +when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him: Lord, teach us to +pray, as John also taught his disciples. + +11:2. And he said to them: When you pray, say: Father, hallowed be thy +name. Thy kingdom come. + +11:3. Give us this day our daily bread. + +11:4. And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive every one that is +indebted to us. And lead us not into temptation. + +11:5. And he said to them: Which of you shall have a friend and shall go +to him at midnight and shall say to him: Friend, lend me three loaves, + +11:6. Because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me and I have +not what to set before him. + +11:7. And he from within should answer and say: Trouble me not; the door +is now shut, and my children are with me in bed. I cannot rise and give +thee. + +11:8. Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will +not rise and give him because he is his friend; yet, because of his +importunity, he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. + +11:9. And I say to you: Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you +shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you. + +11:10. For every one that asketh receiveth: and he that seeketh findeth: +and to him that knocketh it shall be opened: + +11:11. And which of you, if he ask his father bread, will he give him a +stone? Or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? + +11:12. Or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion? + +11:13. If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your +children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good +Spirit to them that ask him? + +11:14. And he was casting out a devil: and the same was dumb. And when +he had cast out the devil, the dumb spoke: and the multitudes, were in +admiration at it. + +11:15. But some of them said: He casteth out devils by Beelzebub, the +prince of devils. + +11:16. And others tempting, asked of him a sign from heaven. + +11:17. But he seeing their thoughts, said to them: Every kingdom divided +against itself shall be brought to desolation; and house upon house +shall fall. + +11:18. And if Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his +kingdom stand? Because you say that through Beelzebub I cast out devils. + +11:19. Now if I cast out devils by Beelzebub, by whom do your children +cast them out? Therefore, they shall be your judges. + +11:20. But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, doubtless the +kingdom of God is come upon you. + +11:21. When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in +peace which he possesseth. + +11:22. But if a stronger than he come upon him and overcome him, he will +take away all his armour wherein he trusted and will distribute his +spoils. + +11:23. He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not +with me scattereth. + +11:24. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through +places without water, seeking rest: and not finding, he saith: I will +return into my house whence I came out. + +11:25. And when he is come, he findeth it swept and garnished. + +11:26. Then he goeth and taketh with him seven other spirits more wicked +than himself: and entering in they dwell there. And the last state of +that man becomes worse than the first. + +11:27. And it came to pass, as he spoke these things, a certain woman +from the crowd, lifting up her voice, said to him: Blessed is the womb +that bore thee and the paps that gave thee suck. + +11:28. But he said: Yea rather, blessed are they who hear the word of +God and keep it. + +11:29. And the multitudes running together, he began to say: This +generation is a wicked generation. It asketh a sign: and a sign shall +not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. + +11:30. For as Jonas was a sign to the Ninivites; so shall the Son of man +also be to this generation. + +11:31. The queen of the south shall rise in the judgment with the men of +this generation and shall condemn them: because she came from the ends +of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon. And behold more than Solomon +here. + +11:32. The men of Ninive shall rise in the judgment with this generation +and shall condemn it; Because they did penance at the preaching of +Jonas. And behold more than Jonas here. + +11:33. No man lighteth a candle and putteth it in a hidden place, nor +under a bushel: but upon a candlestick, that they that come in may see +the light. + +11:34. The light of thy body is thy eye. If thy eye be single, thy whole +body will be lightsome: but if it be evil, thy body also will be +darksome. + +11:35. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not +darkness. + +11:36. If then thy whole body be lightsome, having no part of darkness: +the whole shall be lightsome and, as a bright lamp, shall enlighten +thee. + +11:37. And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him that he +would dine with him. And he going in, sat down to eat. + +11:38. And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he +was not washed before dinner. + +11:39. And the Lord said to him: Now you, Pharisees, make clean the +outside of the cup and of the platter: but your inside is full of rapine +and iniquity. + +11:40. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make also +that which is within? + +11:41. But yet that which remaineth, give alms: and behold, all things +are clean unto you. + +11:42. But woe to you, Pharisees, because you tithe mint and rue and +every herb and pass over judgment and the charity of God. Now these +things you ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone. + +11:43. Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love the uppermost seats in +the synagogues and salutations in the marketplace. + +11:44. Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres that appear not: and +men that walk over are not aware. + +11:45. And one of the lawyers answering, saith to him: Master, in saying +these things, thou reproachest us also. + +11:46. But he said: Woe to you lawyers also, because you load men with +burdens which they cannot bear and you yourselves touch not the packs +with one of your fingers. + +Woe to you lawyers... He speaks of the doctors of the law of Moses, +commonly called the scribes. + +11:47. Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets: and your +fathers killed them. + +Woe to you who build, etc... Not that the building of the monuments of +the prophets was in itself blameworthy, but only the intention of these +unhappy men, who made use of this outward shew of religion and piety, as +a means to carry on their wicked designs against the prince of prophets. + +11:48. Truly you bear witness that you consent to the doings of your +fathers. For they indeed killed them: and you build their sepulchres. + +11:49. For this cause also the wisdom of God said: I will send to them +prophets and apostles: and some of them they will kill and persecute. + +11:50. That the blood of all the prophets which was shed from the +foundation of the world may be required of this generation, + +11:51. From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, who was slain +between the altar and the temple. Yea I say to you: It shall be required +of this generation. + +11:52. Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken away the key of knowledge. +You yourselves have not entered in: and those that were entering in, you +have hindered. + +11:53. And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the +lawyers began violently to urge him and to oppress his mouth about many +things, + +11:54. Lying in wait for him and seeking to catch something from his +mouth, that they might accuse him. + +Luke Chapter 12 + +Christ warns us against hypocrisy, the fear of the world and +covetousness. He admonishes all to watch. + +12:1. And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one +upon another, he began to say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven +of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. + +12:2. For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed: nor +hidden that shall not be known. + +12:3. For whatsoever things you have spoken in darkness shall be +published in the light: and that which you have spoken in the ear in the +chambers shall be preached on the housetops. + +12:4. And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid of them who kill the +body and after that have no more that they can do. + +12:5. But I will shew you whom you shall fear: Fear ye him who, after he +hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you: Fear him. + +12:6. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them +is forgotten before God? + +12:7. Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not +therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. + +12:8. And I say to you: Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall +the Son of man also confess before the angels of God. + +12:9. But he that shall deny me before men shall be denied before the +angels of God. + +12:10. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be +forgiven him: but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost, it +shall not be forgiven. + +12:11. And when they shall bring you into the synagogues and to +magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what you shall answer, +or what you shall say. + +12:12. For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what you must +say. + +12:13. And one of the multitude said to him: Master, speak to my brother +that he divide the inheritance with me. + +12:14. But he said to him: Man, who hath appointed me judge or divider +over you? + +12:15. And he said to them: Take heed and beware of all covetousness: +for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he +possesseth. + +12:16. And he spoke a similitude to them, saying: The land of a certain +rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. + +12:17. And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I +have no room where to bestow my fruits? + +12:18. And he said: This will I do: I will pull down my barns and will +build greater: and into them will I gather all things that are grown to +me and my goods. + +12:19. And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for +many years. Take thy rest: eat, drink, make good cheer. + +12:20. But God said to him: Thou fool, this night do they require thy +soul of thee. And whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? + +12:21. So is he that layeth up treasure for himself and is not rich +towards God. + +12:22. And he said to his disciples: Therefore I say to you: Be not +solicitous for your life, what you shall eat, nor for your body, what +you shall put on. + +12:23. The life is more than the meat: and the body is more than the +raiment. + +12:24. Consider the ravens, for they sow not, neither do they reap, +neither have they storehouse nor barn, and God feedeth them. How much +are you more valuable than they? + +12:25. And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one +cubit? + +12:26. If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are +you solicitous for the rest? + +12:27. Consider the lilies, how they grow: they labour not, neither do +they spin. But I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was +clothed like one of these. + +12:28. Now, if God clothe in this manner the grass that is to-day in the +field and to-morrow is cast into the oven: how much more you, O ye of +little faith? + +12:29. And seek not what you shall eat or what you shall drink: and be +not lifted up on high. + +12:30. For all these things do the nations of the world seek. But your +Father knoweth that you have need of these things. + +12:31. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice: and all +these things shall be added unto you. + +12:32. Fear not, little flock, for it hath pleased your Father to give +you a kingdom. + +12:33. Sell what you possess and give alms. Make to yourselves bags +which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not: where no +thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth. + +12:34. For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. + +12:35. Let your loins be girt and lamps burning in your hands. + +12:36. And you yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he +shall return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they +may open to him immediately. + +12:37. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall +find watching. Amen I say to you that he will gird himself and make them +sit down to meat and passing will minister unto them. + +12:38. And if he shall come in the second watch or come in the third +watch and find them so, blessed are those servants. + +12:39. But this know ye, that if the householder did know at what hour +the thief would come, he would surely watch and would not suffer his +house to be broken open. + +12:40. Be you then also ready: for at what hour you think not the Son of +man will come. + +12:41. And Peter said to him: Lord, dost thou speak this parable to us, +or likewise to all? + +12:42. And the Lord said: Who thinkest thou is the faithful and wise +steward, whom his lord setteth over his family, to give them their +measure of wheat in due season? + +12:43. Blessed is that servant whom, when his lord shall come, he shall +find so doing. + +12:44. Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he possesseth. + +12:45. But if that servant shall say in his heart: My Lord is long a +coming; and shall begin to strike the men-servants and maid-servants, +and to eat and to drink and be drunk: + +12:46. The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, +and at the hour that he knoweth not: and shall separate him and shall +appoint him his portion with unbelievers. + +12:47. And that servant, who knew the will of his lord and prepared not +himself and did not according to his will, shall be beaten with many +stripes. + +12:48. But he that knew not and did things worthy of stripes shall be +beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much +shall be required: and to whom they have committed much, of him they +will demand the more. + +12:49. I am come to cast fire on the earth. And what will I, but that it +be kindled? + +12:50. And I have a baptism wherewith I am to be baptized. And how am I +straitened until it be accomplished? + +12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; +but separation. + +12:52. For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided: +three against two, and two against three. + +12:53. The father shall be divided against the son and the son against +his father: the mother against the daughter and the daughter against her +mother: the mother-in-law against the daughter-in-law and the daughter- +in-law law against her mother-in-law. + +12:54. And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising +from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming. And so it +happeneth. + +12:55. And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will heat. +And it cometh to pass. + +12:56. You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven +and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time? + +12:57. And why, even of yourselves, do you not judge that which is just? + +12:58. And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou +art in the way, endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw +thee to be judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the +exacter cast thee into prison. + +12:59. I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence until thou pay the +very last mite. + +Luke Chapter 13 + +The necessity of penance. The barren fig tree. The cure of the infirm +woman. The journey to Jerusalem. + +13:1. And there were present, at that very time, some that told him of +the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. + +13:2. And he answering, said to them: Think you that these Galileans +were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such +things? + +13:3. No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all +likewise perish. + +13:4. Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe and slew them: +think you that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt in +Jerusalem? + +13:5. No, I say to you: but except you do penance, you shall all +likewise perish. + +13:6. He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig tree planted +in his vineyard: and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. + +13:7. And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold, for these +three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree and I find none. Cut +it down therefore. Why cumbereth it the ground? + +13:8. But he answering, said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, +until I dig about it and dung it. + +13:9. And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou +shalt cut it down. + +13:10. And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath. + +13:11. And behold there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity +eighteen years. And she was bowed together: neither could she look +upwards at all. + +13:12. Whom when Jesus saw, he called her unto him and said to her: +Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity. + +13:13. And he laid his hands upon her: and immediately she was made +straight and glorified God. + +13:14. And the ruler of the synagogue being angry that Jesus had healed +on the sabbath answering, said to the multitude: Six days there are +wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come and be healed: and not +on the sabbath day. + +13:15. And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every +one of you, on the sabbath day, loose his ox or his ass from the manger +and lead them to water? + +13:16. And ought not this daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, +lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? + +13:17. And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: +and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done +by him. + +13:18. He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and +whereunto shall I resemble it? + +13:19. It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast +into his garden: and it grew and became a great tree, and the birds of +the air lodged in the branches thereof. + +13:20. And again he said: Whereunto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to +be like? + +13:21. It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three +measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. + +13:22. And he went through the cities and towns teaching and making his +journey to Jerusalem. + +13:23. And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? +But he said to them: + +13:24. Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall +seek to enter and shall not be able. + +Shall seek, etc... Shall desire to be saved; but for want of taking +sufficient pains, and being thoroughly in earnest, shall not attain to +it. + +13:25. But when the master of the house shall be gone in and shall shut +the door, you shall begin to stand without; and knock at the door, +saying: Lord, open to us. And he answering, shall say to you: I know you +not, whence you are. + +13:26. Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy +presence: and thou hast taught in our streets. + +13:27. And he shall say to you: I know you not, whence you are. Depart +from me, all ye workers of iniquity. + +13:28. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth; when you shall see +Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God: +and you yourselves thrust out. + +13:29. And there shall come from the east and the west and the north and +the south: and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. + +13:30. And behold, they are last that shall be first: and they are first +that shall be last. + +13:31. The same day, there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: +Depart, and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee. + +13:32. And he said to them: Go and tell that fox: Behold, I cast out +devils and do cures, to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am +consummated. + +13:33. Nevertheless, I must walk to-day and to-morrow and the day +following, because it cannot be that a prophet perish, out of Jerusalem. + +13:34. Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets; and stonest them +that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as +the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldest not? + +13:35. Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you +that you shall not see me till the time come when you shall say: Blessed +is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. + +Luke Chapter 14 + +Christ heals the dropsical man. The parable of the supper. The necessity +of renouncing all to follow Christ. + +14:1. And it came to pass, when Jesus went into the house of one of the +Pharisees, on the sabbath day, that they watched him. + +14:2. And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the +dropsy. + +14:3. And Jesus answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: +Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? + +14:4. But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him and sent +him away. + +14:5. And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an +ox fall into a pit and will not immediately draw him out, on the sabbath +day? + +14:6. And they could not answer him to these things. + +14:7. And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how +they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them: + +14:8. When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first +place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him: + +14:9. And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee: Give this +man place. And then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place. + +14:10. But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place; that +when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up +higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with +thee. + +14:11. Because every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled: and he +that humbleth himself shall be exalted. + +14:12. And he said to him also that had invited him: When thou makest a +dinner or a supper, call not thy friends nor thy brethren nor thy +kinsmen nor thy neighbours who are rich; lest perhaps they also invite +thee again, and a recompense be made to thee. + +14:13. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame +and the blind. + +14:14. And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to +make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the +resurrection of the just. + +14:15. When one of them that sat at table with him had heard these +things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the +kingdom of God. + +14:16. But he said to him: A certain man made a great supper and invited +many. + +14:17. And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that +were invited, that they should come: for now all things are ready. + +14:18. And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him: +I have bought a farm and I must needs go out and see it. I pray thee, +hold me excused. + +14:19. And another said: I have bought five yoke of oxen and I go to try +them. I pray thee, hold me excused. + +14:20. And another said: I have married a wife; and therefore I cannot +come. + +14:21. And the servant returning, told these things to his lord. Then +the master of the house, being angry, said to his servant: Go out +quickly into the streets and lanes of the city; and bring in hither the +poor and the feeble and the blind and the lame. + +14:22. And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded; +and yet there is room. + +14:23. And the Lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and +hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. + +14:24. But I say unto you that none of those men that were invited shall +taste of my supper. + +14:25. And there went great multitudes with him. And turning, he said to +them: + +14:26. If any man come to me, and hate not his father and mother and +wife and children and brethren and sisters, yea and his own life also, +he cannot be my disciple. + +Hate not, etc... The law of Christ does not allow us to hate even our +enemies, much less our parents: but the meaning of the text is, that we +must be in that disposition of soul, as to be willing to renounce, and +part with every thing, how near or dear soever it may be to us, that +would keep us from following Christ. + +14:27. And whosoever doth not carry his cross and come after me cannot +be my disciple. + +14:28. For which of you, having a mind to build a tower, doth not first +sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have +wherewithal to finish it: + +14:29. Lest, after he hath laid the foundation and is not able to finish +it, all that see it begin to mock him, + +14:30. Saying: This man began to build and was not able to finish. + +14:31. Or, what king, about to go to make war against another king, doth +not first sit down and think whether he be able, with ten thousand, to +meet him that, with twenty thousand, cometh against him? + +14:32. Or else, while the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he +desireth conditions of peace. + +14:33. So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he +possesseth cannot be my disciple. + +14:34. Salt is good. But if the salt shall lose its savour, wherewith +shall it be seasoned? + +14:35. It is neither profitable for the land nor for the dunghill: but +shall be cast out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. + +Luke Chapter 15 + +The parables of the lost sheep and of the prodigal son. + +15:1. Now the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him. + +15:2. And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man +receiveth sinners and eateth with them. + +15:3. And he spoke to them this parable, saying: + +15:4. What man of you that hath an hundred sheep, and if he shall lose +one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert and go +after that which was lost, until he find it? + +15:5. And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing? + +15:6. And coming home, call together his friends and neighbours, saying +to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost? + +15:7. I say to you that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one +sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not +penance. + +15:8. Or what woman having ten groats, if she lose one groat, doth not +light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently until she find +it? + +15:9. And when she hath found it, call together her friends and +neighbours, saying: Rejoice with me, because I have found the groat +which I had lost. + +15:10. So I say to you, there shall be joy before the angels of God upon +one sinner doing penance. + +Before the angels... By this it is plain that the spirits in heaven have +a concern for us below, and a joy at our repentance and consequently a +knowledge of it. + +15:11. And he said: A certain man had two sons. + +15:12. And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the +portion of substance that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his +substance. + +15:13. And not many days after, the younger son, gathering all together, +went abroad into a far country: and there wasted his substance, living +riotously. + +15:14. And after he had spent all, there came a mighty famine in that +country: and he began to be in want. + +15:15. And he went and cleaved to one of the citizens of that country. +And he sent him into his farm to feed swine. + +15:16. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks the swine +did eat: and no man gave unto him. + +15:17. And returning to himself, he said: How many hired servants in my +father's house abound with bread, and I here perish with hunger! + +15:18. I will arise and will go to my father and say to him: Father, I +have sinned against heaven and before thee. + +15:19. I am not worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired +servants. + +15:20. And rising up, he came to his father. And when he was yet a great +way off, his father saw him and was moved with compassion and running to +him fell upon his neck and kissed him. + +15:21. And the son said to him: Father: I have sinned against heaven and +before thee I am not now worthy to be called thy son. + +15:22. And the father said to his servants: Bring forth quickly the +first robe and put it on him: and put a ring on his hand and shoes on +his feet. + +15:23. And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it: and let us eat and +make merry: + +15:24. Because this my son was dead and is come to life again, was lost +and is found. And they began to be merry. + +15:25. Now his elder son was in the field and when he came and drew nigh +to the house, he heard music and dancing. + +15:26. And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things +meant. + +15:27. And he said to him: Thy brother is come and thy father hath +killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe. + +15:28. And he was angry and would not go in. His father therefore coming +out began to entreat him. + +15:29. And he answering, said to his father: Behold, for so many years +do I serve thee and I have never transgressed thy commandment: and yet +thou hast never given me a kid to make merry with my friends. + +15:30. But as soon as this thy son is come, who hath devoured his +substance with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. + +15:31. But he said to him: Son, thou art always with me; and all I have +is thine. + +15:32. But it was fit that we should make merry and be glad: for this +thy brother was dead and is come to life again; he was lost, and is +found. + +Luke Chapter 16 + +The parable of the unjust steward and of the rich man and Lazarus. + +16:1. And he said also to his disciples: There was a certain rich man +who had a steward: and the same was accused unto him, that he had wasted +his goods. + +16:2. And he called him and said to him: How is it that I hear this of +thee? Give an account of thy stewardship: for now thou canst be steward +no longer. + +16:3. And the steward said within himself: What shall I do, because my +lord taketh away from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; to beg I +am ashamed. + +16:4. I know what I will do, that when I shall be removed from the +stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. + +16:5. Therefore, calling together every one of his lord's debtors, he +said to the first: How much dost thou owe my lord? + +16:6. But he said: An hundred barrels of oil. And he said to him: Take +thy bill and sit down quickly and write fifty. + +16:7. Then he said to another: And how much dost thou owe? Who said: An +hundred quarters of wheat. He said to him: Take thy bill and write +eighty. + +16:8. And the lord commended the unjust steward, forasmuch as he had +done wisely: for the children of this world are wiser in their +generation than the children of light. + +16:9. And I say to you: Make unto you friends of the mammon of iniquity: +that when you shall fail, they may receive you into everlasting +dwellings. + +Mammon of iniquity... Mammon signifies riches. They are here called the +mammon of iniquity, because oftentimes ill gotten, ill bestowed, or an +occasion of evil; and at the best are but worldly, and false; and not +the true riches of a Christian. They may receive... By this we see, +that the poor servants of God, whom we have relieved by our alms, may +hereafter, by their intercession, bring our souls to heaven. + +16:10. He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in +that which is greater: and he that is unjust in that which is little is +unjust also in that which is greater. + +16:11. If then you have not been faithful in the unjust mammon, who will +trust you with that which is the true? + +16:12. And if you have not been faithful in that which is another's, who +will give you that which is your own? + +16:13. No servant can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one +and love the other: or he will hold to the one and despise the other. +You cannot serve God and mammon. + +16:14. Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and +they derided him. + +16:15. And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before +men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an +abomination before God. + +16:16. The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the +kingdom of God is preached: and every one useth violence towards it. + +16:17. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of +the law to fall. + +16:18. Every one that putteth away his wife and marrieth another +committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her +husband committeth adultery. + +16:19. There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine +linen and feasted sumptuously every day. + +16:20. And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his +gate, full of sores, + +16:21. Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich +man's table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked +his sores. + +16:22. And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the +angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was +buried in hell. + +Abraham's bosom... The place of rest, where the souls of the saints +resided, till Christ had opened heaven by his death. + +16:23. And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham +afar off and Lazarus in his bosom: + +16:24. And he cried and said: Father Abraham, have mercy on me and send +Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water to cool my +tongue: for I am tormented in this flame. + +16:25. And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive +good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now +he is comforted and thou art tormented. + +16:26. And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great +chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from +thence come hither. + +16:27. And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send +him to my father's house, for I have five brethren, + +16:28. That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this +place of torments. + +16:29. And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let +them hear them. + +16:30. But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the +dead, they will do penance. + +16:31. And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, +neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead. + +Luke Chapter 17 + +Lessons of avoiding scandal and of the efficacy of faith. The ten +lepers. The manner of the coming of Christ. + +17:1. And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals +should not come. But woe to him through whom they come! + +17:2. It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck +and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these +little ones. + +17:3. Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove +him: and if he do penance, forgive him. + +17:4. And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times +in a day be converted unto thee, saying: I repent: forgive him. + +17:5. And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith. + +17:6. And the Lord said: If you had faith like to a grain of mustard +seed, you might say to this mulberry tree: Be thou rooted up and be thou +transplanted into the sea. And it would obey you. + +17:7. But which of you, having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle, +will say to him, when he is come from the field: Immediately go. Sit +down to meat. + +17:8. And will not rather say to him: Make ready my supper and gird +thyself and serve me, whilst I eat and drink; and afterwards thou shalt +eat and drink? + +17:9. Doth he thank that servant for doing the things which he commanded +him? + +17:10. I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these +things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we +have done that which we ought to do. + +Unprofitable servants... Because our service is of no profit to our +master; and he justly claims it as our bounden duty. But though we are +unprofitable to him, our serving him is not unprofitable to us; for he +is pleased to give by his grace a value to our good works, which, in +consequence of his promise, entitles them to an eternal reward. + +17:11. And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, he passed +through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. + +17:12. And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men that +were lepers, who stood afar off. + +17:13. And lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master, have mercy on +us. + +17:14. Whom when he saw, he said: Go, shew yourselves to the priests. +And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean. + +17:15. And one of them, when he saw that he was made clean, went back, +with a loud voice glorifying God. + +17:16. And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks. And this +was a Samaritan. + +17:17. And Jesus answering, said: Were not ten made clean? And where are +the nine? + +17:18. There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but this +stranger. + +17:19. And he said to him: Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made +thee whole. + +17:20. And being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should +come, he answering them and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with +observation. + +17:21. Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the +kingdom of God is within you. + +17:22. And he said to his disciples: The days will come when you shall +desire to see one day of the Son of man. And you shall not see it. + +17:23. And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not +after, nor follow them. + +17:24. For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven shineth +unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his +day. + +17:25. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this +generation. + +17:26. And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in +the days of the Son of man. + +17:27. They did eat and drink, they married wives and were given in +marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark and the flood came +and destroyed them all. + +17:28. Likewise as it came to pass in the days of Lot. They did eat and +drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built. + +17:29. And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and +brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all. + +17:30. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be +revealed. + +17:31. In that hour, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in +the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be +in the field, in like manner, let him not return back. + +17:32. Remember Lot's wife. + +17:33. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it: and +whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it. + +17:34. I say to you: In that night there shall be two men in one bed. +The one shall be taken and the other shall be left. + +17:35. Two women shall be grinding together. The one shall be taken and +the other shall be left. Two men shall be in the field. The one shall be +taken and the other shall be left. + +17:36. They answering, say to him: Where, Lord? + +17:37. Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the +eagles also be gathered together. + +Luke Chapter 18 + +We must pray always. The Pharisee and the publican. The danger of +riches. The blind man is restored to sight. + +18:1. And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray +and not to faint, + +18:2. Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God +nor regarded man. + +18:3. And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him, +saying: Avenge me of my adversary. + +Avenge... That is, do me justice. It is a Hebraism. + +18:4. And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within +himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man, + +18:5. Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her, +lest continually coming she weary me. + +18:6. And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith. + +18:7. And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night? +And will he have patience in their regard? + +18:8. I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of +man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth? + +18:9. And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others, +he spoke also this parable: + +18:10. Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and +the other a publican. + +18:11. The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give +thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust, +adulterers, as also is this publican. + +18:12. I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess. + +18:13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up +his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be +merciful to me a sinner. + +18:14. I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather +than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be +humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. + +18:15. And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them. +Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them. + +18:16. But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come +to me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. + +18:17. Amen, I say to you: Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of +God as a child shall not enter into it. + +18:18. And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I +do to possess everlasting life? + +18:19. And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good +but God alone. + +18:20. Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt +not commit adultery: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false +witness: Honour thy father and mother. + +18:21. Who said: All these things have I kept from my youth. + +18:22. Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is +wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and +thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me. + +18:23. He having heard these things, became sorrowful: for he was very +rich. + +18:24. And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall +they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God: + +18:25. For 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 God. + +18:26. And they that heard it said: Who then can be saved? + +18:27. He said to them: The things that are impossible with men are +possible with God. + +18:28. Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things and have +followed thee. + +18:29. Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath +left home or parents or brethren or wife or children, for the kingdom of +God's sake, + +18:30. Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the +world to come life everlasting. + +18:31. Then Jesus took unto him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we +go up to Jerusalem; and all things shall be accomplished which were +written by the prophets concerning the Son of man. + +18:32. For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles and shall be mocked and +scourged and spit upon. + +18:33. And after they have scourged him, they will put him to death. And +the third day he shall rise again. + +18:34. And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid +from them: and they understood not the things that were said. + +18:35. Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain +blind man sat by the way side, begging. + +18:36. And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this +meant. + +18:37. And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by. + +18:38. And he cried out, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. + +18:39. And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his +peace: but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me. + +18:40. And Jesus standing, commanded him to be brought unto him. And +when he was come near, he asked him, + +18:41. Saying; What wilt thou that I do to thee? But he said: Lord, that +I may see. + +18:42. And Jesus said to him: Receive thy sight: thy faith hath made +thee whole. + +18:43. And immediately he saw and followed him, glorifying God. And all +the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God. + +Luke Chapter 19 + +Zacheus entertains Christ. The parable of the pounds. Christ rides upon +an ass and weeps over Jerusalem. + +19:1. And entering he walked through Jericho. + +19:2. And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of +the publicans: and he was rich. + +19:3. And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the +crowd, because he was low of stature. + +19:4. And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he +might see him: for he was to pass that way. + +19:5. And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him and +said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down: for this day I must +abide in thy house. + +19:6. And he made haste and came down and received him with joy. + +19:7. And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be +a guest with a man that was a sinner. + +19:8. But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of +my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing, +I restore him fourfold. + +19:9. Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, +because he also is a son of Abraham. + +19:10. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was +lost. + +19:11. As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, +because he was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the +kingdom of God should immediately be manifested. + +19:12. He said therefore: a certain nobleman went into a far country, to +receive for himself a kingdom and to return. + +19:13. And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to +them: Trade till I come. + +He gave them ten pounds... In the original, what is here translated a +pound, is in Latin, mina, in value of our coin, three pounds two +shillings and sixpence. + +19:14. But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him, +saying: We will not have this man to reign over us. + +19:15. And it came to pass that he returned, having received the +kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had +given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by +trading, + +19:16. And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten +pounds. + +19:17. And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou +hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities. + +19:18. And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five +pounds. + +19:19. And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities. + +19:20. And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I +have kept laid up in a napkin. + +19:21. For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest +up what thou didst not lay down: and thou reapest that which thou didst +not sow. + +19:22. He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked +servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid +not down and reaping that which I did not sow. + +19:23. And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at +my coming I might have exacted it with usury? + +19:24. And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him +and give it to him that hath ten pounds. + +19:25. And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds. + +19:26. But I say to you that to every one that hath shall be given, and +he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath +shall be taken from him. + +19:27. But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over +them, bring them hither and kill them before me. + +19:28. And having said these things, he went before, going up to +Jerusalem. + +19:29. And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and +Bethania, unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples, + +19:30. Saying: Go into the town which is over against you, at your +entering into which you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no +man ever hath sitten: loose him and bring him hither. + +19:31. And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? You shall say +thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service. + +19:32. And they that were sent went their way and found the colt +standing, as he said unto them. + +19:33. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to +them: Why loose you the colt? + +19:34. But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him. + +19:35. And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the +colt, they set Jesus thereon. + +19:36. And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way. + +19:37. And when he was now coming near the descent of Mount Olivet, the +whole multitude of his disciples began with joy to praise God with a +loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen, + +19:38. Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord! +Peace in heaven and glory on high! + +19:39. And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to +him: Master, rebuke thy disciples. + +19:40. To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their +peace, the stones will cry out. + +19:41. And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying: + +19:42. If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things +that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes. + +19:43. For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a +trench about thee and compass thee round and straiten thee on every +side, + +19:44. And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in +thee. And they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because +thou hast not known the time of thy visitation. + +19:45. And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold +therein and them that bought. + +19:46. Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer. +But you have made it a den of thieves. + +19:47. And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests +and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him. + +19:48. And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were +very attentive to hear him. + +Luke Chapter 20 + +The parable of the husbandmen. Of paying tribute to Caesar and of the +resurrection of the dead. + +20:1. And it came to pass that on one of the days, as he was teaching +the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and +the scribes, with the ancients, met together, + +20:2. And spoke to him, saying: Tell us, by what authority dost thou +these things? Or, who is he that hath given thee this authority? + +20:3. And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one thing. +Answer me: + +20:4. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? + +20:5. But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From +heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe in him? + +20:6. But if we say, of men: the whole people will stone us. For they +are persuaded that John was a prophet. + +20:7. And they answered that they knew not whence it was. + +20:8. And Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I +do these things. + +20:9. And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man +planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen: and he was abroad for a +long time. + +20:10. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they +should give him of the fruit of the vineyard. Who, beating him, sent him +away empty. + +20:11. And again he sent another servant. But they beat him also and, +treating him reproachfully, sent him away empty. + +20:12. And again he sent the third: and they wounded him also and cast +him out. + +20:13. Then the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send +my beloved son. It may be, when they see him, they will reverence him. + +20:14. Whom, when the husbandmen saw, they thought within themselves, +saying: This is the heir. Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be +ours. + +20:15. So casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What +therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? + +20:16. He will come and will destroy these husbandmen and will give the +vineyard to others. Which they hearing, said to him: God forbid. + +20:17. But he looking on them, said: What is this then that is written, +The stone, which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of +the corner? + +20:18. Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be bruised: and upon +whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. + +20:19. And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him +the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke +this parable to them. + +20:20. And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign +themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that +they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor. + +20:21. And they asked him, saying: Master, we know that thou speakest +and teachest rightly: and thou dost not respect any person, but teachest +the way of God in truth. + +20:22. Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or no? + +20:23. But he, considering their guile, said to them: Why tempt you me? + +20:24. Shew me a penny. Whose image and inscription hath it? They +answering, said to him: Caesar's. + +20:25. And he said to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things, that +are Caesar's: and to God the things that are God's. + +20:26. And they could not reprehend his word before the people: and +wondering at his answer, they held their peace. + +20:27. And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there +is any resurrection: and they asked him, + +20:28. Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man's brother die, +having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take +her to wife and raise up seed unto his brother. + +20:29. There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife +and died without children. + +20:30. And the next took her to wife: and he also died childless. + +20:31. And the third took her. And in like manner, all the seven: and +they left no children and died. + +20:32. Last of all the woman died also. + +20:33. In the resurrection therefore, whose wife of them shall she be? +For all the seven had her to wife. + +20:34. And Jesus said to them: The children of this world marry and are +given in marriage: + +20:35. But they that shall be accounted worthy of that world and of the +resurrection from the dead shall neither be married nor take wives. + +20:36. Neither can they die any more for they are equal to the angels +and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. + +20:37. Now that the dead rise again, Moses also shewed at the bush, when +he called the Lord: The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God +of Jacob. + +20:38. For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all +live to him. + +20:39. And some of the scribes answering, said to him: Master, thou hast +said well. + +20:40. And after that they durst not ask him any more questions. + +20:41. But he said to them: How say they that Christ is the son of +David? + +20:42. And David himself saith in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to +my Lord, sit thou on my right hand, + +20:43. Till I make thy enemies thy footstool. + +20:44. David then calleth him Lord. And how is he his son? + +20:45. And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples: + +20:46. Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love +salutations in the market place and the first chairs in the synagogues +and the chief rooms at feasts: + +20:47. Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These +shall receive greater damnation. + +Luke Chapter 21 + +The widow's mites. The signs that should forerun the destruction of +Jerusalem and the end of the world. + +21:1. And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the +treasury. + +21:2. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites. + +21:3. And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast +in more than they all. + +21:4. For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of +God: but she of her want hath cast in all the living that she had. + +21:5. And some saying of the temple that it was adorned with goodly +stones and gifts, he said: + +21:6. These things which you see, the days will come in which there +shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down. + +21:7. And they asked him, saying: Master, when shall these things be? +And what shall be the sign when they shall begin to come to pass? + +21:8. Who said: Take heed you be not seduced: for many will come in my +name, saying: I am he and the time is at hand. Go ye not therefore after +them. + +21:9. And when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified. +These things must first come to pass: but the end is not yet presently. + +21:10. Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and +kingdom against kingdom. + +21:11. And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places and +pestilences and famines and terrors from heaven: and there shall be +great signs. + +21:12. But before all these things, they will lay their hands on you and +persecute you, delivering you up to the synagogues and into prisons, +dragging you before kings and governors, for my name's sake. + +21:13. And it shall happen unto you for a testimony. + +21:14. Lay it up therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before how +you shall answer: + +21:15. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your +adversaries shall not be able to resist and gainsay. + +21:16. And you shall be betrayed by your parents and brethren and +kinsmen and friends: and some of you they will put to death. + +21:17. And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake. + +21:18. But a hair of your head shall not perish. + +21:19. In your patience you shall possess your souls. + +21:20. And when you shall see Jerusalem compassed about with an army, +then know that the desolation thereof is at hand. + +21:21. Then let those who are in Judea flee to the mountains: and those +who are in the midst thereof depart out: and those who are in the +countries not enter into it. + +21:22. For these are the days of vengeance, that all things may be +fulfilled, that are written. + +21:23. But woe to them that are with child and give suck in those days: +for there shall be great distress in the land and wrath upon this +people. + +21:24. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword and shall be led +away captives into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by +the Gentiles till the times of the nations be fulfilled. + +21:25. And there shall be signs in the sun and in the moon and in the +stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, by reason of the +confusion of the roaring of the sea, and of the waves: + +21:26. Men withering away for fear and expectation of what shall come +upon the whole world. For the powers of heaven shall be moved. + +21:27. And then they shall see the Son of man coming in a cloud, with +great power and majesty. + +21:28. But when these things begin to come to pass, look up and lift up +your heads, because your redemption is at hand. + +21:29. And he spoke to them a similitude. See the fig tree and all the +trees: + +21:30. When they now shoot forth their fruit, you know that summer is +nigh; + +21:31. So you also, when you shall see these things come to pass, know +that the kingdom of God is at hand. + +21:32. Amen, I say to you, this generation shall not pass away till all +things be fulfilled. + +21:33. Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass +away. + +21:34. And take heed to yourselves, lest perhaps your hearts be +overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness and the cares of this life: +and that day come upon you suddenly. + +21:35. For as a snare shall it come upon all that sit upon the face of +the whole earth. + +21:36. Watch ye, therefore, praying at all times, that you may be +accounted worthy to escape all these things that are to come and to +stand before the Son of man. + +21:37. And in the daytime, he was teaching in the temple: but at night +going out, he abode in the mount that is called Olivet. + +21:38. And all the people came early in the morning to him in the +temple, to hear him. + +Luke Chapter 22 + +The treason of Judas. The last supper. The first part of the history of +the passion. + +22:1. Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the pasch, was +at hand. + +22:2. And the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might put +Jesus to death: but they feared the people. + +22:3. And Satan entered into Judas, who was surnamed Iscariot, one of +the twelve. + +22:4. And he went and discoursed with the chief priests and the +magistrates, how he might betray him to them. + +22:5. And they were glad and covenanted to give him money. + +22:6. And he promised. And he sought opportunity to betray him in the +absence of the multitude. + +22:7. And the day of the unleavened bread came, on which it was +necessary that the pasch should be killed. + +22:8. And he sent Peter and John, saying: Go, and prepare for us the +pasch, that we may eat. + +22:9. But they said: Where wilt thou that we prepare? + +22:10. And he said to them: Behold, as you go into the city, there shall +meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water: follow him into the house +where he entereth in. + +22:11. And you shall say to the goodman of the house: The master saith +to thee: Where is the guest chamber, where I may eat the pasch with my +disciples? + +22:12. And he will shew you a large dining room, furnished. And there +prepare. + +22:13. And they going, found as he had said to them and made ready the +pasch. + +22:14. And when the hour was come, he sat down: and the twelve apostles +with him. + +22:15. And he said to them: With desire I have desired to eat this pasch +with you, before I suffer. + +22:16. For I say to you that from this time I will not eat it, till it +be fulfilled in the kingdom of God. + +22:17. And having taken the chalice, he gave thanks and said: Take and +divide it among you. + +22:18. For I say to you that I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, +till the kingdom of God come. + +22:19. And taking bread, he gave thanks and brake and gave to them, +saying: This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a +commemoration of me. + +Do this for a commemoration of me... This sacrifice and sacrament is to +be continued in the church, to the end of the world, to shew forth the +death of Christ, until he cometh. But this commemoration, or +remembrance, is by no means inconsistent with the real presence of his +body and blood, under these sacramental veils, which represent his +death; on the contrary, it is the manner that he himself hath commanded, +of commemorating and celebrating his death, by offering in sacrifice, +and receiving in the sacrament, that body and blood by which we were +redeemed. + +22:20. In like manner, the chalice also, after he had supped, saying: +This is the chalice, the new testament in my blood, which shall be shed +for you. + +22:21. But yet behold: the hand of him that betrayeth me is with me on +the table. + +22:22. And the Son of man indeed goeth, according to that which is +determined: but yet, woe to that man by whom he shall be betrayed. + +22:23. And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was +that should do this thing. + +22:24. And there was also a strife amongst them, which of them should +seem to be the greater. + +22:25. And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; +and they that have power over them are called beneficent. + +22:26. But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him +become as the younger: and he that is the leader, as he that serveth. + +22:27. For which is greater, he that sitteth at table or he that +serveth? Is not he that sitteth at table? But I am in the midst of you, +as he that serveth. + +22:28. And you are they who have continued with me in my temptations: + +22:29. And I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a +kingdom; + +22:30. That you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may +sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. + +22:31. And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to +have you, that he may sift you as wheat. + +22:32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, +being once converted, confirm thy brethren. + +22:33. Who said to him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into +prison and to death. + +22:34. And he said: I say to thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this +day, till thou thrice deniest that thou knowest me. And he said to them: + +22:35. When I sent you without purse and scrip and shoes, did you want +anything? + +22:36. But they said: Nothing. Then said he unto them: But now he that +hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scrip: and he that hath +not, let him sell his coat and buy a sword. + +22:37. For I say to you that this that is written must yet be fulfilled +in me. And with the wicked was he reckoned. For the things concerning me +have an end. + +22:38. But they said: Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said to +them: It is enough. + +22:39. And going out, he went, according to his custom, to the Mount of +Olives. And his disciples also followed him. + +22:40. And when he was come to the place, he said to them: Pray, lest ye +enter into temptation. + +22:41. And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast. And kneeling +down, he prayed. + +22:42. Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: but +yet not my will, but thine be done. + +22:43. And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening +him. And being in an agony, he prayed the longer. + +22:44. And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the +ground. + +22:45. And when he rose up from prayer and was come to the disciples, he +found them sleeping for sorrow. + +22:46. And he said to them: Why sleep you? Arise: pray: lest you enter +into temptation. + +22:47. As he was yet speaking, behold a multitude; and he that was +called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to +Jesus, for to kiss him. + +22:48. And Jesus said to him: Judas, dost thou betray the Son of man +with a kiss? + +22:49. And they that were about him, seeing what would follow, said to +him: Lord, shall we strike with the sword? + +22:50. And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off +his right ear. + +22:51. But Jesus answering, said: Suffer ye thus far. And when he had +touched his ear, he healed him. + +22:52. And Jesus said to the chief priests and magistrates of the temple +and the ancients, that were come unto him: Are ye come out, as it were +against a thief, with swords and clubs? + +22:53. When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch +forth your hands against me: but this is your hour and the power of +darkness. + +22:54. And apprehending him, they led him to the high priest's house. +But Peter followed afar off. + +22:55. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall and +were sitting about it, Peter was in the midst of them. + +22:56. Whom when a certain servant maid had seen sitting at the light +and had earnestly beheld him, she said: This man also was with him. + +22:57. But he denied him, saying: Woman, I know him not. + +22:58. And after a little while, another seeing him, said: Thou also art +one of them. But Peter said: O man, I am not. + +Another, etc... Observe here, in order to reconcile the four +Evangelists, that divers persons concurred in charging Peter with being +Christ's disciple; till at length they brought him to deny him thrice. +1. The porteress that let him in, and afterwards seeing him at the fire, +first put the question to him; and then positively affirmed that he was +with Christ. 2. Another maid accused him to the standers by; and gave +occasion to the man here mentioned to renew the charge against him, +which caused the second denial. 3. Others of the company took notice of +his being a Galilean; and were seconded by the kinsman of Malchus, who +affirmed he had seen him in the garden. And this drew on the third +denial. + +22:59. And after the space, as it were of one hour, another certain man +affirmed, saying: Of a truth, this man was also with him: for he is also +a Galilean. + +22:60. And Peter said: Man, I know not what thou sayest. And +immediately, as he was yet speaking, the cock crew. + +22:61. And the Lord turning looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the +word of the Lord, as he had said: Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny +thrice. + +22:62. And Peter going out, wept bitterly. + +22:63. And the men that held him mocked him and struck him. + +22:64. And they blindfolded him and smote his face. And they asked him +saying: Prophesy: Who is it that struck thee? + +22:65. And blaspheming, many other things they said against him. + +22:66. And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people and the +chief priests and scribes came together. And they brought him into their +council saying: If thou be the Christ, tell us. + +22:67. And he saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe +me. + +22:68. And if I shall also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me +go. + +22:69. But hereafter the Son of man shall be sitting on the right hand +of the power of God. + +22:70. Then said they all: Art thou then the Son of God? Who said: You +say that I am. + +22:71. And they said: What need we any further testimony? For we +ourselves have heard it from his own mouth. + +Luke Chapter 23 + +The continuation of the history of the passion. + +23:1. And the whole multitude of them, rising up, led him to Pilate. + +23:2. And they began to accuse him, saying: We have found this man +perverting our nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar and +saying that he is Christ the king. + +23:3. And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? But +he answering, said: Thou sayest it. + +23:4. And Pilate said to the chief priests and to the multitudes: I find +no cause in this man. + +23:5. But they were more earnest, saying: He stirreth up the people, +teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place. + +23:6. But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee? + +23:7. And when he understood that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he +sent him away to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem in those days. + +23:8. And Herod seeing Jesus, was very glad: for he was desirous of a +long time to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he +hoped to see some sign wrought by him. + +23:9. And he questioned him in many words. But he answered him nothing. + +23:10. And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, earnestly +accusing him. + +23:11. And Herod with his army set him at nought and mocked him, putting +on him a white garment: and sent him back to Pilate. + +23:12. And Herod and Pilate were made friends, that same day: for before +they were enemies one to another. + +23:13. And Pilate, calling together the chief priests and the +magistrates and the people, + +23:14. Said to them: You have presented unto me this man as one that +perverteth the people. And behold I, having examined him before you, +find no cause in this man, in those things wherein you accuse him. + +23:15. No, nor Herod neither. For, I sent you to him: and behold, +nothing worthy of death is done to him. + +23:16. I will chastise him therefore and release him. + +23:17. Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast +day. + +23:18. But the whole multitude together cried out, saying: Away with +this man, and release unto us Barabbas: + +23:19. Who, for a certain sedition made in the city and for a murder, +was cast into prison. + +23:20. And Pilate again spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus. + +23:21. But they cried again, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him. + +23:22. And he said to them the third time: Why, what evil hath this man +done? I find no cause of death in him. I will chastise him therefore and +let him go. + +23:23. But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might +be crucified. And their voices prevailed. + +23:24. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. + +23:25. And he released unto them him who for murder and sedition had +been cast into prison, whom they had desired. But Jesus he delivered up +to their will. + +23:26. And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon of Cyrene, +coming from the country; and they laid the cross on him to carry after +Jesus. + +23:27. And there followed him a great multitude of people and of women, +who bewailed and lamented him. + +23:28. But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not +over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children. + +23:29. For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed +are the barren and the wombs that have not borne and the paps that have +not given suck. + +23:30. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us. And +to the hills: Cover us. + +23:31. For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done +in the dry? + +23:32. And there were also two other malefactors led with him to be put +to death. + +23:33. And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, +they crucified him there: and the robbers, one on the right hand, and +the other on the left. + +23:34. And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they +do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots. + +23:35. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers with them derided +him, saying: He saved others: let him save himself, if he be Christ, the +elect of God. + +23:36. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him +vinegar, + +23:37. And saying: If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. + +23:38. And there was also a superscription written over him in letters +of Greek and Latin and Hebrew THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. + +23:39. And one of those robbers who were hanged blasphemed him, saying: +If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. + +23:40. But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou +fear God, seeing; thou art under the same condemnation? + +23:41. And we indeed justly: for we receive the due reward of our deeds. +But this man hath done no evil. + +23:42. And he said to Jesus: Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into +thy kingdom. + +23:43. And Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee: This day thou shalt be +with me in paradise. + +In paradise... That is, in the happy state of rest, joy, and peace +everlasting. Christ was pleased, by a special privilege, to reward the +faith and confession of the penitent thief, with a full discharge of all +his sins, both as to the guilt and punishment; and to introduce him +immediately after death into the happy society of the saints, whose +limbo, that is, the place of their confinement, was now made a paradise +by our Lord's going thither. + +23:44. And it was almost the sixth hour: and there was darkness over all +the earth until the ninth hour. + +23:45. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in +the midst. + +23:46. And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands +I commend my spirit. And saying this, he gave up the ghost. + +23:47. Now, the centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying: +Indeed this was a just man. + +23:48. And all the multitude of them that were come together to that +sight and saw the things that were done returned, striking their +breasts. + +23:49. And all his acquaintance and the women that had followed him from +Galilee stood afar off, beholding these things. + +23:50. And behold there was a man named Joseph who was a counsellor, a +good and a just man, + +23:51. (The same had not consented to their counsel and doings) of +Arimathea, a city of Judea: who also himself looked for the kingdom of +God. + +23:52. This man went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. + +23:53. And taking him down, he wrapped him in fine linen and laid him in +a sepulchre that was hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had been +laid. + +23:54. And it was the day of the Parasceve: and the sabbath drew on. + +Parasceve... That is, the eve, or day of preparation for the sabbath. + +23:55. And the women that were come with him from Galilee, following +after, saw the sepulchre and how his body was laid. + +23:56. And returning, they prepared spices and ointments: and on the +sabbath day they rested, according to the commandment. + +Luke Chapter 24 + +Christ's resurrection and manifestation of himself to his disciples. + +24:1. And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they +came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. + +24:2. And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre. + +24:3. And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. + +24:4. And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind at +this, behold, two men stood by them, in shining apparel. + +24:5. And as they were afraid and bowed down their countenance towards +the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead? + +24:6. He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke unto you, when +he was yet in Galilee, + +24:7. Saying: The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful +men and be crucified and the third day rise again. + +24:8. And they remembered his words. + +24:9. And going back from the sepulchre, they told all these things to +the eleven and to all the rest. + +24:10. And it was Mary Magdalen and Joanna and Mary of James and the +other women that were with them, who told these things to the apostles. + +24:11. And these words seemed to them as idle tales: and they did not +believe them. + +24:12. But Peter rising up, ran to the sepulchre and, stooping down, he +saw the linen cloths laid by themselves: and went away wondering in +himself at that which was come to pass. + +24:13. And behold, two of them went, the same day, to a town which was +sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus. + +24:14. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. + +24:15. And it came to pass that while they talked and reasoned with +themselves, Jesus himself also, drawing near, went with them. + +24:16. But their eyes were held, that they should not know him. + +24:17. And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one +with another as you walk and are sad? + +24:18. And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to +him: Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the +things that have been done there in these days? + +24:19. To whom he said: What things? And they said: Concerning Jesus of +Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all +the people. + +24:20. And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be +condemned to death and crucified him. + +24:21. But we hoped that it was he that should have redeemed Israel. And +now besides all this, to-day is the third day since these things were +done. + +24:22. Yea and certain women also of our company affrighted us who, +before it was light, were at the sepulchre, + +24:23. And not finding his body, came, saying that they had all seen a +vision of angels, who say that he is alive. + +24:24. And some of our people went to the sepulchre and found it so as +the women had said: but him they found not. + +24:25. Then he said to them: O foolish and slow of heart to believe in +all things, Which the prophets have spoken. + +24:26. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and so, to enter +into his glory? + +24:27. And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them +in all the scriptures the things that were concerning him. + +24:28. And they drew nigh to the town whither they were going: and he +made as though he would go farther. + +24:29. But they constrained him, saying: Stay with us, because it is +towards evening and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them. + +24:30. And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took +bread and blessed and brake and gave to them. + +24:31. And their eyes were opened: and they knew him. And he vanished +out of their sight. + +24:32. And they said one to the other: Was not our heart burning within +us, whilst he spoke in the way and opened to us the scriptures? + +24:33. And rising up, the same hour, they went back to Jerusalem: and +they found the eleven gathered together, and those that were with them, + +24:34. Saying: The Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon. + +24:35. And they told what things were done in the way: and how they knew +him in the breaking of bread. + +24:36. Now, whilst they were speaking these things, Jesus stood in the +midst of them and saith to them: Peace be to you. It is I: Fear not. + +24:37. But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a +spirit. + +24:38. And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts +arise in your hearts? + +24:39. See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Handle, and see: for +a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have. + +24:40. And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and feet. + +24:41. But while they yet believed not and wondered for joy, he said: +Have you here any thing to eat? + +24:42. And they offered him a piece of a broiled fish and a honeycomb. + +24:43. And when he had eaten before them, taking the remains, he gave to +them. + +24:44. And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you +while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled which +are written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, +concerning me. + +24:45. Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand +the scriptures. + +24:46. And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved +Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead, the third day: + +24:47. And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his +name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. + +24:48. And you are witnesses of these things. + +24:49. And I send the promise of my Father upon you: but stay you in the +city till you be endued with power from on high. + +The promise of my Father... that is, the Holy Ghost, whom Christ had +promised that his Father and he would send, John 14. 26, and 17. 7. + +24:50. And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up his hands, +he blessed them. + +24:51. And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them, he departed from +them and was carried up to heaven. + +24:52. And they adoring went back into Jerusalem with great joy. + +24:53. And they were always in the temple, praising and blessing God. +Amen. + + + + + +*** END OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK, THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS, BOOK 49 *** + +*********** This file should be named 8349.txt or 8349.zip *********** + +Produced by David Widger + +Project Gutenberg eBooks are often created from several printed +editions, all of which are confirmed as Public Domain in the US +unless a copyright notice is included. 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