The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Part 11

(32)And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem. And Jesus was going before them; and they were amazed, and as they followed they were afraid. And again he took with him the twelve, and began to say to them what things should happen to him: (33)Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death and will deliver him up to the Gentiles; (34)and they will mock him, and scourge him, and spit upon him, and will kill him; and after three days he will rise again.

(35)And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come to him saying: Teacher, we desire that thou shouldst do for us whatever we shall ask.

(36)And he said to them: What do ye desire that I should do for you?

(37)They said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy glory. (38)And Jesus said to them: Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink, or to endure the immersion which I endure? (39)And they said to him: We are able. And Jesus said to them: Ye shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and endure the immersion which I endure. (40)But to sit on my right hand, or on the left, is not mine to give, but is for them for whom it has been prepared.

(41)And the ten, hearing it, began to be much displeased with James and John. (42)And Jesus, calling them to him, says to them: Ye know that they who are accounted to rule[10:42] over the Gentiles exercise lords.h.i.+p over them; and their great ones exercise authority over them.

(43)But it is not so among you. But whoever would become great among you, shall be your minister; (44)and whoever would become chiefest of you, shall be servant of all. (45)For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

(46)And they come to Jericho. And as he was going forth from Jericho with his disciples and a great mult.i.tude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side. (47)And hearing that it is Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out, and say: Son of David, Jesus, have mercy on me. (48)And many rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried all the more: Son of David, have mercy on me. (49)And Jesus stood still, and said: Call him. And they call the blind man, saying to him: Be of good cheer; rise, he calls thee. (50)And he, casting away his garment, leaped up, and came to Jesus. (51)And Jesus answering said to him: What wilt thou that I should do to thee? The blind man said to him: Lord, that I may receive sight. (52)And Jesus said to him: Go thy way; thy faith has made thee whole. And immediately he received sight, and followed him in the way.

XI.

AND when they come near to Jerusalem, to Bethphage and Bethany at the mount of the Olives, he sends forth two of his disciples, (2)and says to them: Go into the village over against you; and immediately, on entering into it, ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man has sat; loose and bring him. (3)And if any one say to you: Why do ye this?

say: The Lord has need of him; and straightway he will send him hither. (4)And they departed, and found a colt tied by the door without, on the street; and they loose him. (5)And some of those standing there, said to them: What do ye, loosing the colt? (6)And they said to them as Jesus commanded; and they let them go. (7)And they bring the colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and he sat upon him. (8)And many spread their garments in the way, and others branches, cutting them from the fields[11:8]. (9)And they that went before, and they that followed, cried: Hosanna! blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord; (10)blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David; Hosanna in the highest! (11)And he entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple; and having looked around on all things, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.

(12)And on the morrow, when they had come out from Bethany, he was hungry. (13)And seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon. And coming to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs. (14)And answering he said to it: Let no one eat fruit from thee, henceforth forever. And his disciples heard it.

(15)And they come into Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold doves; (16)and suffered not that any one should carry a vessel through the temple. (17)And he taught, saying to them: Is it not written: My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But ye have made it a den of robbers. (18)And the chief priests and the scribes heard it. And they sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, for all the mult.i.tude was astonished at his teaching. (19)And when it became late, he went forth out of the city.

(20)And pa.s.sing by in the morning, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots. (21)And Peter, calling to remembrance, says to him: Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou didst curse is withered away. (22)And Jesus answering says to them: Have faith in G.o.d. (23)Verily I say to you, that whoever shall say to this mountain: Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he says comes to pa.s.s, he shall have it. (24)Therefore I say to you: All things whatever ye ask, when ye pray, believe that ye received, and ye shall have them.

(25)And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespa.s.ses. (26)But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father who is in heaven forgive your trespa.s.ses[11:26].

(27)And they come again into Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders. (28)And they said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority, to do these things? (29)And Jesus answering said to them: I also will ask you one thing; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.

(30)John's immersion, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me.

(31)And they reasoned among themselves, saying: (32)If we say, from heaven; he will say, why then did ye not believe him? But shall we say from men? They feared the people; for all held that John was verily a prophet. (33)And answering they say to Jesus: We do not know. And Jesus says to them: Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.

XII.

AND he began to speak to them in parables. A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went abroad. (2)And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard. (3)And they took him and beat him, and sent him away empty. (4)And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated. (5)And he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

(6)Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent him also to them last, saying: They will reverence my son. (7)But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours. (8)And they took, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. (9)What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. (10)And have ye not read this scripture:

The stone which the builders disallowed, The same is become the head of the corner; (11)This is from the Lord, and is wonderful in our eyes.

(12)And they sought to lay hold of him, but feared the people; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them; and they left him, and went away.

(13)And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to entrap him with a word. (14)And they come and say to him: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest for no one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of G.o.d in truth. Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? (15)Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said to them: Why tempt ye me? Bring me a denary[12:15], that I may see it. (16)And they brought it. And he says to them: Whose is this image, and the inscription? And they said to him: Caesar's. (17)And Jesus answering said to them: Render to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to G.o.d the things that are G.o.d's. And they marveled at him.

(18)And there come to him Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection.

And they asked him, saying: (19)Teacher, Moses wrote to us, that if one's brother die, and leave a wife behind, and leave no children, his brother should take the wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

(20)There were seven brothers; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. (21)And the second took her, and died, and he also left no seed; and the third likewise. (22)And the seven took her, and left no seed. Last of all the woman died also. (23)In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise again, of which of them shall she be wife? For the seven had her for a wife. (24)Jesus answering said to them: Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, nor the power of G.o.d? (25)For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels who are in heaven. (26)And concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how G.o.d spoke to him, saying: I am the G.o.d of Abraham, and the G.o.d of Isaac, and the G.o.d of Jacob? (27)He is not G.o.d of the dead, but of the living. Ye greatly err.

(28)And one of the scribes came to him, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he answered them well, asked him: Which commandment is first of all? (29)And Jesus answered him: First is, Hear, O Israel; the Lord is our G.o.d, the Lord is one; (30)and thou shalt love the Lord thy G.o.d with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength. This is the first commandment. (31)Second is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.

(32)And the scribe said to him: Well, Teacher; thou saidst truly that he is one, and there is no other beside him; (33)and to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbor as himself, is more than all the whole-burnt-offerings and sacrifices. (34)And Jesus, seeing that he answered intelligently, said to him: Thou art not far from the kingdom of G.o.d. And no one dared any longer to question him.

(35)And Jesus answering said, while teaching in the temple: How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David? (36)For David himself said, in the Holy Spirit:

The LORD said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Till I put thy enemies under thy feet.

(37)David himself calls him Lord; and whence is he his son? And the great mult.i.tude heard him gladly.

(38)And he said to them in his teaching: Beware of the scribes, who love to go about in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, (39)and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at the feasts; (40)who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers; these shall receive greater condemnation.

(41)And sitting over against the treasury, he beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much.

(42)And one poor widow came, and cast in two mites, which are a farthing. (43)And calling to him his disciples, he said to them: Verily I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all who are casting into the treasury. (44)For all cast in out of their abundance; but she, out of her want, cast in all that she had, her whole living.

XIII.

AND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples says to him: Teacher, see what manner of stones, and what manner of buildings!

(2)And Jesus said to him: Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

(3)And as he was sitting on the mount of the Olives, over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately: (4)Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished.

(5)And Jesus began to say to them: Take heed lest any one lead you astray. (6)For many will come in my name, saying: I am he; and will lead many astray. (7)And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled, for it must come to pa.s.s; but not yet is the end. (8)For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be earthquakes in divers places, and there will be famines and commotions; these are the beginning of sorrows.

(9)But do ye take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils, and in the synagogues ye will be beaten; and ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony to them. (10)And the good news must first be preached among all the nations.

(11)But when they lead you away to deliver you up, take not thought beforehand what ye shall speak nor premeditate; but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit. (12)And the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and children will rise up against parents, and will put them to death. (13)And ye will be hated by all for my name's sake; but he that has endured unto the end, the same shall be saved.

(14)But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not, (let him that reads, mark!) then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains. (15)And he that is upon the house, let him not go down into the house, nor enter in to take anything out of his house.

(16)And he that is in the field, let him not turn back to take his garment.

(17)But woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck in those days! (18)And pray that it be not in the winter. (19)For in those days will be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation which G.o.d created until now, neither shall be. (20)And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen, whom he chose, he shortened the days.

(21)And then if any one say to you: Lo, here is the Christ, or Lo, there, believe not. (22)For false Christs and false prophets will arise, and will show signs and wonders, so as to lead, if possible, even the chosen astray. (23)But do ye take heed; I have foretold you all.

(24)But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light; (25)and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. (26)And then shall they see the Son of man coming in clouds, with great power and glory. (27)And then will he send forth the angels, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

(28)And learn the parable from the fig-tree. When its branch is already become tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that summer is near. (29)So also ye, when ye see these things come to pa.s.s, know that it is near, at the doors. (30)Verily I say to you, that this generation shall not pa.s.s, till all these things are done. (31)Heaven and earth shall pa.s.s away; but my words shall not pa.s.s away.

(32)But of that day or hour no one knows, not even the angels in heaven, nor the Son, but the Father. (33)Take heed, watch; for ye know not when the time is. (34)As a man who is abroad, having left his house, and given authority to his servants, to each one his work, also commanded the porter that he should watch; (35)watch therefore, for ye know not when the master of the house comes, at evening, or at midnight, or at the c.o.c.k-crowing, or in the morning; (36)lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. (37)And what I say to you, I say to all, Watch.

XIV.

TWO days after, was the pa.s.sover, and the feast of unleavened bread; and the chief priests and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. (2)For they said: Not at the feast, lest there shall be a tumult of the people.

(3)And he being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head. (4)And there were some that were much displeased among themselves, and said: Why was this waste of the ointment made? (5)For this ointment could have been sold for more than three hundred denaries, and given to the poor. And they murmured at her. (6)And Jesus said: Let her alone; why do ye trouble her? She wrought a good work on me. (7)For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye can do good to them; but me ye have not always.

(8)She did what she could; she beforehand anointed my body for the preparation for burial. (9)Verily I say to you, wherever the good news shall be preached in the whole world, this also that she did shall be told for a memorial of her.

(10)And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went to the chief priests, to deliver him up to them. (11)And they, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently deliver him up.