THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. 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 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 he 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.