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All the generations, therefore, from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations; and from David unto the removal to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the removal to Babylon unto the Christ, fourteen generations.


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Now the birth of Jesus Christ was after this manner. His mother Mary having been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found with child by the Holy Spirit.


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And Joseph her husband, being just, and not willing to expose her openly, desired to put her away privately.


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But while he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to him in a dream, saying: Joseph, son of David, fear not to take to thee Mary thy wife; for that which is begotten in her is of the Holy Spirit.


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And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shalt call his name Jesus; for he shall save his people from their sins.


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And all this has come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying:


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Behold, the virgin shall be with child, And shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is interpreted, God with us.


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And Jesus having been born in Bethlehem of Judaea, in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem,


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saying: Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and came to do him homage.


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And having assembled all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ should be born.


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And thou Bethlehem, land of Judah, Art by no means least among the princes of Judah; For out of thee shall come forth a Governor, Who shall rule my people Israel.


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Then Herod, having secretly called the wise men, inquired of them exactly the time of the appearing of the star.


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And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said: Go and inquire strictly concerning the child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I also may come and do him homage.


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And they, having heard the king, departed; and lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the child was.


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And coming into the house, they saw the child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and did homage to him; and opening their treasures, they presented to him gifts, gold and frankincense and myrrh.


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And being warned by God in a dream, not to return to Herod, they departed into their own country by another way.


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And when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appears to Joseph in a dream, saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be there until I bring thee word; for Herod is about to seek the child to destroy him.


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and was there until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying: Out of Egypt I called my son.


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Then Herod, seeing that he was mocked by the wise men, was exceedingly enraged; and he sent forth, and slew all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all its borders, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned from the wise men.


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A voice was heard in Ramah, Weeping, and great mourning; Rachel weeping for her children, And would not be comforted, because they are not.


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saying: Arise, and take the child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel; for they are dead who sought the child's life.


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But hearing that Archelaus reigned in Judaea instead of Herod his father, he was afraid to go thither; and being warned by God in a dream, he retired into the region of Galilee.


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And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: He shall be called a Nazarene.


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For this is he that was spoken of through the prophet Isaiah, saying: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, Make straight his paths.


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And he, John, had his raiment of camel's hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey.


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But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his immersion, he said to them: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?


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and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.


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And already the axe is laid to the root of the trees; therefore every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire.


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I indeed immerse you in water unto repentance; but he that comes after me is mightier than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to bear; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;


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whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather his wheat into the garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable.


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But John sought to hinder him, saying: I have need to be immersed by thee, and dost thou come to me?


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And Jesus answering said to him: <J>Suffer it now; for thus it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness.</J> Then he suffered him.


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And having been immersed, Jesus went up immediately from the water; and lo, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending, as a dove, and coming upon him.


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And coming to him, the tempter said: If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become loaves of bread.


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But he answering said: <J>It is written, Man shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God.</J>


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and says to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down; for it is written: He will give his angels command concerning thee; And on their hands they will bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.


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Again the Devil takes him into an exceedingly high mountain, and shows him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them;


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Then Jesus says to him: <J>Get thee hence, Satan; for it is written: Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.</J>


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And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali;


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The land of Zebulun, and the land of Naphtali, By the way of the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles,


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The people that sat in darkness, saw great light, And to those sitting in the region and shadow of death light sprang up.


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From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say: <J>Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.</J>


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And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brothers, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen.


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And going on from thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them.


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And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every infirmity among the people.


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And his fame went forth into all Syria; and they brought to him all that were sick, taken with divers diseases and torments, and possessed with demons, and lunatic, and palsied; and he healed them.


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And great multitudes followed him from Galilee, and Decapolis, and Jerusalem, and Judaea, and from beyond the Jordan.


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AND seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain; and he having sat down, his disciples came to him.


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<J>Happy are ye, when they shall revile and persecute you, and shall say all evil against you falsely, for my sake.</J>


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<J>Rejoice, and exult; because great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.</J>


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<J>Ye are the salt of the earth; but if the salt become tasteless, wherewith shall it be salted? It is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot by men.</J>


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<J>Nor do they light a lamp and put it under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand; and it shines to all that are in the house.</J>


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<J>Thus let your light shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>Think not that I came to destroy the law, or the prophets; I came not to destroy, but to fulfill.</J>


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<J>For verily I say to you, till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall not pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.</J>


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<J>Whoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.</J>


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<J>For I say to you, that except your righteousness shall exceed that of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven.</J>


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<J>Ye heard that it was said to those of old: Thou shalt not kill; and whoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, that every one who is angry with his brother, without cause, shall be in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, Raca! shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall say, Thou fool! shall be in danger of hell-fire.</J>


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<J>Therefore if thou bringest thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother has aught against thee;</J>


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<J>leave there thy gift before the altar, and go, first be reconciled to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift.</J>


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<J>Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him; lest haply the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.</J>


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<J>Verily I say to thee, thou shalt not come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, that every one who looks on a woman, to lust after her, has already committed adultery with her in his heart.</J>


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<J>And if thy right eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.</J>


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<J>And if thy right hand causes thee to offend, cut it off and cast it from thee; for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members perish, and not thy whole body be cast into hell.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, save for the cause of fornication, makes her commit adultery; and whoever shall marry her when put away, commits adultery.</J>


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<J>Again ye heard, that it was said to those of old: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but shalt perform to the Lord thine oaths.</J>


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<J>nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; nor by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, that ye resist not evil; but whoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also.</J>


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<J>that ye may be sons of your Father who is in heaven; for he causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust.</J>


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<J>TAKE heed that ye do not your righteousness before men, to be seen by them; otherwise ye have no reward with your Father who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>Therefore when thou doest alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.</J>


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<J>And when ye pray, ye shall not be as the hypocrites; for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.</J>


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<J>But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and having shut thy door, pray to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.</J>


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<J>But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking.</J>


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<J>Be not ye therefore like to them; for your Father knows what things ye have need of, before ye ask him.</J>


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<J>Do ye, therefore, pray after this manner: Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.</J>


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<J>but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.</J>


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<J>And when ye fast, be not as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance; for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear to men to fast. Verily I say to you, they have in full their reward.</J>


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<J>that thou appear not to men to fast, but to thy Father who is in secret; and thy Father who sees in secret will reward thee.</J>


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<J>Lay not up for yourselves treasures on the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal.</J>


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<J>But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consumes, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.</J>


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<J>The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body will be light;</J>


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<J>but if thine eye be evil, thy whole body will be dark. If therefore the light that is in thee is darkness, how great the darkness!</J>


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<J>No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one and despise the other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.</J>


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<J>For this cause I say to you, take not thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than food, and the body than raiment?</J>


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<J>Behold the birds of the air, that they sow not, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are ye not much better than they?</J>


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<J>And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow. They toil not, nor spin;</J>


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<J>And if God so clothes the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more you, ye of little faith?</J>


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<J>Take not thought therefore, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewith shall we be clothed?</J>


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<J>For after all these do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that ye have need of all these.</J>


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<J>But seek first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these shall be added to you.</J>


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<J>Take not thought, therefore, for the morrow; for the morrow will take thought for itself. Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof.</J>


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<J>For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you.</J>


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<J>And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?</J>


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<J>Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine own eye?</J>


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<J>Hypocrite! first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.</J>


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<J>Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine; lest they trample them with their feet, and turn and rend you.</J>


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<J>Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you.</J>


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<J>For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.</J>


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<J>If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him?</J>


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<J>Therefore all things whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.</J>


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<J>Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and broad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in thereat.</J>


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<J>Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leads to life, and few are they who find it.</J>


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<J>Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.</J>


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<J>Ye shall know them from their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?</J>


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<J>Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name do many miracles?</J>


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<J>Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock.</J>


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<J>And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock.</J>


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<J>And every one who hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand.</J>


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<J>And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.</J>


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And it came to pass, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the multitudes were astonished at his teaching.


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And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.


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And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: <J>I will; be thou cleansed.</J> And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.


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And Jesus says to him: <J>See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.</J>


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The centurion answered and said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say in a word, and my servant will be healed.


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For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.


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And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed: <J>Verily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.</J>


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<J>And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and will recline at table, with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven;</J>


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<J>but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!</J>


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And Jesus said to the centurion: <J>Go thy way; and as thou didst believe, be it done to thee.</J> And his servant was healed in that hour.


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When evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick;


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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.


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And Jesus says to him: <J>The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head.</J>


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And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the ship was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping.


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And he says to them: <J>Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith?</J> Then rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.


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And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pass by that way.


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And, behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Son of God? Camest thou hither to torment us before the time?


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And he said to them, <J>Go.</J> And they, coming out, went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.


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And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told every thing, and what had befallen the possessed with demons.


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And, behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they besought that he would depart from their borders.


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And, behold, they brought to him one that was palsied, lying on a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the palsied man: <J>Child, be of good cheer; thy sins are forgiven.</J>


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<J>But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins,</J> (then says he to the palsied man) <J>Arise, take up thy bed, and go to thy house.</J>


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And Jesus, passing on from thence, saw a man named Matthew, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he says to him: <J>Follow me.</J> And he rose up and followed him.


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And it came to pass that, as he reclined at table in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined at table with Jesus and his disciples.


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And the Pharisees, seeing it, said to his disciples: Why does your teacher eat with the publicans and the sinners?


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<J>But go, and learn what this means: I desire mercy and not sacrifice; for I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.</J>


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Then come to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples fast not?


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And Jesus said to them: <J>Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, so long as the bridegroom is with them? But days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they will fast.</J>


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<J>And no one puts a piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; for that which fills it up takes from the garment, and a worse rent is made.</J>


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<J>Nor do they put new wine into old skins; else the skins burst, and the wine runs out, and the skins are destroyed. But they put new wine into new skins, and both are preserved together.</J>


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While he was speaking these things to them, behold, there came a ruler, and bowed down to him, saying: My daughter just now died; but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she will live.


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And behold, a woman, having a flow of blood twelve years, came behind, and touched the fringe of his garment.


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And Jesus, turning and seeing her, said: <J>Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith has made thee whole.</J>


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And the woman was made whole from that hour. And Jesus, coming into the house of the ruler, and seeing the minstrels and the crowd making a noise,


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said: <J>Give place; for the maiden is not dead, but is sleeping.</J> And they laughed him to scorn.


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And as Jesus passed on from thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying: Have mercy on us, Son of David.


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And when he had come into the house, the blind men came to him. And Jesus says to them: <J>Believe ye that I am able to do this?</J> They say to him: Yea, Lord.


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And their eyes were opened. And Jesus sternly charged them, saying: <J>Take heed, let no one know it.</J>


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And the demon being cast out, the dumb spoke. And the multitudes marveled, saying: It was never so seen in Israel.


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And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every infirmity.


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And seeing the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were harassed, and scattered, as sheep having no shepherd.


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AND calling to him his twelve disciples, he gave them authority over unclean spirits, so as to cast them out, and to heal every sickness and every infirmity.


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And the names of the twelve apostles are these; first Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;


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Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus surnamed Thaddeus;


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These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying: <J>Go not into the way to the Gentiles, and into a city of Samaritans enter not.</J>


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<J>Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Freely ye received, freely give.</J>


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<J>nor bag for the journey, nor two coats, nor sandals, nor staff; for the laborer is worthy of his living.</J>


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<J>And into whatever city or village ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.</J>


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<J>And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it; but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.</J>


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<J>And whoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye go out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.</J>


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<J>Verily I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.</J>


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<J>Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be therefore wise as serpents, and simple as doves.</J>


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<J>But beware of men; for they will deliver you up to councils, and will scourge you in their synagogues;</J>


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<J>and before governors also and kings will ye be brought for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles.</J>


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<J>But when they deliver you up, take not thought how or what ye shall speak; for it shall be given you in that hour what ye shall speak.</J>


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<J>And the brother will deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child; and children will rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death.</J>


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<J>And ye will be hated by all, for my name's sake; but he that has endured to the end, the same shall be saved.</J>


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<J>But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the other; for verily I say to you, ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man come.</J>


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<J>It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord: If they called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more those of his household!</J>


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<J>Fear them not therefore; for there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, and hid that shall not be known.</J>


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<J>What I say to you in the darkness, that speak ye in the light; and what ye hear in the ear, that proclaim upon the house-tops.</J>


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<J>And be not afraid of those who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.</J>


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<J>Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.</J>


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<J>Every one, therefore, who shall acknowledge me before men, him will I also acknowledge before my Father who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>But whoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>For I came to set a man at variance with his father, and a daughter with her mother, and a bride with her mother-in-law;</J>


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<J>He that loves father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.</J>


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<J>He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.</J>


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<J>And whoever shall give to drink a cup of cold water only to one of these little ones, in the name of a disciple, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.</J>


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AND it came to pass, when Jesus made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, that he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.


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<J>The blind receive sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and to the poor good tidings are published.</J>


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And as these were departing, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John: <J>What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?</J>


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<J>But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.</J>


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<J>For this is he of whom it is written: Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.</J>


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<J>Verily I say to you, among those born of women, there has not risen a greater than John the Immerser. But he who is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.</J>


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<J>And from the days of John the Immerser until now, the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent seize upon it.</J>


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<J>But to what shall I liken this generation? It is like to children sitting in the markets, who call to their fellows,</J>


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<J>and say: We piped to you, and ye danced not; we sang the lament, and ye did not beat the breast.</J>


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<J>The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom was justified on the part of her children.</J>


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<J>Woe to thee, Chorazin! Woe to thee, Bethsaida! For if the miracles, that were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, it will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.</J>


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<J>And thou, Capernaum, that wast exalted to heaven, shalt go down to the underworld. For if the miracles, that were done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, that it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.</J>


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At that time Jesus answered and said: <J>I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou didst hide these things from the wise and discerning, and reveal them to babes;</J>


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<J>All things were delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows the Son but the Father; nor does any one know the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.</J>


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<J>Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart; and ye shall find rest for your souls.</J>


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AT that time Jesus went on the sabbath through the grain-fields; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pluck ears of grain, and to eat.


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And the Pharisees seeing it said to him: Behold, thy disciples are doing that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath.


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And he said to them: <J>Have ye not read what David did, when he hungered, himself and those with him;</J>


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<J>how he entered into the house of God, and ate the show-bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but for the priests alone?</J>


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<J>Or have ye not read in the law, that on the sabbath the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless?</J>


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<J>But if ye had known what this means, I desire mercy and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the blameless.</J>


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And he said to them: <J>What man will there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath, will not lay hold of it, and raise it up?</J>


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Then he says to the man: <J>Stretch forth thy hand.</J> And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other.


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But Jesus, knowing it, withdrew from thence; and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all.


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Behold my servant, whom I chose, My beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased. I will put my spirit upon him, And he will declare judgment to the Gentiles.


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A bruised reed he will not break, And smoking flax he will not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory.


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Then was brought to him one possessed with a demon, blind, and dumb; and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spoke and saw.


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But the Pharisees hearing it said: This man does not cast out the demons, except through Beelzebul, prince of the demons.


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And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, said to them: <J>Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and any city or house divided against itself shall not stand.</J>


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<J>And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand?</J>


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<J>And if I through Beelzebul cast out the demons, through whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges.</J>


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<J>But if I through the Spirit of God cast out the demons, then is the kingdom of God come near to you.</J>


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<J>Or how can any one enter into a strong man's house, and seize upon his goods, except he first bind the strong man? And then he will plunder his house.</J>


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<J>Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven to men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven.</J>


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<J>And whoever speaks a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it will not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.</J>


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<J>Either make the tree good and its fruit good, or make the tree corrupt and its fruit corrupt; for from the fruit the tree is known.</J>


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<J>Brood of vipers! How can ye, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks.</J>


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<J>The good man out of the good treasure sends forth good things; and the evil man out of the evil treasure sends forth evil things.</J>


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<J>But I say to you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.</J>


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Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered him saying: Teacher, we desire to see a sign from thee.


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But he answering said to them: <J>An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah the prophet.</J>


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<J>For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the fish, so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.</J>


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<J>Men of Nineveh will rise in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.</J>


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<J>A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold, a greater than Solomon is here.</J>


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<J>But when the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes through dry places seeking rest, and finds it not.</J>


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<J>Then he says, I will return into my house from whence I came out and coming he finds it empty, swept, and set in order.</J>


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<J>Then he goes, and takes with him seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there; and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. So shall it be also with this wicked generation.</J>


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While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brothers were standing without, seeking to speak to him.


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And one said to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers are standing without, seeking to speak to thee.


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And stretching forth his hand toward his disciples, he said: <J>Behold my mother and my brothers!</J>


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<J>For whoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.</J>


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And great multitudes were gathered together to him, so that he went into the ship and sat down; and all the multitude stood on the beach.


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<J>Behold, the sower went forth to sow. And as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured them.</J>


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<J>And others fell on the rocky places, where they had not much earth; and forthwith they sprang up, because they had not depth of earth.</J>


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<J>And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had not root, they withered away.</J>


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<J>And others fell on the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.</J>


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And he answering said to them: <J>To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven; but to them it is not given.</J>


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<J>For whoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but whoever has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.</J>


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<J>Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, nor understand.</J>


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<J>And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which says: With the hearing ye will hear, and will not understand; And seeing ye will see, and will not perceive.</J>


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<J>For the heart of this people is become gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they see with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And turn, and I shall heal them.</J>


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<J>For verily I say to you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see what ye are beholding, and did not see, and to hear what ye are hearing, and did not hear.</J>


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<J>When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands not, then comes the evil one and snatches away what was sown in his heart. This is that which was sown by the way-side.</J>


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<J>And that sown on the rocky places, this is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it;</J>


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<J>and has not root in himself, but is only for a time; and when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he is offended.</J>


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<J>And that sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word, and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.</J>


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<J>And that sown on the good ground, this is he that hears the word and understands; who bears fruit, and produces, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.</J>


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Another parable he put forth to them, saying: <J>The kingdom of heaven is likened to a man that sowed good seed in his field.</J>


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<J>And the servants of the householder came and said to him: Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in thy field? From whence then has it darnel?</J>


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<J>He said to them: An enemy did this. The servants said to him: Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?</J>


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<J>Let both grow together until the harvest. And in time of harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather up first the darnel, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.</J>


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Another parable he put forth to them, saying: <J>The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard, which a man took and sowed in his field.</J>


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<J>Which is the least indeed of all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in its branches.</J>


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Another parable he spoke to them: <J>The kingdom of heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.</J>


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that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying: I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world.


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Then having sent away the multitudes, he went into the house. And his disciples came to him, saying: Explain to us the parable of the darnel of the field.


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<J>The field is the world. The good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the darnel are the sons of the evil one,</J>


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<J>and the enemy that sowed them is the Devil. The harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels.</J>


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<J>As therefore the darnel are gathered up and are burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of the world.</J>


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<J>The Son of man will send forth his angels, and they will gather out of his kingdom all the causes of offense, and those who do iniquity,</J>


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<J>and will cast them into the furnace of fire; there will be the wailing, and the gnashing of teeth!</J>


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<J>Then will the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.</J>


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<J>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and concealed; and for joy thereof, he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.</J>


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<J>Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a net, cast into the sea, and gathering together of every kind.</J>


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<J>Which, when it was filled, they drew up upon the beach, and sat down and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.</J>


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<J>So will it be in the end of the world. The angels will go forth, and will separate the wicked from among the just,</J>


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And coming into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue; so that they were astonished, and said: Whence has this man this wisdom, and the miracles? Is not this the carpenter's son?


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And they were offended at him. But Jesus said to them: <J>A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country, and in his own house.</J>


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And he said to his servants: This is John the Immerser; he is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.


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For Herod laid hold of John, and bound him and put him in prison, for the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip, his brother.


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And she, being urged on by her mother, says: Give me here, on a platter, the head of John the Immerser.


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And the disciples, seeing him walking on the sea, were troubled, saying: It is a spectre. And they cried out for fear.


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and besought him that they might only touch the fringe of his garment; and as many as touched were made whole.


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Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? For they wash not their hands when they eat bread.


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<J>For God commanded, saying: Honor thy father and mother; and he that curses father or mother, let him surely die.</J>


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<J>But ye say: Whoever says to his father or his mother, It is a gift, whatever thou mightest be profited with from me,</J>


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<J>shall not honor his father or his mother; and ye made the word of God of no effect, for the sake of your tradition.</J>


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<J>Not that which enters into the mouth defiles the man; but that which comes out of the mouth, this defiles the man.</J>


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And he answering said: <J>Every plant, which my heavenly Father planted not, shall be rooted up.</J>


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<J>Let them alone; they are blind leaders of the blind; and if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into the ditch.</J>


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<J>Do ye not yet understand, that whatever enters into the mouth goes into the belly, and is cast out into the drain?</J>


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<J>But the things that proceed out of the mouth come forth out of the heart; and they defile the man.</J>


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<J>For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false-witnessings, blasphemies.</J>


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<J>These are the things that defile the man; but to eat with unwashen hands defiles not the man.</J>


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And Jesus, having called to him his disciples, said: <J>I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat; and I will not dismiss them fasting, lest they faint in the way.</J>


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And his disciples say to him: Whence should we have so many loaves in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?


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<J>And in the morning: A storm to-day! for the sky is red and lowering. Ye know how to discern the face of the sky, but can ye not the signs of the times?</J>


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<J>An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah.</J> And he left them, and departed.


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<J>Do ye not yet understand, nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?</J>


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<J>How is it that ye do not understand, that I spoke not to you of bread? But, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees!</J>


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And having come into the region of Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked his disciples, saying: <J>Who do men say that the Son of man is?</J>


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And Jesus answering said to him: <J>Happy art thou, Simon Bar-jonah; for flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>And I also say to thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it.</J>


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<J>And I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.</J>


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<J>For whoever will save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake, shall find it.</J>


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<J>For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his soul?</J>


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<J>For the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will reward each one according to his works.</J>


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<J>Verily I say to you, there are some of those standing here, who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.</J>


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And Peter answering said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here. If thou wilt, let us make here three tents; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.


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<J>But I say to you, that Elijah is already come, and they knew him not, but did with him whatever they would. So also is the Son of man about to suffer by them.</J>


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Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic, and is sorely afflicted; for ofttimes he falls into the fire, and oft into the water.


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<J>But that we may not offend them, go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the fish that first comes up; and opening its mouth thou wilt find a shekel; that take, and give to them for me and thee.</J>


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<J>Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.</J>


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<J>But whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to offend, it were better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were plunged in the depth of the sea.</J>


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<J>Woe to the world, for causes of offense! For it must needs be that causes of offense come; but woe to that man, through whom the cause of offense comes!</J>


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<J>And if thine eye causes thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire.</J>


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<J>Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>What think ye? If a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them is gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine upon the mountains, and go and seek that which is gone astray?</J>


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<J>But if thy brother shall sin against thee, go show him his fault between thee and him alone, If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.</J>


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<J>But if he hear not, take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.</J>


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<J>Verily I say to you: Whatever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.</J>


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<J>Again I say to you, that if two of you shall agree on earth, concerning any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a certain king, who desired to make a reckoning with his servants.</J>


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<J>And when he had begun to reckon, there was brought to him one, who owed ten thousand talents.</J>


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<J>But as he was not able to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made.</J>


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<J>The servant therefore, falling, prostrated himself before him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.</J>


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<J>Therefore his fellow-servant fell down and besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee.</J>


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<J>And his fellow-servants, seeing what was done, were very sorry, and came and disclosed to their lord all that was done.</J>


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<J>Then having called him, his lord says to him: Thou wicked servant; I forgave thee all that debt, because thou besoughtest me.</J>


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<J>And his lord was angry, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due to him.</J>


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<J>So also will my heavenly Father do to you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother.</J>


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<J>So that they are no longer two, but one flesh. What therefore God joined together, let not man put asunder.</J>


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He says to them: <J>Moses, for your hardness of heart, suffered you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it was not so.</J>


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<J>And I say to you, that whoever shall put away his wife, except for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery; and whoever marries her when put away, commits adultery.</J>


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<J>For there are eunuchs, who were so born from the mother's womb; and there are eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.</J>


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Then were brought to him little children, that he might put his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them.


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But Jesus said: <J>Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me; for to such belongs the kingdom of heaven.</J>


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And, he said to him: <J>Why dost thou ask me concerning good? One is the Good. But if thou desirest to enter into life, keep the commandments.</J>


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He says to him, Which? Jesus said: <J>Thou shalt not kill; Thou shalt not commit adultery; Thou shalt not steal; Thou shalt not bear false witness;</J>


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Jesus said to him: <J>If thou desirest to be perfect, go, sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me.</J>


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<J>And again I say to you: It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.</J>


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But Jesus, looking on them, said to them: <J>With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.</J>


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Then Peter answering said to him: Behold, we forsook all, and followed thee; what then shall we have?


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And Jesus said to them: <J>Verily I say to you, that ye who followed me, in the renovation, when the Son of man shall sit on his throne of glory, shall also sit on twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.</J>


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<J>And every one who forsook houses, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive manifold more, and shall inherit everlasting life.</J>


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<J>For the kingdom of heaven is like to a householder, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard.</J>


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<J>And to them he said: Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you. And they went their way.</J>


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<J>And about the eleventh he went out, and found others standing, and says to them: Why stand ye here all the day idle?</J>


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<J>And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard says to his steward: Call the laborers, and pay them the hire, beginning from the last, unto the first.</J>


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<J>Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they will condemn him to death,</J>


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Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee, with her sons, bowing down and asking a certain thing of him.


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And he said to her: <J>What wilt thou?</J> She says to him: Command that these my two sons shall sit, one on thy right hand, and one on thy left, in thy kingdom.


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But Jesus answering said: <J>Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of?</J> They say to him: We are able.


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And he says to them: <J>Ye shall drink indeed of my cup; but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but is for them for whom it has been prepared by my Father.</J>


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But Jesus, having called them to him, said: <J>Ye know that the rulers of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them, and they that are great exercise authority over them.</J>


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<J>but whoever would become great among you, let him be your minister; and whoever would be first among you, let him be your servant;</J>


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<J>even as the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.</J>


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And behold, two blind men sitting by the way-side, hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried, saying: Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David.


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And the multitude rebuked them, that they should hold their peace. But they cried the more, saying: Have mercy on us, O Lord, Son of David.


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saying to them: <J>Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye will find an ass tied, and a colt with her; loose and bring them to me.</J>


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<J>And if any one say aught to you, ye shall say: The Lord has need of them; and straightway he will send them.</J>


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Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold, thy King comes to thee, Meek, and mounted upon an ass, And upon a colt, the foal of a beast of burden.


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And most of the multitude spread their own garments in the way; and others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed in the way.


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And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying: Hosanna to the Son of David; Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.


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And Jesus entered into the temple of God, and cast out all that sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of those who sold doves.


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And he says to them: <J>It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer; But ye make it a den of robbers.</J>


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and said to him: Dost thou hear what these say? And Jesus says to them: <J>Yea; did ye never read: From the mouth of babes and sucklings thou preparedst praise?</J>


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And seeing a fig-tree by the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon but leaves only. And he says to it: <J>Let there be no fruit from thee henceforward, forever.</J> And immediately the fig-tree withered away.


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And when he had come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to him as he was teaching, and said: By what authority doest thou these things; and who gave thee this authority?


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And Jesus answering said to them: <J>I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I too will tell you by what authority I do these things.</J>


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<J>John's immersion, whence was it? From heaven, or from men?</J> And they reasoned among themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will say to us: Why then did ye not believe him?


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And they answered Jesus, saying: We do not know. And he said to them: <J>Neither do I say to you, by what authority I do these things.</J>


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<J>But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, and said: Son, go work to-day in the vineyard.</J>


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<J>Which of the two did the father's will?</J> They say to him: The first. Jesus says to them: <J>Verily I say to you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you.</J>


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<J>For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but the publicans and the harlots believed him; and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.</J>


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<J>Hear another parable. There was a householder, who planted a vineyard, and put a hedge around it, and dug a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husband-men, and went abroad.</J>


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<J>And when the season of fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive his fruits.</J>


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<J>But the husbandmen, seeing the son, said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and have his inheritance.</J>


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Jesus says to them: <J>Did ye never read in the Scriptures: The stone which the builders disallowed, The same is become the head of the corner; This is from the Lord, And is wonderful in our eyes.</J>


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<J>Therefore I say to you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.</J>


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<J>And he that falls upon this stone will be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.</J>


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<J>And he sent forth his servants to call those who were bidden to the wedding; and they would not come.</J>


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<J>Again he sent forth other servants, saying: Tell those who are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready; come to the marriage.</J>


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<J>And the king, hearing it, was angry; and sending forth his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.</J>


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<J>Then he says to his servants: The wedding is ready, but they who were bidden were not worthy.</J>


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<J>And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good; and the wedding was furnished with guests.</J>


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<J>And the king, coming in to view the guests, saw there a man not clothed with a wedding garment;</J>


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<J>Then the king said to the attendants: Bind him hand and foot, and cast him forth into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!</J>


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And they send out to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying: Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth; neither carest thou for any one, for thou regardest not the person of men.


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They say to him: Caesar's. Then says he to them; <J>Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.</J>


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saying: Teacher, Moses said, If any one die having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.


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<J>For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.</J>


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<J>But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying:</J>


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<J>I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.</J>


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Jesus said to him: <J>Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.</J>


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saying: <J>What think ye concerning the Christ? Of whom is he the son?</J> They say to him: Of David.


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<J>All, therefore, whatever they bid you, do and observe; but do not according to their works, for they say and do not.</J>


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<J>For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders, but will not move them with their finger.</J>


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<J>But all their works they do to be seen by men; they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the fringes;</J>


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<J>And whoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.</J>


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<J>But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; for ye go not in, nor suffer those who are entering to go in:</J>


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<J>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more a child of hell than yourselves.</J>


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<J>Woe to you, blind guides, who say: Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound.</J>


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<J>And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound.</J>


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<J>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye pay tithe of the mint and the dill and the cumin, and omitted the weightier things of the law, judgment, and mercy, and faith; these ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.</J>


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<J>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter, but within they are full of rapacity and excess.</J>


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<J>Blind Pharisee! Cleanse first the inside of the cup and the platter, that its outside also may become clean.</J>


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<J>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye are like to whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of bones of the dead, and of all uncleanness.</J>


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<J>So also ye outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.</J>


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<J>Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say:</J>


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<J>If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.</J>


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<J>Therefore, behold, I send forth to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city;</J>


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<J>that on you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.</J>


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<J>Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that killest the prophets, and stonest those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!</J>


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<J>For I say to you, ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say: Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.</J>


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And he answering said to them: <J>See ye not all these things? Verily I say to you, there shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.</J>


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<J>And ye will hear of wars, and rumors of wars. Take heed, be not troubled; for all must come to pass; but not yet is the end!</J>


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<J>For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.</J>


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<J>Then will they deliver you up unto affliction, and will kill you; and ye will be hated by all nations for my name's sake.</J>


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<J>And this good news of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall come the end.</J>


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<J>When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of through Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place</J> (let him that reads mark!)


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<J>For then will be great affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the world until now, no nor shall be.</J>


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<J>And unless those days were shortened, no flesh would be saved; but for the sake of the chosen, those days shall be shortened.</J>


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<J>For there will arise false Christs, and false prophets, and will show great signs and wonders; so as, if possible, to lead even the chosen astray.</J>


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<J>If therefore they say to you: Behold, he is in the desert, go not forth; Behold, he is in the secret chambers, believe it not.</J>


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<J>For as the lightning comes forth from the east, and shines even unto the west, so shall be the coming of the Son of man.</J>


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<J>And immediately, after the affliction of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of heaven shall be shaken.</J>


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<J>And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven; and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and shall see the Son of man coming on the clouds of heaven, with power and great glory.</J>


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<J>And he will send forth his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his chosen from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.</J>


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<J>And learn the parable from the fig-tree: When its branch is already become tender, and puts forth leaves, ye know that the summer is near.</J>


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<J>For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark,</J>


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<J>Who then is the faithful and wise servant, whom his lord set over his household, to give them their food in due season?</J>


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<J>THEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went out to meet the bridegroom.</J>


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<J>And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they who were ready went in with him to the marriage; and the door was shut.</J>


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<J>And he that received the five talents went and traded with them, and gained other five talents.</J>


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<J>And he that received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying: Lord, thou deliveredst to me five talents; behold, I gained other five talents beside them.</J>


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<J>His lord said to him: Well done, good and faithful servant; thou wast faithful over a little, I will set thee over much. Enter thou into the joy of thy lord.</J>


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<J>And he also that received the two talents came and said: Lord, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold, I gained other two talents beside them.</J>


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<J>And he also that received the one talent came and said: Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering where thou strewedst not.</J>


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<J>And his lord answering said to him: Wicked and slothful servant! Thou knewest that I reap where I did not sow, and gather where I strewed not?</J>


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<J>Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers; and when I came, I should have received my own with interest.</J>


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<J>For to every one that has shall be given, and he shall have abundance; but from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away.</J>


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<J>And cast forth the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth!</J>


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<J>And when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit on his throne of glory.</J>


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<J>And before him shall be gathered all the nations; and he will divide them one from another, as the shepherd divides the sheep from the goats.</J>


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<J>Then will the King say to those on his right hand: Come, blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world.</J>


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<J>For I was hungry, and ye did not give me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye did not give me drink;</J>


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<J>I was a stranger, and ye did not take me in; naked, and ye did not clothe me; sick, and in prison, and ye did not visit me.</J>


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<J>Then will he answer them, saying: Verily I say to you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.</J>


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<J>And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.</J>


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there came to him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he reclined at table.


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and said: What will ye give me, and I will deliver him to you? And they weighed out to him thirty pieces of silver.


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<J>The Son of man goes indeed, as it is written of him; but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for him, if that man had not been born.</J>


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And after a little while, they that stood by came and said to Peter: Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech betrays thee.


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And Peter remembered the word of Jesus when he said: <J>Before a cock crows, thou wilt thrice deny me.</J> And he went out, and wept bitterly.


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AND when morning came, all the chief priests and the elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, so as to put him to death.


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Then Judas, who betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned, repenting brought back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and the elders,


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And casting down the pieces of silver in the temple, he departed; and he went away and hanged himself.


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And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said: It is not lawful to put them into the treasury, since it is the price of blood.


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And Jesus stood before the governor. And the governor questioned him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? And Jesus said to him: <J>Thou sayest it.</J>


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When therefore they were assembled, Pilate said to them: Whom will ye that I release to you? Barabbas, or Jesus who is called Christ?


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And as he sat on the judgment-seat, his wife sent to him, saying: Have nothing to do with that just man; for I suffered much this day, in a dream, because of him.


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And the chief priests and the elders persuaded the multitudes, that they should ask for Barabbas, and should destroy Jesus.


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And the governor answering said to them: Which of the two will ye that I release to you? And they said: Barabbas.


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Pilate says to them: What then shall I do with Jesus, who is called Christ? They all say to him: Let him be crucified.


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And the governor said: What evil then did he? But they cried the more, saying: Let him be crucified.


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And Pilate, seeing that it avails nothing, but rather that a tumult is made, took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying: I am innocent of the blood of this just man. Look ye to it.


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Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the Pretorium, and gathered to him the whole band.


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And having platted a crown of thorns, they put it on his head, and a reed in his right hand; and bowing the knee before him, they mocked him, saying: Hail, King of the Jews!


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And when they had mocked him, they took off the robe from him, and put on him his own garments, and led him away to crucify him.


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And as they came out they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name; him they compelled to bear his cross.


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and saying: Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou art the Son of God, come down from the cross.


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And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: <J>Eli, Eli, lema sabachthani?</J> That is: <J>My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me?</J>


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And straightway one of them ran and took a sponge, and having filled it with vinegar and put it on a reed, gave him to drink.


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And behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth quaked, and the rocks were rent;


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And the centurion, and they that with him were watching Jesus, on seeing the earthquake, and the things that were done, were exceedingly afraid, saying: Truly this was the Son of God.


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among whom was Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of the sons of Zebedee.


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And evening having come, there came a rich man from Arimathaea, named Joseph, who also himself was a disciple of Jesus.


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This man went to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus. Then Pilate commanded that the body should be given up.


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and laid it in his own new tomb, which he hewed out in the rock. And having rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, he departed.


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saying: Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive: <J>After three days I will rise.</J>


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AND late in the sabbath, as it was dawning into the first day of the week, came Mary the Magdalene and the other Mary to view the sepulchre.


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And behold, there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord, descending out of heaven, came and rolled away the stone, and sat upon it.


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And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead. And behold, he goes before you into Galilee; there ye shall see him. Behold, I told you.


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And going out quickly from the sepulchre, with fear and great joy, they ran to bring his disciples word.


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And behold, Jesus met them, saying: <J>All hail!</J> And they, coming to him, laid hold of his feet, and worshiped him.


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Then Jesus says to them: <J>Be not afraid; go, bear word to my brethren, to go away into Galilee, and there they shall see me.</J>


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And as they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city, and reported to the chief priests all the things that were done.


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And they, taking the money, did as they were taught. And this saying was reported abroad among the Jews, until this day.


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<J>Go therefore, and disciple all the nations, immersing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit;</J>


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<J>teaching them to observe all things, whatever I commanded you. And, behold, I am with you alway, unto the end of the world.</J>


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as it is written in Isaiah the prophet: Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way;


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John came immersing in the wilderness, and preaching the immersion of repentance unto remission of sins.


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And there went out to him all the country of Judaea, and all they of Jerusalem; and they were immersed by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.


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And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle about his loins, and ate locusts and wild honey.


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And he preached, saying: There comes after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loose.


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And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan, and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered to him.


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and saying: <J>The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent, and believe in the good news.</J>


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And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew, Simon's brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishermen.


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And going a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending the nets.


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And straightway he called them; and leaving their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, they went after him.


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And they enter into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath he went into the synagogue, and taught.


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saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene! Didst thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.


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And they were all amazed; so that they questioned among themselves, saying: What is this? A new teaching, with authority! And he commands the unclean spirits, and they obey him.


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And immediately, having come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.


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And the mother-in-law of Simon was lying sick with fever; and immediately they tell him concerning her.


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And he came and raised her up, taking hold of her hand; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered to them.


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And evening having come, when the sun set, they brought to him all that were sick, and those possessed with demons.


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And he healed many that were sick with divers diseases, and cast out many demons; and suffered not the demons to speak, because they knew him.


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And he says to them: <J>Let us go elsewhere, into the neighboring towns, that I may preach there also; for, for this I came forth.</J>


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And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying to him: If thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.


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And Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched forth his hand and touched him, and says to him: <J>I will; be thou cleansed.</J>


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and says to him: <J>See thou say nothing to any one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing what Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.</J>


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But he, going forth, began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the report; so that he could no longer openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places. And they came to him from every quarter.


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And straightway many were gathered together, so that there was no longer room, not even at the door; and he spoke the word to them.


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And not being able to come near him, on account of the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was; and having broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the palsied man lay.


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And Jesus, immediately perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them: <J>Why reason ye these things in your hearts?</J>


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<J>Which is easier, to say to the palsied man, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?</J>


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<J>But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on earth to forgive sins,</J> (he says to the palsied man,)


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And passing along, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the place of receiving custom, and said to him: <J>Follow me.</J> And rising up he followed him.


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And it came to pass, as he reclined at table in his house, that many publicans and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him.


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And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with the sinners and publicans, said to his disciples: How is it that he eats and drinks with the sinners and the publicans?


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And Jesus, hearing it, says to them: <J>They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick. I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.</J>


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And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting; and they come and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not?


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And Jesus said to them: <J>Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast.</J>


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<J>But days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then they will fast in that day.</J>


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<J>No one sews a piece of unfulled cloth upon an old garment; else the new filling up of the old takes from it, and a worse rent is made.</J>


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<J>And no one puts new wine into old skins; else the wine bursts the skins, and the wine is destroyed, and the skins.</J>


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And it came to pass, that he went through the grain-fields on the sabbath; and his disciples began to go forward, plucking the ears of grain.


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And he said to them: <J>Did ye never read what David did, when he had need and hungered, himself and they who were with him;</J>


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<J>how he went into the house of God, in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and ate the show-bread, which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him?</J>


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And he says to them: <J>Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath, or to do evil; to save life, or to kill?</J> But they were silent.


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And looking round on them with anger, being grieved for their hardness of heart, he says to the man: <J>Stretch forth thy hand.</J> And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.


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And going out, the Pharisees immediately took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.


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and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan, and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing what great things he did, came to him.


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And he spoke to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, that they might not throng him.


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And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying: Thou art the Son of God.


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and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder;


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and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananite,


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And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said: He has Beelzebul, and through the prince of the demons he casts out the demons.


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<J>No one can enter into a strong man's house, and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man; and then he will plunder his house.</J>


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<J>Verily I say to you, all sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme.</J>


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<J>But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of eternal sin;</J>


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And a crowd was sitting about him; and they say to him: Behold, thy mother and thy brothers without are seeking thee.


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AND he began again to teach by the sea-side. And there was gathered to him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat down in the sea; and all the multitude was by the sea on the land.


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<J>And it came to pass, as he sowed, one fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured it.</J>


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<J>And another fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up, because it had not depth of earth.</J>


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<J>And another fell among the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.</J>


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<J>And another fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, thirty, and sixty, and a hundredfold.</J>


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And he said to them: <J>To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are without, all things are done in parables;</J>


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<J>that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest haply they should turn, and be forgiven.</J>


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<J>And these are they by the way-side; where the word is sown, and when they hear, Satan comes immediately and takes away the word that was sown in them.</J>


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<J>And these are they likewise that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the word, immediately receive it with gladness;</J>


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<J>and have no root in themselves, but are only for a time. Afterward, when affliction or persecution arises because of the word, immediately they are offended.</J>


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<J>and the cares of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things, entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful.</J>


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<J>And these are they that are sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, in thirty, and in sixty, and in a hundredfold.</J>


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And he said to them: <J>Is the lamp brought that it may be put under the bushel, or under the bed? Is it not, that it may be put on the lamp-stand?</J>


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<J>For nothing is hidden, but it shall be manifested; nor was done in secret, but that it should come abroad.</J>


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And he said to them: <J>Take heed what ye hear. With what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you, and there shall be added to you.</J>


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<J>For he that has, to him shall be given; and he that has not, even what he has shall be taken from him.</J>


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<J>For the earth brings forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, then the full grain in the ear.</J>


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<J>But when the fruit permits, immediately he puts forth the sickle, because the harvest is come.</J>


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And he said: <J>How shall we liken the kingdom of God, or in what comparison shall we set it forth?</J>


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<J>As a grain of mustard; which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that are in the earth.</J>


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<J>And when it is sown, it grows up, and becomes greater than all the herbs, and shoots out great branches; so that the birds of the air can lodge under its shadow.</J>


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And dismissing the multitude, they take him as he was in the ship. And there were also other ships with him.


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And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that the ship was already becoming filled.


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And he was in the stern, on the cushion, sleeping. And they awake him, and say to him: Teacher, carest thou not that we perish?


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And awaking, he rebuked the wind, and said to the sea: <J>Peace, be still.</J> And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.


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And when he had come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit,


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and cried with a loud voice, and said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I adjure thee by God, do not torment me.


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And he asked him: <J>What is thy name?</J> And he says to him: My name is Legion; because we are many.


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And they who fed them fled, and reported it in the city and in the country. And they came to see what it was that was done.


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And they come to Jesus, and see him who was possessed with demons, sitting, clothed and in his right mind, him who had the legion, and they were afraid.


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And as he was entering into the ship, he that had been possessed with demons besought him that he might be with him.


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And he suffered him not; but says to him: <J>Go into thy house, to thy friends, and announce to them how great things the Lord has done for thee, and had compassion on thee.</J>


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And he departed, and began to publish in the Decapolis how great things Jesus did for him; and all wondered.


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And Jesus having passed over again in the ship to the other side, a great multitude was gathered to him; and he was by the sea.


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And there comes one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name. And seeing him, he fell at his feet,


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and besought him much, saying: My little daughter lies at the point of death. I pray thee come, and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed and live.


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and had suffered much by many physicians, and spent all that she had, and was not at all benefited but rather grew worse,


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And his disciples said to him: Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou: <J>Who touched me?</J>


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And Jesus, overhearing the word that was spoken, says to the ruler of the synagogue: <J>Be not afraid; only believe.</J>


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And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he sees a tumult, and those who wept and wailed greatly.


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And entering in, he says to them: <J>Why do ye make a tumult, and weep? The child is not dead, but is sleeping.</J>


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And they laughed him to scorn. But he, putting them all out, takes the father of the child, and the mother, and those who were with him, and enters in where the child was.


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And taking the hand of the child, he says to her: <J>Talitha kumi;</J> which is interpreted, <J>Damsel, I say to thee, arise.</J>


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And when the sabbath was come, he began to teach in the synagogue. And many hearing were astonished, saying: From whence has this man these things? And what is the wisdom which is given him, and such miracles wrought by his hands?


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Is not this the carpenter, the son of Mary, and brother of James, and Joses, and Judas, and Simon? And are not his sisters here with us? And they were offended at him.


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And Jesus said to them: <J>A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and among his own kindred, and in his own house.</J>


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and commanded them that they should take nothing for the way, save a staff only; no bread, no bag, no money, in their girdle;


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<J>And whatever place shall not receive you, nor hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for a testimony to them.</J>


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And the king, Herod, heard of it, for his name was spread abroad; and he said: John the Immerser is risen from the dead, and therefore do these powers work in him.


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and the daughter of Herodias having come in and danced, it pleased Herod and those reclining at table with him; and the king said to the damsel: Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give it thee.


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And she, going out, said to her mother: What shall I ask? And she said: The head of John the Immerser.


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And he said to them: <J>Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile;</J> for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure even to eat.


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Dismiss them, that they may go away into the surrounding fields and villages, and buy themselves bread; for they have nothing to eat.


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He says to them: <J>How many loaves have ye? Go and see.</J> And when they knew, they say: Five, and two fishes.


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for all saw him, and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and says to them: <J>Be of good cheer; it is I, be not afraid.</J>


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they ran through all that region, and began to carry about on beds those who were sick, where they heard he was.


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And wherever he entered, into villages, or cities, or fields, they laid the sick in the marketplaces, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the fringe of his garment. And as many as touched him were made whole.


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And coming from the market, except they immerse themselves, they do not eat. And there are many other things which they received to hold, immersions of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and couches.


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And he said to them: <J>Well did Isaiah prophesy concerning you hypocrites; as it is written: This people honor me with their lips, But their heart is far from me.</J>


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<J>For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, immersions of pots and cups; and many other such things ye do.</J>


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<J>For Moses said: Honor thy father and thy mother; and he that curses father or mother, let him surely die.</J>


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<J>annulling the word of God by your tradition, which ye handed down. And many such things ye do.</J>


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And when he entered into the house from the multitude, his disciples asked him concerning the parable.


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And he says to them: <J>Are ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatever from without enters into the man can not defile him?</J>


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<J>Because it enters not into his heart, but into the belly, and goes out into the drain, cleansing all food.</J>


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<J>For from within, out of the heart of men, come forth evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,</J>


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<J>thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, wantonness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness.</J>


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And rising up he departed thence into the borders of Tyre and Sidon; and entering into a house, he desired that no one should know it. And he could not be hidden.


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For a woman, whose little daughter had an unclean spirit, hearing of him, came and fell at his feet.


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The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation; and she besought him that he would cast out the demon from her daughter.


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And he said to her: <J>Let the children first be filled; for it is not good to take the children's bread and cast it to the dogs.</J>


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And again going forth out of the borders of Tyre, he came through Sidon to the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the borders of Decapolis.


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and were beyond measure astonished, saying: He has done all things well; he makes both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.


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<J>I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat;</J>


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<J>and if I dismiss them fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way; and some of them have come from afar.</J>


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And his disciples answered him: From whence will one be able to satisfy these men with bread, here in a wilderness?


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And he commanded the multitude to lie down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, and gave thanks, and broke, and gave to his disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.


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And they had a few small fishes; and having blessed them, he commanded to set these also before them.


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And the Pharisees came out, and began to question with him, seeking of him a sign from heaven, tempting him.


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And sighing deeply in his spirit, he says: <J>Why does this generation seek a sign? Verily I say to you, there shall no sign be given to this generation.</J>


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And he charged them, saying: <J>Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the leaven of Herod.</J>


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And Jesus knowing it, says to them: <J>Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? Do ye not yet perceive, nor understand? Have ye your heart yet hardened?</J>


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<J>When I broke the five loaves among the five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up?</J> They say to him: Twelve.


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<J>And when the seven among the four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did ye take up?</J> And they said: Seven.


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And taking the blind man by the hand, he led him forth out of the village; and spitting in his eyes, and putting his hands on him, he asked him if he beheld anything.


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Then again he put his hands on his eyes, and he saw clearly; and he was restored, and saw all things distinctly.


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And he sent him away to his house, saying: <J>Go not even into the village, nor tell it to any in the village.</J>


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And Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the villages of Caesarea Philippi: And in the way he asked his disciples, saying to them: <J>Who do men say that I am?</J>


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And they answered him saying: John the Immerser; and others, Elijah; and others, one of the prophets.


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And he asked them: <J>But who do ye say that I am?</J> And Peter answering says to him: Thou art the Christ.


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And he began to teach them, that the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders, and the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.


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But he turning about, and seeing his disciples, rebuked Peter, saying: <J>Get thee behind me, Satan; for thou thinkest not the things of God, but those of men.</J>


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And calling to him the multitude, with his disciples, he said to them: <J>Whoever desires to follow after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me.</J>


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<J>For whoever will save his life shall lose it; but whoever shall lose his life, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings, shall save it.</J>


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<J>For whoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will also the Son of man be ashamed, when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.</J>


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AND he said to them: <J>Verily I say to you, that there are some of those standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God already come with power.</J>


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And after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John, and brings them up into a high mountain apart by themselves. And he was transfigured before them.


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And Peter answering said to Jesus: Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.


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And there came a cloud overshadowing them; and a voice came out of the cloud: This is my beloved Son; hear ye him.


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And he said to them: <J>Elijah indeed comes first, and restores all things. And how is it written of the Son of man? That he must suffer many things, and be set at naught.</J>


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And he answering, says to them: <J>O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him to me.</J>


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And he asked his father: <J>How long is it, since this came upon him?</J> And he said: From a child.


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And ofttimes it cast him both into the fire, and into the water, to destroy him. But if thou art able to do anything, have compassion on us, and help us.


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And Jesus, seeing that a multitude came running together, rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to him: <J>Dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter into him no more.</J>


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And crying out, and rending him sorely, it came out of him. And he became as one dead; so that many said: He is dead.


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And when he had come into the house, his disciples asked him privately: Why could not we cast it out?


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And going forth from thence, they passed through Galilee and he would not that any one should know it.


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For he taught his disciples, and said to them: <J>The Son of man is delivered up into the hands of men, and they will kill him and when he is killed, after three days he will rise again.</J>


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And they came to Capernaum. And having come into the house he inquired of them: <J>Of what were ye reasoning among yourselves by the way?</J>


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And sitting down, he called the twelve, and says to them: <J>If any one desires to be first, he shall be last of all, and servant of all.</J>


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<J>Whoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receives me and whoever shall receive me, receives not me, but him who sent me.</J>


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And John answered him, saying: Teacher, we saw one casting out demons in thy name, who follows not us; and we forbade him, because he follows not us.


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<J>For whoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in that name, that ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he shall not lose his reward.</J>


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<J>And whoever shall cause one of these little ones that believe on me to offend, it is better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.</J>


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<J>And if thy hand cause thee to offend, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having the two hands to go into hell, into the fire that is unquenchable;</J>


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<J>And if thy foot cause thee to offend, cut it off. It is better for thee to enter into life lame, than having the two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that is unquenchable;</J>


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<J>And if thine eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out. It is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire;</J>


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<J>Salt is good; but if the salt become saltless, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with one another.</J>


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AND rising up he goes thence into the borders of Judaea, and the further side of the Jordan. And again the multitudes come together to him; and as he was wont, he again taught them.


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And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, if it is lawful for a man to put away a wife, tempting him.


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<J>For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife; and the two shall be one flesh.</J>


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And he says to them: <J>Whoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, commits adultery against her.</J>


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And they brought little children to him, that he might touch them; and the disciples rebuked those who brought them.


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But Jesus seeing it, was much displeased, and said to them: <J>Suffer the little children to come to me; forbid them not, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.</J>


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<J>Verily I say to you, whoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, shall not enter therein.</J>


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And as he was going forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeling to him, and asked him: Good Teacher, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life?


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<J>Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.</J>


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And Jesus beholding him loved him, and said to him: <J>One thing thou lackest; go, sell whatever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow me.</J>


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And looking around, Jesus says to his disciples: <J>How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God!</J>


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And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answering again says to them: <J>Children, how hard it is for those who trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!</J>


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<J>It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.</J>


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And Jesus, looking on them, says: <J>With men it is impossible, but not with God; for with God all things are possible.</J>


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And Jesus answering said: <J>Verily I say to you, there is no one who forsook house, or brothers, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for the sake of me and of the glad tidings,</J>


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<J>Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests, and to the scribes; and they will condemn him to death and will deliver him up to the Gentiles;</J>


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


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They said to him: Grant to us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy glory.


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And Jesus said to them: <J>Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink the cup that I drink, or to endure the immersion which I endure?</J>


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And they said to him: We are able. And Jesus said to them: <J>Ye shall indeed drink the cup that I drink, and endure the immersion which I endure.</J>


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<J>But to sit on my right hand, or on the left, is not mine to give, but is for them for whom it has been prepared.</J>


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<J>But it is not so among you. But whoever would become great among you, shall be your minister;</J>


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<J>For even the Son of man came not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.</J>


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And they come to Jericho. And as he was going forth from Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timaeus, Bartimaeus, a blind beggar, was sitting by the way-side.


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And many rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried all the more: Son of David, have mercy on me.


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And Jesus stood still, and said: <J>Call him.</J> And they call the blind man, saying to him: Be of good cheer; rise, he calls thee.


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And Jesus answering said to him: <J>What wilt thou that I should do to thee?</J> The blind man said to him: Lord, that I may receive sight.


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And Jesus said to him: <J>Go thy way; thy faith has made thee whole.</J> And immediately he received sight, and followed him in the way.


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<J>And if any one say to you: Why do ye this? say: The Lord has need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.</J>


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And he entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple; and having looked around on all things, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany with the twelve.


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And seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find anything thereon. And coming to it, he found nothing but leaves; for it was not the season of figs.


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And they come into Jerusalem. And entering into the temple, he began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money changers, and the seats of those who sold doves;


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And he taught, saying to them: <J>Is it not written: My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations? But ye have made it a den of robbers.</J>


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<J>Verily I say to you, that whoever shall say to this mountain: Be thou taken up and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he says comes to pass, he shall have it.</J>


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<J>Therefore I say to you: All things whatever ye ask, when ye pray, believe that ye received, and ye shall have them.</J>


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<J>And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one; that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.</J>


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And they come again into Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders.


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And they said to him: By what authority doest thou these things? And who gave thee this authority, to do these things?


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And Jesus answering said to them: <J>I also will ask you one thing; and answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things.</J>


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<J>And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruits of the vineyard.</J>


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<J>And again he sent to them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully treated.</J>


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<J>Having yet therefore one beloved son, he sent him also to them last, saying: They will reverence my son.</J>


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<J>But those husbandmen said among themselves: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be ours.</J>


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<J>What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.</J>


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<J>For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as angels who are in heaven.</J>


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<J>And concerning the dead, that they rise, have ye not read in the book of Moses, at The Bush, how God spoke to. him, saying: I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?</J>


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<J>Second is this: Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. There is no other commandment greater than these.</J>


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And Jesus, seeing that he answered intelligently, said to him: <J>Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.</J> And no one dared any longer to question him.


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And Jesus answering said, while teaching in the temple: <J>How say the scribes that the Christ is son of David?</J>


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<J>For David himself said, in the Holy Spirit: The LORD said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, Till I put thy enemies under thy feet.</J>


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<J>David himself calls him Lord; and whence is he his son?</J> And the great multitude heard him gladly.


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And calling to him his disciples, he said to them: <J>Verily I say to you, that this poor widow cast in more than all who are casting into the treasury.</J>


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<J>For all cast in out of their abundance; but she, out of her want, cast in all that she had, her whole living.</J>


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


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And Jesus said to him: <J>Seest thou these great buildings? There shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.</J>


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Tell us, when will these things be? And what is the sign when all these things are about to be accomplished.


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<J>And when ye shall hear of wars and rumors of wars, be not troubled, for it must come to pass; but not yet is the end.</J>


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<J>For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be earthquakes in divers places, and there will be famines and commotions; these are the beginning of sorrows.</J>


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<J>But do ye take heed to yourselves; for they will deliver you up to councils, and in the synagogues ye will be beaten; and ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony to them.</J>


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<J>But when they lead you away to deliver you up, take not thought beforehand what ye shall speak nor premeditate; but whatever shall be given you in that hour, that speak; for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Spirit.</J>


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<J>And ye will be hated by all for my name's sake; but he that has endured unto the end, the same shall be saved.</J>


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<J>But when ye see the abomination of desolation standing where it ought not, </J>(let him that reads, mark!)<J> then let those in Judaea flee to the mountains.</J>


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<J>And he that is upon the house, let him not go down into the house, nor enter in to take anything out of his house.</J>


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<J>For in those days will be affliction, such as has not been from the beginning of the creation which God created until now, neither shall be.</J>


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<J>And if the Lord had not shortened those days, no flesh would have been saved; but for the sake of the chosen, whom he chose, he shortened the days.</J>


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<J>But in those days, after that affliction, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light;</J>


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<J>And then will he send forth the angels, and gather together his chosen from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.</J>


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And he being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, there came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of pure spikenard, very precious; and she broke the box, and poured it on his head.


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<J>For the poor ye have always with you, and when ye will ye can do good to them; but me ye have not always.</J>


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And on the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples say to him: Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover?


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And he sends forth two of his disciples, and says to them: <J>Go into the city, and there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water; follow him.</J>


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<J>And where he shall go in, say to the master of the house: The Teacher says, Where is the guest-chamber, in which I may eat the passover with my disciples?</J>


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And as they were reclining at table, and eating, Jesus said: <J>Verily I say to you, that one of you will betray me, one that eats with me!</J>


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<J>The Son of man indeed goes, as it is written of him; but woe to that man through whom the Son of man is betrayed! It were good for him if that man had not been born.</J>


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And as they were eating, Jesus, taking a loaf, blessed, and broke, and gave it to them, and said: <J>Take it; this is my body.</J>


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<J>Verily I say to you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.</J>


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And Jesus says to them: <J>All ye will be offended; because it is written: I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered.</J>


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And Jesus says to him: <J>Verily I say to thee, that thou this day, in this night, before a cock crows twice, wilt thrice deny me.</J>


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And they come to a place which was named Gethsemane. And he says to his disciples: <J>Sit ye here, while I shall pray.</J>


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And going forward a little, he fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him.


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And he said: <J>Abba, Father, all things are possible to thee; take away this cup from me; but not what I will, but what thou wilt.</J>


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And he comes, and finds them sleeping. And he says to Peter: <J>Simon, sleepest thou? Couldest thou not watch one hour?</J>


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And returning, he found them again sleeping, for their eyes were heavy; and they knew not what to answer him.


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And he comes the third time, and says to them: <J>Do ye sleep the remaining time, and take your rest? It is enough, the hour is come; behold, the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.</J>


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And immediately, while he was yet speaking, comes Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and the scribes and the elders.


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And his betrayer had given them a signal, saying: Whom I shall kiss, that is he; lay hold of him, and lead him away securely.


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And one of those standing by drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest, and took off his ear.


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And Jesus answering said to them: <J>Came ye out, as against a robber, with swords and staves to take me?</J>


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<J>I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold of me; but that the Scriptures might be fulfilled!</J>


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And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body; and the young men lay hold of him.


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And they led Jesus away to the high priest; and with him assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes.


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And Peter followed him afar off, even into the court of the high priest, and was sitting with the officers, and warming himself at the fire.


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And the chief priests and all the council sought for testimony against Jesus, in order to put him to death; and they found none.


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We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and in three days I will build another made without hands.


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And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying: Answerest thou nothing? What do these witness against thee?


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But he was silent, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said to him: Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed?


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And Jesus said: <J>I am; and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming with the clouds of heaven.</J>


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And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face and buffet him, and say to him: Prophesy. And the officers, with blows, took him in charge.


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and seeing Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said: Thou also wast with Jesus the Nazarene.


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But he denied, saying: I do not know, nor do I understand what thou sayest. And he went out into the fore-court; and a cock crowed.


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And he again denied it. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter: Surely thou art one of them; for thou art a Galilaean.


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And a cock crowed a second time. And Peter remembered the word, how Jesus said to him: <J>Before a cock crows twice, thou wilt thrice deny me.</J> And as he thought thereon, he wept.


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AND straightway, in the morning, the chief priests with the elders and scribes and the whole council, having held a consultation, bound Jesus and carried him away, and delivered him up to Pilate.


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And Pilate asked him: Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering said to him: <J>Thou sayest it.</J>


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And Pilate asked him again, saying: Answerest thou nothing? Behold what things they testify against thee.


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And there was the one called Barabbas, bound with his companions in sedition, who in the sedition had committed murder.


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And Pilate answering, said again to them: What will ye then that I shall do to him whom ye call the King of the Jews?


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And Pilate said to them: What evil then has he done? And they cried the more exceedingly: Crucify him.


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And Pilate, wishing to satisfy the multitude, released to them Barabbas; and he delivered up Jesus, after scourging him, to be crucified.


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And the soldiers led him away into the court, which is Praetorium; and they call together the whole band.


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And they smote him on the head with a reed, and spit upon him, and kneeling down, did homage to him.


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And when they had mocked him, they took off the purple from him, and put on him his own garments. And they lead him out to crucify him.


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And they compel one Simon, a Cyrenian, who was passing by, coming from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.


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And having crucified him, they divide his garments, casting lots upon them, what any one should take.


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And they that passed by railed at him, wagging their heads, and saying: Aha, thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days;


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Likewise also the chief priests, mocking one with another, together with the scribes, said: Others he saved, himself he can not save.


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Let the Christ, the King of Israel, come down now from the cross, that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with him reproached him.


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And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying: <J>Eloi, Eloi, lamasabachthani?</J> Which is interpreted: <J>My God, my God, why didst thou forsake me?</J>


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And one ran and filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink, saying: Let alone; let us see whether Elijah comes to take him down.


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And the centurion who was standing near, over against him, seeing that he so cried out and expired, said: Truly this man was the Son of God.


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And there were also women looking on afar off; among whom was also Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James the younger and of Joses, and Salome;


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who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and ministered to him; and many other women who came up with him to Jerusalem.


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Joseph from Arimathaea, an honorable counselor, who also was himself waiting for the kingdom of God, came and went in boldly to Pilate, and asked for the body of Jesus.


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And Pilate marveled, if he were already dead; and calling to him the centurion, he asked him if he had been long dead.


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And having bought fine linen, and taken him down, he wrapped him in the linen, and laid him in a sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and rolled a stone to the door of the sepulchre.


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AND the sabbath being past, Mary the Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, bought spices, that they might come and anoint him.


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And they said to one another: Who will roll away the stone for us, out of the door of the sepulchre?


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And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a white robe; and they were affrighted.


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And he says to them: Be not affrighted. Ye are seeking Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He is risen; he is not here. Behold the place where they laid him.


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But go, say to his disciples, and to Peter, that he goes before you into Galilee. There shall ye see him, as he said to you.


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And they went out, and fled from the sepulchre; for trembling and astonishment seized them. And they said nothing to any one; for they were afraid.


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And having risen early, on the first day of the week, he appeared first to Mary the Magdalene, from whom he had cast out seven demons.


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Afterward he appeared to the eleven themselves as they reclined at table, and upbraided their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not those who saw him after he was risen.


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<J>He that believes and is immersed shall be saved; but he that believes not shall be condemned.</J>


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<J>And these signs shall accompany those who have believed; in my name they shall cast out demons; they shall speak with new tongues;</J>


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<J>they shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them, they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.</J>


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The Lord therefore, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven, and sat down on the right hand of God;


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and they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed.


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FORASMUCH as many have taken in hand to set forth in order a narration concerning the things fully believed among us,


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it seemed good to me also, having accurately traced all from the very first, to write to thee in order, most excellent Theophilus;


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There was in the days of Herod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest, Zachariah by name, of the course of Abijah; and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, and her name was Elisabeth.


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And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.


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And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest's office before God, in the order of his course,


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it fell to his lot, according to the custom of the priest's office, to burn incense, going into the temple of the Lord.


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But the angel said to him: Fear not, Zachariah; for thy prayer was heard, and thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, and thou shalt call his name John.


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For he shall be great before the Lord; and he shall not drink wine nor strong drink; and he shall be filled with the Holy Spirit, even from his mother's womb.


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And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a prepared people for the Lord.


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And Zachariah said to the angel: Whereby shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is far advanced in years.


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And the angel answering said to him: I am Gabriel, that stands in the presence of God; and I was sent to speak to thee, and to bring thee these glad tidings.


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And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou didst not believe thy words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.


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And the people were waiting for Zachariah; and they were wondering at his long tarrying in the temple.


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And when he came out he was not able to speak to them, and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple; and he was making signs to them, and remained speechless.


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And it came to pass, when the days of his ministration were completed, that he departed to his own house.


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Thus has the Lord dealt with me, in the days wherein he looked on me to take away my reproach among men.


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to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David; and the virgin's name was Mary.


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And the angel coming in to her, said: Hail, highly favored! The Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women.


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He shall be great, and shall be called Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give to him the throne of David his father;


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And the angel answering said to her: The Holy Spirit will come upon thee, and the power of the Highest will overshadow thee; therefore also the Holy One that is born shall be called the Son of God.


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And, behold, Elisabeth thy kinswoman, she also has conceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her who is called barren.


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And Mary said: Behold the handmaid of the Lord; let it be to me according to thy word. And the angel departed from her.


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And it came to pass, as Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, that the babe leaped in her womb; and Elisabeth was filled with the Holy Spirit.


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And she spoke out with a loud voice and said: Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.


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And happy is she, who believed that there shall be a fulfillment of the things told her from the Lord.


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Because he looked upon the low estate of his handmaid; for, behold, henceforth all generations will call me happy.


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And her neighbors and her kindred heard that the Lord showed great mercy toward her; and they rejoiced with her.


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And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child; and they called him Zachariah, after the name of his father.


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And fear came on all that dwelt around them. And all these things were told abroad in all the hill-country of Judaea.


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And all who heard laid them up in their hearts, saying: What then will this child be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.


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And also thou, O child, shalt be called Prophet of the Highest; for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord, to prepare his ways,


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to give light to those sitting in darkness and the shadow of death, in order to guide our feet into the way of peace.


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And the child grew, and became strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his manifestation to Israel.


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AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be registered.


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And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, to the city of David which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and family of David),


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And she brought forth her first-born son, and wrapped him in swathing bands, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn.


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And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, and keeping watch over their flock by night.


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And, behold, an angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them; and they were sore afraid.


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And the angel said to them: Fear not; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all the people.


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And this shall be to you the sign: Ye will find a babe wrapped in swathing bands, lying in a manger.


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And it came to pass, when the angels were gone away from them into heaven, that the shepherds said one to another: Let us go now unto Bethlehem, and see this thing that is come to pass, which the Lord made known to us.


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And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all that they heard and saw, as it was told to them.


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And when eight days were completed for circumcising him, his name was called Jesus; the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.


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And when the days of their purification, according to the law of Moses, were completed, they brought him up to Jerusalem, to present him to the Lord,


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(as it is written in the law of the Lord: Every male that opens the womb shall be called holy to the Lord;)


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and to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the law of the Lord: A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons.


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And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon; and this man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Israel; and the Holy Spirit was upon him,


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And it was revealed to him by the Holy Spirit, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Christ of the Lord.


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And he came by the Spirit into the temple; and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law,


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And Simeon blessed them, and said to Mary his mother: Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising of many in Israel, and for a sign that shall be spoken against,


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(and a sword shall pierce through thine own soul also), that thoughts from many hearts may be revealed.


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And there was Anna, a prophetess, daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was of great age, and had lived with a husband seven years from her virginity;


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and she was a widow of about fourscore and four years, who departed not from the temple, serving day and night with fastings and prayers.


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And she, coming up at that very time, likewise gave thanks to the Lord, and spoke of him to all that were looking for the redemption of Jerusalem.


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And when they had performed all things according to the law of the Lord, they returned into Galilee, to their own city Nazareth.


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and completed the days, as they returned, Jesus the child remained behind in Jerusalem. And his parents knew it not,


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but supposing that he was in the company, went a day's journey, and sought him among their kindred and acquaintance;


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And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the teachers, both hearing them, and asking them questions.


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And seeing him they were amazed. And his mother said to him: Child, why didst thou thus deal with us? Behold, thy father and I sought thee, sorrowing.


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And he said to them: <J>How is it that ye sought me? Did ye not know, that I must be in my Father's house?</J>


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And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And his mother kept all these sayings in her heart.


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Now in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, when Pontius Pilate was governor of Judaea, and Herod tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch, of Iturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias tetrarch of Abilene,


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when Annas was high priest and Caiaphas, the word of God came to John, the son of Zachariah, in the wilderness.


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And he came into all the country about the Jordan, preaching the immersion of repentance, unto remission of sins,


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as it is written in the book of the words of Isaiah the prophet: The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare the way of the Lord, Make straight his paths.


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Every valley shall be filled, And every mountain and hill shall be brought low; And the crooked shall be straight, And the rough ways smooth;


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He said therefore to the multitudes that came out to be immersed by him: Brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?


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Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of repentance; and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham for our father; for I say to you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children to Abraham.


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And now also the axe is laid to the root of the trees. Every tree therefore, that brings not forth good fruit, is cut down and cast into the fire.


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He answering says to them: He that has two coats, let him impart to him that has none; and he that has food, let him do likewise.


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And soldiers also asked him, saying: What shall we also do? And he said to them: Do violence to no one, neither accuse any falsely; and be content with your wages.


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And while the people were in expectation, and all were reasoning in their hearts concerning John, whether he himself were not the Christ,


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John answered them all, saying: I indeed immerse you in water; but there comes he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose sandals I am not worthy to loose; he will immerse you in the Holy Spirit and fire;


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whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn up with fire unquenchable.


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But Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him on account of Herodias, the wife of his brother, and for all the evils which Herod did,


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Now it came to pass, when all the people had been immersed, that as Jesus, having also been immersed, was praying, the heaven was opened,


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and the Holy Spirit descended in a bodily shape as a dove upon him; and there came a voice out of heaven: Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.


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And Jesus himself was, when he began, about thirty years of age; being the son (as was supposed) of Joseph, the son of Heli,


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the son of Methuselah, the son of Enoch, the son of Jared, the son of Mehalaleel, the son of Cainan,


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AND Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan; and he was led in the Sprit into the wilderness


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forty days, tempted by the Devil. And he ate nothing in those days; and when they were ended, he hungered.


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And the Devil, leading him up into a high mountain, showed him all the kingdoms of the world in a moment of time.


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And the Devil said to him: All this power will I give thee, and the glory of them; because it has been delivered to me, and I give it to whomsoever I will.


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And Jesus answering said to him: <J>It is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.</J>


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And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him: If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence.


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And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee; and there went out a report concerning him through all the surrounding country.


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And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up. And, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day; and he stood up to read.


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And there was delivered to him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And unrolling the book, he found the place where it was written:


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<J>The Spirit of the Lord is upon me; Because he anointed me to publish good tidings to the poor; He has sent me to proclaim deliverance to the captives, And recovering of sight to the blind, To send the oppressed away free,</J>


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And rolling up the book he gave it again to the servant, and sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fastened on him.


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And all bore witness to him, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said: Is not this Joseph's son?


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And he said to them: <J>Ye will surely say to me this proverb, Physician, heal thyself. Whatever we heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country.</J>


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<J>But I tell you of a truth, there were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when there was a great famine throughout all the land;</J>


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<J>and to none of them was Elijah sent, but unto Zarephath of Sidonia, to a woman that was a widow.</J>


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<J>And there were many lepers in Israel, in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but only Naaman the Syrian.</J>


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And they rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, to cast him down headlong.


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And in the synagogue there was a man having a spirit of an unclean demon; and he cried out with a loud voice,


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saying: Ah! what have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? Didst thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.


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And Jesus rebuked him, saying: <J>Hold thy peace, and come out from him. And the demon throwing him in the midst came out from him, doing him no harm.</J>


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And amazement came on all; and they spoke with one another, saying: What is this word, that with authority and power he commands the unclean spirits, and they come out?


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And he rose up and went from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon. And the mother-in-law of Simon was seized with a violent fever; and they besought him for her.


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And standing over her he rebuked the fever, and it left her; and immediately she arose and ministered to them.


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Now when the sun was setting, all that had any sick with divers diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on each one of them, and healed them.


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And demons also came out from many, crying out, and saying: Thou art the Son of God. And he, rebuking them, suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.


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And when it was day he went out, and went into a desert place. And the multitudes sought him, and came to him, and stayed him, that he should not depart from them.


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And he said to them: <J>I must publish the good news of the kingdom of God to other cities also; because for this I was sent forth.</J>


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AND it came to pass, as the multitude pressed upon him to hear the word of God, and he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret,


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that he saw two ships standing by the lake; but the fishermen had gone out of them, and were washing the nets.


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And entering into one of the ships, which was Simon's, he asked him to put out a little from the land. And sitting down, he taught the multitudes out of the ship.


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And when he ceased speaking, he said to Simon: <J>Put out into the deep; and do ye let down your nets for a draught.</J>


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And Simon answering said to him: Master, we toiled all night and took nothing; but at thy word I will let down the net.


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And they beckoned to their partners in the other ship, to come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.


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And Simon Peter, seeing it, fell down at the knees of Jesus, saying: Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord.


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For astonishment had seized him, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken;


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and likewise also James and John, sons of Zebedee, who were partners with Simon. And Jesus said to Simon: <J>Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.</J>


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And it came to pass, when he was in one of the cities, that there was a man full of leprosy. And seeing Jesus he fell on his face, and besought him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me.


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And stretching forth his hand he touched him, saying: <J>I will; be thou cleansed.</J> And immediately the leprosy departed from him.


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And he charged him to tell no one: <J>But go, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.</J>


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And, behold, men brought on a bed a man who was palsied; and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him.


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And not finding by what way they might bring him in, because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with the couch into the midst before Jesus.


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And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying: Who is this that speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone?


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<J>But that ye may know that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, </J>(he said to the palsied man,) <J>I say to thee, arise, and taking up thy couch go to thy house.</J>


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And immediately standing up before them, he took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God.


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And they were all amazed; and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying: We have seen strange things to-day.


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And after these things he went forth, and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of receiving custom; and he said to him: <J>Follow me.</J>


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And Levi made him a great feast in his own house; and there was a great company of publicans and of others who reclined at the table with them.


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And the Pharisees, and their scribes, murmured against his disciples, saying: Why do ye eat and drink with the publicans and sinners?


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And Jesus answering said to them: <J>They who are well need not a physician, but they who are sick.</J>


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And they said to him: Why do the disciples of John fast often, and make prayers, and likewise those of the Pharisees, but thine eat and drink?


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And he said to them: <J>Can ye make the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them?</J>


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<J>But days will come, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; then shall they fast in those days.</J>


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And he spoke also a parable to them: <J>No one rends a piece from a new garment, and puts it on an old garment; else both the new will make a rent, and the piece from the new agrees not with the old.</J>


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AND it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he was going through grain-fields; and his disciples plucked and ate the ears of grain, rubbing them with their hands.


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And Jesus answering them said: <J>And have ye not read this, what David did when he hungered, himself and they who were with him;</J>


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<J>how he went into the house of God, and took and ate the show-bread, and gave to those who were with him, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests alone?</J>


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And the scribes and Pharisees were watching, whether he would heal on the sabbath; that they might find an accusation against him.


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But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man having the withered hand: <J>Arise, and stand forth in the midst.</J> And he rose up, and stood.


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And looking round on them all, he said to him: <J>Stretch forth thy hand.</J> And he did so, and his hand was restored.


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And they were filled with madness, and conferred one with another, as to what they should do to Jesus.


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And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into the mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.


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And when it was day, he called to him his disciples. And having chosen from them twelve (whom he named also apostles);


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Simon, whom he also named Peter, and Andrew his brother, and James and John, and Philip and Bartholomew,


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and having come down with them, he stood on a plain, and a company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people from all Judaea and Jerusalem and the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;


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And he, lifting up his eyes on his disciples, said: <J>Happy are ye poor; for yours is the kingdom of God.</J>


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<J>Happy are ye that hunger now; for ye shall be filled. Happy are ye that weep now; for ye shall laugh.</J>


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<J>Happy are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the sake of the Son of man.</J>


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<J>Rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven; for in the same manner did their fathers to the prophets.</J>


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<J>Woe to you that are full; for ye shall hunger. Woe to you that laugh now; for ye shall mourn and weep.</J>


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<J>Woe! when all men shall speak well of you; for in the same manner did their fathers to the false prophets.</J>


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<J>To him who smites thee on the cheek offer also the other; and him who takes away thy cloak forbid not to take thy coat also.</J>


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<J>Give to every one that asks of thee; and of him who takes away thy goods demand them not again.</J>


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<J>For if ye love those who love you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners love those who love them.</J>


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<J>And if ye do good to those who do good to you, what thanks have ye? For even the sinners do the same.</J>


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<J>And if ye lend to those of whom ye hope to receive, what thanks have ye? And sinners lend to sinners, that they may receive as much in return.</J>


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<J>But love your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing in return; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be sons of the Highest; for he is kind to the unthankful and evil.</J>


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<J>And judge not, and ye shall not be judged; condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned; acquit, and ye shall be acquitted.</J>


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<J>Give, and it shall be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, running over, shall they give into your bosom. For with the same measure with which ye mete it shall be measured to you again.</J>


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And he spoke also a parable to them: <J>Can the blind lead the blind? Shall they not both fall into the ditch?</J>


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<J>How canst thou say to thy brother: Brother, let me cast out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Hypocrite! cast out first the beam out of thine eye, and then thou shalt see clearly to cast out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.</J>


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<J>For every tree is known from its own fruit. For from thorns they do not gather figs, nor from a bramble bush do they harvest grapes.</J>


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<J>The good man out of the good treasure of his heart brings forth that which is good; and the evil, out of the evil, brings forth that which is evil; for out of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaks.</J>


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<J>Every one that comes to me, and hears my sayings, and does them, I will show you to whom he is like.</J>


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<J>He is like a man building a house, who digged deep, and laid a foundation on the rock. And when a flood arose, the stream burst upon that house, and could not shake it; because it was well builded.</J>


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<J>But he that hears, and does not, is like a man that built a house upon the earth without a foundation; on which the stream burst, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.</J>


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And having heard concerning Jesus, he sent to him elders of the Jews, asking him that he would come and heal his servant.


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And they, coming to Jesus, besought him earnestly, saying: He is worthy that thou shouldst do this for him;


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And Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying to him: Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof.


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Wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come to thee; but say with a word, and my servant will be healed.


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For I am a man placed under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes, and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it.


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And Jesus hearing these things, marveled at him; and turning said to the multitude that followed him: <J>I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.</J>


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And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and a great multitude.


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And as he came near 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.


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And he came and touched the bier; and they who bore it stood still. And he said: <J>Young man, I say to thee, arise.</J>


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And fear seized on all; and they glorified God, saying: A great prophet has arisen among us; and, God has visited his people.


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And John calling to him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another?


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And coming to him, the men said: John the Immerser has sent us to thee, saying: Art thou he that comes, or look we for another?


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And in that very hour he cured many, of diseases and plagues, and evil spirits; and on many blind he bestowed sight.


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And answering he said to them: <J>Go, and report to John what ye saw and heard; that the blind receive sight, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor good tidings are published.</J>


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And when the messengers of John had departed, he began to say to the multitudes concerning John: <J>What went ye out into the wilderness to behold? A reed shaken by the wind?</J>


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<J>But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they who are gorgeously appareled, and live delicately, are in kings' palaces.</J>


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<J>This is he, of whom it is written: Behold, I send forth my messenger before thy face, Who shall prepare thy way before thee.</J>


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<J>For I say to you, among those born of women, no one is a greater prophet than John; but he that is least in the kingdom of God is greater than he.</J>


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And all the people, hearing it, and the publicans, justified God, having been immersed with John's immersion.


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But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God toward themselves, not having been immersed by him.


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<J>They are like to children sitting in the market, and calling to one another, saying: We piped to you, and ye danced not; we sang the lament to you, and ye wept not.</J>


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<J>For John the Immerser has come, neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say: He has a demon.</J>


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<J>The Son of man has come eating and drinking; and ye say: Behold a glutton, and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners.</J>


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And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him. And entering into the house of the Pharisee, he reclined at table.


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And, behold, a woman who was a sinner in the city, learning that he is reclining at table in the house of the Pharisee, brought an alabaster box of ointment;


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and standing behind at his feet weeping, began to wet his feet with tears, and wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.


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And seeing it, the Pharisee who had bidden him spoke within himself, saying: This man, if he were a prophet, would know who and what sort of woman this is that touches him; for she is a sinner.


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And Jesus answering said to him: <J>Simon, I have somewhat to say to thee.</J> And he says: Teacher, say on.


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<J>A certain money-lender had two debtors. The one owed five hundred denбries, and the other fifty.</J>


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<J>And they having nothing to pay, he forgave them both. Which of them therefore, tell me, will love him most?</J>


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And turning to the woman, he said to Simon: <J>Seest thou this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gayest me no water for my feet; but she has wet my feet with tears, and wiped them with her hair.</J>


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<J>Wherefore I say to thee, her many sins are forgiven; for she loved much. But to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.</J>


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AND it came to pass afterward, that he journeyed through every city and village, preaching, and publishing the good news of the kingdom of God; and with him the twelve,


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and certain women who had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called the Magdalene, from whom had gone out seven demons,


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and Joanna wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, who ministered to them of their substance.


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And a great multitude coming together, of those also who came to him out of every city, he spoke by a parable:


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<J>The sower went forth to sow his seed. And as he sowed, one fell by the way-side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it.</J>


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<J>And another fell upon the rock; and springing up, it withered away, because it had no moisture.</J>


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<J>And another fell into the good ground, and sprang up, and bore fruit a hundredfold.</J> And saying these things, he cried: <J>He that has ears to hear, let him hear.</J>


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And he said: <J>To you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God; but to the rest in parables, that seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand.</J>


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<J>Those by the way-side are they that hear; after that comes the Devil, and takes away the word from their heart, that they may not believe and be saved.</J>


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<J>Those on the rock are they who, when they hear, with joy receive the word; and these have no root, who for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away.</J>


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<J>And that which fell among the thorns, these are they who have heard, and going forth are choked with the cares and riches and pleasures of life, and bring no fruit to perfection.</J>


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<J>But that in the good ground, these are they who, in an honest and good heart, having heard, hold fast the word, and bring forth fruit with patience.</J>


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<J>No one, having lighted a lamp, covers it with a vessel, or puts it under a bed; but puts it on a lamp-stand, that they who enter in may behold the light.</J>


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<J>For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest, nor hidden, that shall not be known and come abroad.</J>


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<J>Take heed therefore how ye hear. For whoever has, to him shall be given; and whoever has not, even what he seems to have shall be taken from him.</J>


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And his mother and his brothers came to him; and they could not come near him on account of the multitude.


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And it was told him, saying: Thy mother and thy brothers are standing without, desiring to see thee.


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And he answering, said to them: <J>My mother and my brothers are these, who hear and do the word of God.</J>


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And it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples. And he said to them: <J>Let us go over to the other side of the lake.</J> And they launched forth.


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And as they were sailing, he fell asleep. And there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they began to be filled, and were in jeopardy.


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And coming to him, they awoke him, saying: Master, Master, we perish. And he, rising, rebuked the wind and the raging of the water; and they ceased, and there was a calm.


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And he said to them: <J>Where is your faith?</J> And they, fearing, wondered; saying one to another: Who then is this, that he commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him!


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And when he had gone forth upon the land, there met him a certain man out of the city, who had demons a long time, and wore no clothing, and abode not in a house, but in the tombs.


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And seeing Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said: What have I to do with thee, Jesus, Son of the most high God? I beseech thee, do not torment me.


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For he commanded the unclean spirit to come out from the man. For of a long time it had seized him, and he was bound, being secured with chains and fetters; and bursting the bands, he was driven by the demon into the deserts.


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And Jesus asked him, saying: <J>What is thy name?</J> And he said, Legion; because many demons had entered into him.


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And there was a herd of many swine feeding in the mountain; and they besought him that he would permit them to enter into them. And he permitted them.


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And going out of the man, the demons entered into the swine; and the herd rushed down the steep into the lake, and were choked.


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And they went out to see what was done. And they came to Jesus, and found the man from whom the demons had gone out, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind; and they were afraid.


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And the whole multitude of the surrounding country of the Gerasenes besought him to depart from them; for they were seized with great fear. And he, entering into the ship, returned.


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And the man, out of whom the demons had gone, besought him that he might be with him. But he sent him away, saying:


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<J>Return into thy house, and relate how great things God did for thee.</J> And he departed, and published through the whole city how great things Jesus did for him.


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And it came to pass, when Jesus returned, that the multitude received him; for they were all waiting for him.


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And, behold, there came a man whose name was Jairus, and he was a ruler of the synagogue; and falling at the feet of Jesus, he besought him that he would come into his house;


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for he had an only daughter, about twelve years of age, and she was dying. And as he went the multitudes thronged him.


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And Jesus said: <J>Who is it that touched me?</J> And when all denied it, Peter and those with him said: Master, the multitudes throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou: <J>Who is it that touched me?</J>


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And the woman, seeing that she was not concealed, came trembling, and falling down before him, declared before all the people for what cause she touched him, and how she was healed immediately.


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While he was yet speaking, there comes one from the ruler of the synagogue's house, saying to him: Thy daughter is dead; trouble not the Teacher.


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And entering into the house, he suffered no one to go in with him, save Peter and James and John, and the father of the maiden, and the mother.


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And all were weeping and bewailing her. And he said: <J>Weep not; she is not dead, but is sleeping.</J>


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AND having called the twelve together, he gave them power and authority over all the demons, and to cure diseases.


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And he said to them: <J>Take nothing for the journey, neither staff, nor bag, nor bread, nor money, nor have two coats apiece.</J>


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<J>And whoever will not receive you, when ye go out from that city, shake off even the dust from your feet for a testimony against them.</J>


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And Herod the tetrarch heard of all the things that were done. And he was perplexed, because it was said by some: John has risen from the dead;


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And Herod said: John I beheaded; but who is this, of whom I hear such things? And he desired to see him.


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And the apostles, returning, related to him all that they did. And taking them with him, he retired privately to a city called Bethsaida.


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And the multitudes, when they knew it, followed him. And receiving them, he spoke to them concerning the kingdom of God, and healed those who had need of healing.


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And the day began to decline. And the twelve came, and said to him: Dismiss the multitude, that they may go into the villages around, and the fields, and lodge, and find food; for here we are in a desert place.


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And he said to them: <J>Do ye give them to eat.</J> And they said: We have not more than five loaves and two fishes; except we should go and buy food for all this people.


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For they were about five thousand men. And he said to his disciples: <J>Make them lie down in companies of fifty.</J>


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And taking the five loaves and the two fishes, he looked up to heaven and blessed them, and broke, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude.


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And they ate, and were all filled. And there were taken up of fragments that remained to them twelve baskets.


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And it came to pass, as he was alone praying, that his disciples were with him; and he asked them, saying: <J>Who do the multitudes say that I am?</J>


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saying: <J>The Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected on the part of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and rise on the third day.</J>


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And he said to all: <J>If any one will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me.</J>


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<J>For whoever will save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake, the same shall save it</J>


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<J>For what is a man profited, when he has gained the whole world, and lost or forfeited himself?</J>


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<J>For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words, of him will the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his glory, and in that of the Father and of the holy angels.</J>


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And it came to pass, about eight days after these sayings, that he took with him Peter and John and James, and went up into the mountain to pray.


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And it came to pass, while he was praying, that the appearance of his countenance became changed, and his raiment white and glistening.


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But Peter and they who were with him were heavy with sleep; and awaking, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him.


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And it came to pass, that, as they were departing from him, Peter said to Jesus: Master, it is good for us to be here; and let us make three tents, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah; not knowing what he said.


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While he said this, there came a cloud, and overshadowed them; and they feared as they entered into the cloud.


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And when the voice had come, Jesus was found alone. And they kept silent, and told no one in those days any of the things which they had seen.


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And it came to pass, on the next day, when they had come down from the mountain, that a great multitude met him.


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And, behold, a man from the multitude cried, saying: Teacher, I beseech thee, look upon my son; for he is my only child.


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And, behold, a spirit takes him, and he suddenly cries out; and it tears him with foaming, and hardly departs from him, bruising him.


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And Jesus answering said: <J>O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and bear with you? Bring hither thy son.</J>


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And while he was yet coming, the demon threw him down, and tore him. And Jesus rebuked the unclean spirit, and healed the child, and gave him back to his father.


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And all were amazed at the mighty power of God. But while all were wondering at all things which Jesus did, he said to his disciples:


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<J>Do ye let these words sink into your ears, for the Son of man will be delivered into the hands of men.</J>


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and said to them: <J>Whoever shall receive this child in my name, receives me; and whoever shall receive me, receives him who sent me; for he that is least among you all, the same is great.</J>


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And it came to pass, when the days were being completed that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem.


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And he sent messengers before his face; and they went and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him.


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And his disciples, James and John, seeing it, said: Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and consume them, as also Elijah did?


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And as they were going in the way, a certain one said to him: I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.


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And Jesus said to him: <J>The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head.</J>


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And he said to another: <J>Follow me.</J> But he said: Lord permit me first to go and bury my father.


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And he said to him: <J>Let the dead bury their own dead; but do thou go and announce the kingdom of God.</J>


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And Jesus said to him: <J>No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God.</J>


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<J>He that hears you, hears me; and he that rejects you, rejects me; and he that rejects me, rejects him who sent me.</J>


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<J>Behold, I have given you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall hurt you.</J>


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<J>All things were delivered to me by my Father; and no one knows who the Son is but the Father, and who the Father is but the Son, and he to whom the Son is pleased to reveal him.</J>


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And he answering said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself.


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And Jesus answering said: <J>A certain man was going down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among robbers, who stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.</J>


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<J>Friend, lend me three loaves; for a friend of mine is come to me from a journey, and I have nothing to set before him;</J>


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<J>I say to you, though 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 needs.</J>


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<J>And what father is there among you, of whom if his son ask bread, he will give him a stone; or a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent?</J>


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<J>And if Satan also is divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand? because ye say that I cast out the demons through Beelzebul.</J>


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<J>But if with the finger of God I cast out the demons, then is the kingdom of God come near to you.</J>


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<J>When the unclean spirit is gone out from the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest; and not finding it, he says, I will return into my house whence I came out.</J>


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And it came to pass, as he was saying these things, that a certain woman lifting up her voice from the multitude, said to him: Happy the womb that bore thee, and breasts which thou didst suck!


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And the multitudes gathering more and more, he began to say: <J>This generation is an evil generation. It seeks a sign; and no sign shall be given it, but the sign of Jonah.</J>


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<J>For as Jonah became a sign to the Ninevites, so shall also the Son of man be to this generation.</J>


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<J>A queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and will condemn them; because she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.</J>


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<J>Men of Nineveh will rise in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it; because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here.</J>


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<J>No one, having lighted a lamp, puts it in a secret place, or under the bushel, but on the lamp-stand, that they who come in may see the light.</J>


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<J>The lamp of the body is thine eye. When thine eye is single, thy whole body also is light; but when it is evil, thy body also is dark.</J>


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<J>If therefore thy whole body is light, having no part dark, it shall be all light as when the lamp, with its bright shining, gives thee light.</J>


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And as he was speaking, a Pharisee asked him to dine with him and he went in, and reclined at table.


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And the Lord said to him: <J>Now ye Pharisees cleanse the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of rapacity and wickedness.</J>


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<J>But woe to you, Pharisees! because ye pay tithe of mint and rue and every herb, and pass by judgment and the love of God. These ought ye to have done, and not leave those undone.</J>


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<J>Woe to you, Pharisees! because ye love the first seat in the synagogues, and the greetings in the markets.</J>


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And a certain one of the lawyers answering says to him: Teacher, in saying these things thou reproachest us also.


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And he said: <J>Woe to you lawyers also! because ye load men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.</J>


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<J>So then ye bear witness to and approve the deeds of your fathers; because they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.</J>


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<J>Therefore also said the wisdom of God: I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they will slay and persecute;</J>


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<J>that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation,</J>


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<J>from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, who perished between the altar and the temple. Verily I say to you, it shall be required of this generation.</J>


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<J>Woe to you lawyers! because ye took away the key of knowledge; ye entered not in yourselves, and those who were entering in ye hindered.</J>


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And as he said these things to them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things;


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IN the mean time, the multitude having gathered together in tens of thousands, so that they trod one upon another, he began first to say to his disciples: <J>Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.</J>


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<J>For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed, nor hidden, that shall not be known.</J>


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<J>Wherefore, whatever ye said in the darkness, shall be heard in the light; and what ye spoke in the ear in closets, shall be proclaimed on the house-tops.</J>


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<J>And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.</J>


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<J>But I will warn you whom ye shall fear; fear him, who after he has killed has power to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, fear him.</J>


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<J>But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not; ye are of more value than many sparrows.</J>


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<J>And I say to you: Every one that shall acknowledge me before men, him will the Son of man also acknowledge before the angels of God;</J>


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<J>And every one that shall speak a word against the Son of man, it will be forgiven him; but to him that blasphemes against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven.</J>


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<J>And when they bring you to the synagogues, and magistrates, and authorities, take not thought how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say.</J>


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And a certain one of the multitude said to him: Teacher, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.


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And he said to them: <J>Take heed, and beware of all covetousness; because a man's life consists not in the abundance of his possessions.</J>


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And he spoke a parable to them, saying: <J>The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully.</J>


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<J>And he thought within himself, saying: What shall I do, because I have not where to store my fruits?</J>


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<J>And he said: This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and there I will store all my fruits and my goods.</J>


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<J>And I will say to my soul: Soul, thou hast many goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.</J>


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<J>But God said to him: Fool! this night thy soul shall be required of thee; and whose shall those things be, which thou didst provide?</J>


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And he said to his disciples: <J>Therefore I say to you, take not thought for the life, what ye shall eat, nor for the body, what ye shall put on.</J>


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<J>Consider the ravens, that they sow not nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor barn; and God feeds them. How much better are ye than the birds!</J>


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<J>Consider the lilies, how they grow; they toil not, nor spin; and I say to you, that even Solomon, in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.</J>


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<J>And if God so clothes the grass, which to-day is in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more you, ye of little faith?</J>


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<J>For all these things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father knows that ye have need of these.</J>


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<J>Sell what ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves purses that wax not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where a thief approaches not, nor moth corrupts.</J>


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<J>and ye like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that, when he comes and knocks, they may open to him immediately.</J>


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<J>Happy those servants, whom their lord when he comes shall find watching! Verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them recline at table, and will come forth and serve them.</J>


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<J>And if he shall come in the second watch, or in the third watch, and find it so, happy are those servants.</J>


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<J>And this know, that if the master of the house had known at what hour the thief is coming, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.</J>


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And the Lord said: <J>Who then is the faithful, the wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give the portion of food in due season?</J>


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<J>But if that servant say in his heart: My lord delays his coming; and shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;</J>


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<J>the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looks not for it, and in an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the faithless.</J>


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<J>And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and prepared not, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;</J>


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<J>but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few. For to whomsoever much was given, of him much will be required; and to whom they committed much, of him they will require the more.</J>


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<J>For from this time forth, five in one house will be divided, three against two, and two against three.</J>


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<J>They will be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against the daughter, and daughter against the mother; mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law against the mother-in-law.</J>


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And he said also to the multitudes: <J>When ye see the cloud rising from the west, straightway ye say: A shower is coming and so it comes to pass.</J>


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<J>Hypocrites! Ye know how to judge of the face of the earth and the sky; but how is it that ye know not how to judge of this time?</J>


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<J>For when thou art going with thine adversary to the magistrate, on the way give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he drag thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exactor, and the exactor cast thee into prison.</J>


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THERE were present at that season some who brought him word concerning the Galilaeans, whose blood Pilate mingled with their sacrifices.


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And answering he said to them: <J>Suppose ye that these Galilaeans were sinners above all the Galilaeans, because they have suffered such things?</J>


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<J>Or those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, suppose ye that they were sinners above all the men who dwell in Jerusalem?</J>


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He spoke also this parable: <J>A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit thereon, and found none.</J>


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<J>And he said to the vine-dresser: Behold, three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none. Cut it down; why does it also encumber the ground?</J>


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<J>And he answering says to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and cast in manure.</J>


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And, behold, there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and wholly unable to raise herself up.


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And Jesus seeing her, called her to him, and said to her: <J>Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.</J>


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And the ruler of the synagogue answering (being indignant because Jesus healed on the sabbath), said to the multitude: There are six days in which it is proper to work; in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath.


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And the Lord answered him, and said: <J>Hypocrites! Does not each of you on the sabbath loose his ox or ass from the manger, and lead him away to water him?</J>


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<J>And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan bound, lo, eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath?</J>


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And as he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed; and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.


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<J>It is like to a grain of mustard, 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 its branches.</J>


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<J>It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.</J>


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<J>And he said to them: Strive to enter in through the strait gate; for many, I say to you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.</J>


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<J>When once the master of the house has risen and shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us, and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence ye are;</J>


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<J>then will ye begin to say, We ate and drank in thy presence, and thou didst teach in our streets.</J>


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<J>And he will say, I tell you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all workers of unrighteousness.</J>


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<J>There will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yourselves thrust out.</J>


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<J>And they will come from east and west, and from north and south, and will recline at table in the kingdom of God.</J>


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On that day there came certain Pharisees, saying to him: Depart, and go hence; for Herod desires to kill thee.


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And he said to them: <J>Go, tell that fox, Behold, I cast out demons and perform cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am perfected.</J>


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<J>But yet, I must go to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following; because it may not be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.</J>


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<J>Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that kills the prophets, and stones those sent to her; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen her brood under her wings, and ye would not!</J>


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<J>Behold, your house is left to you desolate. And I say to you: Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord.</J>


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AND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief of the Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath, that they watched him.


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And Jesus answering spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: <J>Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath, or not?</J> And they were silent.


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And to them he said: <J>Who is there of you, whose ox or ass shall fall into a pit, and he will not straightway draw him up on the sabbath day?</J>


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And he spoke a parable to those who were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the first places; saying to them:


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<J>When thou art bidden by any one to a wedding, recline not in the first place at table, lest one more honorable than thou may have been bidden by him;</J>


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<J>and he that bade thee and him shall come and say to thee, Give place to this man; and then thou shalt begin with shame to take the lowest place.</J>


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<J>But when thou art bidden, go and recline in the lowest place; that when he that bade thee comes, he may say to thee, Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have honor in the presence of those who recline at table with thee.</J>


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<J>For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.</J>


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And he said also to him who bade him: <J>When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brothers, nor thy kinsmen, nor rich neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee.</J>


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<J>And happy shalt thou be, because they can not recompense thee; for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righteous.</J>


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And a certain one of those who reclined at table with him, hearing these things, said to him: Happy is he, who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!


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<J>And he sent his servant, at the hour of the supper, to say to those who were bidden: Come, for all things are now ready.</J>


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<J>And they all, with one mind, began to excuse themselves. The first said to him: I bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee let me be excused.</J>


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<J>And another said: I bought five yoke of oxen, and I am going to make trial of them; I pray thee let me be excused.</J>


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<J>And the servant came, and reported 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 maimed, and lame, and blind.</J>


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<J>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;</J>


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<J>If any one comes to me, and hates not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brothers, and sisters, and even his own life besides, he can not be my disciple.</J>


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<J>For who of you, intending to build a tower, does not first sit down, and count the cost, whether he has sufficient to finish it?</J>


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<J>Lest haply, when he has laid a foundation, and is not able to finish, all that behold begin to mock him,</J>


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<J>Or what king, going to make war against another king, does not first sit down and consult, whether he is able, with ten thousand, to meet him who comes against him with twenty thousand?</J>


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<J>Salt therefore is good; but if even the salt has become tasteless, wherewith shall it be seasoned?</J>


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<J>It is fit neither for the land, nor for the dunghill; they cast it out. He that has ears to hear, let him hear.</J>


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<J>What man of you, having a hundred sheep, and having lost one of them, does not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he finds it?</J>


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<J>And coming home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying to them: Rejoice with me; because I found my sheep which was lost.</J>


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<J>I say to you, that so there will be joy in heaven over one sinner that repents, more than over ninety and nine just persons, who have no need of repentance.</J>


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<J>Or what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, does not light a lamp, and sweep the house, and seek carefully till she finds it?</J>


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<J>And having found it, she calls her friends and neighbors together, saying: Rejoice with me; because I found the piece which I lost.</J>


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<J>So, I say to you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repents.</J>


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<J>And the younger of them said to his father: Father, give me the portion of the property that falls to me. And he divided to them his living.</J>


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<J>And not many days after, the younger son gathered all together, and went abroad into a far country, and there wasted his substance in riotous living.</J>


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<J>And when he had spent all, there arose a grievous famine in that country; and he began to be in want.</J>


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<J>And he went and joined himself to one of the citizens of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.</J>


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<J>And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks which the swine ate; and no one gave to him.</J>


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<J>And coming to himself, he said: How many hired servants of my father have bread enough and to spare, and I perish here with hunger!</J>


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<J>I will arise and go to my father, and will say to him: Father, I sinned against heaven, and before thee.</J>


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<J>And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him and had compassion, and ran and fell on his neck, and kissed him.</J>


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<J>And the son said to him: Father, I sinned against heaven, and before thee; I am no longer worthy to be called thy son.</J>


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<J>But the father said to his servants: Bring forth a robe, the best, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and sandals on his feet;</J>


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<J>Because this my son was dead and is alive again, was lost and is found. And they began to be merry.</J>


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<J>Now his elder son was in the field. And as he came, and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.</J>


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<J>And he said to him: Thy brother is come; and thy father killed the fatted calf, because he received him back, safe and sound.</J>


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<J>And he answering said to his father: Lo, so many years do I serve thee, and never transgressed thy command; and to me thou never gayest a kid, that I might make merry with my friends.</J>


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<J>But when this thy son came, who devoured thy living with harlots, thou didst kill for him the fatted calf.</J>


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<J>It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad; because this thy brother was dead and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.</J>


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AND he said also to the disciples: <J>There was a certain rich man, who had a steward; and the same was accused to him as wasting his goods.</J>


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<J>And having called him, he said to him: What is this that I hear of thee? Give account of thy stewardship; for thou canst be no longer steward.</J>


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<J>And the steward said within himself: What shall I do? for my master takes away from me the stewardship. I am not able to dig; to beg I am ashamed.</J>


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<J>I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.</J>


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<J>And having called to him each one of his master's debtors, he said to the first: How much owest thou to my master?</J>


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<J>And he said: A hundred measures of oil. And he said to him: Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.</J>


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<J>Then he said to another: And how much owest thou? And he said: A hundred measures of wheat. And he said to him: Take thy bill, and write fourscore.</J>


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<J>And the master commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely; because the sons of this world are, in their generation, wiser than the sons of light.</J>


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<J>And I say to you: Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when it fails, they may receive you into the everlasting habitations.</J>


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<J>He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much; and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.</J>


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<J>If therefore ye were not faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will entrust to you the true riches?</J>


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<J>No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or he will hold to one, and despise the other. Ye can not serve God and Mammon.</J>


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And he said to them: <J>Ye are they who justify themselves before men; but God knows your hearts; for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination before God.</J>


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<J>The law and the prophets were until John; from that time the good news of the kingdom of God is published, and every man presses into it.</J>


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<J>And it is easier that heaven and earth should pass away, than that one tittle of the law should fail.</J>


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<J>Every one who puts away his wife, and marries another, commits adultery; and he who marries her when put away from a husband commits adultery.</J>


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<J>There was a certain rich man, who was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day.</J>


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<J>and desiring to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the rich man's table. Moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.</J>


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<J>And it came to pass, that the beggar died; and he was borne away by the angels into Abraham's bosom. The rich man also died, and was buried;</J>


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<J>and in the underworld, lifting up his eyes, being in torments, he sees Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.</J>


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<J>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, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.</J>


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<J>But Abraham said: Child, remember that in thy lifetime thou receivedst thy good things in full, and Lazarus in like manner his evil things; but now here, he is comforted and thou art tormented.</J>


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<J>And besides all this, between us and you a great gulf is fixed; that they who would pass from hence to you may not be able, nor those from thence pass over to us.</J>


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<J>For I have five brothers; that he may testify to them, that they may not also come into this place of torment.</J>


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<J>And he said: Nay, father Abraham; but if one should go to them from the dead, they will repent.</J>


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<J>And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one should rise from the dead.</J>


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AND he said to his disciples: <J>It is impossible that causes of offense should not come; but woe to him through whom they come!</J>


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<J>It were better for him that a mill stone were placed about his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should cause one of these little ones to offend.</J>


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<J>And if he sin against thee seven times in the day, and seven times turn to thee saying, I repent, thou shalt forgive him.</J>


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And the Lord said: <J>If ye had faith as a grain of mustard, ye would say to this sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and planted in the sea; and it would have obeyed you.</J>


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<J>And who of you, having a servant plowing, or feeding cattle, will say to him immediately, when he has come in from the field, Come and recline at table;</J>


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<J>and will not rather say to him, Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken, and afterward thou shalt eat and drink?</J>


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<J>So also ye, when ye shall have done all the things that were commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which was our duty to do.</J>


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And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, that he went through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.


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And seeing it, he said to them: <J>Go, show yourselves to the priests.</J> And it came to pass that, as they went, they were cleansed.


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And being asked by the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God would come, he answered them and said: <J>The kingdom of God comes not with observation;</J>


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And he said to the disciples: <J>Days will come, when ye will desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye will not see it.</J>


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<J>For as the lightning, that lightens out of the one part under heaven, shines unto the other part under heaven, so will the Son of man be in his day.</J>


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<J>They ate, they drank, they married, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came and destroyed all.</J>


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<J>In like manner also as it was in the days of Lot; they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded;</J>


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<J>but the same day that Lot went out from Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed all.</J>


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<J>In that day, he who shall be on the house-top, and his goods in the house, let him not come down to take them away; and he that is in the field, let him likewise not turn back.</J>


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<J>Whoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life shall preserve it.</J>


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<J>I say to you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; one will be taken, and the other will be left.</J>


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And they answering say to him: Where, Lord? And he said to them: <J>Where the body is, there also will the eagles be gathered together.</J>


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<J>And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself: Though I fear not God, nor regard man,</J>


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<J>And will not God avenge his chosen, who cry to him day and night, though he is long suffering in respect to them?</J>


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<J>I say to you, that he will avenge them speedily. But yet, when the Son of man comes, will he find faith on the earth?</J>


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And he spoke this parable to some who trust in themselves that they are righteous, and despise others.


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<J>The Pharisee stood, and prayed thus with himself: God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican.</J>


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<J>And the publican, standing afar off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying: God be merciful to me, the sinner.</J>


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<J>I say to you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For every one that exalts himself shall be humbled; and he that humbles himself shall be exalted.</J>


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And they brought to him also infants, that he might touch them; and the disciples seeing it rebuked them.


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But Jesus calling them to him, said: <J>Suffer the little children to come to me, and forbid them not; for to such belongs the kingdom of God.</J>


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<J>Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother.</J>


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<J>who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.</J>


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<J>Why then didst thou not put my money into the bank? and I, at my coming, should have required it with interest.</J>


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<J>And he said to those standing by: Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has the ten pounds.</J>


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<J>But those my enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.</J>


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saying: <J>Go into the opposite village, in which as ye are entering ye will find a colt tied, whereon no man ever sat; loose and bring him.</J>


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saying: Blessed be the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest!


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saying: <J>If even thou hadst known, at least in this thy day, the things that belong to thy peace! But now they are hidden from thine eyes.</J>


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saying to them: <J>It is written, And my house shall be a house of prayer; but ye made it a den of robbers.</J>


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<J>So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?</J>


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<J>He will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others.</J> And hearing it, they said: Far be it!


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<J>Every one that falls upon that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.</J>


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And they asked him, saying: Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and regardest not the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly.


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And he said to them: <J>Render therefore to Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's.</J>


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saying: Teacher, Moses wrote to us, if a man's brother die, having a wife, and he die childless, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.


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<J>Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, at The Bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.</J>


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<J>And David himself says in the book of Psalms: The LORD said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand,</J>


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<J>Beware of the scribes, who desire to go about in long robes, and love greetings in the markets, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;</J>


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<J>who devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayers. These shall receive greater condemnation.</J>


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<J>For all these, out of their abundance, cast into the offerings; but she, out of her want, cast in all the living that she had.</J>


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<J>As for these things which ye behold, days will come in which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.</J>


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And he said: <J>Take heed that ye be not led astray. For many will come in my name, saying: I am he, and the time is at hand. Go not after them.</J>


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<J>And when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not immediately.</J>


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<J>and there will be great earthquakes, and in divers places famines and pestilences; and there will be great portents and signs from heaven.</J>


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<J>And before all these, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, delivering you up into synagogues and prisons, being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake.</J>


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<J>For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay or withstand.</J>


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<J>And ye will be delivered up both by parents, and brothers, and kindred, and friends; and some of you they will cause to be put to death.</J>


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<J>And when ye shall see Jerusalem encompassed by armies, then know that its desolation is at hand.</J>


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<J>Then let those in Judaea flee into the mountains; and let those in the midst of it depart out; and let those in the fields not enter into it.</J>


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<J>Because these are the days of vengeance, that all the things which are written may be fulfilled.</J>


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<J>Woe to those who are with child, and to those who give suck, in those days! For there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath to this people.</J>


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<J>And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all the nations; and Jerusalem shall be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles shall be fulfilled.</J>


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<J>And there shall be signs in the sun, and moon, and stars; and on the earth distress of nations, in perplexity for the roaring of the sea and waves;</J>


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<J>men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking for those things that are coming on the world; for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.</J>


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<J>And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption is drawing nigh.</J>


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<J>When they already shoot forth, seeing it ye know of yourselves that the summer is already near.</J>


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<J>And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come upon you unawares.</J>


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and the chief priests and the scribes were seeking how they might kill him; for they feared the people.


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And he sent away Peter and John, saying: <J>Go, and prepare us the passover, that we may eat it.</J>


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<J>And ye shall say to the master of the house: The Teacher says to thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I may eat the passover with my disciples?</J>


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And having received a cup, he gave thanks and said: <J>Take this, and divide it among yourselves.</J>


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<J>For I say to you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall come.</J>


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And taking a loaf, he gave thanks, and broke it, and gave to them, saying: <J>This is my body which is given for you; this do in remembrance of me.</J>


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And the cup in like manner after supper, saying: <J>This cup is the new covenant in my blood, which is shed for you.</J>


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<J>For the Son of man indeed goes, as it was determined; but woe to that man by whom he is betrayed!</J>


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And he said to them: <J>The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and they who exercise authority over them are called benefactors.</J>


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<J>For which is greater, he that reclines at table, or he that serves? Is not he that reclines at table? But I am in the midst of you as he that serves.</J>


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<J>that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.</J>


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And he said: <J>I say to thee, Peter, a cock will not crow this day, till thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.</J>


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And he said to them: <J>When I sent you without purse, and bag, and sandals, lacked ye anything?</J> And they said: Nothing.


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saying: <J>Father, if thou art willing to remove this cup from me! Yet, not my will but thine be done.</J>


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And they who were about him, seeing what would follow, said to him: Lord, shall we smite with the sword?


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And Jesus said to the chief priests and captains of the temple and elders, who were come to him: <J>Have ye come out as against a robber, with swords and staves?</J>


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<J>When I was daily with you in the temple, ye stretched not forth your hands against me. But this is your hour, and the power of darkness.</J>


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And they began to accuse him, saying: We found this man perverting our nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ, a king.


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(he had not consented to their counsel and deed), from Arimathaea a city of the Jews, who was waiting for the kingdom of God,


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and not finding his body, came saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive.


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This beginning of the signs Jesus wrought in Cana of Galilee, and manifested his glory; and his disciples believed on him.


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and to those who sold doves he said: <J>Take these things hence; make not my Father's house a house of merchandise.</J>


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Therefore said the Jews: Forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou raise it up in three days?


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When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this; and they believed the Scripture, and the word which Jesus spoke.


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And when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, on the feast-day, many believed on his name, beholding his signs which he wrought.


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The same came to him by night, and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou hast come a teacher from God; for no one can do these signs which thou doest, except God be with him.


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Nicodemus says to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born?


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Jesus answered: <J>Verily, verily, I say to thee, except a man be born of water and the Spirit, he can not enter into the kingdom of God.</J>


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<J>The wind blows where it will, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but knowest not whence it comes, and whither it goes. So is every one that is born of the Spirit.</J>


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<J>Verily, verily, I say to thee, we speak that which we know, and testify that which we have seen; and ye receive not our testimony.</J>


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<J>If I told you the earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you the heavenly things?</J>


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<J>And no one has ascended up into heaven, but he who came down out of heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven.</J>


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<J>For God so loved the world, that he gave his only-begotten Son, that whoever believes on him, should not perish, but may have everlasting life.</J>


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<J>For God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world through him might be saved.</J>


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<J>He that believes on him is not judged; but he that believes not has already been judged, because he has not believed on the name of the only-begotten Son of God.</J>


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<J>And this is the judgment, that light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their deeds were evil.</J>


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<J>For every one that does evil hates the light, and comes not to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.</J>


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And John also was immersing in aenon near to Salim, because there was much water there; and they came, and were immersed.


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He that comes from above is above all; he that is from the earth is of the earth, and speaks of the earth; he that comes from heaven is above all.


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He that believes on the Son has everlasting life; and he that believes not the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.


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And Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with the journey, sat down thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour.


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The Samaritan woman therefore says to him: How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, being a Samaritan woman? For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.


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Jesus answered and said to her: <J>If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.</J>


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The woman says to him: Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep. From whence then hast thou the living water.


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Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle?


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<J>But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water, springing up into everlasting life.</J>


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The woman answered and said: I have no husband. Jesus says to her: <J>Thou saidst well, I have no husband.</J>


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<J>For thou hast had five husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband. That thou hast spoken truly.</J>


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Our fathers worshiped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship.


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Jesus says to her: <J>Woman, believe me, an hour is coming, when ye shall neither in this mountain nor in Jerusalem worship the Father.</J>


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<J>Ye worship that which ye know not; we worship that which we know; because salvation is of the Jews.</J>


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The woman says to him: I know that Messiah comes (who is called Christ); when he is come, he will tell us all things.


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<J>Do ye not say, that there are yet four months, and then comes the harvest? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes and look on the fields, that they are already white for harvest.</J>


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<J>And he that reaps receives wages, and gathers fruit unto life eternal; that both he that sows and he that reaps may rejoice together.</J>


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<J>I sent you to reap that whereon ye have not labored. Other men have labored, and ye have entered into their labor.</J>


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And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, who testified: He told me all that ever I did.


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When therefore the Samaritans came to him, they besought him to remain with them. And he remained there two days.


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and said to the woman: We no longer believe because of thy saying; for we ourselves have heard, and know that this is in truth the Savior of the world.


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When therefore he came into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen all that he did in Jerusalem at the feast; for they also went to the feast.


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So he came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick, in Capernaum.


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He, having heard that Jesus is come out of Judaea into Galilee, went to him, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son; for he was about to die.


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Jesus says to him: <J>Go thy way; thy son lives.</J> And the man believed the word that Jesus spoke to him, and he went his way.


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He inquired of them, therefore, the hour when he began to amend. And they said to him: Yesterday, at the seventh hour, the fever left him.


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The father knew, therefore, that it was in the same hour in which Jesus said to him: <J>Thy son lives.</J> And he himself believed, and his whole house.


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And there is in Jerusalem by the sheep-gate a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches.


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In these lay a multitude of the infirm, of blind, lame, withered <n>[waiting for the moving of the water.


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For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water. He therefore; who first went in after the troubling of the water, was made whole of whatever disease he had]</n>.


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The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool; but while I am coming, another goes down before me.


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And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed and walked. And on that day was the sabbath.


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The Jews therefore said to him that was cured: It is the sabbath; it is not lawful for thee to carry the bed.


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And he who was healed knew not who it was; for Jesus conveyed himself away, there being a multitude in the place.


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Afterward Jesus finds him in the temple. And he said to him: <J>Behold, thou hast been made whole; sin no more, lest something worse befall thee.</J>


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For this therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath, but also called God his Father, making himself equal with God.


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Jesus therefore, answered and said to them: <J>Verily, verily, I say to you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do; for what things soever he does, these also does the Son in like manner.</J>


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<J>For the Father loves the Son, and shows him all things that he himself does; and greater works than these will he show him, that ye may marvel.</J>


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<J>For as the Father raises up the dead, and quickens them; so also the Son quickens whom he will.</J>


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<J>that all may honor the Son, as they honor the Father. He that honors not the Son, honors not the Father who sent him.</J>


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<J>Verily, verily, I say to you, he that hears my word, and believes him who sent me, has everlasting life, and comes not into judgment, but has passed out of death into life.</J>


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<J>Verily, verily, I say to you, an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.</J>


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<J>Marvel not at this; for an hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice,</J>


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<J>and shall come forth; they that did good, to the resurrection of life, and they that did evil, to the resurrection of judgment.</J>


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<J>I can of myself do nothing. As I hear, I judge; and my judgment is just; because I seek not my own will, but the will of him who sent me.</J>


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<J>There is another that bears witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesses of me is true.</J>


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<J>He was the burning and shining lamp; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.</J>


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<J>But I have greater witness than that of John; for the works which the Father gave me to finish, the works themselves that I do bear witness of me, that the Father has sent me.</J>


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<J>And the Father, who sent me, he has borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor have ye seen his shape.</J>


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<J>Search the Scriptures; because in them ye think ye have eternal life, and these are they that testify of me;</J>


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<J>I have come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not; if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive.</J>


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<J>How can ye believe, receiving honor from one another, and the honor that is from God alone ye seek not?</J>


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<J>Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father; there is one that accuses you, Moses in whom ye have placed your hope.</J>


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Jesus therefore lifting up his eyes, and seeing that a great multitude is coming to him, says to Philip: <J>Whence shall we buy bread that these may eat?</J>


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Philip answered him: Two hundred denбries worth of bread is not sufficient for them, that each one may take a little.


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There is a lad here, who has five barley loaves and two small fishes; but what are they among so many?


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Jesus said: <J>Make the men lie down.</J> Now there was much grass in the place. So the men lay down, in number about five thousand.


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And Jesus took the loaves; and having given thanks, he distributed to those who were lying down; and likewise of the fishes as much as they desired.


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When they were filled, he said to his disciples: <J>Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.</J>


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The men therefore, seeing the sign that Jesus wrought, said: This is of a truth the Prophet that comes into the world.


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They therefore willingly received him into the ship; and immediately the ship was at the land whither they were going.


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<J>Work not for the food that perishes, but for the food that endures unto everlasting life, which the Son of man will give to you; for him the Father, God, has sealed,</J>


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Jesus therefore said to them: <J>Verily, verily, I say to you, Moses has not given you the bread from heaven; but my Father gives you the true bread from heaven.</J>


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Jesus said to them: <J>I am the bread of life. He that comes to me shall never hunger, and he that believes on me shall never thirst.</J>


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<J>No one can come to me, except the Father who sent me draw him; and I will raise him up at the last day.</J>


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<J>It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that has heard from the Father, and has learned, comes to me.</J>


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<J>I am the living bread that came down out of heaven. If any one eat of this bread, he shall live forever; yea, and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.</J>


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<J>He that eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, has eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.</J>


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<J>As the living Father has sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eats me, he also shall live because of me.</J>


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<J>This is the bread that came down out of heaven. Not as your fathers ate the manna, and are dead; he that eats of this bread shall live forever.</J>


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<J>It is the spirit that makes alive, the flesh profits nothing; the words which I have spoken to you are spirit, and are life.</J>


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His brothers therefore said to him: Depart hence, and go into Judaea, that thy disciples also may behold thy works that thou doest.


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<J>If any one desires to do his will, he shall know of the teaching, whether it is of God, or whether I speak from myself.</J>


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<J>He that speaks from himself seeks his own glory; but he that seeks the glory of him who sent him, the same is true, and there is no unrighteousness in him.</J>


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<J>Moses has for this cause given you circumcision, not that it is of Moses, but of the fathers; and on the sabbath ye circumcise a man.</J>


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<J>I know that ye are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word has no place in you.</J>


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These words spoke his parents, because they feared the Jews; for the Jews had agreed already, that if any one acknowledged him as Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.


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They therefore called a second time the man that was blind, and said to him: Give glory to God; we know that this man is a sinner.


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He answered therefore: Whether he is a sinner, I know not; one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.


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He answered them: I told you already, and ye did not hear. Wherefore would ye hear again? Will ye also become his disciples?


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The man answered and said to them: Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not whence he is, and he opened mine eyes.


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Now we know that God hears not sinners. But if any one is a worshiper of God, and does his will, him he hears.


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They answered and said to him: Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.


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Jesus heard that they cast him out; and finding him, he said to him: <J>Dost thou believe on the Son of God?</J>


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And Jesus said: <J>For judgment came I into this world; that they who see not may see, and that they who see may become blind.</J>


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Jesus said to them: <J>If ye were blind, ye would not have sin. But now ye say: We see. Your sin remains!</J>


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<J>VERILY, verily, I say to you: He that enters not through the door into the sheepfold, but climbs up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber.</J>


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<J>To him the porter opens, and the sheep hear his voice; and he calls his own sheep by name, and leads them out.</J>


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<J>And when he has put forth all his own, he goes before them; and the sheep follow him, for they know his voice.</J>


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<J>And a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him; because they know not the voice of strangers.</J>


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This parable spoke Jesus to them; but they understood not what things they were which he spoke to them.


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Therefore said Jesus to them again: <J>Verily, verily, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep.</J>


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<J>I am the door. If any one enter in through me, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and find pasture.</J>


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<J>The thief comes not but to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I came that they may have life, and that they may have it abundantly.</J>


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<J>But he that is a hireling, and not a shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, sees the wolf coming, and leaves the sheep, and flees; and the wolf catches them, and scatters the sheep.</J>


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<J>And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold. Them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one flock, one shepherd.</J>


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<J>No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it again. This commandment I received from my Father.</J>


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The Jews therefore came around him, and said to him: How long dost thou hold us in doubt? If thou art the Christ, tell us plainly.


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Jesus answered them: <J>I told you, and ye do not believe. The works that I do in my Father's name, these bear witness of me.</J>


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<J>and I give to them eternal life; and they shall never perish, nor shall any one pluck them out of my hand.</J>


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<J>My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; and no one is able to pluck them out of my Father's hand.</J>


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Jesus answered them: <J>Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me?</J>


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The Jews answered him: For a good work we stone thee not, but for blasphemy, and because thou, being man, makest thyself God.


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<J>say ye of him, whom the Father sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest, because I said, I am the Son of God?</J>


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<J>But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works; that ye may learn and know, that the Father is in me, and I in the Father.</J>


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And he went away again beyond the Jordan, to the place where John was at first immersing; and there he abode.


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And many came to him, and said: John indeed wrought no sign; but all things that John spoke of this man were true.


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It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.


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And Jesus hearing it, said: <J>This sickness is not for death, but for the sake of the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified thereby.</J>


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The disciples say to him: Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither again?


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Jesus answered: <J>Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any one walk in the day, he stumbles not, because he sees the light of this world.</J>


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These things said he; and after this he says to them: <J>Lazarus our friend has fallen asleep; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.</J>


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<J>And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that ye may believe. But let us go to him.</J>


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Therefore said Thomas, who is called Didymus, to his fellow disciples: Let us also go, that we may die with him.


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Jesus said to her: <J>I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believes on me, though he be dead, yet shall he live;</J>


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She says to him: Yea, Lord; I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world.


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Mary therefore, when she came where Jesus was, seeing him, fell down at his feet, saying to him: Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.


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Jesus therefore, when he saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, groaned in spirit, and was troubled.


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And some of them said: Could not this man, who opened the eyes of the blind, have caused even that this man should not have died?


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Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, comes to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.


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Jesus says: <J>Take away the stone.</J> The sister of him that was dead, Martha, says to him: Lord, by this time he is offensive; for he has been dead four days.


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Jesus says to her: <J>Said I not to thee, that, if thou believe, thou shalt see the glory of God?</J>


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So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised his eyes upward, and said: <J>Father, I thank thee that thou didst hear me.</J>


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<J>And I knew that thou always hearest me; but for the sake of the multitude standing around I said it, that they might believe that thou didst send me.</J>


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And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes; and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus says to them: <J>Loose him, and let him go.</J>


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Therefore the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council, and said: What do we, seeing that this man works many signs?


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If we let him thus alone, all will believe on him; and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.


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nor do ye consider that it is expedient for us, that one man die for the people, and not the whole nation perish.


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Jesus therefore no longer walked openly among the Jews; but departed thence to the country near to the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples.


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And the passover of the Jews was at hand; and many went up to Jerusalem out of the country, before the passover, that they might purify themselves.


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They sought therefore for Jesus, and said among themselves, as they stood in the temple: What think ye, that he will not come to the feast?


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They therefore made him a supper there, and Martha served; and Lazarus was one of those who reclined at table with him.


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Then Mary took a pound of ointment of pure spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair; and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.


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A great multitude of the Jews therefore knew that he was there. And they came, not because of Jesus only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he raised from the dead.


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took branches of the palm-trees and went forth to meet him, and cried: Hosanna; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord, the King of Israel.


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These things his disciples understood not at the first. But when Jesus was glorified, then they remembered that these things were written of him, and that they did these things to him.


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The multitude therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of the tomb, and raised him from the dead, bore witness.


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The Pharisees therefore said among themselves: Perceive ye that ye avail nothing? Behold, the world is gone after him.


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These came therefore to Philip, who was from Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying: Sir, we would see Jesus.


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<J>Verily, verily, I say to you, except the grain of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abides alone; but if it die, it brings forth much fruit.</J>


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<J>He that loves his life shall lose it; and he that hates his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal.</J>


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<J>If any one serve me, let him follow me; and where I am, there shall also my servant be. If any one serve me, him will the Father honor.</J>


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<J>Now is my soul troubled; and what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour! But for this cause came I unto this hour.</J>


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<J>Father, glorify thy name.</J> Then there came a voice out of heaven: I both have glorified it, and will glorify it again.


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The multitude answered him: We heard out of the law that the Christ abides forever; and how sayest thou: <J>The Son of man must be lifted up</J>? Who is this Son of man?


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Jesus therefore said to them: <J>Yet a little while is the light among you. Walk while ye have the light, that darkness may not overtake you; and he that walks in the darkness knows not whither he goes.</J>


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<J>While ye have the light, believe on the light, that ye may become sons of light. </J>These things spoke Jesus, and departed, and hid himself from them.


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that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which he spoke: Lord, who believed our report, And to whom was the arm of the Lord revealed?


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He has blinded their eyes, And has hardened their heart; That they should not see with their eyes, And understand with their heart, And turn, and I should heal them.


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<J>I have come a light into the world, that whoever believes on me may not abide in the darkness.</J>


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<J>And if any one hear my words, and keep them not, I do not judge him; for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world.</J>


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<J>He that rejects me, and receives not my words, has one that judges him. The word that I spokes that shall judge him in the last day.</J>


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<J>Because I spoke not from myself; but the Father who sent me, he has given me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak.</J>


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<J>And I know that his commandment is everlasting life. What things I speak therefore, as the Father has said to me, so I speak.</J>


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knowing that the Father has given all things into his hands, and that he came out from God, and is going to God,


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Jesus answered and said to him: <J>What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.</J>


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Peter says to him: Never shalt thou wash my feet. Jesus answered him: <J>If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.</J>


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Jesus says to him: <J>He that has bathed has no need save to wash the feet, but is wholly clean. And ye are clean; but not all.</J>


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<J>If I then, the Master and the Teacher, washed your feet, ye also ought to wash one another's feet.</J>


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<J>Verily, verily, I say to you, a servant is not greater than his lord, nor one that is sent greater than he who sent him.</J>


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<J>I speak not of you all; I know whom I chose; but that the scripture might be fulfilled, He that eats the loaf with me lifted up his heel against me.</J>


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<J>Even now I tell you, before it comes to pass, that when it comes to pass, ye may believe that I am he.</J>


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<J>Verily, verily, I say to you, he that receives whomsoever I send receives me; and he that receives me receives him who sent me.</J>


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Jesus answers: <J>He it is, to whom I shall give the morsel, when I have dipped it.</J> And having dipped the morsel, he gives it to Judas Iscariot, son of Simon.


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<J>Children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye will seek me; and as I said to the Jews, whither I go ye can not come, so now I say to you.</J>


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<J>A new commandment I give to you, that ye love one another; as I loved you, that ye also love one another.</J>


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Jesus answers: <J>Wilt thou lay down thy life for me? Verily, verily, I say to thee, a cock will not crow, till thou hast denied me thrice.</J>


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<J>In my Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you; because I go to prepare a place for you.</J>


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<J>And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and will receive you to myself; that where I am ye may be also.</J>


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Jesus says to him: <J>I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, but by me.</J>


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<J>If ye knew me, ye would know my Father also; and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him.</J>


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<J>Believest thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The words that I speak to you I speak not of myself; but the Father who dwells in me, he does the works.</J>


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<J>Believe me, that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe for the very works' sake.</J>


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<J>Verily, verily, I say to you, he that believes on me, the works that I do he shall do also, and greater than these shall he do, because I go to the Father.</J>


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<J>And whatever ye shall ask in my name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son.</J>


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<J>And I will ask of the Father, and he will give you another Comforter, that he may be with you forever;</J>


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<J>the Spirit of truth, whom the world can not receive, because it sees him not, neither knows him; but ye know him, because he abides with you, and shall be in you.</J>


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<J>Yet a little while, and the world sees me no more; but ye see me; because I live, ye shall live also.</J>


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<J>He that has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is that loves me; and he that loves me shall be loved by my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him.</J>


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<J>He that loves me not, keeps not my words; and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's who sent me.</J>


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<J>But the Comforter, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, he will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things which I said to you.</J>


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<J>Peace I leave with you, my peace I give to you; not as the world gives, give I to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.</J>


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<J>Ye heard how I said to you: I go away; and I come to you. If ye loved me, ye would have rejoiced that I go to the Father; because the Father is greater than I.</J>


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<J>And now I have told you before it comes to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe.</J>


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<J>I will no longer talk much with you; for the prince of the world comes, and in me he has nothing.</J>


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<J>Every branch in me that bears not fruit, he takes it away; and every one that bears fruit, he cleanses it, that it may bear more fruit.</J>


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<J>Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch can not bear fruit of itself, if it abide not in the vine, so neither can ye, if ye abide not in me.</J>


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<J>I am the vine, ye are the branches. He that abides in me and I in him, the same bears much fruit; because without me ye can do nothing.</J>


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<J>If any one abide not in me, he is cast forth as the branch, and is withered; and they gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned.</J>


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<J>If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever ye will, and it shall be done to you.</J>


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<J>If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love; as I have kept my Father's commandments, and abide in his love.</J>


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<J>No longer do I call you servants; because the servant knows not what his lord does. But I have called you friends because all things that I heard from my Father I made known to you.</J>


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<J>Ye did not choose me, but I chose you, and appointed you that ye may go and bear fruit, and that your fruit may remain; that whatever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you.</J>


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<J>If ye were of the world, the world would love its own; but because ye are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, for this the world hates you.</J>


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<J>Remember the word that I said to you: A servant is not greater than his lord. If they persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they kept my saying, they will keep yours also.</J>


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<J>But all these things they will do to you for my name's sake, because they know not him who sent me.</J>


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<J>If I had not come and spoken to them, they would not have sin; but now they have no cloak for their sin.</J>


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<J>If I had not done among them the works which no other one has done, they would not have sin; but now they have both seen and hated both me and my Father.</J>


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<J>But this comes to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law: They hated me without a cause.</J>


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<J>But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, which proceeds from the Father, he will bear witness of me.</J>


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<J>They will put you out of the synagogues; yea, a time is coming, that every one who kills you will think he makes an offering to God.</J>


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<J>But these things I have spoken to you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you. And these things I told you not from the beginning, because I was with you.</J>


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<J>But I tell you the truth, it is expedient for you that I depart; for if I depart not, the Comforter will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.</J>


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<J>But when he, the Spirit of truth is come, he will guide you into all the truth; for he will not speak from himself, but whatever he shall hear, that will he speak, and he will tell you the things to come.</J>


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<J>All things that the Father has are mine. Therefore, I said, that he will receive of mine, and will tell it to you.</J>


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Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said to them: <J>Do ye inquire of this with one another, that I said, A little while, and ye behold me not; and again a little while, and ye shall see me?</J>


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<J>Verily, verily, I say to you, that ye will weep and lament, but the world will rejoice; and ye will be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.</J>


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<J>A woman when she is in travail has sorrow, because her hour is come; but when she has borne the child, she remembers no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.</J>


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<J>And so ye now have sorrow; but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no one takes from you.</J>


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<J>And in that day ye shall ask nothing of me. Verily, verily, I say to you: Whatever ye shall ask of the Father, he will give it you in my name.</J>


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<J>Hitherto ye asked nothing in my name. Ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be made full.</J>


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<J>These things I have spoken to you in parables. A time is coming, when I will no more speak to you in parables, but I will tell you plainly of the Father.</J>


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<J>In that day ye shall ask in my name. And I say not to you, that I will pray the Father for you;</J>


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<J>I came forth from the Father, and have come into the world; again, I leave the world, and go to the Father.</J>


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<J>Behold, an hour is coming, and has come, that ye will be scattered, each one to his own, and will leave me alone; and I am not alone, because the Father is with me.</J>


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<J>These things I have spoken to you, that in me ye may have peace. In the world ye have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.</J>


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<J>as thou gayest him authority over all flesh, that as many as thou hast given to him, to them he should give eternal life.</J>


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<J>And this is the eternal life, that they know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou didst send.</J>


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<J>And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self, with the glory which I had with thee before the world was.</J>


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<J>I manifested thy name to the men whom thou hast given me out of the world. Thine they were, and thou hast given them to me; and they have kept thy word.</J>


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<J>because the words which thou gayest me I have given to them, and they received them, and knew in truth that I came forth from thee, and believed that thou didst send me.</J>


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<J>I pray for them; I pray not for the world, but for those whom thou hast given me; because they are thine.</J>


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<J>And I am no longer in the world; and these are in the world, and I come to thee. Holy Father, keep those in thy name whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are,</J>


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<J>While I was with them, I kept them in thy name. Those whom thou hast given me I watched over and none of them perished, except the son of perdition, that the scripture might be fulfilled.</J>


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<J>And now I come to thee; and these things I speak in the world, that they may have my joy made full in them.</J>


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<J>I have given them thy word; and the world hated them, because they are not of the world, as I am not of the world.</J>


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<J>I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil.</J>


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<J>that all may be one; as thou, Father, in me and I in thee, that they also may be in us; that the world may believe that thou didst send me.</J>


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<J>And the glory which thou hast given to me I have given to them, that they may be one, as we are one;</J>


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<J>I in them, and thou in me, that they may be perfected into one; that the world may know that thou didst send me, and lovedst them as thou lovedst me.</J>


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<J>Father, those whom thou hast given me, I will that where I am they also be with me; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me; because thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world.</J>


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<J>Righteous Father! And the world knew thee not! But I knew thee, and these knew that thou didst send me;</J>


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<J>and I made known to them thy name, and will make it known; that the love wherewith thou lovedst me may be in them, and I in them.</J>


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Judas therefore, having received the band and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, comes thither with torches and lamps and weapons.


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They answered him: Jesus the Nazarene. Jesus says to them: <J>I am he.</J> And Judas also, his betrayer, was standing with them.


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that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spoke: <J>Of those whom thou hast given me, I lost none.</J>


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Then Simon Peter, having a sword, drew it and smote the servant of the high priest, and cut off his right ear. The servant's name was Malchus.


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Jesus therefore said to Peter: <J>Put up thy sword into the sheath. The cup which my Father has given me, shall I not drink it?</J>


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and led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.


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And it was Caiaphas who counseled the Jews, that it is expedient that one man should die for the people.


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And Simon Peter and the other disciple followed Jesus. That disciple was known to the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the court of the high priest.


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But Peter was standing at the door without. Therefore the other disciple, who was known to the high priest, went out and spoke to her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.


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Then the damsel that kept the door says to Peter: Art not thou also one of this man's disciples? He says: I am not.


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And the servants and the officers were standing there, having made a fire of coals, because it was cold, and were warming themselves; and Peter was standing with them, and warming himself.


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Jesus answered him: <J>I have spoken openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, where all the Jews assemble; and I spoke nothing in secret.</J>


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<J>Why askest thou me? Ask those who have heard, what I spoke to them. Behold, these know what things I said.</J>


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And when he had said this, one of the officers who was standing by gave Jesus a blow on the face, saying: Answerest thou the high priest so?


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Jesus answered him: <J>If I spoke evil, bear witness of the evil; but if well, why dost thou smite me?</J>


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And Simon Peter was standing and warming himself. They said therefore to him: Art thou also one of his disciples? He denied, and said: I am not.


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One of the servants of the high priest, being a kinsman of him whose ear Peter cut off, says: Did not I see thee in the garden with him?


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Then they lead Jesus from Caiaphas into the Governor's palace; and it was early; and they themselves went not into the palace, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the passover.


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They answered and said to him: If this man were not a malefactor, we would not have delivered him up to thee.


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Pilate therefore said to them: Do ye take him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him: It is not lawful for us to put any one to death;


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that the saying of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should die.


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Pilate therefore entered into the palace again, and called Jesus, and said to him: Art thou the King of the Jews?


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Pilate answered: Am I a Jew? Thine own nation, and the chief priests, delivered thee up to me. What didst thou?


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Jesus answered: <J>My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my servants would fight, that I might not be delivered up to the Jews; but now is my kingdom not from hence.</J>


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Pilate therefore said to him: Art thou a king then? Jesus answered: <J>Thou sayest it; because I am a king. To this end have I been born, and to this end have I come into the world, that I may bear witness to the truth. Every one that is of the truth hears my voice.</J>


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Pilate says to him: What is truth? And having said this, he went out again to the Jews, and says to them: I find no fault in him.


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But ye have a custom, that I should release to you one at the passover. Do ye desire therefore that I release to you the King of the Jews?


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And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and put it on his head, and put on him a purple robe; and they came to him,


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Pilate went forth again, and says to them: Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him.


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Jesus therefore came forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And he says to them: Behold the man!


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When therefore the chief priests and the officers saw him, they cried out, saying: Crucify him, crucify him. Pilate says to them: Do ye take him, and crucify him; for I find no fault in him.


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The Jews answered him: We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God.


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And he went again into the palace, and says to Jesus: Whence art thou? But Jesus gave him no answer.


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Then says Pilate to him: Dost thou not speak to me? Knowest thou not that I have power to release thee, and have power to crucify thee?


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Jesus answered: <J>Thou wouldst have no power against me, except it were given thee from above. Therefore he that delivers me to thee has the greater sin.</J>


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Thenceforth Pilate sought to release him. But the Jews cried out, saying: If thou let this man go, thou art not a friend of Caesar. Whoever makes himself a king speaks against Caesar.


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When therefore Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down on the judgment-seat in a place called the Pavement, and in Hebrew, Gabbatha.


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And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour. And he says to the Jews: Behold your king!


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But they cried out: Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate says to them: Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered: We have no king but Caesar.


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And bearing his cross he went forth into the place called Place of a skull, which in Hebrew is called Golgotha;


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And Pilate wrote also a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was: JESUS THE NAZARENE THE KING OF THE JEWS.


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This title therefore many of the Jews read; because the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city, and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin.


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Therefore said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate: Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the Jews.


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Then the soldiers, when they crucified Jesus, took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part, and also his coat. And the coat was without a seam, woven from the top throughout.


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They said therefore to one another: Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it shall be; that the scripture might be fulfilled which says: They parted my garments among them. And for my vesture they cast lots. These things the soldiers did.


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And there were standing by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary the Magdalene.


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Jesus therefore seeing his mother, and the disciple whom he loved standing by, says to his mother: <J>Woman, behold thy son!</J>


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Then he says to the disciple: <J>Behold thy mother!</J> And from that hour the disciple took her to his own home.


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After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now finished, that the scripture might be accomplished, says: <J>I thirst.</J>


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Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar; and they, having filled a sponge with vinegar, and put it on a hyssop-stalk, bore it to his mouth.


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When Jesus therefore received the vinegar, he said: <J>It is finished;</J> and he bowed his head, and gave up his spirit.


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The Jews therefore, since it was the preparation, that the bodies might not remain upon the cross on the sabbath (for that sabbath day was a great day), besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and they be taken away.


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The soldiers came, therefore, and broke the legs of the first, and of the other who was crucified with him.


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But one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith there came out blood and water.


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And he that has seen has borne witness, and his witness is true, and he knows that he says what is true, that ye also might believe.


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For these things came to pass, that the scripture might be fulfilled: A bone of him shall not be broken.


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And after this, Joseph from Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, besought Pilate that he might take away the body of Jesus; and Pilate gave him leave. He came therefore, and took away the body of Jesus.


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And there came also Nicodemus, who at the first came to Jesus by night, bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred pounds weight.


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They took therefore the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen cloths with the spices, as is the custom of the Jews to prepare for burial.


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And in the place where he was crucified there was a garden, and in the garden a new sepulchre, wherein no one was yet laid.


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There they laid Jesus therefore, on account of the preparation of the Jews, because the sepulchre was nigh at hand.


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AND on the first day of the week Mary the Magdalene comes early, while it is yet dark, to the sepulchre, and sees the stone taken away out of the sepulchre.


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She runs therefore and comes to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and says to them: They took away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they laid him.


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Then comes Simon Peter following him; and he went into the sepulchre, and sees the linen cloths lying,


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and the napkin that was about his head not lying with the linen cloths, but wrapped together in a place by itself.


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Then therefore the other disciple, who came first to the sepulchre, went in also; and he saw, and believed.


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And Mary was standing by the sepulchre without, weeping. So, as she wept, she stooped clown into the sepulchre,


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and beholds two angels in white, sitting the one at the head and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus lay.


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And they say to her: Woman, why weepest thou? She says to them: Because they took away my Lord, and I know not where they laid him.


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Jesus says to her: <J>Woman, why weepest thou? Whom dost thou seek?</J> She, supposing that it was the gardener, says to him: Sir, if thou didst bear him hence, tell me where thou laidest him, and I will take him away.


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Jesus says to her: <J>Mary!</J> Turning, she says to him in Hebrew: Rabboni! (which is to say, Teacher!)


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Jesus says to her: <J>Touch me not; for I have not yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brethren, and say to them: I ascend to my Father and your Father, and my God and your God.</J>


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Mary the Magdalene comes bringing word to the disciples, that she has seen the Lord, and that he spoke these things to her.


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When therefore it was evening on that day, the first day of the week, the doors having been shut, where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the midst; and he says to them: <J>Peace be to you.</J>


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And having said this, he showed them his hands and his side. The disciples rejoiced therefore, when they saw the Lord.


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Jesus therefore said to them again: <J>Peace be to you. As the Father has sent me, I also send you.</J>


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<J>Whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted to them; and whosesoever ye retain, they are retained.</J>


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The other disciples therefore said to him: We have seen the Lord. But he said to them: Except I see in his hands the print of the nails, and thrust my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.


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And after eight days, again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them. Jesus comes, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said: <J>Peace be to you.</J>


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After that, he says to Thomas: <J>Reach hither thy finger, and see my hands; and reach thy hand, and thrust it into my side; and be not faithless, but believing.</J>


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Jesus says to him: <J>Because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed. Happy they who saw not, and have believed!</J>


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Many other signs also did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book.


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But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye may have life in his name.


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AFTER these things Jesus manifested himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and he manifested himself in this manner.


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There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Nathanael from Cana of Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two others of his disciples.


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Simon Peter says to them: I go a fishing. They say to him: We also go with thee. They went forth, and entered into the ship; and in that night they caught nothing.


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But when morning was now come, Jesus stood on the beach; yet the disciples knew not that it was Jesus.


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And he said to them: <J>Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find.</J> They cast it therefore; and now they were not able to draw it, for the multitude of the fishes.


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Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved says to Peter: It is the Lord. Simon Peter therefore, hearing that it is the Lord, girded on his outer garment (for he was naked), and cast himself into the sea.


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And the other disciples came in the boat (for they were not far from land, but about two hundred cubits off), dragging the net with the fishes.


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When therefore they went out upon the land, they see a fire of coals there, and a fish lying thereon, and bread.


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Simon Peter went on board, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, a hundred and fifty and three; and though there were so many, the net was not broken.


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Jesus says to them: <J>Come hither, and break your fast.</J> And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it is the Lord.


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This the third time already, Jesus manifested himself to his disciples, after he was risen from the dead.


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When therefore they had broken their fast, Jesus says to Simon Peter: <J>Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me more than these?</J> He says to him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: <J>Feed my lambs.</J>


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He says to him again a second time: <J>Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me?</J> He says to him: Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He says to him: <J>Tend my sheep.</J>


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He says to him the third time: <J>Simon, son of Jonah, lovest thou me?</J> Peter was grieved because he said to him the third time, <J>Lovest thou me?</J> And he said to him: Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus says to him: <J>Feed my sheep.</J>


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<J>Verily, verily, I say to thee, when thou wast young, thou didst gird thyself, and walk whither thou wouldst; but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and another shall gird thee, and lead thee whither thou wouldst not.</J>


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And this he spoke, signifying by what manner of death he should glorify God. And having spoken this, he says to him: <J>Follow me.</J>


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Peter, turning about, sees the disciple whom Jesus loved following; who also at the supper leaned back on his breast, and said: Lord, who is he that betrays thee?


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Jesus says to him: <J>If I will that he remain till I come, what is it to thee? Do thou follow me.</J>


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This saying therefore went abroad among the brethren, that that disciple should not die. And Jesus said not to him, that he should not die; but, <J>If I will that he tarry till I come, what is it to thee?</J>


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This is the disciple who testifies of these things, and wrote these things; and we know that his testimony is true.


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And there are also many other things which Jesus did; and if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself would not contain the books that should be written.


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THE former narration I made, O Theophilus, concerning all things that Jesus began both to do and to teach,


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until the day when he was taken up, after he had given commandment, through the Holy Spirit, to the apostles whom he chose;


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to whom also he showed himself living, after he had suffered, by many infallible proofs, during forty days appearing to them, and speaking the things concerning the kingdom of God.


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And, being assembled together with them, he commanded them not to depart from Jerusalem, but to <J>wait for the promise of the Father, which ye heard from me;</J>


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<J>for John indeed immersed in water; but ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit, not many days hence.</J>


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They therefore, having come together, asked him, saying: Lord, wilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel?


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And he said to them: <J>It is not yours to know times or seasons, which the Father appointed by his own authority.</J>


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<J>But ye shall receive power, when the Holy Spirit is come upon you; and ye shall be my witnesses both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and Samaria, and unto the utmost part of the earth.</J>


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And having spoken these things, while they beheld he was borne up, and a cloud received him out of their sight.


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And while they were looking intently into heaven as he went, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel;


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who also said: Men of Galilee, why stand ye looking into heaven? This Jesus, who was taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye saw him going into heaven.


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Then they returned to Jerusalem from the mount called Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a sabbath day's journey.


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And when they came in, they went up into the upper room, where were abiding both Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, Philip and Thomas, Bartholomew and Matthew, James the son of Alpheus, and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James.


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These all continued with one accord in prayer, with women, and Mary the mother of Jesus, and his brothers.


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And in those days Peter stood up in the midst of the brethren, and said (the number of names together was about a hundred and twenty):


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Men, brethren, it was necessary that the scripture should be fulfilled, which the Holy Spirit by the mouth of David spoke before concerning Judas, who became guide to those who took Jesus.


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Now this man purchased a field with the wages of iniquity; and falling headlong, he burst asunder in the midst, and all his bowels gushed out.


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And it became known to all who dwell at Jerusalem; so that that field was called, in their own tongue, Aceldama, that is, Field of blood.—


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For it is written in the book of Psalms: Let his habitation be made desolate, And let no one dwell therein. And: Let another take his office.


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beginning from John's immersion, unto the day when he was taken up from us, must one be made a witness with us of his resurrection.


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And they prayed, saying: Thou, Lord, who knowest the hearts of all, show which of these two thou didst choose,


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that he may take part in this ministry and apostleship, from which Judas by transgression fell away, that he might go to his own place.


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And they gave their lots; and the lot fell upon Matthias; and he was numbered with the eleven apostles.


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And suddenly there came a sound out of heaven as of a rushing mighty wind, and it filled all the house where they were sitting.


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And there appeared to them tongues as of fire, distributed among them; and it sat upon each of them.


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And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.


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And this being noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because every man heard them speak in his own language.


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And all were amazed, and wondered, saying one to another Behold, are not all these who speak Galilaeans?


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Parthians and Medes and Elamites, and those who inhabit Mesopotamia, Judaea and Cappadocia, Pontus and Asia,


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Phrygia and Pamphylia, Egypt and the parts of Libya about Cyrene, and strangers of Rome, both Jews and proselytes,


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But Peter, standing up with the eleven, lifted up his voice, and said to them: Men of Judaea, and all that dwell in Jerusalem, be this known to you, and hearken to my words.


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And it shall be in the last days, saith God, That I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh; And your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, And your young men shall see visions, And your old men shall dream dreams;


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And even on my servants and on my handmaids, I will pour out of my Spirit in those days, And they shall prophesy.


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And I will show wonders in heaven above, And signs in the earth beneath, Blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke.


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The sun shall be turned into darkness, And the moon into blood, Before the great and notable day of the Lord shall come.


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Men of Israel, hear these words! Jesus the Nazarene, a man accredited to you from God by miracles, and wonders, and signs, which God wrought by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know;


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this man, delivered up according to the established counsel and foreknowledge of God, ye slew, crucifying him by the hand of lawless ones;


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whom God raised up, having loosed the pains of death; because it was not possible that he should be held by it.


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For David says concerning him: I saw the Lord always before me; Because he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.


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Because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld, Nor wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.


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Men, brethren, I may speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his sepulchre is among us unto this day.


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Being a prophet, therefore, and knowing that God swore to him, with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit on his throne,


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he, foreseeing, spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul abandoned to the underworld, nor did his flesh see corruption.


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Being therefore exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this, which ye now see and hear.


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For David did not ascend into heaven; but he says himself: The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand,


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Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly, that God made him, this Jesus whom ye crucified, both Lord and Christ.


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And hearing this, they were pierced to the heart, and said to Peter and the rest of the apostles: Men, brethren, what shall we do?


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And Peter said to them: Repent, and be each of you immersed, upon the name of Jesus Christ, unto remission of sins, and ye shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.


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For the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all those afar off, as many as the Lord our God shall have called.


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And with many other words did he bear witness and exhort, saying: Save yourselves from this perverse generation.


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And they were constantly attending on the teaching of the apostles, and the distribution, and the breaking of bread, and prayers.


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And daily attending with one accord in the temple, and breaking bread from house to house, they partook of food with gladness and singleness of heart,


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praising God, and having favor with all the people. And the Lord added to the church daily those who are saved.


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AND Peter and John were going up together into the temple at the hour of prayer, being the ninth hour.


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And a certain man lame from his mother's womb was carried along, whom they laid daily at the gate of the temple, the one called Beautiful, to ask alms of those entering into the temple;


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And Peter said: Silver and gold have I none; but what I have, that I give thee. In the name of Jesus Christ, the Nazarene, rise up and walk.


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and leaping forth, he stood, and walked, and entered with them into the temple, walking, and leaping, and praising God.


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and they recognized him, that this was he who sat for alms at the beautiful gate of the temple; and they were filled with wonder and amazement at that which had happened to him.


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And as he held fast to Peter and John, all the people ran together to them in the porch that is called Solomon's, greatly wondering.


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And Peter, seeing it, answered to the people: Men of Israel, why wonder ye at this? Or why look ye so intently on us, as though by our own power or godliness we had made this man to walk?


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The God of Abraham, and of Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our fathers, glorified his servant Jesus; whom ye delivered up, and denied him in the presence of Pilate, when he decided to release him.


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And his name, upon the faith in his name, made this man strong, whom ye see and know; and the faith, which is through Him, gave him this perfect soundness in the presence of you all.


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But thus God fulfilled what he before announced by the mouth of all his prophets, that the Christ should suffer.


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Repent therefore, and turn, that your sins may be blotted out, in order that the times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord;


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whom the heavens, indeed, must receive, until the times of the restoration of all things, which God spoke of by the mouth of all his holy prophets from the beginning.


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Moses said: A Prophet will the Lord your God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto me; him shall ye hear in all things whatever he shall say to you.


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And it shall be that every soul, that will not hear that Prophet, shall be utterly destroyed from among the people.


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Ye are sons of the prophets, and of the covenant which God made with our fathers, saying to Abraham: And in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blessed.


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Unto you first, God, having raised up his servant Jesus, sent him to bless you, in turning away every one of you from your iniquities.


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being indignant because they taught the people, and announced in Jesus the resurrection from the dead.


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and Annas the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of the kindred of the high priest, were gathered together unto Jerusalem.


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if we are this day examined in respect to a good deed done to an impotent man, by what means this person has been made whole;


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be it known to you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead, by him does this man stand here before you whole.


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And there is salvation in no other; for neither is there any other name under heaven, that is given among men, in which we must be saved.


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And seeing the boldness of Peter and John, and perceiving that they were unlearned and obscure men, they wondered; and they recognized them, that they were with Jesus.


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saying: What shall we do to these men? For that a notorious miracle has been done by them is manifest to all that dwell in Jerusalem, and we are not able to deny it.


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But that it spread no further among the people, let us strictly threaten them, that they speak henceforth to no man in this name.


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But Peter and John answering said to them: Whether it is right in the sight of God to hearken to you rather than to God, judge ye.


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And they, having further threatened them, let them go, finding no way to punish them, on account of the people, because all glorified God for that which was done;


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And being dismissed, they went to their own company, and reported all that the chief priests and elders said to them.


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And they, hearing it, lifted up their voice to God with one accord, and said: Lord, thou art he who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things in them;


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who by the mouth of thy servant David said: Why did the heathen rage, And the peoples imagine vain things?


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The kings of the earth stood near, And the rulers assembled together, Against the Lord, and against his Christ.


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For in truth there assembled in this city, against thy holy servant Jesus, whom thou didst anoint, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the peoples of Israel,


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And now, Lord, behold their threatenings; and grant to thy servants, that with all boldness they may speak thy word,


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by stretching forth thy hand for healing, and that signs and wonders may be wrought through the name of thy holy servant Jesus.


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And when they had prayed, the place was shaken where they were assembled; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.


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And the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and of one soul; and not one said that aught of the things which he possessed was his own, but they had all things common.


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And with great power the apostles gave the testimony to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus; and great grace was upon them all.


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For there was no one among them that lacked; for as many as were possessors of lands or houses sold them, and brought the prices of the things sold,


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and laid them at the feet of the apostles; and distribution was made to each one, according as he had need.


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and kept back part of the price, his wife also being aware of it, and brought a certain part, and laid it at the feet of the apostles.


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But Peter said: Ananias, why did Satan fill thy heart, that thou shouldst lie to the Holy Spirit, and keep back part of the price of the land?


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While it remained, was it not thine own? And after it was sold, was it not in thine own power? Why didst thou conceive this thing in thy heart? Thou didst not lie to men, but to God.


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And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and expired; and great fear came on all that heard these things.


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And Peter answered her: Tell me, whether ye sold the land for so much? And she said: Yes, for so much.


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And Peter said to her: Why is it that ye agreed together to tempt the Spirit of the Lord? Behold, the feet of those who buried thy husband are at the door, and shall carry thee out.


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And immediately she fell at his feet, and expired; and coming in, the young men found her dead, and carried her forth, and buried her by her husband.


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And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon's porch.


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so that along the streets they brought forth the sick, and laid them on beds and pallets, that, as Peter was passing, the shadow at least might overshadow some one of them.


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And the multitude also of the cities around came together to Jerusalem, bringing sick persons, and those who were vexed by unclean spirits; and they were all healed.


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But the high priest rose up, and all that were with him, which is the sect of the Sadducees, and were filled with indignation,


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And hearing it, they went into the temple at early dawn, and taught. And the high priest came, and they that were with him, and called the council together, and all the eldership of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.


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saying: The prison indeed we found shut with all security, and the keepers standing without before the doors; but when we opened them, we found no one within.


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And when the priest and the captain of the temple and the chief priests heard these things, they were at a loss concerning them, to what this might grow.


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But one came and told them, saying: Behold, the men whom ye put in the prison are in the temple, standing and teaching the people.


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Then went the captain with the officers, and brought them, not with violence (for they feared the people), that they might not be stoned.


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saying: Did we not strictly command you not to teach in this name? And, behold, ye have filled Jerusalem with your teaching, and intend to bring this man's blood upon us.


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Him, as a prince and a Savior, did God exalt to his right hand, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.


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And we are his witnesses of these things, and the Holy Spirit also, which God gave to those who obey him.


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But there stood up one in the council, a Pharisee, named Gamaliel, a teacher of the law, honored by all the people, and commanded to put the men forth a little while;


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and said to them: Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves, what ye are about to do in respect to these men.


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For before these days arose Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves; who was slain, and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered and brought to naught.


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After this man arose Judas the Galilaean, in the days of the registering, and drew away much people after him; he also perished, and all, as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.


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And now I say to you, refrain from these men, and let them alone; for if this counsel or this work be of men, it will come to naught;


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And to him they assented; and having called the apostles, they scourged them, and commanded them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go.


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They therefore went rejoicing from the presence of the council, because for that name they were counted worthy to suffer shame.


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And every day, in the temple, and from house to house, they ceased not to teach, and to publish the glad tidings of Jesus the Christ.


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AND in these days, when the number of the disciples was multiplied, there arose a murmuring of the Grecian Jews against the Hebrews, because their widows were neglected in the daily ministration.


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And the twelve called the multitude of the disciples to them, and said: It is not proper that we should leave the word of God, and serve tables.


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Therefore, brethren, look ye out among you seven men of good repute, full of the Holy Spirit and of wisdom, whom we will appoint over this business.


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And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit, and Philip, and Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Timon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a proselyte of Antioch,


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And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.


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And there arose certain ones of the synagogue so called of the Freedmen, and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and of those from Cilicia and Asia, disputing with Stephen.


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Then they suborned men, who said: We have heard him speak blasphemous words against Moses, and against God.


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And they stirred up the people, and the elders, and the scribes; and coming upon him, they seized him, and brought him to the council,


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and set up false witnesses, Who said: This man ceases not to speak words against this holy place, and the law.


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For we have heard him say, that this Jesus the Nazarene will destroy this place, and will change the customs which Moses delivered to us.


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And he said: Brethren, and fathers, hearken. The God of glory appeared to our father Abraham, when he was in Mesopotamia, before he dwelt in Haran,


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and said to him: Go forth from thy country, and from thy kindred, and come into the land which I shall show thee.


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Then he went forth from the land of the Chaldaeans, and dwelt in Haran; and from thence, after his father was dead, he caused him to remove into this land, wherein ye now dwell.


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And he gave him no inheritance in it, not even a foot-breadth; and he promised to give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he had no child.


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And God spoke after this manner, that his seed shall be a sojourner in a strange land, and they will bring them into bondage, and afflict them four hundred years.


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And the nation to whom they shall be in bondage I will judge, said God; and after that they shall come forth, and shall serve me in this place.


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And he gave him the covenant of circumcision; and thus he begot Isaac, and circumcised him the eighth day, and Isaac, Jacob, and Jacob the twelve patriarchs.


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and delivered him out of all his afflictions, and gave him favor and wisdom in the sight of Pharaoh king of Egypt; and he made him governor over Egypt and all his house.


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And there came a famine over all the land of Egypt and Canaan, and a great affliction; and our fathers found no sustenance.


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And at the second time, Joseph was recognized by his brothers; and the race of Joseph was made known to Pharaoh.


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Then Joseph sent, and called for Jacob his father, and all his kindred, threescore and fifteen souls.


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and were removed to Shechem, and laid in the tomb that Abraham bought for a sum of money of the sons of Hamor, the father of Shechem.


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But as the time of the promise drew near, which God declared to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,


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He, dealing subtly with our race, afflicted our fathers, so that they should cast out their infants, that they might not be preserved alive.


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In which time Moses was born, and was exceeding fair, who was nourished three months in his father's house.


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And seeing one of them suffer wrong, he defended him, and avenged the one oppressed by smiting the Egyptian.


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For he supposed his brethren would understand, that God by his hand would deliver them; but they understood not.


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And on the following day he showed himself to them as they were contending, and urged them to peace, saying: Ye are brethren; why wrong ye one another?


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But he who was wronging his neighbor thrust him away, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge over us?


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And Moses fled at this saying, and became a sojourner in the land of Midian, where he begot two sons.


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And when forty years were completed, there appeared to him in the wilderness of the mount Sinai an angel in a flame of fire, in a bush.


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And Moses, seeing it, wondered at the sight; and as he drew near to behold it, the voice of the Lord came to him, saving:


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I am the God of thy fathers, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob. And Moses trembled, and durst not behold.


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And the Lord said to him: Loose the sandals from thy feet; for the place where thou standest is holy ground.


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Truly, I saw the affliction of my people in Egypt, and I heard their groaning, and came down to deliver them. And now come, I will send thee into Egypt.


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This Moses whom they denied, saying: Who made thee a ruler and a judge? him did God send as a ruler and a redeemer by the hand of the angel who appeared to him in the bush.


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He brought them out, working wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, and in the Red sea, and in the wilderness forty years.


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This is the Moses who said to the children of Israel: A Prophet will God raise up to you of your brethren, like unto.


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This is he who was in the congregation in the wilderness with the angel who spoke to him in the mount Sinai, and with our fathers; who received the living oracles to give to us;


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to whom our fathers would not be obedient, but thrust him from them, and in their hearts turned back again into Egypt,


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saying to Aaron: Make us gods who shall go before us; for as for this Moses, who brought us out of the land of Egypt, we know not what is become of him.


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And they made a calf in those days, and offered sacrifice to the idol, and rejoiced in the works of their own hands.


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And God turned away, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets: Did ye offer to me slain beasts and sacrifices, Forty years in the wilderness, O house of Israel?


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And ye took up the tabernacle of Moloch, And the star of the god Remphan, The figures which ye made to worship them; And I will carry you away beyond Babylon.


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Our fathers had the tabernacle of the testimony in the wilderness, as he who spoke to Moses commanded, that he should make it according to the pattern that he had seen;


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which also our fathers received, and brought in with Joshua into the possession of the heathen, whom God drove out before our fathers, unto the days of David;


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Heaven is my throne, And the earth is my footstool. What house will ye build for me, saith the Lord; Or what is my place of rest?


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Stiff-necked, and uncircumcised in heart and ears! Ye always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do ye.


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Which of the prophets did not your fathers persecute? And they slew those who announced beforehand concerning the coming of the Just One; of whom ye have now become the betrayers and murderers;


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But, being full of the Holy Spirit, he looked intently into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God, and said:


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and having cast him out of the city, they stoned him. And the witnesses laid off their garments at the feet of a young man named Saul,


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And kneeling down, he cried with a loud voice: Lord, lay not this sin to their charge. And saying this, he fell asleep.


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AND Saul was consenting to his death. And on that day there arose a great persecution against the church which was at Jerusalem; and all were scattered abroad throughout the regions of Judaea and Samaria, except the apostles.


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But Saul laid waste the church, entering house after house, and dragging both men and women, committed them to prison.


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And the multitudes with one accord gave heed to the things said by Philip, when they heard, and saw the signs which he wrought.


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For out of many who had unclean spirits they went forth, crying with loud voice; and many that were palsied, and that were lame, were healed.


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But a certain man, named Simon, was in the city before, using sorcery, and bewitching the people of Samaria, saying that he was some great one;


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But when they believed Philip publishing the good news concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, they were immersed, both men and women.


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And Simon also himself believed; and having been immersed, he continued with Philip, and wondered, beholding the miracles and signs which were wrought.


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And the apostles in Jerusalem, hearing that Samaria has received the word of God, sent to them Peter and John;


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for he had not yet fallen upon any of them; but they had only been immersed in the name of the Lord Jesus.


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And Simon, seeing that through the laying on of the apostles' hands the Holy Spirit was given, offered them money,


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But Peter said to him: Thy money perish with thee; because thou didst think to obtain the gift of God with money:


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Repent therefore of this thy wickedness, and pray the Lord, if perhaps the thought of thy heart shall be forgiven thee.


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And Simon answering, said: Pray ye to the Lord for me, that none of the things which ye have spoken come upon me.


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They, therefore, having testified and spoken the word of the Lord, were returning to Jerusalem, and publishing the good news to many villages of the Samaritans.


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But an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying: Arise, and go down to the south, to the way that goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza. This is desert.


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And he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch, an officer of state of Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who was over all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem to worship,


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And Philip ran thither, and heard him reading Isaiah the prophet. And he said: Understandest thou then what thou art reading?


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And he said: How could I, except some one should guide me? And he entreated Philip to come up, and sit with him.


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And the contents of the Scripture which he was reading was this: He was led as a sheep to the slaughter; And as a lamb dumb before his shearer, So he opens not his mouth.


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In his humiliation his judgment was taken away; And his generation who shall fully declare? For his life is taken away from the earth.


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And the eunuch answering said to Philip: I pray thee, of whom does the prophet speak this? Of himself, or of some other man?


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And Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture, made known to him the good news of Jesus.


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And as they went along the way, they came to a certain water. And the eunuch said: See, here is water; what hinders that I should be immersed?


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And Philip said: If thou believest with all thy heart, thou mayest. And answering he said: I believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God.


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And he commanded that the chariot should stop. And they went down both into the water, both Philip and the eunuch; and he immersed him.


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And when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught away Philip; and the eunuch saw him no more, for he went on his way rejoicing.


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But Philip was found at Azotus; and passing through, he published the good news to all the cities, till he came to Caesarea.


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BUT Saul, yet breathing threatening and slaughter against the disciples of the Lord, went to the high priest,


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and asked of him letters to Damascus to the synagogues, that if he found any of this way, whether they were men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.


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And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus. And suddenly there flashed around him a light from heaven;


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and he fell to the earth, and heard a voice saying to him: <J>Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?</J>


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And Saul arose from the earth; and his eyes being opened, he saw nothing; and leading him by the hand, they brought him into Damascus.


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And there was a certain disciple at Damascus, named Ananias; and to him the Lord said, in a vision, <J>Ananias!</J> And he said, Behold, I am here, Lord.


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And the Lord said to him: <J>Arise, and go into the street which is called Straight, and inquire in the house of Judas for one called Saul of Tarsus. For, behold, he prays;</J>


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And Ananias answered: Lord, I have heard from many concerning this man, how great evils he did to thy saints at Jerusalem.


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But the Lord said to him: <J>Go; for he is to me a chosen vessel, to bear my name before Gentiles, and kings, and the sons of Israel;</J>


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And Ananias went, and entered into the house; and putting his hands on him, he said: Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, Jesus who appeared to thee in the way thou camest, that thou mayest receive sight, and be filled with the Holy Spirit.


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And immediately there fell off from his eyes as it were scales; and he received sight, and arose, and was immersed;


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and having taken food, he was strengthened. And Saul was certain days with the disciples at Damascus.


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And all that heard him were amazed, and said: Is not this he who destroyed in Jerusalem those who call on this name? And he came hither for this purpose, that he might bring them bound to the chief priests.


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But Saul was more strengthened, and confounded the Jews who dwelt at Damascus, proving that this is the Christ.


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But their lying in wait became known to Saul. And they were watching the gates day and night to kill him.


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And Saul, having come to Jerusalem, attempted to join himself to the disciples; and all were afraid of him, not believing that he was a disciple.


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But Barnabas took him, and brought him to the apostles, and related fully to them how he saw the Lord in the way, and that he spoke to him, and how he preached boldly at Damascus in the name of Jesus.


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and speaking boldly in the name of the Lord Jesus; and was speaking and disputing against the Grecian Jews; but they were attempting to slay him.


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The church therefore, throughout all Judaea and Galilee and Samaria, had peace, being built up, and walking in the fear of the Lord, and in the consolation of the Holy Spirit, was multiplied.


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And it came to pass that Peter, going through them all, came down also to the saints who dwelt at Lydda.


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And there he found a certain man named aeneas, who had lain upon a pallet eight years, who was palsied.


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And Peter said to him: aeneas, Jesus the Christ makes thee whole; arise, and make thy bed. And immediately he arose.


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And there was at Joppa a certain disciple named Tabitha, which interpreted is called Dorcas. This woman was full of good works, and of alms, which she did.


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And it came to pass in those days, that she was sick, and died. And having washed her, they laid her in an upper chamber.


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And as Lydda was near to Joppa, the disciples, having heard that Peter was there, sent to him two men, entreating that he would not delay to come to them.


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And Peter arose and went with them. When he was come, they brought him into the upper chamber; and all the widows stood by him weeping, and showing coats and garments which Dorcas made, while she was with them.


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But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning to the body, he said: Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes; and seeing Peter, she sat up.


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And he gave her his hand, and raised her up; and calling the saints and widows, he presented her alive.


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THERE was a certain man in Caesarea named Cornelius, a centurion of the band called the Italian band;


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devout, and one that feared God with all his house, giving many alms to the people, and praying to God always.


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He saw in a vision, distinctly, about the ninth hour of the day, an angel of God coming in to him, and saying to him: Cornelius!


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And fixing his eyes on him, he was afraid, and said: What is it, Lord? And he said to him: Thy prayers and thine alms are come up for a memorial before God.


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And when the angel who spoke to Cornelius was gone, he called two of his household servants, and a devout soldier of those who waited on him;


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On the morrow, as they were journeying, and drawing near to the city, Peter went up upon the house-top to pray, about the sixth hour.


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And he became very hungry, and desired to eat. While they now were making ready, there fell upon him a trance;


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and he beholds heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as a great sheet, bound by four corners, and let down upon the earth;


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And while Peter was doubting in himself what the vision might be which he saw, behold, the men who were sent from Cornelius, having made inquiry for Simon's house, came and stood before the gate;


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While Peter was earnestly considering the vision, the Spirit said to him: Behold, men are seeking thee.


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Peter went down to the men, and said: Behold, I am he whom ye seek. What is the cause for which ye are here?


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And they said: Cornelius, a centurion, a just man, and one that fears God, and of good report among all the nation of the Jews, was warned from God by a holy angel to send for thee to his house; and to hear words from thee.


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He called them in, therefore, and lodged them. And on the morrow Peter went forth with them, and certain brethren from Joppa went with him.


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And on the morrow after, they entered into Caesarea. And Cornelius was expecting them, having called together his kinsmen and near friends.


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And he said to them: Ye know that it is unlawful for a Jew to keep company with, or come to, one of another nation; but God showed me that I should not call any man common or unclean.


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Wherefore I also came without delay, when sent for. I ask therefore for what reason did ye send for me?


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And Cornelius said: Four days ago I was fasting unto this hour, and at the ninth hour was praying in my house; and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing,


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Send therefore to Joppa, and call for Simon, who is surnamed Peter; he lodges in the house of Simon a tanner, by the sea-side; who, when he comes will speak to thee.


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Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou didst well in coming hither. Now therefore we are all present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee from the Lord.


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The word which he sent to the sons of Israel, publishing glad tidings of peace through Jesus Christ (he is Lord of all),


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ye know; the thing which was done throughout all Judaea, beginning from Galilee, after the immersion which John preached; Jesus of Nazareth,


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how God anointed him with the Holy Spirit and with power; who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed by the Devil; because God was with him.


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And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the country of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom they slew, hanging him on a tree.


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not to all the people, but to witnesses before appointed by God, to us, who ate and drank with him after he rose from the dead.


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And he commanded us to preach to the people, and to testify that it is he who has been appointed by God to be Judge of the living and dead.


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To him all the prophets bear witness, that through his name every one who believes on him shall receive remission of sins.


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And those of the circumcision who believed, as many as came with Peter, were astonished, that on the Gentiles also was poured out the gift of the Holy Spirit.


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Can any one forbid the water, that these should not be immersed, who received the Holy Spirit even as we also?


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And he commanded that they should be immersed in the name of the Lord. Then they entreated him to remain certain days.


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AND the apostles, and the brethren throughout Judaea, heard that the Gentiles also received the word of God.


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I was in the city of Joppa praying; and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descending, as a great sheet, let down out of heaven by four corners; and it came even to me.


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On which fixing my eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and birds of the air.


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But a voice answered me a second time out of heaven: <J>What God cleansed, regard not thou as common.</J>


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And, behold, immediately there stood three men at the house where I was, having been sent to me from Caesarea.


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And the Spirit bade me go with them, making no scruple. And these six brethren also went with me, and we entered into the man's house.


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And he told us how he saw the angel in his house, standing and saying to him: Send to Joppa, and call for Simon who is surnamed Peter;


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and I remembered the word of the Lord, how he said: <J>John indeed immersed in water, but ye shall be immersed in the Holy Spirit.</J>


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If therefore God gave the like gift to them as to us, having believed on the Lord Jesus Christ, who then was I, that I could withstand God?


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When they heard these things, they held their peace, and glorified God, saying: So then, to the Gentiles also God gave repentance unto life.


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Now they who were scattered abroad by the persecution that arose on account of Stephen, went as far as Phoenicia, and Cyprus, and Antioch, speaking the word to none but Jews.


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But some of them were men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, having come to Antioch, spoke to the Greeks, publishing the good news of the Lord Jesus.


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But the report concerning them came to the ears of the church which was in Jerusalem; and they sent forth Barnabas, to go as far as Antioch.


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Who having come, and seen the grace of God, rejoiced; and he exhorted all, that with purpose of heart they should cleave to the Lord.


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For he was a good man, and full of the Holy Spirit and of faith. And a great multitude was added to the Lord.


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and having found him, he brought him to Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they came together in the church, and taught a great multitude; and the disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.


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And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be a great dearth over all the world; which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.


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And the disciples, according as any one was prospered, determined each of them to send relief to the brethren dwelling in Judaea;


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And seeing that it pleased the Jews, he proceeded further to take Peter also; (then were the days of unleavened bread;)


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whom he also seized and put in prison, delivering him to four quaternions of soldiers to keep him; intending after the passover to bring him forth to the people.


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Peter therefore was kept guarded in the prison; but earnest prayer was made by the church to God on his behalf.


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And when Herod was about to bring him forth, in that night Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains; and keepers before the door were guarding the prison.


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And, behold, an angel of the Lord stood by him, and a light shined in the prison; and he smote Peter on the side, and raised him, saying: Rise up quickly. And his chains fell from off his hands.


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And the angel said to him: Gird thyself, and bind on thy sandals; and he did so. And he said to him: Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me.


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And he went out, and followed him; and knew not that what was done by the angel was true, but thought he saw a vision.


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And having passed the first and the second watch, they came to the iron gate that leads into the city, which opened to them of its own accord; and they went out, and passed on through one street, and immediately the angel departed from him.


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And Peter, having come to himself, said: Now I know truly, that the Lord sent forth his angel, and delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.


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And becoming fully conscious of it, he went to the house of Mary the mother of John, who was surnamed Mark, where many were gathered together, and praying.


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And recognizing Peter's voice, she opened not the gate for gladness, but ran in, and told that Peter was standing before the gate.


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And they said to her: Thou art mad. But she confidently affirmed that it was even so. And they said: It is his angel.


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And beckoning to them with the hand to be silent, he related to them how the Lord brought him out of the prison. And he said: Go tell these things to James, and to the brethren. And he departed, and went to another place.


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And when it was day, there was no small commotion among the soldiers, as to what was become of Peter.


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And Herod, when he had sought for him, and found him not, after examining the keepers, commanded that they should be led away to death. And he went down from Judaea to Caesarea, and there abode.


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And Herod was highly displeased with the Tyrians and Sidonians. But they came with one accord to him, and, having made Blastus the king's chamberlain their friend, desired peace; because their country was nourished by that of the king.


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And immediately an angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not glory to God; and he was eaten by worms, and expired.


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And Barnabas and Saul returned from Jerusalem, having performed the service, taking with them also John, who was surnamed Mark.


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AND there were at Antioch, in the church that was there, prophets and teachers; Barnabas, and Simeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenean, and Manaen the foster-brother of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul.


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And while they were ministering to the Lord, and fasting, the Holy Spirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul, unto the work to which I have called them.


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They therefore, being sent forth by the Holy Spirit, came down to Seleucia; and from thence they sailed away to Cyprus.


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And having come to Salamis, they preached the word of God in the synagogues of the Jews; and they had also John as an assistant.


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And having gone through the island to Paphos, they found a certain Magian, a Jewish false prophet, whose name was Bar-jesus;


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who was with the proconsul of the country, Sergius Paulus, an intelligent man. He, having called for Barnabas and Saul, desired to hear the word of God.


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But Elymas the Magian (for so his name is interpreted), withstood them, seeking to turn away the proconsul from the faith.


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and said: O full of all deceit and all wickedness, child of the Devil, enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?


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And now, behold, the hand of the Lord is upon thee, and thou shalt be blind, not seeing the sun for a season. And immediately there fell on him a mist and darkness; and going about, he sought persons to lead him by the hand.


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And Paul and his companions, having put to sea from Paphos, came to Perga in Pamphylia; and John departing from them returned to Jerusalem.


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But they, going on from Perga, came to Antioch in Pisidia; and entering into the synagogue on the sabbath day, they sat down.


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And after the reading of the law and the prophets, the rulers of the synagogue sent to them, saying: Men, brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, speak.


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The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers; and he exalted the people in their sojourn in the land of Egypt, and with a high arm he brought them out of it.


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And afterward they desired a king; and God gave them Saul the Son of Kish, a man of the tribe of Benjamin, for forty years.


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And having removed him, he raised up for them David to be their king; to whom also he gave testimony, saying: I found David the son of Jesse, a man after my own heart, who will do all my will.


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John having first preached, before his entrance, the immersion of repentance to all the people of Israel.


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Now as John was finishing his course, he said: Whom do ye suppose me to be? I am not he. But, behold, there comes one after me, the sandal of whose feet I am not worthy to loose.


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Men, brethren, children of the race of Abraham, and whoever among you fears God, to you the word of this salvation was sent forth.


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For they who dwell at Jerusalem, and their rulers, not knowing him, nor the voices of the prophets which are read every sabbath day, fulfilled them in condemning him.


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And when they had fulfilled all the things written of him, they took him down from the tree, and laid him in a tomb.


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And he was seen for many days by those who came up with him from Galilee to Jerusalem, who are now his witnesses unto the people.


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that God has fulfilled this to us their children, in raising Jesus; as also it is written in the second psalm: Thou art my Son; I this day have begotten thee.


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And that he raised him up from the dead to return no more to corruption, he has thus spoken: I will give to you the holy, the sure promises of David.


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For David, having served his own generation according to the purpose of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers, and saw corruption.


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Be it known to you therefore, men, brethren, that remission of sins through this man is announced to you;


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and by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye were not able to be justified by the law of Moses.


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Behold, ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; Because I work a work in your days, A work which ye will not believe, Though one should fully declare it to you.


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And as they were going out, they besought that these words might be spoken to them on the next sabbath.


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And when the congregation was broken up, many of the Jews and of the proselyte worshipers followed Paul and Barnabas; who, speaking to them, persuaded them to continue in the grace of God.


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But the Jews, seeing the multitudes, were filled with indignation, and spoke against the things said by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.


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Then Paul and Barnabas spoke boldly, and said: It was necessary that the word of God should first be spoken to you; but since ye thrust it from you, and judge yourselves not worthy of the eternal life, lo, we turn to the Gentiles.


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For so has the Lord commanded us: I have set thee for a light of the Gentiles, That thou shouldst be for salvation to the end of the earth.


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And the Gentiles hearing it rejoiced, and glorified the word of the Lord; and as many as were appointed unto eternal life believed.


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But the Jews stirred up the devout and honorable women, and the chief men of the city, and raised persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and drove them out from their borders.


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AND it came to pass in Iconium, that they went together into the synagogue of the Jews, and so spoke, that a great multitude both of Jews and Greeks believed.


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But the Jews who disbelieved stirred up and embittered the minds of the Gentiles against the brethren.


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They spent a long time, therefore, speaking boldly in the Lord, who gave testimony to the word of his grace, granting signs and wonders to be done by their hands.


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And when a movement was made, both of the Gentiles and Jews with their rulers, to abuse and stone them,


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And there sat a certain man at Lystra, impotent in his feet, being lame from his mother's womb, who never walked.


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This man was listening to Paul as he spoke; who, fixing his eyes on him, and perceiving that he had faith to be healed,


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And the multitudes, seeing what Paul did, lifted up their voices, saying in the speech of Lycaonia: The gods are come down to us in the likeness of men.


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And the priest of Jupiter, that was before the city, having brought oxen and garlands to the gates, would have offered sacrifice with the people.


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But the apostles, Barnabas and Paul, hearing of it, rent their clothes, and rushed forth to the multitude; crying out,


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and saying: Sirs, why do ye these things? We also are men of like nature with you, bringing you glad tidings, that ye should turn from these vanities to the living God, who made heaven, and earth, and the sea, and all things that are therein;


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although he left not himself without witness, in that he did good, giving you rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling your hearts with food and gladness.


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But there came thither Jews from Antioch and Iconium; and having persuaded the people, and stoned Paul, they drew him out of the city, supposing that he was dead.


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But the disciples having gathered around him, he rose up, and came into the city; and on the morrow he departed with Barnabas to Derbe.


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And having published the good news to that city, and made many disciples, they turned back to Lystra, and Iconium, and Antioch;


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confirming the souls of the disciples, exhorting them to continue in the faith, and that we must through much affliction enter into the kingdom of God.


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And having appointed for them elders in every church, they commended them, with prayer and fasting, to the Lord, on whom they believed.


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and thence they sailed away to Antioch, from whence they had been commended to the grace of God for the work which they accomplished.


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And having come, and gathered the church together, they reported how great things God wrought with them, and that he opened to the Gentiles a door of faith.


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AND certain men, coming down from Judaea, taught the brethren: Except ye are circumcised after the custom of Moses, ye can not be saved.


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Paul and Barnabas having therefore had no little dissension and discussion with them, they determined that Paul and Barnabas, and certain others of them, should go up to Jerusalem to the apostles and elders, about this question.


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They therefore, having been sent forward by the church, passed through Phoenicia and Samaria, declaring the conversion of the Gentiles; and they caused great joy to all the brethren.


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And having come to Jerusalem, they were gladly received by the church, and the apostles and elders; and they reported how great things God wrought with them.


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But there arose some of those from the sect of the Pharisees who believed, saying: It is necessary to circumcise them, and to command them to keep the law of Moses.


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And when there had been much discussion, Peter arose, and said to them: Men, brethren, ye know that a long time ago God made choice among us, that by my mouth the Gentiles should hear the word of the glad tidings and believe.


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Now therefore why do ye tempt God, by putting a yoke upon the neck of the disciples, which neither our fathers nor we were able to bear?


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But, through the grace of the Lord Jesus, we believe that we shall be saved, in the same manner as they also.


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And all the multitude became silent, and listened to Barnabas and Paul, narrating how great signs and wonders God wrought among the Gentiles through them.


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After this I will return, And will rebuild the tabernacle of David, which is fallen down; And I will rebuild the ruins thereof, and will set it up again;


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that the rest of men may seek after the Lord, And all the Gentiles, upon whom my name has been called, Saith the Lord, who does these things.


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but that we write to them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.


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For Moses of old time has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath.


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Then the apostles and the elders, with the whole church, resolved, having chosen men from themselves, to send them to Antioch with Paul and Barnabas; namely, Judas surnamed Barsabas, and Silas, leading men among the brethren.


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And they wrote by them thus: The apostles and the elders and the brethren, to the brethren from the Gentiles throughout Antioch and Syria and Cilicia, greeting:


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Forasmuch as we heard, that some who went out from us troubled you with words, subverting your souls, saying that ye must be circumcised and keep the law, to whom we gave no commandment;


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it seemed good to us, having become of one mind, to choose men and send them to you, with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,


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For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit, and to us, to lay upon you no further burden except these necessary things;


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that ye abstain from things offered to idols, and from blood, and from what is strangled, and from fornication; from which if ye keep yourselves, ye will do well. Farewell.


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They therefore, being dismissed, came to Antioch; and assembling the multitude they delivered the letter.


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And Judas and Silas, also themselves being prophets, exhorted the brethren with many words, and confirmed them.


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Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and publishing the glad tidings of the word of the Lord, with many others also.


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And some days after, Paul said to Barnabas: Let us return now, and visit the brethren in every city where we preached the word of the Lord, and see how they do.


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But Paul thought it proper not to take with them him who departed from them from Pamphylia, and went not with them to the work.


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And there arose a sharp contention, so that they parted one from the other, and Barnabas took Mark, and sailed to Cyprus.


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AND he came down to Derbe and Lystra. And, behold, a certain disciple was there, named Timothy, the son of a believing Jewish woman, but whose father was a Greek;


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Him Paul wished to go forth with him, and took and circumcised him on account of the Jews who were in those places; for they all knew that his father was a Greek.


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And as they journeyed through the cities, they delivered to them the decrees to keep, that were ordained by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem.


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And having gone through the region of Phrygia and Galatia, and being forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia,


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And a vision appeared to Paul in the night. There stood a man, a Macedonian, beseeching him, and saying: Come over into Macedonia and help us.


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And when he had seen the vision, immediately we sought to go into Macedonia, concluding that the Lord had called us to publish the good news to them.


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Therefore setting sail from Troas, we ran with a straight course to Samothrace, and on the following day to Neapolis;


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and from thence to Philippi, which is a chief city of that part of Macedonia, a colony. And we continued in that city certain days.


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And on the sabbath, we went forth out of the gate by a river side, where was wont to be a place of prayer; and we sat down, and spoke to the women who came together.


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And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, who worshiped God, was listening; whose heart the Lord opened to attend to the things spoken by Paul.


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And when she was immersed and her household, she besought us, saying: If ye have judged me to be a believer in the Lord, come into my house, and abide. And she constrained us.


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And it came to pass, as we were going to the place of prayer, a certain bondmaid having a spirit of divination met us, who brought her masters much gain by soothsaying.


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She, having followed Paul and us, cried, saying: These men are the servants of the most high God, who announce to us the way of salvation.


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And this she did many days. But Paul, being indignant, turned and said to the spirit: I command thee in the name of Jesus Christ to come out from her. And he came out the same hour.


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And her masters, seeing that the hope of their gain departed, laid hold of Paul and Silas, and drew them into the market-place before the rulers.


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And having brought them to the magistrates, they said: These men, being Jews, greatly disturb our city;


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And the multitude rose up together against them; and the magistrates rent off their clothes, and commanded to beat them with rods.


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And having laid many stripes on them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailer to keep them safely;


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who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.


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And suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and the chains of all were loosed.


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And the jailer, awaking out of sleep, and seeing the prison doors open, drew his sword, and was about to kill himself, supposing that the prisoners had fled.


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And taking them along, the same hour of the night, he washed their stripes; and was immersed, himself and all his, immediately.


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And having brought them up into his house, he set food before them, and rejoiced, with all his house, believing in God.


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And the keeper of the prison reported these words to Paul: The magistrates have sent to let you go; now therefore depart, and go in peace.


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But Paul said to them: They beat us openly, uncondemned, being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they send us forth secretly? Nay verily; but let them come themselves and bring us out.


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And the sergeants reported these words to the magistrates; and they were afraid, when they heard that they were Romans.


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And they went out of the prison, and entered into the house of Lydia; and seeing the brethren they exhorted them, and departed.


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AND passing through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where was the synagogue of the Jews.


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And Paul, as his custom was, went in to them, and for three sabbaths reasoned with them from the Scriptures,


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opening them, and setting forth that the Christ must suffer, and rise again from the dead; and that this is the Christ, Jesus whom I preach to you.


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And some of them believed, and joined themselves to Paul and Silas; and of the devout Greeks a great multitude, and of the chief women not a few.


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But the Jews, moved with envy, having taken to them, of the idlers in the market-place, certain vicious men, and having gathered a crowd, set the city in an uproar; and assaulting the house of Jason, they sought to bring them unto the people.


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And not finding them, they dragged Jason and certain brethren before the rulers of the city, crying: These that have turned the world upside down are come hither also.


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Whom Jason has received; and all these are acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying that there is another king, Jesus.


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And the brethren immediately sent away Paul and Silas by night to Beroea; who coming thither went into the synagogue of the Jews.


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These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness, and searched the Scriptures daily whether these things were so.


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But when the Jews of Thessalonica knew that also at Beroea the word of God was preached by Paul, they came, stirring up the people there also.


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And then immediately the brethren sent away Paul to journey as upon the sea; but Silas and Timothy abode there still.


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And they who conducted Paul brought him to Athens; and having received a command to Silas and Timothy to come to him as soon as possible, they departed.


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Now while Paul was waiting for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city full of idols.


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Therefore he reasoned in the synagogue with the Jews and the devout persons, and in the market daily with those who met with him.


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And certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoics, were disputing with him. And some said: What would this babbler say? and others: He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign gods; because he made known to them the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.


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And taking hold of him, they brought him upon Mars' Hill, saying: May we know what this new doctrine is, of which thou speakest?


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For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears; we would know therefore what these things mean.


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Now all Athenians, and the strangers residing there, spent their leisure for nothing else, but to tell or to hear something new.


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And Paul, standing in the midst of Mars' Hill, said: Men of Athens, in all things I perceive that ye are very devout.


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For as I passed by, and observed your objects of worship, I found also an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Whom therefore, not knowing, ye worship, him I announce to you.


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The God who made the world and all things therein, he being Lord of heaven and earth, dwells not in temples made with hands;


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nor is ministered to by human hands, as if needing anything more, himself giving to all life, and breath, and all things.


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And he made of one blood every nation of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, having fixed the appointed seasons and bounds of their habitation;


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that they should seek the Lord, if haply they might feel after him, and find him, although he is not far from every one of us;


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for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as also some of your own poets have said: For his offspring also are we.


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Being therefore God's offspring, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like to gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device.


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Because he fixed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness, by the man whom he appointed, having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.


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And when they heard of a resurrection of the dead, some mocked; and others said: We will hear thee again of this matter.


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But certain ones, joining themselves to him, believed; among whom was also Dionysius the Areopagite, and a woman named Damaris, and others with them.


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And finding a certain Jew named Aquila, a native of Pontus, lately come from Italy, and Priscilla his wife (because Claudius had commanded all the Jews to depart from Rome), he came to them;


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and because he was of the same trade, he abode with them, and labored; for by their occupation they were tentmakers.


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And when Silas and Timothy came down from Macedonia, Paul was engrossed with the word, testifying to the Jews that Jesus is the Christ.


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But they opposing themselves and blaspheming, he shook out his garments and said to them: Your blood be upon your own head; I am clean; from henceforth I will go to the Gentiles.


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And departing thence he entered into a certain man's house, named Justus, one who worshiped God, whose house was adjoining the synagogue.


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And Crispus, the ruler of the synagogue, believed on the Lord with all his house; and many of the Corinthians hearing believed, and were immersed.


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And the Lord said to Paul, through a vision in the night: <J>Be not afraid, but speak, and hold not thy peace;</J>


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<J>for I am with thee, and no one shall assail thee to hurt thee; for I have much people in this city.</J>


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And when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews rose up with one accord against Paul, and brought him before the judgment-seat,


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And as Paul was about to open his mouth, Gallio said to the Jews: If it were some injustice, or wicked misdeed, O Jews, with reason I would have borne with you.


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But if it is a question about a word, and names, and your own law look to it yourselves; I will not be a judge of these things


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But having all seized upon Sosthenes, the ruler of the synagogue, they beat him before the judgment-seat. And Gallio cared for none of these things.


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And Paul having remained yet many days, took leave of the brethren, and sailed thence to Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shaven his head in Cenchrea, for he had a vow.


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And they came to Ephesus, and he left them there but entering himself into the synagogue, he reasoned with the Jews.


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but took leave of them, saying: <n>[I must by all means keep the coming feast at Jerusalem; but]</n> I will return again to you, if God will. And he sailed from Ephesus.


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And after he had spent some time there, he departed, going through the country of Galatia and Phrygia in order, strengthening all the disciples.


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And a certain Jew named Apollos, a native of Alexandria, an eloquent man, and mighty in the Scriptures, came to Ephesus.


