be loosed in the heavens. Then charged he the disciples 20 that they should tell no one that he is the Christ.

From that time began Jesus to shew unto his disciples 21 that he must go away unto Jerusalem, and suffer much from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. And Peter took him aside 22 and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord this shall not be unto thee. But he turned and 23 said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art my stumbling-block; for thou thinkest not the things of God, but those of men.

Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any one desires to 24. come after me, let him deny himself, and take up the cross, and follow me. For whosoever desires to save his life will 25 lose it and whosoever shall lose his life for my sake will find it. For what will a man be profited, if he shall have 26 gained the whole world, but have forfeited his life? or what shall a man give in exchange for his life? For the Son of 27 man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he will reward every one according to his works. Verily I say unto you, there are some of those 28 standing here who will not taste of death till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

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AND after six days Jesus takes with him Peter and XVII. James, and John his brother, and brings them up to an high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before 2 them and his face did shine as the sun, and his garments became white as the light. And, behold, there appeared 3 unto them Moses and Elijah talking with him. And Peter 4 answered and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if thou wilt, I will make here three tabernacles: one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. While he was 5 yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them; and behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear him. And when 6 the disciples heard, they fell on their face and were sore afraid. And Jesus came up and touched them, and said, 7 Arise, and be not afraid. And when they lifted up their 8

9 eyes, they saw no one save Jesus only. And as they come down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one until the Son of man be raised from 10 the dead. And the disciples asked him, saying, Why then 11 say the scribes that Elijah must come first? And he

answered and said, Elijah indeed comes and will restore 12 all things. But I say unto you, that Elijah came already, and they knew him not fully, but did unto him whatsoever they pleased. So also is the Son of man about to suffer 13 from them. Then the disciples understood that he spake to them of John the Baptist.

14 And when they came to the multitude, there came up to 15 him a man, kneeling down to him and saying, Lord, have

mercy on my son; for he is a lunatick and sore distressed: for often he falls into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not 17 heal him. But Jesus answered and said, O faithless and

perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how 18 long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me. And

Jesus rebuked it, and the demon went out of him: and 19 the boy was healed from that hour. Then came the

disciples to Jesus apart and said, Why could not we cast 20 it out? And he said unto them, Because of your little faith; for verily I say unto you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence yonder, and it will remove, and nothing will be impossible unto you.

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And as they sojourned in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man is about to be delivered up into 23 men's hands and they will kill him, and the third day he will be raised. And they were exceeding sorry.

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24 And when they came into Capernaum, they who receive the half-shekel came up to Peter, and said, Does 25 not your teacher pay a half-shekel? He says, Yea. And when he entered the house, Jesus spake first, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute ? from their own sons or from 26 the strangers? And when he said, From the strangers,

Jesus said unto him, Then are the sons free. Notwith- 27 standing, lest we should cause them to offend, go to the sea and cast an hook and take up the fish that rises first; and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou wilt find a stater; that take and give unto them for me and thee.

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IN that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, XVIII. Who then is greater in the kingdom of heaven? And he 2 called a little child unto him and set him in the midst of them and said, Verily I say unto you, except ye be con- 3 verted and become as the little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall 4 humble himself as this little child, the same is the greater one in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall have 5 received one such little child in my name receives me. But 6 whoso shall cause one of these little ones who believe in me to offend, it were well for him that an ass's millstone were hanged about his neck and he were drowned in the depth of the sea. Woe unto the world because of offences! for it 7 must needs be that the offences come; but woe to the man through whom the offence comes! But if thy hand or thy 8 foot causes thee to offend, cut it off and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the everlasting fire. And if thine eye causes thee to offend, pluck 9 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. See that ye despise not one of these little ones; 10 for I say unto you, that their angels in heaven do always see the face of my Father who is in heaven. What 12 think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountains and go and seek that which is gone astray? And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto 13 you he rejoices more over it than over the ninety and nine which have not gone astray. So it is not the will 14 of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. And if thy brother shall have sinned, 15 go convict him between thee and him alone: if he will

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16 hear thee, thou didst gain thy brother. But if he will not hear, take with thyself one or two more, that in the mouth of two witnesses or three every word may be established. 17 But if he shall refuse to hear them, tell the church and

if he also refuse to hear the church, let him be unto 18 thee as the Gentile and the publican. Verily I say unto you whatsoever things ye shall bind on the earth will be bound in heaven; and whatsoever things ye shall loose on 19 the earth will be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, that if two of you shall agree on the earth touching anything that they shall ask, it will be done to them by my 20 Father who is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.

21 Then Peter came and said unto him, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him? till 22 seven times? Jesus says unto him, I say not unto thee, 23 until seven times, but, until seventy times seven. There

fore was the kingdom of heaven likened unto a king who 24 desired to reckon with his servants. And when he began to reckon, there was brought unto him one who owed ten 25 thousand talents. And as he could not pay, the lord com

manded him to be sold, and the wife and the children and 26 all that he had, and payment to be made. That servant therefore fell down and worshipped him, saying, Have patience 27 with me, and I will pay thee all. And the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and released him and 28 forgave him the debt. But that servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants that owed him an hundred denarii; and he laid hold of him by the throat, saying, Pay 29 whatever thou owest. His fellow-servant therefore fell down

and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I 30 will pay thee. And he would not; but went away and cast 31 him into prison till he should have paid the debt. When

therefore his fellow-servants saw what was being done, they were exceeding sorry, and came and declared unto their lord. 32 all that was done. Then his lord, after he had called him to him, says unto him, Wicked servant, I have forgiven thee

all that debt, because thou besoughtest me: shouldest not 33 thou also have had mercy on thy fellow-servant, even as I had mercy on thee? And his lord was angry, and 34 delivered him up to the tormentors till he should have paid all that was due unto him. So also will my heavenly 35 Father do unto you if ye forgive not from your hearts every one his brother.

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AND it came to pass when Jesus finished these sayings XIX. he departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judaea beyond the Jordan. And great multitudes followed 2 him, and he healed them there.

And the Pharisees came unto him, tempting him and 3 saying, Is it lawful to put away one's wife for every cause? But he answered and said, Did ye not read, that he who 4 made them from the beginning made them male and female? And he said, For this cause shall a man leave the 5 father and the mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall become one flesh? so that they are no more two, but 6 one flesh. What therefore God joined together, let not man put asunder. They say unto him, Why then did 7 Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put her away ? He says unto them, Moses, in regard to your 8 hardheartedness, permitted you to put away your wives; but from the beginning it has not been so. And I say unto 9 you, whosoever shall put away his wife except for fornication, and shall marry another, commits adultery. The 10 disciples say unto him, If the case of the man with the wife is so, it is not good to marry. But he said unto them, 11 All cannot receive this saying, but they to whom it has been given. For there are eunuchs who were born so from the 12 mother's womb; and there are eunuchs who were made by and there are eunuchs who made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it.

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Then were brought unto him little children, that he 13 might put his hands on them and pray; and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said unto them, Leave 14 the little children, and forbid them not to come after me: