43 And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable to us only, or likewise to all? 44 and the Lord said, Who is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give out their measures of food at the due season?

45 blessed is that servant whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing:

46 of a truth I tell you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

47 But, if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men servants and maid servants, and to eat and drink, and be drunken;

48 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he day when he expecteth him not, and at an hour that he knoweth not, and will cut him in sunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful:

49 and that servant, who knew his lord's will, yet neither prepared nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

50 but he that knew it not, yet did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes: for, from every one to whom much is given, much will be required; and to whom men have committed

much, of him they will demand the more.

51 I am come to set fire to the earth; and how I would it were already kindled!

52 but I have first a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened until it be accomplished!

53 Think ye that I came to Matt. x. 38. give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but division:

54 for, from henceforth, five in one house will be divided, three against two, and two against three:

55 the father will be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

56 And he said moreover to the multitude, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye straightway say, A shower is coming; and it is so:

57 and when ye see the south wind blowing, ye say, There will be heat; and it so cometh to pass:

58 ye hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the face of the sky, and of the earth; but how is it, that ye know not how to judge of this time?

59 and why, even of yourselves, judge ye not what is right?

60 When thou art going with thine adversary to the magistrate, use thy endeavour to be released from him on the way; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison:

61 I tell thee, thou wilt not come out from thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

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ND there were present, at that same time, some who told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices:

2 and he answered and said to them, Think ye that those Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

3 I tell you, Nay: but, unless ye repent, ye will all likewill all like wise perish :

4 or, those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, Nay: but, unless ye repent, ye will all likewise perish.

6 And he spake also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit on it, but found none:

7 and he said to his vine

dresser, Behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why encumbereth it the ground?

8 and he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I have dug, and thrown dung around it:

9 and if it afterward bear fruit, well: but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath:

11 and, behold, there was a woman that had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, and was bent together, and wholly unable to lift herself up: 12 and when Jesus saw her, he called to her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thy infirmity :

13 and he laid his hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 And the ruler of the synagogue (moved with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the sabbath day,) answered and said to the multitude;

15 There are six days in which men ought to work; on those, therefore, come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day:

16 then the Lord answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each of you, on the sabbath, loose his ox or his ass

from the stall, and lead it away to watering?

17 and ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

18 and when he had said these words, all his adversaries were confounded: but all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

19 And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I resemble it?

20 It is like a mustard-seed, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew up, and became as a tree, and the birds of the air lodged on its branches.

21 And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

22 it is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

23 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching; and making his progress toward Jerusalem.

24 And one said to him, Lord, are they few that are saved? and he said to them,

25 Strive to enter in through the narrow gate; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, but will not be able :

26 when once the master of the house hath risen up, and locked the door; and ye begin to stand without and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, Matt. xxv. 11. open to us; and he answereth and saith to and saith to you, I know you

not whence ye are;

27 then ye will begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets:

28 but he will say, I tell you, I know not from whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity:

29 there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out;

30 and when they come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit down in the kingdom of God:

31 for, behold, there are some last who will be first, and there are some first who will be last.

32 The same day, certain Pharisees came to him, saying, Go out, and depart from hence; for Herod wisheth to kill thee:

33 and he said to them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and perform cures, to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall have finished:

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ND it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chiefs of the Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him:

2 and, behold, a man who had a dropsy was before him:

3 and Jesus answering spake to the teachers of the law and the Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day, or not?

4 but they were silent: and he took hold of him, and healed him, and let him go:

5 and he answered them, saying, Whose child, or whose ox, among you shall fall into

a pit, who will not straightway pull it out on the sabbath day?

6 and they were not able to make answer to these words. 7 And he spake a parable to those who had been invited, observing how they chose the first seats; saying to them: 8 When thou art invited by any one to a marriage, sit not down in the first seat;

9 lest a more honourable person than thou be invited by him, and he that invited thee and him come and say to thee, Give place to this person; and thou begin with shame to take the last place:

10 but, when thou art invited, go and sit down in the last place; that when he that invited thee cometh, he may say to thee, Friend, come up higher: then thou wilt have honour in the presence of all them that sit down with thee:

11 for, every one that exalteth himself will be abased; but he who humbleth himself will be exalted.

12 And he said also to him who had invited him, When thou makest a dinner, or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also invite thee again, and repayment be made thee:

13 but, when thou makest a feast, invite the beggars, the maimed, the lame, the blind; 14 and thou wilt be blessed : for, they have not wherewith to repay thee; but thou wilt be repaid, at the resurrection of the just.

15 And one of them that sat with him, hearing these words, said to him, Blessed is he who shall eat bread in the kingdom of God!

Matt. xxii. 2. 16 and he said to him, A certain man made a great supper, and invited many:

17 and he sent his servant, at the time of the supper, to say to them that had been invited, Come; for all things are now ready:

18 and they all began at once to excuse themselves: The first said to him, I have bought a farm, and I am obliged to go and see it I pray thee have me excused;

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19 and another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and am going to prove them, I pray thee have me excused;

20 and another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I am not able to come.

21 And that servant came, and told his lord these things: 22 then the master of the house was angered, and said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither

the beggars, and the maimed, and the blind, and the halt:

23 and the servant said, Lord, what thou commandedst is done, and there is yet room:

24 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: 25 for I tell you, That not one of those who were invited, shall taste of my supper.

26 And great multitudes went along with him; and he turned, and said to them:

27 If any one cometh to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple:

28 whoever, therefore, beareth not his cross when he cometh after me, cannot be my disciple.

29 For, which of you, when he intendeth to build a tower, doth not first sit down and count the cost, to see if he have wherewith to finish it?

30 lest, when he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all who see it begin to mock him,

31 saying, This man began to build, but was not able to finish:

32 or, what king, going to encounter another king in war, will not first sit down, and