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THE WIDOW'S SON RAISED TO LIFE-JOHN THE BAPTIST IN PRISON CHRIST'S TESTIMONY OF JOHN.

cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. . . . Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee.

WEEP not.... Young man, I say to thee, Arise.

Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen: The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are made clean, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, to the poor the gospel is preached: and blessed is he whosoever shall not be scandalised in me.' 18

WHAT went ye out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind? But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are in costly apparel and live delicately, are in the houses of kings. But what went you out to see? a prophet? Yea, I say to you, and more than a prophet: For this is he of whom it is written: "Behold I send my Angel, before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee." Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven 19 suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away. For all the prophets

PERVERSENESS OF THE JEWS-CHRIST UPBRAIDS THE CITIES WHICH HAD SEEN HIS MIRACLES.

and the law prophesied until John: And if you will receive it, he is Elias that is to come. 20 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

WHEREUNTO then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? They are like to children sitting in the market-place, and speaking one to another, and saying: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have mourned, and you have not wept. For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and you say: He hath a devil. The son of man is come eating and drinking; and you say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a drinker of wine, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is justified by all her children.

Wo to thee, Corozain; wo to thee, Bethsaida; for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you. And thou, Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell. For if in Sodom had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps

THE WOMAN THAT WAS A SINNER-CHRIST ACCUSED OF
CASTING OUT DEVILS BY BEELZEBUB.

it had remained unto this day. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

SIMON, I have somewhat to say to thee. A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most? ... Thou hast judged rightly. ... Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she with tears hath washed my feet, and with her hairs hath wiped them. Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, since she came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but she with ointment hath anointed my feet. Wherefore I say to thee: Many things are forgiven her, because she hath loved much.21 But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less.... Thy sins are forgiven thee.... Thy faith hath made thee safe; go in peace.

EVERY kingdom divided against itself shall be desolate: and every city or house divided st itself shall not stand. And if Satan cast Satan, he is divided against himself: how then

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BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST.

shall his kingdom stand? Because you say, that through Beelzebub I cast out devils. Now if I cast out devils by Beelzebub; by whom do your children cast them out? Therefore they shall be your judges. But if I by the finger of God cast out devils, doubtless the kingdom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his court, those things are in peace which he possesseth. But if a stronger than he come upon him, and overcome him; he will take away all his armour wherein he trusted, and will distribute his spoils. He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth. Amen I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and the blasphemies wherewith they shall blaspheme: but the blasphemy of the Spirit 22 shall not be forgiven. And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but he that shall speak against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in the world to come.23 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree evil, and its fruit evil. For by the fruit the tree is known. O generation of vipers, how can you speak good things, whereas you are evil? for out of the abundance of the

THE WOMAN THAT WAS A SINNER-CHRIST ACCUSED OF
CASTING OUT DEVILS BY BEELZEBUB.

unto

it had remained unto this day. But I say you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

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SIMON, I have somewhat to say to thee. A certain creditor had two debtors, the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And whereas they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both. Which therefore of the two loveth him most? ... Thou hast judged rightly. Dost thou see this woman? I entered into thy house, thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she with tears hath washed my feet, and with her hairs hath wiped them. Thou gavest me no kiss; but she, since she came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint; but she with ointment hath anointed my feet. Wherefore I say to thee: Many things are forgiven her, because she hath loved much.21 But to whom less is forgiven, he loveth less. . . . Thy sins are forgiven thee.... Thy faith hath made thee safe; go in peace.

EVERY kingdom divided against itself shall be made desolate and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand. And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself: how then

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