36 37 38 And whoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel's, Shall save it. What use is it for a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his life? For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words In this adulterous and sinful generation, The Son of man shall also be ashamed of him, When he comes in his Father's majesty with the holy angels." 91 And he said to them, "I tell you truly, there are some of those standing here who shall not taste death, until they see the coming of God's 2 reign with power." And after six days Jesus takes Peter and James and John aside, and brings them up a high mountain privately, 3 alone. And he was transformed before them; and his garments glistened with a vivid whiteness such as no fuller on earth can produce. 4 And Elijah together with Moses appeared to them; and they were 5 talking with Jesus. Then Peter breaking in says to Jesus, "Rabbi, it is fine for us to be here. Now, let us make three booths, one 6 for thee and one for Moses and one for Elijah." (He did not know 7 what to say, for they were frightened.) And a cloud came overshadowing them, and a voice came out of the cloud, "This is my Son, the be8 loved : listen to him." And suddenly on looking round they no longer 9 saw anyone except Jesus alone with themselves. And as they were descending from the mountain he enjoined them not to describe to anyone what they had seen, until after the Son of man should have arisen 10 from the dead. And they kept hold of the saying, discussing among 11 themselves what the "arising from the dead meant." And they plied him with the question, "How is it that the scribes say, Elijah must 12 come first?" And he said to them, "Elijah comes first indeed, and he restores all. (And yet, how is it written regarding the Son of man? that 13 he is to suffer much and be despised.) But I tell you: Elijah has actually come, and they have done to him whatever they pleased, even as it is written of him." 14 And when they came to the disciples they saw a large crowd round 15 them, and the scribes in a discussion with them. And on seeing him all the crowd were immediately astounded, and running to him they saluted 16 him. And he questioned them, "What are you discussing with them?" 17 And a man out of the crowd answered him, "Teacher, I brought thee 18 my son. He has a dumb spirit; and whenever it seizes him it hurls him down; and he foams and grinds his teeth. And he is pining away. So 19 I told thy disciples to cast it out; but they had no power." He says to them in answer, "O_incredulous generation, how long am I to be with 20 you? how long am I to bear with you? Bring him to me." And they brought him to him. But on seeing him the spirit immediately convulsed him terribly, and falling on the ground he rolled about foaming. 21 And he asked his father, "How long is it since this befell him?" And 22 he said, "From childhood. And many a time it has thrown him now into fire, now into water, to destroy him. But if thou canst do anything, 23 have compassion upon us and help us." Jesus said to him, "If thou 24 canst '!--Anything can be done for the man who believes." Immediately the father of the child shouted and said, "I do believe. Help my un25 belief!" Now as Jesus saw that a crowd was hurrying together, he rebuked the unclean spirit, saying to it, "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I 26 command thee, leave him and never enter him again." Then after crying and wildly convulsing him it came out, and the child turned like a 27 corpse; so that most of the people said, "He is dead." But Jesus took 28 him by the hand and raised him, and he arose. And when he went into the house his disciples plied him in private with the question, 29"How is it that we could not cast it out?" And he said to them, "Nothing can make this kind come out, except prayer." 30 Then they departed thence upon their journey through Galilee. Yet 31 he wished no one to know it; for he was teaching his disciples and telling them, "The Son of man will be delivered up into the hands of men, and they shall kill him; and when he is killed, he shall rise again 32 after three days." But they did not understand the saying, and they were afraid to question him. 33 And they came to Kapharnahum. And when he was in the house he 34 questioned them, "What were you arguing about on the road?" And they kept silence, for they had been disputing with one another on the 35 road about who was the greatest. So he sat down, called the twelve, and says to them, "If any one would be first, he shall be last of all and servant 36 of all." Then he took and set a little child in their midst, and putting his arms round it he said to them, 37 "Whoever shall receive a little child like this in my name, receives me : And whoever receives me, receives not me so much as him who sent me. 38 [John said to him, “Teacher, we saw a man casting out daemons in thy 39 name;1 and we tried to prevent him, because he did not follow us." But Jesus said, "Prevent him not. 10 1 No one shall work a miracle in my name and then decry me presently: He who is not against us is for us.] For whoever shall give you were it only a cup of water to drink, because you are Christ's, I tell you truly, he shall not lose his reward: And whoever shall be a hindrance to one of these little ones who believe, Better for him were a great mill-stone fastened round his neck, and were he thrown into the sea! And should thy hand hinder thee, cut it away : Better for thee to enter life maimed, Than with thy two hands to depart into Gehenna, into the fire unquenchable! And should thy foot hinder thee, cut it away: Better for thee to enter life lame, Than with thy two feet to be thrown into Gehenna ! And should thine eye hinder thee, pull it out : Better for thee to enter God's reign with one eye, Than with two eyes to be thrown into Gehenna, Where their worm dies not and the fire is not quenched! For with fire shall everyone be salted. Salt is a capital thing: But if salt has become saltless, wherewith will you season it? Have salt among yourselves : Yea, be at peace with one another.” And rising up he goes from there into the territory of Judaea and across the Jordan. And crowds again gather to him; and again he taught them as 2 was his custom. And Pharisees approached him and -to make 1 Omitting [[ὃς οὐκ ἀκολουθεῖ ἡμῖν]]. saw/ trial of him-questioned him, "Is it right for a man to divorce his wife?" 3 And he answered and said to them, "What did Moses command you?' 4" Moses," they said, gave permission to write a bill of repudiation and so 5 divorce her." But Jesus said to them, "It was out of regard for your 6 stubborness of heart that he wrote you this commandment. But from the 7 beginning of the creation male and female he made them. For this cause a 8 man shall leave his father and mother; and the two shall become one flesh. 9, 10 What God has joined, then, let not man separate." And in the house the 11 disciples questioned him again upon this subject. And he says to them, "Whoever shall divorce his wife and marry another, commits adultery against her. 12 13 And if she shall divorce her husband and marry another, she commits adultery." And people were bringing him little children that he might touch 14 them; but the disciples rebuked them. When Jesus saw it, however, he was indignant and said to them, 15 "Let the little children come to me, forbid them not; For of such is the reign of God. I tell you truly, whoever shall not receive the reign of God like a little child, 16 Then he put his arms round them, and invoked blessings upon them 17 And as he came out upon the road, a man ran to him, knelt before him and questioned him, "Good teacher, what am I to do, to inherit 18 life eternal ?" Jesus said to him, "Why call me 'good'? No one is 19 good, except God alone. Thou knowest the commandments: do not murder, do not commit adultery, do not steal, do not bear false witness, do not 20 defraud, honour thy father and mother." He said to him, "Teacher, all 21 these have I observed from my youth." Jesus looked at him and loved him; then he said to him, “One thing thou lackest. Go, sell whatever thou hast and give it to the poor; so shalt thou have treasure in heaven. 22 Then come, follow me." But his face clouded over at the saying, and 23 he went away sorrowful; for he was one who had great possessions. Then Jesus looked round him ands aye to his disciples, "With what 24 difficulty shall the wealthy enter God's reign!" And the disciples were amazed at what he said. But once more Jesus addresses them, saying, Children, how difficult it is to enter God's reign! 25 It is easier for a camel to pass through a needle's eye, 26 And they were exceedingly astonished, and said to themselves, “Then "With men it is impossible, but not with God: for anything is possible with God." 28 Peter began to say to him, "Lo, we have left all and followed thee." 29 Jesus said, "I tell you truly; there is no man who leaves house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake 30 and for the gospel's sake, without receiving a hundredfold now in this time, houses and brothers and sisters and mothers and children and lands, 31 with persecutions; and in the age to come, life eternal. But many who are first shall be last, and the last first." 32 Now they were on the road going up to Jerusalem, and Jesus went in front of them. And they were in dismay, while some who followed were in fear. And he took the twelve once more aside and began to tell them 33 what was to happen to him, saying, “Lo, we are going up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered to the high priests and the scribes. They shall sentence him to death and deliver him to the Gentiles; they 34 shall mock him and spit on him and scourge him and kill him. Yet after three days he shall rise again." 35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, approach him. "Teacher," they say to him, "we want thee to do for us whatever we shall ask thee." 36 He said to them, "What do you want me to do for you?" They said to 37 him, "Grant that we may sit, one on thy right hand and one on thy left 38 hand, in thy majesty." But Jesus said to them, "You know not what you are asking. Are you able to drink the cup that I drink? or to be baptized 39 with the baptism that I am baptized with?" And they said to him, We are able." And Jesus said to them, 40 66 The cup that I drink, you shall drink : And the baptism that I am baptized with, shall you be baptized with. 41 And on hearing of it, the ten began to be indignant at James and John 42 but Jesus called them to him and says to them, 43 44 45 46 "You know that those who are looked up to as rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, And their great men wield authority over them : Must be your servant, And whoever would be first among you, Must be the slave of all. For even the Son of man came not to be served but to serve, And to give his life a ransom for many." Then they come to Jericho. And as he was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a considerable crowd, a blind beggar Bar-Timaeus (the son 47 of Timaeus) sat by the roadside. And on hearing it was Jesus of Nazaret, he started shouting and saying, “Son of David, Jesus, have pity on me!" 48 And many people admonished him to keep silence, but he cried out all 49 the more, "Son of David, have pity on me!" Then Jesus stood still and said, "Call him." So they call the blind man, saying to him, "Be of 50 good cheer, rise, he is calling thee." Throwing away his garment, he 51 started up and came to Jesus. And Jesus addressed him, saying, "What wilt thou have me do to thee?" The blind man said to him, 52" Rabbuni, let me regain my sight." Jesus said to him, "Go thy way, thy faith has restored thee." And immediately he regained his sight, and began to follow him on the road. 11 1 And when they draw nigh to Jerusalem, to Bethphagê and Bethany 2 at the hill of Olives, he despatches two of his disciples and says to them: "Go into the village opposite you, and on entering it you shall at once find a colt tied, on which no one has ever yet sat. Untie it and bring it. 3 And if anyone says to you, 'Why are you doing this?' say, 'The Lord 4 needs it, and he will send it here again, at once. Then off they went and found a colt tied at the door outside in the open street; and they 5 untie it. And some of the bystanders said to them, "What do you mean 6 by untying the colt?" But they spoke to them as Jesus had told them; 7 and they allowed them to go. And they bring the colt to Jesus and throw 8 their garments on it. Then he sat upon it. And many spread their garments on the road, and others leafy boughs which they had cut from 9 the fields. And those who went in front and those who followed shouted "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord! Blessed is the Reign to come, our father David's reign! 11 And he went into Jerusalem, into the temple. But after looking round on everything he went out with the twelve to Bethany, as it was now late in the day. 12, 13 And on the morrow, after they left Bethany, he grew hungry. And noticing far off a fig-tree in leaf, he went to see if he could find something on it; but when he came to it he found nothing but leaves, for it was 14 not the season for figs. Then he addressed it, saying, "Never man eat fruit from thee, after this!" And his disciples were listening. 15 And they come to Jerusalem. Then he entered the temple and started to drive out the sellers and the buyers in the temple; and he threw down the tables of the money-changers and the seats of those who sold the doves, 16, 17 nor would he let any one carry a vessel through the temple. And he taught and told them, "Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all nations? But you have made it a den of robbers!" 18 And the high priests and the scribes heard it, and tried how they could destroy him (they were in fear of him, for all the crowd was 19 astonished at his teaching). And when evening came, they And as they passed in the morning 20 went outside the city. 21 they saw the fig-tree withered from its roots. Then Peter recollected; "Rabbi, look!" says he to him, "the fig-tree thou didst curse is 22 withered!" Then in answer Jesus says to them, "Have faith in God. 23 I tell you truly : "Whoever says to this mountain, ‘Be lifted and thrown into the sea,' And hesitates not in his heart but believes that what he says shall be done, He shall have it. 24 Therefore I tell you : 25 25 27 In all your prayers and asking So shall you have it. Also, whenever you stand praying, if you have anything against any one, forgive it : That your Father who is in the heavens may also forgive you your trespasses." And they come once more to Jerusalem. And as he was walking in the temple the high priests and the scribes and the elders came to him. 28 "By what sort of authority," said they to him, "art thou acting thus? 29 or who gave thee this authority to act thus?" Jesus said to them, "I will put a single question to you; and do you answer me. Then I will 30 tell you by what sort of authority I am acting thus. "Was the baptism 31 of John from heaven or from men? Answer me." And they argued among themselves, "If we say, 'From heaven,' he will say, 'Why then 32 did you not believe him But shall we say, 'From men'?"-they were afraid of the people, for all held that John had really been a prophet. 33 So in reply to Jesus they say, "We do not know." Then says Jesus to them, "Neither do I tell you by what sort of authority I am acting thus." 121 And he started to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vine yard and put a fence round it and dug a trough for the wine-press and |