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16:14. Now the Pharisees, who were covetous, heard all these things: and
they derided him.
16:15. And he said to them: you are they who justify yourselves before
men, but God knoweth your hearts. For that which is high to men is an
abomination before God.
16:16. The law and the prophets were until John. From that time the
kingdom of God is preached: and every one useth violence towards it.
16:17. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass than one tittle of
the law to fall.
16:18. Every one that putteth away his wife and marrieth another
committeth adultery: and he that marrieth her that is put away from her
husband committeth adultery.
16:19. There was a certain rich man who was clothed in purple and fine
linen and feasted sumptuously every day.
16:20. And there was a certain beggar, named Lazarus, who lay at his
gate, full of sores,
16:21. Desiring to be filled with the crumbs that fell from the rich
man's table. And no one did give him: moreover the dogs came and licked
his sores.
16:22. And it came to pass that the beggar died and was carried by the
angels into Abraham's bosom. And the rich man also died: and he was
buried in hell.
Abraham's bosom... The place of rest, where the souls of the saints
resided, till Christ had opened heaven by his death.
16:23. And lifting up his eyes when he was in torments, he saw Abraham
afar off and Lazarus in his bosom:
16:24. 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 to cool my
tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.
16:25. And Abraham said to him: Son, remember that thou didst receive
good things in thy lifetime, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now
he is comforted and thou art tormented.
16:26. And besides all this, between us and you, there is fixed a great
chaos: so that they who would pass from hence to you cannot, nor from
thence come hither.
16:27. And he said: Then, father, I beseech thee that thou wouldst send
him to my father's house, for I have five brethren,
16:28. That he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this
place of torments.
16:29. And Abraham said to him: They have Moses and the prophets. Let
them hear them.
16:30. But he said: No, father Abraham: but if one went to them from the
dead, they will do penance.
16:31. And he said to him: If they hear not Moses and the prophets,
neither will they believe, if one rise again from the dead.
Luke Chapter 17
Lessons of avoiding scandal and of the efficacy of faith. The ten
lepers. The manner of the coming of Christ.
17:1. And he said to his disciples: It is impossible that scandals
should not come. But woe to him through whom they come!
17:2. It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck
and he cast into the sea, than that he should scandalize one of these
little ones.
17:3. Take heed to yourselves. If thy brother sin against thee, reprove
him: and if he do penance, forgive him.
17:4. And if he sin against thee seven times in a day, and seven times
in a day be converted unto thee, saying: I repent: forgive him.
17:5. And the apostles said to the Lord: Increase our faith.
17:6. And the Lord said: If you had faith like to a grain of mustard
seed, you might say to this mulberry tree: Be thou rooted up and be thou
transplanted into the sea. And it would obey you.
17:7. But which of you, having a servant ploughing or feeding cattle,
will say to him, when he is come from the field: Immediately go. Sit
down to meat.
17:8. And will not rather say to him: Make ready my supper and gird
thyself and serve me, whilst I eat and drink; and afterwards thou shalt
eat and drink?
17:9. Doth he thank that servant for doing the things which he commanded
him?
17:10. I think not. So you also, when you shall have done all these
things that are commanded you, say: We are unprofitable servants; we
have done that which we ought to do.
Unprofitable servants... Because our service is of no profit to our
master; and he justly claims it as our bounden duty. But though we are
unprofitable to him, our serving him is not unprofitable to us; for he
is pleased to give by his grace a value to our good works, which, in
consequence of his promise, entitles them to an eternal reward.
17:11. And it came to pass, as he was going to Jerusalem, he passed
through the midst of Samaria and Galilee.
17:12. And as he entered into a certain town, there met him ten men that
were lepers, who stood afar off.
17:13. And lifted up their voice, saying: Jesus, Master, have mercy on
us.
17:14. Whom when he saw, he said: Go, shew yourselves to the priests.
And it came to pass, as they went, they were made clean.
17:15. And one of them, when he saw that he was made clean, went back,
with a loud voice glorifying God.
17:16. And he fell on his face before his feet, giving thanks. And this
was a Samaritan.
17:17. And Jesus answering, said: Were not ten made clean? And where are
the nine?
17:18. There is no one found to return and give glory to God, but this
stranger.
17:19. And he said to him: Arise, go thy way; for thy faith hath made
thee whole.
17:20. And being asked by the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should
come, he answering them and said: The kingdom of God cometh not with
observation.
17:21. Neither shall they say: Behold here, or behold there. For lo, the
kingdom of God is within you.
17:22. And he said to his disciples: The days will come when you shall
desire to see one day of the Son of man. And you shall not see it.
17:23. And they will say to you: See here, and see there. Go ye not
after, nor follow them.
17:24. For as the lightning that lighteneth from under heaven shineth
unto the parts that are under heaven, so shall the Son of man be in his
day.
17:25. But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this
generation.
17:26. And as it came to pass in the days of Noe, so shall it be also in
the days of the Son of man.
17:27. They did eat and drink, they married wives and were given in
marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark and the flood came
and destroyed them all.
17:28. Likewise as it came to pass in the days of Lot. They did eat and
drink, they bought and sold, they planted and built.
17:29. And in the day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and
brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.
17:30. Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man shall be
revealed.
17:31. In that hour, he that shall be on the housetop, and his goods in
the house, let him not go down to take them away: and he that shall be
in the field, in like manner, let him not return back.
17:32. Remember Lot's wife.
17:33. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it: and
whosoever shall lose it shall preserve it.
17:34. I say to you: In that night there shall be two men in one bed.
The one shall be taken and the other shall be left.
17:35. Two women shall be grinding together. The one shall be taken and
the other shall be left. Two men shall be in the field. The one shall be
taken and the other shall be left.
17:36. They answering, say to him: Where, Lord?
17:37. Who said to them: Wheresoever the body shall be, thither will the
eagles also be gathered together.
Luke Chapter 18
We must pray always. The Pharisee and the publican. The danger of
riches. The blind man is restored to sight.
18:1. And he spoke also a parable to them, that we ought always to pray
and not to faint,
18:2. Saying: There was a judge in a certain city, who feared not God
nor regarded man.
18:3. And there was a certain widow in that city; and she came to him,
saying: Avenge me of my adversary.
Avenge... That is, do me justice. It is a Hebraism.
18:4. And he would not for a long time. But afterwards he said within
himself: Although I fear not God nor regard man,
18:5. Yet because this widow is troublesome to me, I will avenge her,
lest continually coming she weary me.
18:6. And the Lord said: Hear what the unjust judge saith.
18:7. And will not God revenge his elect who cry to him day and night?
And will he have patience in their regard?
18:8. I say to you that he will quickly revenge them. But yet the Son of
man, when he cometh, shall he find, think you, faith on earth?
18:9. And to some who trusted in themselves as just and despised others,
he spoke also this parable:
18:10. Two men went up into the temple to pray: the one a Pharisee and
the other a publican.
18:11. The Pharisee standing, prayed thus with himself: O God, I give
thee thanks that I am not as the rest of men, extortioners, unjust,
adulterers, as also is this publican.
18:12. I fast twice in a week: I give tithes of all that I possess.
18:13. And the publican, standing afar off, would not so much as lift up
his eyes towards heaven; but struck his breast, saying: O God, be
merciful to me a sinner.
18:14. I say to you, this man went down into his house justified rather
than the other: because every one that exalteth himself shall be
humbled: and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.
18:15. And they brought unto him also infants, that he might touch them.
Which when the disciples saw, they rebuked them.
18:16. But Jesus, calling them together, said: Suffer children to come
to me and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God.
18:17. Amen, I say to you: Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of
God as a child shall not enter into it.
18:18. And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good master, what shall I
do to possess everlasting life?
18:19. And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good
but God alone.
18:20. Thou knowest the commandments: Thou shalt not kill. Thou shalt
not commit adultery: Thou shalt not steal: Thou shalt not bear false
witness: Honour thy father and mother.
18:21. Who said: All these things have I kept from my youth.
18:22. Which when Jesus had heard, he said to him: Yet one thing is
wanting to thee. Sell all whatever thou hast and give to the poor: and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven. And come, follow me.
18:23. He having heard these things, became sorrowful: for he was very
rich.
18:24. And Jesus seeing him become sorrowful, said: How hardly shall
they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God:
18:25. For it is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God.
18:26. And they that heard it said: Who then can be saved?
18:27. He said to them: The things that are impossible with men are
possible with God.
18:28. Then Peter said: Behold, we have left all things and have
followed thee.
18:29. Who said to them: Amen, I say to you, there is no man that hath
left home or parents or brethren or wife or children, for the kingdom of
God's sake,
18:30. Who shall not receive much more in this present time, and in the
world to come life everlasting.
18:31. Then Jesus took unto him the twelve and said to them: Behold, we
go up to Jerusalem; and all things shall be accomplished which were
written by the prophets concerning the Son of man.
18:32. For he shall be delivered to the Gentiles and shall be mocked and
scourged and spit upon.
18:33. And after they have scourged him, they will put him to death. And
the third day he shall rise again.
18:34. And they understood none of these things, and this word was hid
from them: and they understood not the things that were said.
18:35. Now it came to pass, when he drew nigh to Jericho, that a certain
blind man sat by the way side, begging.
18:36. And when he heard the multitude passing by, he asked what this
meant.
18:37. And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.
18:38. And he cried out, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me.
18:39. And they that went before rebuked him, that he should hold his
peace: but he cried out much more: Son of David, have mercy on me.
18:40. And Jesus standing, commanded him to be brought unto him. And
when he was come near, he asked him,
18:41. Saying; What wilt thou that I do to thee? But he said: Lord, that
I may see.
18:42. And Jesus said to him: Receive thy sight: thy faith hath made
thee whole.
18:43. And immediately he saw and followed him, glorifying God. And all
the people, when they saw it, gave praise to God.
Luke Chapter 19
Zacheus entertains Christ. The parable of the pounds. Christ rides upon
an ass and weeps over Jerusalem.
19:1. And entering he walked through Jericho.
19:2. And behold, there was a man named Zacheus, who was the chief of
the publicans: and he was rich.
19:3. And he sought to see Jesus who he was: and he could not for the
crowd, because he was low of stature.
19:4. And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore tree, that he
might see him: for he was to pass that way.
19:5. And when Jesus was come to the place, looking up, he saw him and
said to him: Zacheus, make haste and come down: for this day I must
abide in thy house.
19:6. And he made haste and came down and received him with joy.
19:7. And when all saw it, they murmured, saying, that he was gone to be
a guest with a man that was a sinner.
19:8. But Zacheus standing, said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of
my goods I give to the poor; and if I have wronged any man of any thing,
I restore him fourfold.
19:9. Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house,
because he also is a son of Abraham.
19:10. For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was
lost.
19:11. As they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable,
because he was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the
kingdom of God should immediately be manifested.
19:12. He said therefore: a certain nobleman went into a far country, to
receive for himself a kingdom and to return.
19:13. And calling his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds and said to
them: Trade till I come.
He gave them ten pounds... In the original, what is here translated a
pound, is in Latin, mina, in value of our coin, three pounds two
shillings and sixpence.
19:14. But his citizens hated him and they sent an embassage after him,
saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.
19:15. And it came to pass that he returned, having received the
kingdom: and he commanded his servants to be called, to whom he had
given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by
trading,
19:16. And the first came saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained ten
pounds.
19:17. And he said to him: Well done, thou good servant, because thou
hast been faithful in a little, thou shalt have power over ten cities.
19:18. And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound hath gained five
pounds.
19:19. And he said to him: Be thou also over five cities.
19:20. And another came, saying: Lord, behold here is thy pound, which I
have kept laid up in a napkin.
19:21. For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man: thou takest
up what thou didst not lay down: and thou reapest that which thou didst
not sow.
19:22. He saith to him: Out of thy own mouth I judge thee, thou wicked
servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid
not down and reaping that which I did not sow.
19:23. And why then didst thou not give my money into the bank, that at
my coming I might have exacted it with usury?
19:24. And he said to them that stood by: Take the pound away from him
and give it to him that hath ten pounds.
19:25. And they said to him: Lord, he hath ten pounds.
19:26. But I say to you that to every one that hath shall be given, and
he shall abound: and from him that hath not, even that which he hath
shall be taken from him.
19:27. But as for those my enemies, who would not have me reign over
them, bring them hither and kill them before me.
19:28. And having said these things, he went before, going up to
Jerusalem.
19:29. And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Bethphage and
Bethania, unto the mount called Olivet, he sent two of his disciples,
19:30. Saying: Go into the town which is over against you, at your
entering into which you shall find the colt of an ass tied, on which no
man ever hath sitten: loose him and bring him hither.
19:31. And if any man shall ask you: Why do you loose him? You shall say
thus unto him: Because the Lord hath need of his service.
19:32. And they that were sent went their way and found the colt
standing, as he said unto them.
19:33. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said to
them: Why loose you the colt?
19:34. But they said: Because the Lord hath need of him.
19:35. And they brought him to Jesus. And casting their garments on the
colt, they set Jesus thereon.
19:36. And as he went, they spread their clothes underneath in the way.
19:37. And when he was now coming near the descent of Mount Olivet, the
whole multitude of his disciples began with joy to praise God with a
loud voice, for all the mighty works they had seen,
19:38. Saying: Blessed be the king who cometh in the name of the Lord!
Peace in heaven and glory on high!
19:39. And some of the Pharisees, from amongst the multitude, said to
him: Master, rebuke thy disciples.
19:40. To whom he said: I say to you that if these shall hold their
peace, the stones will cry out.
19:41. And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it, saying:
19:42. If thou also hadst known, and that in this thy day, the things
that are to thy peace: but now they are hidden from thy eyes.
19:43. For the days shall come upon thee: and thy enemies shall cast a
trench about thee and compass thee round and straiten thee on every
side,
19:44. And beat thee flat to the ground, and thy children who are in
thee. And they shall not leave in thee a stone upon a stone: because
thou hast not known the time of thy visitation.
19:45. And entering into the temple, he began to cast out them that sold
therein and them that bought.
19:46. Saying to them: It is written: My house is the house of prayer.
But you have made it a den of thieves.
19:47. And he was teaching daily in the temple. And the chief priests
and the scribes and the rulers of the people sought to destroy him.
19:48. And they found not what to do to him: for all the people were
very attentive to hear him.
Luke Chapter 20
The parable of the husbandmen. Of paying tribute to Caesar and of the
resurrection of the dead.
20:1. And it came to pass that on one of the days, as he was teaching
the people in the temple and preaching the gospel, the chief priests and
the scribes, with the ancients, met together,
20:2. And spoke to him, saying: Tell us, by what authority dost thou
these things? Or, who is he that hath given thee this authority?
20:3. And Jesus answering, said to them: I will also ask you one thing.
Answer me:
20:4. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men?
20:5. But they thought within themselves, saying: If we shall say, From
heaven: he will say: Why then did you not believe in him?
20:6. But if we say, of men: the whole people will stone us. For they
are persuaded that John was a prophet.
20:7. And they answered that they knew not whence it was.
20:8. And Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I
do these things.
20:9. And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man
planted a vineyard and let it out to husbandmen: and he was abroad for a
long time.
20:10. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they
should give him of the fruit of the vineyard. Who, beating him, sent him
away empty.
20:11. And again he sent another servant. But they beat him also and,
treating him reproachfully, sent him away empty.
20:12. And again he sent the third: and they wounded him also and cast
him out.
20:13. Then the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send
my beloved son. It may be, when they see him, they will reverence him.
20:14. Whom, when the husbandmen saw, they thought within themselves,
saying: This is the heir. Let us kill him, that the inheritance may be
ours.
20:15. So casting him out of the vineyard, they killed him. What
therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them?
20:16. He will come and will destroy these husbandmen and will give the
vineyard to others. Which they hearing, said to him: God forbid.
20:17. But he looking on them, said: What is this then that is written,
The stone, which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of
the corner?
20:18. Whosoever shall fall upon that stone shall be bruised: and upon
whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
20:19. And the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him
the same hour: but they feared the people, for they knew that he spoke
this parable to them.
20:20. And being upon the watch, they sent spies, who should feign
themselves just, that they might take hold of him in his words, that
they might deliver him up to the authority and power of the governor.
20:21. And they asked him, saying: Master, we know that thou speakest
and teachest rightly: and thou dost not respect any person, but teachest
the way of God in truth.
20:22. Is it lawful for us to give tribute to Caesar, or no?
20:23. But he, considering their guile, said to them: Why tempt you me?
20:24. Shew me a penny. Whose image and inscription hath it? They
answering, said to him: Caesar's.
20:25. And he said to them: Render therefore to Caesar the things, that
are Caesar's: and to God the things that are God's.
20:26. And they could not reprehend his word before the people: and
wondering at his answer, they held their peace.
20:27. And there came to him some of the Sadducees, who deny that there
is any resurrection: and they asked him,
20:28. Saying: Master, Moses wrote unto us: If any man's brother die,
having a wife, and he leave no children, that his brother should take
her to wife and raise up seed unto his brother.
20:29. There were therefore seven brethren: and the first took a wife
and died without children.
20:30. And the next took her to wife: and he also died childless.
20:31. And the third took her. And in like manner, all the seven: and
they left no children and died.
20:32. Last of all the woman died also.
20:33. In the resurrection therefore, whose wife of them shall she be?
For all the seven had her to wife.
20:34. And Jesus said to them: The children of this world marry and are
given in marriage:
20:35. But they that shall be accounted worthy of that world and of the
resurrection from the dead shall neither be married nor take wives.
20:36. Neither can they die any more for they are equal to the angels
and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection.
20:37. Now that the dead rise again, Moses also shewed at the bush, when
he called the Lord: The God of Abraham and the God of Isaac and the God
of Jacob.
20:38. For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all
live to him.
20:39. And some of the scribes answering, said to him: Master, thou hast
said well.
20:40. And after that they durst not ask him any more questions.
20:41. But he said to them: How say they that Christ is the son of
David?
20:42. And David himself saith in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to
my Lord, sit thou on my right hand,
20:43. Till I make thy enemies thy footstool.
20:44. David then calleth him Lord. And how is he his son?
20:45. And in the hearing of all the people, he said to his disciples:
20:46. Beware of the scribes, who desire to walk in long robes and love
salutations in the market place and the first chairs in the synagogues
and the chief rooms at feasts:
20:47. Who devour the houses of widows, feigning long prayer. These
shall receive greater damnation.
Luke Chapter 21
The widow's mites. The signs that should forerun the destruction of
Jerusalem and the end of the world.
21:1. And looking on, he saw the rich men cast their gifts into the
treasury.
21:2. And he saw also a certain poor widow casting in two brass mites.
21:3. And he said: Verily, I say to you that this poor widow hath cast
in more than they all.
21:4. For all these have of their abundance cast into the offerings of
God: but she of her want hath cast in all the living that she had.
21:5. And some saying of the temple that it was adorned with goodly
stones and gifts, he said:
21:6. These things which you see, the days will come in which there
shall not be left a stone upon a stone that shall not be thrown down.
21:7. And they asked him, saying: Master, when shall these things be?
And what shall be the sign when they shall begin to come to pass?
21:8. Who said: Take heed you be not seduced: for many will come in my
name, saying: I am he and the time is at hand. Go ye not therefore after
them.
21:9. And when you shall hear of wars and seditions, be not terrified.
These things must first come to pass: but the end is not yet presently.
21:10. Then he said to them: Nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom.
21:11. And there shall be great earthquakes in divers places and
pestilences and famines and terrors from heaven: and there shall be
great signs.
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