Part 2 (1/2)

VII.

JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. (2)For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged; and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you. (3)And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

(4)Or how wilt thou say to thy brother: Let me cast out the mote from thine eye; and behold, the beam is in thine own eye? (5)Hypocrite!

first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

(6)Give not that which is holy to the dogs, nor cast your pearls before the swine; lest they trample them with their feet, and turn and rend you.

(7)Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you. (8)For every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened. (9)Or what man is there of you, of whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? (10)And if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

(11)If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask him? (12)Therefore all things whatever ye would that men should do to you, so also do ye to them; for this is the law and the prophets.

(13)Enter in through the strait gate; because wide is the gate, and broad the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they who go in thereat. (14)[7:14]Because strait is the gate, and narrow the way, that leads to life, and few are they who find it.

(15)Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheeps' clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

(16)Ye shall know them from their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles? (17)So every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. (18)A good tree can not bring forth evil fruit, nor a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. (19)Every tree that brings not forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the fire. (20)So then, from their fruits ye shall know them.

(21)Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. (22)Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name do many miracles? (23)And then will I profess to them, I never knew you; depart from me, ye who work iniquity.

(24)Every one, therefore, who hears these sayings of mine[7:24], and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house on the rock. (25)And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and fell upon that house; and it did not fall, for it had been founded on the rock. (26)And every one who hears these sayings of mine, and does them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand. (27)And the rain descended, and the streams came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house, and it fell; and great was the fall of it.

(28)And it came to pa.s.s, when Jesus ended these sayings, that the mult.i.tudes were astonished at his teaching. (29)For he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

VIII.

WHEN he had come down from the mountain, great mult.i.tudes followed him. (2)And, behold, there came a leper and bowed down to him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. (3)And stretching forth his hand, he touched him, saying: I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. (4)And Jesus says to him: See thou tell no one; but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

(5)And as he entered into Capernaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him, (6)and saying: Lord, my servant lies at home palsied, grievously tormented. (7)And Jesus says to him: I will come and heal him. (8)The centurion answered and said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof; but only say in a word, and my servant will be healed. (9)For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me, and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. (10)And Jesus hearing it marveled, and said to those who followed: Verily I say to you, I found not so great faith, even in Israel.

(11)And I say to you, that many will come from the east and west, and will recline at table, with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; (12)but the sons of the kingdom will be cast out into the outer darkness. There will be the weeping, and the gnas.h.i.+ng of teeth! (13)And Jesus said to the centurion: Go thy way; and as thou didst believe, be it done to thee. And his servant was healed in that hour.

(14)And Jesus, coming into the house of Peter, saw his mother-in-law lying, and sick with fever. (15)And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered to him. (16)When evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with demons; and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick; (17)that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bore our sicknesses.

(18)And Jesus, seeing great mult.i.tudes about him, commanded to depart to the other side. (19)And a certain scribe came, and said to him: Teacher, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest. (20)And Jesus says to him: The foxes have holes and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man has not where he may lay his head. (21)And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. (22)But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their own dead.

(23)And when he had entered into the s.h.i.+p, his disciples followed him.

(24)And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, so that the s.h.i.+p was covered by the waves; but he was sleeping. (25)And the disciples came and awoke him, saying: Lord, save us; we perish.

(26)And he says to them: Why are ye fearful, ye of little faith? Then rising, he rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm.

(27)And the men marveled, saying: What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

(28)And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes[8:28], there met him two possessed with demons, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no one was able to pa.s.s by that way. (29)And, behold, they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Son of G.o.d? Camest thou hither to torment us before the time? (30)And there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. And the demons besought him, saying: (31)If thou cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine. (32)And he said to them, Go. And they, coming out, went away into the swine; and, behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep into the sea, and perished in the waters.

(33)And the herdsmen fled, and went away into the city, and told every thing, and what had befallen the possessed with demons. (34)And, behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus; and seeing him, they besought that he would depart from their borders.

IX.

AND entering into the s.h.i.+p he pa.s.sed over, and came to his own city.