16 Then JESUS answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be A with you? how long shall I suffer you! Bring him hither to me.

17 And JESUS rebuked him, and the devil went out of him, and the child was cured from that hour.

18 Then came the disciples to JESUS secretly, and said: Why could not we cast him out?

19 JESUS said to them: Because of your unbelief. For, amen I say to you, if you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you shall say to this mountain, Remove from hence hither, and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible to you.

20 But this kind is not cast out but by prayer and fasting.

CHAP XVII.
Christ teaches humility.

Jesus, saying: Who, think

that hour the disciples came

est thou, is the greater in the kingdom of heaven?

2 And JESUS calling unto him a little child, set him in the midst of them,

3 And said: Amen I say to you, unless you be converted, and become as little children, you shall not enter into the kingdom of hea ven.

4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is the greater in the kingdom of heaven.

5 And he that shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me.

6 But he that shall scandalize 21 And when they abode to-one of these little ones that believe gether in Galilee, JESUS said to in me, it were better for him that a them: The Son of man shall be be-millstone should be hanged about trayed into the hands of men: his neck, and that he should be 22 And they shall kill him, and drowned in the depth of the sea. the third day he shall rise again. 7 Wo to the world because of And they were troubled exceed-scandals. For it must needs be that ingly. scandals come: but nevertheless

23 And when they were come wo to that man by whom the scanto Capharnaum, they that received dal cometh.

the didrachmas, came to Peter, and 8 And if thy hand or thy foot said to him: Doth not your master scandalize thee, cut it off, and cast pay the didrachma? it from thee. It is better for thee 24 He said: Yes. And when to go into life maimed or lame, he was come into the house, JESUS than having two hands or two feet, prevented him, saying: What is to be cast into everlasting fire. thy opinion, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute or custom? of their own children, or of strangers?

25 And he said: Of strangers. JESUS said to him: Then the children are free.

26 But that we may not scandalize them, go to the sea, and cast in a hook: and that fish which shall first come up, take: and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou shalt find a stater: take that, and give it to them for me and thee.

9 And if thy eye scandalise thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee having one eye to enter into life, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.

10 See that you despise not one of these little ones: for I say to you, that their angels in heaven always see the face of my Father who is in heaven.

11 For the Son of man is comé to save that which was lost.

12 What think you ? If a man have an hundred sheep, and onew

them should go astray; doth he not take an account of his servants. leave the ninety-nine in the moun- 24 And when he had begun to tains, and goeth to seek that which take the account, one was brought is gone astray? to him, that owed him ten thousand talents.

13 And if it so be that he find it: Amen I say to you, he rejoiceth more for that, than for the ninetynine that went not astray.

14 Even so it is not the will of your Father, who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.

15 But if thy brother shall offend against thee, go, and rebuke him between thee and him alone. If he shall hear thee, thou shalt gain thy brother.

16 And if he will not hear thee, take with thee one or two more : that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may stand.

25 And as he had not wherewith to pay it, his lord commanded that he should be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had, and payment to be made.

26 But that servant falling down, besought him, saying: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.

27 And the lord of that servant being moved with pity, let him go and forgave him the debt.

28 But when that servant was gone out, he found one of his fellowservants that owed him an hundred pence and laying hold of him he throttled him, saying: Pay what thou owest.

17 And if he will not hear them, tell the church. And if he will not hear the church, let him be to 29 And his fellow-servant falling thee as the heathen and publican. down, besought him, saying: Have 18 Amen I say to you, whatso- patience with me, and I will pay ever you shall bind upon earth, thee all. shall be bound also in heaven; 30 And he would not: but went and whatsoever you shall loose and cast him into prison, till he upon earth, shall be loosed also in paid the debt.

heaven.

31 Now his fellow-servants see

19 Again I say to you, that iing what was done, were very much two of you shall consent upon earth, grieved, and they came, and told concerning any thing whatsoever their lord all that was done. they shall ask, it shall be done to them by my Father who is in hea

ven.

20 For where there are two or three gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them."

21 Then came Peter unto him and said: Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?

22 JESUS saith to him: 1 say not to thee, till seven times; but till seventy times seven times.

23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened to a king, who would

32 Then his lord called him; and said to him: Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, because thou besoughtest me:

33 Shouldst not thou then have had compassion also on thy fellow-servant, even as I had compassion on thee?

34 And his lord being angry delivered him to the torturers, until he paid all the debt.

35 So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, if you forgive not every one his brother from your hearts.

Ver. 20. There am I in the midst of them. This is understood of such assemblies only as are gathered in the name and authority of Christ, and in the unity of the church of Christ. St Cyprian de Unitate Ecclesia.

CHAP. XIX. Christ declares matrimony to be indissoluble.

AND it came to pass, when JE

sus had ended these words, he departed from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan.

2 And great multitudes followed him and he healed them there. :

3 And there came to him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause?

13 Then were little children presented to him, that he should impose hands upon them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them.

14 But JESUS said to them: Suffer the little children, and forbid them not to come to me: for the kingdom of heaven is for such..

15 And when he had imposed hands upon them, he departed from thence.

16 And behold one came and said to him: Good master, what good shall I do that I may have life

4 Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said: everlasting? 5 For this cause, shall a man 17 Who said to him: Why askleave father and mother, and shall est thou me concerning good? One cleave to his wife, and they two shall is good, God. But if thou wilt enter be in one flesh. into life, keep the commandments.

6 Therefore now they are not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let no man put asunder.

7 They say to him. Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put away.

8 He saith to them: Because Moses by reason of the hardness of your heart permitted you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

18 He said to him: Which? And JESUS said: Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness,

19 Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

20 The young man saith to him: All these have I kept from my youth, what is yet wanting to me?

21 JESUS saith to him: If thou 9 And 1 say to you, that who-wilt be perfect, go, sell what thou soever shall put away his wife, ex- hast, and give to the poor, and thou cept it be for fornication, and shall shalt have treasure in heaven: and marry another, committeth adul-come, follow me. tery and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

10 His disciples say unto him: If the case of a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to marry.

11 Who said to them: All men take not this word, but they to whom it is given.

22 And when the young man had heard this word, he went away sad: for he had great possessions.

23 Then JESUS said to his disciples: Amen I say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven.

24 And again I say to you, 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 heaven.

12 For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there 25 And when they had heard this, are eunuchs, who have made them-the disciples wondered very much,

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8 And when evening was comes saying: Who then can be saved? | 26 And JESUS beholding said to the lord of the vineyard saith to his them: With men this is impossi-steward: Call the labourers and ble but with God all things are pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first. possible.

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27 Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold we have left all things, and have followed thee: what therefore shall we have?

9 When therefore they were come that came about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

10 But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: and they also received

28 And Jesus said to them: Amen I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regenera-every man a penny. 11 And receiving it they murtion, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also mured against the master of the shall sit on twelve seats, judging house, the twelve tribes of Israel.

12 Saying: These last have 29 And every one that hath left worked but one hour, and thou house, or brethren, or sisters, or hast made them equal to us that father, or mother, or wife, or chil- have borne the burden of the day dren, or lands for my name's sake: and the heats. shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall possess life everlasting.

30 And many that are first, shall be last; and the last shall be first. CHAP. XX. The parable of the labourers in the vineyard.

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13 But he answering said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree with me for a penny?

14 Take what is thine, and go thy way: I will also give to this last even as to thee.

15 Or, is it not lawful for me to HE kingdom of heaven is like to an householder who went do what I will? is thy eye evil, beout early in the morning to hire la-cause I am good? bourers into his vineyard.

2 And having agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.

6 And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the market-place idle.

4 And he said to them: Go you also into my vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.

5 And they went their way. And again he went out about the sixth and the ninth hour and did in like manner.

16 So shall the last be first, and the first last. For many are called, but few chosen.

17 And JESUS going up to Jerusalem, took the twelve disciples apart, and said to them:

18 Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests and the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death.

19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the third day he shall rise again.

6 But about the eleventh hour 20 Then came to him the mother he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: of the sons of Zebedee with her Why stand you here all theday idle? sons, adoring and asking something 7 They say to him: Because no of him. man hath hired us.

He saith to 21 Who said to her: what wilt

them: Go you also into my vine-[thou? She saith to him: Say that

vard.

these my two sons may sit, the one

Jericho,hen they went out from spread their garments in the way:

30 And behold two blind men sitting by the way side, heard that JESUS passed by, and they cried out saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us.

31 And the multitude rebuked them that they should hold their peace. But they cried out the more, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have mercy on us.

32 And JESUS stood, and called them, and said: What will ye that do to you?

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33 They say to him: Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

34 And JESUS having compassion on them, touched their eyes. And immediately they saw, and followed him.