The 19th Chapter
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished those sayings, he got him from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Jewry beyond Jordan, and much people followed him, and he healed them there.
Then came unto him the Pharisees tempting him, and saying to him: Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for all manner of causes? He answered and said unto them: Have you not read, how that he which made man at the beginning, made them man and woman and said: for this thing, shall a man leave father and mother and cleave unto his wife, and they twain (two) shall be one flesh. Wherefore now are they not twain, but one flesh: Let not man therefore put asunder, that which God has coupled together. Then said they to him: why did Moses command to give a testimonial of divorcement and to put her away? He said unto them: Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered (allowed) you to put away your wives: But from the beginning it was not so. I say therefore unto you, whosoever puts away his wife (except it be for fornication) and marries another breaks wedlock. And whosoever marries her which is divorced, does commit *advoutry. *advoutry: prefix "a" meaning not or without, devout: devotion; Not being devoted to God ...plain hearted to God, being devoted to something or someone else. see James 2 for adultery
Then said his disciples to him: if the matter be so between man and wife, then is it not good to marry. He said unto them: all men cannot *away (Hebrew: endure it or allow it) with that saying save they to whom it is given. There are chaste, which were so born out of their mothers belly. And there are chaste, which be made of men. And there be chaste, which have made themselves chaste for the kingdom of heavens sake. He that can take it, let him take it. Then were brought to him young children, that he should put his hands on them and pray. And the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said: suffer (allow) the children and forbid them not to come to me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. And when he had put his hands on them he departed from that place.
And behold one came, and said unto him: good master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? He said unto him: why call you my good? there is none good but one, and that is God*.. (period) But if you will enter into life, keep the commandments. The other said to him: Which? And Jesus said: break no wedlock, kill not: steal not: bear not false witness: honour father and mother: and love your neighbor as your self. And the young man said unto him: I have observed all these things from my youth, what lack I yet? And Jesus said unto him if you will be perfect, go and sell that you hast, and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven, and come and follow me. When the young man heard that saying, he went away mourning. For he had great possessions.
Then Jesus said unto his disciples: Verily I say unto you: it is hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. And moreover I say unto you: it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. When his disciples heard that, they were exceedingly amazed, saying: who then can be saved: Jesus beheld them, and said unto them: with men this is unpossible, but with God all things are possible.
Then answered Peter, and said to him: Behold, we have forsaken all and followed you, what shall we have? Jesus said unto them: verily I say to you: *when the son of man shall sit in the seat of his majesty, you which follow me in the second generation shall sit also upon twelve seats, and judge the twelve tribes of Israel. And whosoever forsakes houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my names sake, the same shall receive an hundred fold, and shall inherit everlasting life. Many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first.*Again ...all out of God's order ...and what is "regeneration" ???
The 20th Chapter
For the kingdom of heaven is like unto an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And he agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, and sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw other standing idle in the marketplace, and said unto them, go you also into my vineyard: and whatsoever is right, I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. And he went out about the eleventh hour and found other standing idle, and said unto them: Why stand you here all the day idle? They said unto him: because no man has hired us. He said to them: go you also into my vineyard, and whatsoever is right, that shall you receive.
When evening was come, the Lord of the vineyard said unto his steward: call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning at the last, till you come to the first. And they which were hired about the eleventh hour, came and received every man a penny. Then came the first, supposing that they should receive more: and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the good man of the house saying: These last have wrought but one hour, and you have made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day.
He answered to one of them saying: friend I do you no wrong: did you not agree with me for a penny? Take that which is your duty, and go your way. I will give unto this last, as much as to you. Is it not lawful for me to do as me lists ( inclined to do) with mine own? Is your eye evil because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the first shall be last. For many are called and few be chosen. And Jesus ascended to Jerusalem and took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said to them. Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief Priests, and unto the Scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the gentiles, to be mocked, to be scourged, and to be crucified: and the third day he shall rise again.
Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her: what will you have? She said unto him: Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on your right hand, and the other on your left hand in your kingdom.
Jesus answered and said: you wot (know) not what you ask. Are you able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptised with the baptism that I shall be baptised with? They answered to him, that we are. And he said unto them: you shall drink of my cup, and shall be baptised with the baptism that I shall be baptised with. But to sit on my right hand and on my left hand, is not mine to give: but to them for whom it is prepared of my father.
And when the ten heard this, they disdained at the two brethren: But Jesus called them unto him and said: you know that the lords of the gentiles have domination over them. And they that are great, exercise power over them. It shall not be so among you. But whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister: and whosoever will be chief, let him be your servant, even as the son of man came, not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life for the redemption of many.
And as they departed from Hericho (Jericho), much people followed him. and behold two blind men sitting by the wayside, when they heard Jesus pass by, cried saying: *You Lord the son of David have mercy on us. And the people rebuked them, because they should hold their peace. But they cried the more saying: have mercy on us you Lord which are the son of David. Then Jesus stood still, and called them, and said: what will you that I should do to you? They said to him: Lord that our eyes may be opened. Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes and immediately their eyes received sight. And they followed him.
The 21st Chapter
When they drew near unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto mount Olivet: then sent Jesus two of his disciples, saying to them: Go into the town that lies over against you, and at once you shall find an ass bound, and her colt with her: loose them and bring them unto me. And if any man say anything unto you, say you that the Lord has need of them: and straight way he will let them go. All this was done, to fulfill that which was spoken by the prophet, saying: Tell you the daughter of Sion: behold your king comes unto you, meek, and sitting upon an ass and a colt, the foal of an ass used to the yoke. The disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them, and brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and set him thereon. And many of the people spread their garments in the way. Other cut down branches from the trees, and strawed (strewed) them in the way. Moreover the people that went before, and they also that came after, cried saying: Hosanna to the son of David. Blessed be he that comes in the name of the Lord, Hosanna in the highest.
And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved saying: who is this? And the people said: this is Jesus the Prophet of Nazareth a city of Galilee. And Jesus went in to the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, and said to them: It is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer. But you have made it a den of thieves. And the blind and the halt came to him in the temple, and he healed them.
When the chief Priests and Scribes saw the marvels that he did, and the children crying in the temple and saying: Hosanna to the son of David, they disdained, and said unto him: hear you what these say? Jesus said unto them yes: have you never read, of the mouth of babes and sucklings you have ordained praise? And he left them, and went out of the city unto Bethany, and had his abiding there.
In the morning as he returned into the city again, he hungered, and spied a fig tree in the way, and came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said to it, never fruit grow on you from now on forward. And at once the fig tree withered away. And when his disciples saw that, they marvelled saying. How soon is the fig tree withered away? Jesus answered, and said unto them: Verily I say unto you, if you shall have faith and shall not doubt, you shall not only do that which I have done to the fig tree: but also if you shall say unto this mountain, take yourself away, and cast yourself into the sea, it shall be done. And whatsoever you shall ask in prayer (if you believe) you shall receive it.
And when he was come in to the temple, the chief Priests and the elders of the people, came unto him as he was teaching, and said by what authority do you these things? and who gave you this power? Jesus answered, and said unto them: I also will ask of you a certain question, which if you *assoil (answer, pardon, atone, absolve) me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The baptime (baptism) of John: from where was it? from heaven or of men? Then they reasoned among themselves saying: if we shall say from heaven, he will say unto us: why did you not then believe him? But and if we shall say of men, then fear we the people. For all men held John as a prophet. And they answered Jesus and said: we cannot tell. And he likewise said unto them: neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. What say you to this? A certain man had two sons, and came to the elder and said: son go and work today in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not: but afterward repented and went. Then came he to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said: I will sir: yet went not. Whether of them twain (two) did the will of the father? And they said unto him: the first. Jesus said unto them: verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots shall come into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and you believed him not. But the publicans and the harlots believed him. And yet you (though you saw it) were not yet moved with repentance, that you might afterward have believed him.
Hearken another similitude. There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and made a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went in to a strange country. And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen to receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen caught his servants, and beat one, killed another, and stoned another. Again, he sent other servants, more than the first: and they served them likewise. But last of all, he sent unto them his own son saying: they will fear my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves. This is the heir: come, let us kill him, and let us take his inheritance to ourselves. And they caught him and thrust him out of the vineyard, and slew him. When the Lord of the vineyard comes, what will he do with those husbandmen? They said unto him: he will cruelly destroy those evil persons, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall deliver him the fruit at times convenient. Jesus said unto them: did you never read in the scriptures? The stone which the builders refused the same is set in the principal part of the corner: this was the Lords doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes. Therefore say I unto you, the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and shall be given to the Gentiles, which shall bring forth the fruits of it. And whosoever shall fall on this stone, he shall be broken, but on whosoever it shall fall upon, it will grind him to powder. And when the chief Priests and Pharisees heard these similitudes, they perceived that he spoke of them. And they went about to lay hands on him, but they feared the people, because they took him as a Prophet.
The 22nd Chapter
And Jesus answered and spoke unto them again, in similitudes, saying. The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain King, which married his son, and sent forth his servants, to call them that were bid to the wedding, and they would not come. Again he sent forth other servants, saying. Tell them which are bidden (moved, invited, called): behold I have prepared my dinner, mine oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready, come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways: one to his *firm place, another about his merchandise, the remnant took his servants and intreated them ungodly and slew them. When the king heard that, he was wroth, and sent forth his warriors and destroyed those murderers, and burnt up their city. *firm: original text: ferme
Then said he to his servants: the wedding was prepared. But they which were bidden (moved, invited, called), were not worthy. Go you therefore out into the highways, and as many as you find, bid them to the marriage. The servants went out into the highways, and gathered to gether as many as they could find, both good and bad, and the wedding was furnished with guests. Then the king came in, to visit the guests, and spied there a man which had not on a wedding garment, and said unto him: friend, how fortuned it that you came in hither and have not on a wedding garment? And he was even speechless. Then said the king to his ministers: take and bind him hand and foot, and cast him into utter darkness, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called and few be chosen.
Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how they might tangle him in his words. And they sent unto him their disciples with Herods servants saying: Master, we know that you are true, and teach the way of God truly, neither care for any man, for you consider not mens estate. Tell us therefore: how think you? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar or not? Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said: Why tempt you me you hypocrites? Let me see the tribute money. And they took him a penny. And he said unto them: whose is this Image and superscription? They said unto him: Caesars. Then said he unto them: Give therefore to Caesar, that which is Caesars: and give unto God, that which is Gods. When they heard that, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.
The same day the Sadducees came to him (which say that there is no resurrection) and asked him saying: Master, Moses bade, if a man die having no children, that the brother marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. There were with us seven brethren, and the first married and deceased without issue and left his wife unto his brother. Like wise the second and the third, unto the seventh. Last of all the woman died also. Now in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? For all had her. Jesus answered and said unto them you are deceived and understand not the scriptures, nor yet the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry nor are married: but are as the Angels in heaven.
As touching the resurrection of the dead: have you not read what is said unto you of God, which says: I am Abrahams God, and Isaacs God, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead: but of the living. And when the people heard that, they were astonied at his doctrine.
When the Pharisees had heard, how that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they drew to gether, and one of them which was a doctor of law, asked a question tempting him and saying: Master, which is the chief commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him: Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind. This is the first and the chief commandment. And there is another like unto this. Love your neighbor as yourself. In these two commandments hang all the law and the Prophets.
While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them saying: what think you of Christ? Whose son is he? They said unto him, the son of David. He said unto them: how then does David in spirit, call him Lord saying: The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand till I make your enemies your footstool. If David call him Lord: how is he then his son? And none could answer him again one word: neither durst any from that day forth, ask him any more questions.