Matthew 19–20

Chapter 19

And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these words, he departed from Galilee and came into the coasts of Judea, beyond Jordan.

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

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

⁴Who answering, said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made man from the beginning, made them male and female? And he said:

⁵For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they two shall be in one flesh.

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

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

⁸He 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.

⁹And I say to you, that whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth adultery: and he that shall marry her that is put away, committeth adultery.

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

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

¹²For there are eunuchs, who were born so from their mothers womb: and there are eunuchs, who were made so by men: and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let him take it.

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

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

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

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

¹⁷Who said to him: Why askest thou me concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.

¹⁸He 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.

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

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

²¹Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect, go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me.

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

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

²⁴And 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.

²⁵And when they had heard this, the disciples wondered much, saying: Who then can be saved?

²⁶And Jesus beholding, said to them: With men this is impossible: but with God all things are possible.

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

²⁸And Jesus said to them: Amen I say to you, that you who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit on the seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel.

²⁹And every one that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life everlasting.

³⁰And many that are first, shall be last: and the last shall be first.

Chapter 20

The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder, who went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard.

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

³And going out about the third hour, he saw others standing in the marketplace idle.

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

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

⁶But about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing, and he saith to them: Why stand you here all the day idle?

⁷They say to him: Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them: Go ye also into my vineyard.

⁸And when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first.

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

¹⁰But when the first also came, they thought that they should receive more: And they also received every man a penny.

¹¹And receiving it they murmured against the master of the house,

¹²Saying: These last have worked but one hour. and thou hast made them equal to us, that have borne the burden of the day and the heats.

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

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

¹⁵Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I will? Is thy eye evil, because I am good?

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

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

¹⁸Behold 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.

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

²⁰Then came to him the mother of the sons of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking something of him.

²¹Who said to her: What wilt thou? She saith to him: say that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom.

²²And Jesus answering, said: You know not what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I shall drink? They say to him: We can.

²³He saith to them: My chalice indeed you shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand is not mine to give to you, but to them for whom it is prepared by my Father.

²⁴And the ten, hearing it, were moved with indignation against the two brethren.

²⁵But Jesus called them to him and said: You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it over them; and that they that are the greater, exercise power upon them.

²⁶It shall not be so among you: but whosoever is the greater among you, let him be your minister.

²⁷And he that will be first among you shall be your servant.

²⁸Even as the Son of man is not come to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a redemption for many.

²⁹And when they went out from Jericho, a great multitude followed him.

³⁰And 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.

³¹And 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.

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

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

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