Matthew 7–9

Chapter 7

Judge not, that you may not be judged.

²For with what judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with what measure you mete, it shall be measured to you again.

³And why seest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye; and seest not the beam that is in thy own eye?

⁴Or how sayest thou to thy brother: Let me cast the mote out of thy eye; and behold a beam is in thy own eye?

⁵Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thy own eye, and then shalt thou see to cast out the mote out of thy brother’s eye.

⁶Give not that which is holy to dogs; neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest perhaps they trample them under their feet, and turning upon you, they tear you.

⁷Ask, and it shall be given you: seek, and you shall find: knock, and it shall be opened to you.

⁸For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

⁹Or what man is there among you, of whom if his son shall ask bread, will he reach him a stone?

¹⁰Or if he shall ask him a fish, will he reach him a serpent?

¹¹If you 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 them that ask him?

¹²All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do to you, do you also to them. For this is the law and the prophets.

¹³Enter ye in at the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction, and many there are who go in thereat.

¹⁴How narrow is the gate, and strait is the way that leadeth to life: and few there are that find it!

¹⁵Beware of false prophets, who come to you in the clothing of sheep, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.

¹⁶By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

¹⁷Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit, and the evil tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

¹⁸A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can an evil tree bring forth good fruit.

¹⁹Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit, shall be cut down, and shall be cast into the fire.

²⁰Wherefore by their fruits you shall know them.

²¹Not every one that saith to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven: but he that doth the will of my Father who is in heaven, he shall enter into the kingdom of heaven.

²²Many will say to me in that day: Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name, and cast out devils in thy name, and done many miracles in thy name?

²³And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

²⁴Every one therefore that heareth these my words, and doth them, shall be likened to a wise man that built his house upon a rock,

²⁵And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on a rock.

²⁶And every one that heareth these my words and doth them not, shall be like a foolish man that built his house upon the sand,

²⁷And the rain fell, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and they beat upon that house, and it fell, and great was the fall thereof.

²⁸And it came to pass when Jesus had fully ended these words, the people were in admiration at his doctrine.

²⁹For he was teaching them as one having power, and not as the scribes and Pharisees.

Chapter 8

And when he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him:

²And behold a leper came and adored him, saying: Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

³And Jesus stretching forth his hand, touched him, saying: I will, be thou made clean. And forthwith his leprosy was cleansed.

⁴And Jesus saith to him: See thou tell no man: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

⁵And when he had entered into Capharnaum, there came to him a centurion, beseeching him,

⁶And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, and is grievously tormented.

⁷And Jesus saith to him: I will come and heal him.

⁸And the centurion, making answer, said: Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst enter under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed.

⁹For I also am a man subject to authority, having under me soldiers; and I say to this, Go, and he goeth, and to another Come, and he cometh, and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it.

¹⁰And Jesus hearing this, marvelled; and said to them that followed him. Amen I say to you, I have not found so great faith in Israel.

¹¹And I say to you that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven:

¹²But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

¹³And Jesus said to the centurion: Go, and as thou hast believed, so be it done to thee. And the servant was healed at the same hour.

¹⁴And when Jesus was come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying, and sick of a fever;

¹⁵And he touched her hand, and the fever left her, and she arose and ministered to them.

¹⁶And when evening was come, they brought to him many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word: and all that were sick he healed:

¹⁷That it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the prophet Isaias, saying: He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases.

¹⁸And Jesus seeing great multitudes about him, gave orders to pass over the water.

¹⁹And a certain scribe came and said to him: Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou shalt go.

²⁰And Jesus saith to him: The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

²¹And another of his disciples said to him: Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

²²But Jesus said to him: Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

²³And when he entered into the boat, his disciples followed him:

²⁴And behold a great tempest arose in the sea, so that the boat was covered with waves, but he was asleep.

²⁵And they came to him, and awaked him, saying: Lord, save us, we perish.

²⁶And Jesus saith to them: Why are you fearful, O ye of little faith? Then rising up, he commanded the winds, and the sea, and there came a great calm.

²⁷But the men wondered, saying: What manner of man is this, for the winds and the sea obey him?

²⁸And when he was come on the other side of the water, into the country of the Gerasens, there met him two that were possessed with devils, coming out of the sepulchres, exceeding fierce, so that none could pass by that way.

²⁹And behold they cried out, saying: What have we to do with thee, Jesus Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

³⁰And there was, not far from them, a herd of many swine feeding.

³¹And the devils besought him, saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.

³²And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the swine, and behold the whole herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea: and they perished in the waters.

³³And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils.

³⁴And behold the whole city went out to meet Jesus, and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coast.

Chapter 9

And entering into a boat, he passed over the water and came into his own city.

²And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And Jesus, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy: Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

³And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth.

⁴And Jesus seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts?

⁵Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise, and walk?

⁶But that you may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.

⁷And he arose, and went into his house.

⁸And the multitude seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.

⁹And when Jesus passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he arose up and followed him.

¹⁰And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

¹¹And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners?

¹²But Jesus hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.

¹³Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For I am not come to call the just, but sinners.

¹⁴Then came to him the disciples of John, saying: Why do we and the Pharisees, fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

¹⁵And Jesus said to them: Can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

¹⁶And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.

¹⁷Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bottles: and both are preserved.

¹⁸As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

¹⁹And Jesus rising up followed him, with his disciples.

²⁰And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

²¹For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.

²²But Jesus turning and seeing her, said: Be of…