27 it to the dogs. And she said, True, Sir. Yet even the dogs eat 28 of the crumbs which fall from their master's table. There

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upon Jesus in reply said to her, O woman, great is thy faith; Be it to thee as thou desirest. And from that instant her daugh. ter was healed.

When Jesus left that place he came nigh to the sea of Galilee, and having ascended the mountain, he sat down there, 30 and great multitudes flocked to him, bringing with them the

lame, the blind, the dumb, the cripple and many others, whom 31 they laid at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them; insomuch that the people beheld with amaze the dumb speaking, the cripple sound, the lame walking, and the blind seeing, and they glorified the God of Israel.

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Then Jesus called his disciples and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they have attended me now three days, and have nothing to eat. I will not send them away 33 fasting. Perhaps they may faint on the road. Thereupon his

disciples say to him, Whence can we get loaves enough, in a 34 wilderness, to satisfy so great a multitude? And Jesus saith

to them, How many loaves have you? And they said, Seven, 35 and a few small fishes. Then commanding the multitude to 36 recline on the ground, he took the seven loaves and the fishes,

and having given thanks, he broke and gave to his disciples; 37 and the disciples [distributed] to the people. And when they

had all eaten and were satisfied, there were carried off seven 38 baskets full of the fragments left. Now they who had eaten were about four thousand men, besides women and children. Then having dismissed the multitude, he embarked and

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came to the coast of Magdala. And the Pharisees and the Sadducees having come thither with a view to try him, desir 2 ed that he would show them a sign from heaven. Whereupon he in reply said to them, When it is evening you say, It will 3 be fair weather, for the sky is red: and in the morning, there will be a storm to day, for the sky is red and lowering. Hypocrites! you know how to distinguish the appearance of the sky, 4 and can you not discern the signs of the times? An evil and adulterous generation demand a sign, but no sign shall be given them, save that of the prophet Jonas. So leaving them he departed.

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Now his disciples, going to the other side, had forgotten to 6 bring with them loaves of bread. And Jesus said to them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the 7 Sadducees. Whereupon they reasoned among themselves, 8 saying, It is because we have not brought loaves with us. And Jesus knowing this, said to them, Why do ye reason among yourselves, O ye of little faith, because you have not brought 9 loaves? Have you yet no reflection? Or do ye not remember

the five loaves among the five thousand, and how many pan10 niers you carried off; nor the seven loaves among the four 11 thousand, and how many baskets you carried off? How is it that you do not understand that I did not speak to you of bread, when I cautioned you to beware of the leaven of the 12 Pharisees and the Sadducees? Then they understood that he did not caution them against the leaven of the bread, but against the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

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When Jesus was going to Cæsarea-philippi, he asked his 14 disciples, saying, Who do men say that I, the son of man, am? And they said, Some say, John the baptist; and some, Elias; 15 and some Jeremias, or one of the prophets. He saith to them, 16 And who do ye say that I am? Upon this Peter, in reply, said, 17 Thou art THE CHRIST, the son of the living God. And Jesus

answering, said to him, Happy art thou, Simon Barjona; for flesh and blood hath not revealed this to thee, but my father 18 who is in heaven. Now I say to thee, Thou art named Peter,

[a rock,*] and upon this very rock I will build my church, and 19 the gates of Hadest shall not prevail against it. And I will give thee the keys of the kingdom of the heavens; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on the earth, will be bound in the heavens; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on the earth, will be 20 loosed in the heavens. Then he charged his disciples not to tell any one that he, Jesus, is the Christ.

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From that time Jesus began to point out to his disciples that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the eiders, and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and 22 raised again on the third day. Upon which Peter, taking him

*This is the meaning of his name translated from the Greek. Hades, the place, mansion or habitation of departed spirits.

aside, began to check him, saying, Mercy on thee, O my 23 Lord! This cannot befal thee. But he, turning, said to Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan. Thou art an obstacle in my way. For thou hast not thy mind bent on the things of God; but on 24 the things of those men. Then Jesus said to his disciples, If

any one wisheth to follow me, let him deny himself, and take 25 up his cross, and follow me. For whoever wisheth to save his

life shall lose it; and whoever shall lose his life for my sake, 26 shall find it. For what will a man be profited, if he should gain the whole world, and be punished with the forfeit of his life? 27 Or, what will not a man give as a ransom for his life? For the

son of man will come in the glory of his father, with his angels, and will then render to every one according to his actions. 28 Verily I say to you, There are some of them standing here who shall not taste death until they see the son of man coming in his kingdom.

XVII. And after six days, Jesus taketh Peter, and James, and

John, his brother, and bringeth them up privately to a high 2 mountain, and was transfigured before them. His face shone 3 like the sun: and his raiment became white as the light. And behold there appeared to them Moses and Elias, conversing 4 with him. Whereupon Peter, addressing Jesus, said, Master,

it is well that we are here. If thou pleasest let us make here 5 three booths, one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. While he was yet speaking, behold! a bright cloud overshadowed them; and lo! from the cloud, a voice, saying, This is 6 my Son, the Beloved, in whom I am well pleased. Hear ye him. Upon hearing this the disciples fell on their face and were great7 ly affrighted. But Jesus came and touched them, and said, 8 Arise, Be not afraid. And having lifted up their eyes they saw 9 none but Jesus only. And as they were coming down from the

mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell no one what you have seen, until the son of man shall have risen from the dead. 10 Then his disciples asked him, saying, Why then do the Scribes 11 say, that Elias must come first? In reply to which, Jesus said

to them, Elias indeed cometh first and is to finish and begin all 12 anew. Now I say to you, Elias is already come and they did not know him, but have treated him as they pleased. In the same 13 manner also the son of man will soon suffer by them. Then

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the disciples understood that he spake to them of John the baptist.

And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a man, who falling on his knees, said, O sir, have pity on my son; for he is afflicted with an epilepsy, and suffereth 15 grievously. For he often falleth into the fire and often into the 16 water. I brought him to thy disciples, but they could not 17 cure him. And Jesus answering, said, O faithless and per

verse generation! How long shall I be with you? How long 18 shall I endure you? Bring him hither to me. Then Jesus rebuked the demon and it went out of him, and from that hour the child was cured.

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Then the disciples came to Jesus in private, and said, Why could not we cast it out? And Jesus said to them, Because of 20 your unbelief. For verily I say to you, If you have faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to that mountain, Rẹmove hence to yonder place; and it would remove; and no21 thing would be impossible to you: but this kind [of power] goeth not forth, unless by prayer and fasting.

22 Now while they remained in Galilee Jesus said to them, The son of man will soon be delivered into the hands of men, 23 and they will put him to death; and on the third day he will be raised up. And they were exceedingly grieved.

24 And when they were come to Capernaum, the receivers of the assessments for the Temple came to Peter, and said, Doth 25 your teacher pay the didrachm?* He saith, Yes. And when he 26 came into the house, before he spake, Jesus said to him, What thinkest thou Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth re27 ceive assessments? Of their own sons or of others? Peter saith to him, of others. Jesus saith to him, The sons then surely are free. However, that we may not offend them, go to the sea, and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that cometh

* That is two drachmas. The drachma was a piece of money, in value nearly equal to a quarter of a dollar; two drachmas make a didrachm, and two didrachms make a stater, nearly equal to a dol-. lar: this was, as Josephus tells us, assessed and collected for repairing the temple.

up; and having opened its mouth thou wilt find a stater: take that and give it to them for me and thee.

XVIII. At that time the disciples came to Jesus, say2. ing, Who is to be greatest in the kingdom of the heavens? Whereupon Jesus, having called to him a little child, placed 3 it in the midst of them and said, Verily I say to you, Unless you be changed, and be like children you shall never enter 4 the kingdom of the heavens. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he is of higher dignity in the 5 kingdom of the heavens. And whoever shall receive one such 6 child in my name, receiveth me. But whoever shall occasion the stumbling of one of such little ones who believe in me, better were it for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck and that he were whelmed in the depth of the 7 sea. Alas for the world because of these stumbling blocks, for these stumbling blocks must needs come: but alas for the 8 man by whom the stumbling block cometh. If then thy hand or thy foot occasioneth thy stumbling, cut them off and cast them from thee. It is better for thee to enter lame or maimed into life, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the 9 fire which is everlasting. And if thine eye occasioneth thy stumbling, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life with but one eye, than having two eyes 10 to be cast into the vale of that fire. Take heed that you despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, Their angels in 11 heaven do continually behold the face of my father who is in heaven. For the son of man is come to save that which was lost,

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What think you? If any man hath an hundred sheep, and one of them go astray, doth he not leave the ninety nine 13 on the mountains, and go in quest of the stray? And if he happen to find it, verily I say to you, he rejoiceth over it more 14 than over the ninety nine which went not astray. Thus it is not the will of your father who is in heaven that one of these 15 little ones should be lost. Wherefore if thy brother trespass against thee, go and expostulate with him when thou and he are alone. If he hearken to thee thou hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he will not hearken to thee, then take with thee one or two, that by the testimony of two or three witnesses every