of hearing, and their eyes are dim, lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.

But blessed are your eyes, that they see; and your ears, that they hear.

Verily I say unto you, Many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

Hear ye therefore this parable of the sower.

If any man hear the word of the kingdom, and understand it not, the wicked man cometh, and taketh away that which is sown in his heart: and he it is that soweth in the way.

But he that is sown on stony ground is he that heareth the word, and soon receiveth it with joy.

But he hath not root in him, but he is fickle: when tribulation and persecution arise because of the word, he is soon vexed.

But he that is sown among thorns, if any man hear the word, and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and bring not forth fruit.

But he that is sown in the good land, if any man hear the word, and understand it, and bring forth fruit; and some bear an hundredfold, and some sixty, and some thirty.

And he set before them another parable, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a man which sowed good seed in his field.

And while the people slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and departed.

And when the herb grew, and brought forth fruit, then were the tares also found.

And the servants came unto the father of the house, and said: Lord, hast thou not sown good seed in thy field? Whence then did he sow the tares?

And he said unto them: This hath the enemy done. Then said the servants: Wilt thou then that we go and weed it out?

And he said, Nay, lest, when ye pluck up the tares, ye pluck up the wheat with them.

Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say unto the reapers, Gather first the tares, and bind them in bundles to be burned: but gather the wheat into my barns.

And he set another parable before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field,

Which is the least of all seeds: but when it groweth up, it is the greatest of cabbages, and becometh a tree, that the fowls of the air may come and dwell under the branches thereof.

And he spake another parable unto them: The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and mingled with three measures of flour, until it was leavened through.

All these things spake JEsus unto the people by parables; and without parables spake he not unto them,

That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in
parables, and will utter the mysteries from the foundation of the world.

And JEsus sent the people away, and came home. And his disciples came to him, saying: Interpret unto us this parable of the tares of the field.

And he answered and said unto them: The Son of man is he that soweth good seed.
The field is the world. The good seed are the children of the kingdom. The tares are the children of wickedness.

The enemy who sows them is the devil. The harvest is the end of the world. The cuts are the angels.

As the tares are weeded out, and burned with fire, so shall it be in the end of this world.

And the Son of man shall send his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all that offend, and them which do iniquity,

And they shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then the righteous shall shine as the sun in their Father’s kingdom. He who has ears to hear, let him hear!

But sometimes the kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hid in the field, which a man found, and hid, and went away rejoicing over the same, and sold all that he had, and bought the field.

But once the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant seeking goodly pearls.

And when he found a pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

But once the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net cast into the sea, to catch every kind.

But when it is full, they draw it out to the shore, and sit down, and gather the good into a vessel; but the rotten they cast away.

So shall it be at the end of the world. The angels will go out and separate the wicked from the righteous

And they shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

And JEsus said unto them: Have ye understood all these things? They said: Yea, Lord.

Then said he, Therefore every scribe, being instructed unto the kingdom of heaven, is like unto a householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed from thence.

And he came into his own country, and taught them in their synagogues, and they were astonished, and said: Whence came this man such wisdom and deeds?

Is he not the son of a carpenter? Is not his mother’s name Mary, and his brethren Jacob, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas?

And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where did all this come from for him?

And were offended at him. And Jesus said unto them: A prophet is not counted less than in his own country, and in his own house.

And there he did not many signs because of their unbelief.
(Matthew)
Chapter 14

At that time came the rumour of JEsu before Herod the tetrarch.

And he said unto his servants: This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead, therefore he doeth such deeds.

For Herod had taken John, and bound him, and put him in prison, because of Herodias his brother Philip’s wife.

For John had said unto him, It is not right for thee to have them.

And he would gladly have killed him, but was afraid of the people: for they took him for a prophet.

And it came to pass, when Herod was celebrating his anniversary, that the daughter of Herodias danced before them. This pleased Herod well.

Therefore he promised her with an oath, that he would give her what she would ask.

And when she had been prepared before by her mother, she said, Give me here on a dish the
head of John the Baptist.

And the king was grieved: but for the oath’s sake, and for the sake of them that sat at meat with him, he commanded it to be given her.

And sent and beheaded John in prison.

And his head was brought in a dish, and given unto the damsel; and she brought it unto her mother.

Then came his disciples, and took his body, and buried it, and came and preached JEsu.

And when Jesus heard it, he departed thence in a ship into a wilderness by himself. And when the people heard it, they followed him on foot out of the cities.

And JEsus went forth, and saw the great multitude; and he mourned for them, and healed their sick.

And in the evening his disciples came unto him, saying: This is a wilderness, and the night is fallen: send the people away from thee, that they may go into the markets, and buy them meat.

But Jesus saith unto them: There is no need that they should go; give ye them to eat.

And they said: We have nothing here but five loaves and two fishes.

And he said, Bring them hither unto me.

And he commanded the people to lie down on the grass, and took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks, and brake, and gave the loaves to the disciples; and the disciples gave to the people.

And they did all eat, and were filled, and took up that which remained of the bread, twelve baskets full. –

And they that did eat were about five thousand men without wives and children.

And straightway JEsus constrained his disciples to enter into the ship, and to go before him, until he should send the people away.

And when he had sent away the people, he went up into a mountain by himself to pray. And in the evening he was there alone.

And the ship was already in the midst of the sea, and was troubled with the waves: for the wind was contrary unto them.

But in the fourth watch of the night JEsus came unto them, walking on the sea.

And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were afraid, saying: It is a ghost!
and cried out for fear.

And straightway JEsus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; fear not.

And Peter answered him, and said, Lord, if it be thou, let me come unto thee on the water.

And he said, Come hither. And Peter came out of the ship, and walked on the water, that he might come unto Jesus.

And he saw a strong wind. And he was afraid, and began to sink, and cried out, saying, Lord, help me.

And Jesus straightway put forth his hand, and took him, and said unto him, O thou of little