1 A t which time the myriads of the multitude having been gathered together, so as to tread upon one another, he began to say unto his disciples, first, `Take heed to yourselves of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy;

In the mean time, when the many thousands of the multitude were gathered together, insomuch that they trod one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

2 a nd there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known;

But there is nothing covered up, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

3 b ecause whatever in the darkness ye said, in the light shall be heard: and what to the ear ye spake in the inner-chambers, shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops.

Wherefore whatsoever ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken in the ear in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

4 ` And I say to you, my friends, be not afraid of those killing the body, and after these things are not having anything over to do;

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

5 b ut I will show to you, whom ye may fear; Fear him who, after the killing, is having authority to cast to the gehenna; yes, I say to you, Fear ye Him.

But I will warn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, who after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

6 ` Are not five sparrows sold for two assars? and one of them is not forgotten before God,

Are not five sparrows sold for two pence? and not one of them is forgotten in the sight of God.

7 b ut even the hairs of your head have been all numbered; therefore fear ye not, than many sparrows ye are of more value.

But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

8 ` And I say to you, Every one -- whoever may confess with me before men, the Son of Man also shall confess with him before the messengers of God,

And I say unto you, Every one who shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

9 a nd he who hath denied me before men, shall be denied before the messengers of God,

but he that denieth me in the presence of men shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God.

10 a nd every one whoever shall say a word to the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven to him, but to him who to the Holy Spirit did speak evil, it shall not be forgiven.

And every one who shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit it shall not be forgiven.

11 ` And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye may reply, or what ye may say,

And when they bring you before the synagogues, and the rulers, and the authorities, be not anxious how or what ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

12 f or the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that hour what it behoveth to say.'

for the Holy Spirit shall teach you in that very hour what ye ought to say.

13 A nd a certain one said to him, out of the multitude, `Teacher, say to my brother to divide with me the inheritance.'

And one out of the multitude said unto him, Teacher, bid my brother divide the inheritance with me.

14 A nd he said to him, `Man, who set me a judge or a divider over you?'

But he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

15 A nd he said unto them, `Observe, and beware of the covetousness, because not in the abundance of one's goods is his life.'

And he said unto them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth.

16 A nd he spake a simile unto them, saying, `Of a certain rich man the field brought forth well;

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

17 a nd he was reasoning within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where I shall gather together my fruits?

and he reasoned within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have not where to bestow my fruits?

18 a nd he said, This I will do, I will take down my storehouses, and greater ones I will build, and I will gather together there all my products and my good things,

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my grain and my goods.

19 a nd I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years, be resting, eat, drink, be merry.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, be merry.

20 ` And God said to him, Unthinking one! this night thy soul they shall require from thee, and what things thou didst prepare -- to whom shall they be?

But God said unto him, Thou foolish one, this night is thy soul required of thee; and the things which thou hast prepared, whose shall they be?

21 s o he who is treasuring up to himself, and is not rich toward God.'

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

22 A nd he said unto his disciples, `Because of this, to you I say, Be not anxious for your life, what ye may eat; nor for the body, what ye may put on;

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on.

23 t he life is more than the nourishment, and the body than the clothing.

For the life is more than the food, and the body than the raiment.

24 ` Consider the ravens, that they sow not, nor reap, to which there is no barn nor storehouse, and God doth nourish them; how much better are ye than the fowls?

Consider the ravens, that they sow not, neither reap; which have no store-chamber nor barn; and God feedeth them: of how much more value are ye than the birds!

25 a nd who of you, being anxious, is able to add to his age one cubit?

And which of you by being anxious can add a cubit unto the measure of his life?

26 I f, then, ye are not able for the least -- why for the rest are ye anxious?

If then ye are not able to do even that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?

27 ` Consider the lilies, how do they grow? they labour not, nor do they spin, and I say to you, not even Solomon in all his glory was arrayed as one of these;

Consider the lilies, how they grow: they toil not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you, Even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

28 a nd if the herbage in the field, that to-day is, and to-morrow into an oven is cast, God doth so clothe, how much more you -- ye of little faith?

But if God doth so clothe the grass in the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more shall he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

29 ` And ye -- seek not what ye may eat, or what ye may drink, and be not in suspense,

And seek not ye what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

30 f or all these things do the nations of the world seek after, and your Father hath known that ye have need of these things;

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

31 b ut, seek ye the reign of God, and all these things shall be added to you.

Yet seek ye his kingdom, and these things shall be added unto you.

32 ` Fear not, little flock, because your Father did delight to give you the reign;

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

33 s ell your goods, and give alms, make to yourselves bags that become not old, a treasure unfailing in the heavens, where thief doth not come near, nor moth destroy;

Sell that which ye have, and give alms; make for yourselves purses which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief draweth near, neither moth destroyeth.

34 f or where your treasure is, there also your heart will be.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

35 ` Let your loins be girded, and the lamps burning,

Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

36 a nd ye like to men waiting for their lord, when he shall return out of the wedding feasts, that he having come and knocked, immediately they may open to him.

and be ye yourselves like unto men looking for their lord, when he shall return from the marriage feast; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may straightway open unto him.

37 ` Happy those servants, whom the lord, having come, shall find watching; verily I say to you, that he will gird himself, and will cause them to recline (at meat), and having come near, will minister to them;

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and shall come and serve them.

38 a nd if he may come in the second watch, and in the third watch he may come, and may find so, happy are those servants.

And if he shall come in the second watch, and if in the third, and find them so blessed are those servants.

39 ` And this know, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief doth come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken through;

But know this, that if the master of the house had known in what hour the thief was coming, he would have watched, and not have left his house to be broken through.

40 a nd ye, then, become ye ready, because at the hour ye think not, the Son of Man doth come.'

Be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.

41 A nd Peter said to him, `Sir, unto us this simile dost thou speak, or also unto all?'

And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even unto all?

42 A nd the Lord said, `Who, then, is the faithful and prudent steward whom the lord shall set over his household, to give in season the wheat measure?

And the Lord said, Who then is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall set over his household, to give them their portion of food in due season?

43 H appy that servant, whom his lord, having come, shall find doing so;

Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

44 t ruly I say to you, that over all his goods he will set him.

Of a truth I say unto you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

45 ` And if that servant may say in his heart, My lord doth delay to come, and may begin to beat the men-servants and the maid-servants, to eat also, and to drink, and to be drunken;

But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and the maidservants, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

46 t he lord of that servant will come in a day in which he doth not look for, and in an hour that he doth not know, and will cut him off, and his portion with the unfaithful he will appoint.

the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint his portion with the unfaithful.

47 ` And that servant, who having known his lord's will, and not having prepared, nor having gone according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes,

And that servant, who knew his lord's will, and made not ready, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

48 a nd he who, not having known, and having done things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few; and to every one to whom much was given, much shall be required from him; and to whom they did commit much, more abundantly they will ask of him.

but he that knew not, and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much is given, of him shall much be required: and to whom they commit much, of him will they ask the more.

49 ` Fire I came to cast to the earth, and what will I if already it was kindled?

I came to cast fire upon the earth; and what do I desire, if it is already kindled?

50 b ut I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how am I pressed till it may be completed!

But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished!

51 ` Think ye that peace I came to give in the earth? no, I say to you, but rather division;

Think ye that I am come to give peace in the earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division:

52 f or there shall be henceforth five in one house divided -- three against two, and two against three;

for there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three.

53 a father shall be divided against a son, and a son against a father, a mother against a daughter, and a daughter against a mother, a mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.'

They shall be divided, father against son, and son against father; mother against daughter, and daughter against her mother; mother in law against her daughter in law, and daughter in law against her mother in law.

54 A nd he said also to the multitudes, `When ye may see the cloud rising from the west, immediately ye say, A shower doth come, and it is so;

And he said to the multitudes also, When ye see a cloud rising in the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it cometh to pass.

55 a nd when -- a south wind blowing, ye say, that there will be heat, and it is;

And when ye see a south wind blowing, ye say, There will be a scorching heat; and it cometh to pass.

56 h ypocrites! the face of the earth and of the heaven ye have known to make proof of, but this time -- how do ye not make proof of ?

Ye hypocrites, ye know how to interpret the face of the earth and the heaven; but how is it that ye know not how to interpret this time?

57 ` And why, also, of yourselves, judge ye not what is righteous?

And why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

58 f or, as thou art going away with thy opponent to the ruler, in the way give diligence to be released from him, lest he may drag thee unto the judge, and the judge may deliver thee to the officer, and the officer may cast thee into prison;

For as thou art going with thine adversary before the magistrate, on the way give diligence to be quit of him; lest haply he drag thee unto the judge, and the judge shall deliver thee to the officer, and the officer shall cast thee into prison.

59 I say to thee, thou mayest not come forth thence till even the last mite thou mayest give back.'

I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou have paid the very last mite.