for my sake. But he that endures to the end shall be saved. 10:23And when they persecute you in one city, flee to another. For I tell you truly, that you will not finish the cities of Israel till the Son of man shall come.
3 10:24A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his master. 10:25It is sufficient for the disciple to be as his teacher, and the servant as his master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebul, how much more will they call the members of his family by that name. 10:26Fear them not, therefore, for there is nothing concealed that shall not be revealed, nor hid that shall not be known. 10:27What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light, and what you hear in the ear, preach on the house-tops. 10:28And fear not those who kill the body and are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
4 10:29Are not two sparrows sold for an assarion [1.5 mills]? and one of them cannot fall to the ground without your Father. 10:30Even the hairs of your head are all numbered. 10:31Fear not, therefore, you are of more value than many sparrows. 10:32Every one, therefore, who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father in heaven; 10:33and whoever denies me before men, him will I also deny before my Father in heaven.
5 10:34Think not that I have come to send peace on the earth. I have not come to send peace, but a sword. 10:35I have come to set a man at variance against his father, and a daughter against her mother, and a bride against her mother-in-law; 10:36and a man's enemies shall be those of his own house. 10:37He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me; 10:38and he that does not take up his cross and follow me is not worthy of me. 10:39He that finds his life shall lose it, and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. 10:40He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. 10:41He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward, and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward. 10:42And whoever shall give one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, I tell you truly, he shall by no means lose his reward. 11:1And when Jesus had finished his charge to his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and preach in their cities.
CHAPTER VIII.
JOHN THE BAPTIST QUESTIONING CHRIST'S MESSIAHSHIP.
1 11:2AND John hearing in the prison of the works of Christ, sending by his disciples, 11:3said to him, Are you he that was coming, or look we for another? 11:4And Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell John what you see and hear; 11:5the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, and the poor have the good news preached to them; 11:6and blessed is he that is not offended with me.
2 11:7And when they had gone, Jesus began to say to the multitudes, concerning John, What went you out to the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 11:8But what went you out to see? A man wearing fine clothes? Behold, they that wear fine clothes are in the houses of kings. 11:9But what went you out to see? A prophet? Yes, I tell you, and more than a prophet. 11:10For this is he of whom it is written; Behold, I send my messenger before your face, to prepare your way before you. 11:11I tell you truly, there has not arisen among those born of woman a greater than John the Baptist; but the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 11:12And from the days of John the Baptist till now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force. 11:13For all the prophets and the law prophesied till John. 11:14And if you will receive it, this is Elijah, who was to come.
3 11:15He that has ears, let him hear. 11:16To what shall I liken this generation? It is like little children sitting in the markets, who call to their companions, 11:17and say, We have played on pipes for you, and you have not danced; we have mourned, and you have not lamented. 11:18For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon; 11:19the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a glutton, and a wine drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified by her children.
4 11:20Then he began to rebuke those cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they changed not their minds. 11:21Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have changed their minds long ago in sackcloth and ashes. 11:22But I tell you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in a day of judgment than for you. 11:23And you, Capernaum, which are exalted even to heaven, shall go down even to hades; for if the mighty works which have been done in you had been done in Sodom, it would have remained to this day. 11:24But I tell you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in a day of judgment, than for you.
5 11:25At that time Jesus answering said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and intelligent, and hast revealed them to babes. 11:26Yes, Father, for so it has seemed good in thy sight. 11:27All things are given me by my Father; and no one knows the Son but the Father; and no one knows the Father but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him. 11:28Come to me all you that labor hard and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart, and you shall find rest for your souls; 11:30for my yoke is easy, and my burden light.
CHAPTER IX.
CHRIST'S DOCTRINE OF THE SABBATH.
1 12:1AT that time Jesus went through the grain fields on the sabbath; and his disciples were hungry, and began to pick the heads and eat. 12:2And the Pharisees seeing it, said to him, Behold, your disciples do what it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. 12:3But he said to them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were with him? 12:4how he entered into the house of God and eat the show bread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, nor for those with him, but only for the priests? 12:5Or have you not read in the law, that the priests profane the sabbath in the temple, and are blameless? 12:6But I tell you that here is an object greater than the temple. 12:7But if you had known what, I wish for mercy and not a sacrifice, means, you would not have condemned the innocent; 12:8for the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.
2 12:9And departing thence he went into their synagogue, 12:10and behold a man having a withered hand [was there]. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to cure on the sabbath? that they might accuse him. 12:11And he said to them, What man is there of you having one sheep, who if this falls into a pit on the sabbath, will not take hold of it and lift it out? 12:12How much then is a man better than a sheep! So that it is lawful to do good on the sabbath. 12:13Then he said to the man, Stretch out your hand; and he
