The Gabriel Bible

The Gabriel Bible

MATTHEW 11-20 (with Strong’s Numbers)

[Chapters 14-20 were lost and will be redone.]

Introduction

Matthew 11: After Yeshua finished the instructions to His twelve disciples, He left to teach and herald in their cities. 2 Now when John heard of the works of the Messiah, from prison, he sent an inquiry by his disciples, 3 asking Him, “Are You the One who comes, or should we expect another”? 4 Yeshua told them, “Go, tell John the things that you hear and see; 5 the blind see, the lame walk, the leprous are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise up, the needy hear the *Good News*; 6 and anyone is blessed who doesnt stumble because of Me”. 7 When they were gone, Yeshua began to talk to the crowds concerning John, “What did you go into the wilderness to see; a reed waving in the wind? 8 If not; what did you go out to see, a man clothed in soft* [2] clothing? Look, those who are clothed in soft clothing, are *among kings*. 9 If not; what did you go out to see, a prophet? Yes, I say and more than a prophet. 10 For this is the one of whom it is written, “Look, I will send My heralds* before You, so that he can prepare the way before You”. 11 I tell you with certainty, “Among those born of women, there hasnt arisen anyone greater than John the Baptizer; yet the little one in the Kingdom of Heaven, is greater than he. 12 From the days of John the Baptizer, until now, the Kingdom of Heaven *has been attacked* [971] by force, and the violent *continue attacking* [726] it. 13 For all the Prophets and the Torah* prophesied until the time of John. 14 If you are willing, accept that this is the one who was to come. 15 He who has ears to hear, let him listen! 16 But what can I compare this nation* [1074] to? It is like children, who sit in the marketplace and call to their associates, 17 and say, “We have sung to you, and you didnt dance, we have wailed to you, and you didnt lament. 18 For John came, neither eating and nor drinking; and they said, He has a demon. 19 The Son of man came, eating and drinking; and they say, ‘Look, a glutton, and a wino*, and a friend of tax extractors’* and sinners. But wisdom is *made righteous* [1344] by her works* [3]”. 20 Then Yeshua began to reproach the cities that many of His powerful miracles were done in, yet they didnt *amend their ways*. 21 He said, “I pity you, Chorazin! I pity you, Bethsaida! For if the powerful miracles done there had been done in Tyre and Sidon, no doubt they would have *amended their ways* in sackcloth and ashes long ago. 22 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon, in the Day of Judgment, than for you. 23 You, Capernaum, exalted to heaven, will be brought down to Sheol. For if those powerful miracles that were done in you, had been done in Sodom, it would have survived* to this day”. 24 But I tell you that it will be more bearable for the land of Sodom, in the Day of Judgment, than for you. 25 Then Yeshua said, “I praise you, O Father, Yehovah of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the experts* [4680] and the shrewd* [4908], and have revealed them to little children. 26 Yes, Father; for this seemed good to You. 27 My Father committed everything to Me. No one knows the Son, except the Father. Also, no one knows the Father, except the Son, and anyone that the Son wants to reveal Him to. 28 Come to Me, everyone wearied and heavily burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take on My yoke, and learn from Me, that I am humble* minded; and you’ll find rest for yourselves; 30 for My yoke is virtuous, and My burden is light”.

Matthew 12: At that time Yeshua walked among the fields on the Sabbath; and His disciples were hungry, and began to pluck grain to eat. 2 When the Pharisees saw them, they said to Him, “Look, Your disciples are doing things that arent Lawful to do on the Sabbath”. 3 But He replied, “Havent you read what David did when he was hungry, and those who were with him: 4 how he went to the house of Yehovah, and ate the bread of the Yehovah’s* table that wasnt Lawful for him to eat, nor for those who were with him, but solely for the priests? 5 Or havent you read in the Torah*, how that in the temple the priests *Lawfully tread on* [1] the Sabbath, and are without fault? 6 But I tell you, that One greater than the temple is here. 7 If you had known what this means, “I desire mercy, and not sacrifice”; you wouldnt have accused them who is without fault. 8 For the Son of man, is Master of the Sabbath”. 9 Yeshua went from there, and came to their synagogue. 10 A man was there whose hand was withered. They questioned Him and said, “Is it Lawful to heal on the Sabbath”? that they might accuse Him. 11 He told them, “What man among you is there, who, if he has a sheep, and it falls into a pit on the Sabbath day, doesnt grab it and lift it out”? 12 Now, how much better is a human being than a sheep! So it is Lawful to do good on the Sabbath. 13 Then He told the man, “Stretch out your hand”. He stretched out his hand; and it was restored, like the other. 14 The Pharisees went out and plotted against Him, how they could destroy Him. 15 But Yeshua knew it; and He left there. Great crowds followed Him; and He cured them all. 16 He ordered them not to make Him known; 17 so that what was spoken by the prophet Isaiah might be fulfilled, who said: 18 “Look, My Servant whom I have chosen; My beloved, in whom I delight. I will put My spirit on Him; and He will *separate the good from the bad* [2920] from among all ethnicities* [1484, ethnos]. 19 He wont be contentious, nor clamorous, nor will anyone hear His voice in the streets. 20 He wont break a crushed reed; and the flickering wick He wont extinguish; until He forces judgment, bringing total victory. 21 All nations will trust in His name”. 22 Then they brought to Him a demon possessed person who was dumb and blind; and He healed him, so that the dumb and blind man both spoke and saw. 23 All the crowd were amazed, and said, “Isnt this the son of David”? 24 But when the Pharisees heard about it, they said, “This man doesnt cast out demons, except by Beelzebub the prince of demons”. 25 Yeshua knew their thoughts, and told them, “Every kingdom that is divided against itself will become desolate; and any house or city that is divided against itself wont stand. 26 So if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then could his kingdom stand? 27 So if I, by Beelzebub, cast out demons, then by whom do your children cast them out? So they will be your judges. 28 But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of [Yehovah]’, then the Kingdom of Yehovah has come to you. 29 How can someone enter the house of a strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? and then he can plunder his house. 30 He who isnt with Me, is against Me, and he who doesnt gather with Me actually scatters. 31 So I tell you, that of all sins and blasphemy* [988, blasphemia] men will be forgiven; but of blasphemy* that is against the Spirit, men wont be forgiven. 32 Whoever says a word against the Son of man will be forgiven, but whoever says against the Holy Spirit wont be forgiven, either in this world nor in the world to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and its fruits good, or make the tree bad, and its fruits bad; for a tree is known by its fruit. 34 Offspring of vipers, how can you who are evil, speak good things? For whatever you fill your minds with, you say. 35 A good man brings good things from his cache, and a bad man brings bad things from his cache. 36 For I tell you, that for every idle word that men say, they will *pay for* [591] on Judgment Day. 37 For by your words you’ll be justified; or by your words you’ll be condemned. 38 Then some of the Torah* professors and Pharisees told him, “Master, we want to see a sign from You”. 39 But He replied, “A wicked and adulterous nation* [1074] demands a sign, but no sign will be given to it, unless it is the sign of Jonah the prophet. 40 For as Jonah was in the belly of the great fish for three days and three nights, so will the Son of man be in the inner part of the earth for three days and three nights. 41 The people of Nineveh will stand up in the Judgment against this *perverse nation* [1074], and will condemn it, for they *amended their ways* at the preaching of Jonah, and now someone greater than Jonah is here. 42 The queen of the south will stand up on Judgment Day against this nation*, and will condemn it, for she came from the remote parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One superior to Solomon is here. 43 When an unclean spirit leaves a man, it wanders in places where there is no water, seeking comfort, but doesnt find it. 44 Then it says, “I will return to my house that I left. It comes, and finds it vacated, and swept clean, and set in order”. 45 So it goes and takes with it seven other spirits, worse than itself, and they enter and occupy it, and the end of that man is worse than his beginning. So it will be for this perverse nation. 46 As He spoke to the crowds, His mother and His brothers came and stood outside, and wanted to talk to Him. 47 Someone told him, “Hey, Your mother and Your brothers are standing outside, and want to talk to You”. 48 But He replied to the man who informed him, “Who is My mother, and who are My brothers”? 49 He reached out His hand toward His disciples, and said, “Look, My mother, and look My brothers”! 50 For everyone who does the will of My heavenly Father is My brother, and My sister, and My mother.

[1] The root word of Strong’s 953, (952) adds clarity to this seemingly contradictory passage. The root word, “bebelos”, means “Lawful to be trodden” or “common”, as well as the more popular rendering: “profane”.

Matthew 13: On that day Yeshua went out of the house, and sat by the seaside. 2 Great crowds gathered around Him, so that He set sail and seated Himself in a boat, as the crowd stood on the seaside. 3 He spoke with them at length*, by analogies* [3850]. He said, “Look, a sower went forth to sow. 4 As he sowed, some seed fell on the side of a path; and birds came and devoured it. 5 Other seed fell on rocky places, but because it lacked soil; it sprang up immediately, because there was no depth of soil. 6 But when the sun was up it wilted, and because it lacked roots, it dried up. 7 Other seed fell among thorns, and the thorns shot up, and choked it. 8 Other seed fell on good ground, and bore fruits, some a hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold. 9 He who has ears to hear, let him hear. 10 His disciples came and asked him, “Why do you speak them in analogies*”? 11 He told them, “Because, to you it is given to *learn about* [1097] the mysteries of the Kingdom of Heaven, but to them it isnt given. 12 For the one who has, will be given more; and they will abound; but from the one who doesnt have, even what little he has will be taken from him. 13 For this reason I talk to them in analogies*, because they see and dont see, they hear and dont hear, nor understand. 14 In them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, who said, “By hearing you’ll hear, and wont understand; and by seeing you’ll see, and wont know; 15 For the minds of these people has grown fat, and with their ears they have heard heavily, and their eyes they have closed; for fear that they would see with their eyes, and would hear with their ears, and would understand with their mind, and would turn around, and I would heal them. 16 But your eyes are blessed, because they see, and your ears, because they hear. 17 Most certainly I tell you that many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see, and didnt see it, and to hear what you hear, and didnt hear it”. 18 So hear the analogy* of the seeds. 19 When anyone hears the teachings of the Kingdom, and doesnt understand it, then the evil one comes and snatches away the seed that was sown in their minds. This is what was sown by the side of the path. 20 That sown on the rock, are the ones who hear the truth*, and immediately receives it with joy. 21 Yet they have no roots, and are of short duration, and when there is trouble or persecution because of the word, they soon stumble. 22 That sown among thorns, are the ones who hear the word, but the cares of this world and the deceptiveness of riches, choke the word, and they bear no fruit. 23 But what was sown on good ground, represents those who hear My truths*, and understand and bear fruit, and yield, some a hundred fold, some sixty fold, and some thirty fold. 24 He proposed another analogy* to them: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25 While people were asleep, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went away. 26 When the plants shot up and yielded, then the tares also appeared. 27 The servants of the householder came, and told him, “Supervisor, didnt you sow good seed in your field? Why are there tares with it. 28 He told them, ‘An enemy has done this’. The servants asked him, ‘Would you like for us to go and pull them out’? 29 He told them, ‘No, because while you sort out the tares, you’ll also eradicate the wheat with them. 30 Let them both grow together until the harvest, and at the time of harvest, I will say to the reapers, ‘Gather the tares out first, and bind them in bundles to be burned; but gather the wheat into my granary’”. 31 He proposed another analogy* to them: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like a mustard seed that a man took and planted in his field. 32 This is the least of all seeds, but when it is grown, it is greater than all the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of heaven come and nest in its branches”. 33 He spoke another analogy* to them: “The Kingdom of Heaven is like leaven that a woman took and buried in three measures of meal, until the whole fermented”. 34 Yeshua spoke all of these things to the crowd in analogies*. He didnt say anything to them without analogies* 35 so that what was spoken by the prophet would be fulfilled, who said, “I will open My mouth in analogies*, I will utter things concealed from before the foundation of the world”. 36 Then Yeshua sent the crowds away, and went into the house. His disciples came to Him, and said, “Explain to us the analogy* of the tares and the field”. 37 He told them, “the One who sows the good seed, is the Son of Yehovah. 38 The field is the world. The good seed are the children of the Kingdom, but the tares are the children of the wicked one. 39 The enemy who sowed them is Satan. The harvest is the end of the world, and the harvesters are the holy Messengers”. 40 The tares are gathered and burned in the fire, so it will be at the end of the age*. 41 The Son of man will send His holy Messengers, and they will gather out of His Kingdom everyone *who set snares* [4625], and all the *Torah breakers* [458]; 42 and will cast them into a furnace of fire. There will be wailing and clenching of teeth. 43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun, in the Kingdom of their Father. Anyone who has ears to hear, let them listen. 44 Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a treasure that is hidden in a field that when a man finds it, he conceals it, and, from his joy, he goes and sells everything that he has, and buys that field”. 45 Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a merchant, who purchased expensive pearls. 46 When he found a pearl of great value, he went and sold everything that he had, and bought it. 47 Again, the Kingdom of Heaven is like a fishing net that was thrown in the sea, and caught fish of every kind. 48 When it was full, they drew it to the seashore, and they sat down and culled them. The good they put into containers, and the bad they threw away. 49 So it will be at the end of the age. The holy Messengers* will go out, and will separate the wicked from among the just; 50 and will throw them into a furnace of fire. There will be wailing and clenching of teeth. 51 Yeshua told them, “Have you understood all of these things”? They said to Him, “Yes Master”. 52 He told them, “So every Torah* professor who is instructed in the Kingdom of Heaven, is like a man who is master of a house, who brings out from his treasures both new and old things”. 53 After Yeshua finished these analogies*, He left there. 54 He entered into His own city, and He taught them in their synagogues, in such a way that they wondered aloud, “How is it that He has this wisdom and these powerful miracles”? 55 Isnt this Man the carpenter’s son? Isnt His mother called Mary, and His brothers James and Joses and Simon and Judas? 56 Arent all of His sisters with us? Where did this Man get all of these things? 57 They were indignant with Him. But Yeshua told them, “No prophet is dishonored, except in his own city and in his own house”. 58 He didnt perform many miracles there, because of their unbelief.

Matthew 14: At that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Yeshua; 2 so he told his servants, “This is John the Baptizer; he has risen from the grave, this explains his doing miracles”. 3 Now this Herod had seized John, and bound him and thrown him in prison because of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. 4 For John had told him, “It is not lawful for her to be your wife”. 5 He had wished to kill him, but he was afraid of the people, because they regarded him as a prophet. 6 But at Herod’s birthday festival, Herodias’ daughter danced before the guests, and she pleased Herod. 7 So he swore to her by an oath, that he would give her whatever she asked for. 8 She, as she had been instructed by her mother, said, “Give me the head of John the Baptizer in a dish”. 9 It troubled the king, but because of the oath, and the guests, he ordered that it should be given to her. 10 He sent men and cut off John’s head in prison. 11 The head was brought in a dish and given to the girl, and she brought it to her mother. 12 His disciples came and removed the corpse, and buried it; and they went and told Yeshua. 13 Yeshua, when He heard about it, went alone in a ship to a desert place. When the crowds heard about it, they followed Him by dry land from the cities. 14 When Yeshua disembarked, He saw great crowds, and He had compassion on them, and healed their sick. 15 When it was evening, His disciples came to Him, and told him, “This is a desert place, and it’s getting late. Send the crowds of people away, so that they can go to the villages, and buy themselves some food”. 16 But He told them, “It isnt necessary for them to go. Give them something to eat”. 17 And they said to him: We have nothing here but five cakes and two fishes. 18 Jesus said to them: Bring them here to me. 19 And he commanded the multitudes to recline on the ground: and he took the five cakes and two fishes, and he looked towards heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave to his disciples; and the disciples placed before the multitudes. 20 And they all ate, and were satisfied : and they took up the broken remains, twelve full baskets. 21 And the men who had eaten were five thousand, besides the women and children. 22 And immediately he constrained his disciples to embark in a ship, and to go before him to the other side, while he sent away the multitudes. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he ascended a mountain alone to pray. And when it was dark, he was there alone. 24 And the ship was distant from land many furlongs: meanwhile it was much tossed by the waves; for the wind was adverse to it. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night, Jesus came up to them, walking upon the waters. 26 And his disciples saw him as he walked upon the waters, and they were perturbated: and they said, What we see is a spectre: and they cried out through fear. 27 But Jesus immediately spoke to them, and said: Have courage: it is I; be not afraid. 28 Cephas replied, and said to him: My Lord, if it be thou, bid me come to thee on the waters. 29 And Jesus said to him, Come. And Cephas descended from the ship, and walked upon the waters to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind to be violent, he was afraid, and began to sink. And he raised his voice, and said : My Lord, rescue me. 31 And immediately our Master reached forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him: O small in faith, why didst you distrust! 32 And as they entered the ship, the wind subsided. 33 And they that were in the ship, came and worshipped him, and said: Truly you art the Son of God ! 34 And they rowed on, and came to the land of Gennesaret. 35 And the men of that place knew him: and they sent to all the villages around them; and they brought to him all that were very sick; 36 and they entreated of him, that they might touch at least the extremity of his garment. And they who touched, were healed.

Matthew 15: Then came to Jesus Pharisees and Scribes that were from Jerusalem, and said: 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders, and wash not their hands when they eat bread ? 3 Jesus replied and said to them: Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, on account of your tradition ? 4 For God hath said: Honor thy father, and thy mother; and he that revileth his father or his mother, shall be put to death. 5 But ye say : Whosoever shall say to a father or to a mother, Be that my offering, by which ye get profit from me: then he must not honor his father or his mother. 6 And so you make void the word of God, for the sake of your tradition. 7 Ye hypocrites, well did the prophet Isaiah prophesy of you, and say : 8 This people honoreth me with the lips, but their heart is far from me. 9 And in vain they pay me homage, while they teach doctrines that are the precepts of men. 10 And he called the multitudes, and said to them, Hear and understand. 11 Not that which entereth the mouth, defileth a man; but that which proceedeth from the mouth, that defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said to him: know thou, that the Pharisees were offended when they heard that speech ? 13 And he replied, and said to them: Every plant, which my Father who is in heaven hath not planted, shall be eradicated. 14 Let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. And if a blind man leadeth one blind, they will both fall into the ditch. 15 And Simon Cephas answered and said to him: My Lord, explain to us this similitude. 16 And he said to them: Are ye also, up to this time, without understanding ? 17 Know ye not, that whatever entereth the mouth, passeth into the belly, and from there is ejected by purgation ? 18 But that which proceedeth from the mouth, cometh from the heart: and that is what defileth a man. 19 For, from the heart proceed evil thoughts, adultery, murder, whoredom, theft, false testimony, reviling. 20 These are the things that defile a man. But if a man eat while his hands are unwashed, he is not defiled. 21 And Jesus departed from there, and went to the confines of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And lo, a woman, a Canaanitess from those confines, came forth, calling out and saying: Compassionate me, my Lord, you son of David: my daughter is grievously distressed by a demon. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and requested of him, and said: Send her away, for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said to them: I am not sent, except to the sheep that have strayed from the house of Israel. 25 And she came, and worshipped him, and said: Help me, my Lord. 26 Jesus said to her: It is not proper, to take the bread of the children and throw it to the dogs. 27 And she said: Even so, my Lord; yet the dogs eat of the fragments that fall from the tables of their masters, and live. 28 Then Jesus said to her: O woman, great is thy faith: be it to thee, as you desirest. And her daughter was cured from that hour. 29 And Jesus departed from there, and came to the side of the sea of Galilee: and he ascended a mountain, and sat there. 30 And great multitudes came to him; and with them were the lame, and the blind, and the dumb, and the maimed, and many others: and they laid them at the feet of Jesus, and he healed them. 31 So that the multitudes were amazed, when they saw the dumb speaking, and the maimed made whole, and the lame walking, and the blind seeing: and they praised the God of Israel. 32 Then Jesus called his disciples, and said to them: I pity this multitude; for lo, these three days they have continued with me, and they have nothing to eat: and I am unwilling to send them away fasting, lest they faint by the way. 33 His disciples say to him: Whence can we get bread in the wilderness, to satisfy all this multitude ? 34 Jesus said to them, How many loaves have ye ? They said to him, Seven, and a few little fishes. 35 And he commanded the multitudes to recline on the ground. 36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to his disciples; and the disciples gave to the multitudes. 37 And they all ate, and were satisfied. And they took up the remains of fragments, seven full baskets. 38 And they that had eaten were four thousand men, besides women and children. 39 And when he had sent away the multitudes, he took ship, and came to the coasts of Magdala.

Matthew 16: And Pharisees and Sadducees came near, tempting him, and asking him to show them a sign from heaven. 2 But he answered, and said to them: When it is evening ye say, It will be fair weather; for the heavens are red. 3 And in the morning ye say, There will be a storm to-day; for the heavens are sadly red. Ye hypocrites, ye are intelligent to discover the aspect of the heavens, but the signs of this time ye have no skill to discern. 4 A wicked and adulterous generation asketh for a sign; but no sign shall be given it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah. And he left them, and departed. 5 And when his disciples had come to the farther shore, they had forgotten to take bread with them. 6 And he said to them: Take heed, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and the Sadducees. 7 And they reasoned among themselves, and said, [it was] because they had taken no bread. 8 But Jesus knew [it] and said to them : O ye small in faith! why reason ye among yourselves because ye have taken no bread? 9 Have ye not yet understood ? Do ye not remember the five loaves and the five thousand, and the many baskets ye took up? 10 Nor the seven loaves and the four thousand, and the many baskets ye took up? 11 How is it that ye do not understand that it was not concerning bread that I spoke to you; but that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 12 Then understood they, that he did not bid them beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 13 And when Jesus came into the region of Caesarea Philippi, he questioned his disciples, and said: What do men say concerning me, that I the Son of man, am? 14 And they said: Some say that [you art] John the Baptizer; but others, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets. 15 He said to them: But, who do ye yourselves say that I am ? 16 Simon Cephas answered and said: you art the Messiah, the Son of the living God. 17 Jesus answered, and said to him: Blessed art thou, Simon son of Jonas; for flesh and blood have not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 Also I tell you that you are Cephas: and upon this rock I will rebuild* my Assembly: and the gates of sheol* [Greek: 86, hades] will not triumph over it. 19 To thee will I give the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatever you shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatever you shalt unbind on earth, shall be unbound in heaven. 20 Then he enjoined on his disciples, that they should tell no man that he was the Messiah. 21 And from that time Jesus began to show to his disciples, that he was to go up to Jerusalem, and to suffer much from the Elders, and from the chief priests and Scribes, and be killed, and on the third day arise. 22 And Cephas took him, and began to rebuke him; and he said: Far be it from thee, my Lord, that this should be to thee. 23 But he turned, and said to Cephas: Get thee behind me, Satan : you art a stumbling block to me; for you thinkest not the things of God, but the things of men. 24 Then said Jesus to his disciples: If any one desireth to come after me, let him deny himself; and let him bear his cross, and come after me. 25 For, whoever chooseth to preserve his life, shall lose it; and whoever will lose his life for my sake, shall find it. 26 For what will it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and shall lose his soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul ? 27 For the Son of man is to come in the glory of his Father, with all his holy angels; and then will he recompense to every man as his deeds are. 28 Verily I say to you: There are some persons standing here, who shall not taste death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

Matthew 17: And after six days Jesus took Cephas, and James, and John his brother, and conducted them alone to a high mountain. 2 And Jesus was changed before them: and his face shone like the sun; and his vestments became white like the light. 3 And there appeared to them Moses and Elijah, in conversation with him. 4 Then Cephas answered and said to Jesus: My Lord, it is good for us to be here: and, if it please thee, we will make here three booths; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. 5 And while he was yet speaking, lo, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and there was a voice from the cloud which said: This is my beloved Son, in whom I have pleasure; hear ye him. 6 And when the disciples heard [it], they fell on their faces, and were much afraid. 7 And Jesus came to them and touched them, and said: Arise, and be not afraid. 8 And they raised their eyes, and they saw no person, except Jesus only. 9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, and said to them: Speak of this vision before no person, until the Son of man shall have arisen from the dead. 10 And his disciples asked him, and said to him: Why then do the Scribes say, that Elijah must first come? 11 Jesus answered, and said to them: Elijah doth first come, to fulfill every thing. 12 And I say to you. That, behold, Elijah hath come, and they did not know him; and they have done to him whatever they pleased: and, in like manner, also the Son of man is to suffer from them. 13 Then the disciples understood, that he spake to them of John the Baptizer. 14 And when they came to the multitude, a man approached him, and bowed himself on his knees, 15 and said to him: My Lord, compassionate me. I have a son who is a lunatic, and grievously afflicted; for often he falleth into the fire, and often into the water. 16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him. 17 Jesus answered and said: O unbelieving and perverse generation ! How long shall I be with you ? and how long bear with you ? Bring him here to me. 18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it departed from him: and from that hour the child was healed. 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus, apart, and said to him: Why could not we heal him? 20 Jesus said to them: Because of your unbelief. For verily I say to you, That if there be in you faith like a grain of mustard seed, ye may say to this mountain, Remove hence, and it will remove: and nothing will be too hard for you. 21 But this kind goeth not out, except by fasting and prayer. 22 And while they were resident in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man is to be betrayed into the hands of men; 23 and they will kill him; and the third day he will arise. And it saddened them much. 24 And when they came to Capernaum, those who receive the two drachmas of capitation money came to Cephas, and said to him: Doth not your rabbi pay his two drachmas ? 25 He said to them, Yes. And when Cephas had entered the house, Jesus anticipated him and said to him: How doth it appear to thee, Simon? The kings of the earth, of whom do they receive tribute and capitation money ? of their children, or of aliens ? 26 Simon said to him: Of aliens. Jesus said to him: Then the children are free. 27 But still, lest they be stumbled with us, go you to the sea and cast in a fish-hook, and the fish that shall first come up, open its mouth, and you wilt find a stater : that take, and give for me and for thyself.

Matthew 18: In that hour the disciples approached Jesus, and said: Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 2 And Jesus called a child, and placed him in the midst of them, 3 and said: Verily I say to you, that unless ye be converted, and become like children, ye will not enter the kingdom of heaven. 4 He therefore that shall humble himself like this child, he will be great in the kingdom of heaven. 5 And he that shall receive in my name [one who is] like to this child, he receiveth me. 6 And whosoever shall stumble one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were suspended to his neck, and that he were sunk in the depths of the sea. 7 Woe to the world because of stumbling blocks ! For it must be, that stumbling blocks come. But, woe to the person by whose means the stumbling blocks come. 8 If then thy hand or thy foot make thee stumble, cut it off and cast it from thee: for it is good for thee to enter into life lame or mutilated, and not that, with two hands or two feet, you fall into eternal fire. 9 And if thine eye make thee stumble, pluck it out and cast it from thee: for it is good for thee to enter into life with one eye, and not that, with two eyes, you fall into the hell of fire. 10 See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say to you, That their angels in heaven, at all times, are beholding the face of my Father who is in heaven. 11 For the Son of man, hath come to give life to that which was lost. 12 How doth it appear to you ? If a man should have a hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray, will he not leave the ninety and nine in the mountains, and go and seek the one that strayed ? 13 And if he find it, verily I say to you, that he rejoiceth in it, more than in the ninety and nine that did not stray. 14 Just so, it is not the pleasure of your Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. 15 Moreover, if thy brother commit an offence against thee, go and admonish him between thee and him only. If he hear thee, you hast gained thy brother. 16 But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, that at the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. 17 And if he will also not hear them, tell [it] to the church. And if he will also not hear the church, let him be to thee as a publican and a heathen. 18 Verily I say to you, That whatever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatever ye shall unbind on earth, shall be unbound in heaven. 19 Again I say to you, That if two of you shall agree on earth concerning any thing that they shall ask, it shall be to them from my Father who is in heaven. 20 For where two or three [are] assembled in my name, there [am] I in the midst of them. 21 Then Cephas approached him, and said to him: My Lord, how many times, if my brother commit offence against me, shall I forgive him ? up to seven times ? 22 Jesus said to him: I do not say to thee, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven. 23 Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like to some king, who wished to have a reckoning with his servants. 24 And when he began to reckon, they brought to him one debtor of ten thousand talents. 25 And as he had not wherewith to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, him and his wife and his children, and all that he possessed, and payment to be made. 26 And that servant fell down and worshipped him, and said: My lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee the whole. 27 And his lord had compassion on that servant, and set him free, and forgave him his debt. 28 Then that servant went out, and found one of his fellowservants who owed him a hundred denarii. And he laid hold of him and choked him, and said to him: Pay me what you owest me. 29 And that fellow-servant fell at his feet and entreated him, and said: Have patience with me, and I will pay thee the whole. 30 But he would not, but went and cast him into prison, until he should pay him what he owed him. 31 And when their fellow-servants saw what was done, it grieved them much; and they came and made known to their lord all that had occurred. 32 Then his lord called him, and said to him: you vile servant ! Lo, I forgave thee that whole debt, because you entreatedst of me: 33 oughtest not you also to have compassion on thy fellow-servant, as I had compassion on thee? 34 And his lord was angry, and delivered him over to the torturers, until he should pay all he owed him. 35 So will my Father who is in heaven do to you, unless ye from your heart forgive each his brother his offence.

Matthew 19: And when Jesus had ended these discourses, he removed from Galilee, and came to the confines of Judaea on the other side of Jordan. 2 And great multitudes followed after him, and he healed them there. 3 And Pharisees came to him, and tempted him and said: Is it lawful for a man to divorce his wife for every cause ? 4 And he answered and said to them: Have ye not read, that he who made [them] at the beginning, made them a male and a female? 5 And he said: For this reason, a man shall leave his father and his mother, and adhere to his wife; and they two shall be one flesh. 6 Wherefore they were not two, but one flesh. What therefore God hath united, let not man sunder. 7 They say to him: Why then did Moses command to give a bill of divorce, and to put her away ? 8 He said to them: Moses, on account of the hardness of your mind, permitted you to divorce your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. 9 And I say to you, That whoever leaveth his wife not being an adulteress, and taketh another, committeth adultery. And whoever taketh her that is divorced, committeth adultery. 10 His disciples say to him: If such is the case between man and wife, it is not expedient to take a wife. 11 But he said to them: Not every one is capable of that thing, but he only to whom it is given. 12 For there are some eunuchs, born so from their mother’s womb; and there are some eunuchs, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are some eunuchs who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that can be contented let him be contented. 13 Then they brought children to him, that he might lay his hand upon them and pray. And his disciples rebuked them. 14 But Jesus said to them: Allow children to come to me, and forbid them not; for of those that are like them is the kingdom of heaven. 15 And he laid his hand upon them, and departed from there. 16 And one came, drew near, and said to him: Good Teacher, what good thing must I do, that eternal life may be mine ? 17 And he said to him: Why callest you me good ? There is none good, except one, [namely,] God. But if you wouldst enter into life, keep the commandments. 18 He said to him, Which ? And Jesus said to him: you shalt not kill; and you shalt not commit adultery; and you shalt not steal; and you shalt not bear false testimony; 19 and honor thy father and thy mother; and you shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 20 The young man saith to him: All these have I kept from my childhood. What do I lack? 21 Jesus saith to him: If you desirest to be perfect, go, sell thy property, and give to the poor; and there shall be for thee a treasure in heaven; and come you after me. 22 And the young man heard that speech, and he went away in sadness; for he had much property. 23 And Jesus said to his disciples: Verily I say to you, it is difficult for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again, I say to you: It is easier for a camel to enter the aperture of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of Yehovah 25 And when the disciples heard [it], they wondered greatly, and said: Who then can attain to life! 26 Jesus looked on them, and said to them: With men this is not practicable, but with God every thing is practicable. 27 Then answered Cephas, and said to him: Lo, we have forsaken every thing, and come after thee: What therefore shall we receive ? 28 Jesus said to them: Verily I say to you, that, as for you who have followed me, when the Son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory in the new world, ye also shall sit on twelve seats, and shall judge the twelve tribes of Israel. 29 And every man that relinquisheth houses, or brothers or sisters, or father or mother, or wife or children, or lands, for my name’s sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and shall inherit eternal life. 30 But there are many first who shall be last, and last [who shall be] first.

Matthew 20: For the kingdom of heaven is like a man, the lord of a house, who went out, at dawn of day, to hire laborers for his vineyard. 2 And he contracted with the labors for a denarius a day: and sent them into his vineyard. 3 And he went out at the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market-place: 4 and he said to them, Go ye also into my vineyard, and what is right I will give you; 5 and they went. And again he went out at the sixth and ninth hours, and did the same. 6 And about the eleventh hour, he went out and found others who were standing and idle; and he said to them: Why stand ye all the day, and are idle ? 7 They say to him, Because no one hath hired us. He saith to them: Go ye also into the vineyard; and what is right ye shall receive. 8 And when it was evening, the lord of the vineyard said to his steward: Call the laborers, and give them their wages; and commence with the last, and proceed to the first. 9 And those of the eleventh hour came, and received each a denarius. 10 And when the first came, they supposed they should receive more; but they also received each a denarius. 11 And when they received [it], they murmured against the lord of the house, 12 and said: These last have labored but one hour, and you hast made them equal with us who have borne the burden of the day and the heat of it. 13 But he answered, and said to one of them: My friend, I do thee no injustice: was it not for a denarius that you didst contract with me? 14 Take what belongeth to thee, and go: for I am disposed to give to this last, as to thee. 15 Is it not lawful for me, to do what I please with what belongeth to me; or is thy eye evil, because I am good ? 16 Thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for the called are many, but the chosen are few. 17 And Jesus was about to go up to Jerusalem: and he took his twelve disciples aside, on the way, and said to them: 18 Behold we are going to Jerusalem; and the Son of man will be delivered up to the chief priests and to the Scribes, and they will condemn him to death. 19 And they will deliver him over to the Gentiles: and they will mock him, and will scourge him, and will crucify him; and the third day, he will arise. 20 Then came, to him the mother of Zebedee’s children, she and her sons; and she worshipped him, and asked something from him. 21 And he said to her, What desirest thou? She said to him: Say, that these my two sons shall sit, the one on thy right hand and the other on thy left, in thy kingdom. 22 Jesus answered and said: Ye know not what ye ask for. Can ye drink of the cup, of which I am to drink ? or be immersed* with the immersion*, that I am immersed* with ? They say to him: We can. 23 He saith to them: Ye will [indeed] drink of my cup, and will be immersed* with the immersion* that I am immersed* with: but that ye should sit on my right hand and on my left, is not mine to give, except to those for whom it is prepared by my Father. 24 And when the ten heard [it], they were angry against the two brothers. 25 And Jesus called them, and said to them: Ye know that the princes of the nations are their lords, and their great men exercise authority over them. 26 Not so shall it be among you. But whoever among you wants to be great, let him be your servant: 27 and whoever among you desires to be first, let him be your servant: 28 even as the Son of man came, not to be served, but to serve; and to give his life a ransom for many. 29 And as Jesus passed out of Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 30 And lo, two blind men were sitting by the way side. And when they heard that Jesus was passing, they called out, and said: Have compassion on us, my Lord, you son of David ! 31 And the multitudes rebuked them, that they might be silent. But they raised their voice the more, and said: Our Lord, have compassion on us, you son of David. 32 And Jesus stopped, and called them, and said: What wish ye, that I should do for you? 33 They said to him: Our Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 34 And he had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes were opened, and they followed him.

* An asterisk indicates that a word* or *the wording*, in the Gabriel Bible (2008 Edition), differs significantly from the 1852 Murdock Translation of Matthew.