you. Seek, and you shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened to you. 7:8For every one that asks, receives; and he that seeks, finds; and to him that knocks, it shall be opened. 7:9Or is there any man of you, who, if his son asks bread of him, will give him a stone? 7:10or if he asks a fish, will give him a serpent? 7:11If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give good gifts to them that ask him. 7:12All things, therefore, which you wish men to do to you, do also thus to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
12 7:13Enter in through the narrow gate, for wide is the gate; and spacious the way which leads to destruction, and many are they that enter in by it; 7:14for narrow is the gate, and compressed the way which leads to life, and few are those who find it. 7:15But beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but within they are rapacious wolves. 7:16You shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes from thorns? or figs from thistles? 7:17So every good tree bears good fruits, but a bad tree bears bad fruits; 7:18a good tree cannot bear bad fruits, nor a bad tree good fruits. 7:19Every tree which bears not good fruit is cut down and cast into the fire. 7:20By their fruits, therefore, you shall know them.
13 7:21Not every one that says to me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven, but he that does the will of my Father in heaven. 7:22Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in your name, and in your name cast out demons, and in your name performed many mighty works? 7:23and then will I confess to them, I never knew you; depart from me you that commit wickedness.
14 7:24Every one, therefore, that hears these words of mine and performs them, I will liken to a wise man who built his house on the rock; 7:25and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell not, for it was founded on the rock. 7:26And every one who hears these words of mine and performs them not, shall be likened to a foolish man, who built his house on the sand; 7:27and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew and beat on that house, and it fell; and its fall was great. 7:28And when Jesus had finished these words the multitudes were astonished at his teaching; 7:29for he taught them as having authority, and not as their scribes.
CHAPTER VI.
CHRIST'S MIRACLES, PREVIOUS TO THE APPOINTMENT OF HIS TWELVE APOSTLES.
1 8:1AND when he went down from the mountain great multitudes followed him; 8:2and behold, a leper came and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can cleanse me. 8:3And stretching out his hand, he touched him, saying, I will; be cleansed; and his leprosy was immediately cleansed. 8:4And Jesus said to him, See that you tell no man, but go and show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses commanded for a testimony to them.
2 8:5And when he entered into Capernaum a centurion came to him, beseeching him, 8:6and saying; Lord, my servant lies sick in my house with paralysis, exceedingly distressed. 8:7He said to him, I will come and cure him. 8:8And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not fit that you should come under my roof; but only say the word and my servant will be cured. 8:9For I also am a man under authority, having soldiers under me; and I say to this man, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. 8:10Jesus hearing wondered and said to those that followed him, I tell you truly, I have not found so great a faith with any one in Israel; 8:11and I tell you that many shall come from the East and from the West, and shall recline with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob in the kingdom of heaven, 8:12but the children of the kingdom shall be cast into the darkness outside; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 8:13And Jesus said to the centurion, Go; as you have believed be it to you; and the servant was cured at that hour.
3 8:14And Jesus coming into the house of Peter, saw his wife's mother lying and sick with a fever. 8:15And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose and waited on them. 8:16And when it was evening they brought him many demoniacs, and he cast out the spirits with a word, and cured all that were sick, 8:17that the word might be fulfilled spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying; He took our infirmities and bore our diseases.
4 8:18And Jesus seeing great multitudes around him commanded them to go away to the other side. 8:19And a certain scribe came and said to him, Teacher, I will follow you wherever you go. 8:20And Jesus said to him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of heaven have places of shelter, but the Son of man has not where to lay his head. 8:21Another of the disciples said to him, Lord, permit me first to go away and bury my father. 8:22But Jesus said to him, Follow me, and let the dead bury their dead. 8:23And he entered into a ship, and his disciples followed him. 8:24And behold there was a great tempest on the lake, so that the ship was covered with the waves; but he was asleep. 8:25And they came and awoke him, saying, Lord, save us; we perish. 8:26And he said to them, Why are you afraid, men of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the lake, and there was a great calm. 8:27And the men wondered, saying, What kind of a man is this, that the winds and the lake obey him?
5 8:28And when he had come to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes, two demoniacs met him, coming out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass that way. 8:29And behold they cried, saying, What have you to do with us, Son of God? Have you come hither before the time to torment us? 8:30And there was far off from them a herd of many swine feeding. 8:31And, the demons besought him, saying, If you cast us out, send us into the herd of swine. 8:32And he said to them, Go. And going out, they went away into the herd of swine, and, behold, the whole herd rushed down a precipice into the lake, and died in the waters; 8:33and those who fed them fled, and going away into the city reported all things, and the events relating to the demoniacs. 8:34And behold all the city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him they besought him to depart from their bounds.
6 9:1And entering a ship, he crossed over, and came to his own city; 9:2and behold they brought him a paralytic, lying on a bed. And Jesus seeing their faith said to the paralytic, Son, be of good courage; your sins are forgiven. 9:3And behold some of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemes. 9:4And Jesus observing their thoughts, said, Why do you think evil in your hearts? 9:5For in what respect is it easier to say, Your sins are forgiven, than to say, Arise and walk? 9:6But that you may know that the Son of man has power on the earth to forgive sins, then he said to the paralytic, Arise, take up your bed, and go to your house. 9:7And he arose and departed to his house. 9:8And when the multitudes saw it they were afraid, and glorified God who had given such power to men.
7 9:9And Jesus departing thence saw a man sitting at the custom-house, called Matthew; and he said to him, Follow me. And he arose and followed him. 9:10And he was reclining in the house, and behold, many publicans and sinners came and reclined with Jesus and his disciples. 9:11And when the Pharisees saw them they said to his disciples, Why does your teacher eat with publicans and sinners? 9:12And hearing it he said, The well need not a physician, but the sick. 9:13Go and learn what this means: I wish for mercy and not a sacrifice; for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.
8 9:14Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast much, but your disciples fast not? 9:15And Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them, and then they shalt