The Holy BiblePart 6 out of 1622:22. And the Son of man indeed goeth, according to that which is determined: but yet, woe to that man by whom he shall be betrayed. 22:23. And they began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should do this thing. 22:24. And there was also a strife amongst them, which of them should seem to be the greater. 22:25. And he said to them: The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them; and they that have power over them are called beneficent. 22:26. But you not so: but he that is the greater among you, let him become as the younger: and he that is the leader, as he that serveth. 22:27. For which is greater, he that sitteth at table or he that serveth? Is not he that sitteth at table? But I am in the midst of you, as he that serveth. 22:28. And you are they who have continued with me in my temptations: 22:29. And I dispose to you, as my Father hath disposed to me, a kingdom; 22:30. That you may eat and drink at my table, in my kingdom: and may sit upon thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 22:31. And the Lord said: Simon, Simon, behold Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat. 22:32. But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and thou, being once converted, confirm thy brethren. 22:33. Who said to him: Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison and to death. 22:34. And he said: I say to thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, till thou thrice deniest that thou knowest me. And he said to them: 22:35. When I sent you without purse and scrip and shoes, did you want anything? 22:36. But they said: Nothing. Then said he unto them: But now he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise a scrip: and he that hath not, let him sell his coat and buy a sword. 22:37. For I say to you that this that is written must yet be fulfilled in me. And with the wicked was he reckoned. For the things concerning me have an end. 22:38. But they said: Lord, behold, here are two swords. And he said to them: It is enough. 22:39. And going out, he went, according to his custom, to the Mount of Olives. And his disciples also followed him. 22:40. And when he was come to the place, he said to them: Pray, lest ye enter into temptation. 22:41. And he was withdrawn away from them a stone's cast. And kneeling down, he prayed. 22:42. Saying: Father, if thou wilt, remove this chalice from me: but yet not my will, but thine be done. 22:43. And there appeared to him an angel from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony, he prayed the longer. 22:44. And his sweat became as drops of blood, trickling down upon the ground. 22:45. And when he rose up from prayer and was come to the disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow. 22:46. And he said to them: Why sleep you? Arise: pray: lest you enter into temptation. 22:47. As he was yet speaking, behold a multitude; and he that was called Judas, one of the twelve, went before them and drew near to Jesus, for to kiss him. 22:48. And Jesus said to him: Judas, dost thou betray the Son of man with a kiss? 22:49. And they that were about him, seeing what would follow, said to him: Lord, shall we strike with the sword? 22:50. And one of them struck the servant of the high priest and cut off his right ear. 22:51. But Jesus answering, said: Suffer ye thus far. And when he had touched his ear, he healed him. 22:52. And Jesus said to the chief priests and magistrates of the temple and the ancients, that were come unto him: Are ye come out, as it were against a thief, with swords and clubs? 22:53. When I was daily with you in the temple, you did not stretch forth your hands against me: but this is your hour and the power of darkness. 22:54. And apprehending him, they led him to the high priest's house. But Peter followed afar off. 22:55. And when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall and were sitting about it, Peter was in the midst of them. 22:56. Whom when a certain servant maid had seen sitting at the light and had earnestly beheld him, she said: This man also was with him. 22:57. But he denied him, saying: Woman, I know him not. 22:58. And after a little while, another seeing him, said: Thou also art one of them. But Peter said: O man, I am not. Another, etc. . .Observe here, in order to reconcile the four Evangelists, that divers persons concurred in charging Peter with being Christ's disciple; till at length they brought him to deny him thrice. 1. The porteress that let him in, and afterwards seeing him at the fire, first put the question to him; and then positively affirmed that he was with Christ. 2. Another maid accused him to the standers by; and gave occasion to the man here mentioned to renew the charge against him, which caused the second denial. 3. Others of the company took notice of his being a Galilean; and were seconded by the kinsman of Malchus, who affirmed he had seen him in the garden. And this drew on the third denial. 22:59. And after the space, as it were of one hour, another certain man affirmed, saying: Of a truth, this man was also with him: for he is also a Galilean. 22:60. And Peter said: Man, I know not what thou sayest. And immediately, as he was yet speaking, the cock crew. 22:61. And the Lord turning looked on Peter. And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, as he had said: Before the cock crow, thou shalt deny thrice. 22:62. And Peter going out, wept bitterly. 22:63. And the men that held him mocked him and struck him. 22:64. And they blindfolded him and smote his face. And they asked him saying: Prophesy: Who is it that struck thee? 22:65. And blaspheming, many other things they said against him. 22:66. And as soon as it was day, the ancients of the people and the chief priests and scribes came together. And they brought him into their council saying: If thou be the Christ, tell us. 22:67. And he saith to them: If I shall tell you, you will not believe me. 22:68. And if I shall also ask you, you will not answer me, nor let me go. 22:69. But hereafter the Son of man shall be sitting on the right hand of the power of God. 22:70. Then said they all: Art thou then the Son of God? Who said: You say that I am. 22:71. And they said: What need we any further testimony? For we ourselves have heard it from his own mouth. Luke Chapter 23 The continuation of the history of the passion. 23:1. And the whole multitude of them, rising up, led him to Pilate. 23:2. And they began to accuse him, saying: We have found this man perverting our nation and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar and saying that he is Christ the king. 23:3. And Pilate asked him, saying: Art thou the king of the Jews? But he answering, said: Thou sayest it. 23:4. And Pilate said to the chief priests and to the multitudes: I find no cause in this man. 23:5. But they were more earnest, saying: He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee to this place. 23:6. But Pilate hearing Galilee, asked if the man were of Galilee? 23:7. And when he understood that he was of Herod's jurisdiction, he sent him away to Herod, who was also himself at Jerusalem in those days. 23:8. And Herod seeing Jesus, was very glad: for he was desirous of a long time to see him, because he had heard many things of him; and he hoped to see some sign wrought by him. 23:9. And he questioned him in many words. But he answered him nothing. 23:10. And the chief priests and the scribes stood by, earnestly accusing him. 23:11. And Herod with his army set him at nought and mocked him, putting on him a white garment: and sent him back to Pilate. 23:12. And Herod and Pilate were made friends, that same day: for before they were enemies one to another. 23:13. And Pilate, calling together the chief priests and the magistrates and the people, 23:14. Said to them: You have presented unto me this man as one that perverteth the people. And behold I, having examined him before you, find no cause in this man, in those things wherein you accuse him. 23:15. No, nor Herod neither. For, I sent you to him: and behold, nothing worthy of death is done to him. 23:16. I will chastise him therefore and release him. 23:17. Now of necessity he was to release unto them one upon the feast day. 23:18. But the whole multitude together cried out, saying: Away with this man, and release unto us Barabbas: 23:19. Who, for a certain sedition made in the city and for a murder, was cast into prison. 23:20. And Pilate again spoke to them, desiring to release Jesus. 23:21. But they cried again, saying: Crucify him, Crucify him. 23:22. And he said to them the third time: Why, what evil hath this man done? I find no cause of death in him. I will chastise him therefore and let him go. 23:23. But they were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And their voices prevailed. 23:24. And Pilate gave sentence that it should be as they required. 23:25. And he released unto them him who for murder and sedition had been cast into prison, whom they had desired. But Jesus he delivered up to their will. 23:26. And as they led him away, they laid hold of one Simon of Cyrene, coming from the country; and they laid the cross on him to carry after Jesus. 23:27. And there followed him a great multitude of people and of women, who bewailed and lamented him. 23:28. But Jesus turning to them, said: Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me; but weep for yourselves and for your children. 23:29. For behold, the days shall come, wherein they will say: Blessed are the barren and the wombs that have not borne and the paps that have not given suck. 23:30. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains: Fall upon us. And to the hills: Cover us. 23:31. For if in the green wood they do these things, what shall be done in the dry? 23:32. And there were also two other malefactors led with him to be put to death. 23:33. And when they were come to the place which is called Calvary, they crucified him there: and the robbers, one on the right hand, and the other on the left. 23:34. And Jesus said: Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do. But they, dividing his garments, cast lots. 23:35. And the people stood beholding. And the rulers with them derided him, saying: He saved others: let him save himself, if he be Christ, the elect of God. 23:36. And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him and offering him vinegar, 23:37. And saying: If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself. 23:38. And there was also a superscription written over him in letters of Greek and Latin and Hebrew THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 23:39. And one of those robbers who were hanged blasphemed him, saying: If thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 23:40. But the other answering, rebuked him, saying: Neither dost thou fear God, seeing; thou art under the same condemnation? 23:41. And we indeed justly: for we receive the due reward of our deeds. But this man hath done no evil. 23:42. And he said to Jesus: Lord, remember me when thou shalt come into thy kingdom. 23:43. And Jesus said to him: Amen I say to thee: This day thou shalt be with me in paradise. In paradise. . .That is, in the happy state of rest, joy, and peace everlasting. Christ was pleased, by a special privilege, to reward the faith and confession of the penitent thief, with a full discharge of all his sins, both as to the guilt and punishment; and to introduce him immediately after death into the happy society of the saints, whose limbo, that is, the place of their confinement, was now made a paradise by our Lord's going thither. 23:44. And it was almost the sixth hour: and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. 23:45. And the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple was rent in the midst. 23:46. And Jesus crying with a loud voice, said: Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. And saying this, he gave up the ghost. 23:47. Now, the centurion, seeing what was done, glorified God, saying: Indeed this was a just man. 23:48. And all the multitude of them that were come together to that sight and saw the things that were done returned, striking their breasts. 23:49. And all his acquaintance and the women that had followed him from Galilee stood afar off, beholding these things. 23:50. And behold there was a man named Joseph who was a counsellor, a good and a just man, 23:51. (The same had not consented to their counsel and doings) of Arimathea, a city of Judea: who also himself looked for the kingdom of God. 23:52. This man went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus. 23:53. And taking him down, he wrapped him in fine linen and laid him in a sepulchre that was hewed in stone, wherein never yet any man had been laid. 23:54. And it was the day of the Parasceve: and the sabbath drew on. Parasceve. . .That is, the eve, or day of preparation for the sabbath. 23:55. And the women that were come with him from Galilee, following after, saw the sepulchre and how his body was laid. 23:56. And returning, they prepared spices and ointments: and on the sabbath day they rested, according to the commandment. Luke Chapter 24 Christ's resurrection and manifestation of himself to his disciples. 24:1. And on the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came to the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared. 24:2. And they found the stone rolled back from the sepulchre. 24:3. And going in, they found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 24:4. And it came to pass, as they were astonished in their mind at this, behold, two men stood by them, in shining apparel. 24:5. And as they were afraid and bowed down their countenance towards the ground, they said unto them: Why seek you the living with the dead? 24:6. He is not here, but is risen. Remember how he spoke unto you, when he was yet in Galilee, 24:7. Saying: The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men and be crucified and the third day rise again. 24:8. And they remembered his words. 24:9. And going back from the sepulchre, they told all these things to the eleven and to all the rest. 24:10. And it was Mary Magdalen and Joanna and Mary of James and the other women that were with them, who told these things to the apostles. 24:11. And these words seemed to them as idle tales: and they did not believe them. 24:12. But Peter rising up, ran to the sepulchre and, stooping down, he saw the linen cloths laid by themselves: and went away wondering in himself at that which was come to pass. 24:13. And behold, two of them went, the same day, to a town which was sixty furlongs from Jerusalem, named Emmaus. 24:14. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. 24:15. And it came to pass that while they talked and reasoned with themselves, Jesus himself also, drawing near, went with them. 24:16. But their eyes were held, that they should not know him. 24:17. And he said to them: What are these discourses that you hold one with another as you walk and are sad? 24:18. And the one of them, whose name was Cleophas, answering, said to him: Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things that have been done there in these days? 24:19. To whom he said: What things? And they said: Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, who was a prophet, mighty in work and word before God and all the people. 24:20. And how our chief priests and princes delivered him to be condemned to death and crucified him. 24:21. But we hoped that it was he that should have redeemed Israel. And now besides all this, to-day is the third day since these things were done. 24:22. Yea and certain women also of our company affrighted us who, before it was light, were at the sepulchre, 24:23. And not finding his body, came, saying that they had all seen a vision of angels, who say that he is alive. 24:24. And some of our people went to the sepulchre and found it so as the women had said: but him they found not. 24:25. Then he said to them: O foolish and slow of heart to believe in all things, Which the prophets have spoken. 24:26. Ought not Christ to have suffered these things and so, to enter into his glory? 24:27. And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded to them in all the scriptures the things that were concerning him. 24:28. And they drew nigh to the town whither they were going: and he made as though he would go farther. 24:29. But they constrained him, saying: Stay with us, because it is towards evening and the day is now far spent. And he went in with them. 24:30. And it came to pass, whilst he was at table with them, he took bread and blessed and brake and gave to them. 24:31. And their eyes were opened: and they knew him. And he vanished out of their sight. 24:32. And they said one to the other: Was not our heart burning within us, whilst he spoke in the way and opened to us the scriptures? 24:33. And rising up, the same hour, they went back to Jerusalem: and they found the eleven gathered together, and those that were with them, 24:34. Saying: The Lord is risen indeed and hath appeared to Simon. 24:35. And they told what things were done in the way: and how they knew him in the breaking of bread. 24:36. Now, whilst they were speaking these things, Jesus stood in the midst of them and saith to them: Peace be to you. It is I: Fear not. 24:37. But they being troubled and frightened, supposed that they saw a spirit. 24:38. And he said to them: Why are you troubled, and why do thoughts arise in your hearts? 24:39. See my hands and feet, that it is I myself. Handle, and see: for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as you see me to have. 24:40. And when he had said this, he shewed them his hands and feet. 24:41. But while they yet believed not and wondered for joy, he said: Have you here any thing to eat? 24:42. And they offered him a piece of a broiled fish and a honeycomb. 24:43. And when he had eaten before them, taking the remains, he gave to them. 24:44. And he said to them: These are the words which I spoke to you while I was yet with you, that all things must needs be fulfilled which are written in the law of Moses and in the prophets and in the psalms, concerning me. 24:45. Then he opened their understanding, that they might understand the scriptures. 24:46. And he said to them: Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer and to rise again from the dead, the third day: 24:47. And that penance and remission of sins should be preached in his name, unto all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. 24:48. And you are witnesses of these things. 24:49. And I send the promise of my Father upon you: but stay you in the city till you be endued with power from on high. The promise of my Father. . .that is, the Holy Ghost, whom Christ had promised that his Father and he would send, John 14. 26, and 17. 7. 24:50. And he led them out as far as Bethania: and lifting up his hands, he blessed them. 24:51. And it came to pass, whilst he blessed them, he departed from them and was carried up to heaven. 24:52. And they adoring went back into Jerusalem with great joy. 24:53. And they were always in the temple, praising and blessing God. Amen. THE HOLY GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST ACCORDING TO ST. JOHN St. John the Apostle and Evangelist was the son of Zebedee and Salome, brother to James the Greater. He was called the Beloved disciple of Christ and stood by at his Crucifixion. He wrote the Gospel after the other Evangelists, about sixty-three years after our Lord's Ascension. Many things that they had omitted were supplied by him. The original was written in Greek; and by the Greeks he is titled: The Divine. St. Jerome relates that, when he was earnestly requested by the brethren to write the Gospel, he answered he would do it, if by ordering a common fast, they would all put up their prayers together to the Almighty God; which being ended replenished with the clearest and fullest revelation coming from Heaven, he burst forth into that preface: IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD. John Chapter 1 The divinity and incarnation of Christ. John bears witness of him. He begins to call his disciples. 1:1. In the beginning was the Word: and the Word was with God: and the Word was God. 1:2. The same was in the beginning with God. 1:3. All things were made by him: and without him was made nothing that was made. 1:4. In him was life: and the life was the light of men. 1:5. And the light shineth in darkness: and the darkness did not comprehend it. 1:6. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. 1:7. This man came for a witness, to give testimony of the light, that all men might believe through him. 1:8. He was not the light, but was to give testimony of the light. 1:9. That was the true light, which enlighteneth every man that cometh into this world. 1:10. He was in the world: and the world was made by him: and the world knew him not. 1:11. He came unto his own: and his own received him not. 1:12. But as many as received him, he gave them power to be made the sons of God, to them that believe in his name. 1:13. Who are born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. 1:14. And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us (and we saw his glory, the glory as it were of the only begotten of the Father), full of grace and truth. 1:15. John beareth witness of him and crieth out, saying: This was he of whom I spoke: He that shall come after me is preferred before me: because he was before me. 1:16. And of his fulness we all have received: and grace for grace. 1:17. For the law was given by Moses: grace and truth came by Jesus Christ. 1:18. No man hath seen God at any time: the only begotten Son who is in the Bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. 1:19. And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent from Jerusalem priests and Levites to him, to ask him: Who art thou? 1:20. And he confessed and did not deny: and he confessed: I am not the Christ. 1:21. And they asked him: What then? Art thou Elias? And he said: I am not. Art thou the prophet? And he answered: No. 1:22. They said therefore unto him: Who art thou, that we may give an answer to them that sent us? What sayest thou of thyself? 1:23. He said: I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Isaias. 1:24. And they that were sent were of the Pharisees. 1:25. And they asked him and said to him: Why then dost thou baptize, if thou be not Christ, nor Elias, nor the prophet? 1:26. John answered them, saying: I baptize with water: but there hath stood one in the midst of you, whom you know not. 1:27. The same is he that shall come after me, who is preferred before me: the latchet of whose shoe I am not worthy to loose. 1:28. These things were done in Bethania, beyond the Jordan, where John was baptizing. 1:29. The next day, John saw Jesus coming to him; and he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. Behold him who taketh away the sin of the world. 1:30. This is he of whom I said: After me there cometh a man, who is preferred before me: because he was before me. 1:31. And I knew him not: but that he may be made manifest in Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 1:32. And John gave testimony, saying: I saw the Spirit coming down, as a dove from heaven; and he remained upon him. 1:33. And I knew him not: but he who sent me to baptize with water said to me: He upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending and remaining upon him, he it is that baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. 1:34. And I saw: and I gave testimony that this is the Son of God. 1:35. The next day again John stood and two of his disciples. 1:36. And beholding Jesus walking, he saith: Behold the Lamb of God. 1:37. And the two disciples heard him speak: and they followed Jesus. 1:38. And Jesus turning and seeing them following him, saith to them: What seek you? Who said to him: Rabbi (which is to say, being interpreted, Master), where dwellest thou? 1:39. He saith to them: Come and see. They came and saw where he abode: and they stayed with him that day. Now it was about the tenth hour. 1:40. And Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, was one of the two who had heard of John and followed him. 1:41. He findeth first his brother Simon and saith to him: We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ. 1:42. And he brought him to Jesus. And Jesus looking upon him, said: Thou art Simon the son of Jona. Thou shalt be called Cephas, which is interpreted Peter. 1:43. On the following day, he would go forth into Galilee: and he findeth Philip, And Jesus saith to him: follow me. 1:44. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. 1:45. Philip findeth Nathanael and saith to him: We have found him of whom Moses, in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth. 1:46. And Nathanael said to him: Can any thing of good come from Nazareth? Philip saith to him: Come and see. 1:47. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him and he saith of him: Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile. 1:48. Nathanael saith to him: Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said to him: Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee. 1:49. Nathanael answered him and said: Rabbi: Thou art the Son of God. Thou art the King of Israel. 1:50. Jesus answered and said to him: Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, thou believest: greater things than these shalt thou see. 1:51. And he saith to him: Amen, amen, I say to you, you shall see the heaven opened and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. John Chapter 2 Christ changes water into wine. He casts the sellers out of the temple. 2:1. And the third day, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee: and the mother of Jesus was there. 2:2. And Jesus also was invited, and his disciples, to the marriage. 2:3. And the wine failing, the mother of Jesus saith to him: They have no wine. 2:4. And Jesus saith to her: Woman, what is that to me and to thee? My hour is not yet come. What is that to me, etc. . .These words of our Saviour, spoken to his mother, have been understood by some commentators as harsh, they not considering the next following verse: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye, which plainly shows that his mother knew of the miracle that he was to perform, and that it was at her request he wrought it; besides the manner of speaking the words as to the tone, and the countenance shown at the same time, which could only be known to those who were present, or from what had followed: for words indicating anger in one tone of voice, would be understood quite the reverse in another. 2:5. His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye. 2:6. Now there were set there six waterpots of stone, according to the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three measures apiece. 2:7. Jesus saith to them: Fill the waterpots with water. And they filled them up to the brim. 2:8. And Jesus saith to them: Draw out now and carry to the chief steward of the feast. And they carried it. 2:9. And when the chief steward had tasted the water made wine and knew not whence it was, but the waiters knew who had drawn the water: the chief steward calleth the bridegroom, 2:10. And saith to him: Every man at first setteth forth good wine, and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse. But thou hast kept the good wine until now. 2:11. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him. 2:12. After this, he went down to Capharnaum, he and his mother and his brethren and his disciples: and they remained there not many days. 2:13. And the pasch of the Jews was at hand: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 2:14. And he found in the temple them that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting. 2:15. And when he had made, as it were, a scourge of little cords, he drove them all out of the temple, the sheep also and the oxen: and the money of the changers he poured out, and the tables he overthrew. 2:16. And to them that sold doves he said: Take these things hence, and make not the house of my Father a house of traffic. 2:17. And his disciples remembered, that it was written: The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. 2:18. The Jews, therefore, answered, and said to him: What sign dost thou shew unto us, seeing thou dost these things? 2:19. Jesus answered and said to them: Destroy this temple; and in three days I will raise it up. 2:20. The Jews then said: Six and forty years was this temple in building; and wilt thou raise it up in three days? 2:21. But he spoke of the temple of his body. 2:22. When therefore he was risen again from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this: and they believed the scripture and the word that Jesus had said. 2:23. Now when he was at Jerusalem, at the pasch, upon the festival day, many believed in his name, seeing his signs which he did. 2:24. But Jesus did not trust himself unto them: for that he knew all men, 2:25. And because he needed not that any should give testimony of man: for he knew what was in man. John Chapter 3 Christ's discourse with Nicodemus. John's testimony. 3:1. And there was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. 3:2. This man came to Jesus by night and said to him: Rabbi, we know that thou art come a teacher from God; for no man can do these signs which thou dost, unless God be with him. 3:3. Jesus answered and said to him: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God. 3:4. Nicodemus saith to him: How can a man be born when he is old? Can he enter a second time into his mother's womb and be born again? 3:5. Jesus answered: Amen, amen, I say to thee, unless a man be born again of water and the Holy Ghost, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. Unless a man be born again, etc. . .By these words our Saviour hath declared the necessity of baptism; and by the word water it is evident that the application of it is necessary with the words. Matt. 28. 19. 3:6. That which is born of the flesh is flesh: and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 3:7. Wonder not that I said to thee: You must be born again. 3:8. The Spirit breatheth where he will and thou hearest his voice: but thou knowest not whence he cometh and whither he goeth. So is every one that is born of the Spirit. 3:9. Nicodemus answered and said to him: How can these things be done? 3:10. Jesus answered and said to him: Art thou a master in Israel, and knowest not these things? 3:11. Amen, amen, I say to thee that we speak what we know and we testify what we have seen: and you receive not our testimony. 3:12. If I have spoken to you earthly things, and you believe not: how will you believe, if I shall speak to you heavenly things? 3:13. And no man hath ascended into heaven, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man who is in heaven. 3:14. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of man be lifted up: 3:15. That whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting. 3:16. For God so loved the world, as to give his only begotten Son: that whosoever believeth in him may not perish, but may have life everlasting. 3:17. For God sent not his Son into the world, to judge the world: but that the world may be saved by him. 3:18. He that believeth in him is not judged. But he that doth not believe is already judged: because he believeth not in the name of the only begotten Son of God. Is not judged. . .He that believeth, viz., by a faith working through charity, is not judged, that is, is not condemned; but the obstinate unbeliever is judged, that is, condemned already, by retrenching himself from the society of Christ and his church. 3:19. And this is the judgment: Because the light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil. The judgment. . .That is, the cause of his comdemnation. 3:20. For every one that doth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved. 3:21. But he that doth truth cometh to the light, that his works may be made manifest: because they are done in God. He that doth truth. . .that is, he that acteth according to truth, which here signifies the Law of God. Thy law is truth. Psa. 118. 142. 3:22. After these things, Jesus and his disciples came into the land of Judea: and there he abode with them and baptized. 3:23. And John also was baptizing in Ennon near Salim: because there was much water there. And they came and were baptized. 3:24. For John was not yet cast into prison. 3:25. And there arose a question between some of John's disciples and the Jews, concerning purification. 3:26. And they came to John and said to him: Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond the Jordan, to whom thou gavest testimony: behold, he baptizeth and all men come to him. 3:27. John answered and said: A man cannot receive any thing, unless it be given him from heaven. 3:28. You yourselves do bear me witness that I said that I am not Christ, but that I am sent before him. 3:29. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the friend of the bridegroom, who standeth and heareth Him, rejoiceth with joy because of the bridegroom's voice. This my joy therefore is fulfilled. 3:30. He must increase: but I must decrease. 3:31. He that cometh from above is above all. He that is of the earth, of the earth he is, and of the earth he speaketh. He that cometh from heaven is above all. 3:32. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth: and no man receiveth his testimony. 3:33. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. 3:34. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God: for God doth not give the Spirit by measure. 3:35. The Father loveth the Son: and he hath given all things into his hand. 3:36. He that believeth in the Son hath life everlasting: but he that believeth not the Son shall not see life: but the wrath of God abideth on him. John Chapter 4 Christ talks with the Samaritan woman. He heals the ruler's son. 4:1. When Jesus therefore understood the Pharisees had heard that Jesus maketh more disciples and baptizeth more than John 4:2. (Though Jesus himself did not baptize, but his disciples), 4:3. He left Judea and went again into Galilee. 4:4. And he was of necessity to pass through Samaria. 4:5. He cometh therefore to a city of Samaria, which is called Sichar, near the land which Jacob gave to his son Joseph. 4:6. Now Jacob's well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus on the well. It was about the sixth hour. 4:7. There cometh a woman of Samaria, to draw water. Jesus saith to her: Give me to drink. 4:8. For his disciples were gone into the city to buy meats. 4:9. Then that Samaritan woman saith to him: How dost thou, being a Jew; ask of me to drink, who am a Samaritan woman? For the Jews do not communicate with the Samaritans. 4:10. Jesus answered and said to her: If thou didst know the gift of God and who he is that saith to thee: Give me to drink; thou perhaps wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water. 4:11. The woman saith to him: Sir, thou hast nothing wherein to draw, and the well is deep. From whence then hast thou living water? 4:12. Art thou greater than our father Jacob, who gave us the well and drank thereof, himself and his children and his cattle? 4:13. Jesus answered and said to her: Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: but he that shall drink of the water that I will give him shall not thirst for ever. 4:14. But the water that I will give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into life everlasting. 4:15. The woman said to him: Sir, give me this water, that I may not thirst, nor come hither to draw. 4:16. Jesus saith to her: Go, call thy husband, and come hither. 4:17. The woman answered and said: I have no husband. Jesus said to her: Thou hast said well: I have no husband. 4:18. For thou hast had five husbands: and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband. This, thou hast said truly. 4:19. The woman saith to him: Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. 4:20. Our fathers adored on this mountain: and you say that at Jerusalem is the place where men must adore. This mountain. . .Garizim, where the Samaritans had their schismatical temple. 4:21. Jesus saith to her: Woman, believe me that the hour cometh, when you shall neither on this mountain, nor in Jerusalem, adore the Father. 4:22. You adore that which you know not: we adore that which we know. For salvation is of the Jews. 4:23. But the hour cometh and now is, when the true adorers shall adore the Father in spirit and in truth. For the Father also seeketh such to adore him. 4:24. God is a spirit: and they that adore him must adore him in spirit and in truth. 4:25. The woman saith to him: I know that the Messias cometh (who is called Christ): therefore, when he is come, he will tell us all things. 4:26. Jesus saith to her: I am he, who am speaking with thee. 4:27. And immediately his disciples came. And they wondered that he talked with the woman. Yet no man said: What seekest thou? Or: Why talkest thou with her? 4:28. The woman therefore left her waterpot and went her way into the city and saith to the men there: 4:29. Come, and see a man who has told me all things whatsoever I have done. Is not he the Christ? 4:30. They went therefore out of the city and came unto him. 4:31. In the mean time, the disciples prayed him, saying: Rabbi, eat. 4:32. But he said to them: I have meat to eat which you know not. 4:33. The disciples therefore said one to another: Hath any man brought him to eat? 4:34. Jesus saith to them: My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, that I may perfect his work. 4:35. Do not you say: There are yet four months, and then the harvest cometh? Behold, I say to you, lift up your eyes, and see the countries. For they are white already to harvest. 4:36. And he that reapeth receiveth wages and gathereth fruit unto life everlasting: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. 4:37. For in this is the saying true: That it is one man that soweth, and it is another that reapeth. 4:38. I have sent you to reap that in which you did not labour. Others have laboured: and you have entered into their labours. 4:39. Now of that city many of the Samaritans believed in him, for the word of the woman giving testimony: He told me all things whatsoever I have done. 4:40. So when the Samaritans were come to him, they desired that he would tarry there. And he abode there two days. 4:41. And many more believed in him, because of his own word. 4:42. And they said to the woman: We now believe, not for thy saying: for we ourselves have heard him and know that this is indeed the Saviour of the world. 4:43. Now after two days, he departed thence and went into Galilee. 4:44. For Jesus himself gave testimony that a prophet hath no honour in his own country. 4:45. And when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things he had done at Jerusalem on the festival day: for they also went to the festival day. 4:46. He came again therefore into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain ruler, whose son was sick at Capharnaum. 4:47. He having heard that Jesus was come from Judea into Galilee, sent to him and prayed him to come down and heal his son: for he was at the point of death. 4:48. Jesus therefore said to him: Unless you see signs and wonders, you believe not. 4:49. The ruler saith to him: Lord, come down before that my son die. 4:50. Jesus saith to him: Go thy way. Thy son liveth. The man believed the word which Jesus said to him and went his way. 4:51. And as he was going down, his servants met him: and they brought word, saying, that his son lived. 4:52. He asked therefore of them the hour wherein he grew better. And they said to him: Yesterday at the seventh hour, the fever left him. 4:53. The father therefore knew that it was at the same hour that Jesus said to him: Thy son liveth. And himself believed, and his whole house. 4:54. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea. into Galilee. John Chapter 5 Christ heals on the sabbath the man languishing thirty-eight years. His discourse upon this occasion. 5:1. After these things was a festival day of the Jews: and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 5:2. Now there is at Jerusalem a pond, called Probatica, which in Hebrew is named Bethsaida, having five porches. Probatica. . .That is, the sheep pond; either so called, because the sheep were washed therein, that were to be offered up in sacrifice in the temple, or because it was near the sheep gate. That this was a pond where miracles were wrought is evident from the sacred text; and also that the water had no natural virtue to heal, as one only of those put in after the motion of the water was restored to health; for if the water had the healing quality, the others would have the like benefit, being put into it about the same time. 5:3. In these lay a great multitude of sick, of blind, of lame, of withered: waiting for the moving of the water. 5:4. And an angel of the Lord descended at certain times into the pond and the water was moved. And he that went down first into the pond after the motion of the water was made whole of whatsoever infirmity he lay under. 5:5. And there was a certain man there that had been eight and thirty years under his infirmity. 5:6. Him when Jesus had seen lying, and knew that he had been now a long time, he saith to him: Wilt thou be made whole? 5:7. The infirm man answered him: Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pond. For whilst I am coming, another goeth down before me. 5:8. Jesus saith to him: Arise, take up thy bed and walk. 5:9. And immediately the man was made whole: and he took up his bed and walked. And it was the sabbath that day. 5:10. The Jews therefore said to him that was healed: It is the sabbath. It is not lawful for thee to take up thy bed. 5:11. He answered them: He that made me whole, he said to me: Take up thy bed and walk. 5:12. They asked him therefore: Who is that man who said to thee: Take up thy bed and walk? 5:13. But he who was healed knew not who it was: for Jesus went aside from the multitude standing in the place. 5:14. Afterwards, Jesus findeth him in the temple and saith to him: Behold thou art made whole: sin no more, lest some worse thing happen to thee. 5:15. The man went his way and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him whole. 5:16. Therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, because he did these things on the sabbath. 5:17. But Jesus answered them: My Father worketh until now; and I work. 5:18. Hereupon therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he did not only break the sabbath but also said God was his Father, making himself equal to God. 5:19. Then Jesus answered and said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you, the Son cannot do any thing of himself, but what he seeth the Father doing: for what things soever he doth, these the Son also doth in like manner. 5:20. For the Father loveth the Son and sheweth him all things which himself doth: and greater works than these will he shew him, that you may wonder. 5:21. For as the Father raiseth up the dead and giveth life: so the Son also giveth life to whom he will. 5:22. For neither does the Father judge any man: but hath given all judgment to the Son. 5:23. That all men may honour the Son, as they honour the Father. He who honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father who hath sent him. 5:24. Amen, amen, I say unto you that he who heareth my word and believeth him that sent me hath life everlasting: and cometh not into judgment, but is passed from death to life. 5:25. Amen, amen, I say unto you, that the hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. 5:26. For as the Father hath life in himself, so he hath given to the Son also to have life in himself. 5:27. And he hath given him power to do judgment, because he is the Son of man. 5:28. Wonder not at this: for the hour cometh wherein all that are in the graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God. 5:29. And they that have done good things shall come forth unto the resurrection of life: but they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of judgment. Unto the resurrection of judgment. . .That is, condemnation. 5:30. I cannot of myself do any thing. As I hear, so I judge. And my judgment is just: because I seek not my own will. but the will of him that sent me. 5:31. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. 5:32. There is another that beareth witness of me: and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true. 5:33. You sent to John: and he gave testimony to the truth. 5:34. But I receive not testimony from man: but I say these things, that you may be saved. 5:35. He was a burning and a shining light: and you were willing for a time to rejoice in his light. 5:36. But I have a greater testimony than that of John: for the works which the Father hath given me to perfect, the works themselves which I do, give testimony of me, that the Father hath sent me. 5:37. And the Father himself who hath sent me hath given testimony of me: neither have you heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. 5:38. And you have not his word abiding in you: for whom he hath sent, him you believe not. 5:39. Search the scriptures: for you think in them to have life everlasting. And the same are they that give testimony of me. Or. . .You search the scriptures. Scrutamini. . .It is not a command for all to read the scriptures; but a reproach to the Pharisees, that reading the scriptures as they did, and thinking to find everlasting life in them, they would not receive him to whom all those scriptures gave testimony, and through whom alone they could have that true life. 5:40. And you will not come to me that you may have life. 5:41. I receive not glory from men. 5:42. But I know you, that you have not the love of God in you. 5:43. I am come in the name of my Father, and you receive me not: if another shall come in his own name, him you will receive. 5:44. How can you believe, who receive glory one from another: and the glory which is from God alone, you do not seek? 5:45. Think not that I will accuse you to the Father. There is one that accuseth you, Moses, in whom you trust. 5:46. For if you did believe Moses, you would perhaps believe me also: for he wrote of me. 5:47. But if you do not believe his writings, how will you believe my words? John Chapter 6 Christ feeds five thousand with five loaves. He walks upon the sea and discourses of the bread of life. 6:1. After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is that of Tiberias. 6:2. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw the miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 6:3. Jesus therefore went up into a mountain: and there he sat with his disciples. 6:4. Now the pasch, the festival day of the Jews, was near at hand. 6:5. When Jesus therefore had lifted up his eyes and seen that a very great multitude cometh to him, he said to Philip: Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat? 6:6. And this he said to try him: for he himself knew what he would do. 6:7. Philip answered him: Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them that every one may take a little. 6:8. One of his disciples, Andrew, the brother of Simon Peter, saith to him: 6:9. There is a boy here that hath five barley loaves and two fishes. But what are these among so many? 6:10. Then Jesus said: Make the men sit down. Now, there was much grass in the place. The men therefore sat down, in number about five thousand. 6:11. And Jesus took the loaves: and when he had given thanks, he distributed to them that were set down. In like manner also of the fishes, as much as they would. 6:12. And when they were filled, he said to his disciples: gather up the fragments that remain, lest they be lost. 6:13. They gathered up therefore and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves which remained over and above to them that had eaten. 6:14. Now those men, when they had seen what a miracle Jesus had done, said: This is of a truth the prophet that is to come into the world. 6:15. Jesus therefore, when he knew that they would come to take him by force and make him king, fled again into the mountains, himself alone. 6:16. And when evening was come, his disciples went down to the sea. 6:17. And when they had gone up into a ship, they went over the sea to Capharnaum. And it was now dark: and Jesus was not come unto them. 6:18. And the sea arose, by reason of a great wind that blew. 6:19. When they had rowed therefore about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking upon the sea and drawing nigh to the ship. And they were afraid. 6:20. But he saith to them: It is I. Be not afraid. 6:21. They were willing therefore to take him into the ship. And presently the ship was at the land to which they were going. 6:22. The next day, the multitude that stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was no other ship there but one: and that Jesus had not entered into the ship with his disciples, but that his disciples were gone away alone. 6:23. But other ships came in from Tiberias, nigh unto the place where they had eaten the bread, the Lord giving thanks. 6:24. When therefore the multitude saw that Jesus was not there, nor his disciples, they took shipping and came to Capharnaum, seeking for Jesus. 6:25. And when they had found him on that other side of the sea, they said to him: Rabbi, when camest thou hither? 6:26. Jesus answered them and said: Amen, amen, I say to you, you seek me, not because you have seen miracles, but because you did eat of the loaves and were filled. 6:27. Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that which endureth unto life everlasting, which the Son of man will give you. For him hath God, the Father, sealed. 6:28. They said therefore unto him: What shall we do, that we may work the works of God? 6:29. Jesus answered and said to them: This is the work of God, that you believe in him whom he hath sent. 6:30. They said therefore to him: What sign therefore dost thou shew that we may see and may believe thee? What dost thou work? 6:31. Our fathers did eat manna in the desert, as it is written: He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 6:32. Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say to you; Moses gave you not bread from heaven, but my Father giveth you the true bread from heaven. 6:33. For the bread of God is that which cometh down from heaven and giveth life to the world. 6:34. They said therefore unto him: Lord, give us always this bread. 6:35. And Jesus said to them: I am the bread of life. He that cometh to me shall not hunger: and he that believeth in me shall never thirst. 6:36. But I said unto you that you also have seen me, and you believe not. 6:37. All that the Father giveth to me shall come to me: and him that cometh to me, I will not cast out. 6:38. Because I came down from heaven, not to do my own will but the will of him that sent me. 6:39. Now this is the will of the Father who sent me: that of all that he hath given me, I should lose nothing; but should raise it up again in the last day. 6:40. And this is the will of my Father that sent me: that every one who seeth the Son and believeth in him may have life everlasting. And I will raise him up in the last day. 6:41. The Jews therefore murmured at him, because he had said: I am the living bread which came down from heaven. 6:42. And they said: Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know? How then saith he: I came down from heaven? 6:43. Jesus therefore answered and said to them: Murmur not among yourselves. 6:44. No man can come to me, except the Father, who hath sent me, draw him. And I will raise him up in the last day. Draw him. . .Not by compulsion, nor by laying the free will under any necessity, but by the strong and sweet motions of his heavenly grace. 6:45. It is written in the prophets: And they shall all be taught of God. Every one that hath heard of the Father and hath learned cometh forth me. 6:46. Not that any man hath seen the Father: but he who is of God, he hath seen the Father. 6:47. Amen, amen, I say unto you: He that believeth in me hath everlasting life. 6:48. I am the bread of life. 6:49. Your fathers did eat manna in the desert: and are dead. 6:50. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven: that if any man eat of it, he may not die. 6:51. I am the living bread which came down from heaven. 6:52. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, for the life of the world. 6:53. The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying: How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 6:54. Then Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say unto you: except you eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood, you shall not have life in you. Except you eat--and drink, etc. . .To receive the body and blood of Christ, is a divine precept, insinuated in this text; which the faithful fulfil, though they receive but in one kind; because in one kind they receive both body and blood, which cannot be separated from each other. Hence, life eternal is here promised to the worthy receiving, though but in one kind. Ver. 52. If any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever; and the bread that I will give, is my flesh for the life of the world. Ver. 58. He that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. Ver. 59. He that eateth this bread, shall liver for ever. 6:55. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath everlasting life: and I will raise him up in the last day. 6:56. For my flesh is meat indeed: and my blood is drink indeed. 6:57. He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood abideth in me: and I in him. 6:58. As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father: so he that eateth me, the same also shall live by me. 6:59. This is the bread that came down from heaven. Not as your fathers did eat manna and are dead. He that eateth this bread shall live for ever. 6:60. These things he said, teaching in the synagogue, in Capharnaum. 6:61. Many therefore of his disciples, hearing it, said: This saying is hard; and who can hear it? 6:62. But Jesus, knowing in himself that his disciples murmured at this, said to them: Doth this scandalize you? 6:63. If then you shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before? If then you shall see, etc. . .Christ by mentioning his ascension, by this instance of his power and divinity, would confirm the truth of what he had before asserted; and at the same time correct their gross apprehension of eating his flesh, and drinking his blood, in a vulgar and carnal manner, by letting them know he should take his whole body living with him to heaven; and consequently not suffer it to be as they supposed, divided, mangled, and consumed upon earth. 6:64. It is the spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words that I have spoken to you are spirit and life. The flesh profiteth nothing. . .Dead flesh separated from the spirit, in the gross manner they supposed they were to eat his flesh, would profit nothing. Neither doth man's flesh, that is to say, man's natural and carnal apprehension, (which refuses to be subject to the spirit, and words of Christ,) profit any thing. But it would be the height of blasphemy, to say the living flesh of Christ (which we receive in the blessed sacarament, with his spirit, that is, with his soul and divinity) profiteth nothing. For if Christ's flesh had profitedus nothing, he would never have taken flesh for us, nor died in us nothing, he would never have taken flesh for us, nor died in the flesh for us. Are spirit and life. . .By proposing to you a heavenly sacrament, in which you shall receive, in a wonderful manner, spirit, grace, and life, in its very fountain. 6:65. But there are some of you that believe not. For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that did not believe and who he was that would betray him. 6:66. And he said: Therefore did I say to you that no man can come to me, unless it be given him by my Father. 6:67. After this, many of his disciples went back and walked no more with him. 6:68. Then Jesus said to the twelve: Will you also go away? 6:69. And Simon Peter answered him: Lord, to whom shall we go? Thou hast the words of eternal life. 6:70. And we have believed and have known that thou art the Christ, the Son of God. 6:71. Jesus answered them: Have not I chosen you twelve? And one of you is a devil. 6:72. Now he meant Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon: for this same was about to betray him, whereas he was one of the twelve. John Chapter 7 Christ goes up to the feast of the tabernacles. He teaches in the temple. 7:1. After these things, Jesus walked in Galilee: for he would not walk in Judea, because the Jews sought to kill him. 7:2. Now the Jews feast of tabernacles was at hand. 7:3. And his brethren said to, him: Pass from hence and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may see thy works which thou dost. 7:4. For there is no man that doth any thing in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou do these things, manifest thyself to the world. 7:5. For neither did his brethren believe in him. 7:6. Then Jesus said to them: My time is not yet come; but your time is always ready. 7:7. The world cannot hate you: but me it hateth, because I give testimony of it, that the works thereof are evil, 7:8. Go you up to this festival day: but I go not up to this festival day, because my time is not accomplished. 7:9. When he had said these things, he himself stayed in Galilee. 7:10. But after his brethren were gone up, then he also went up to the feast, not openly, but, as it were, in secret. 7:11. The Jews therefore sought him on the festival day and said: Where is he? 7:12. And there was much murmuring among the multitude concerning him. For some said: He is a good man. And others said: No, but he seduceth the people. 7:13. Yet no man spoke openly of him, for fear of the Jews. 7:14. Now, about the midst of the feast, Jesus went up into the temple and taught. 7:15. And the Jews wondered, saying: How doth this man know letters, having never learned? 7:16. Jesus answered them and said: My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. 7:17. If any man will do the will of him, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. 7:18. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh the glory of him that sent him, he is true and there is no injustice in him. 7:19. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law? 7:20. Why seek you to kill me? The multitude answered and said: Thou hast a devil. Who seeketh to kill thee? 7:21. Jesus answered and said to them: One work I have done: and you all wonder. 7:22. Therefore, Moses gave you circumcision (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers): and on the sabbath day you circumcise a man. 7:23. If a man receive circumcision on the sabbath day, that the law of Moses may not be broken: are you angry at me, because I have healed the whole man on the sabbath day? 7:24. Judge not according to the appearance: but judge just judgment. 7:25. Some therefore of Jerusalem said: Is not this he whom they seek to kill? 7:26. And behold, he speaketh openly: and they say nothing to him. Have the rulers known for a truth that this is the Christ? 7:27. But we know this man, whence he is: but when the Christ cometh, no man knoweth, whence he is. 7:28. Jesus therefore cried out in the temple, teaching and saying: You both know me, and you know whence I am. And I am not come of myself: but he that sent me is true, whom you know not. 7:29. I know him, because I am from him: and he hath sent me. 7:30. They sought therefore to apprehend him: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. 7:31. But of the people many believed in him and said: When the Christ cometh, shall he do more miracles than this man doth? 7:32. The Pharisees heard the people murmuring these things concerning him: and the rulers and Pharisees sent ministers to apprehend him. 7:33. Jesus therefore said to them: Yet a little while I am with you: and then I go to him that sent me. 7:34. You shall seek me and shall not find me: and where I am, thither you cannot come. 7:35. The Jews therefore said among themselves: Whither will he go, that we shall not find him? Will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles and teach the Gentiles? 7:36. What is this saying that he hath said: You shall seek me and shall not find me? And: Where I am, you cannot come? 7:37. And on the last, and great day of the festivity, Jesus stood and cried, saying: If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink. 7:38. He that believeth in me, as the scripture saith: Out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. 7:39. Now this he said of the Spirit which they should receive who believed in him: for as yet the Spirit was not given, because Jesus was not yet glorified. 7:40. Of that multitude therefore, when they had heard these words of his, some said: This is the prophet indeed. 7:41. Others said: This is the Christ. But some said: Doth the Christ come out of Galilee? 7:42. Doth not the scripture say: That Christ cometh of the seed of David and from Bethlehem the town where David was? 7:43. So there arose a dissension among the people because of him. 7:44. And some of them would have apprehended him: but no man laid hands upon him. 7:45. The ministers therefore came to the chief priests and the Pharisees. And they said to them: Why have you not brought him? 7:46. The ministers answered: Never did man speak like this man. 7:47. The Pharisees therefore answered them: Are you also seduced? 7:48. Hath any one of the rulers believed in him, or of the Pharisees? 7:49. But this multitude, that knoweth not the law, are accursed. 7:50. Nicodemus said to them (he that came to him by night, who was one of them): 7:51. Doth our law judge any man, unless it first hear him and know what he doth? 7:52. They answered and said to him: Art thou also a Galilean? Search the scriptures, and see that out of Galilee a prophet riseth not. 7:53. And every man returned to his own house. John Chapter 8 The woman taken in adultery. Christ justifies his doctrine. 8:1. And Jesus went unto mount Olivet. 8:2. And early in the morning he came again into the temple: and all the people came to him. And sitting down he taught them. 8:3. And the scribes and Pharisees bring unto him a woman taken in adultery: and they set her in the midst, 8:4. And said to him: Master, this woman was even now taken in adultery. 8:5. Now Moses in the law commanded us to stone such a one. But what sayest thou? 8:6. And this they said tempting him, that they might accuse him. But Jesus bowing himself down, wrote with his finger on the ground. 8:7. When therefore they continued asking him, he lifted up himself and said to them: He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8:8. And again stooping down, he wrote on the ground. 8:9. But they hearing this, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest. And Jesus alone remained, and the woman standing in the midst. 8:10. Then Jesus lifting up himself, said to her: Woman, where are they that accused thee? Hath no man condemned thee? 8:11. Who said: No man, Lord. And Jesus said: Neither will I condemn thee. Go, and now sin no more. 8:12. Again therefore, Jesus spoke to: them, saying: I am the light of the world. He that followeth me walketh not in darkness, but shall have the light of life. 8:13. The Pharisees therefore said to him: Thou givest testimony of thyself. Thy testimony is not true. 8:14. Jesus answered and said to them: Although I give testimony of myself, my testimony is true: for I know whence I came and whither I go. 8:15. You judge according to the flesh: I judge not any man. 8:16. And if I do judge, my judgment is true: because I am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. 8:17. And in your law it is written that the testimony of two men is true. 8:18. I am one that give testimony of myself: and the Father that sent me giveth testimony of me. 8:19. They said therefore to him: Where is thy Father? Jesus answered: Neither me do you know, nor my Father. If you did know me, perhaps you would know my Father also. 8:20. These words Jesus spoke in the treasury, teaching in the temple: and no man laid hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. 8:21. Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go: and you shall seek me. And you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come. 8:22. The Jews therefore said: Will he kill himself, because he said: Whither I go you cannot come? 8:23. And he said to them: You are from beneath: I am from above. You are of this world: I am not of this world. 8:24. Therefore I said to you that you shall die in your sins. For if you believe not that I am he, you shall die in your sin. 8:25. They said therefore to him: Who art thou? Jesus said to them: The beginning, who also speak unto you. 8:26. Many things I have to speak and to judge of you. But he that sent me, is true: and the things I have heard of him, these same I speak in the world. 8:27. And they understood not that he called God his Father. 8:28. Jesus therefore said to them: When you shall have lifted up, the Son of man, then shall you know that I am he and that I do nothing of myself. But as the Father hath taught me, these things I speak. 8:29. And he that sent me is with me: and he hath not left me alone. For I do always the things that please him. 8:30. When he spoke these things, many believed in him. 8:31. Then Jesus said to those Jews who believed him: If you continue in my word, you shall be my disciples indeed. 8:32. And you shall know the truth: and the truth shall make you free. 8:33. They answered him: We are the seed of Abraham: and we have never been slaves to any man. How sayest thou: You shall be free? 8:34. Jesus answered them: Amen, amen, I say unto you that whosoever committeth sin is the servant of sin. 8:35. Now the servant abideth not in the house for ever: but the son abideth for ever. 8:36. If therefore the son shall make you free, you shall be free indeed. 8:37. I know that you are the children of Abraham: but you seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. 8:38. I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and you do the things that you have seen with your father. 8:39. They answered and said to him: Abraham is our father. Jesus saith them: If you be the children of Abraham, do the works of Abraham. 8:40. But now you seek to kill me, a man who have spoken the truth to you, which I have heard of God. This Abraham did not. 8:41. You do the works of your father. They said therefore to him: We are not born of fornication: we have one Father, even God. 8:42. Jesus therefore said to them: If God were your Father, you would indeed love me. For from God I proceeded and came. For I came not of myself: but he sent me. 8:43. Why do you not know my speech? Because you cannot hear my word. 8:44. You are of your father the devil: and the desires of your father you will do. He was a murderer from the beginning: and he stood not in the truth, because truth is not in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own: for he is a liar, and the father thereof. 8:45. But if I say the truth, you believe me not. 8:46. Which of you shall convince me of sin? If I say the truth to you, why do you not believe me: 8:47. He that is of God heareth the words of God. Therefore you hear them not, because you are not of God. 8:48. The Jews therefore answered and said to him: Do not we say well that thou art a Samaritan and hast a devil? 8:49. Jesus answered: I have not a devil: but I honour my Father. And you have dishonoured me. 8:50. But I seek not my own glory: there is one that seeketh and judgeth. 8:51. Amen, amen, I say to you: If any man keep my word, he shall not see death for ever. 8:52. The Jews therefore said: Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets: and thou sayest: If any man keep my word, he shall not taste death for ever. 8:53. Art thou greater than our father Abraham who is dead? And the prophets are dead. Whom dost thou make thyself? 8:54. Jesus answered: If I glorify myself, my glory is nothing. It is my Father that glorifieth me, of whom you say that he is your God. 8:55. And you have not known him: but I know him. And if I shall say that I know him not, I shall be like to you, a liar. But I do know him and do keep his word. 8:56. Abraham your father rejoiced that he might see my day: he saw it and was glad. 8:57. The Jews therefore said to him: Thou art not yet fifty years old. And hast thou seen Abraham? 8:58. Jesus said to them: Amen, amen, I say to you, before Abraham was made, I AM. 8:59. They took up stones therefore to cast at him. But Jesus hid himself and went out of the temple. John Chapter 9 He gives sight to the man born blind. 9:1. And Jesus passing by, saw a man who was blind from his birth. 9:2. And his disciples asked him: Rabbi, who hath sinned, this man or his parents, that he should be born blind? 9:3. Jesus answered: Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents; but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. 9:4. I must work the works of him that sent me, whilst it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work. 9:5. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. 9:6. When he had said these things, he spat on the ground and made clay of the spittle and spread the clay upon his eyes, 9:7. And said to him: Go, wash in the pool of Siloe, which is interpreted, Sent. He went therefore and washed: and he came seeing. 9:8. The neighbours, therefore, and they who had seen him before that he was a beggar, said: Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said: This is he. 9:9. But others said: No, but he is like him. But he said: I am he. 9:10. They said therefore to him: How were thy eyes opened? 9:11. He answered: That man that is called Jesus made clay and anointed my eyes and said to me: Go to the pool of Siloe and wash. And I went: I washed: and I see. 9:12. And they said to him: Where is he? He saith: I know not. 9:13. They bring him that had been blind to the Pharisees. 9:14. Now it was the sabbath, when Jesus made the clay and opened his eyes. 9:15. Again therefore the Pharisees asked him how he had received his sight. But he said to them: He put clay upon my eyes: and I washed: and I see. 9:16. Some therefore of the Pharisees said: This man is not of God, who keepeth not the sabbath. But others said: How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. 9:17. They say therefore to the blind man again: What sayest thou of him that hath opened thy eyes? And he said: He is a prophet. 9:18. The Jews then did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind and had received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight, 9:19. And asked them, saying: Is this your son, who you say was born blind? How then doth he now see? 9:20. His parents answered them and said: We know that this is our son and that he was born blind: 9:21. But how he now seeth, we know not: or who hath opened his eyes, we know not. Ask himself: he is of age: Let him speak for himself. 9:22. These things his parents said, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had already agreed among themselves that if any man should confess him to be Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue. 9:23. Therefore did his parents say: He is of age. Ask himself. 9:24. They therefore called the man again that had been blind and said to him: Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner. 9:25. He said therefore to them: If he be a sinner, I know not. One thing I know, that whereas I was blind. now I see. 9:26. They said then to him: What did he to thee? How did he open thy eyes? 9:27. He answered them: I have told you already, and you have heard. Why would you hear it again? Will you also become his disciples? 9:28. They reviled him therefore and said: Be thou his disciple; but we are the disciples of Moses. 9:29. We know that God spoke to Moses: but as to this man, we know not from whence he is. 9:30. The man answered and said to them: why, herein is a wonderful thing, that you know not from whence he is, and he hath opened my eyes. 9:31. Now we know that God doth not hear sinners: but if a man be a server of God and doth his, will, him he heareth. 9:32. From the beginning of the world it hath not been heard, that any man hath opened the eyes of one born blind. 9:33. Unless this man were of God, he could not do anything. 9:34. They answered and said to him: Thou wast wholly born in sins; and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out. 9:35. Jesus heard that they had cast him out. And when he had found him, he said to him: Dost thou believe in the Son of God? 9:36. He answered, and said: Who is he, Lord, that I may believe in him?
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