Section
XXIX.
[1] 1996
Verily I say unto
you, It is difficult for a
rich man to enter the
kingdom of [2]
heaven.
1997
And I say unto you
also, that it is easier for a
camel to enter the
eye of [3] a
needle,
than for a
rich man to enter the
kingdom of
God.
1998
And the
disciples were wondering at these
sayings. And
Jesus answered and said unto them again, My
children, how hard it is for those that rely on their possessions to
enter the [4]
kingdom of
God!
1999
And those that
were listening wondered more, and said amongst [5] themselves, being
agitated,
2000
| 2000 cf. note,
§ 1, 14. Borg. MS, omits being agitated. |
Who, thinkest thou,
can be
saved?
2001
And
Jesus looked at
them intently, and said unto them,
With men this is not possible, but with
God it is: [6]
[Arabic, p. 111] it is possible for
God to do everything.
2002
| 2002 Luke xviii. 28; Matt. xix.
27<b. |
Simon Cephas said unto him, Lo, we have left
everything, and followed thee; what is it, thinkest thou, that we [7]
shall have?
2003
Jesus said unto
them, Verily I say unto you, Ye that have followed me, in the new
world, when the Son of man shall sit on the
throne of his
glory, ye
also [8] shall sit on twelve
thrones, and shall
judge the twelve
tribes
of
Israel.
2004
Verily I say unto
you, No man leaveth
houses, or
brothers, or sisters, or
father, or
mother, or
wife, or
children, or kinsfolk, or
lands, because of the
kingdom of
God, or for [9] my sake, and the sake of my
gospel,
2005
who shall not obtain
2006
| 2006 Lit. meet
with; or, be recompensed with. |
many times as much in this [10] time, and in the
world to come
inherit
eternal life:
2007
and now in this
time,
houses, and
brothers, and sisters, and mothers, and
children, and
lands, with persecution; [11] and in the
world to come
everlasting
life.
2008
Many that are
first shall be last,
2009
| 2009 The Arabic words are
not so strong. |
and that are last
shall be first.
[12] 2010
And when the
Pharisees heard all this, because of their
love for
wealth they [13]
scoffed at him.
2011
And
Jesus knew what
was in their
hearts, and said unto them, Ye are they that
justify
yourselves before men; while
God knows your
hearts: the thing
that is lofty with men is base before
God.
[14] 2012
And he began to say,
A
certain man was
rich, and wore
silk and
purple, and
enjoyed
[15] himself every day in splendour:
2013
and
there was a
poor man named
Lazarus, and [16] he was cast down at the
door of the
rich man,
2014
afflicted with
sores, and he longed to fill [Arabic, p. 112] his
belly with the
crumbs
that fell from the
table of that
rich man; yea, [17] even
2015
the
dogs used to come and lick his
sores.
2016
And it happened that
that
poor man
died, and the
angels conveyed him into the
bosom of
Abraham: and the [18]
rich man also
died, and was buried.
2017
And while he was being
tormented in
Hades,
[19] he lifted up his
eyes from
afar, and saw
Abraham with
2018
Lazarus in his
bosom.
2019
And he called with a loud voice, and said, My
father Abraham, have
mercy upon me, and send
Lazarus to wet the tip of
his
finger with
water, and moisten my
tongue [20] for me; for, behold,
I am
burned in this
flame.
2020
Abraham said
unto him, My son, remember that thou receivedst thy good things in thy
life, and
Lazarus his
afflictions: [21] but now, behold, he is at
rest here, and thou art
tormented.
2021
And
in addition to all this, there is between us and you a great
abyss
placed, so that they that would
cross unto you from hence cannot, nor
yet from thence do they
cross unto [22] us.
2022
He said unto him, Then I beseech thee, my
father, to send him to my
father’s [23]
house;
2023
for I have five
brethren; let him go, that
they also
sin not,
2024
| 2024 The Syriac and
Arabic versions here agree with the Greek. For a plausible
suggestion as to the origin of the strange reading in the text, see
Harris, The Diatessaron of Tatian, p. 21, who cites a parallel
from Aphraates. |
and come to [24]
the abode of this
torment.
2025
| 2025 This may be simply a
corruption of the Peshitta. |
2026
Abraham said unto him, They have
Moses and
the [25]
prophets; let them hear them.
2027
He
said unto him, Nay,
2028
| 2028 Or,
Surely. The word is omitted by Borg. ms. |
my
father
Abraham: but [26] let a man from the dead go unto them, and they
will
repent.
2029
Abraham said unto
him, If they listen neither to
Moses nor to the
prophets, neither if a
man from the dead rose would they believe him.
[27] 2030
The
kingdom of
heaven is like a man that is a householder, which went out early [28]
in the morning to
hire labourers for his
vineyard.
2031
And he agreed with the labourers on [29] one
penny a day for each labourer, and he sent them into his
vineyard.
2032
And he went [30]
[Arabic, p. 113] out in three hours, and saw others standing in the
market idle.
2033
He said unto them,
Go ye also into my
vineyard, and what is right I will pay you.
[31]
2034
And they went. And he went out also at
the sixth and the ninth hour, and did likewise, [32] and sent
them.
2035
And about the
eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle. He
said unto them, Why are ye standing the whole day idle? [33]
2036
They said unto him, Because no one hath hired
us. He said unto them, Go ye [34] also into the
vineyard, and
what is right ye shall receive.
2037
So
when evening came, the
lord of the
vineyard said unto his
steward, Call
the labourers, and pay them [35] their
wages; and begin with the later
ones, and end with the former ones.
2038
And
[36] those of eleven hours
2039
| 2039 i.e., probably
the eleventh hour (cf. § 21, 10). |
came, and received
each a
penny.
2040
When therefore the
first came, they supposed that they should receive something more; and
they also [37] received each a
penny.
2041
And
when they received
it, they spake angrily against the
[38] householder, and said,
2042
These last
worked one hour, and thou hast
made them equal [39] with us, who have
suffered the
heat of the day,
and its burden.
2043
He answered and said
unto one of them, My
friend, I do thee no wrong:
was it
not for a
penny that [40] thou didst bargain with me?
2044
Take what is thine, and go thy way; for I
wish to [41] give this last as I have given thee.
2045
Or am I not entitled to do with what is
mine
2046
[42] what I choose?
2047
Or is thine
eye perchance
evil, because I am
good? Thus shall the last
ones be first, and the first
last. The called are many, and the chosen are few.
[43] 2048
And when
Jesus
entered into the
house of one of the chiefs of the
Pharisees to eat
bread on the
sabbath day, and they were watching him to see what he
would [44, 45] do,
2049
and there was before
him a man which had the
dropsy,
2050
Jesus answered
and [46] said unto the
scribes and the
Pharisees, Is it
lawful on the
sabbath to
heal?
2051
But [Arabic, p. 114]
they were
silent. So he took him, and healed him, and sent him
away. [47]
2052
And he said unto
them, Which of you shall
have his son or his ox fall on the
sabbath day into a well, and not lift him up straightway, and draw
water for [48] him?
2053
And they were not
able to answer him a word to that.
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