Section XXV.
[1] 1747
And in that day this
thought presented itself to his
disciples, and they said, which [2]
haply should be the great
est among them.
1748
| 1748 Borg.
ms. omits among them. |
1749
And when they
came to
Capernaum, and entered into the
house,
Jesus said unto them,
What were ye considering in the [3] way among yourselves?
1750
And they were
silent because they had
considered that
matter.
[4] 1751
And when
Simon went
forth without, those that received two dirhams for the tribute came to
Cephas, and said unto him, Doth your master not give his two [5]
dirhams? He said unto them, Yea.
1752
And
when
Cephas entered the
house,
Jesus anticipated him, and said unto
him, What thinkest thou,
Simon? the kings of the
earth, from whom do
they receive
custom and tribute? from their sons, or from [6] [Arabic,
p. 97]
strangers?
1753
Simon said unto him,
From
strangers.
Jesus said unto him,
Children then are
free.
Simon said unto him, Yea.
Jesus said unto him, [7]
Give thou also unto them, like the
stranger.
1754
But, lest it
trouble them, go thou to the
sea, and cast
a hook; and the first
fish that cometh up, open
its mouth,
and thou shalt find a stater: take therefore
that, and give for me and thee.
[8] 1755
And in that hour
came the
disciples to
Jesus, and said unto him, Who, thinkest [9] thou,
is greater in the
kingdom of
heaven?
1756
And
Jesus knew the thought of their
heart, and called a
1757
| 1757 Lit. one
(Syriac idiom). |
child, and set him in the midst, and took
him in his arms, and [10] said unto them,
1758
Verily I say unto you, If ye do not return,
and become as
children, [11] ye shall not enter the
kingdom of
heaven.
1759
Every one that shall
receive in my name such as this
child hath received me:
1760
and whosoever receiveth me receiveth [12] not
me, but him that sent me.
1761
And he who is
little in your
company,
1762
the same [13] shall
be great.
1763
But whosoever shall
injure one of these little ones that believe in me, it were better for
him that a great
millstone1764
should be hanged
about his
neck, and
he should be drowned in the
depths of the
sea.
[14] 1765
John answered and
said, Our Master, we saw one casting out
devils in thy name; [15] and
we prevented him, because he followed not thee with us.
1766
Jesus said unto them, Prevent him not; for no
man doeth powers in my name, and can hasten to speak
evil [16, 17] of
me.
1767
Every one who is not
in opposition to you is with you.
1768
Woe
unto the
world [Arabic, p. 98] because of
trials!
1769
| 1769 i.e.,
experiences that test one; or, seductions. The word is
variously used. |
but woe unto that man by whose
hand the
trials come! [18]
1770
If thy
hand or thy
foot injure thee,
cut it off, and cast it from thee; for it is better
for thee to enter into
life being halt or
maimed, and not that thou
shouldest have two
hands or two
feet, and fall into the
hell of
fire
that burneth
1771
for ever; [19, 20]
1772
where their
worm dieth not, and their
fire is
not quenched.
1773
And if thine
eye
seduce1774
| 1774 See note to § 25,
17. |
[21] thee, pluck it
out, and cast it from thee;
1775
for it is better for
thee to enter the
kingdom of
God with one
eye, than that thou shouldest
have two
eyes, and fall into the [22, 23]
fire of Gehenna;
1776
where their
worm dieth not, and their
fire is
not quenched.
1777
Every [24]
one shall be salted with
fire, and every
sacrifice shall be
salted with
salt.
1778
How good [25] is
salt! but if the
salt also be tasteless, wherewith shall it be
salted?
1779
It is fit neither
for the
land nor for
dung, but they cast it out. He that hath
ears to hear, let him [26] hear.
1780
Have ye
salt in yourselves, and be in
peace
one with another.
[27] 1781
And he arose from
thence, and came to the borders of Judæa beyond
Jordan: and
there went unto him thither great multitudes, and he
healed them; and
he taught [28] them also, according to his
custom.
1782
And the
Pharisees came unto him, tempting
[29] him, and asking him, Is it
lawful for a man to put away his
wife?
1783
He said, What [30]
did
Moses command you?
1784
They said,
Moses
made it allowable for us,
saying, Whosoever [31] will, let him
write a writing of divorcement, and put away his
wife.
1785
Jesus answered and said unto them,
1786
Have ye not read, He that made
them
from the beginning [32] made them male and
female, and said,
1787
For this reason shall the man leave his
father [Arabic, p. 99] and his mother, and
cleave to his
wife; and they
both shall be one body? [33]
1788
So then they
are not twain, but one body; the thing, then, which
God hath [34]
joined together, let no man put asunder.
1789
And
those
Pharisees said unto him, Why did
Moses consent
1790
| 1790 So the Arabic;
but the Syriac versions follow the Greek, and consent is
doubtless a (very easy, and, in view of the succeeding context,
natural) clerical error for an original Arabic
charge. |
that a
man should give a writing of
divorcement and put her away? [35]
1791
Jesus said unto them,
Moses because of the
hardness of your
hearts gave you leave [36] to
divorce your
wives; but
in the beginning it was not so.
1792
I
say unto you, Whosoever putteth away
1793
his
wife
without
fornication, and marrieth another, hath exposed [37] her to
adultery.
1794
And his
disciples,
when he entered the
house, asked him again [38] about that.
1795
And he said unto them, Every one who putteth
away his
wife, and [39] marrieth another, hath exposed her to
adultery.
1796
And any
woman that
leaveth her
husband, and becometh another’s, hath
committed
adultery.
1797
And whosoever
marrieth [40] her that is
divorced hath
committed adultery.
1798
And his
disciples said unto him, If there be
between the man and the
woman such a case
1799
| 1799 Lit.
blame, a mistranslation (found also in the Brit. Mus. text of
Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary) of the Syriac word, which is
ambiguous (cf. even the Greek). For a somewhat similar
case see § 50, 11, note. |
as
this, it is not good for [41] a man to marry.
1800
He said unto them, Not every man can
endure
this saying, except [42] him to whom it is given.
1801
There are
eunuchs which from their
mother’s
womb1802
were
born so; and
there are
eunuchs which through men became
eunuchs; and there are
eunuchs which made themselves
eunuchs for the sake of the
kingdom of
heaven. He that is able to be content, let him be content.
[43] 1803
Then they brought to
him
children, that he should lay his
hand upon them, and [44]
pray: and his
disciples were rebuking those that were bringing
them.
1804
And
Jesus saw, and
it was distressing to him; and he said unto them,
Suffer the
children
to [Arabic, p. 100] come unto me, and prevent them not; for those that
are like these have [45] the
kingdom of
God.
1805
Verily I say unto you, Whosoever receiveth
not the [46]
kingdom of God as this child, shall not enter it.
1806
And he took them in his arms, and laid his
hand upon them, and blessed them.
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