give them their measure of wheat in due season?

43 Blessed is that servant, whom when his lord shall come he shall find so doing.

44 Verily I say to you, he will set him over all that he possesseth.

45 But if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord is long a coming; and shall begin to strike the men-servants and maid-servants, and to eat and to drink, and be drunk:

46 The lord of that servant will come in the day that he hopeth not, and at the hour that he knoweth not, and shall separate him, and shall appoint him his portion with unbelievers.

47 And that servant who knew the will of his lord, and prepared not himself, and did not according to his wili, shall be beaten with many stripes.

48 But he that knew not and did things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And unto whomsoever much is given, of him much shall be required and to whom they have committed much, of him they will demand the more.

49 I am come to cast fire on the earth; and what will I but that it be kindled?

50 And I have a baptism, wherewith I am to be baptized: and how am I straitened until it be accomplished.

51 Think ye that I am come

against the son, and the su against his father, the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother, the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her motherin-law.

54 And he said also to the multitudes: When you see a cloud rising from the west, presently you say: A shower is coming: and so it happeneth :

55 And when ye see the south wind blow, you say: There will be heat: and it cometh to pass.

56 You hypocrites, you know how to discern the face of the heaven and of the earth: but how is it that you do not discern this time?

57 And why even of yourselves do you not judge that which is just?

58 And when thou goest with thy adversary to the prince, whilst thou art in the way endeavour to be delivered from him: lest perhaps he draw thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the exacter, and the exacter cast thee into pri

son.

59 I say to thee, thou shalt not go out thence, until thou pay the very last mite.

CHAP. XIII.

The necessity of penance. The barren fig-tree. The cure of the infirm woman, &c.

vou no, but separation.

2 For there shall be from henceforth five in one house divided; three against two, and two against three."

53 The father shall be divided

a Matt. 10. 34.

that very time some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2 And he answering said to them: Think you that these

b Matt, 16. 2.- Matt. 5. 25.

Galileans were sinners above all the men of Galilee, because they suffered such things?

3 No, I say to you: but unless you shall do penance, you shall all likewise perish.

4 Or those eighteen upon whom the tower fell in Siloe, and slew them: think you that they also were debtors above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem ?

5 No, I say to you: but except you do penance, you shall all likewise perish.

6 He spoke also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none.

7 And he said to the dresser of the vineyard: Behold for these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and I find none. Cut it down therefore; why cumbereth it the ground?

8 But he answering said to him: Lord, let it alone this year also, until I dig about it, and dung it.

9 And if happily it bear fruit: but if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

10 And he was teaching in their synagogue on their sabbath.

11 And behold there was a woman who had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years: and she was bowed together, neither could she look upwards at all.

12 Whom when JESUS saw, he called her unto him, and said to her: Woman, thou art delivered from thy infirmity.

13 And he laid his hands upon her, and immediately she was made straight. and glorified God.

14 And the ruler of the synagogue, (being angry that JESUS had healed on the sabbath) answering said to the multitude: Six days there are wherein you ought to work. In them therefore come, and be healed: and not on the sabbath-day.

15 And the Lord answering him, said: Ye hypocrites, doth not every one of you on the sabbath-day loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and lead them to water?

16 And ought not this daugh. ter of Abraham, whom satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath-day?

17 And when he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the things that were gloriously done by him.

18 He said therefore: To what is the kingdom of God like, and whereunto shall I resemble it?

19 a It is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took and cast into his garden, and it grew, and became a great tree, and the birds of the air lodged in the branches thereof.

20 And again he said: Where unto shall I esteem the kingdom of God to be like?

21 It is like to leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

22. And he went through the cities and towns teaching, and making his journey to Jerusalem.

23 And a certain man said to him: Lord, are they few that are saved? But he said to them:

a Matt. 13, 31, Mark 4. 31. Matt 13. 83.

24 Strive to enter by the narrow gate: for many, I say to you, shall seek to enter, and shall not be able.

25 But when the master of the house shall be gone in, and shall shut to the door, you shall begin to stand without, and knock at the door, saying, Lord, open to us: and he answering shall say to you, I know you not whence you are:

26 Then you shall begin to say: We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

27 And he shall say to you: I know you not whence you are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth; when you shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust

out.

29 And there shall come

from the east and the west and

the north and the south; and shall sit down in the kingdom

of God,

and tell that fox, Behold I cast out devils, and do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I am consummated.

33 Nevertheless I must walk to-day and to-morrow, and the day following, because it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.

34Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children as the bird doth her brood under her wings, and thou wouldst not?

35 Behold your house shall be left to you desolate. And I say to you, that you shall not see me till the time come, when you shall say: Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

CHAP. XIV.

that shall be first, and they are first that shall be last.

31 The same day there came some of the Pharisees, saying to him: Depart and get thee hence, for Herod hath a mind to kill thee.

32 And he said to them: Go,

a Matt.7. 13.-6 Matt. 25. 10.-c Matt. 7. 23. d Ps. 6. 9. Matt. 25, 41.-e Matt. 19. 30. and 20 16. Mark 10. 31.

CHAP. XIII. Ver. 24. Shall seek, Shall desire to be saved; but for want of taking sufficient pains, and being thoroughly in earnest, shall not attain to it.

they

2 And behold, there was a certain man before him that had the dropsy.

3 And JESUS answering, spoke to the lawyers and Pharisees, saying: Is it lawful to hear on the sabbath-day?

4 But they held their peace. But he taking him, healed him, and sent him away.

5 And answering them, he said: Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fall into a pit; and will not immediately draw him out on the sabbath-day?

f Matt. 23. 3".

6 And they could not answer him to these things..

7 And he spoke a parable also to them that were invited, marking how they chose the first seats at the table, saying to them:

8 When thou art invited to a wedding, sit not down in the first place, lest perhaps one more honourable than thou be invited by him;

9 And he that invited thee and him, come and say to thee, Give this man place: and then thou begin with shame to take the lowest place.

10 But when thou art invited, go, sit down in the lowest place: that when he who invited thee cometh, he may say to thee: Friend, go up higher. Then shalt thou have glory before them that sit at table with thee,

11 Because every one that exalteth himself, shall be humbled and he that humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

12 And he said to him also that had invited him; When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy neighbours who are rich: lest perhaps they also invite thee again, and a recompense be made to thee.

13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind.

14 And thou shalt be blessed, because they have not wherewith to make thee recompense: for recompense shall be made thee at the resurrection of the just.

a Prov. 25. 7.-b Matt. 23. 12. Infra, 18. 14. c Tobias 4. 7. Prov. 3. 9.

15 When one of them that sat at table with him, had heard these things, he said to him: Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 But he said to him: dA certain man made a great supper, and invited many.

17 And he sent his servant at the hour of supper to say to them that were invited, that they should come, for now all things are ready.

18 And they began all at once to make excuse. The first said to him, I have bought a farm, and I must needs go out and see it; I pray thee, hold me excused.

19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to try them: I pray thee, hold me excused.

20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come.

21 And the servant returning told these things to his lord. Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant: Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor and the feeble and the blind and the lame.

22 And the servant said: Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is

room.

23 And the lord said to the servant: Go out into the highways and hedges; and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 But I say unto you, that none of those men that were invited, shall taste of my supper.

25 And there went great mul.

d Matt. 22. 2

Apoc. 19. 9.

he said to them:

26 If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

prodigal son.

28 For which of you having a mind to build a tower, doth not first sit down and reckon the charges that are necessary, whether he have wherewithal to finish it:

29 Lest after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that see it begin to mock him,

30 Saying: This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31 Or what king about to go to make war against another king, doth not first sit down. and think whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that with twenty thousand cometh against him?

32 Or else whilst the other is yet afar off, sending an embassy, he desireth conditions of peace. 33 So likewise every one of you that doth not renounce all that he possesseth, cannot be my disciple.

34 Salt is good. But if the

a Matt. 10.37.-b Matt. 10. 38. and 16.

Now

W the publicans and sinners drew near unto him to hear him.

2 And the Pharisees and the scribes murmured, saying: This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them.

3 And he spoke to them this parable, saying:

4 What man of you that hath an hundred sheep: and if he shall lose one of them, doth he not leave the ninety-nine in the desert, and go after that which was lost until he find it?

5 And when he hath found it, lay it upon his shoulders, rejoicing:

6 And coming home call together his friends and neighbours, saying to them: Rejoice with me, because I have found my sheep that was lost?

7 I say to you, that even so there shall be joy in heaven upon one sinner that doth penance, more than upon ninety-nine just who need not

penance.

CHAP. XIV. Ver. 26. Hate not, &c.

The law of Christ does not allow us to

hate even our enemies, much less our parents; but the meaning of the text is, that we must be in that disposition of soul, as to be willing to renounce, and part with everything, how near or dear soever it may be to us, that would keep us from following Christ,

doth not light a candle and sweep the house and seek diligently, until she find it?

9 And when she hath found it, call together her friends and neighbours, saying: Rejoice

d Matt, 18. 12.