Happy art thou, Simon Bar-jonas; for flesh and blood did not reveal it to thee, but my Father who is in heaven. And I also say to thee, that thou art Peter, 18 and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of the underworld shall not prevail against it. And I will give to thee the keys of the 19 kingdom of heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven; and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.

Then charged he his disciples, that they should 20 tell no one that he is the Christ.

From that time began Jesus to show to his disci- 21 ples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be put to death, and rise the third day.

And Peter taking him aside began to rebuke him, 22 saying: Be it far from thee, Lord; this shall not be to thee. But he turned and said to Peter: Get 23 thee behind me, Satan; thou art an offense to me; for thou thinkest not the things of God but of men.

Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any one will 24 come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. For whoever will save his 25 life shall lose it; and whoever may lose his life for my sake shall find it. For what is a man profited, 26

V. 17. Bar-jonas: that is, Son of Jonas

V. 18. Peter: that is, rock

Ib. or, my congregation

V. 23. or, adversary

if he shall gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? Or what shall a man give as an exchange for his 27 soul? For the Son of man shall come in the glory of bis Father with his angels; and then he will reward each one according to his works.

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Verily I say to you, there are some of those standing here, who shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.

XVII. AND after six days Jesus takes with him Peter, and James, and John his brother, and brings 2 them up into a high mountain apart. And he was transfigured before them; and his face shone as the sun, and his garments became white as the 3 light. And behold, there appeared to them Moses 4 and Elijah, talking with him. And Peter answer

ing said to Jesus: Lord, it is good for us to be here. If thou wilt, let us make here three tents; one for 5 thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them. And behold, a voice out of the cloud, saying: This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well 6 pleased; hear ye him. And the disciples hearing it, 7 fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said: Arise, and be not 8 afraid. And lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, save Jesus only.

And as they came down out of the mountain, Jesus 9 charged them, saying: Tell no one the vision, until the Son of man is risen from the dead.

And his disciples asked him, saying: Why then 10 say the scribes that Elijah must first come? And 11 he answering said: Elijah indeed comes, and shall restore all things. But I say to you, that Elijah is 12 already come, and they knew him not, but have done with him whatever they would. So also is the Sou of man about to suffer by them.

Then the disciples understood that he spake to 13 them of John the Immerser.

And when they were come to the multitude, there 14 came to him a man, kneeling down to him, and saying: Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lu- 15 natic, and is sorely afflicted; for ofttimes he falls into the fire, and oft into the water. And I brought 16 him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. And Jesus answering said: O faithless and perverse 17 generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him hither to me. and the devil went out 18 from him, and the child was cured from that hour. Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said: 19 Why could not we cast him out? And he said to 20 them: Because of your want of faith. For verily I say to you, if ye have faith as a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it shall remove; and nothing shall

And Jesus rebuked him;

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And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said to them: The Son of man is about to be delivered into 23 the hands of men; and they will put him to death, and he will rise the third day. And they were ex ceeding sorry.

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And when they had come to Capernaum, they. that received the half-shekel came to Peter, and said: 25 Does not your teacher pay the half-shekel. He says, Yes. And when he had come into the house, Jesus anticipated him, saying: What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take customs, or 26 tribute? Of their sons, or of strangers? He says to him: Of strangers. Jesus said to him: Then 27 are the sons free. But that we may not offend them,

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go to the sea and cast a hook, and take the fish that first comes up; and opening its mouth thou wilt find a shekel; that take, and give to them for me and thee.

XVIII. Ar that time came the disciples to Jesus, saying: Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

And Jesus called a little child to him, and set him 3 in the midst of them, and said: Verily I say to you, if ye do not turn and become as the little children,

V. 25. half-shekel; See Exodus xxx. 13, 15.

ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. · Whoever therefore shall humble himself as this little 4 child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little 5. child, in my name, receives me. But whoso shall 6 cause one of these little ones that believe in me to offend, it were better for him that an upper millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were plunged in the depth of the sea.

Woe to the world, for causes of offense! For it 7 must needs be that causes of offense come; but woe to that man, through whom the cause of offense comes! But if thy hand or thy foot cause thee to 8 offend, cut it off, and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into the everlasting fire. And if thine eye cause thee to offend, pluck 9 it out and cast it from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire.

Take heed that ye despise not one of these little 10 ones; for I say to you, that their angels in heaven do always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven. For the Son of man came to save that 11 which was lost.

What think ye? If a man has a hundred sheep, 12 and one of them is gone astray, does he not leave the ninety and nine upon the mountains, and go and seek that which is gone astray? And if it be that 13