The Christines cross the sea. Jesus
gives to his disciples lessons on
secret doctrines. Teaches the people.
Feeds five thousand. The
disciples start to recross the sea.
A storm arises. Jesus, walking on
the waters, comes to them. Trial
of Peter’s faith. They land in
Gennesaret.
The twelve apostles now had
reached the stage of spirit consciousness,
and Jesus could reveal
to them the deeper meanings of his
mission to the world.
2 Next week the great feast of
the Jews would be observed, and
Matthew said, Shall we not girt ourselves
and go unto Jerusalem?
3 But Jesus said, We will not go
up to the feast; the time is short and
I have many things to say to you;
come you apart into a desert place
and rest a while.
4 And then they took their boats
and crossed the sea, and came into a
desert place near Julius Bethsaida.
5 The people saw them go, and
in vast multitudes they followed
them.
6 And Jesus had compassion on
the anxious throng, and he stood
forth and taught them all the day,
because they sought the light and
were like sheep without a fold.
7 And as the night came on the
twelve were doubting what the multitudes
would do, and Thomas said,
8 Lord, we are in a desert place;
the multitudes have naught to eat
and they are faint from lack of food;
what shall we do?
9 And Jesus said, Go to and feed
the multitudes.
10 And Judas said, Shall we go
down and buy two hundred pennies’
worth of bread for them to eat?
11 And Jesus said, Go look into
our larder and see how many loaves
we have.
12 And Andrew said, We have
no bread, but we have found a lad
who has five barley loaves and two
small fish; but this would not be
food enough for one in ten.
13 But Jesus said, Command
these people all to sit upon the grass
in companies of twelve; and they all
sat down in companies of twelve.
14 Then Jesus took the loaves
and fish, and looking up to heaven
he spoke the sacred Word.
15 And then he broke the bread
and gave it to the twelve; he also
gave the fish unto the twelve, and
said, Go to and feed the multitudes.
16 And all the people ate and
were refreshed.
17 There were about five thousand
men, a company of little ones,
and women not a few.
18 And when the people all were
filled the master said,
19 Let not a crumb be lost; Go
to and gather up the pieces of the
bread and fish for others that may
want.
20 They gathered up the fragments
and they filled twelve baskets
full.
21 The people were bewildered
by this wondrous act of power; they
said, And now we know that Jesus
is the prophet that our prophets
said would come; and then they
said, All hail the king!
22 When Jesus heard them say,
All hail the king! he called the
twelve and bade them take their
boats and go before him to the other
side;
23 And he went all alone into
a mountain pass to pray.
24 The twelve were on the sea
and hoped to reach Capernaum in
just a little time, when all at once a
fearful storm arose, and they were
at the mercy of the waves.
25 And in the fourth watch of
the night the wind became a whirling
wind, and they were filled with
fear.
26 And in the blinding storm
they saw a form move on the waves;
it seemed to be a man, and one spoke
out and said, It is a ghost, a sign of
evil things.
27 But John discerned the form
and said, It is the Lord.
28 And then the wind blew not
so hard, and Peter, standing in the
midst, exclaimed,
29 My Lord! my Lord! If this
be truly you, bid me to come to you
upon the waves.
30 The form reached forth his
hand and said, Come on.
31 And Peter stepped upon the
waves and they were solid as a rock;
he walked upon the waves.
32 He walked until he thought
within himself, What if the waves
should break beneath my feet?
33 And then the waves did
break beneath his feet, and he began
to sink, and in the fearfulness
of soul he cried, O save me, Lord, or
I am lost!
34 And Jesus took him by the
hand and said, O you of little faith!
why did you doubt? And Jesus led
the way unto the boat.
35 The storm had spent its
force; the winds were still, and they
were near the shore, and when they
landed they were in the valley of
Gennesaret.
The Christines are welcomed in Gennesaret.
Many follow Jesus for
the loaves and fish. He tells them
of the bread of life. Speaks of his
flesh and blood as symbols of the
bread and water of life. The people
are offended and many of his disciples
follow him no more.
The news soon spread through
all the valley of Gennesaret
that Jesus and the twelve had come,
and many people came to see.
2 They brought their sick and
laid them at the master’s feet, and
all the day he taught and healed.
3 The multitudes upon the other
side who had been fed the day before
and other multitudes, went
down to see the Lord; but when they
found him not they sought him in
Capernaum.
4 And when they found him not
at home, they went on to Gennesaret.
They found him there and
said, Rabboni, when came you to
Gennesaret?
5 And Jesus said, Why are you
come across the sea? you came not
for the bread of life;
6 You came to gratify your
selfish selves; you all were fed the
other day across the sea, and you
are after more of loaves and fish.
7 The food you ate was nourishment
for flesh that soon must
pass away.
8 You men of Galilee, seek not
for food that perishes, but seek for
food that feeds the soul; and, lo, I
bring you food from heaven.
9 You ate the flesh of fish, and
you were satisfied, and now I bring
the flesh of Christ for you to eat that
you may live forevermore.
10 Our fathers ate the manna
in the wilderness; and then they ate
the flesh of quail, and drank the
waters of a flowing spring that
Moses brought out from the rock;
but all of them are dead.
11 The manna and the quail
were symbols of the flesh of Christ;
the waters of the rock were symbols
of the blood.
12 But, lo, the Christ has come;
he is the bread of life that God has
given to the world.
13 Whoever eats the flesh of
Christ and drinks his blood shall
never die; and he will hunger nevermore;
and he will thirst no more.
14 And they who eat this bread
of heaven, and drink these waters
from the spring of life cannot be
lost; these feed the soul, and purify
the life.
15 Behold, for God has said,
When man has purified himself I
will exalt him to the throne of
power.
16 Then Jesus and the twelve
went to Capernaum; and Jesus went
into the synagogue and taught.
17 And when the Jews, who
heard him in Gennesaret, were
come they said,
18 This fellow is beside himself.
We heard him say, I am the bread
of life that comes from heaven; and
we all know that he is but a man,
the son of man, who came from Nazareth;
we know his mother, and his
other kin.
19 And Jesus knew their
thoughts; he said to them, Why
murmur you, and reason thus
among yourselves?
20 The Christ is everlasting life;
he came from heaven; he has the
keys of heaven, and no man enters
into heaven except he fills himself
with Christ.
21 I came in flesh to do the will
of God, and, lo, this flesh and blood
are filled with Christ; and so I am
the living bread that comes from
heaven;
22 And when you eat this flesh
and drink this blood you will have
everlasting life; and if you will,
you may become the bread of life.
23 And many of the people
were enraged; they said, How can
this man give us his flesh to eat, his
blood to drink?
24 And his disciples were aggrieved
because he said these things,
and many turned away and followed
him no more.
25 They said, This is a fearful
thing for him to say, If you eat not
my flesh and drink my blood, you
cannot enter into life.
26 They could not comprehend
the parable he spoke.
27 And Jesus said, You stumble
and you fall before the truth; What
will you do when you shall see this
flesh and blood transmuted into
higher form?
28 What will you say when you
shall see the son of man ascending
on the clouds of heaven?
29 What will you say when you
shall see the son of man sit on the
throne of God?
30 The flesh is naught; the spirit
is the quickening power. The
words I speak are spirit; they are
life.
31 When Jesus saw the many
who had been so loud in their professions
of their faith in him, turn
back and go away, he said unto the
twelve,
32 Will you desert me in this
hour and go away?
33 But Peter said, Lord, we
have no place else to go; you have
the words of everlasting life; we
know that you are sent to us from
God.
Scribes and Pharisees visit Jesus.
They censure him for eating with
unwashed hands. He defends his
acts and teaches a lesson on hypocrisy.
Privately explains to the
twelve his public teachings.
A company of scribes and
Pharisees came from Jerusalem
to learn wherein the power
of Jesus lay.
2 But when they learned that
he and his disciples heeded not the
custom of the Jews, regarding washing
of the hands before they ate,
they were amazed.
3 And Jesus said, Hypocrisy is
queen among you scribes and Pharisees.
Of you Isaiah wrote:
4 This people honor me with
lips; their hearts are far away. In
vain they worship me; their doctrines
are the dogmas and the creeds
of men.
5 You men who pose as men of
God, and still reject the laws of
God and teach the laws of men,
6 Stand forth and tell when
God gave unto men the ceremonial
laws that you observe; and tell these
people how the spirit life is sullied
if one washes not before he eats.
7 His critics answered not, and
then he said,
8 Hear me, you men of Israel!
Defilement is a creature of the heart.
The carnal mind lays hold of
thought, and makes a monstrous
bride; this bride is sin; sin is a creature
of the mind.
9 That which defiles a man is not
the food he eats.
10 The bread and fish and other
things we eat, are simply cups to
carry to the cells of flesh material
for the building of the human
house, and when their work is done
as refuse they are cast away.
11 The life of plant and flesh
that goes to build the human house
is never food for soul. The spirit
does not feed upon the carcasses of
animal, or plant.
12 God feeds the soul direct
from heaven; the bread of life comes
from above.
13 The air we breathe is charged
with Holy Breath, and he who wills
may take this Holy Breath.
14 The soul discriminates, and
he who wants the life of Christ may
breathe it in. According to your
faith so let it be.
15 Man is not a part of his abiding
place; the house is not the man.
16 The lower world builds up
the house of flesh, and keeps it in
repair; the higher world provides
the bread of spirit life.
17 The loveliest lilies grow from
stagnant ponds and filthiest muck.
18 The law of flesh demands
that one should keep the body
clean.
19 The law of spirit calls for
purity in thought and word and
deed.
20 Now, when the evening came
and they were in the house, the
twelve had many things to say, and
many questions to propound.
21 Nathaniel asked, Was what
you said about the house of flesh a
parable? If so, what does it mean?
22 And Jesus said, Can you not
yet discriminate? Do you not yet
perceive that what a man takes in
his mouth defiles him not?
23 His food goes not into his
soul; it is material for flesh and bone
and brawn.
24 To spirit everything is clean.
25 That which defiles a man
wells up from carnal thoughts;
and carnal thoughts spring from
the heart, and generate a host of
evil things.
26 From out the heart comes
murders, thefts and foolishness. All
selfish acts and sensual deeds spring
from the heart.
27 To eat with unwashed hands
does not defile the man.
28 And Peter said, Lord, What
you said today has grievously
offended scribe and Pharisee.
29 And Jesus said, These scribes
and Pharisees are not the scions of
the tree of life; they are not plants
of God; they are the plants of men,
and every foreign plant shall be
plucked up.
30 Let all these men alone; they
are blind guides; they lead a multitude
of people who are blind.
31 The leaders and the led together
walk; together they will fall
into the yawning pits.
The Christines cross the sea to Decapolis.
Jesus finds a retired place
where he privately teaches the
twelve. They remain three days,
then go into a village by the sea.
Now, Jesus took the twelve and
with them crossed the sea at
night and came unto the borders of
Decapolis,
2 That he might find a secret
place where, all alone, he could reveal
to them the things to come.
3 They went into a mountain
pass and spent three days in prayer.
4 Then Jesus said, Behold, the
time is near when I will walk with
you in flesh no more.
5 Lo, I have taught that he who
counts his life of so much worth
that he would give it not in willing
sacrifice to save his brother man,
is worthy not to enter into life.
6 Lo, I am come as pattern for
the sons of men, and I have not refrained
from helpfulness.
7 When I had passed the seven
tests in Heliopolis, I consecrated
life and all I had, to save the world.
8 In the Judean wilderness I
fought the strongest foes of men,
and there I reaffirmed my consecration
to the service of my fellow man.
9 In troubles and in trials I have
wavered not; when false accusers
came, I answered not.
10 God gave the saving Word to
me, and I have often spoken it and
healed the sick, drove unclean
spirits out, and raised the dead.
11 And I have shown you how
to speak the Word; and I have given
you the Word;
12 In just a little while we turn
our faces toward Jerusalem, and
one of you who hear me now will
then betray me into wicked hands.
13 The scribes and Pharisees
will bring false charges up and hale
me into court, and, by consent of
Rome, I will be crucified.
14 Then Peter said, My Lord,
it shall not be. The Roman soldiers
will tread on twelve dead men
before they reach our Lord.
15 But Jesus said, A savior of
the world cannot resist.
16 I came to save the world and
I have taken up your names before
the highest courts of heaven, and
you have been confirmed as saviors
of the world.
17 And not a name, excepting
that of him who shall betray, will
ever be disgraced.
18 I go my way, and though
my flesh shall pass, my soul will
stand beside you all the way to
guide and bless.
19 And wicked men will seize
you in the streets, and as you kneel
in prayer; will charge you with
some legal crime, and think they
serve their God by putting you to
death.
20 But falter not; the load will
heavy be, but with the consciousness
of duty done, the peace of
God will lift the load, dispel the pain
and light the way.
21 And we will meet where carnal
executioners come not; there
we will serve the cruel men, who in
their ignorance had tortured us to
death.
22 Can we prevent this outrage
and this slaughter of our lives? If
not we are but creatures of the ebb
and flow of carnal things. It would
not be a sacrifice of life.
23 But we are masters of the
things of time. Lo, we can speak,
and all the spirits of the fire, water,
earth and air will stand in our defense.
24 We can command and many
legions of the angel world would
come and strike our enemies to
earth.
25 But it is best that not a
power of heaven or earth should
come to our relief. And it is best
that even God should veil his face
and seem to hear us not.
26 As I am pattern unto you,
so you are patterns for the human
race. We show by non-resistance
that we give our lives in willing
sacrifice for man.
27 But my example will not
end with death. My body will be
laid within a tomb in which no
flesh has lain, symbolic of the purity
of life in death.
28 And in the tomb I will remain
three days in sweet communion
with the Christ, and with my
Father-God, and Mother-God.
29 And then, symbolic of the
ascent of the soul to higher life, my
flesh within the tomb will disappear;
30 Will be transmuted into
higher form, and, in the presence
of you all, I will ascend to God.
31 Then Jesus and the twelve
went to a village by the sea.
Jesus goes at night to a mountain to
pray. His disciples and the villagers
find him and he teaches them
for three days. Feeds four thousand
people. The Christines go to
Cæsarea-Philippi. They consider
the personality of Christ. Peter is
chosen as apostolic leader.
Now, in the night while the disciples
slept, lo, Jesus rose and
went alone into a mountain pass,
six miles away, to pray.
2 And in the morning when the
twelve awoke they could not find
the Lord, and all the people of the
village sought, and when the sun
had passed its highest point they
found him in the mountain pass.
3 And multitudes of people
came and brought their sick, and
Jesus taught and healed.
4 And when the night came on
the people would not go; they slept
upon the ground that they might
be a-near the Lord.
5 Three days and nights the
multitudes remained, and none had
aught to eat.
6 And Jesus had compassion
and he said, If I should send the
multitudes away they might not
reach their homes, for they are
faint, for some have journeyed
many miles.
7 And his disciples said, Where
shall we get enough of food to feed
them all? There are four thousand
men, besides the women and the
little ones.
8 And Jesus said, How many
loaves have you?
9 They answered, Seven, and
some little fish.
10 And Jesus said, Go to, and
seat the people as you seated them
the other day when all the multitudes
were fed, in companies of
twelve.
11 And when the people were
sat down in companies of twelve
the loaves and fish were brought.
12 And Jesus looked to heaven
and spoke the Word; and then he
broke the seven loaves in little bits,
and likewise cut the fish.
13 And every bit of bread became
a loaf, and every piece of fish
became a fish.
14 The twelve went forth and
gave to every one; the people ate
and they were filled; and all the
fragments that were left were gathered
up, and there were seven baskets
full.
15 And then the people went
their ways, and Jesus and the
twelve took boats and came to Dalmanatha
by the sea.
16 Here they remained for many
days, and Jesus told the twelve
about the inner light that cannot
fail;
17 About the kingdom of the
Christ within the soul; about the
power of faith; about the secret of
the resurrection of the dead; about
immortal life, and how the living
may go forth and help the dead.
18 And then they went into
their boats, and came unto the
northern coast of Galilee, and in
Chorazin where the kin of Thomas
lived, they left their boats and journeyed
on.
19 They came to Merom, where
the crystal waters seem to catch
the images of heaven and to reflect
the glory of the Lord of hosts.
20 And here they tarried certain
days in silent thought.
21 And then they journeyed on,
and came into the land of Cæsarea-Philippi.
22 And as they walked and
talked among themselves, the master
said, What do the people say
about the son of man? who do they
think I am?
23 And Matthew said, Some say
that you are David come again;
some say that you are Enoch, Solomon,
or Seth.
24 And Andrew said, I heard a
ruler of the synagogue exclaim,
This man is Jeremiah, for he speaks
like Jeremiah wrote.
25 Nathaniel said, The foreign
masters who were with us for a time,
declared that Jesus is Gautama
come again.
26 James said, I think that most
the master Jews believe you are the
reappearence of Elijah on the earth.
27 And John spoke out and said,
When we were in Jerusalem I heard
a seer exclaim, This Jesus is none
other than Melchizedek, the king of
peace, who lived about two thousand
years ago, and said that he
would come again.
28 And Thomas said, The Tetrarch
Herod thinks that you are
John arisen from the dead;
29 But then his conscience troubles
him; the spirit of the murdered
John looms up before him in his
dreams, and haunts him as a specter
of the night.
30 And Jesus asked, Who do
you think I am?
31 And Peter said, You are the
Christ, the love of God made manifest
to men.
32 And Jesus said, Thrice blessed
are you, Simon, Jonas’ son. You
have declared a truth that God has
given you.
33 You are a rock, and you shall
be a pillar in the temple of the Lord
of hosts.
34 And your confession is the
cornerstone of faith, a rock of
strength, and on this rock the
Church of Christ is built.
35 Against it all the powers of
hades and of death cannot prevail.
36 Behold, I give to you the
keys to open up the doors of safety
for the sons of men.
37 The Holy Breath will come
upon you and the ten, and in Jerusalem
you shall stand before the nations
of the earth, and there proclaim
the covenant of God with
men.
38 And you shall speak the
words of Holy Breath, and whatsoever
God requires of men as earnest
of their faith in Christ, you shall
make known.
39 Then turning to the twelve
he said, What you have heard this
day tell not to any man.
40 Then Jesus and the twelve
went up and were Susanna’s guests
for many days.
Jesus teaches the people. He takes
Peter, James and John and goes
to a high mountain and is transfigured
before them.
The news soon spread that Jesus
and the twelve were come, and
many people came to see.
2 And Jesus said, Behold, you
come to see, but that means naught.
If you would have the benedictions
of the Christ, take up your cross and
follow me.
3 If you would give your life for
selfish self, then you will lose your
life.
4 If you will give your life in
service of your fellow men, then
you will save your life.
5 This life is but a span, a bauble
of today. There is a life that
passes not.
6 Where is your profit if you
gain the world and lose your soul?
What would you take in payment
for your soul?
7 If you would find the spirit
life, the life of man in God, then
you must walk a narrow way and
enter through a narrow gate.
8 The way is Christ, the gate is
Christ, and you must come up by
the way of Christ. No man comes
unto God but by the Christ.
9 The kingdom of the Christ
will come; yea, some of you who
hear me now will not pass through
the gates of death until you see the
kingdom come in power.
10 For seven days the master
and the twelve remained in Cæsarea-Philippi.
11 Then Jesus, taking Peter,
James and John, went forth unto a
mountain top to pray.
12 And as he prayed a brilliant
light appeared; his form became as
radiant as a precious stone;
13 His face shone like the sun;
his garments seemed as white as
snow; the son of man became the
son of God.
14 He was transfigured that the
men of earth might see the possibilities
of man.
15 When first the glory came
the three disciples were asleep; a
master touched their eyes and said,
Awake and see the glory of the
Lord.
16 And they awoke, and saw
the glory of the Lord; and more,
they saw the glory of the heavenly
world, for they beheld two men
from thence stand forth beside the
Lord.
17 And Peter asked the master
who awakened them, Who are these
men who stand beside the Lord?
18 The master said, These men
are Moses and Elijah, who are come
that you may know that heaven
and earth are one; that masters
there and masters here are one.
19 The veil that separates the
worlds is but an ether veil. For
those who purify their hearts by
faith the veil is rolled aside, and
they can see and know that death
is an illusive thing.
20 And Peter said, Praise God!
And then he called to Jesus and he
said, My master and my Lord, this
is the gate of heaven, and it is well
that we remain.
21 May we go down and bring
three tents; a tent for you, a tent
for Moses, and for Elijah one? But
Jesus answered not.
22 And Moses and Elijah talked
with Jesus on the mount. They
talked about the coming trial of the
Lord;
23 About his death, his rest
within the tomb; about the wonders
of the resurrection morn; the transmutation
of his flesh, and his ascension
on the clouds of light;
24 And all symbolic of the path
that every man must tread; symbolic
of the way the sons of men
become the sons of God.
25 The three disciples were
amazed, and suddenly the ethers
were surcharged with song, and
forms as light as air, moved all
about the mountain top.
26 And then from out the glory
of the upper world they heard a
voice that said,
27 This is the son of man, my
chosen one to manifest the Christ
to men. Let all the earth hear him.
28 When the disciples heard the
voice they were afraid; they fell
upon the ground and prayed.
29 And Jesus came; he touched
them and he said, Arise, fear not;
lo, I am here.
30 Then they arose, and as they
looked about they saw no one; the
men had gone. The master only
stood with them.
31 As Jesus and the three came
from the mountain top they talked
about the meaning of the scene, and
Jesus told them all; and then he
said,
32 Till I have risen from the
dead tell not to any one what you
have seen.
33 But the disciples could not
comprehend the meaning of the
words, Till I have risen from the
dead.
34 And Jesus told them once
again about his death, and rising
from the grave; about the kingdom
of the soul that was to come in
glory and in power.
35 But Peter said, The scribes
have taught that e’er the king
shall come Elijah must appear.
36 And Jesus said, Elijah has
already come; but scribes and Pharisees
received him not;
37 And men reviled him, bound
him, cast him in a prison cell, and
shouted with a fiend’s delight to see
him die.
38 What men have done to him,
that they will do to me.
39 Then the disciples understood
that Jesus spoke of John
whom Herod slew.
Jesus and the three disciples return
to Cæsarea-Philippi. The nine
had failed to cure an epileptic child.
Jesus heals it and rebukes his disciples
for their lack of trust in God.
The Christines return to Capernaum.
When Jesus, Peter, James and
John were come unto the
city’s gates a multitude of people
thronged the way.
2 The nine apostles who went
not with Jesus to the mount, had
tried to heal an epileptic child who
was obsessed, and they had failed;
the people waited for the coming of
the Lord.
3 When Jesus came the father
of the child knelt down before him
and implored his help.
4 He said, My master, I beseech
that you will look in pity on my son,
my only child; he is an epileptic
child and suffers grievously.
5 Sometimes he falls into the
fire and is burned; again he falls
into the water and is like to drown;
and many times a day he falls, he
grinds his teeth, the foam pours
from his mouth.
6 I took my child to your disciples,
and they failed to give relief.
7 And as he spoke a servant
brought the child before the Lord
(the child spoke not, for he was
dumb), and instantly he fell upon
the ground, he foamed, he writhed
in agony.
8 And Jesus said, How long has
he been troubled thus?
9 The father said, From infancy;
and we have sought in many lands
for help, but found it not; but I believe
that you can speak the Word
and heal my son.
10 And Jesus said, Faith is the
power of God. All things are possible
for him who in his heart believes.
11 The father cried, in tears,
Lord, I believe; help thou mine
unbelief.
12 And Jesus spoke the Word of
power; the epileptic child lay in a
swoon; he did not breathe, and all
the people said, The child is dead.
13 But Jesus took him by the
hand and said: Arise; and he arose
and spoke.
14 The people were amazed, and
many said, This surely is a man of
God, for no such power was ever
given to man.
15 Then Jesus and the twelve
went to the house, and after they
had taken food and been refreshed,
the nine disciples said,
16 Lord, why could we not heal
this child? We spoke the Word;
but even that was powerless.
17 And Jesus said, Your great
success in all your former work has
made you careless, and you forgot
to recognize the power of God.
18 Without the spirit of the
Word, the Word is like an idle tale;
and you forgot to pray.
19 There is no faith without the
prayer of faith. Faith is the wings
of prayer; but wings alone fly not.
20 By prayer and faith you can
bring down the mountain peaks,
and cast them in the sea; the little
hills will skip about like lambs at
your command.
21 This failure may be well for
you. The greatest lessons that are
learned in life come through the
failures that are made.
22 As the disciples sat in
thoughtful meditation Jesus said,
Let these words sink into your
hearts:
23 The time has nearly come
when you must bear your load alone;
that is, without my presence in the
flesh.
24 For I will fall into the hands
of wicked men, and they will slay
me on a mount beyond Bezetha
wall.
25 And men will lay my body
in a tomb where, by the sacred
Word, it will be guarded and preserved
three days; then I will rise
again.
26 The twelve were sad; they
did not understand, and yet they
feared to ask him to reveal the
meaning of his word.
27 Next day the Christine master
and the twelve began their journey
of return, and soon were in
Capernaum.
Jesus and Peter pay the half-shekel
tax. The disciples contend for the
supremacy. Jesus rebukes them.
Teaches them many practical lessons.
The parable of the good
shepherd.
As Jesus and the twelve were
resting in the house, the tax
collector came to Peter saying, Man,
do Jesus and yourself pay this half-shekel
tax?
2 And Peter said, We pay whatever
is assessed.
3 And Jesus said, From whom
do publicans collect this special
tax? from strangers or from native
sons?
4 And Peter said, The strangers
only are supposed to pay this tax.
5 Then Jesus said, We all are
native sons and we are free; but lest
we cause contention we will pay the
tax; but neither had the shekel
wherewithal to pay.
6 And Jesus said, Go to the sea;
cast in a hook and catch a fish and
you will find within its inner parts
a shekel, which take up and pay the
tax for you and me.
7 And Peter did as Jesus said;
he found the shekel and he paid the
tax.
8 Now Jesus heard the twelve
dispute among themselves. The
spirit of the carnal self was moving
in their hearts, and they were questioning
among themselves who was
the greatest in the sight of God and
man.
9 And Jesus said, You men, for
shame! the greatest is the servant
of the rest. And then he called to
him a little child; he took it in his
arms and said,
10 The greatest is the little
child, and if you would be great at
all you must become as is this child
in innocence, in truth, in purity in
life.
11 Great men scorn not the little
things of earth; he who regards and
honors such a child, regards and
honors me, and he who scorns a
child, scorn me.
12 If you would enter through
the kingdom gate you must be humble
as this little child.
13 Hear me, you men, This
child, as every other child, has one
to plead its cause before the throne
of God.
14 You scorn it at your peril,
men, for lo, I say, its counterpart
beholds the face of God at every
moment, every day.
15 And hear me once again, He
who shall cause a little one to stumble
and to fall is marked, accursed;
and it were better far if he had
drowned himself.
16 Behold, offenses everywhere!
Men find occasions for to sin and
fall, and they grow strong by rising
when they fall;
17 But woe to him who causes
other men to stumble and to fall.
18 Be on your guard, you men
of God, lest you constrain another
man to fall; beware lest you fall into
sinful ways yourselves.
19 Now, if your hands cause you
to sin, you better cut them off; for
it is better far to have no hands and
not be guilty in the sight of God
and men, than to be perfect in your
form and lose your soul.
20 And if your feet should cause
offense, you better cut them off;
for it is better far to enter into life
without your feet than fall beneath
the curse.
21 And if your eyes, or ears,
cause you to sin, you better lose
them all than lose your soul.
22 Your thoughts and words
and deeds will all be tried by fire.
23 Remember that you are the
salt of earth; but if you lose the
virtues of the salt, you are but refuse
in the sight of God.
24 Retain the virtues of the salt
of life and be at peace among yourselves.
25 The world is full of men who
have not in themselves the salt of
life, and they are lost. I come to
seek and save the lost.
26 How think you? if a shepherd
has a hundred sheep, and one of
them has gone astray, will he not
leave the ninety and the nine,
27 And go out in the desert
ways and mountain tops to seek the
one that went astray?
28 Yes, this you know; and if
he finds the one that went astray,
lo, he is glad, and he rejoices over it
far more than over all the ninety
and the nine that did not go astray.
29 And so there is rejoicing in
the courts of heaven when one of
human birth who has gone forth
into the ways of sin is found and
brought back to the fold;
30 Yea, there is joy, more joy
than over all the righteous men who
never went astray.
31 And John said, Master, who
may seek and save the lost? and
who may heal the sick, and cast
the demons out of those obsessed?
32 When we were on the way
we saw a man who was not one of
us, cast demons out and heal the
sick.
33 He did it by the sacred Word
and in the name of Christ; but we
forbade him, for he did not walk
with us.
34 And Jesus said, You sons of
men, do you imagine that you own
the powers of God?
35 And do you think that all
the world must wait for you to do
the works of God?
36 God is not man that he
should have a special care for any
man, and give him special gifts.
37 Forbid not any man to do
the works of God.
38 There is no man who can
pronounce the sacred Word, and in
the name of Christ restore the sick,
and cast the unclean spirits out,
who is not child of God.
39 The man of whom you speak
is one with us. Whoever gathers
in the grain of heaven is one with
us.
40 Whoever gives a cup of water
in the name of Christ is one with
us; so God shall judge.
Jesus defends a man who has been
convicted of stealing bread. The
verdict is reversed. The man goes
free, and the people supply the
needs of his starving family.
A multitude of people
thronged the streets. The
officers were on the way to court
with one, a man accused of stealing
bread.
2 And in a little while the man
was brought before the judge to
answer to the charge.
3 And Jesus and the twelve were
there. The man showed in his face
and hands the hard drawn lines of
toil and want.
4 A woman richly clad, the
accuser of the man, stood forth and
said, I caught this man myself; I
know him well, for yesterday he
came to beg for bread,
5 And when I drove him from
my door, he should have known
that I would harbor not a man like
him; and then today he came and
took the bread.
6 He is a thief and I demand
that he be sent to jail.
7 The servants also testified
against the man; he was adjudged
a thief, and officers were leading
him away.
8 But Jesus standing forth exclaimed,
You officers and judge, be
not in haste to lead this man away.
9 Is this a land of justice and
of right? can you accuse and sentence
men to punishment for any
crime until they testify themselves?
10 The Roman law will not permit
such travesty on right, and I
demand that you permit this man
to speak.
11 And then the judge recalled
the man and said, If you have any
tale to tell, say on.
12 In tears the man stood forth
and said, I have a wife and little
ones and they are perishing for
bread, and I have told my story
oft, and begged for bread; but none
would hear.
13 This morning when I left
our cheerless hut in search of work
my children cried for bread, and I
resolved to feed them or to die.
14 I took the bread, and I appeal
to God, Was it a crime?
15 This woman snatched the
loaf away and threw it to the dogs,
and called the officers and I am here.
16 Good people, do with me
whate’er you will, but save my wife
and little ones from death.
17 Then Jesus said, Who is the
culprit in this case?
18 I charge this woman as a
felon in the sight of God.
19 I charge this judge as criminal
before the bar of human rights.
20 I charge these servants and
these officers as parties to the crime.
21 I charge the people of Capernaum
with cruelty and theft, because
they heeded not the cries of
poverty and want, and have withheld
from helpless ones that which
is theirs by every law of right;
22 And I appeal unto these people
here, and ask, Are not my
charges based on righteousness and
truth?
23 And every man said, Yes.
24 The accusing woman blushed
for shame; the judge shrank back
in fear; the officers threw off the
shackles from the man and ran
away.
25 Then Jesus said, Give this
man what he needs and let him go
and feed his wife and little ones.
26 The people gave abundantly;
the man went on his way.
27 And Jesus said, There is no
standard law to judge of crime. The
facts must all be stated e’er a judgment
can be rendered in a case.
28 You men with hearts; go
forth and stand where stood this
man and answer me, What would
you do?
29 The thief thinks every other
man a thief and judges him accordingly.
30 The man who judges harshly
is the man whose heart is full of
crime.
31 The courtesan who keeps
her wickedness concealed by what
she calls respectability, has not a
word of pity for the honest courtesan
who claims to be just what she is.
32 I tell you, men, if you would
censure not till you are free from
sin, the world would soon forget the
meaning of the word, accused.
The twelve go to the feast in Jerusalem,
but Jesus remains in Capernaum.
He selects seventy disciples,
and sends them out to teach
and heal. He goes alone to the
feast and on his way he heals ten
lepers. He teaches in the temple.
The harvest feast drew near;
the twelve went to Jerusalem,
but Jesus did not go with them; he
tarried in Capernaum.
2 Among the multitudes that
followed him were many who went
not up to the feast; they were not
Jews.
3 And Jesus called three-score-and-ten
of these disciples unto him
and said, The kingdom of the Christ
is not for Jews alone; it is for every
man.
4 Lo, I have chosen twelve to
preach the gospel, first unto the
Jews; and they are Jews.
5 Twelve is the number of the
Jew and seven the number of the
all, including every man.
6 God is the ten, the holy Jod.
7 When God and man are multiplied
we have three-score-and-ten,
the number of the brotherhood of
man.
8 And now I send you forth by
twos and twos; not to the Jews alone,
but unto every nation under heaven;
to Greek and to Assyrian; to the
Samaritan; to those beyond the
seas; to every man.
9 You need not go afar, for men
of every land are here and in Samaria.
10 Arise and go your way; but
go in faith; and take no gold nor
silver in your purse; no extra coat
or shoes.
11 Go in the sacred name; trust
God and you will never come to
want.
12 And let this be your salutation
everywhere, Peace be to all;
good will to all.
13 And if the son of peace be in
the house, the door will open wide
and you will enter in; and then the
holy peace will rest upon that house.
14 The seventy in twos went
forth; they went into Samaria, and
as they went they said, Peace be to
all; good will to all!
15 Repent and turn from sin,
and set your house in order, for a
son of man who bears the image of
the Christ, will come, and you may
see his face.
16 They entered every village
of Samaria; they preached in Tyre
and in Sidon by the sea. Some
went to Crete, and others into
Greece, and others went to Gilead
and taught.
17 And Jesus, all alone, went
to the feast by the Samaria way;
and as he went through Sychar
on the way, the lepers saw him
and a company of ten called from
afar and said,
18 Lord Jesus, stay and speak
the Word for us that we may be
made clean.
19 And Jesus said, Go forth and
show yourselves unto the priests.
20 They went, and as they went
their leprosy was healed. One of
the ten, a native of Samaria, returned
to thank the master and to
praise the Lord.
21 And Jesus said to him, Lo,
ten were cleansed; where are the
nine? Arise, and go your way;
your faith has made you whole.
22 You have revealed your
heart and shown that you are
worthy of the power; behold the
nine will find again their leprous
hands and feet.
23 And Jesus went his way, and
while the feast was on he came into
Jerusalem, and went into the temple
courts.
24 And he rebuked the scribes
and Pharisees, the priests and doctors
of the law for their hypocrisy
and selfishness.
25 The common people were
amazed; they said, From whence
has come the wisdom of this man?
he speaks as speaks a sage.
26 And Jesus said, I did not
learn the wisdom of the Holy One
within the schools of men; my teaching
is not mine; I speak the words
of him who sent me here to do his
will.
27 If any man would know
whereof I speak, lo, he must do the
will of God. No man can know
except he enters into life and does
the will of God.
28 Now, Moses gave the law;
but none of you have kept the law;
how can you judge the worthiness
of any man?
29 Once in these courts I healed
a man upon a Sabbath day, and in
a rage you sought to take my life;
and now because I tell the truth
you seek again to take my life.
30 A scribe spoke out and said,
You foolish man, you are obsessed;
who wants to take your life?
31 The common people said,
Is this not Jesus whom the rulers
long have sought to kill? and now
he comes and teaches in the temple
courts.
32 If he is guilty of such monstrous
crimes, why do they not take
him away in chains?
33 And Jesus said, You all
know me, and know from whence I
came; but you know not the God
who sent me here, whose words I
speak.
34 The multitudes again stood
forth in his defense; they said, If
this is not the Christ whom God has
promised to reveal to men, will he
do greater works when he shall
come than does this man?
35 The Pharisees and ruling
priests were angered and they sent
their officers to take him e’er he
went away. The officers were filled
with fear; they seized him not.
36 And Jesus said, Lo, I am
here but for a little time and then I
go my way to him who sent me
here to do his will.
37 You seek me now and you
can find me now; the time will come
when you will seek and will not find,
for where I go you cannot come.
38 The people said, Where will
he go that men can find him not?
Will he go forth to Greece and teach
the Greeks? or will he go to Egypt
or Assyria to teach?
39 But Jesus answered not; unnoticed
by the multitudes he left
the temple courts and went his way.
Jesus teaches in the temple. His
words enrage the rulers. Nicodemus
defends him. He spends the
night in prayer on Mount Olives.
Next day he again teaches in the
temple. An adultress is brought
before him for judgment.
Now, on the last day of the
feast when multitudes were
in the courtways, Jesus said,
2 Whoever is athirst may come
to me and drink.
3 He who believes in me and in
the Christ whom God has sent, may
drink the cup of life, and from his
inner parts shall streams of living
waters flow.
4 The Holy Breath will overshadow
him, and he will breathe
the Breath, and speak the words,
and live the life.
5 The people were divided in
their views concerning him. Some
said, This man is prophet of the living
God.
6 And others said, He is Messiah
whom our prophets said would
come.
7 And others said, He cannot
be the Christ, for he came down
from Galilee; the Christ must come
from Bethlehem where David lived.
8 Again the priests and Pharisees
sent officers to bring him into
court to answer for his life; but when
the officers returned and brought
him not,
9 The rulers were enraged and
said, Why did you not arrest this
man and hale him into court?
10 The officers replied, We never
heard a man speak like this man
speaks.
11 In rage the Pharisees stood
forth and said, Have you gone mad?
Have you been led astray? Are
you disciples of this man?
12 Have any of the rulers, or
the Pharisees believed on him? The
common people! yes, they may believe;
they are accursed; they know
not anything.
13 But Nicodemus came before
the rulers and he said, Can Jewish
judges judge a man and sentence
him until they hear his plea? Let
Jesus stand before this bar and testify
himself.
14 The rulers said, This Jesus
is a wily man, and if we suffer him
to speak, he will rebuke us face to
face, and then the multitudes will
laugh and stand in his defense.
15 And then you know, as well
as we, that prophets do not come
from Galilee.
16 The rulers felt the force of
what the officers and Nicodemus
said, and they said nothing more.
17 And then the people went
their way, each to his home; but
Jesus went unto Mount Olives where
he spent the night in prayer.
18 But in the morning when the
sun had scarcely risen, Jesus came
again, and many people came to see
him in the temple courts, and he sat
down and taught the multitudes.
19 The Pharisees and scribes
were still alert to find a cause whereby
they might condemn him by the
words he spoke.
20 The officers had taken in the
very act of crime, a courtesan. As
Jesus taught, they brought this
woman in and set her in the midst
and said,
21 Rabboni, this vile woman
has been taken in adultery. The
law of Moses says that such as she
shall die, be stoned to death; what
do you say should be her punishment?
22 And Jesus stooped and made
a figure on the ground and in it
placed the number of a soul, and
then he sat in silent thought.
23 And when the priests demanded
that he speak, he said, Let
him who has no sin stand forth and
be the first to cast a stone at her.
24 And then he closed his eyes,
and not a word was said. When he
arose and saw the woman all alone
he said,
25 Where are the men who
brought you here? they who accused?
26 The woman said, They all
are gone; no one was here who could
condemn.
27 And Jesus said, And I condemn
you not; go on your way in
peace, and sin no more.
Jesus teaches in the temple. He reveals
some of the deeper meanings
of the Christine ministry. The
rulers are greatly enraged and attempt
to stone him, but he disappears.
The feast was done and Jesus,
Peter, James and John were
sitting in the temple treasury.
2 The nine had gone back to
Capernaum.
3 The people thronged the temple
courts and Jesus said,
4 I am the lamp; Christ is the
oil of life; the Holy Breath the fire.
Behold the light! and he who follows
me shall not walk in the dark,
but he shall have the light of life.
5 A lawyer said, You witness
for yourself, your witness is not
true.
6 And Jesus said, If I do witness
for myself I speak that which is
true, for I know whence I came
and where I go.
7 And no one else in flesh can
testify for me, for none know
whence I came, nor where I go.
8 My works bear witness to the
truth I speak. As man I could not
speak the words I speak; they are
the words of Holy Breath; and then
my Father testifies for me.
9 The lawyer said, Where does
your father live?
10 And Jesus said, You know
me not or you would know my
Father, and if you knew the Father
you would know the son, because
the Father and the son are one.
11 I go my way and you shall
find me not; for where I go you cannot
come, because you do not know
the way.
12 You cannot find the way because
your hearts are gross, your
ears are dull, your eyes are closed.
13 The light of life cannot shine
through the murky veil that you
have drawn about your hearts.
14 You do not know the Christ
and if the Christ be not within the
heart there is no light.
15 I come to manifest the Christ
to men and you receive me not, and
you will dwell in darkness and in the
shadow of the grave till you believe
the words I speak.
16 But you will vilify the son
of man, and lift him up and laugh
to see him die.
17 But then a little light will
come and you will know that I am
what I am.
18 The people did not comprehend
the meaning of the words he
spoke.
19 And then he spoke unto the
people who believed in him and said,
If you abide in Christ, and Christ
abide in you, and if you keep my
words within your heart,
20 You are the way, you are
disciples in the way, and you shall
know what is the truth, and truth
shall make you free.
21 And still the people did not
understand; they said, We are the
seed of Abraham and are already
free; we never were the slaves of any
man; why do you say, We shall be
free?
22 And Jesus said, Do you not
know that every one committing
sin is slave of sin? abides in bondage
unto sin?
23 If you sin not then you are
free; but if you sin in thought, or
word, or deed, then you are slaves,
and naught but truth can set you
free; if you are free through Christ,
then you are free indeed.
24 You are the seed of Abraham,
and yet you seek to kill me just because
I speak the truth of Abraham.
25 You are the children of the
flesh of Abraham; but, lo, I say,
There is a spiritual Abraham whom
you know not.
26 In spirit you are children of
your father, and your father is Diabolus;
you hang upon his words and
do his will.
27 He was a murderer from the
first; he cannot tell the truth, and
when he tells a lie he speaks his own;
he is himself a lie, and he is father
of himself.
28 If you were children of my
Father-God, then you could hear
the words of God; I speak the words
of God, but you can hear them not.
29 A Pharisee stood forth and
said, This fellow is not one of us;
he is a curst Samaritan and is obsessed.
30 But Jesus heeded not the
words of Pharisee or scribe; he knew
that all the people knew he was a
Jew.
31 And then he said, Whoever
keeps my words shall never die.
32 A lawyer said, And now we
know he is obsessed. Our father
Abraham is dead; the prophets all
are dead, and yet this fellow says,
Whoever keeps my words shall never
die.
33 Is this man greater than our
father Abraham? Is he above the
prophets? and all of them are dead.
34 And Jesus said, Your father
Abraham rejoiced to see my day;
he saw it and was glad.
35 The lawyer said, You simple
man; you are not fifty years of
age; have you seen Abraham?
36 And Jesus said, Before the
days of Abraham I am.
37 Again the scribes and Pharisees
were in a rage; they took up
stones to cast at him, but, like a
phantom of the night, he disappeared;
the people knew not where
he went.
Jesus teaches in the temple. Relates
the parable of the good Samaritan.
Goes to Bethany. Teaches in Lazarus’
home. Rebukes Martha for
her anxiety about the things of this
life.
And Jesus stood again within
the temple courts and taught.
2 A master of the law was sent
to question him that he might find
a cause to censure and accuse him
of a crime.
3 He said, Lord, tell me what
to do that I may have eternal life?
4 And Jesus said, You know the
law; what does it say?
5 The lawyer answered, You
shall love the Lord your God with
all your heart, with all your soul,
with all your strength, with all your
mind, and you shall love your neighbor
as yourself.
6 And Jesus said, Lo, you have
answered well; this do and you shall
live.
7 The lawyer said, My neighbor,
who is he?
8 And Jesus said, A man was
going from Jerusalem to Jericho,
and lo, he met with robbers on the
way, who beat him, robbed him of
his goods, and left him bleeding by
the way.
9 A Pharisee was going down
that way; he saw the wounded man;
but then he had no time to lose; he
passed by on the other side.
10 A Levite came and saw the
man; but he was loath to soil his
sacerdotal robes, and he passed by.
11 A lawyer on his way to Jericho
observed the dying man, and
then he said, If I could make a
shekel I might help the man; but he
has nothing left to give, I have no
time for charity; and he passed on.
12 And then a stranger from
Samaria came that way; he saw the
wounded man; his heart was
touched with pity and he stopped,
dismounted from his horse,
13 Revived the man, and placed
him on his horse and took him to
an inn and charged the keeper of
the inn to nurse him back to
strength.
14 He gave the keeper all the
money that he had and said, Your
charges may be more than this, but
care for this unfortunate, and when
I come again I will pay all; and then
he went his way.
15 Now, master of the law,
which of these four was neighbor
unto him who fell among the
thieves?
16 The lawyer said, The man
who showed him mercy; he who
cared for him.
17 And Jesus said, Go on your
way and likewise do, and you shall
live.
18 Now, Jesus, Peter, James and
John went out to Bethany where
Lazarus lived.
19 And Mary sat at Jesus’ feet
and heard him speak the words of
life while Martha served.
20 And Martha called, but Mary
would not leave the Lord to help
her serve.
21 And Martha said to Jesus,
Do you not care that Mary makes
me bear the burdens of the serving
all the day? I beg that you will
bid her help.
22 And Jesus said, You are too
anxious, Martha, for your guests;
you need not trouble so about the
things of life.
23 You grow a-weary by your
care for little things and slight the
one thing needed most of all.
24 Your sister here has chosen
far the better part, a part that none
can take away.
Jesus and his disciples go into a retired
place to pray. Jesus teaches
Lazarus how to pray. The model
prayer. The value of importunate
prayer. Parable of the importunate
housewife.
Now, in the evening Jesus, Peter,
James and John, with Lazarus,
went out beyond the village
gates to pray. And Lazarus said,
Teach me to pray.
2 And Jesus said, The prayer I
taught the twelve to pray while we
were up in Galilee is one acceptable
to God; and when you pray just say,
3 Our Father-God who art in
heaven; holy is thy name; thy kingdom
come; thy will be done on
earth as it is done in heaven;
4 Give us this day our needed
bread;
5 Help us forget the debts
that other people owe to us, that
all our debts may be discharged;
6 And shield us from the tempter’s
snares that are too great for
us to bear;
7 And when they come give us
the strength to overcome.
8 And Jesus said, The answer to
your prayer may not appear in
fulness in a little time.
9 Be not discouraged; pray again
and then again, for God will hear.
10 And then he spoke a parable;
he said, A housewife was alone at
night and, lo, some guests arrived,
and they were hungry, having had
no food for all the day.
11 The housewife had no bread,
and so at midnight she went forth
and called a friend and said, Loan
me three loaves of bread, for guests
have come, and I have naught for
them to eat.
12 The friend replied, Why do
you trouble me at midnight hour?
My door is shut; my children are
with me in bed; I cannot rise to give
you bread; tomorrow you can be
supplied.
13 The housewife asked again,
and then again, and then because
she plead, and would not be refused,
the friend arose and gave
her bread.
14 Behold, I say to you, Ask
firmly and you shall receive; seek
trustingly and you shall find; knock
earnestly, the door will open up.
15 All things are yours, and
when you ask, not as a begging man
would ask, but as a child, you shall
be satisfied.
16 A son may ask his father for
a loaf of bread; the father will not
give to him a stone;
17 Or he may ask him for a fish;
he will not give a crab; or he may
ask him for an egg; the father will
not give a pebble from the brook.
18 Behold, if men of flesh know
how to give abundantly to children
of the flesh, will not your heavenly
Father give abundantly to you
when you shall pray?
The Christines in Jerusalem. They
meet a man blind from birth. Jesus
teaches a lesson on the cause
of disease and disasters. He heals
the blind man.
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The Lord with Peter, James and
John were in Jerusalem; it was
the Sabbath day.
2 And as they walked along the
way they saw a man who could not
see; he had been blind from birth.
3 And Peter said, Lord, if disease
and imperfections all are caused
by sin, who was the sinner in this
case? the parents or the man himself?
4 And Jesus said, Afflictions all
are partial payments on a debt, or
debts, that have been made.
5 There is a law of recompense
that never fails, and it is summarized
in that true rule of life:
6 Whatsoever man shall do to
any other man some other man will
do to him.
7 In this we find the meaning
of the Jewish law, expressed concisely
in the words, Tooth for a
tooth; life for a life.
8 He who shall injure any one
in thought, or word, or deed, is
judged a debtor to the law, and
some one else shall, likewise, injure
him in thought, or word or deed.
9 And he who sheds the blood
of any man will come upon the time
when his blood shall be shed by man.
10 Affliction is a prison cell in
which a man must stay until he
pays his debts unless a master sets
him free that he may have a better
chance to pay his debts.
11 Affliction is a certain sign
that one has debts to pay.
12 Behold this man! Once in
another life he was a cruel man,
and in a cruel way destroyed the
eyes of one, a fellow man.
13 The parents of this man once
turned their faces on a blind and
helpless man, and drove him from
their door.
14 Then Peter asked, Do we
pay off the debts of other men when
by the Word we heal them, drive the
unclean spirits out, or rescue them
from any form of sore distress?
15 And Jesus said, We cannot
pay the debts of any man, but by
the Word we may release a man
from his afflictions and distress,
16 And make him free, that he
may pay the debts he owes, by giving
up his life in willing sacrifice for
men, or other living things.
17 Behold, we may make free
this man that he may better serve
the race and pay his debts.
18 Then Jesus called the man
and said, Would you be free? would
you receive your sight?
19 The man replied, All that I
have would I most freely give if I
could see.
20 And Jesus took saliva and
a bit of clay and made a salve, and
put it on the blind man’s eyes.
21 He spoke the Word and then
he said, Go to Siloam and wash, and
as you wash say, Jahhevahe. This
do for seven times and you shall see.
22 The man was led unto Siloam;
he washed his eyes and spoke
the word, and instantly his eyes
were opened and he saw.
23 The people who had seen the
man for many years sit by the way
and beg, were much surprised to see
him see.
24 They said, Is not this man
the Job that was born blind, who
sat beside the way and begged?
25 He heard them talk among
themselves; he said, Yes, I am he.
26 The people asked, How were
you healed? who opened up your
eyes?
27 He said, A man whom men
call Jesus, made a salve of clay and
put it on my eyes, and bade me say
a word and wash in Siloam seven
times; I did as he commanded me,
and now I see.
28 A certain scribe was passing,
and he saw the man and heard him
say that Jesus, by the Word, had
opened up his eyes.
29 He therefore took the man
up to the synagogue, and told the
story to the priests, who asked the
man about the miracle.
30 The man replied, I never saw
the light until today, for I was blind
from birth.
31 This morning as I sat beside
Siloam, a man I never knew put on
my eyes a salve that people say he
made of clay; he bade me say a word
and bathe my eyes in water seven
times; I did as he commanded and I
saw.
32 A lawyer asked the man,
Who was it opened up your eyes?
33 The man replied, Some people
say, His name is Jesus and that
he came from Galilee; but others
say, He is the son of God.
34 A Pharisee came up and said,
This is the Sabbath day; a man who
does a work like this, regarding not
the Sabbath day, is not from God.
35 Some of the priests were
much amazed and said, A wicked
man could never do a miracle like
this; he must possess the power of
God. And so they strove among
themselves.
36 They asked the man, What
do you think about this man from
Galilee?
37 He said, He is a prophet sent
from God.
38 Now, many of the Jews did
not believe the man was blind from
birth; they said, There is no power
to open up the eyes of one born
blind.
39 And then they brought the
parents of the man before the Pharisees
that they might testify.
40 They said, This is our son
who was born blind; we do not
know how he received his sight; he
is of age and he can tell; ask him.
41 They were afraid to say what
they believed, that Jesus is the
Christ who came to manifest the
power of God, lest they offend the
priests and be cast from the synagogue.
42 Again the rulers said, This
Jesus is a wicked man. The man
who had been healed stood forth
again and said,
43 This Jesus may be sinner or
be saint, I do not know; but this one
thing I know; I once was blind, but
now I see.
44 And then the scribes and
Pharisees reviled the man and said,
You are a follower of this man from
Galilee. We follow Moses, but this
man, we know him not, and know
not whence he is.
45 The man replied, It is a marvel
that you know not whence he is,
and yet he opened up my eyes.
46 You know that nothing but
the power of God can do such things.
47 God hears not sinners pray,
and you must know that he is not a
wicked man who can employ the
power of God.
48 The Pharisees replied, You
wretch! you were begotten and were
born in sin, and now you try to
teach the law to us. And then they
cast him from the synagogue.
Jesus meets and instructs the man
who was blind. Unfolds the mysteries
of the kingdom. The sheepfold.
Declares himself the shepherd.
Goes to the home of Massalian,
where he abides certain
days.
When Jesus heard what had
been done and how the
priests had cast the man whom he
had healed, out of the synagogue,
he found the man and said to him,
2 Do you believe in God and in
the son of God?
3 The man replied, I do believe
in God; but who is he, the son of
God, of whom you speak?
4 And Jesus said, The son of
God is he who speaks to you.
5 The man inquired then, Why
do you say, The son of God? Is
there but one?
6 And Jesus said, All men are
sons of God by birth; God is the
Father of the race; but all are not
the sons of God by faith.
7 He who attains the victory
over self is son of God by faith, and
he who speaks to you has overcome,
and he is called the son of God,
because he is the pattern for the
sons of men.
8 He who believes and does the
will of God is son of God by faith.
9 The man in joy exclaimed,
Lord, I believe in God, and in the
son of God.
10 And Jesus said, I came to
open prison doors, to make the
blind to see; but, lo, the Pharisees
are blind from birth.
11 And when I put the salve of
truth upon their eyes, and bid them
go and wash, and speak the sacred
Word they will not go; they love
the dark.
12 A multitude of people
pressed about the Lord, and he
stood forth and said,
13 You men of Israel, I say to
you, The fold of God is large; its
walls are strong, it has a gateway
in the east, and he who does not enter
by the gate into the fold, but
climbs into the fold some other way,
is thief and comes to rob.
14 The shepherd of the sheep
stands by the gate; he gives the secret
sign; he knocks; the watchman
opens up the gate.
15 And then the shepherd calls
his sheep by name; they hear his
voice and follow him; they enter
through the gate into the fold.
16 The sheep know not a
stranger’s voice; they will not follow
him; they flee away.
17 The people did not understand
the parable that Jesus spoke;
and then he said,
18 Christ is the gateway of the
fold; I am the shepherd of the sheep,
and he who follows me through
Christ shall come into the fold
where living waters flow, and where
rich pastures are.
19 False prophets come and go;
they claim to be the shepherds of
the sheep; they claim to know the
way, but they know not the word
of power; the watchman opens not
the gate; the sheep heed not their
call.
20 The shepherd of the sheep
will give his life to save the sheep.
21 A hireling flees to save his
life when wolves infest the fold;
and then the tender lambs are
snatched away, the sheep are scattered
everywhere.
22 I am the shepherd of the
sheep; I know the sheep of God;
they know my voice, as God knows
me and I know him.
23 The Father loves me with a
deathless love, because I lay my
life down for the sheep.
24 I lay my life down when I
will, but I may take it up again; for
every son of God by faith has power
to lay his mortal flesh aside and take
it up again. These words I have
received from God.
25 Again the people strove
among themselves; they were divided
in their views concerning
Christ. They could not comprehend
the words that Jesus spoke.
26 Some said again, He is obsessed,
or he is mad; why listen to
his words?
27 And others said, His words
are not the words of one obsessed.
Can unclean spirits open up the
eyes of one born blind?
28 Then Jesus left Jerusalem
and with Massalian he tarried certain
days.
Jesus and the three disciples return
to Capernaum. Jesus receives the
report of the seventy. With his
disciples he goes through all Galilee
encouraging the believers. He
heals a woman. Relates the parable
of the little seed and the great
tree.
The time had come for the return
of the three score and ten
whom Jesus sent abroad to preach.
2 And Jesus, Peter, James and
John began their journey back to
Galilee.
3 They went up through Samaria;
they passed through many
villages and towns, and everywhere
the people thronged the ways to see
the man the seventy had told
about; and Jesus taught and healed
the sick.
4 And when they reached Capernaum
the seventy were there; and
they were filled with joy; they said,
5 The Spirit of the Lord of
hosts was with us all the way, and
we were filled.
6 The power of the sacred Word
was manifest in us; we healed the
sick; we caused the lame to walk,
the deaf to hear, the blind to see.
7 The very devils trembled
when we spoke the Word, and they
were subject unto us.
8 And Jesus said, As you were
going on your way, the heavens
were bright with light, the earth
was bright, they seemed to meet and
be at one; and I beheld, and Satan
fell as lightning from the heavens.
9 Behold, for you have power
to tread on serpents and on scorpions,
and these are symbols of the
enemies of men. You are protected
in the way of right, and naught can
harm.
10 And as you went I heard a
master say, Well done.
11 But you may not rejoice because
you have the power to heal
the sick and make the devils tremble
by the Word; for such rejoicing
is from carnal self.
12 You may rejoice because the
nations of the earth have ears to
hear the Word, and eyes to see the
glory of the Lord, and hearts to feel
the inner breathing of the Holy
Breath.
13 And you may well be glad
because your names are written in
the Book of Life.
14 Then Jesus looked to heaven
and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord
of heaven and earth, because thou
hast revealed thyself to babes, and
taught them how to light the path
and lead the wise to thee.
15 What thou hast given to me,
lo, I have given to them, and
through the sacred Word I have bestowed
on them the understanding
heart,
16 That they might know and
honor thee through Christ, who was,
and is, and evermore shall be.
17 And then he said aside, unto
the seventy and twelve, Most blessed
are your eyes because you see the
things you see;
18 And blessed are your ears
because they hear the things they
hear;
19 And blessed are your hearts
because you understand.
20 In ages that are gone the wise
of earth, the prophets, seers and
kings, desired to hear and see and
know what you have heard and seen
and known; but they had not attained
and could not hear, and see
and know.
21 And Jesus said again, Lo, I
have gone before you many moons,
and I have given to you the bread
of heaven and the cup of life;
22 Have been your buckler and
your stay; but now that you have
learned the way, and have the
strength to stand alone, behold, I
lay my body down and go to him
who is the All.
23 In forty days then we will
turn our faces toward Jerusalem
where I will find the altar of the
Lord and give my life in willing sacrifice
for men.
24 Let us arise and go through
all the coasts of Galilee, and give a
salutation of good cheer to all the
sons of God by faith.
25 And they arose and went;
they entered every town and village
on the coast, and everywhere they
said, The benedictions of the Christ
abide with you forevermore.
26 Now, in a certain town they
went up to the synagogue upon the
Sabbath day, and Jesus taught.
27 And as he spoke, two men
brought on a cot a woman bent
near double with disease; she had
not risen from her bed for eighteen
years without a helping hand.
28 And Jesus laid his hand upon
the woman, and he said, Arise, be
free from your infirmity.
29 And as he spoke the Word
the woman found that she was
straight and strong, and she arose
and walked and said, Praise God.
30 The ruler of the synagogue
was filled with wrath because the
healer healed upon the Sabbath
day.
31 He did not censure Jesus
face to face, but turning to the
multitudes he said,
32 You men of Galilee, why do
you break the laws of God? There
are six days in every week when
you may work, and then you may
bring the afflicted to be healed.
33 This is the day that God has
blessed, the Sabbath day in which
men may not work.
34 And Jesus said, You inconsistent
scribes and Pharisees! Upon
the Sabbath day you take your
beasts of burden from their stalls,
and lead them forth to eat and
drink; is this not work?
35 This daughter of your father
Abraham, who has been bound for
eighteen years, has come in faith
to be made free.
36 Now, tell me, men, is it a
crime to break her bonds and set
her free upon the Sabbath day?
37 The ruler said no more; the
people all rejoiced and said, Behold
the Christ!
38 And Jesus spoke a parable;
he said, The kingdom of the Christ
is like a little seed that one put in
the ground;
39 It grew and after many years
became a mighty tree, and many
people rested in its shade, and birds
built nests and reared their young
among its leafy boughs.
Jesus speaks words of encouragement.
Rebukes an officious Pharisee.
Attends a wedding feast. Heals a
dropsical man. Rebukes guests
who seek chief seats. Relates a
parable of a wedding feast.
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And Jesus went into another
town upon the coast and spoke
good words of cheer to those who
followed him.
2 And one stood forth and said,
Lord, are there few that enter into
life?
3 And Jesus said, The way is
rough that leads to life; the gate is
narrow and is guarded well; but
every one who seeks in faith shall
find the way, and they who know
the Word may enter in.
4 But many seek the way for
selfish gain; they pound upon the
gate of life; but it is fast.
5 The watchman from the turret
says, I know you not; your speech
is that of Ashdod, and your robes
are those of sin; depart and go your
way.
6 And they will go their way
with weeping and with gnashing
of the teeth.
7 And they will be enraged
when they see their father Abraham
with Isaac, Jacob and the prophets,
resting in the kingdom of the Christ,
and they themselves debarred.
8 And, lo, I say that men will
come from lands afar, from east,
from west, from north, from south
and sit with me in consciousness of
life.
9 Behold, I say, the last shall
be the first, the first shall be the last.
10 All men are called unto the
kingdom of the Christ; but few are
chosen, for the pure in heart alone
can see the king.
11 And as he spoke a Pharisee
came up and said, You man of Galilee,
if you would save your life remain
not here; flee instantly, for
Herod swears that he will take your
life, and even now his officers are
seeking you.
12 And Jesus said, Why is it
that the Pharisees are so concerned
about my life? And then he said
unto the man who spoke,
13 Go forth and say to that sly
fox, Behold, I heal the sick and cast
the unclean spirits out today, tomorrow,
and the days to come, and
then I will attain.
14 Go say to him, I need not
fear in Galilee, for I must meet the
cruel wrath of men within Jerusalem.
15 And while they tarried in
the place a man, a Pharisee, invited
Jesus and a few of those who followed
him, to dine with him upon
the Sabbath day, to celebrate the
marriage of his son.
16 Among the guests was one
afflicted with a dropsical disease.
17 And Jesus said to those who
had been sent to get from his own
lips some words by which they
might accuse him of a crime,
18 You lawyers and you Pharisees,
what do you say about the lawlessness
of healing on the Sabbath
day? Here is a man, one of your
own, and he is sore distressed.
19 Shall I, in God’s own
strength, say out the healing Word
and heal this man?
20 The lawyers and the Pharisees
were dumb; they answered not.
21 Then Jesus spoke the healing
Word and healed the man and he,
rejoicing, went his way.
22 Then Jesus said again unto
the lawyers and the Pharisees,
Which one of you who has a horse
or cow, if it would fall into a pit
upon the Sabbath day would not
call in his friends to help to draw
it out?
23 And not a man could answer,
Here am I.
24 As Jesus looked upon the
guests who had been bidden to the
feast and saw them crowding in
to get the highest seats, he said
to them,
25 You selfish men why do you
strive to take the highest seats
when you are but invited guests?
You do not show our host the courtesies
of life.
26 When men are bidden to a
marriage feast they should sit in the
lower seats until the host shall place
them where he wills.
27 You may, unbidden, take
the highest seat; but then a man
more honorable may come and when
the host shall bid you rise and take
a lower seat that he may honor his
more worthy guest, you cannot help
but blush for very shame in your
humility.
28 But if you take the lowest
seat and then are honored by your
host and asked to take a higher seat,
you are esteemed an honored
guest.
29 In this event we note a principle
in life, That he who would exalt
himself shall be abased, and he
who humbles low himself shall be
exalted in the sight of men.
30 Then Jesus spoke to all the
guests; he said, When any one of
you would make a feast it should
not be for friends, or kindred, or the
rich;
31 For they consider such a
courtesy loaned out, and they feel
called upon to make a greater feast
for you, just in the payment of a
debt.
32 But when you make a feast
invite the poor, the lame, the blind;
in this a blessing waits for you, for
well you know that you will get
naught in return; but in the consciousness
of helping those who
need, you will be recompensed.
33 And then he spoke a parable:
he said, A wealthy man prepared a
feast; he sent his servants forth to
bid his chosen ones to come; but
they desired not to go, and they
formed such excuses as they thought
would satisfy the would-be host.
34 One said, I have just bought
a piece of land, and I must go and
prove my title to the land; I pray
to be excused.
35 Another said, I must go down
and prove my ownership in sheep
that I have bought; I pray to be
excused.
36 Another said, I have been
married but a little time and so I
cannot go; I beg to be excused.
37 Now, when the servants came
and told the man who had prepared
the feast that those he had invited
would not come,
38 The man was grieved in
heart; and then he sent his servants
forth into the streets and alleys of
the town to bring up to the feast
the poor, the lame, the blind.
39 The servants went abroad
and found the poor, the lame, the
blind, and brought them in; but
there was room for more.
40 The host then sent his men
of arms to bring by force the people
to his feast; and then the house was
full.
41 And God has made a feast
for men. Long years ago he sent
his servants forth unto the favored
sons of men. They would not hear
his call; they came not to the
feast.
42 He then sent forth his servants
to the strangers and the multitudes;
they came, but there is
room for more.
43 Behold, for he will send his
angels forth with mighty trumpet
blast, and men will be compelled
to come up to the feast.
The path of discipleship, its difficulties.
The cross and its meaning.
The danger of wealth. The young
man who loved wealth more than
he loved Christ. Parable of the
rich man and Lazarus.
Now, Jesus and the twelve went
to another town, and as they
entered it they said, Peace be to all;
good will to all.
2 A multitude of people followed
and the master said to them,
Behold, for you are followers for
selfish gain.
3 If you would follow me in
love, and be disciples of the Holy
Breath, and gain at last the crown
of life, you must leave all there is of
carnal life behind.
4 Be not deceived; stay, men,
and count the cost.
5 If one would build a tower, or
a home, he first sits down and
counts the cost to be assured that
he has gold enough to finish it.
6 For well he knows that if he
makes a failure of his enterprise he
may lose all his wealth, and be the
butt of ridicule.
7 And if a king desires to take
the kingdom of another king, he
calls his trusted men and they consider
well their strength; he will not
measure arms with one of matchless
power.
8 Count well the cost before you
start to follow me; it means the
giving up of life, and all you have.
9 If you love father, mother,
wife, or child, more than you love
the Christ, you cannot follow me.
10 If you love wealth or honor
more than you love the Christ, you
cannot follow me.
11 The paths of carnal life do
not run up the mountain side towards
the top; they run around the
mount of life, and if you go straight
to the upper gate of consciousness
you cross the paths of carnal life;
tread in them not.
12 And this is how men bear the
cross; no man can bear another’s
cross.
13 Take up your cross and follow
me through Christ into the
path of true discipleship; this is the
path that leads to life.
14 This way of life is called the
pearl of greatest price, and he who
finds it must put all he has beneath
his feet.
15 Behold, a man found in a
certain field the croppings of a wondrous
mine of gold, and he went
forth and sold his home and all he
had and bought the field; then he
rejoiced in wealth.
16 Now, there were present,
scribes and Pharisees of wealth who
loved their money, and their bonds
and lands, and they laughed loud
to scorn what Jesus said.
17 Then Jesus spoke to them
and said, You are the men who
justify yourselves in sight of men;
God knows your wickedness of
heart;
18 And you must know, O
men, that whatsoever is revered and
is exalted by the carnal mind, is an
abomination in the sight of God.
19 And Jesus went his way, and
as he went a young man ran and
knelt down at his feet and said,
Good master, tell me what to do
that I may have eternal life.
20 And Jesus said, Why do you
call me good? No one is truly
good but God himself.
21 And God has said, If you
would enter into life, keep the
Commandments of the law.
22 The young man asked, To
which commands did he refer?
23 And Jesus said, You shall
not kill; you shall not steal; you
shall not do adulterous things; you
shall not falsely testify;
24 And you shall love your God
with all your heart, and you shall
love your neighbor as yourself.
25 The man replied, These
things I have observed from youth;
what lack I yet?
26 And Jesus said, One thing
you lack; your heart is fixed on
things of earth; you are not free.
27 Go forth and sell all that you
have, and give your money to the
poor, and come and follow me,
and you shall have eternal life.
28 The man was grieved at
what the master said; for he was
rich; he hid his face and went in
sorrow on his way.
29 And Jesus looked upon the
sorrowing man and said, It is so
hard for men with hoarded wealth
to enter through the door into the
kingdom of the soul.
30 And his disciples were
amazed at what he said.
31 He answered them and said,
I tell you, men, that they who trust
in riches cannot trust in God and
cannot come into the kingdom of
the soul;
32 Yea, it is easier for a camel
to go through a needle’s eye than
for a man with hoarded wealth to
find the way of life. And his
disciples said, Who then can find
the way? Who can be saved?
33 And Jesus said, The rich
may give his gold away; the high
may kiss the dust, and God will
save.
34 Then Jesus spoke this parable
to them:
35 A rich man lived in splendid
state; he wore the finest garments
men could make; his boards were
loaded with the costliest viands of
the land.
36 A beggar, blind and lame,
whose name was Lazarus, was wont
to sit beside the waste gate of this
home that he might share with
dogs the refuse from the rich man’s
boards.
37 It came to pass that Lazarus
died, and angels carried him away
unto the bosom of our father
Abraham.
38 The rich man also died, and
he was buried in a costly tomb;
but in the purifying fires he opened
up his eyes dissatisfied.
39 He looked and saw the beggar
resting peacefully in the bosom
of his father Abraham, and in the
bitterness of his soul he cried,
40 My father Abraham, look
down in mercy on your son; I am
tormented in these flames.
41 Send Lazarus, I beseech,
that he may give me just a sup of
water to cool my parched tongue.
42 But Abraham replied, My
son, in mortal life, you had the best
things of the earth and Lazarus
had the worst, and you would not
give him a cup of water there, but
drove him from your door.
43 The law must be fulfilled,
and Lazarus now is comforted, and
you are paying what you owe.
44 Besides, there is a great gulf
fixed between your zone and us,
and if I would I could not send
Lazarus to you, and you cannot
come up to us till you have paid
your debts.
45 Again the man in anguish
said, O father Abraham, I pray,
send Lazarus back to earth, and to
my father’s house, that he may tell
my brothers who are yet in life,
for I have five of them, about the
horrors of this place, lest they come
down to me and not to you.
46 And Abraham replied, They
have the words of Moses and the
seers, let them hear them.
47 The man replied, They will
not hearken to the written word;
but if a man would go up from the
grave they might believe.
48 But Abraham replied, If
they hear not the words of Moses
and the seers they would not be
persuaded even though one from
the dead stood in their midst.
49 And Peter said, Lord, we
have left our all to follow you; and
what is our reward?
50 And Jesus said, Most verily
I say to you, that you who have left
all to follow me shall come into a
newness of a life hid deep with
Christ in God.
51 And you shall sit with me
upon the throne of power, and judge
with me the tribes of Israel.
52 And he who conquers carnal
self, and follows me through Christ
shall have a hundred fold of that
which is the wealth of life on earth,
and in the world to come, eternal
life.
Righteousness in rewards. Jesus relates
the parable of the husbandman
and the laborers. Makes
known the divine law of divorce.
The mystery of marriage.
The Lord was standing by the
sea; the multitudes were there
and one stood forth and said,
2 Does God bestow rewards as
men bestow rewards, for what is
done?
3 And Jesus said, Men never
know what other men have done,
this life is such a seeming life.
4 One man may seem to do a
mighty work, and be adjudged by
men as worthy of a great reward.
5 Another man may seem to be
a failure in the harvest fields of
life, and be dishonored in the face
of men.
6 Men do not know the hearts
of men; God only knows the hearts
of men, and when the day is done
he may reward with life the man
who fell beneath the burdens of the
day, and turn away the man who
was the idol of the hearts of men.
7 And then he spoke a parable;
he said, The kingdom of the soul is
like a man who had a vast estate,
8 And in the morning time he
went down to the market place to
search for men to gather in his
grain.
9 He found three men, and he
agreed to give to each a penny for
his service for the day, and sent
them to his field.
10 Again he went down to the
market place the third hour of the
day and found five men in waiting,
and he said, Go down into my field
and serve, and I will pay you what
is right; and they went down and
served.
11 He went again; it was the
sixth hour of the day, and seven
men were waiting at the stand; he
sent them to the field to serve.
12 And at the eleventh hour
he went again; twelve men stood
there in seeming idleness; he said to
them, Why stand you here in idleness
all day?
13 They said, Because we have
no work to do; no man has hired us.
14 And then he sent them to his
field to serve.
15 Now, when the evening came
the man said to his steward, Call
the laborers from the field, and pay
them for his services. And all
were paid, and each received a
penny for his hire.
16 Now, when the twelve, who
served but from the eleventh hour,
received each one a penny for his
hire, the three were sore aggrieved;
they said,
17 These twelve have served
but one short hour, and now they
have an equal share with us who
have toiled through the scorching
hours of day; should we not have
at least two pennies for our hire?
18 The man replied, My friends,
I do no wrong to you. Did we
not have a fast agreement when
you went to work? have I not
paid in full?
19 What is it unto you if I
should pay these men a smaller or
a larger sum? Take that which is
your own and go your way, for I
will give unto the twelve what I
will give unto the three, the five,
the seven.
20 They did their best and you
could do no more than do your best.
21 The hire of man is based
upon the intent of the heart.
22 As Jesus taught, a Pharisee
came up and said, Lord, is it lawful
for a man to put away his wife?
23 And Jesus said, You ought
to know; what says the law?
24 The Pharisee replied, The
law provides that man may be divorced,
may put away his wife.
25 And Jesus said, The hardness
of the hearts of men induced the
giver of the law to make provisions
such as these; but from the first it
was not so.
26 God made a woman for a
man, and they were one; and afterwards
he said, A man shall leave his
father and his mother and shall
cleave unto his wife; they are no
more divided; they are one, one
flesh.
27 What God has joined no man
can part.
28 Now, when they went up to
the house, a man made free to ask
again about this matter of divorce.
29 And Jesus said again what
to the Pharisee he said; and then he
gave the higher law of marriage
life:
30 Whoever puts away his wife,
except she be a courtesan, and then
shall take another wife commits
adultery.
31 The woman who shall leave
a man, unless he be a libertine and
an adulterer, and then becomes the
wife of any other man, commits
adultery.
32 And Thomas asked, What is
adultery?
33 And Jesus said, The man
who harbors lustful thoughts, who
covets any woman not his wife, is an
adulterer.
34 The wife who harbors lustful
thoughts, and covets any man who
is not wed to her, is not her husband,
is a courtesan.
35 Men cannot make a law to
bind two hearts.
36 When two are bound in love
they have no thought of lust. The
woman cannot leave the man; the
man has no desire to send his wife
away.
37 When men and women harbor
lustful thoughts, and covet any
other flesh, they are not one, not
joined by God.
38 And Philip said, Lord, are
there few that God has joined in
holy marriage bonds?
39 And Jesus said, God knows
the pure in heart; the lustful men
and women are but creatures of the
lustful self; they cannot be at one;
nor can they be at one with God.
40 Nathaniel said, Is it not well
that all men should refrain from
taking on themselves the marriage
vow?
41 And Jesus said, Men are not
pure because they are unmarried
men. The man who lusts is an
adulterer if he has wife or not.
42 And then he said to all,
Some things men know by being
told, while other things they know
not till the gate of consciousness
shall open up for them.
43 I speak a mystery that now
you cannot understand; but you
shall some day understand.
44 A eunuch is a man who does
not lust; some men are eunuchs
born, some men are eunuchs by
the power of men, and some are
eunuchs by the Holy Breath, who
makes them free in God through
Christ.
45 He who is able to receive the
truth I speak, let him receive.
The Christines at Tiberius. Jesus
speaks on the inner life. Relates
the parable of the prodigal son.
The resentment of the elder brother.
When they had journeyed
through the towns and cities
of the land of Galilee, the Lord with
his disciples came to Tiberius,
and here they met a few who loved
the name of Christ.
2 And Jesus told them many
things about the inner life; but when
the multitudes came up, he spoke
a parable; he said,
3 A certain man with great possessions
had two sons. The youngest
son grew tired of life at home
and said,
4 My father, pray divide your
wealth and give the portion that is
mine to me, and I will seek my
fortune in another land.
5 The father did as he desired,
and with his wealth the young man
went into a foreign land.
6 He was a profligate and soon
had squandered all his wealth in
ways of sin.
7 When nothing else remained
for him to do he found employment
in the fields to care for swine.
8 And he was hungry and no
one gave him aught to eat, and so
he ate the carob pods that he was
feeding to the swine.
9 And after many days he found
himself and said unto himself, My
father is a man of wealth; he has a
score of servants who are bountifully
fed while I, his son, am starving
in the fields among the swine.
10 I do not hope to be received
again as son, but I will rise and go
straight to my father’s house, and
I will make confession of my waywardness;
11 And I will say, My father, I
am come again; I am a profligate,
and I have lost my wealth in ways
of sin; I am not worthy to be called
your son.
12 I do not ask to be received
again as son, but let me have a
place among your servants, where
I may have a shelter from the
storms and have enough to eat.
13 And he arose and sought his
father’s house, and as he came his
mother saw him while yet a great
way off.
14 (A mother’s heart can feel
the first faint yearning of a wandering
child.)
15 The father came, and hand
in hand they walked a-down the
way to meet the boy, and there was
joy, great joy.
16 The boy tried hard to plead
for mercy and a servant’s place;
but love was all too great to listen
to the plea.
17 The door was opened wide;
he found a welcome in the mother’s
heart, and in the father’s heart.
18 The father called the servants
in, and bade them bring the
finest robe for him; the choicest
sandals for his feet; a ring of purest
gold for him to wear.
19 And then the father said,
My servants, go and kill the fatted
calf; prepare a feast, for we are
glad;
20 Our son we thought was
dead is here alive; a treasure that
we thought was lost is found.
21 The feast was soon prepared
and all were merry, when the eldest
son who had been serving in a distant
field and knew not that his
brother had returned, came home.
22 And when he learned the
cause of all the merriment he was
offended, and would not go into the
house.
23 His father and his mother
both besought him tearfully to disregard
the waywardness and folly
of their son; but he would not; he
said,
24 Lo, all these years I have remained
at home, have served you
every day, have never yet transgressed
your most severe commands;
25 And yet you never killed for
me a kid, nor made for me a simple
feast that I might make merry with
my friends;
26 But when your son, this
profligate, who has gone forth and
squandered half your wealth in
ways of sin, comes home, because
he could do nothing else, you kill
for him the fatted calf and make a
wondrous feast.
27 His father said, My son, all
that I have is yours and you are
ever with us in our joys;
28 And it is well to show our
gladness when your brother, who
is near and dear to us, and who we
thought was dead, returns to us
alive.
29 He may have been a profligate;
may have consorted with gay
courtesans and thieves, yet he is
still your brother and our son.
30 Then Jesus said so all might
hear: He who has ears to hear, and
hearts to understand will comprehend
the meaning of this parable.
31 Then Jesus and the twelve
came to Capernaum.
Jesus speaks on the establishment of
the Christine kingdom and the future
coming of the Lord in power.
Exhorts to faithfulness. Parable
of the unjust judge. Parable of
the Pharisee and the publican.
A company of Pharisees came
up to speak with Jesus and
they said, Rabboni, we have heard
you say, The kingdom is at hand.
2 We read in Daniel that the
God of heaven will form a kingdom,
and we ask, Is this the kingdom of
the God you speak about? If so,
when will it come?
3 And Jesus said, The prophets
all have told about this kingdom of
the God, and it is just at hand; but
men can never see it come.
4 It never can be seen with carnal
eyes; it is within.
5 Lo, I have said, and now I
say again, None but the pure in
heart can see the king, and all the
pure in heart are subjects of the
king.
6 Reform, and turn away from
sin; prepare you, O prepare! the
kingdom is at hand.
7 And then he spoke to his disciples
and he said, The seasons of
the son of man are past.
8 The time will come when you
will wish above all else to see again
one of these days; but you can see
it not.
9 And many men will say, Lo,
here is Christ; lo, there is Christ.
Be not deceived; go not into their
ways.
10 For when the son of man will
come again no man need point the
way; for as the lightning lights the
heavens, so will the son of man
light up the heavens and earth.
11 But, lo, I say, that many
generations will have come and
gone before the son of man shall
come in power; but when he comes
no one will say, Lo, here is Christ;
lo, there.
12 But as it was before the flood
in Noah’s day, so shall it be. The
people ate, they drank, were filled
with merriment and sung for joy,
13 And did not know their doom
until the ark was done and Noah
entered in; but then the flood
came on and swept them all away.
14 So, also, in the days of Lot;
the people ate and drank; they
bought, they sold, they planted
and they reaped, they went their
ways in sin, and they cared not;
15 But when the righteous Lot
went from their city’s gates the
earth beneath the city shook, and
brimstone fires fell from heaven;
16 The gapping jaws of earth
flew wide, and swallowed up their
homes, their wealth, and they went
down to rise no more.
17 So shall it be when comes the
son of man in power.
18 I charge you men, as I will
charge men then, Seek not to save
your wealth, or you will lose your
lives. Go forth, and look not back
upon the crumbling walls of sin.
Do not forget Lot’s wife.
19 Whoever tries to save his
life will lose his life; whoever freely
gives his life in serving life will
save his life.
20 Then comes the sifting
time. Two men will be in bed; one
will be called, the other left; two
women will be working side by side;
one will be snatched away, the
other left.
21 And his disciples said, Explain
to us this parable; or is it not
a parable?
22 And Jesus said, The wise will
understand, for where the bread of
heaven is, there you will find the
pure in heart; and where the carcass
lies will gather all the birds of prey.
23 But, lo, I say, before these
days will come, the son of man will
be betrayed by one of you into the
hands of wicked men, and he will
give his life for you and all the
world.
24 Yea, more; the Holy Breath
will come in power and fill you with
the wisdom of the just.
25 And you will tell the wondrous
story in Judea and in Samaria
and in the farther lands of earth.
26 And then to teach that men
should pray and never faint, he told
this parable:
27 There was a judge who
feared not God, nor yet regarded
man.
28 There was a widow who oft
implored the judge to right her
wrongs and to avenge her foes.
29 At first the judge would hear
her not, but after many days he
said,
30 I fear not God, and I regard
not man, yet, lest this widow wear
me out by pleading every day I
will avenge her on her foes.
31 When the disciples asked the
meaning of this parable, the Lord
replied, The wise can understand;
the foolish have no need to know.
32 And then to teach a lesson
unto certain of his followers who
trusted in themselves and thought
that they were holier than other
men, he told this parable:
33 Two men went to the synagogue
to pray; one was a Pharisee,
the other was a publican.
34 The Pharisee stood forth
and prayed thus with himself, O
God, I thank thee that I am not like
other men, who are extortioners,
unjust, adulterers;
35 Not even like this publican.
I fast two times a week, and I give
tithes of all I get.
36 The publican came not a-near;
he would not lift his eyes to
heaven, but smote his breast and
said,
37 O Lord, be merciful to me;
I am a sinner in thy sight; I am undone.
38 And now, you men, I say to
you, The publican knew how to
pray, and he was justified.
39 The Pharisee knew how to
talk, but still he went away condemned.
40 Lo, every one who lauds
himself shall be abased, and he who
does not praise himself shall be exalted
in the sight of God.
Last meeting of Jesus with his disciples
in Galilee. Miriam sings a
song of praise. The song. The
Christines begin their journey to
Jerusalem. They rest at Enon
Springs. The selfish request of the
mother of James and John. The
Christines reach Jerusalem.
The work of Jesus in the land of
Galilee was done, and he sent
forth a message, and the many
came from many towns of Galilee;
came to receive a benediction from
his hand.
2 Among the multitudes who
came was Luke, a Syrian from Antioch,
a learned physician and a just
and upright man.
3 Theophilus, a Grecian senator,
a minister of Cæsar’s court, was
also there; and many other men of
honor and renown.
4 And Miriam sung: All hail
the Day Star from on high!
5 All hail the Christ who ever
was, and is and evermore shall be!
6 All hail the darkness of the
shadowland! All hail the dawn of
peace on earth; good will to men!
7 All hail triumphant king,
who grapples with the tyrant Death,
who conquers in the fight, and
brings to light immortal life for
men!
8 All hail the broken cross, the
mutilated spear!
9 All hail the triumph of the
soul! All hail the empty tomb!
10 All hail to him despised by
men, rejected by the multitudes;
for he is seated on the throne of
power!
11 All hail! for he has called the
pure in heart of every clime to sit
with him upon the throne of power!
12 All hail, the rending veil!
The way into the highest courts of
God is open for the sons of men!
13 Rejoice, O men of earth, rejoice,
and be exceeding glad!
14 Bring forth the harp and
touch its highest strings; bring
forth the lute, and sound its sweetest
notes!
15 For men who were made low,
are high exalted now, and they who
walked in darkness and in the vale
of death, are risen up and God and
man are one forevermore,
16 Allelujah! praise the Lord
forevermore. Amen.
17 And Jesus lifted up his eyes
to heaven and said,
18 My Father-God, let now the
benediction of thy love, thy mercy
and thy truth rest on these men.
19 The lamp is taken from their
midst, and if the inner light be not
aflame, lo, they must tread the
ways of darkness and of death.
20 And then he said to all,
Farewell.
21 Then Jesus and his mother,
and the twelve, and Miriam and
Mary, mother of the two disciples,
James and John,
22 And many other loyal souls
who loved the Christ, went to Jerusalem,
that they might celebrate
the Jewish feast.
23 And as they journeyed on
their way they came to Enon
Springs, near unto Salim where
the harbinger once taught.
24 And as they rested by the
fountain, Mary, wife of Zebedee,
and mother of the two disciples,
James and John, came to the master
and she said,
25 My Lord, I know the kingdom
is about to come, and I would
ask this boon: Command that these
my sons shall sit with you upon the
throne, the one upon the right, the
other on the left.
26 And Jesus said to her, You
know not what you ask.
27 And then he turned to James
and John and said, Are you prepared
and are you strong enough
to drink the cup that I will drink?
28 They said, Yes, master, we
are strong enough to follow where
you go.
29 Then Jesus said, You shall
indeed drink of my cup; but I am
not the judge of who will sit upon
my right hand or my left.
30 The men who live the life
and keep the faith will sit upon the
throne of power.
31 Now, when the apostles
heard the pleadings of the mother
for her sons, and knew that James
and John were seeking special favors
from the Lord, they were indignant
and they said,
32 We surely thought that
James and John had risen above
the selfish self. Who can we trust
among the sons of men?
33 And Jesus called the ten
apart and said to them, How hard
for men to comprehend the nature
of the kingdom of the soul!
34 These two disciples do not
seem to know that rulership in
heaven is not akin to rulership on
earth.
35 In all the kingdoms of the
world, the men of power, they who
exalt themselves, show their authority,
and rule with iron rule;
36 But you must know that
they who rule the sons of light are
they who seek no earthly power,
but give their lives in willing sacrifice
for men.
37 Whoever would be great
must be the minister of all. The
highest seat in heaven is at the feet
of him who is the lowest man of
earth.
38 I had a glory with our Father-God
before the worlds were
made, and still I come to serve the
race of men; to be the minister of
men; to give my life for men.
39 And then the Christines
journeyed on and came unto Jerusalem.
Jesus speaks to the people in the temple
regarding the messiahship.
Rebukes the Jews for treachery.
The Jews attempt to stone him,
but are prevented by Joseph. The
Christines go to Jericho, and later
to Bethabara.
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Now, many Jews from Galilee,
Judea and Samaria were in
Jerusalem and at the feast.
2 The porch of Solomon was
filled with scribes and Pharisees
and doctors of the law, and Jesus
walked with them.
3 A scribe approaching Jesus
said, Rabboni, why do you keep the
people waiting in suspense? If
you are the Messiah that the prophets
said would come, will you not
tell us now?
4 And Jesus said, Lo, I have
told you many times, but you believed
me not.
5 No man can do the work that
I have done and bring to men the
truth as I have brought the truth
who did not come from God.
6 What I have done and said
are witnesses for me.
7 God calls, and they whose
ears have been attuned to hear the
heavenly voice have heard the call
and have believed in me; because
God testifies for me.
8 You cannot hear the voice of
God, because your ears are closed.
You cannot comprehend the works
of God, because your hearts are full
of self.
9 And you are busy-bodies, mischief-makers,
hypocrites. You
take these men whom God has
given me into your haunts and try
to poison them with sophistries and
lies, and think that you will snatch
them from the fold of God.
10 I tell you, men, these men
are tried and you can snatch not
one of them away.
11 My Father who has given
them to me is greater than you all,
and he and I are one.
12 And then the Jews took
stones to throw at him and cried,
Now we have heard enough; away
with him; let him be stoned.
13 But Joseph, member of the
great Sanhedrim of the Jews, was in
the porch and he came forth and
said,
14 You men of Israel, do nothing
rash; throw down those stones;
your reason is a better guide than
passion in such times as these.
15 You do not know your accusations
to be true, and if this man
should prove himself to be the
Christ, and you should take his
life, the wrath of God would rest
upon you evermore.
16 And Jesus said to them, Lo,
I have healed your sick, have caused
your blind to see, your deaf to hear,
your lame to walk, and cast out unclean
spirits from your friends;
17 For which of these great
works would you desire to take my
life?
18 The Jews replied, We would
not stone you for your works of
grace, but for your vile, blasphemous
words. You are but man
and still you say that you are God.
19 And Jesus said, A prophet
of your own said to the sons of men,
Lo, you are gods!
20 Now, hark, you men, if he
could say that to the men who simply
heard the word of God, why
should you think that I blaspheme
the name of God because I say, I
am a son of God?
21 If you believe not what I say
you must have faith in what I do,
and you should see the Father in
these works, and know that I dwell
in the Father-God, and that the Father
dwells in me.
22 And then again the Jews
took stones and would have stoned
him in the temple court; but he
withdrew himself from sight and
left the porch and court and went
his way;
23 And with the twelve he went
to Jericho, and after certain days
they crossed the Jordan and in
Bethabara abode for many days.
Lazarus dies and Jesus and the
twelve return to Bethany. The resurrection
of Lazarus, which greatly
excites the rulers in Jerusalem.
The Christines go to the hills of
Ephriam, and there abide.
One day as Jesus and the twelve
were in the silence in a home
in Araba a messenger came and
said,
2 Lord, Jesus, hear! your friend
in Bethany is sick, nigh unto death;
his sisters urge that you arise and
come in haste.
3 Then turning to the twelve the
master said, Lo, Lazarus has gone
to sleep, and I must go and waken
him.
4 And his disciples said, What
need to go if he has gone to sleep;
he will awaken by and by?
5 Then Jesus said, It is the
sleep of death; for Lazarus is dead.
6 But Jesus did not haste to go;
he stayed two days in Araba; and
then he said, The hour has come and
we must go to Bethany.
7 But his disciples urged him
not to go; they said, The Jews are
waiting your return that they may
take your life.
8 And Jesus said, Men cannot
take my life till I have handed unto
them my life.
9 And when the time shall come
I will myself lay down my life; that
time is near, and God knows best;
I must arise and go.
10 And Thomas said, Then we
will also go; yes, we will offer up our
lives and die with him. And they
arose and went.
11 Now, Mary, Martha, Ruth
and many friends were weeping in
their home when one approached
and said, The Lord has come; but
Mary did not hear the words.
12 But Ruth and Martha heard,
and they arose and went to meet the
Lord; he waited at the village gate.
13 And when they met the master
Martha said, You are too late,
for Lazarus is dead; if you had only
been with us I know that he would
not have died.
14 But even now I know that
you have power over death; that
by the sacred Word you may cause
life to rise from death.
15 And Jesus said, Behold, for
Lazarus shall live again.
16 And Martha said, I know
that he will rise and live again when
all the dead shall rise.
17 And Jesus said, I am the
resurrection and the life; he who
has faith in me, though he be dead,
yet shall he live;
18 And he who is alive, and has
a living faith in me, shall never die.
Do you believe what I have said?
19 And Martha said, Lord, I
believe that you are come to manifest
the Christ of God.
20 Then Jesus said, Go back
and call aside your sister, and my
mother and the prophetess and say
that I have come; and I will stay
here by the gate till they have come
to me.
21 And Ruth and Martha did
as Jesus bade them do, and in a
little while the Marys and the prophetess
had met the Lord.
22 And Mary said, Why did
you tarry thus? If you had been
with us our brother, dear, would
not have died.
23 Then Jesus went up to the
house and when he saw the heavy
grief of all, he was himself stirred
up with grief, and said, Where is
the tomb in which he lies?
24 They said, Lord, come and
see. And Jesus wept.
25 The people said, Behold how
Jesus loved this man!
26 And others said, Could not
this Lord who opened up the eyes
of one born blind, have saved this
man from death?
27 But soon the mourners stood
beside the tomb, a sepulcher hewn
out of solid rock; a massive stone
closed up the door.
28 And Jesus said, Take you
away the stone.
29 But Martha said, Lord, is it
well? Behold our brother has been
dead four days; the body must be
in decay, and is it well that we
should see it now?
30 The Lord replied, Have you
forgotten, Martha, what I said
while we were at the village gate?
Did I not say that you should see
the glory of the Lord?
31 And then they rolled the
stone away; the flesh had not decayed;
and Jesus lifted up his eyes
to heaven and said,
32 My Father-God, thou who
hast ever heard my prayers, I thank
thee now, and that these multitudes
may know that thou hast sent me
forth, that I am thine and thou art
mine, make strong the Word of
power.
33 And then he spoke the Word,
and in a voice that souls can comprehend,
he said, O Lazarus, awake!
34 And Lazarus arose and came
out of the tomb. The grave clothes
were about him fast, and Jesus said,
35 Loose him and let him go.
36 The people were amazed
and multitudes confessed their faith
in him.
37 And some went to Jerusalem
and told the Pharisees about this
resurrection of the dead.
38 The chief priests were confounded,
and they said, What shall
we do? This man is doing many
mighty deeds, and if we do not stay
him in his work, all men will look
on him as king, and through the
Romans he may take the throne,
and we will lose our place and power.
39 And then the chief priests
and the Pharisees in council met
and sought a plan by which they
might put him to death.
40 Caiaphas was the high priest
then, and he came forth and said,
You men of Israel, do you not know
the law?
41 Do you not know that in
such times as these we may give up
one life to save our nation and our
laws?
42 Caiaphas did not know that
he was prophet, speaking out the
words of truth.
43 He did not know the time
had come for Jesus to be offered up
a sacrifice for every man, for Jew
and Greek, and all the world.
44 From that day forth the
Jews conferred together every day,
maturing plans to put the Lord to
death.
45 Now, Jesus and the twelve
did not remain in Bethany; but in
the hills of Ephriam, upon the borders
of Samaria, they found a home,
and there abode for many days.
The Jews gather in Jerusalem to attend
the feast. The Christines go
to Jericho. Jesus dines with Zaccheus.
He relates the parable of the
ten talents.
The great passover of the Jews,
the feast of spring, was calling
every loyal Jew up to Jerusalem.
2 Ten days before the feast the
Lord and his disciples left the Ephriam
hills and, by the Jordan way,
went down to Jericho.
3 And as they entered Jericho
a wealthy publican came out to see
the Lord; but he was small in stature
and the throng was great and he
could see him not.
4 A tree, a sycamore, stood by
the way and he climbed up the tree
and found a seat among its boughs.
5 When Jesus came, he saw the
man and said, O Zaccheus, make
haste, come down; I would abide
with you today.
6 And Zaccheus came down and
joyfully received the Lord; but
many of the stricter sect called out
and said,
7 For shame! he goes to lodge
with Zaccheus, the sinner and the
publican.
8 But Jesus did not care for
what they said; he went his way
with Zaccheus, who was a man of
faith, and as they talked together
Zaccheus said,
9 Lord, I have ever tried to do
the right; I give unto the poor half
of my goods, and if by any means I
wrong a man, I right the wrong by
paying him four fold.
10 And Jesus said to him, Your
life and faith are known to God,
and lo, the benedictions of the Lord
of hosts abide with you and all your
house.
11 Then Jesus spoke a parable
to all; he said, A vassal of an emperor
was made a king, and he went
to the foreign land to claim his rights
and take the kingdom to himself.
12 Before he went he called ten
trusted servants and to each he gave
a pound and said,
13 Go forth and use these
pounds as you have opportunity,
that you may gain for me more
wealth. And then he went his way.
14 And after many days he
came again, and called the ten, demanding
a report.
15 The first one came and said,
Lord, I have gained for you nine
pounds; you gave me one and here
are ten.
16 The king replied, Well done,
you faithful man; because you have
been faithful in a little thing I
judge that you will be a faithful
servant in a greater thing;
17 Behold, I make you ruler
over nine important cities of my
realm.
18 The second came and said,
Lord, I have gained for you four
pounds; you gave me one, and here
are five.
19 The king replied, and you
have proven up your faithfulness.
Behold, I make you ruler over four
important cities of my realm.
20 Another came and said, Lord,
I have doubled what you gave to me.
You gave one pound to me and here
are two.
21 The ruler said, And you have
proved your faithfulness; Behold,
I make you ruler over one important
city of my realm.
22 Another came and said, Lord,
here is what you gave to me. I
knew you were an austere man, oft
reaping where you did not sow and
I was sore afraid, and so I took the
pound you gave to me and hid it in
a secret place; and here it is.
23 The king exclaimed, You
slothful man! you knew what I required,
that I expected every man
to do his best.
24 If you were timid and afraid
to trust your judgment in the marts
of trade, why did you not go forth
and put my money out for gain, that
I could have my own with interest?
25 Then turning to the steward
of his wealth the ruler said, Take
you this pound and give it unto him
who has by diligence earned nine.
26 For lo, I say, that every one
who uses what he has and gains,
shall have abundantly; but he who
hides away his talent in the earth
shall forfeit what he has.
Jesus heals blind Bartimæus. With
the twelve he goes to Bethany. The
multitudes come to welcome him
and to speak with Lazarus.
The Christines started on their
way to Bethany, and as they
went, while yet in Jericho, they
passed a beggar sitting by the way;
and he was blind Bartimæus.
2 And when the beggar heard
the multitude pass by he said,
What is it that I hear?
3 The people said to him, Jesus
of Nazareth is passing by.
4 And instantly the man cried
out, Lord Jesus, son of David, stay!
have mercy on poor blind Bartimæus!
5 The people said to him, Be
quiet; hold your peace.
6 But blind Bartimæus called
again, Thou son of David, hear!
have mercy on poor blind Bartimæus!
7 And Jesus stopped and said,
Bring him to me.
8 And then the people brought
the blind man to the Lord, and as
they brought him up they said, Be
cheerful now, Bartimæus, the Lord
is calling you.
9 And then he threw his cloak
aside, and ran to Jesus as he waited
by the way.
10 And Jesus said, What will
you have, Bartimæus?
11 The blind man said, Rabboni,
open up mine eyes that I may
see.
12 And Jesus said, Bartimæus,
look up; receive your sight; your
faith has made you whole.
13 And he at once received his
sight, and from the fullness of his
heart he said, Praise God.
14 And all the people said,
Praise God.
15 Then Jesus and the twelve
went on to Bethany. It was six
days before the feast.
16 And when the people knew
that Jesus was in Bethany they
came from near and far to see him
and to hear him speak.
17 And they were anxious all to
talk with Lazarus, whom Jesus had
awakened from the dead.
18 Now in Jerusalem the priests
and Pharisees were all alert; they
said, This Jesus will be at the feast,
and we must not permit that he
shall slip away again.
19 And they commanded every
man to be alert and help to apprehend
the Lord that they might take
his life.
Jesus teaches in the synagogue.
Makes his triumphal entry into
Jerusalem. The multitudes, with
the children, sing his praises, and
say, Hosanna to the king! The
Christines return to Bethany.
It was the day before the Sabbath
day, the eighth day of the Jewish
Nasan month, that Jesus came
to Bethany.
2 And on the Sabbath day he
went up to the synagogue and
taught.
3 And on the morning of the
first day of the week, the Sunday of
the week, he called his twelve
apostles unto him and said,
4 This day we go up to Jerusalem;
be not afraid; my time has not
yet come.
5 Now, two of you may go unto
the village of Bethphage, and you
will find an ass tied to a tree, and
you will see a little colt near by.
6 Untie the ass and bring her
here to me. If any one inquires
why you take the ass, just say, The
master has a need of her; and then
the owner will come on with you.
7 And the disciples went as
Jesus bade them go; they found the
ass and colt a-near an open door;
and when they would untie the ass
the owner said, Why would you
take the ass away?
8 And the disciples said, The
master has a need of her; and then
the owner said, ’Tis well.
9 And then they brought the
animal, and on her put their coats,
and Jesus sat upon the ass and rode
into Jerusalem.
10 And multitudes of people
came and filled the way, and his disciples
praised the Lord and said,
11 Thrice blessed is the king
who in the name of God is come!
All glory be to God, and peace on
earth; good will to men!
12 And many spread their garments
in the way, and some tore
branches from the trees, and cast
them in the way.
13 And many children came
with garlands of sweet flowers and
placed them on the Lord, or strewed
them in the way, and said, All hail
the king! Long live the king!
14 The throne of David shall be
built again. Hosanna to the Lord
of hosts!
15 Among the throng were
Pharisees, who said to Jesus as he
passed, Rebuke this noisy throng;
it is a shame for them to cry thus in
the street.
16 The Lord replied, I tell you,
men, if these should hold their peace
the very stones would cry aloud.
17 And then the Pharisees conferred
among themselves; they said,
Our threats are idle words. Behold,
for all the world is following
him.
18 As Jesus drew a-near Jerusalem
he paused and wept, and said,
Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the holy city
of the Jews! yours was the glory of
the Lord; but you have cast the
Lord away.
19 Your eyes are closed, you
cannot see the king; the kingdom of
the Lord of heaven and earth has
come; you comprehend it not.
20 Behold, the day will come
when armies from afar will cast a
bank about your way; will compass
you about, and hem you in on
every side;
21 Will dash you to the ground
and slay you and your children in
the streets.
22 And of your holy temple,
and of your palaces and walls, they
will not leave a stone upon a stone,
because today you spurn the offers
of the God of heaven.
23 When Jesus and the multitude
had come into Jerusalem, excitement
reigned, and people asked,
Who is this man?
24 The multitude replied, This
is the king, the prophet, priest of
God; this is the man from Galilee.
25 But Jesus tarried not; he
went directly to the temple porch,
and it was filled with people pressing
hard to see the king.
26 The sick, the halt, the lame,
the blind were there, and Jesus
paused, and laid his hands on them
and healed them by the sacred
Word.
27 The temple and the temple
courts were filled with children
praising God. They said, Hosanna
to the king! The son of David is
the king! All hail the king! Praise
God!
28 The Pharisees were filled
with anger when they heard the
children sing. They said to Jesus,
Hear you what the children say?
29 And Jesus said, I hear; but
have you never read the words of
our own bard who said,
30 Out of the mouths of babes
and sucklings thou hast perfected
praise!
31 And when the evening came
the Lord and his disciples went
again to Bethany.
Jesus rebukes a barren fig tree.
Drives the merchants out of the
temple. Teaches the people. Returns
to Bethany.
Next day, the Monday of the
week, the master with the
twelve, went to Jerusalem.
2 And as they passed along the
way they saw a fig tree full of leaves
without a sign of fruit.
3 And Jesus spoke unto the
tree; he said, You useless cumberer
of the ground; you fig tree fair to
look upon, but a delusive thing.
4 You take from earth and air
the food that fruitful trees should
have.
5 Go back to earth and be yourself
the food for other trees to eat.
6 When Jesus had thus spoken
to the tree he went his way.
7 And when he reached the temple,
lo, the rooms were filled with
petty merchants selling doves and
animals, and other things, for sacrifice;
the temple was a mart of
trade.
8 And Jesus was indignant at
the sight, and said, You men of
Israel, for shame! This is supposed
to be the house of prayer; but it is
now a den of thieves. Remove this
plunder from this holy place.
9 The merchants only laughed
and said, We are protected in our
trade by those who bear the rule;
we will not go.
10 Then Jesus made a scourge
of cords, as he did once before, and
rushed among the merchantmen,
threw all their money on the floor;
11 Threw wide the cages of the
doves, and cut the cords that held
the bleating lambs and set them
free.
12 And then he drove the merchants
from the place, and with a
clean, new broom he swept the
floors.
13 Chief priests and scribes were
filled with wrath, but feared to
touch or even to rebuke the Lord,
for all the people stood in his defense.
14 And Jesus taught the people
all day long and healed a multitude
of those diseased,
15 And when the evening came
he went again to Bethany.
The Christines go to Jerusalem.
They note the withered fig tree; its
symbolic meaning. Jesus teaches
in the temple. Is censured by the
priests. Relates a parable of a
rich man’s feast.
On Tuesday, early in the day,
the master and the twelve
went to Jerusalem.
2 And as they went the twelve
observed the tree to which the Lord
had talked the day before, and lo,
the leaves were withered, just as if
they had been scorched with fire.
3 And Peter said, Lord, see the
tree! Its leaves are withered and
the tree seems dead.
4 And Jesus said, So shall it
be with those who bear no fruit.
When God shall call them up to
give account, lo, he will breathe
upon them, and their leaves, their
empty words, will wither and decay.
5 God will not let the fruitless
trees of life encumber ground, and
he will pluck them up and cast them
all away.
6 Now, you can demonstrate
the power of God. Have faith in
God, and you can bid the mountains
to depart, and they will crumble
at your feet;
7 And you may talk to wind and
wave, and they will hear, and will
obey what you command.
8 God hears the prayer of faith
and when you ask in faith you shall
receive.
9 You must not ask amiss; God
will not hear the prayer of any man
who comes to him with blood of
other men upon his hands.
10 And he who harbors envious
thoughts, and does not love his fellow
men, may pray forever unto
God, and he will hear him not.
11 God can do nothing more for
men than they would do for other
men.
12 And Jesus walked again within
the temple courts.
13 The priests and scribes were
much emboldened by the council of
Caiaphas and the other men in
power, and so they came to Jesus
and they said,
14 Who gave you the authority
to do as you have done? Why did
you drive the merchants from the
temple yesterday?
15 And Jesus answered them
and said, If you will answer what I
ask, then I will answer you; Was
John, the harbinger, a man of God,
or was he a seditious man?
16 The scribes and Pharisees
were loath to answer him; they reasoned
thus among themselves:
17 If we shall say, John was a
prophet sent from God, then he will
say,
18 John testified for me, that I
am son of God; why do you not believe
his words?
19 If we should say, John was a
bold, seditious man, the people will
be angered, for they think he was
a prophet of the living God.
20 And so they answered Jesus
and they said, We do not know; we
cannot tell.
21 Then Jesus said, If you will
tell me not, then I will tell you not
who gave me power to drive the robbers
from the house of God.
22 And then he spoke a parable
to them; he said, A man once made
a feast inviting all the rich and honored
people of the land.
23 But when they came, they
found the door into the banquet
hall was low, and they could enter
not except they bowed their heads
and fell down on their knees.
24 These people would not bow
their heads and fall down on their
knees, and so they went away; they
went not to the feast.
25 And then the man sent forth
his messengers to bid the common
folks, and those of low estate, to
come and feast with him.
26 These people gladly came;
they bowed their heads and fell
down on their knees, and came into
the banquet hall and it was full,
and every one rejoiced.
27 And then the master said,
Behold, you priests and scribes, and
Pharisees! the Lord of heaven and
earth has spread a sumptuous feast,
and you were bidden first of all;
28 But you have found the door
into the banquet hall so low that
you must bow your heads and fall
down on your knees to enter in,
and you have scorned the king who
made the feast, refused to bow your
heads and fall down on your knees,
and you have gone your way;
29 But now God calls again;
the common folks and those of low
estate have come in multitudes,
have entered in unto the feast and
all rejoice.
30 I tell you, men, that publicans
and courtesans go through the
gates into the kingdom of the God
of heaven, and you are left without.
31 John came to you in righteousness;
he brought the truth, but
you believed him not.
32 But publicans and courtesans
believed, and were baptized
and now have entered in unto the
feast.
33 I tell you now, as I have told
you many times, The many have
been called, but chosen are the few.
Jesus teaches in the temple court.
The parable of the householder and
wicked husbandmen. Parable of
the marriage feast and the guest
without a wedding robe.
The multitudes would hear what
Jesus had to say, and so they
built a platform in the temple court,
and Jesus stood upon the place and
taught. He spoke in parables; he
said,
2 A man possessed a vast estate;
he planted out a vineyard, placed a
hedge about it, built a tower, installed
the press for making wine.
3 He placed his vineyard in the
hands of husbandmen and then he
journeyed to a distant land.
4 Now, in the vintage time the
man sent forth a servant to receive
and bring to him his portion of the
fruitage of the vines.
5 The husbandmen came forth
and beat the man; laid forty lashes
on his back and cast him out beyond
the vineyard gate.
6 And then the owner sent another
man to bring to him his own.
The husbandmen laid hold of him
and sorely wounded him and cast
him from the vineyard, leaving him
half dead beside the way.
7 The owner sent another man
to bring to him his own. The husbandmen
seized hold of him and
with a javelin they pierced his heart;
then buried him beyond the hedge.
8 The owner was aggrieved.
He thought within himself, What
shall I do? and then he said, This
will I do. My only son is here, and
I will send him to the husbandmen,
9 They surely will respect my
son and send me what is mine.
10 He sent his son; the husbandmen
took counsel with themselves;
they said, This is the only heir to all
this wealth, and if we take his life
the vast inheritance is ours.
11 They took his life and cast
him out beyond the vineyard hedge.
12 The days will come; the
owner will return to reckon with the
husbandmen, and he will seize them
every one, and cast them into
scorching fires where they shall stay
until they pay the debts they owe.
13 And he will place his vineyard
in the care of honest men.
14 Then turning to the priests
and scribes he said, Did not your
prophets say,
15 The stone the builders cast
away became the capstone of the
arch?
16 You men who pose as men of
God, as husbandmen, lo, you have
stoned and killed the messengers of
God, his prophets and his seers, and
now you seek to slay his son.
17 I tell you men, the kingdom
shall be snatched away from you,
and shall be given unto people who
are not a people now, and to a nation
that is not a nation now.
18 And men whose speech you
cannot understand, will stand between
the living and the dead, and
show the way to life.
19 The chief priests and the
Pharisees were deeply moved with
anger when they heard this parable,
and would have seized the Lord and
done him harm, but they were sore
afraid; they feared the multitude.
20 And Jesus spoke another parable;
he said, The kingdom is alike
a certain king who made a feast in
honor of the marriage of his son.
21 He sent his servants forth
to call the people who had been invited
to the feast.
22 The servants called; but then
the people would not come.
23 And then the king sent other
messengers abroad to say, Behold,
my tables now are spread; my oxen
and my fatlings are prepared.
24 The choicest viands and the
richest wines are on my boards;
come to the marriage feast.
25 The people laughed and
treated with disdain his call, and
went their way, one to his farm, another
to his merchandise;
26 And others seized the servants
of the king; abused them
shamefully; and some of them they
killed.
27 And then the king sent forth
his soldiery who slew the murderers
and burned their towns.
28 And then the king sent other
servants forth; to them he said, Go
to the corners of the streets, the
partings of the ways, and to the
marts of trade and say,
29 Whoever will may come up
to the marriage feast.
30 The servants went their way
and called; and lo, the banquet hall
was filled with guests.
31 But when the king came in
to see the guests, he saw a man who
had not on a wedding robe; he called
to him and said,
32 Friend, why are you here
without a wedding robe? Would
you dishonor thus my son?
33 The man was dumb; he answered
not.
34 And then the king said to his
guards, Take you this man and bind
him hand and foot and cast him
out into the darkness of the night.
35 The many have been called,
but none are chosen to be guests
who have not clad themselves in
wedding robes.
Jesus recognizes the justice of paying
secular taxes. He teaches a lesson
on family relationships in the life
beyond. The greatest of the commandments
is comprised in love.
He warns his disciples against the
hypocrisy of scribes and Pharisees.
As Jesus spoke, the Pharisees
came up to question him; they
thought to criminate him by what
he said.
2 A strict Herodian spoke and
said, My Lord, you are a man of
truth; you show the way to God,
and you do not regard the personality
of men;
3 Tell us, what do you think;
should we, who are the seed of
Abraham, pay tribute unto Cæsar?
or should we not?
4 And Jesus knew his wickedness
of heart and said, Why do you
come to tempt me thus? Show me
the tribute money that you speak
about.
5 The man brought forth a
piece of coin on which an image was
engraved.
6 And Jesus said, Whose image
and whose name is on this coin?
7 The man replied, ’Tis Cæsar’s
image and his name.
8 And Jesus said, Give unto
Cæsar that which is Cæsar’s own;
but give to God the things of God.
9 And they who heard him said,
He answers well.
10 And then a Sadducee, who
thinks there is no resurrection of
the dead, came up and said, Rabboni,
Moses wrote that if a married
man shall die, and have no child,
his widow shall become his brother’s
wife.
11 Now, there were seven brothers
and the eldest had a wife; he
died and had no child; a brother
took his widow for his wife, and
then he died;
12 And every brother had this
woman for his wife; in course of time
the woman died;
13 Now which will have this
woman for a wife in the resurrection
day?
14 And Jesus said, Here in this
plane of life men marry just to gratify
their selfish selfs, or to perpetuate
the race; but in the world to
come, and in the resurrection day,
men do not take upon themselves
the marriage vows,
15 But, like the angels and the
other sons of God, they form not
unions for the pleasure of the self,
nor to perpetuate the race.
16 Death does not mean the
end of life. The grave is not the
goal of men, no more than is the
earth the goal of seeds.
17 Life is the consequence of
death. The seed may seem to die,
but from its grave the tree arises
into life.
18 So man may seem to die,
but he lives on, and from the grave
he springs up into life.
19 If you could comprehend the
word that Moses spoke about the
burning bush that burned and still
was not consumed, then you would
know that death cannot destroy the
life.
20 And Moses said that God is
God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of
Israel.
21 God is not God of dead men’s
bones, but of the living man.
22 I tell you, men, man goes
down to the grave, but he will rise
again and manifest the life;
23 For every life is hid with
Christ in God, and man shall live
while God shall live.
24 The Pharisees and scribes
who heard the Lord, exclaimed, He
speaks the truth; and they were glad
to have the Sadducees discomfited.
25 And then an honest scribe
came forth and said to Jesus, Lord,
you speak as one whom God has
sent, and may I ask,
26 Which is the greatest and
the first of the Commandments of
the Law?
27 And Jesus said, The first is:
Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is
one; and you shall love the Lord
your God with all your heart, with
all your mind, with all your soul,
with all your strength;
28 And you shall love your
neighbor as yourself.
29 These are the greatest of the
ten, and on them hang the Law,
the Prophets and the Psalms.
30 The scribe replied, My soul
gives witness that you speak the
truth, for love fulfills the law, and
far transcends burnt offerings and
sacrifice.
31 And Jesus said to him, Lo,
you have solved a mystery; you are
within the kingdom and the kingdom
is in you.
32 To his disciples Jesus spoke,
and all the people heard; he said,
Beware you of the scribes and Pharisees
who pride themselves in wearing
long and richly decorated robes,
33 And love to be saluted in the
market place, and seek the highest
seats at feasts, and take the hard-earned
wages of the poor to satisfy
their carnal selves, and pray in public,
long and loud.
34 These are the wolves who
clothe themselves to look like
sheep.
35 And then he said to all, The
scribes and Pharisees are placed by
law in Moses’ seat, and by the law
they may interpret law;
36 So what they bid you do,
that do; but do not imitate their
deeds.
37 They say the things that
Moses taught; they do the things of
Beelzebul.
38 They talk of mercy, yet they
bind on human shoulders burdens
grievous to bear.
39 They talk of helpfulness, and
yet they put not forth the slightest
helpful efforts for their brother
man.
40 They make a show of doing
things, and yet they do not anything
but show their gaudy robes,
and broad phylacteries, and smile
when people call them honored masters
of the law.
41 They strut about and show
their pride when people call them
father, so and so.
42 Hear, now, you men, Call no
man father here. The God of
heaven and earth, and he alone, is
Father of the race of men.
43 Christ is the hierarch, the
high, exalted master of the sons of
men.
44 If you would be exalted, sit
down at the master’s feet and serve.
He is the greatest man who serves
the best.
The scribes and Pharisees are angered.
Jesus rebukes them for
their hypocrisy. He laments over
Jerusalem. The widow’s mite.
Jesus delivers his farewell address
to the people in the temple.
The scribes and Pharisees were
wild with rage; and Jesus said,
2 Woe unto you, you scribes
and Pharisees, you hypocrites! you
stand within the way; you block
the door; you will not go into the
kingdom and you turn aside the pure
in heart who are about to enter in.
3 Woe unto you, you scribes and
Pharisees, you hypocrites! you compass
sea and land to make one proselyte,
and when he has been made
he is a son of hell, just like yourselves.
4 Woe unto you who call yourselves
the guides of men! and you
are guides, blind guides;
5 For you pay tithes of cummin,
mint and dill, and leave undone
the weightier matters of the
law; of judgment, justice, faith.
6 You filter out the gnats before
you drink; but then you swallow
camels and the like.
7 Woe unto you, you scribes
and Pharisees, you hypocrites! you
clean and scour the outside of the
cup, while it is full of filth, extortion
and excess.
8 Go to and clean the inside of
the cup, and then the poisonous
fumes will not defile the outside of
the cup.
9 Woe unto you, you scribes
and Pharisees, you hypocrites! you
are yourselves like whitewashed
sepulchres; your outer garbs are
beautiful, but you are full of dead
men’s bones.
10 You seem to men to be divine;
but in your hearts you nourish
lust, hypocrisies and vile iniquities.
11 Woe unto you, you scribes
and Pharisees, you hypocrites! you
build and then adorn the tombs of
holy men of old and say,
12 If we had lived when these
men lived, we would have guarded
them, would not have acted as our
fathers did, when they maltreated
them and put them to the sword.
13 But you are sons of them
who slew the holy men, and you are
not a whit more just than they.
14 Go forth and fill the measure
of your fathers who were steeped
in crime.
15 You are the offsprings of the
vipers, and how can you be but serpents
of the dust?
16 God now has sent again to
you his prophets and his seers, his
wise men and his holy men, and you
will scourge them in your synagogues,
and stone them in the
streets, and nail them to the
cross.
17 Woe unto you! for on your
heads will come the blood of all the
holy men who have been slain upon
the earth,
18 From righteous Abel down
to Zacharias, son of Barachias, who
was slain within the Holy Place
before the altar of the Lord.
19 Behold, I say that these
things all shall come upon this nation
and the people of Jerusalem.
20 And Jesus looked about and
said, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou
cruel city of Jerusalem, that slays
the prophets in the streets and kills
the holy men whom God has sent to
you!
21 Lo, I would oft have gathered
you as children to the fold of
God; but you would not.
22 You have rejected God, and
now your house is desolate, and you
shall see me not again till you can
say,
23 Thrice blessed is the son of
man who comes as son of God.
24 Then Jesus went and sat beside
the treasury and watched the
people as they paid their tithes.
25 The rich men came and gave
of their abundance; and then he saw
a poor but loyal widow come and
put a farthing in the treasure box.
26 And then he said to his disciples
who were standing by, Behold,
for this poor widow who has put a
farthing in the treasury has done
more than they all;
27 For she has given all she had;
the rich have given just a little
share of what they have.
28 A company of Grecian Jews
were at the feast, and they met
Philip, who could talk with them,
and said, Sir, we would see the Lord,
this Jesus, who is called the Christ.
29 And Philip led the way, and
brought them to the Christ.
30 And Jesus said, The hour has
come; the son of man is ready to be
glorified, and it cannot be otherwise.
31 Except a grain of wheat fall
into earth and die it can be nothing
but a grain of wheat; but if it
die it lives again, and from its grave
a hundred grains of wheat arise.
32 My soul is troubled now;
What shall I say? And then he
cast his eyes to heaven and said,
33 My Father-God, I would not
ask to be relieved of all the burdens
I must bear; I only ask for grace
and strength to bear the burdens
whatso’er they be,
34 This is the hour for which I
came to earth. O Father, glorify
thy name!
35 And then the place was
lighted with a light more brilliant
than the noonday sun; the people
stood a-back; they were afraid.
36 And then a voice that seemed
to come from heaven said,
37 I have both glorified my
name and yours, and I will honor
them again.
38 The people heard the voice,
and some exclaimed, Behold, a distant
thunder! Others said, An angel
spoke to him.
39 But Jesus said, This voice
was not for me; it was for you, that
you might know that I am come
from God.
40 Now is the judgment of the
world at hand; the prince of darkness
shall be manifest and go unto
his own.
41 The son of man will now be
lifted up from earth, and he will
draw all men unto himself.
42 The people said, The law declares
that Christ abides forever
more. How can you say, The son
of man will now be lifted up? Who
is the son of man?
43 And Jesus said to them, The
light is shining now; walk in the
light while you still have the light.
44 The darkness comes; but he
who walks in darkness cannot find
the way.
45 Again I say, Walk in the
light while you still have the light,
that men may know that you are
sons of light.
46 And Jesus stood out in the
temple porch, and made his last appeal
unto the multitudes; he said,
47 He who believes in me, believes
in God who sent me forth to
do his will, and he who sees me now
beholds my Father-God.
48 Behold, I came a light unto
the world; he who believes in me
shall walk in light, the light of life.
49 You men who hear me now,
If you believe me not, I judge you
not.
50 I am not come to judge the
world, but I am come to save the
world.
51 God is the only judge of men;
but what I speak will stand against
you in the day when God will judge
the world;
52 For from myself I do not
speak; I speak the words that God
has given me to speak.
53 And then he said, Jerusalem,
with all your glory and your
crimes, Farewell.
The Christines upon Mount Olives.
Jesus prophecies the destruction of
Jerusalem, and of terrible disasters
that will mark the conclusion of the
age. He exhorts his disciples to
faithfulness.
Then Jesus with the twelve
went forth and sat upon Mount
Olives, just beyond the city’s gate.
2 And his disciples said, Behold
the wondrous city of Jerusalem!
its homes are all so beautiful! its
temples and its shrines are clothed
in such magnificence!
3 And Jesus said, The city is the
glory of my people, Israel, but, lo,
the time will come when every
stone will be cast down, and it will
be a hiss and byword for the nations
of the earth.
4 And the disciples asked, When
will this desolation come?
5 And Jesus said, This round of
human life will not be full until the
armies of the conqueror will thunder
at her gates, and they will enter
in, and blood will flow like
water through the streets.
6 And all the precious furnishings
of temple, court and palaces
will be destroyed, or carried off to
deck the palaces and courts of
kings.
7 Behold, these days are not at
hand. Before they come, lo, you
shall be maltreated by the scribes
and Pharisees, the high priests and
the doctors of the law.
8 Without a cause you will be
haled into the courts; you will be
stoned; you will be beaten in the
synagogues; will stand condemned
before the rulers of this world, and
governors and kings will sentence
you to death.
9 But you will falter not, and
you will testify for truth and righteousness.
10 And in these hours be anxious
not about your speech; you
need not think of what to say;
11 For, lo, the Holy Breath will
overshadow you and give you
words to say.
12 But then the carnage will go
on, and men will think that they are
pleasing God by killing you, and nations
far and near will hate you for
the sake of Christ.
13 And men will stir up evil
thoughts among your kin, and they
will hate you and will give you up to
die.
14 And brothers will be false to
brothers; fathers will stand forth
and testify against their own, and
children will drive parents to the
funeral pile.
15 When you shall hear the Roman
eagle screaming in the air, and
see his legions streaming o’er the
plain, then know the desolation of
Jerusalem is near.
16 Then let the wise wait not,
but flee. Let him who is upon his
house wait not to enter in the house
to gather up his wealth, but let him
flee.
17 And he who labors in the
field must not return, but leave his
all to save his life.
18 And woe to mothers with
their little children in that day;
none shall escape the sword.
19 The tribulation of these days
cannot be told in words, for such
has never been since God created
man upon the earth.
20 The conqueror will carry
many of the sons of Abraham away
as captives into foreign lands, and
they who know not Israel’s God
will tread the highways of Jerusalem
until the anti-Jewish times have
been fulfilled.
21 But when the people have
been punished for their crimes, the
tribulation days will end; but lo,
the time will come when all the
world will rise, like gladiators in a
ring, and fight just for the sake of
shedding blood.
22 And men will reason not;
they will not see, nor care to see a
cause for carnage, desolation, thefts;
for they will war with friend or foe.
23 The very air will seem surcharged
with smoke of death; and
pestilence will follow close upon the
sword.
24 And signs that men have
never seen will then appear in
heaven and earth; in sun, and moon,
and stars.
25 The seas will roar, and
sounds will come from heaven that
men can never comprehend, and
these will bring distress of nations
with perplexity.
26 Hearts of the strongest men
will faint in fear, in expectation of
the coming of more frightful things
upon the earth.
27 But while the conflicts rage
on land and sea, the Prince of Peace
will stand above the clouds of
heaven and say again:
28 Peace, peace on earth; good
will to men; and every man will
throw away his sword, and nations
will learn war no more.
29 And then the man who bears
the pitcher will walk forth across an
arc of heaven; the sign and signet
of the son of man will stand forth in
the eastern sky.
30 The wise will then lift up
their heads and know that the redemption
of the earth is near.
31 Before these days shall come,
behold, false Christs and poor deluded
prophets will arise in many
lands.
32 And they will show forth
signs, and do a multitude of mighty
works; and they will lead astray the
many who are not wise; and many
of the wise will be deceived.
33 And now I tell you once
again, When men shall say, The
Christ is in the wilderness, go you
not forth.
34 And if they say, The Christ
is in the secret place, believe it not;
for when he comes the world will
know that he has come.
35 For as the morning light
comes from the east and shines unto
the west; so shall be the coming of
the age and son of man.
36 The wicked of the earth will
weep when they shall see the son of
man come down upon the clouds of
heaven, in power.
37 Take heed you, O take heed,
for you know not the hour nor the
day when comes the son of man.
38 Let not your hearts be overcharged
with sensuous things, nor
with the cares of life, lest that day
come and find you unprepared.
39 Keep watch at every season
of the year; and pray that you may
meet the Lord with joy and not with
grief.
40 Before these days shall come
our Father-God will send his messengers
abroad, yea, to the corners
of the earth, and they will say,
41 Prepare you, O prepare; the
Prince of Peace shall come, and now
is coming on the clouds of heaven.
42 When Jesus had thus said,
he went with his disciples back to
Bethany.
Jesus and the twelve at prayer in Olivet.
Jesus reveals to his disciples
the deeper meanings of secret doctrines.
He tells them what to teach
the people. Relates a number of
parables. They return to Bethany.
The morning of the Wednesday
of the week was come, and
Jesus with the twelve went out to
Olivet to pray; and they were lost
in prayer for seven hours.
2 Then Jesus called the twelve
close to his side and said, This day
the curtain parts and we will step
beyond the veil into the secret
courts of God.
3 And Jesus opened up to them
the meaning of the hidden way, and
of the Holy Breath, and of the
light that cannot fail.
4 He told them all about the
Book of Life, the Rolls of Graphael,
the Book of God’s Remembrance
where all the thoughts and words
of men are written down.
5 He did not speak aloud to
them; he told the secrets of the masters
in an undertone, and when he
spoke the name of God there was
a silence in the courts of heaven for
half an hour, for angels spoke with
bated breath.
6 And Jesus said, These things
may not be spoken out aloud; they
never may be written down; they
are the messages of Silenceland;
they are the Breathings of the inner
heart of God.
7 And then the master taught
the twelve the lessons they should
teach to other men. He sometimes
taught in parables; he said,
8 You call to mind the words of
yesterday about the coming of the
son of man. Now, you shall teach
to other men what I have spoken
and am speaking unto you;
9 Teach them to pray and not
to faint; to be prepared at every
moment of the day, for when they
least expect him, then the Lord will
come.
10 A man went to a distant land
and left his house and all his wealth
in care of servants; five to guard his
house and five to guard his barns
and herds.
11 The servants waited long for
his return, but he came not, and
they grew careless in their work;
some spent their time in revelings
and drunkenness, and some slept
at their posts.
12 And night by night the robbers
came and carried off the wealth
from house and barn, and drove
away the choicest of the herds.
13 And when they knew that
much of all the wealth that they
were left to guard had been purloined,
they said,
14 We cannot be to blame; if
we had known the day and hour
when our lord would come again
we would have guarded well his
wealth, and suffered not the thieves
to carry it away; he surely is at
fault because he told us not.
15 But after many days the
lord returned, and when he knew
that thieves had robbed him of his
wealth, he called his servants and
he said to them,
16 Because you have neglected
what was given you to do, have
spent your time in revelings and
sleep, behold you all are debtors
unto me.
17 What I have lost by your
neglect, you owe to me. And then
he gave them heavy tasks to do,
and bound them to their posts with
chains, where they remained till
they had paid for all the goods
their lord had lost through their
neglect.
18 Another man locked up his
wealth and went to sleep, and in the
night time robbers came, unlocked
his doors, and when they saw no
guard, they entered in and carried
off his wealth.
19 And when the man awoke
and found his doors ajar and all his
treasures gone, he said, If I had
known the hour when the thieves
would come I would have been on
guard.
20 Beware, my friends, beware!
and be prepared at every hour, and
if your Lord shall come at midnight
or at dawn, it matters not, for he
will find you ready to receive.
21 And then, behold, a marriage
was announced, and virgins, ten of
them, were set apart to meet the
bridegroom when he came.
22 The virgins clothed themselves
in proper garbs, and took
their lamps and sat in waiting for
the watch to say, Behold, the bridegroom
comes!
23 Now, five were wise; they
filled their lamps with oil; and five
were foolish, for they carried empty
lamps.
24 The groom came not at the
expected time; the virgins were
a-weary with their watch and slept.
25 At midnight came the cry,
Behold, the bridegroom comes!
26 The virgins rose; the wise
ones quickly trimmed their lamps
and went forth ready to receive the
groom.
27 The foolish virgins said, We
have no oil, our lamps burn not.
28 They sought to borrow from
the wise, who said, We have no oil
to spare; Go to the merchantmen
and buy and fill your lamps and
then come forth to meet the groom.
29 But while they went to purchase
oil, the bridegroom came; the
virgins who were ready with their
lamps all trimmed went with him
to the marriage feast.
30 And when the foolish virgins
came the door was shut, and though
they knocked and called aloud, the
door was opened not.
31 The master of the feast exclaimed,
I know you not! and in disgrace
the virgins went their way.
32 Again I say to you, and you
shall say to them who follow you,
33 Be ready every moment of
the day and night, because when
you expect him not, the Lord will
come.
34 Behold, when he will come
with all his messengers of light, the
Book of Life, and that of Records,
shall be opened up—the books in
which the thoughts and words and
deeds are written down.
35 And every one can read the
records he has written for himself,
and he will know his doom before
the judge shall speak, and this will
be the sifting time.
36 According to their records
men will find their own.
37 The judge is Righteousness,
the king of all the earth, and he will
separate the multitudes as shepherds
separate the sheep and goats.
38 The sheep will find their
places on the right, the goats upon
the left, and every man will know
his place.
39 And then the judge will say,
to those upon the right, You blessed
of the Father-God, come unto your
inheritance, which was prepared
for you from times of old.
40 You have been servants of
the race; and I was hungry and you
gave me bread; was thirsty and you
gave me drink; was naked and you
gave me clothes;
41 Was sick, you ministered to
me; and was in prison and you came
to me with words of cheer; I was a
stranger and in your homes I found
a home.
42 Then will the righteous say,
When did we see you hungry,
thirsty, sick, imprisoned or a stranger
at our gates and ministered to
you?
43 And then the judge will say,
You served the sons of men, and
whatsoever you have done for these,
that you have done for me.
44 The judge will say to those
upon the left, Depart from me; you
have not served the sons of men.
45 I was hungry and you gave
me naught to eat; was thirsty and
you gave me naught to drink; I
was a stranger and you drove me
from your door; I was imprisoned
and was sick, you did not minister
to me.
46 Then these will say, When
did we thus neglect to care for you?
When did we see you hungry,
thirsty, sick, a stranger or in prison
and did not minister to you?
47 And then the judge will say,
Your life was full of self; you served
the self and not your fellow man,
and when you slighted one of these,
you slighted and neglected me.
48 Then will the righteous have
the kingdom and the power, and
they who are unrighteous shall go
forth to pay their debts, to suffer
all that men have suffered at their
hands.
49 They who have ears to hear
and hearts to understand will comprehend
these parables.
50 When he had finished all
these parables he said, You know
that in two days the great passover
feast will come, and lo, the son of
man will be betrayed into the hands
of wicked men.
51 And he will give his life upon
the cross, and men will know that
he, the son of man, is son of God.
52 Then Jesus and the twelve
returned to Bethany.
