Section XV.
[1] 1072
Jesus answered and
said unto him,
Simon, I have something to say unto thee. And [2]
he said unto him, Say
on, my Master.
1073
Jesus said unto him, There were two
debtors
[Arabic, p. 58] to one
creditor; and one of them owed five
hundred
pence, and the other [3] owed fifty pence.
1074
And because they had not wherewith to pay, he
forgave [4] them both. Which of them ought to
love him
more?
1075
Simon answered and
said, I suppose, he to whom he
forgave most.
Jesus said unto him,
Thou hast judged rightly. [5]
1076
And he turned
to that
woman, and said to
Simon, Dost thou see this
woman? I
entered into thy dwelling, and thou gavest me not
water to
wash my
feet: but this [6]
woman hath
bathed1077
| 1077 Lit.
sunk, a word the choice of which is explained by the
Syriac. |
my
feet with her
tears, and dried them with
her
hair.
1078
And thou kissedst me
not: but this
woman, since she
1079
entered, hath not ceased to
kiss my [7]
feet.
1080
And thou anointedst not my head with
oil:
1081
| 1081 Same word in
Arabic. |
but this
woman hath
anointed
[8] my
feet with sweet
ointment.
1082
| 1082 Same word in
Arabic. |
1083
And for this, I say unto thee, Her many
sins
are
forgiven her, because she
loved much; for he to whom little is
forgiven loveth little. [9, 10]
1084
And
he said unto that
woman, Thy
sins are
forgiven thee.
1085
And those that were invited [11] began to say
within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth
sins also?
1086
And
Jesus said to that
woman, Thy
faith hath
saved thee; go in
peace.
[12] 1087
And many believed in him when they saw the
signs which he was doing. [13, 14]
1088
But
Jesus did not
trust1089
| 1089 The meaning is not
apparent. |
himself to them,
1090
for he knew every man, and he needed not any
man to testify to him concerning every man; for he knew what was in
man.
[15] 1091
And after that,
Jesus set apart from his
disciples other seventy, and sent them two and
two before his face to every
region and city whither he was purposing
to [16] go.
1092
And he said unto
them, The
harvest is
abundant, and the labourers are few: [17]
entreat now the
Lord of the
harvest, that he send forth labourers into
his
harvest.
1093
Go [18] [Arabic, p.
59] ye: and lo, I am sending you as
lambs among
wolves.
1094
Take not with you [19] purses, nor a wallet,
nor shoes; neither salute any man in the way.
1095
And [20] whatsoever
house ye enter, first
salute that
house:
1096
and if there be
there a son of
peace, [21] let your
peace rest upon him; but if there
be not, your
peace shall return to you.
1097
And
be ye in that
house eating and drinking what they have:
1098
| 1098 cf. Syriac
versions. |
for the labourer is worthy of [22] his
hire.
1099
And remove not from
house to
house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, [23] and they
receive you, eat what is presented to you:
1100
and
heal the
sick that are [24] therein, and
say unto them, The
kingdom of
God is come near unto you.
1101
But whatsoever city ye enter, and they
receive you not, go out into the
market, and say, [25]
1102
Even the
dust that clave to our
feet from
your city, we shake off against you; but [26] know
1103
| 1103 The first letter of
the word has been lost. |
this,
1104
| 1104 Lit.
that, as often in this work. |
that the
kingdom of
God is come near unto you.
1105
I
say unto you, that for
Sodom there shall be
quiet in the day of
judgement, but there shall not be for [27] that city.
1106
Then began
Jesus to
rebuke the cities in
which there had been many [28] mighty works,
1107
and they
repented not.
1108
And he said, Woe
unto thee,
Chorazin! woe unto thee,
Bethsaida! if there had been in
Tyre and
Sidon the
signs which were in [29] thee, it may be that they
would have
repented in
sackcloth and
ashes.
1109
Howbeit I say unto you, that for
Tyre and
Sidon there shall be
rest in the day of judgement, [30] more than for
you.
1110
And thou,
Capernaum,
which art exalted unto
heaven, shalt sink down unto
Hades; for if there
had been in
Sodom the
wonders1111
| 1111 The word as
printed by Ciasca perhaps means gifts, but by dropping a point
from the second letter we get the post-classical word given in the text
above. |
which were [31] in
thee, it would have remained until this day.
1112
And now I say unto thee, that for the
land of
Sodom there shall be
quiet in the day of judgement, more than for
thee.
[32] [Arabic, p. 60] 1113
And he said
again unto his
apostles, Whosoever heareth you heareth me; and
whosoever heareth me heareth him that sent me: and whosoever
wrongeth
1114
| 1114 See below, § 20,
28, note. |
you wrongeth me;
and whosoever wrongeth me wrongeth him that sent me.
[33] 1115
And those seventy
returned with great
joy, and said unto him, Our
Lord, even [34] the
devils also are subject unto us in thy name.
1116
He said unto them, I beheld [35]
Satan1117
| 1117 The word
translated devil in preceding verse. |
fallen like
lightning from
heaven.
1118
Behold, I am giving you
authority to tread
upon
serpents and
scorpions, and the whole race
1119
| 1119 This is an
Arabic clerical error for forces. The Syriac word for
power means also military forces, which was apparently
rendered in Arabic army, a word that differs from race
only in diacritical points. |
of
the
enemy; and nothing shall [36] hurt you.
1120
Only ye must not
rejoice that the
devils are
subject unto you; but be
glad that your names are written in
heaven.
[37] 1121
And in that hour
Jesus rejoiced in the
Holy Spirit, and said, I acknowledge thee, my
Father,
Lord of
heaven and
earth, that thou didst
hide these things
from the
wise and understanding, and didst
reveal them unto
children: yea, my
Father; so [38] was thy will.
1122
And he turned to his
disciples,
1123
| 1123 cf. Pesh. and
A.V. margin. |
and said unto them, Everything hath been
delivered to me of my
Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is,
save the
Father; and who the
Father is,
save the Son, and to whomsoever
the Son willeth [39] to
reveal him.
1124
Come unto me, all of you, ye
that are
wearied and bearers of burdens, [40] and I will give you
rest.
1125
Bear my yoke upon you, and
learn of me;
for
1126
| 1126 Lit. that
(cf. above, § 1, 50, note). |
I [41] am
gentle and lowly in my
heart: and ye shall find
rest unto your
souls.
1127
For my yoke is pleasant, and my burden is
light.
[42] 1128
And while great
multitudes were going with him, he turned, and said unto them, [43]
1129
Whosoever cometh unto me, and hateth not his
father, and his mother, and his
brethren, and his sisters, and his
wife, and his
children, and himself
1130
also, cannot
[44] [Arabic, p. 61] be a
disciple to me.
1131
And whosoever doth not take his
cross, and
follow [45] me, cannot be a
disciple to me.
1132
Which of you desireth to build a
tower,
and doth not sit down first and
reckon his expenses and whether he hath
enough to [46] complete
it?
1133
| 1133 This rendering
assumes that tower is treated as feminine. |
1134
lest when he hath
laid the
foundations, and is not able to
finish, all that [47] behold
him
1135
laugh at him, and say,
1136
This man began to build, and was not able to
[48]
finish.
1137
Or what king goeth
to the
battle to
fight with another king,
1138
| 1138 Or, a king
like him. |
and doth not consider first whether he is able with ten
thousand to
meet him that cometh to him [49] with twenty
thousand?
1139
And if he is not able, he sendeth unto him
while he is afar [50] off, and seeketh peace.
1140
So shall
1141
every man of
you consider, that desireth to be a disciple to me; for if he
renounceth not all that he hath, he cannot be a disciple to
me.
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