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Section
XXVI.
[1, 2] 1807
And there came unto
him publicans and sinners to hear his word. 1808
And the scribes and the Pharisees murmured,
and said, This man receiveth sinners, and [3] eateth with them.
1809
And Jesus, when he beheld their murmuring,
spake unto them [4] this parable: 1810
What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if
one of them were lost, would not leave the ninety-nine in the
wilderness, and go and seek the straying one [5] till he found
it? 1811
Verily I say unto
you, When he findeth it, he will rejoice over it [6] more than
over the ninety-nine that went not astray; 1812
and bear it on his shoulders, and bring it to
his house, and call his friends and neighbours, 1813
and say unto them, [7] Rejoice with me, since
I have found my straying sheep. 1814
So
your Father which is in heaven willeth1815
| 1815 Strictly,
preferreth, but used also as in the text. |
not that one of these little ones that have strayed should perish, [8]
and he seeketh for them repentance. 1816
I
say unto you, Thus there shall be rejoicing in heaven over one sinner
that repenteth, more than over ninety-nine righteous persons
that do not need repentance.
[9] 1817
And what woman
having ten drachmas would lose one of them, and not light a [10] lamp,
and sweep the house, and seek it with care till she found it; 1818
and when she found it, call her friends and
neighbours, and say unto them, Rejoice with me, as I [11] have found my
drachma that was lost? 1819
I say unto you, Thus
there shall be joy [Arabic, p. 101] before the angels of God over the
one sinner that repenteth, more than over the ninety-nine righteous
persons that do not need repentance.
[12, 13] 1820
And Jesus spake unto
them also another parable: 1821
A man had two
sons: and the younger son said unto him, My father, give me my
portion that belongeth to [14] me of thy goods. 1822
And he divided between them his
property. And after a few days the younger son gathered
everything that belonged to him, and went into a [15] far country, and
there squandered his property by living prodigally. 1823
And when he had exhausted everything he had, there occurred
a great dearth in that country. [16] 1824
And
when he was in want, he went and joined himself to one of the people of
a city [17] of that country; and that man sent him into the
field1825
| 1825 This word is regularly
used throughout this work in this sense. | to feed the swine. 1826
And he used to long to fill his belly with
the carob that those swine were eating: and no man [18] gave
him. 1827
And when he returned
unto himself, he said, How many hired servants now in my father’s
house have bread enough and to spare, while I here perish with [19]
hunger! 1828
I will arise and go
to my father’s house, and say unto him, My father, 1829
I [20] have sinned in heaven and before thee,
and am not worthy now to be called thy [21] son: make me as one
of thy hired servants. 1830
And he arose, and
came to his father. But his father saw him while he was at a
distance, and was moved with compassion [22] for him, and ran,1831
| 1831 See above, § 24,
26, note. | and fell on his breast,1832
| 1832 Did not
Ibn-at-Tayyib’s Commentary (Brit. Mus. text) also read
breast, we might assume it to be a clerical error for a very
similar (less common) word (same as the Syriac) for
neck. | and kissed him. 1833
And his son said unto him, My father, I have
sinned in heaven and before thee, and am not worthy to be [23] called
thy son. 1834
His father said unto
his servants, Bring forth a stately robe, and put [24] it on
him; and put a ring on his hand, and put on him shoes on his
feet: 1835
and bring and [25]
slay a fatted ox, that we may eat and make merry: 1836
for this my son was dead, and is [26]
[Arabic, p. 102] alive; and was lost, and is found. 1837
And they began to be merry.1838
Now his elder son was in the field;
and when he came and drew near to the house, [27] he heard the sound of
many singing.1839
1840
And he called one of the lads, and asked him
[28] what this was. 1841
He said unto him,
Thy brother hath arrived; and thy father hath [29] slain a fatted ox,
since he hath received him safe and sound.1842
1843
And he was
angry, [30] and would not enter; so his father went out, and besought
him to enter. 1844
And he said to his
father, How many years do I serve thee in bondage, and I never
transgressed a commandment of thine; and thou hast never given me a
kid, that I might [31] make merry with my friends? 1845
but this thy son, when he had squandered thy
[32] property with harlots, and come, thou hast slain for him a fatted
ox. 1846
His father said unto
him, My son, thou art at all times with me, and everything I have is
[33] thine. 1847
It behoveth thee to
rejoice and make merry, since this thy brother was dead, and is alive;
and was lost, and is found.
[34] 1848
And he spake a
parable unto his disciples: There was a rich man, and he had [35]
a steward; and he was accused to him that he had squandered his
property. 1849
So his lord called
him, and said unto him, What is this that I hear regarding thee?
Give me the account of thy stewardship; for it is now impossible that
thou shouldest [36] be a steward for me. 1850
The
steward said within himself, What shall I do, seeing that my lord
taketh from me the stewardship? To dig I am not able; and to
beg1851
| 1851 Vat.
ms. (followed by Ciasca’s text) has
and if I beg, by a common confusion of grammatical
forms. | I [37] am ashamed. 1852
I know what I will do, that, when I go out of
the stewardship, they [38] may receive me into their houses.
1853
And he called one after another of his
lord’s [39] debtors, and said to the first, How much owest thou
my lord? 1854
He said unto him, An
hundred portions1855
| 1855 Or (otherwise
vocalised), farks, a measure variously estimated. | of oil. He
said unto him, Take thy writing, and sit down, and write [40] quickly
fifty portions.1856
| 1856 Or (otherwise
vocalised), farks, a measure variously estimated. | 1857
And he said to the next, And thou, how much
owest thou my lord? He said unto him, An hundred cors of
wheat. He said unto him, Take [41] [Arabic, p. 103] thy writing,
and sit down, and write eighty cors. 1858
And
our1859
lord commended the sinful steward1860
because he had done a wise deed; for the
children [42] of this world are wiser than the children of the light in
this their age. 1861
And I also say unto
you, Make unto yourselves friends with the wealth of this
unrighteousness;1862
[43] so that, when
it is exhausted, they may receive you into their tents for ever.
1863
He who is faithful in1864
a
little is faithful also in much: and he who is unrighteous in a
[44] little is unrighteous also in much. 1865
If
then in the wealth of unrighteousness ye were [45] not trustworthy, who
will intrust you with the truth?1866
| 1866 Or, true
(wealth); but cf. Syriac. |
1867
If ye are not found faithful in what does not
belong to you, who will give you what belongeth to you?E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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