Section V.

Section V.

[1] ³⁷⁶Jesus answered and said unto him, Get thee hence, Satan:  for it is written, Thou [2] shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him alone shalt thou serve.  ³⁷⁷And when the [3] devil³⁷⁸ had completed all his temptations, he departed from him for a season.  ³⁷⁹And behold, the angels drew near and ministered unto him.

[4, 5] ³⁸⁰And next day John was standing, and two of his disciples; ³⁸¹and he saw Jesus as [6] he was walking, and said, Behold, the Lamb of God!  ³⁸²And his two disciples heard [7] him saying this,³⁸³ and they followed Jesus.  ³⁸⁴And Jesus turned and saw them coming after him, and said unto them, What seek ye?  They said unto him, Our master, [8] where art thou staying?  ³⁸⁵And he said unto them, Come and see.  And they came and saw his place, and abode with him that day:  and it was about the tenth hour.  [9] ³⁸⁶One of the two which heard from³⁸⁷ John, and followed Jesus, was Andrew the [10] brother of Simon.  ³⁸⁸And he saw first Simon his brother, and said unto him, We have [11] found the Messiah.  ³⁸⁹And he brought him unto Jesus.  And Jesus looked upon him and said, Thou art Simon, son of Jonah:  thou shalt be called Cephas.³⁹⁰

[12] ³⁹¹And on the next day Jesus desired to go forth to Galilee, and he found Philip, [13] [Arabic, p. 19] and said unto him, Follow me.  ³⁹²Now Philip was of Bethsaida, of the city [14] of Andrew and Simon.  ³⁹³And Philip found Nathanael, and said unto him, He of whom Moses did write in the law and in the prophets, we have found that [15] he is Jesus the son of Joseph of Nazareth.  ³⁹⁴Nathanael said unto him, Is it possible that there can be any good thing from Nazareth?  Philip said unto him, Come and [16] see.  ³⁹⁵And Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, This is indeed a³⁹⁶ [17] son of Israel in whom is no guile.  ³⁹⁷And Nathanael said unto him, Whence knowest thou me?  Jesus said unto him, Before Philip called thee, while thou wast under the [18] fig tree, I saw thee.  ³⁹⁸Nathanael answered and said unto him, My Master, thou art [19] the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.  ³⁹⁹Jesus said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, hast thou believed? thou shalt see what is [20] greater than this.  ⁴⁰⁰And he said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Henceforth ye shall see the heavens opened, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man.

[21] ⁴⁰¹And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit to Galilee.

[22] ⁴⁰²And on the third day there was a feast in Cana,⁴⁰³ a⁴⁰⁴ city of Galilee; and the [23] mother of Jesus was there:  ⁴⁰⁵and Jesus also and his disciples were invited to the [24] feast.  ⁴⁰⁶And they lacked wine:  and his mother said unto Jesus, They have no wine.  [25] ⁴⁰⁷And Jesus said unto her, What have I to do with thee, woman? hath not mine [26] hour come?^{408  409}And his mother said unto the servants, What he saith unto you, do.  [27] ⁴¹⁰And there were there six vessels of stone, placed for the Jews’ purification, such as [28] [Arabic, p. 20] would contain two or three jars.  ⁴¹¹And Jesus said unto them, Fill the vessels [29] with water.  And they filled them to the top.  ⁴¹²He said unto them, Draw [30] out now, and present to the ruler of the feast. And they did so.  ⁴¹³And when the ruler of the company tasted that water which had become wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants knew, because they filled up the water), the ruler of the company called [31] the bridegroom, ⁴¹⁴and said unto him, Every man presenteth first the good wine, and on intoxication he bringeth what is poor; but thou hast kept the good wine until [32] now.  ⁴¹⁵And this is the first sign⁴¹⁶ which Jesus did in Cana of Galilee, and manifested [33] his glory; and his disciples believed on him.  ⁴¹⁷And his fame spread in all the country [34] which was around them.  ⁴¹⁸And he taught in their synagogues, and was glorified [35] by⁴¹⁹ every man.  ⁴²⁰And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and entered, according to his custom, into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood [36] up to read.  ⁴²¹And he was given the book of Isaiah the prophet.  And Jesus opened the book and found the place where it was written,

[37] ⁴²²The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

And for this anointed he me, to preach good tidings to the poor;

And he hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted,

And to proclaim forgiveness to the evil-doers,⁴²³ and sight to the blind,

And to bring the broken into forgiveness,⁴²⁴

[38] ⁴²⁵And to proclaim an acceptable year of the Lord.

[39] ⁴²⁶And he rolled up the book and gave it to the servant, and went and sat down:  [40] and the eyes of all that were in the synagogue were observing him.  ⁴²⁷And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled which ye have heard with [41] your ears.  ⁴²⁸And they all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which were proceeding from his mouth.

[42] [Arabic, p. 21] ⁴²⁹And from that time began Jesus to proclaim the gospel of the kingdom [43] of God, and to say, Repent ye, and believe in the gospel.  ⁴³⁰The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of heaven hath come near.

[44] ⁴³¹And while he was walking on the shore of the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon who was called Cephas, and Andrew his brother, casting their nets into [45] the sea; for they were fishers.  ⁴³²And Jesus said unto them, Follow me, and I will [46] make you fishers of men.  ⁴³³And they immediately left their nets there and followed [47] him.  ⁴³⁴And when he went on from thence, he saw other two brothers, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the ship with Zebedee their father, mending [48] their nets; and Jesus called them.  ⁴³⁵And they immediately forsook the ship and their father Zebedee, and followed him.

[49] ⁴³⁶And when the multitude gathered unto him to hear the word of God, while he [50] was standing on the shore of the sea of Gennesaret, ⁴³⁷he saw two boats standing beside the sea, while⁴³⁸ the two fishers which were gone out of them were washing their [51] nets.  ⁴³⁹And one of them belonged to Simon Cephas.  And Jesus went up and sat down in it, and commanded that they should move away a little from the land into [52] the water.  And he sat down and taught the multitudes from the boat.  ⁴⁴⁰And when he had left off his speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and cast your [53] net for a draught.  ⁴⁴¹And Simon answered and said unto him, My Master, we toiled [54] all night and caught nothing; now⁴⁴² at thy word I will cast the net.  ⁴⁴³And when they did this, there were enclosed⁴⁴⁴ a great many fishes; and their net was on the [55] point of breaking.  ⁴⁴⁵And they beckoned to their comrades that were in the other boat, to come and help them.  And when they came, they filled both boats, so that they were on the point of sinking.