Section XXVII.

Section XXVII.

[1] ¹⁸⁶⁸Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who would make a [2] reckoning with his servants.  ¹⁸⁶⁹And when he began to make it, they brought to him one who [3] owed him ten talents.^{1870  1871}And because he had not wherewith to pay, his lord ordered that he should be sold, he, and his wife, and children, and all that he [4] had, and payment be made.  ¹⁸⁷²So that servant fell down and worshipped him, and said unto him, My lord, have patience with me, and I shall pay thee everything.  [5] ¹⁸⁷³And the lord of that servant had compassion, and released him, and forgave him his [6] debt.  ¹⁸⁷⁴And that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him [Arabic, p. 104] a hundred pence;¹⁸⁷⁵ and he took him, and dealt severely with him, and said [7] unto him, Give me what thou owest.  ¹⁸⁷⁶So the fellow-servant fell down at his [8] feet, and besought him, and said, Grant me respite, and I will pay thee.  ¹⁸⁷⁷And he would not; but took him, and cast him into prison, till he should give him his debt.  [9] ¹⁸⁷⁸And when their fellow-servants saw what happened, it distressed them much; and [10] they came and told their lord of all that had taken place.  ¹⁸⁷⁹Then his lord called him, and said unto him, Thou wicked servant, all that debt I forgave thee, because [11] thou besoughtest me:  ¹⁸⁸⁰was it not then incumbent on thee also to have mercy on thy [12] fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee?^{1881  1882}And his lord became wroth, and delivered [13] him to the scourgers, till he should pay all that he owed.  ¹⁸⁸³So shall my Father which is in heaven do unto you, if one forgive not his brother his wrong conduct¹⁸⁸⁴ from [14] his heart.  ¹⁸⁸⁵Take heed within¹⁸⁸⁶ yourselves:  if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he [15] repent, forgive him.  ¹⁸⁸⁷And if he act wrongly towards thee seven times in a day, and on that day return seven times unto thee, and say, I repent towards thee; forgive him.  [16] ¹⁸⁸⁸And if thy brother act wrongly towards thee, go and reprove him between thee and [17] him alone:  if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.  ¹⁸⁸⁹But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, and so¹⁸⁹⁰ at the mouth of two or three every saying shall [18] be established.  ¹⁸⁹¹And if he listen not to these also, tell the congregation;¹⁸⁹² and if he listen not even to the congregation, let him be unto thee as a publican and a Gentile.¹⁸⁹³  [19] ¹⁸⁹⁴Verily I say unto you, All that ye bind on earth shall be bound in heaven:  [20] and what ye loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.  ¹⁸⁹⁵I say unto you also, If two of you agree on earth to ask, everything shall¹⁸⁹⁶ be granted them from my Father [21] [Arabic, p. 105] which is in heaven.  ¹⁸⁹⁷For where two or three are gathered in my name, there [22] am I amongst them.  ¹⁸⁹⁸Then Cephas drew near to him, and said unto him, My Lord, how many times, if my brother act wrongly towards me, should I forgive him? [23] until seven times?  ¹⁸⁹⁹Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven; but, Until seventy [24] times seven, seven.^{1900  1901}And the servant that knoweth his lord’s will, and maketh not [25] ready for him according to his will, shall meet with much punishment; ¹⁹⁰²but he that knoweth not, and doeth something for which he meriteth punishment, shall meet with slight punishment.  Every one to whom much hath been given, much shall be asked of him; and he that hath had much committed to him, much shall be [26] required at his hand.  ¹⁹⁰³I came to cast fire upon the earth; and I would that it had [27] been kindled already.^{1904  1905}And I have a baptism to be baptized with, and greatly am [28] I straitened till it be accomplished.  ¹⁹⁰⁶See that ye despise not¹⁹⁰⁷ one of these little ones that believe in me.  Verily I say unto you, Their angels at all times see the [29] face of my Father which is in heaven.  ¹⁹⁰⁸The Son of man came to save the thing which was lost.

[30] ¹⁹⁰⁹And after that, Jesus walked in Galilee; and he did not like to walk in Judæa, [31] because the Jews sought to kill him.  ¹⁹¹⁰And there came people who told him of [32] the Galilæans, those whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.  ¹⁹¹¹Jesus answered and said unto them, Do ye imagine that those Galilæans were sinners [33] more than all the Galilæans, so that this thing has come upon them?  ¹⁹¹²Nay.  Verily I say unto you now,¹⁹¹³ that ye shall all also, if ye repent not, likewise perish.  [34] ¹⁹¹⁴Or perchance those eighteen on whom the palace fell in Siloam, and slew them, do ye imagine that they were to be condemned¹⁹¹⁵ more than all the people that dwell [35] [Arabic, p. 106] in Jerusalem?  Nay.  ¹⁹¹⁶Verily I say unto you, If ye do not all repent, ye shall perish like them.

[36] ¹⁹¹⁷And he spake unto them this parable:  A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; [37] and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.  ¹⁹¹⁸So he said to the husbandman, Lo, three years do I come and seek fruit on this fig tree, and find [38] none:  cut it down; why doth it render the ground unoccupied?  ¹⁹¹⁹The husbandman said unto him, My lord, leave it this year also, that I may dig about it, and dung [39] it; ¹⁹²⁰then if it bear fruit—! and if not, then cut it down in the coming year.

[40] ¹⁹²¹And when Jesus was teaching on the sabbath day in one of the synagogues, [41] there was there a woman that had a spirit of disease eighteen years; ¹⁹²²and she was [42] bowed down, and could not straighten herself at all.  ¹⁹²³And Jesus saw her, and called [43] her, and said unto her, Woman, be loosed from thy disease.  ¹⁹²⁴And he put his hand [44] upon her; and immediately she was straightened, and praised God.  ¹⁹²⁵And the chief¹⁹²⁶ of the synagogue answered with anger, because Jesus had healed on a sabbath, and said unto the multitudes, There are six days in which work ought to be done; [45] come in them and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.  ¹⁹²⁷But Jesus answered and said unto him, Ye hypocrites, doth not each of you on the sabbath day loose [46] his ox or his ass from the manger, and go and water it?  ¹⁹²⁸Ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, and whom the devil¹⁹²⁹ hath bound eighteen years, [47] to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?  ¹⁹³⁰And when he said this, they were all put to shame, those standing, who were opposing him:¹⁹³¹  and all the people were pleased with all the wonders that proceeded from his hand.