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The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ, According to St. Matthew 1275

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, 49 And stretching forth his hand towards his
and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. disciples, he said: Behold my mother and my
38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees an- brethren.
swered him, saying: Master we would see a sign 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Fa-
from thee. ther, that is in heaven, he is my brother, and
39 Who answering said to them: An evil and sister, and mother.
adulterous generation seeketh a sign: and a sign
shall not be given it, but the sign of Jonas the
prophet. Chapter 13
40 For as Jonas was in the whale’s belly three
The same day Jesus going out of the house, sat
days and three nights: so shall the Son of man
by the sea side.
be in the heart of the earth three days and three
2 And great multitudes were gathered unto
nights.
him, so that he went up into a boat and sat:
41 The men of Ninive shall rise in judg-
and all the multitude stood on the shore.
ment with this generation, and shall condemn
3 And he spoke to them many things in para-
it: because they did penance at the preaching of
Jonas. And behold a greater than Jonas here. bles, saying: Behold the sower went forth to sow.
42 The queen of the south shall rise in judg- 4 And whilst he soweth some fell by the way
ment with this generation, and shall condemn side, and the birds of the air came and ate them
it: because she came from the ends of the earth up.
to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and behold a 5 And other some fell upon stony ground,
greater than Solomon here. where they had not much earth: and they sprung
43 And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a up immediately, because they had no deepness of
man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, earth.
and findeth none. 6 And when the sun was up they were
44 Then he saith: I will return into my house scorched: and because they had not root, they
from whence I came out. And coming he findeth withered away.
it empty, swept, and garnished. 7 And others fell among thorns: and the
45 Then he goeth, and taketh with him seven thorns grew up and choked them.
other spirits more wicked than himself, and they 8 And others fell upon good ground: and they
enter in and dwell there: and the last state of brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some
that man in made worse than the first. So shall sixtyfold, and some thirtyfold.
it be also to this wicked generation. 9 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.
46 As he was yet speaking to the multitudes, 10 And his disciples came and said to him:
behold his mother and his brethren stood with- Why speakest thou to them in parables?
out, seeking to speak to him. 11 Who answered and said to them: Because
47 And one said unto him: Behold thy mother to you it is given to know the mysteries of the
and thy brethren stand without, seeking thee. kingdom of heaven: but to them it is not given.
48 But he answering him that told him, said: 12 For he that hath, to him shall be given,
Who is my mother, and who are my brethren? and he shall abound: but he that hath not, from