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1284 The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ, According to St. Matthew

hundred pence: and laying hold of him, throttled flesh. What therefore God hath joined together,
him, saying: Pay what thou owest. let no man put asunder.
29 And his fellow servant falling down, be- 7 They say to him: Why then did Moses com-
sought him, saying: Have patience with me, and mand to give a bill of divorce, and to put away?
I will pay thee all. 8 He saith to them: Because Moses by reason
30 And he would not: but went and cast him of the hardness of your heart permitted you to
into prison, till he paid the debt. put away your wives: but from the beginning it
31 Now his fellow servants seeing what was was not so.
done, were very much grieved, and they came 9 And I say to you, that whosoever shall put
and told their lord all that was done. away his wife, except it be for fornication, and
32 Then his lord called him; and said to him: shall marry another, committeth adultery: and
Thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all the debt, he that shall marry her that is put away, com-
because thou besoughtest me: mitteth adultery.
33 Shouldst not thou then have had compas- 10 His disciples say unto him: If the case of
sion also on thy fellow servant, even as I had a man with his wife be so, it is not expedient to
compassion on thee? marry.
34 And his lord being angry, delivered him to 11 Who said to them: All men take not this
the torturers until he paid all the debt. word, but they to whom it is given.
35 So also shall my heavenly Father do to you, 12 For there are eunuchs, who were born so
if you forgive not every one his brother from your from their mother’s womb: and there are eu-
hearts. nuchs, who were made so by men: and there are
eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for
the kingdom of heaven. He that can take, let
Chapter 19 him take it.
13 Then were little children presented to him,
And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these that he should impose hands upon them and
words, he departed from Galilee, and came into pray. And the disciples rebuked them.
the coasts of Judea, beyond Jordan. 14 But Jesus said to them: Suffer the little
2 And great multitudes followed him: and he children, and forbid them not to come to me:
healed them there. for the kingdom of heaven is for such.
3 And there came to him the Pharisees tempt- 15 And when he had imposed hands upon
ing him, and saying: Is it lawful for a man to put them, he departed from thence.
away his wife for every cause? 16 And behold one came and said to him:
4 Who answering, said to them: Have ye not Good master, what good shall I do that I may
read, that he who made man from the beginning, have life everlasting?
Made them male and female? And he said: 17 Who said to him: Why asketh thou me
5 For this cause shall a man leave father and concerning good? One is good, God. But if thou
mother, and shall cleave to his wife, and they wilt enter into life, keep the commandments.
two shall be in one flesh. 18 He said to him: Which? And Jesus said:
6 Therefore now they are not two, but one Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit