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The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ, According to St. Matthew 1285

adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not 30 And many that are first, shall be last: and
bear false witness. the last shall be first.
19 Honour thy father and thy mother: and,
Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.
20 The young man saith to him: All these I Chapter 20
have kept from my youth, what is yet wanting
The kingdom of heaven is like to an householder,
to me?
who went out early in the morning to hire labour-
21 Jesus saith to him: If thou wilt be perfect,
ers into his vineyard.
go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor, and
thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come 2 And having agreed with the labourers for a
penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.
follow me.
3 And going about the third hour, he saw oth-
22 And when the young man had heard this
ers standing in the market place idle.
word, he went away sad: for he had great pos-
4 And he said to them: Go you also into my
sessions.
23 Then Jesus said to his disciples: Amen, I vineyard, and I will give you what shall be just.
say to you, that a rich man shall hardly enter 5 And they went their way. And again he went
into the kingdom of heaven. out about the sixth and the ninth hour, and did
24 And again I say to you: It is easier for in like manner.
a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, 6 But about the eleventh hour he went out
than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom and found others standing, and he saith to them:
of heaven. Why stand you here all the day idle?
25 And when they had heard this, the disci- 7 They say to him: Because no man hath hired
ples wondered very much, saying: Who then can us. He saith to them: Go you also into my vine-
be saved? yard.
26 And Jesus beholding, said to them: With 8 And when evening was come, the lord of the
men this is impossible: but with God all things vineyard saith to his steward: Call the labourers
are possible. and pay them their hire, beginning from the last
27 Then Peter answering, said to him: Behold even to the first.
we have left all things, and have followed thee: 9 When therefore they were come, that came
what therefore shall we have? about the eleventh hour, they received every
28 And Jesus said to them: Amen, I say to man a penny.
you, that you, who have followed me, in the re- 10 But when the first also came, they thought
generation, when the Son of man shall sit on the that they should receive more: and they also
seat of his majesty, you also shall sit on twelve received every man a penny.
seats judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 11 And receiving it they murmured against
29 And every one that hath left house, or the master of the house,
brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, 12 Saying: These last have worked but one
or children, or lands for my name’s sake, shall hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, that
receive an hundredfold, and shall possess life ev- have borne the burden of the day and the heats.
erlasting. 13 But he answering said to one of them: