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1286 The Holy Gospel Of Jesus Christ, According to St. Matthew

Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst thou not agree 27 And he that will be first among you, shall
with me for a penny? be your servant.
14 Take what is thine, and go thy way: I will 28 Even as the Son of man is not come to be
also give to this last even as to thee. ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his
15 Or, is it not lawful for me to do what I life a redemption for many.
will? is thy eye evil, because I am good? 29 And when they went out from Jericho, a
16 So shall the last be first, and the first last. great multitude followed him.
For many are called, but few chosen. 30 And behold two blind men sitting by the
17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem, took the way side, heard that Jesus passed by, and they
twelve disciples apart, and said to them: cried out, saying: O Lord, thou son of David,
18 Behold we go up to Jerusalem, and the have mercy on us.
Son of man shall be betrayed to the chief priests 31 And the multitude rebuked them that they
and the scribes, and they shall condemn him to should hold their peace. But they cried out the
death. more, saying: O Lord, thou son of David, have
19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mercy on us.
be mocked, and scourged, and crucified, and the 32 And Jesus stood, and called them, and
third day he shall rise again. said: What will ye that I do to you?
20 Then came to him the mother of the sons 33 They say to him: Lord, that our eyes be
of Zebedee with her sons, adoring and asking opened.
something of him. 34 And Jesus having compassion on them,
21 Who said to her: What wilt thou? She touched their eyes. And immediately they saw,
saith to him: Say that these my two sons may and followed him.
sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on
thy left, in thy kingdom.
22 And Jesus answering, said: You know not Chapter 21
what you ask. Can you drink the chalice that I
shall drink? They say to him: We can. And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem, and
23 He saith to them: My chalice indeed you were come to Bethphage, unto mount Olivet,
shall drink; but to sit on my right or left hand, is then Jesus sent two disciples,
not mine to give to you, but to them for whom 2 Saying to them: Go ye into the village that
it is prepared by my Father. is over against you, and immediately you shall
24 And the ten hearing it, were moved with find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them
indignation against the two brethren. and bring them to me.
25 But Jesus called them to him, and said: 3 And if any man shall say anything to you,
You know that the princes of the Gentiles lord it say ye, that the Lord hath need of them: and
over them; and they that are the greater, exercise forthwith he will let them go.
power upon them. 4 Now all this was done that it might be ful-
26 It shall not be so among you: but whoso- filled which was spoken by the prophet, saying:
ever will be the greater among you, let him be 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion: Behold thy
your minister: king cometh to thee, meek, and sitting upon an