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1338 The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to St. Luke

17 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he own house; and there was a great company of
sat teaching, that there were also Pharisees and publicans, and of others, that were at table with
doctors of the law sitting by, that were come them.
out of every town of Galilee, and Judea and 30 But the Pharisees and scribes murmured,
Jerusalem: and the power of the Lord was to saying to his disciples: Why do you eat and drink
heal them. with publicans and sinners?
18 And behold, men brought in a bed a man, 31 And Jesus answering, said to them: They
who had the palsy: and they sought means to that are whole, need not the physician: but they
bring him in, and to lay him before him. that are sick.
19 And when they could not find by what way 32 I came not to call the just, but sinners to
they might bring him in, because of the multi- penance.
tude, they went up upon the roof, and let him 33 And they said to him: Why do the disci-
down through the tiles with his bed into the ples of John fast often, and make prayers, and
midst before Jesus. the disciples of the Pharisees in like manner; but
20 Whose faith when he saw, he said: Man, thine eat and drink?
thy sins are forgiven thee. 34 To whom he said: Can you make the chil-
21 And the scribes and Pharisees began to dren of the bridegroom fast, whilst the bride-
think, saying: Who is this who speaketh blas- groom is with them?
phemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? 35 But the days will come, when the bride-
22 And when Jesus knew their thoughts, an- groom shall be taken away from them, then shall
swering, he said to them: What is it you think they fast in those days.
in your hearts? 36 And he spoke also a similitude to them:
23 Which is easier to say, Thy sins are forgiven That no man putteth a piece from a new gar-
thee; or to say, Arise and walk? ment upon an old garment; otherwise he both
24 But that you may know that the Son of rendeth the new, and the piece taken from the
man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (he new agreeth not with the old.
saith to the sick of the palsy,) I say to thee, Arise,
37 And no man putteth new wine into old
take up thy bed, and go into thy house. bottle: otherwise the new wine will break the
25 And immediately rising up before them, he
bottles, and it will be spilled, and the bottles
took up the bed on which he lay; and he went
will be lost.
away to his own house, glorifying God.
38 But new wine must be put into new bottles;
26 And all were astonished; and they glorified
and both are preserved.
God. And they were filled with fear, saying: We
39 And no man drinking old, hath presently
have seen wonderful things to day.
a mind to new: for he saith, The old is better.
27 And after these things he went forth, and
saw a publican named Levi, sitting at the receipt
of custom, and he said to him: Follow me. Chapter 6
28 And leaving all things, he rose up and fol-
lowed him. And it came to pass on the second first sabbath,
29 And Levi made him a great feast in his that as he went through the corn fields, his disci-