¹Factum est autem in sabbato secundo,Now it happened that,primo,on the second first Sabbath,cum transiret per sata,as he passed through the grain field,vellebant discipuli ejus spicas,his disciples were separating the ears of grain and eating them,et manducabant confricantes manibus.by rubbing them in their hands.

¹Factum est autem in sabbato secundo,Now it happened that,primo,on the second first Sabbath,cum transiret per sata,as he passed through the grain field,vellebant discipuli ejus spicas,his disciples were separating the ears of grain and eating them,et manducabant confricantes manibus.by rubbing them in their hands.

²Quidam autem pharisæorum,Then certain Pharisees said to them,dicebant illis: Quid facitis quod non licet in sabbatis?“Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?”

²Quidam autem pharisæorum,Then certain Pharisees said to them,dicebant illis: Quid facitis quod non licet in sabbatis?“Why are you doing what is not lawful on the Sabbaths?”

³Et respondens Jesus ad eos,And responding to them,dixit:Jesus said:Nec hoc legistis quod fecit David,“Have you not read this,cum esurisset ipse,what David did when he was hungry,et qui cum illo erant?and those who were with him?

³Et respondens Jesus ad eos,And responding to them,dixit:Jesus said:Nec hoc legistis quod fecit David,“Have you not read this,cum esurisset ipse,what David did when he was hungry,et qui cum illo erant?and those who were with him?

⁴quomodo intravit in domum Dei,How he entered into the house of God,et panes propositionis sumpsit,and took the bread of the Presence,et manducavit,and ate it,et dedit his qui cum ipso erant:and gave it to those who were with him,quos non licet manducare nisi tantum sacerdotibus?though it is not lawful for anyone to eat it, except the priests alone?”

⁴quomodo intravit in domum Dei,How he entered into the house of God,et panes propositionis sumpsit,and took the bread of the Presence,et manducavit,and ate it,et dedit his qui cum ipso erant:and gave it to those who were with him,quos non licet manducare nisi tantum sacerdotibus?though it is not lawful for anyone to eat it, except the priests alone?”

⁵Et dicebat illis:And he said to them,Quia dominus est Filius hominis etiam sabbati.“For the Son of man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”

⁵Et dicebat illis:And he said to them,Quia dominus est Filius hominis etiam sabbati.“For the Son of man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.”

⁶Factum est autem in alio sabbato,And it happened that, on another Sabbath,ut intraret in synagogam,he entered into the synagogue,et doceret.and he taught.Et erat ibi homo, et manus ejus dextra erat arida.And there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

⁶Factum est autem in alio sabbato,And it happened that, on another Sabbath,ut intraret in synagogam,he entered into the synagogue,et doceret.and he taught.Et erat ibi homo, et manus ejus dextra erat arida.And there was a man there, and his right hand was withered.

⁷Observabant autem scribæ et pharisæi si in sabbato curaret,And the scribes and Pharisees observed whether he would heal on the Sabbath,ut invenirent unde accusarent eum.so that they might thereby find an accusation against him.

⁷Observabant autem scribæ et pharisæi si in sabbato curaret,And the scribes and Pharisees observed whether he would heal on the Sabbath,ut invenirent unde accusarent eum.so that they might thereby find an accusation against him.

⁸Ipse vero sciebat cogitationes eorum:Yet truly, he knew their thoughts,et ait homini qui habebat manum aridam:and so he said to the man who had the withered hand,Surge, et sta in medium.“Rise up and stand in the middle.”Et surgens stetit.And rising up, he stood still.

⁸Ipse vero sciebat cogitationes eorum:Yet truly, he knew their thoughts,et ait homini qui habebat manum aridam:and so he said to the man who had the withered hand,Surge, et sta in medium.“Rise up and stand in the middle.”Et surgens stetit.And rising up, he stood still.

⁹Ait autem ad illos Jesus:Then Jesus said to them:Interrogo vos si licet sabbatis benefacere,“I ask you if it is lawful on the Sabbaths to do good,an male:or to do evil?animam salvam facere,To give health to a life,an perdere?or to destroy it?”

⁹Ait autem ad illos Jesus:Then Jesus said to them:Interrogo vos si licet sabbatis benefacere,“I ask you if it is lawful on the Sabbaths to do good,an male:or to do evil?animam salvam facere,To give health to a life,an perdere?or to destroy it?”

¹⁰Et circumspectis omnibus dixit homini:And looking around at everyone, he said to the man,Extende manum tuam.“Extend your hand.”Et extendit: et restituta est manus ejus.And he extended it. And his hand was restored.

¹⁰Et circumspectis omnibus dixit homini:And looking around at everyone, he said to the man,Extende manum tuam.“Extend your hand.”Et extendit: et restituta est manus ejus.And he extended it. And his hand was restored.

¹¹Ipsi autem repleti sunt insipientia,Then they were filled with madness,et colloquebantur ad invicem,and they discussed with one another, what,quidnam facerent Jesu.in particular, they might do about Jesus.

¹¹Ipsi autem repleti sunt insipientia,Then they were filled with madness,et colloquebantur ad invicem,and they discussed with one another, what,quidnam facerent Jesu.in particular, they might do about Jesus.

¹²Factum est autem in illis diebus,And it happened that, in those days,exiit in montem orare,he went out to a mountain to pray.et erat pernoctans in oratione Dei.And he was in the prayer of God throughout the night.

¹²Factum est autem in illis diebus,And it happened that, in those days,exiit in montem orare,he went out to a mountain to pray.et erat pernoctans in oratione Dei.And he was in the prayer of God throughout the night.

¹³Et cum dies factus esset,And when daylight had arrived,vocavit discipulos suos:he called his disciples.et elegit duodecim ex ipsis (quos et apostolos nominavit):And he chose twelve out of them (whom he also named Apostles):

¹³Et cum dies factus esset,And when daylight had arrived,vocavit discipulos suos:he called his disciples.et elegit duodecim ex ipsis (quos et apostolos nominavit):And he chose twelve out of them (whom he also named Apostles):

¹⁴Simonem,Simon,quem cognominavit Petrum,whom he surnamed Peter,et Andream fratrem ejus,and Andrew his brother,Jacobum,Jameset Joannem,and John,Philippum,Philipet Bartholomæum,and Bartholomew,

¹⁴Simonem,Simon,quem cognominavit Petrum,whom he surnamed Peter,et Andream fratrem ejus,and Andrew his brother,Jacobum,Jameset Joannem,and John,Philippum,Philipet Bartholomæum,and Bartholomew,

¹⁵Matthæum, et Thomam,Matthew and Thomas,Jacobum Alphæi,James of Alphaeus,et Simonem, qui vocatur Zelotes,and Simon who is called the Zealot,

¹⁵Matthæum, et Thomam,Matthew and Thomas,Jacobum Alphæi,James of Alphaeus,et Simonem, qui vocatur Zelotes,and Simon who is called the Zealot,

¹⁶et Judam Jacobi,and Jude of James,et Judam Iscariotem,and Judas Iscariot,qui fuit proditor.who was a traitor.

¹⁶et Judam Jacobi,and Jude of James,et Judam Iscariotem,and Judas Iscariot,qui fuit proditor.who was a traitor.

¹⁷Et descendens cum illis,And descending with them,stetit in loco campestri, et turba discipulorum ejus,he stood in a level place with a multitude of his disciples,et multitudo copiosa plebis ab omni Judæa, et Jerusalem, et maritima,and a copious multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast,et Tyri, et Sidonis,and Tyre and Sidon,

¹⁷Et descendens cum illis,And descending with them,stetit in loco campestri, et turba discipulorum ejus,he stood in a level place with a multitude of his disciples,et multitudo copiosa plebis ab omni Judæa, et Jerusalem, et maritima,and a copious multitude of people from all of Judea and Jerusalem and the seacoast,et Tyri, et Sidonis,and Tyre and Sidon,

¹⁸qui venerant ut audirent eum, et sanarentur a languoribus suis.who had come so that they might listen to him and be healed of their diseases.Et qui vexabantur a spiritibus immundis, curabantur.And those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured.

¹⁸qui venerant ut audirent eum, et sanarentur a languoribus suis.who had come so that they might listen to him and be healed of their diseases.Et qui vexabantur a spiritibus immundis, curabantur.And those who were troubled by unclean spirits were cured.

¹⁹Et omnis turba quærebat eum tangere:And the entire crowd was trying to touch him,quia virtus de illo exibat,because power went out from himet sanabat omnes.and healed all.

¹⁹Et omnis turba quærebat eum tangere:And the entire crowd was trying to touch him,quia virtus de illo exibat,because power went out from himet sanabat omnes.and healed all.

²⁰Et ipse elevatis oculis in discipulis suis,And lifting up his eyes to his disciples,dicebat:he said:Beati pauperes,“Blessed are you poor,quia vestrum est regnum Dei.for yours is the kingdom of God.

²⁰Et ipse elevatis oculis in discipulis suis,And lifting up his eyes to his disciples,dicebat:he said:Beati pauperes,“Blessed are you poor,quia vestrum est regnum Dei.for yours is the kingdom of God.

²¹Beati qui nunc esuritis,Blessed are you who are hungry now,quia saturabimini.for you shall be satisfied.Beati qui nunc fletis,Blessed are you who are weeping now,quia ridebitis.for you shall laugh.

²¹Beati qui nunc esuritis,Blessed are you who are hungry now,quia saturabimini.for you shall be satisfied.Beati qui nunc fletis,Blessed are you who are weeping now,quia ridebitis.for you shall laugh.

²²Beati eritis cum vos oderint homines,Blessed shall you be when men will have hated you,et cum separaverint vos,and when they will have separated you and reproached you,et exprobraverint,and thrown out your name as if evil,et ejicerint nomen vestrum tamquam malum propter Filium hominis.because of the Son of man.

²²Beati eritis cum vos oderint homines,Blessed shall you be when men will have hated you,et cum separaverint vos,and when they will have separated you and reproached you,et exprobraverint,and thrown out your name as if evil,et ejicerint nomen vestrum tamquam malum propter Filium hominis.because of the Son of man.

²³Gaudete in illa die,Be glad in that day and exult.et exsultate:For behold,ecce enim merces vestra multa est in cælo:your reward is great in heaven.secundum hæc enim faciebant prophetis patres eorum.For these same things their fathers did to the prophets.

²³Gaudete in illa die,Be glad in that day and exult.et exsultate:For behold,ecce enim merces vestra multa est in cælo:your reward is great in heaven.secundum hæc enim faciebant prophetis patres eorum.For these same things their fathers did to the prophets.

²⁴Verumtamen væ vobis divitibus,Yet truly, woe to you who are wealthy,quia habetis consolationem vestram.for you have your consolation.

²⁴Verumtamen væ vobis divitibus,Yet truly, woe to you who are wealthy,quia habetis consolationem vestram.for you have your consolation.

²⁵Væ vobis, qui saturati estis:Woe to you who are satisfied,quia esurietis. Væ vobis,for you will be hungry.qui ridetis nunc:Woe to you who laugh now,quia lugebitis et flebitis.for you will mourn and weep.

²⁵Væ vobis, qui saturati estis:Woe to you who are satisfied,quia esurietis. Væ vobis,for you will be hungry.qui ridetis nunc:Woe to you who laugh now,quia lugebitis et flebitis.for you will mourn and weep.

²⁶Væ cum benedixerint vobis homines:Woe to you when men will have blessed you.secundum hæc enim faciebant pseudoprophetis patres eorum.For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets.

²⁶Væ cum benedixerint vobis homines:Woe to you when men will have blessed you.secundum hæc enim faciebant pseudoprophetis patres eorum.For these same things their fathers did to the false prophets.

²⁷Sed vobis dico, qui auditis:But I say to you who are listening:diligite inimicos vestros,Love your enemies.benefacite his qui oderunt vos.Do good to those who hate you.

²⁷Sed vobis dico, qui auditis:But I say to you who are listening:diligite inimicos vestros,Love your enemies.benefacite his qui oderunt vos.Do good to those who hate you.

²⁸Benedicite maledicentibus vobis,Bless those who curse you,et orate pro calumniantibus vos.and pray for those who slander you.

²⁸Benedicite maledicentibus vobis,Bless those who curse you,et orate pro calumniantibus vos.and pray for those who slander you.

²⁹Et qui te percutit in maxillam,And to him who strikes you on the cheek,præbe et alteram.offer the other also.Et ab eo qui aufert tibi vestimentum,And from him who takes away your coat,etiam tunicam noli prohibere.do not withhold even your tunic.

²⁹Et qui te percutit in maxillam,And to him who strikes you on the cheek,præbe et alteram.offer the other also.Et ab eo qui aufert tibi vestimentum,And from him who takes away your coat,etiam tunicam noli prohibere.do not withhold even your tunic.

³⁰Omni autem petenti te, tribue:But distribute to all who ask of you.et qui aufert quæ tua sunt, ne repetas.And do not ask again of him who takes away what is yours.

³⁰Omni autem petenti te, tribue:But distribute to all who ask of you.et qui aufert quæ tua sunt, ne repetas.And do not ask again of him who takes away what is yours.

³¹Et prout vultis ut faciant vobis homines,And exactly as you would want people to treat you,et vos facite illis similiter.treat them also the same.

³¹Et prout vultis ut faciant vobis homines,And exactly as you would want people to treat you,et vos facite illis similiter.treat them also the same.

³²Et si diligitis eos qui vos diligunt,And if you love those who love you,quæ vobis est gratia?what credit is due to you?nam et peccatores diligentes se diligunt.For even sinners love those who love them.

³²Et si diligitis eos qui vos diligunt,And if you love those who love you,quæ vobis est gratia?what credit is due to you?nam et peccatores diligentes se diligunt.For even sinners love those who love them.

³³Et si benefeceritis his qui vobis benefaciunt,And if you will do good to those who do good to you,quæ vobis est gratia?what credit is due to you?siquidemIndeed,et peccatores hoc faciunt.even sinners behave this way.

³³Et si benefeceritis his qui vobis benefaciunt,And if you will do good to those who do good to you,quæ vobis est gratia?what credit is due to you?siquidemIndeed,et peccatores hoc faciunt.even sinners behave this way.

³⁴Et si mutuum dederitis his a quibus speratis recipere,And if you will loan to those from whom you hope to receive,quæ gratia est vobis?what credit is due to you?nam et peccatores peccatoribus fœnerantur,For even sinners lend to sinners,ut recipiant æqualia.in order to receive the same in return.

³⁴Et si mutuum dederitis his a quibus speratis recipere,And if you will loan to those from whom you hope to receive,quæ gratia est vobis?what credit is due to you?nam et peccatores peccatoribus fœnerantur,For even sinners lend to sinners,ut recipiant æqualia.in order to receive the same in return.

³⁵Verumtamen diligite inimicos vestros:So truly,benefacite,love your enemies.et mutuum date,Do good,nihil inde sperantes:and lend,et erit merces vestra multa,hoping for nothing in return.et eritis filii Altissimi,And then your reward will be great,quia ipse benignus est super ingratosand you will be sons of the Most High,et malos.for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.

³⁵Verumtamen diligite inimicos vestros:So truly,benefacite,love your enemies.et mutuum date,Do good,nihil inde sperantes:and lend,et erit merces vestra multa,hoping for nothing in return.et eritis filii Altissimi,And then your reward will be great,quia ipse benignus est super ingratosand you will be sons of the Most High,et malos.for he himself is kind to the ungrateful and to the wicked.

³⁶Estote ergo misericordes sicut et Pater vester misericors est.Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father is also merciful.

³⁶Estote ergo misericordes sicut et Pater vester misericors est.Therefore, be merciful, just as your Father is also merciful.

³⁷Nolite judicare,Do not judge,et non judicabimini:and you will not be judged.nolite condemnare,Do not condemn,et non condemnabimini.and you will not be condemned.Dimittite,Forgive,et dimittemini.and you will be forgiven.

³⁷Nolite judicare,Do not judge,et non judicabimini:and you will not be judged.nolite condemnare,Do not condemn,et non condemnabimini.and you will not be condemned.Dimittite,Forgive,et dimittemini.and you will be forgiven.

³⁸Date,Give,et dabitur vobis: mensuram bonam,and it will be given to you:et confertam,a good measure,et coagitatam, et supereffluentem dabunt in sinum vestrum.pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap.Eadem quippe mensura, qua mensi fueritis,Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out,remetietur vobis.will be used to measure back to you again.”

³⁸Date,Give,et dabitur vobis: mensuram bonam,and it will be given to you:et confertam,a good measure,et coagitatam, et supereffluentem dabunt in sinum vestrum.pressed down and shaken together and overflowing, they will place upon your lap.Eadem quippe mensura, qua mensi fueritis,Certainly, the same measure that you use to measure out,remetietur vobis.will be used to measure back to you again.”

³⁹Dicebat autem illis et similitudinem:Now he told them another comparison:Numquid potest cæcus cæcum ducere?“How can the blind lead the blind?nonne ambo in foveam cadunt?Would they not both fall into a pit?

³⁹Dicebat autem illis et similitudinem:Now he told them another comparison:Numquid potest cæcus cæcum ducere?“How can the blind lead the blind?nonne ambo in foveam cadunt?Would they not both fall into a pit?

⁴⁰Non est discipulus super magistrum:The disciple is not above his teacher.perfectus autem omnis erit,But each one will be perfected,si sit sicut magister ejus.if he is like his teacher.

⁴⁰Non est discipulus super magistrum:The disciple is not above his teacher.perfectus autem omnis erit,But each one will be perfected,si sit sicut magister ejus.if he is like his teacher.

⁴¹Quid autem vides festucam in oculo fratris tui,And why do you see the straw that is in your brother’s eye,trabem autem, quæ in oculo tuo est,while the log that is in your own eye,non consideras?you do not consider?

⁴¹Quid autem vides festucam in oculo fratris tui,And why do you see the straw that is in your brother’s eye,trabem autem, quæ in oculo tuo est,while the log that is in your own eye,non consideras?you do not consider?

⁴²aut quomodo potes dicere fratri tuo:Or how can you say to your brother,Frater,‘Brother,sine ejiciam festucam de oculo tuo:allow me to remove the straw from your eye,’ipse in oculo tuo trabem non videns?while you yourself do not see the log in your own eye?Hypocrita,Hypocrite,ejice primum trabem de oculo tuo:first remove the log from your own eye,et tunc perspicies ut educas festucam de oculo fratris tui.and then will you see clearly, so that you may lead out the straw from your brother’s eye.

⁴²aut quomodo potes dicere fratri tuo:Or how can you say to your brother,Frater,‘Brother,sine ejiciam festucam de oculo tuo:allow me to remove the straw from your eye,’ipse in oculo tuo trabem non videns?while you yourself do not see the log in your own eye?Hypocrita,Hypocrite,ejice primum trabem de oculo tuo:first remove the log from your own eye,et tunc perspicies ut educas festucam de oculo fratris tui.and then will you see clearly, so that you may lead out the straw from your brother’s eye.

⁴³Non est enim arbor bona, quæ facit fructus malos:For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit,neque arbor mala, faciens fructum bonum.nor does an evil tree produce good fruit.

⁴³Non est enim arbor bona, quæ facit fructus malos:For there is no good tree which produces bad fruit,neque arbor mala, faciens fructum bonum.nor does an evil tree produce good fruit.

⁴⁴Unaquæque enim arbor de fructu suo cognoscitur.For each and every tree is known by its fruit.Neque enim de spinis colligunt ficus:For they do not gather figs from thorns,neque de rubo vindemiant uvam.nor do they gather the grape from the bramble bush.

⁴⁴Unaquæque enim arbor de fructu suo cognoscitur.For each and every tree is known by its fruit.Neque enim de spinis colligunt ficus:For they do not gather figs from thorns,neque de rubo vindemiant uvam.nor do they gather the grape from the bramble bush.

⁴⁵Bonus homo de bono thesauro cordis sui profert bonum:A good man, from the good storehouse of his heart, offers what is good.et malus homo de malo thesauro profert malum.And an evil man, from the evil storehouse, offers what is evil.Ex abundantia enim cordis os loquitur.For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

⁴⁵Bonus homo de bono thesauro cordis sui profert bonum:A good man, from the good storehouse of his heart, offers what is good.et malus homo de malo thesauro profert malum.And an evil man, from the evil storehouse, offers what is evil.Ex abundantia enim cordis os loquitur.For out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.

⁴⁶Quid autem vocatis me Domine,But why do you call me, ‘Lord,Domine:Lord,’et non facitis quæ dico?and not do what I say?

⁴⁶Quid autem vocatis me Domine,But why do you call me, ‘Lord,Domine:Lord,’et non facitis quæ dico?and not do what I say?

⁴⁷Omnis qui venit ad me,Anyone who comes to me,et audit sermones meos,and listens to my words,et facit eos,and does them:ostendam vobis cui similis sit:I will reveal to you what he is like.

⁴⁷Omnis qui venit ad me,Anyone who comes to me,et audit sermones meos,and listens to my words,et facit eos,and does them:ostendam vobis cui similis sit:I will reveal to you what he is like.

⁴⁸similis est homini ædificanti domum,He is like a man building a house,qui fodit in altum,who has dug deep and has laid the foundation upon the rock.et posuit fundamentum super petram:Then,inundatione autem facta,when the floodwaters came,illisum est flumen domui illi,the river was rushing against that house,et non potuit eam movere:and it was not able to move it.fundata enim erat super petram.For it was founded upon the rock.

⁴⁸similis est homini ædificanti domum,He is like a man building a house,qui fodit in altum,who has dug deep and has laid the foundation upon the rock.et posuit fundamentum super petram:Then,inundatione autem facta,when the floodwaters came,illisum est flumen domui illi,the river was rushing against that house,et non potuit eam movere:and it was not able to move it.fundata enim erat super petram.For it was founded upon the rock.

⁴⁹Qui autem audit,But whoever hears and does not do:et non facit,he is like a man building his house upon the soil,similis est homini ædificanti domum suam super terram sine fundamento:without a foundation.in quam illisus est fluvius,The river rushed against it,et continuo cecidit:and it soon fell down,et facta est ruina domus illius magna.and the ruin of that house was great.”

⁴⁹Qui autem audit,But whoever hears and does not do:et non facit,he is like a man building his house upon the soil,similis est homini ædificanti domum suam super terram sine fundamento:without a foundation.in quam illisus est fluvius,The river rushed against it,et continuo cecidit:and it soon fell down,et facta est ruina domus illius magna.and the ruin of that house was great.”