¹Et factum est,And it happened that,cum consummasset Jesus, præcipiens duodecim discipulis suis,when Jesus had completed instructing his twelve disciples,transiit inde ut doceret, et prædicaret in civitatibus eorum.he went away from there in order to teach and to preach in their cities.

¹Et factum est,And it happened that,cum consummasset Jesus, præcipiens duodecim discipulis suis,when Jesus had completed instructing his twelve disciples,transiit inde ut doceret, et prædicaret in civitatibus eorum.he went away from there in order to teach and to preach in their cities.

²Joannes autem cum audisset in vinculis opera Christi,Now when John had heard, in prison, about the works of Christ,mittens duos de discipulis suis,sending two of his disciples, he said to him,

²Joannes autem cum audisset in vinculis opera Christi,Now when John had heard, in prison, about the works of Christ,mittens duos de discipulis suis,sending two of his disciples, he said to him,

³ait illi: Tu es, qui venturus es,“Are you he who is to come,an alium exspectamus?or should we expect another?”

³ait illi: Tu es, qui venturus es,“Are you he who is to come,an alium exspectamus?or should we expect another?”

⁴Et respondens Jesus ait illis:And Jesus, responding, said to them:Euntes renuntiate Joanni quæ audistis, et vidistis.“Go and report to John what you have heard and seen.

⁴Et respondens Jesus ait illis:And Jesus, responding, said to them:Euntes renuntiate Joanni quæ audistis, et vidistis.“Go and report to John what you have heard and seen.

⁵Cæci vident,The blind see,claudi ambulant,the lame walk,leprosi mundantur,the lepers are cleansed,surdi audiunt,the deaf hear,mortui resurgunt,the dead rise again,pauperes evangelizantur:the poor are evangelized.

⁵Cæci vident,The blind see,claudi ambulant,the lame walk,leprosi mundantur,the lepers are cleansed,surdi audiunt,the deaf hear,mortui resurgunt,the dead rise again,pauperes evangelizantur:the poor are evangelized.

⁶et beatus est, qui non fuerit scandalizatus in me.And blessed is he who has found no offense in me.”

⁶et beatus est, qui non fuerit scandalizatus in me.And blessed is he who has found no offense in me.”

⁷Illis autem abeuntibus,Then, after they departed,cœpit Jesus dicere ad turbas de Joanne:Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John:Quid existis in desertum videre?“What did you go out to the desert to see?arundinem vento agitatam?A reed shaken by the wind?

⁷Illis autem abeuntibus,Then, after they departed,cœpit Jesus dicere ad turbas de Joanne:Jesus began to speak to the crowds about John:Quid existis in desertum videre?“What did you go out to the desert to see?arundinem vento agitatam?A reed shaken by the wind?

⁸Sed quid existis videre?So what did you go out to see?hominem mollibus vestitum?A man in soft garments?Ecce qui mollibus vestiuntur,Behold,in domibus regum sunt.those who are clothed in soft garments are in the houses of kings.

⁸Sed quid existis videre?So what did you go out to see?hominem mollibus vestitum?A man in soft garments?Ecce qui mollibus vestiuntur,Behold,in domibus regum sunt.those who are clothed in soft garments are in the houses of kings.

⁹Sed quid existis videre?Then what did you go out to see?prophetam?A prophet?Etiam dico vobis,Yes, I tell you,et plus quam prophetam.and more than a prophet.

⁹Sed quid existis videre?Then what did you go out to see?prophetam?A prophet?Etiam dico vobis,Yes, I tell you,et plus quam prophetam.and more than a prophet.

¹⁰Hic est enim de quo scriptum est:For this is he, of whom it is written:Ecce ego mitto angelum meum ante faciem tuam,‘Behold, I send my Angel before your face,qui præparabit viam tuam ante te.who shall prepare your way before you.’

¹⁰Hic est enim de quo scriptum est:For this is he, of whom it is written:Ecce ego mitto angelum meum ante faciem tuam,‘Behold, I send my Angel before your face,qui præparabit viam tuam ante te.who shall prepare your way before you.’

¹¹Amen dico vobis,Amen I say to you,non surrexit inter natos mulierum major Joanne Baptista:among those born of women,qui autem minor est in regno cælorum,there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist.major est illo.Yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

¹¹Amen dico vobis,Amen I say to you,non surrexit inter natos mulierum major Joanne Baptista:among those born of women,qui autem minor est in regno cælorum,there has arisen no one greater than John the Baptist.major est illo.Yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

¹²A diebus autem Joannis Baptistæ usque nunc,But from the days of John the Baptist, even until now,regnum cælorum vim patitur,the kingdom of heaven has endured violence,et violenti rapiunt illud.and the violent carry it away.

¹²A diebus autem Joannis Baptistæ usque nunc,But from the days of John the Baptist, even until now,regnum cælorum vim patitur,the kingdom of heaven has endured violence,et violenti rapiunt illud.and the violent carry it away.

¹³Omnes enim prophetæFor all the prophets and the law prophesied,et lex usque ad Joannem prophetaverunt:even until John.

¹³Omnes enim prophetæFor all the prophets and the law prophesied,et lex usque ad Joannem prophetaverunt:even until John.

¹⁴et si vultis recipere,And if you are willing to accept it,ipse est Elias,he is the Elijah,qui venturus est.who is to come.

¹⁴et si vultis recipere,And if you are willing to accept it,ipse est Elias,he is the Elijah,qui venturus est.who is to come.

¹⁵Qui habet aures audiendi,Whoever has ears to hear,audiat.let him hear.

¹⁵Qui habet aures audiendi,Whoever has ears to hear,audiat.let him hear.

¹⁶Cui autem similem æstimabo generationem istam?But to what shall I compare this generation?Similis est pueris sedentibus in foro: qui clamantes coæqualibusIt is like children sitting in the marketplace,

¹⁶Cui autem similem æstimabo generationem istam?But to what shall I compare this generation?Similis est pueris sedentibus in foro: qui clamantes coæqualibusIt is like children sitting in the marketplace,

¹⁷dicunt: Cecinimus vobis,who, calling out to their companions,et non saltastis:say: ‘We played music for you,lamentavimus,and you did not dance.et non planxistis.We lamented, and you did not mourn.’

¹⁷dicunt: Cecinimus vobis,who, calling out to their companions,et non saltastis:say: ‘We played music for you,lamentavimus,and you did not dance.et non planxistis.We lamented, and you did not mourn.’

¹⁸Venit enim Joannes neque manducans,For John came neither eatingneque bibens,nor drinking;et dicunt:and they say,Dæmonium habet.‘He has a demon.’

¹⁸Venit enim Joannes neque manducans,For John came neither eatingneque bibens,nor drinking;et dicunt:and they say,Dæmonium habet.‘He has a demon.’

¹⁹Venit Filius hominis manducans,The Son of man came eating and drinking;et bibens, et dicunt:and they say, ‘Behold,Ecce homo vorax, et potator vini,a man who eats voraciously and who drinks wine,publicanorum et peccatorum amicus.a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’Et justificata est sapientia a filiis suis.But wisdom is justified by her sons.”

¹⁹Venit Filius hominis manducans,The Son of man came eating and drinking;et bibens, et dicunt:and they say, ‘Behold,Ecce homo vorax, et potator vini,a man who eats voraciously and who drinks wine,publicanorum et peccatorum amicus.a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’Et justificata est sapientia a filiis suis.But wisdom is justified by her sons.”

²⁰Tunc cœpit exprobrare civitatibus, in quibus factæ sunt plurimæ virtutes ejus,Then he began to rebuke the cities in which many of his miracles were accomplished,quia non egissent pœnitentiam:for they still had not repented.

²⁰Tunc cœpit exprobrare civitatibus, in quibus factæ sunt plurimæ virtutes ejus,Then he began to rebuke the cities in which many of his miracles were accomplished,quia non egissent pœnitentiam:for they still had not repented.

²¹Væ tibi Corozain,“Woe to you, Chorazin!væ tibi Bethsaida:Woe to you, Bethsaida!quia, si in Tyro et Sidone factæ essent virtutes quæ factæ sunt in vobis,For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,olim in cilicio et cinere pœnitentiam egissent.they would have repented long ago in haircloth and ashes.

²¹Væ tibi Corozain,“Woe to you, Chorazin!væ tibi Bethsaida:Woe to you, Bethsaida!quia, si in Tyro et Sidone factæ essent virtutes quæ factæ sunt in vobis,For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon,olim in cilicio et cinere pœnitentiam egissent.they would have repented long ago in haircloth and ashes.

²²Verumtamen dico vobis:Yet truly,TyroI say to you,et Sidoni remissius erit in die judicii,Tyre and Sidon shall be forgiven more than you,quam vobis.on the day of judgment.

²²Verumtamen dico vobis:Yet truly,TyroI say to you,et Sidoni remissius erit in die judicii,Tyre and Sidon shall be forgiven more than you,quam vobis.on the day of judgment.

²³Et tu Capharnaum,And you, Capernaum,numquid usque in cælum exaltaberis?would you be exalted all the way to heaven?usque in infernum descendes,You shall descend all the way to Hell.quia si in Sodomis factæ fuissent virtutes quæ factæ sunt in te,For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom,forte mansissent usque in hanc diem.perhaps it would have remained, even to this day.

²³Et tu Capharnaum,And you, Capernaum,numquid usque in cælum exaltaberis?would you be exalted all the way to heaven?usque in infernum descendes,You shall descend all the way to Hell.quia si in Sodomis factæ fuissent virtutes quæ factæ sunt in te,For if the miracles that were done in you had been done in Sodom,forte mansissent usque in hanc diem.perhaps it would have remained, even to this day.

²⁴Verumtamen dico vobis,Yet truly, I say to you,quia terræ Sodomorum remissius erit in die judicii, quam tibi.that the land of Sodom shall be forgiven more than you, on the day of judgment.”

²⁴Verumtamen dico vobis,Yet truly, I say to you,quia terræ Sodomorum remissius erit in die judicii, quam tibi.that the land of Sodom shall be forgiven more than you, on the day of judgment.”

²⁵In illo tempore respondens Jesus dixit:At that time,Confiteor tibi,Jesus responded and said:Pater,“I acknowledge you,Domine cæli et terræ,Father,quia abscondisti hæc a sapientibus,Lord of Heaven and earth,et prudentibus,because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent,et revelasti ea parvulis.and have revealed them to little ones.

²⁵In illo tempore respondens Jesus dixit:At that time,Confiteor tibi,Jesus responded and said:Pater,“I acknowledge you,Domine cæli et terræ,Father,quia abscondisti hæc a sapientibus,Lord of Heaven and earth,et prudentibus,because you have hidden these things from the wise and the prudent,et revelasti ea parvulis.and have revealed them to little ones.

²⁶Ita Pater:Yes, Father,quoniam sic fuit placitum ante te.for this was pleasing before you.

²⁶Ita Pater:Yes, Father,quoniam sic fuit placitum ante te.for this was pleasing before you.

²⁷Omnia mihi tradita sunt a Patre meo.All things have been delivered to me by my Father.Et nemo novit Filium, nisi Pater:And no one knows the Son except the Father,neque Patrem quis novit, nisi Filius,nor does anyone know the Father except the Son,et cui voluerit Filius revelare.and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.

²⁷Omnia mihi tradita sunt a Patre meo.All things have been delivered to me by my Father.Et nemo novit Filium, nisi Pater:And no one knows the Son except the Father,neque Patrem quis novit, nisi Filius,nor does anyone know the Father except the Son,et cui voluerit Filius revelare.and those to whom the Son is willing to reveal him.

²⁸Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis,Come to me,et onerati estis,all you who labor and have been burdened,et ego reficiam vos.and I will refresh you.

²⁸Venite ad me omnes qui laboratis,Come to me,et onerati estis,all you who labor and have been burdened,et ego reficiam vos.and I will refresh you.

²⁹Tollite jugum meum super vos,Take my yoke upon you,et discite a me,and learn from me,quia mitis sum,for I am meeket humilis corde:and humble of heart;et invenietis requiem animabus vestris.and you shall find rest for your souls.

²⁹Tollite jugum meum super vos,Take my yoke upon you,et discite a me,and learn from me,quia mitis sum,for I am meeket humilis corde:and humble of heart;et invenietis requiem animabus vestris.and you shall find rest for your souls.

³⁰Jugum enim meum suave est,For my yoke is sweetet onus meum leve.and my burden is light.”

³⁰Jugum enim meum suave est,For my yoke is sweetet onus meum leve.and my burden is light.”