The Good News According to Mattityahu
1:1The book of the generation of Yeshua the Messiah, the son of
David, the son of Avraham. 1:2Avraham became the
father of Yitzchak. Yitzchak became the father of Ya`akov. Ya`akov became
the father of Yehudah and his brothers.
1:3Yehudah
became the father of Peretz and Zerach by Tamar. Peretz became the father
of Chetzron. Chetzron became the father of Ram.
1:4Ram
became the father of `Amminadav. `Amminadav became the father of Nachshon.
Nachshon became the father of Salmon.
1:5Salmon
became the father of Bo`az by Rachav. Bo`az became the father of `Oved by
Rut. `Oved became the father of Yishai.
1:6Yishai
became the father of David the king. David became the father of Shlomo by
her who had been the wife of Uriyah.
1:7Shlomo
became the father of Rechav`am. Rechav`am became the father of Aviyah.
Aviyah became the father of Asa. 1:8Asa became the
father of Yehoshafat. Yehoshafat became the father of Yoram. Yoram became
the father of `Uzziyah. 1:9`Uzziyah became
the father of Yotam. Yotam became the father of Achaz. Achaz became the
father of Chizkiyahu. 1:10Chizkiyahu became
the father of Menashsheh. Menashsheh became the father of Amon. Amon
became the father of Yoshiyahu. 1:11Yoshiyahu became
the father of Yekhonyah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to
Bavel. 1:12After the exile to Bavel, Yekhonyah became the father of
She'alti'el. She'alti'el became the father of Zerubbavel.
1:13Zerubbavel became the father of Avichud. Avichud became the
father of Elyakim. Elyakim became the father of Azur.
1:14Azur became the father of Tzadok. Tzadok became the father of
Yakhin. Yakhin became the father of Eliud.
1:15Eliud
became the father of El`azar. El`azar became the father of Mattan. Mattan
became the father of Ya`akov. 1:16Ya`akov became
the father of Yosef, the husband of Miryam, from whom was born Yeshua, who
is called Messiah.
1:17So all the generations from
Avraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to
Bavel fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Bavel to the
Messiah, fourteen generations.
1:18Now the birth of Yeshua the Messiah was like this; for after his
mother, Miryam, was engaged to Yosef, before they came together, she was
found pregnant by Ruach HaKodesh. 1:19Yosef, her
husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public
example, intended to put her away secretly.
1:20But
when he thought about these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared
to him in a dream, saying, "Yosef, son of David, don't be afraid to take
to yourself Miryam, your wife, for that which is conceived in her is of
Ruach HaKodesh.
1:21She shall bring forth a son. You
shall call his name Yeshua [the Hebrew word for “Salvation”], for it is He
who shall save His people from their sins."
1:22Now all this has happened, that it might be fulfilled which was
spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying,
1:23"Behold, the virgin shall be with child,
And shall bring forth a son.
They shall call his name Immanu'el;"
Which is, being interpreted, "God with us."
1:24Yosef arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord
commanded him, and took his wife to himself;
1:25and
didn't know her sexually until she had brought forth her firstborn son. He
named him Yeshua.
2:1Now when Yeshua was born in Beit-Lechem of Yehudah in the days of
Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Yerushalayim,
saying, 2:2"Where is he who is born King of the Yehudim? For we saw his star
in the east, and have come to worship him."
2:3When
Herod the king heard it, he was troubled, and all Yerushalayim with him.
2:4Gathering together all the chief kohanim and
scribes of the people, he asked them where the Messiah would be born.
2:5They said to him, "In Beit-Lechem of Yehudah, for thus it is
written through the prophet,
2:6'You Beit-Lechem, land of Yehudah,
Are in no way least among the princes of Yehudah:
For out of you shall come forth a governor,
Who shall shepherd my people, Yisra'el.'"
2:7Then Herod secretly called the wise men, and learned from them
exactly what time the star appeared.
2:8He
sent them to Beit-Lechem, and said, "Go and search diligently for the
young child. When you have found him, bring me word, so that I also may
come and worship him."
2:9They, having heard the king, went their way; and behold, the
star, which they saw in the east, went before them, until it came and
stood over where the young child was.
2:10When
they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceedingly great joy.
2:11They came into the house and saw the young child with Miryam, his
mother, and they fell down and worshiped him. Opening their treasures,
they offered to him gifts: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
2:12Being warned in a dream that they shouldn't return to Herod, they
went back to their own country another way.
2:13Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared
to Yosef in a dream, saying, "Arise and take the young child and his
mother, and flee into Egypt, and stay there until I tell you, for Herod
will seek the young child to destroy him."
2:14He arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and
departed into Egypt, 2:15and was there
until the death of Herod; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by
the Lord through the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt I called my son."
2:16Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked by the wise men, was
exceedingly angry, and sent out, and killed all the male children who were
in Beit-Lechem and in all the surrounding countryside, from two years old
and under, according to the exact time which he had learned from the wise
men. 2:17Then that which was spoken by Yirmeyahu the prophet was
fulfilled, saying,
2:18"A voice was heard in Ramah,
Lamentation, weeping and great mourning,
Rachel weeping for her children;
She wouldn't be comforted,
Because they are no more."
2:19But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in
a dream to Yosef in Egypt, saying, 2:20"Arise and take
the young child and his mother, and go into Eretz-Yisra'el, for those who
sought the young child's life are dead."
2:21He arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into
Eretz-Yisra'el.
2:22But when he heard that Archelaus
was reigning over Yehudah in the place of his father, Herod, he was afraid
to go there. Being warned in a dream, he withdrew into the region of the
Galil, 2:23and came and lived in a city called Natzeret; that it might be
fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets: "He will be called a
Natzri."
3:1In those days, Yochanan the immerser came, preaching in the
wilderness of Yehudah, saying, 3:2"Repent, for the
Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" 3:3For this is he who
was spoken of by Yesha`yahu the prophet, saying,
"The voice of one crying in the wilderness,
Make ready the way of the Lord,
Make his paths straight."
3:4Now Yochanan himself wore clothing made of camel's hair, with a
leather belt around his waist. His food was locusts and wild honey.
3:5Then people from Yerushalayim, all of Yehudah, and all the region
around the Yarden went out to him. 3:6They were immersed
by him in the Yarden, confessing their sins.
3:7But
when he saw many of the Perushim and Tzedukim coming for his immersion, he
said to them, "You offspring of vipers, who warned you to flee from the
wrath to come?
3:8Therefore bring forth fruit worthy of
repentance! 3:9Don't think to yourselves, 'We have Avraham for our father,' for
I tell you that G-d is able to raise up children to Avraham from these
stones.
3:10"Even now the axe lies at the root of the trees. Therefore, every
tree that doesn't bring forth good fruit is cut down, and cast into the
fire. 3:11I indeed immerse you in water for repentance, but he who comes
after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to carry. He will
immerse you in Ruach HaKodesh. 3:12His winnowing
fork is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing floor.
He will gather his wheat into the barn, but the chaff he will burn up with
unquenchable fire."
3:13Then Yeshua came from the Galil to the Yarden to Yochanan, to be
immersed by him.
3:14But Yochanan would have hindered
him, saying, "I need to be immersed by you, and you come to me?"
3:15But Yeshua, answering, said to him, "Allow
it now, for this is the fitting way for us to fulfill all righteousness."
Then he allowed him. 3:16Yeshua, when he
was immersed, went up directly from the water: and behold, the heavens
were opened to him. He saw the Spirit of G-d descending as a dove, and
coming on him.
3:17Behold, a voice out of the
heavens said, "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased."
4:1Then Yeshua was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be
tempted by the devil. 4:2When he had fasted
forty days and forty nights, he was hungry afterward.
4:3The tempter came and said to him, "If you are the Son of G-d,
command that these stones become bread."
4:4But he answered, "It is written, 'Man shall
not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth
of G-d.'"
4:5Then the devil took him into the holy city. He set him on the
pinnacle of the temple, 4:6and said to him,
"If you are the Son of G-d, throw yourself down, for it is written, 'He
will give his angels charge concerning you.' and,
'On their hands they will bear you up,
So that you don't dash your foot against a stone.'"
4:7Yeshua said to him, "Again, it is written,
'You shall not test the Lord, your G-d.'"
4:8Again, the devil took him to an exceedingly high mountain, and
showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and their glory.
4:9He said to him, "I will give you all of these things, if you will
fall down and worship me."
4:10Then Yeshua said to him, "Get behind me,
Hasatan! For it is written, 'You shall worship the Lord your G-d, and him
only shall you serve.'"
4:11Then the devil left him, and behold, angels came and ministered
to him.
4:12Now when Yeshua heard that Yochanan was delivered up, he withdrew
into the Galil.
4:13Leaving Natzeret, he came and
lived in Kafar-Nachum, which is by the sea, in the region of Zevulun and
Naftali, 4:14that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Yesha`yahu
the prophet, saying,
4:15"The land of Zevulun and the land of Naftali,
Toward the sea, beyond the Yarden,
Galil of the Goyim,
4:16The people who sat in darkness saw a great light,
To those who sat in the region and shadow of death,
To them light has dawned."
4:17From that time, Yeshua began to preach, and to say,
"Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand."
4:18Walking by the sea of the Galil, he saw two brothers: Shim`on,
who is called Kefa, and Andrai, his brother, casting a net into the sea;
for they were fishermen. 4:19He said to them,
"Come after me, and I will make you fishers for
men."
4:20They immediately left their nets and followed him.
4:21Going on from there, he saw two other brothers, Ya`akov the son
of Zavdai, and Yochanan his brother, in the boat with Zavdai their father,
mending their nets. He called them.
4:22They
immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.
4:23Yeshua went about in all Galil, teaching in their synagogues,
preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and
every sickness among the people. 4:24The report about
him went out into all Aram. They brought to him all who were sick,
afflicted with various diseases and torments, possessed with demons,
epileptics, and paralytics; and he healed them.
4:25Great
multitudes from the Galil, Decapolis, Yerushalayim, Yehudah and from
beyond the Yarden followed him.
5:1Seeing the multitudes, he went up onto the mountain. When he had
sat down, his talmidim came to him.
5:2He opened his mouth and taught them, saying,
5:3"Blessed are the poor in spirit,
For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
5:4Blessed are those who mourn,
For they shall be comforted.
5:5Blessed are the gentle,
For they shall inherit the earth.
5:6Blessed are those who hunger and thirst after righteousness,
For they shall be filled.
5:7Blessed are the merciful,
For they shall obtain mercy.
5:8Blessed are the pure in heart,
For they shall see G-d.
5:9Blessed are the peacemakers,
For they shall be called children of G-d.
5:10Blessed are those who have been persecuted for righteousness'
sake,
For theirs is the Kingdom of Heaven.
5:11"Blessed are you when people reproach you,
persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
5:12Rejoice, and be exceedingly glad, for great
is your reward in heaven. For that is how they persecuted the prophets who
were before you.
5:13"You are the salt of the earth, but if the salt
has lost its flavor, with what will it be salted? It is then good for
nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the feet of men.
5:14You are the light of the world. A city located on
a hill can't be hidden. 5:15Neither
do you light a lamp, and put it under a measuring basket, but on a stand;
and it shines to all who are in the house.
5:16Even so, let your light shine before men;
that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in
heaven.
5:17"Don't think that I came to destroy the law or
the prophets. I didn't come to destroy, but to fulfill.
5:18For most assuredly, I tell you, until heaven and
earth pass away, not even one smallest letter or one tiny pen stroke shall
in any way pass away from the Torah, until all things are
accomplished.
5:19Whoever, therefore,
shall break one of these least mitzvot, and teach others
to do so, shall be called least in the Kingdom of Heaven; but whoever
shall do and teach them shall be called great in the Kingdom of Heaven.
5:20For I tell you that unless your
righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Perushim, there is no way
you will enter into the Kingdom of Heaven.
5:21"You have heard that it was said to the ancient
ones, 'You shall not murder;' and 'Whoever shall murder shall be in danger
of the judgment.'
5:22But I tell
you, that everyone who is angry with his brother without a cause shall be
in danger of the judgment; and whoever shall say to his brother, 'You
good-for-nothing!' shall be in danger of the council; and whoever shall
say, 'You fool!' shall be in danger of the fire of Gehinnom.
5:23"If therefore you are offering your gift at the
altar, and there remember that your brother has anything against you,
5:24leave your gift there before the altar, and go
your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer
your gift.
5:25Agree with your
adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; lest perhaps the
prosecutor deliver you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the
officer, and you be cast into prison.
5:26Most assuredly I tell you, you shall by no
means get out of there, until you have paid the last peruta.
5:27"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall not
commit adultery;'
5:28but I tell you
that everyone who gazes at a woman to lust after her has committed
adultery with her already in his heart.
5:29If your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it
out and throw it away from you. For it is more profitable for you that one
of your members should perish, than for your whole body to be cast into
Gehinnom. 5:30If your right hand causes you to stumble,
cut it off, and throw it away from you: for it is profitable for you that
one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be thrown into
Gehinnom.
5:31"It was also said, 'Whoever shall put away his
wife, let him give her a writing of divorce,'
5:32but I tell you that whoever puts away his
wife, except for the cause of sexual immorality, makes her an adulteress;
and whoever marries her when she is put away commits adultery.
5:33"Again you have heard that it was said to them of
old time, 'You shall not make false vows, but shall perform to the Lord
your vows,'
5:34but I tell you, don't
swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of G-d;
5:35nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his
feet; nor by Yerushalayim, for it is the city of the great King.
5:36Neither shall you swear by your head, for you
can't make one hair white or black.
5:37But let your 'Yes' be 'Yes' and your 'No'
be 'no.' Whatever is more than these is of the evil one.
5:38"You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an
eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' 5:39But
I tell you, don't resist him who is evil; but whoever strikes you on your
right cheek, turn to him the other also.
5:40If anyone sues you to take away your coat, let
him have your cloak also. 5:41Whoever
compels you to go one mile, go with him two.
5:42Give to him who asks you, and don't turn
away him who desires to borrow from you.
5:43"You have heard that it was said, 'You shall love
your neighbor, and hate your enemy.'
5:44But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those
who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who
mistreat you and persecute you, 5:45that
you may be children of your Father who is in heaven. For he makes his sun
to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the
unjust. 5:46For if you love those who love you, what reward
do you have? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
5:47If you only greet your friends, what more do you
do than others? Don't even the tax collectors do the same?
5:48Therefore you shall be perfect, just as
your Father in heaven is perfect.
6:1"Be careful that you don't do your charitable
giving before men, to be seen by them, or else you have no reward from
your Father who is in heaven. 6:2Therefore
when you do merciful deeds, don't sound a shofar before
yourself, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that
they may get glory from men. Most assuredly I tell you, they have received
their reward.
6:3But when you do
merciful deeds, don't let your left hand know what your right hand does,
6:4so that your merciful deeds may be in
secret, then your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
6:5"When you pray, you shall not be as the
hypocrites, for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and in the
corners of the streets, that they may be seen by men. Most assuredly, I
tell you, they have received their reward.
6:6But you, when you pray, enter into your inner
chamber, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret,
and your Father who sees in secret will reward you openly.
6:7In praying, don't use vain repetitions, as the
Goyim do; for they think that they will be heard for their much speaking.
6:8Therefore don't be like them, for your Father
knows what things you need, before you ask him.
6:9Pray like this: 'Our Father in heaven, may your
name be kept holy.
6:10Let your Kingdom
come. Let your will be done, as in heaven, so on earth.
6:11Give us today our daily bread.
6:12Forgive us our debts, as we also forgive our
debtors. 6:13Bring us not into temptation, but deliver
us from the evil one. For yours is the Kingdom, the power, and the glory
forever. Amein.'
6:14"For if you forgive men their trespasses, your
heavenly Father will also forgive you.
6:15But if you don't forgive men their
trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.
6:16"Moreover when you fast, don't be like the
hypocrites, with sad faces. For they disfigure their faces, that they may
be seen by men to be fasting. Most assuredly I tell you, they have
received their reward. 6:17But
you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;
6:18so that you are not seen by men to be
fasting, but by your Father who is in secret, and your Father, who sees in
secret, will reward you.
6:19"Don't lay up treasures for yourselves on the
earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and
steal; 6:20but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven,
where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves don't break through
and steal;
6:21for where your
treasure is, there your heart will be also.
6:22"The lamp of the body is the eye. If therefore
your eye is sound, your whole body will be full of light.
6:23But if your eye is evil, your whole body
will be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you is
darkness, how great is the darkness!
6:24"No one can serve two masters, for either he will
hate the one and love the other; or else he will be devoted to one and
despise the other. You can't serve both G-d and Mammon.
6:25Therefore, I tell you, don't be anxious for your
life: what you will eat, or what you will drink; nor yet for your body,
what you will wear. Isn't life more than food, and the body more than
clothing? 6:26See the birds of the sky, that they don't
sow, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns. Your heavenly Father
feeds them. Aren't you of much more value than they?
6:27"Which of you, by being anxious, can add one
cubit to the measure of his life? 6:28Why
are you anxious about clothing? Consider the lilies of the field, how they
grow. They don't toil, neither do they spin,
6:29yet I tell you that even Shlomo in all his glory
was not dressed like one of these. 6:30But if G-d so clothes the grass of the field, which today exists,
and tomorrow is thrown into the oven, won't he much more clothe you, you
of little faith?
6:31"Therefore don't be anxious, saying, 'What will
we eat?', 'What will we drink?' or, 'With what will we be clothed?'
6:32For the Goyim seek after all these things, for
your heavenly Father knows that you need all these things.
6:33But seek first G-d’s Kingdom, and his
righteousness; and all these things will be given to you as well.
6:34Therefore don't be anxious for tomorrow,
for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Each day's own evil is
sufficient.
7:1"Don't judge, so that you won't be judged.
7:2For with whatever judgment you judge, you will be
judged; and with whatever measure you measure, it will be measured to you.
7:3Why do you see the speck that is in your
brother's eye, but don't consider the beam that is in your own eye?
7:4Or how will you tell your brother, 'Let me remove
the speck from your eye;' and behold, the beam is in your own eye?
7:5You hypocrite! First remove the beam out of
your own eye, and then you can see clearly to remove the speck out of your
brother's eye.
7:6"Don't give that which is holy to the dogs,
neither throw your pearls before the pigs, lest perhaps they trample them
under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
7:7"Ask, and it will be given you. Seek, and you
will find. Knock, and it will be opened for you.
7:8For everyone who asks receives. He who seeks
finds. To him who knocks it will be opened.
7:9Or who is there among you, who, if his son asks
him for bread, will give him a stone?
7:10Or if he asks for a fish, who will give him a
serpent? 7:11If you then, being evil, know how to give good
gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven
give good things to those who ask him!
7:12Therefore whatever you desire for men to do
to you, you shall also do to them; for this is the law and the prophets.
7:13"Enter in by the narrow gate; for wide is the
gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many are those
who enter in by it. 7:14How narrow is the gate, and restricted is the way that leads to
life! Few are those who find it.
7:15"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in
sheep's clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.
7:16By their fruits you will know them. Do you gather
grapes from thorns, or figs from thistles?
7:17Even so, every good tree produces good fruit; but
the corrupt tree produces evil fruit.
7:18A good tree can't produce evil fruit, neither can
a corrupt tree produce good fruit. 7:19Every
tree that doesn't grow good fruit is cut down, and thrown into the fire.
7:20Therefore, by their fruits you will know them.
7:21Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will
enter into the Kingdom of Heaven; but he who does the will of my Father
who is in heaven.
7:22Many will tell me
in that day, 'Lord, Lord, didn't we prophesy in your name, in your name
cast out demons, and in your name do many mighty works?'
7:23Then I will tell them, 'I never knew you.
Depart from me, you who work iniquity.'
7:24"Everyone therefore who hears these words of
mine, and does them, I will liken him to a wise man, who built his house
on a rock.7:25The rain came down, the floods came, and the
winds blew, and beat on that house; and it didn't fall, for it was founded
on the rock.
7:26Everyone who hears
these words of mine, and doesn't do them will be like a foolish man, who
built his house on the sand. 7:27The
rain came down, the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat on that
house; and it fell--and great was its fall."
7:28It happened, when Yeshua had finished saying these things, that
the multitudes were astonished at his teaching,
7:29for
he taught them with authority, and not like the scribes.
8:1When he came down from the mountain, great multitudes followed
him. 8:2Behold, a leper came to him and worshiped him, saying, "Lord, if
you want to, you can make me clean."
8:3Yeshua stretched out his hand, and touched him, saying,
"I want to. Be made clean." Immediately his
leprosy was cleansed. 8:4Yeshua said to
him, "See that you tell nobody, but go, show
yourself to the kohen, and offer the gift that Moshe
commanded, as a testimony to them."
8:5When he came into Kafar-Nachum, a centurion came to him, asking
him, 8:6and saying, "Lord, my servant lies in the house paralyzed,
grievously tormented."
8:7Yeshua said to him, "I will come and heal
him."
8:8The centurion answered, "Lord, I'm not worthy for you to come
under my roof. Just say the word, and my servant will be healed.
8:9For I am also a man under authority, having under myself
soldiers. I tell this one, 'Go,' and he goes; and tell another, 'Come,'
and he comes; and tell my servant, 'Do this,' and he does it."
8:10When Yeshua heard it, he marveled, and said to those who
followed, "Most assuredly I tell
you, I haven't found so great a faith, not even in Yisra'el.
8:11I tell you that many will come from the east and
the west, and will sit down with Avraham, Yitzchak, and Ya`akov in the
Kingdom of Heaven,
8:12but the children
of the Kingdom will be thrown out into the outer darkness. There will be
weeping and the gnashing of teeth."
8:13Yeshua said to the centurion, "Go your way.
Let it be done for you as you have believed." His servant was
healed in that hour.
8:14When Yeshua came into Kefa's house, he saw his wife's mother
lying sick with a fever. 8:15He touched her
hand, and the fever left her. She got up and served him.
8:16When evening came, they brought to him many possessed with
demons. He cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all who were sick;
8:17that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Yesha`yahu
the prophet, saying: "He took our infirmities, and bore our diseases."
8:18Now when Yeshua saw great multitudes around him, he gave the
order to depart to the other side.
8:19A scribe came, and said to him, "Teacher, I will follow you
wherever you go."
8:20Yeshua said to him, "The foxes have holes,
and the birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay
his head."
8:21Another of his talmidim said to him, "Lord,
allow me first to go and bury my father."
8:22But Yeshua said to him, "Follow me, and
leave the dead to bury their own dead."
8:23When he got into a boat, his talmidim followed
him. 8:24Behold, a great tempest arose in the sea, so much that the boat
was covered with the waves, but he was asleep.
8:25They
came to him, and woke him up, saying, "Save us, Lord! We are dying!"
8:26He said to them, "Why are you fearful, oh
you of little faith?" Then he got up, rebuked the wind and the sea,
and there was a great calm.
8:27The men marveled, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even
the wind and the sea obey him?"
8:28When he came to the other side, into the country of the Gadarenes,
two people possessed by demons met him there, coming out of the tombs,
exceedingly fierce, so that nobody could pass by that way.
8:29Behold, they cried out, saying, "What do we have to do with you,
Yeshua, Son of G-d? Have you come here to torment us before the time?"
8:30Now there was a herd of many pigs feeding far away from them.
8:31The demons begged him, saying, "If you cast us out, permit us to
go away into the herd of pigs."
8:32He said to them, "Go!"
They came out, and went into the herd of pigs: and
behold, the whole herd of pigs rushed down the cliff into the sea, and
died in the water.
8:33Those who fed them fled, and went
away into the city, and told everything, including what happened to those
who were possessed with demons. 8:34Behold, all the
city came out to meet Yeshua. When they saw him, they begged that he would
depart from their borders.
9:1He entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own
city. 9:2Behold, they brought to him a man who was paralyzed, lying on a
bed. Yeshua, seeing their faith, said to the paralytic,
"Son, cheer up! Your sins are forgiven you."
9:3Behold, some of the scribes said to themselves, "This man
blasphemes."
9:4Yeshua, knowing their thoughts, said, "Why do you think evil in your hearts?
9:5For which is easier, to say, 'Your sins are
forgiven;' or to say, 'Get up, and walk?'
9:6But that you may know that the Son of Man has authority on
earth to forgive sins..." (then he said to the
paralytic), "Get up, and take up your mat, and go up
to your house."
9:7He arose and departed to his house.
9:8But
when the multitudes saw it, they marveled and glorified G-d, who had given
such authority to men.
9:9As Yeshua passed by from there, he saw a man called Mattityahu
sitting at the tax collection office. He said to him,
"Follow me." He got up and followed him.
9:10It happened as he sat in the house, behold, many tax collectors
and sinners came and sat down with Yeshua and his talmidim.
9:11When the Perushim saw it, they said to his talmidim,
"Why does your teacher eat with tax collectors and sinners?"
9:12When Yeshua heard it, he said to them, "Those who are healthy have no need for a physician, but
those who are sick do. 9:13But
you go and learn what this means: 'I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,' for
I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance."
9:14Then Yochanan's talmidim came to him, saying,
"Why do we and the Perushim fast often, but your talmidim
don't fast?"
9:15Yeshua said to them, "Can
the friends of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with
them? But the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken away from
them, and then they will fast. 9:16No
one puts a piece of unshrunk cloth on an old garment; for the patch would
tear away from the garment, and a worse hole is made.
9:17Neither do people put new wine into old
wineskins, or else the skins would burst, and the wine be spilled, and the
skins ruined. No, they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are
preserved."
9:18While he told these things to them, behold, a ruler came and
worshiped him, saying, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your
hand on her, and she will live."
9:19Yeshua got up and followed him, as did his
talmidim.
9:20Behold, a woman who had an issue of
blood for twelve years came behind him, and touched the
tzitziyot of his garment; 9:21for she said
within herself, "If I just touch his garment, I will be made well."
9:22But Yeshua, turning around and seeing her, said,
"Daughter, cheer up! Your faith has made you well."
And the woman was made well from that hour.
9:23When Yeshua came into the ruler's house, and saw the flute
players, and the crowd in noisy disorder,
9:24he
said to them, "Make room, because the girl isn't
dead, but sleeping."
They were ridiculing him.
9:25But
when the crowd was put out, he entered in, took her by the hand, and the
girl arose.
9:26The report of this went out into all
that land.
9:27As Yeshua passed by from there, two
blind men followed him, calling out and saying, "Have mercy on us, son of
David!"
9:28When he had come into the house, the blind men came to him.
Yeshua said to them, "Do you believe that I am able
to do this?"
They told him, "Yes, Lord."
9:29Then he touched their eyes, saying,
"According to your faith be it done to you."
9:30Their eyes were opened. Yeshua strictly charged them, saying,
"See that no one knows about this."
9:31But they went out and spread abroad his fame in all that land.
9:32As they went out, behold, a mute man who was demon possessed was
brought to him.
9:33When the demon was cast out, the
mute man spoke. The multitudes marveled, saying, "Nothing like this has
ever been seen in Yisra'el!"
9:34But the Perushim said, "By the prince of the demons, he casts out
demons."
9:35Yeshua went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in
their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing
every disease and every sickness among the people.
9:36But
when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because
they were harassed and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.
9:37Then he said to his talmidim,
"The harvest indeed is plentiful, but the
laborers are few.
9:38Pray therefore
that the Lord of the harvest will send out laborers into his harvest."
10:1He called to himself his twelve talmidim, and
gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal
every disease and every sickness. 10:2Now the names of
the twelve emissaries are these. The first, Shim`on, who is called Kefa;
Andrai, his brother; Ya`akov the son of Zavdai; Yochanan, his brother;
10:3Philip; Bar-Talmai; T'oma; Mattityahu the tax collector; Ya`akov
the son of Chalfai; and Lebbai, whose surname was Taddi;
10:4Shim`on the Kana`ani; and Yehudah from K'riot, who also betrayed
him.
10:5Yeshua sent these twelve out, and charged them, saying,
"Don't go among the Goyim, and don't enter
into any city of the Shomroni. 10:6Rather,
go to the lost sheep of the house of Yisra'el.
10:7As you go, preach, saying, 'The Kingdom of Heaven
is at hand!'
10:8Heal the sick, cleanse
the lepers, and cast out demons. Freely you received, so freely give.
10:9Don't take any gold, nor silver, nor brass in
your money belts.
10:10Take no bag for
your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is
worthy of his food. 10:11Into
whatever city or village you enter, find out who in it is worthy; and stay
there until you go on. 10:12As
you enter into the household, greet it.
10:13If the household is worthy, let your shalom come
on it, but if it isn't worthy, let your shalom return to you.
10:14Whoever doesn't receive you, nor hear your words,
as you go out of that house or that city, shake off the dust from your
feet. 10:15Most assuredly I tell you, it will be more
tolerable for the land of Sedom and `Amorah in the day of judgment than
for that city.
10:16"Behold, I send you out as sheep in the midst of
wolves. Therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.
10:17But beware of men: for they will deliver you up
to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you.
10:18Yes, and you will be brought before governors and
kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Goyim.
10:19But when they deliver you up, don't be anxious
how or what you will say, for it will be given you in that hour what you
will say.
10:20For it is not
you who speak, but the Spirit of your Father who speaks in you.
10:21"Brother will deliver up brother to death, and
the father his child. Children will rise up against parents, and cause
them to be put to death. 10:22You
will be hated by all men for my name's sake, but he who endures to the end
will be saved.
10:23But when
they persecute you in this city, flee into the next, for most assuredly I
tell you, you will not have gone through the cities of Yisra'el, until the
Son of Man has come.
10:24"A talmid is not above his
teacher, nor a servant above his lord.
10:25It is enough for the talmid
that he be like his teacher, and the servant like his lord. If they have
called the master of the house Ba`al-Zibbul, how much more those of his
household!
10:26Therefore don't be
afraid of them, for there is nothing covered that will not be revealed;
and hidden that will not be known.
10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the
light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
10:28Don't be afraid of those who kill the body,
but are not able to kill the soul. Rather, fear him who is able to destroy
both soul and body in Gehinnom.
10:29"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion? Not
one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
10:30but the very hairs of your head are all numbered.
10:31Therefore don't be afraid. You are of more value
than many sparrows. 10:32Everyone
therefore who confesses me before men, him I will also confess before my
Father who is in heaven. 10:33But whoever denies me before men, him I will also deny before my
Father who is in heaven.
10:34"Don't think that I came to send shalom on the
earth. I didn't come to send shalom, but a sword.
10:35For I came to set a man at odds against his
father, and a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against
her mother-in-law. 10:36A
man's foes will be those of his own household.
10:37He who loves father or mother more than me is not
worthy of me; and he who loves son or daughter more than me isn't worthy
of me. 10:38He who doesn't take his cross and follow after
me, isn't worthy of me. 10:39He
who finds his life will lose it; and he who loses his life for my sake
will find it.
10:40He who receives
you receives me, and he who receives me receives him who sent me.
10:41He who receives a prophet in the name of a
prophet will receive a prophet's reward: and he who receives a righteous
man in the name of a righteous man will receive a righteous man's reward.
10:42Whoever gives one of these little ones just a cup
of cold water to drink in the name of a talmid, most
assuredly I tell you he will in no way lose his reward."
11:1It happened that when Yeshua had finished directing his twelve
talmidim, he departed from there to teach and preach in
their cities.
11:2Now when Yochanan heard in the prison
the works of Messiah, he sent two of his talmidim
11:3and said to him, "Are you he who comes, or should we look for
another?"
11:4Yeshua answered them, "Go
and tell Yochanan the things which you hear and see:
11:5the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, the
lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor
have good news preached to them. 11:6Blessed
is he who finds no occasion for stumbling in me."
11:7As these went their way, Yeshua began to say to the multitudes
concerning Yochanan, "What did you
go out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?
11:8But what did you go out to see? A man in soft
clothing? Behold, those who wear soft clothing are in king's houses.
11:9But why did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I
tell you, and much more than a prophet.
11:10For this is he, of whom it is written, 'Behold, I
send my messenger before your face, who will prepare your way before you.'
11:11Most assuredly I tell you, among those who are
born of women there has not arisen anyone greater than Yochanan the
immerser; yet he who is least in the Kingdom of Heaven is greater than he.
11:12From the days of Yochanan the immerser until now,
the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.
11:13For all the prophets and the law prophesied until
Yochanan.
11:14If you are willing to
receive it, this is Eliyah, who is to come.
11:15He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
11:16"But to what shall I compare this generation? It
is like children sitting in the marketplaces, who call to their companions
11:17and say, 'We played the flute for you, and you
didn't dance. We mourned for you, and you didn't lament.'
11:18For Yochanan came neither eating nor drinking,
and they say, 'He has a demon.' 11:19The
Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold, a gluttonous
man and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!' But wisdom is
justified by her children."
11:20Then he began to denounce the cities in which most of his mighty
works had been done, because they didn't repent.
11:21"Woe to you, Kora'zin! Woe to you, Beit-Tzaidah!
For if the mighty works had been done in Tzor and Tzidon which were done
in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.
11:22But I tell you, it will be more tolerable for
Tzor and Tzidon on the day of judgment than for you.
11:23You, Kafar-Nachum, who are exalted to Heaven, you
will go down to She'ol. For if the mighty works had been done in Sedom
which were done in you, it would have remained until this day.
11:24But I tell you that it will be more tolerable for
the land of Sedom, on the day of judgment, than for you."
11:25At that time, Yeshua answered, "I thank you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you
hid these things from the wise and understanding, and revealed them to
infants.
11:26Yes, Father, for so
it was well-pleasing in your sight.
11:27All things have been delivered to me by my
Father. No one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does anyone know
the Father, except the Son, and he to whom the Son desires to reveal him.
11:28"Come to me, all you who labor and are heavily
burdened, and I will give you rest.
11:29Take my yoke upon you, and learn from me, for I
am gentle and lowly in heart; and you will find rest for your souls.
11:30For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
12:1At that time, Yeshua went on the day of Shabbat through the grain
fields. His talmidim were hungry and began to pluck
heads of grain and to eat. 12:2But the Perushim,
when they saw it, said to him, "Behold, your talmidim
do what is not lawful to do on the Shabbat."
12:3But he said to them,
"Haven't you read what David did, when he was hungry, and those who were
with him; 12:4how he entered into the house of G-d, and ate the
show bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for those who
were with him, but only for the kohanim?
12:5Or have you not read in the law, that on the day
of Shabbat, the kohanim in the temple profane the
Shabbat, and are guiltless? 12:6But
I tell you that one greater than the temple is here.
12:7But if you had known what this means, 'I desire
mercy, and not sacrifice,' you would not have condemned the guiltless.
12:8For the Son of Man is Lord of the Shabbat."
12:9He departed there, and went into their synagogue.
12:10And behold there was a man with a withered hand. They asked him,
"Is it lawful to heal on the day of Shabbat?" that they might accuse him.
12:11He said to them, "What man
is there among you, who has one sheep, and if this one falls into a pit on
the day of Shabbat, won't he grab on to it, and lift it out?
12:12Of how much more value then is a man than a
sheep! Therefore it is lawful to do good on the day of Shabbat."
12:13Then he told the man,
"Stretch out your hand." He stretched it out;
and it was restored whole, just like the other.
12:14But
the Perushim went out, and conspired against him, how they might destroy
him. 12:15Yeshua, perceiving that, withdrew from there. Great multitudes
followed him; and he healed them all,
12:16and
charged them that they should not make him known:
12:17that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Yesha`yahu the prophet,
saying,
12:18"Behold, my
servant whom I have chosen;
My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased:
I will put my Spirit on him.
He will proclaim justice to the Goyim.
12:19He will not
strive, nor shout;
Neither will anyone hear his voice in the streets.
12:20He won't break a
bruised reed.
He won't quench a smoking flax,
Until he leads justice to victory.
12:21In his name, the Goyim will hope."
12:22Then one possessed by a demon, blind and mute, was brought to him
and he healed him, so that the blind and mute man both spoke and saw.
12:23All the multitudes were amazed, and said, "Can this be the son of
David?" 12:24But when the Perushim heard it, they said, "This man does not
cast out demons, except by Ba`al-Zibbul, the prince of the demons."
12:25Knowing their thoughts, Yeshua said to them,
"Every kingdom divided against itself is
brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will
not stand.
12:26If Hasatan casts out
Hasatan, he is divided against himself. How then will his kingdom stand?
12:27If I by Ba`al-Zibbul cast out demons, by whom do
your children cast them out? Therefore they will be your judges.
12:28But if I by the Spirit of G-d cast out demons,
then the Kingdom of G-d has come upon you.
12:29Or how can one enter into the house of the
strong man, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man?
Then he will plunder his house.
12:30"He who is not with me is against me, and he who
doesn't gather with me, scatters. 12:31Therefore
I tell you, every sin and blasphemy will be forgiven men, but the
blasphemy against the Spirit will not be forgiven men.
12:32Whoever speaks a word against the Son of
Man, it will be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against Ruach HaKodesh,
it will not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is
to come.
12:33"Either make the tree good, and its fruit good,
or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt; for the tree is known by
its fruit.
12:34You offspring of
vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the
abundance of the heart, the mouth speaks.
12:35The good man out of his good treasure brings out
good things, and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings out evil
things. 12:36I tell you that every idle word that men speak,
they will give account of it in the day of judgment.
12:37For by your words you will be justified, and by
your words you will be condemned."
12:38Then certain of the scribes and Perushim answered, "Teacher, we
want to see a sign from you."
12:39But he answered them, "An
evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, but no sign will be
given it but the sign of Yonah the prophet.
12:40For as Yonah was three days and three nights in
the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three
nights in the heart of the earth. 12:41The
men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and
will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Yonah; and behold,
someone greater than Yonah is here.
12:42The queen of the south will rise up in the
judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the
ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Shlomo; and behold, someone
greater than Shlomo is here. 12:43But
the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through
waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.
12:44Then he says, 'I will return into my house from
which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept,
and put in order.
12:45Then he goes,
and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they
enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than
the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation."
12:46While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother
and his brothers stood outside, seeking to speak to him.
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