The Life of Jesus

for he shall be delivered up to the nations, and shall be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon,

and having scourged they shall put him to death, and on the third day he shall rise again.'

And they none of these things understood, and this saying was hid from them, and they were not knowing the things said.

And it came to pass, in his coming nigh to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting beside the way begging,

and having heard a multitude going by, he was inquiring what this may be,

and they brought him word that Jesus the Nazarene doth pass by,

and he cried out, saying, `Jesus, Son of David, deal kindly with me;'

and those going before were rebuking him, that he might be silent, but he was much more crying out, `Son of David, deal kindly with me.'

And Jesus having stood, commanded him to be brought unto him, and he having come nigh, he questioned him,

saying, `What wilt thou I shall do to thee?' and he said, `Sir, that I may receive sight.'

And Jesus said to him, `Receive thy sight; thy faith hath saved thee;'

and presently he did receive sight, and was following him, glorifying God; and all the people, having seen, did give praise to God.

And having entered, he was passing through Jericho,

and lo, a man, by name called Zaccheus, and he was a chief tax-gatherer, and he was rich,

and he was seeking to see Jesus, who he is, and was not able for the multitude, because in stature he was small,

and having run forward before, he went up on a sycamore, that he may see him, because through that way he was about to pass by.

And as Jesus came up to the place, having looked up, he saw him, and said unto him, `Zaccheus, having hastened, come down, for to-day in thy house it behoveth me to remain;'

and he having hastened did come down, and did receive him rejoicing;

and having seen it , they were all murmuring, saying--`With a sinful man he went in to lodge!'

And Zaccheus having stood, said unto the Lord, `Lo, the half of my goods, sir, I give to the poor, and if of any one anything I did take by false accusation, I give back fourfold.'

And Jesus said unto him--`To-day salvation did come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham;

for the Son of Man came to seek and to save the lost.'

And while they are hearing these things, having added he spake a simile, because of his being nigh to Jerusalem, and of their thinking that the reign of God is about presently to be made manifest.

He said therefore, `A certain man of birth went on to a far country, to take to himself a kingdom, and to return,

and having called ten servants of his own, he gave to them ten pounds, and said unto them, Do business--till I come;