The Life of Jesus

but they were not understanding the saying, and they were afraid to question him.

And he came to Capernaum, and being in the house, he was questioning them, `What were ye reasoning in the way among yourselves?'

and they were silent, for with one another they did reason in the way who is greater;

and having sat down he called the twelve, and he saith to them, `If any doth will to be first, he shall be last of all, and minister of all.'

And having taken a child, he set him in the midst of them, and having taken him in his arms, said to them,

`Whoever may receive one of such children in my name, doth receive me, and whoever may receive me, doth not receive me, but Him who sent me.'

And John did answer him, saying, `Teacher, we saw a certain one in thy name casting out demons, who doth not follow us, and we forbade him, because he doth not follow us.'

And Jesus said, `Forbid him not, for there is no one who shall do a mighty work in my name, and shall be able readily to speak evil of me:

for he who is not against us is for us;

for whoever may give you to drink a cup of water in my name, because ye are Christ's, verily I say to you, he may not lose his reward;

and whoever may cause to stumble one of the little ones believing in me, better is it for him if a millstone is hanged about his neck, and he hath been cast into the sea.

`And if thy hand may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee maimed to enter into the life, than having the two hands, to go away to the gehenna, to the fire--the unquenchable--

where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.

`And if thy foot may cause thee to stumble, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter into the life lame, than having the two feet to be cast to the gehenna, to the fire--the unquenchable--

where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched.

And if thine eye may cause thee to stumble, cast it out; it is better for thee one-eyed to enter into the reign of God, than having two eyes, to be cast to the gehenna of the fire--

where their worm is not dying, and the fire is not being quenched;

for every one with fire shall be salted, and every sacrifice with salt shall be salted.

The salt is good, but if the salt may become saltless, in what will ye season it ? Have in yourselves salt, and have peace in one another.'

And having risen thence, he doth come to the coasts of Judea, through the other side of the Jordan, and again do multitudes come together unto him, and, as he had been accustomed, again he was teaching them.

And the Pharisees, having come near, questioned him, if it is lawful for a husband to put away a wife, tempting him,

and he answering said to them, `What did Moses command you?'

and they said, `Moses suffered to write a bill of divorce, and to put away.'

And Jesus answering said to them, `For the stiffness of your heart he wrote you this command,

but from the beginning of the creation, a male and a female God did make them;