Study Desk

A cry was heard in Rometha; weeping and great lamentation; Rochel weeping for her children, and not willing to be comforted, because they are not.

Blessed they who are persecuted because of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

BUT when Jeshu saw the multitudes, he had compassion upon them, because they fainted and were dispersed as sheep that had no shepherd;

Another (portion) fell upon the rock, where there was not much soil; and immediately [fn] it sprung up, because there was no depth of earth.

But when the sun was risen, it burned, and, because it had no root, it withered away.

He replied and said to them, Because unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them it is not given.

For he, Herodes, had seized Juchanon, and bound him, and cast him (into) the house of the chained, because of Herodia the wife of Philip his brother.

And he would have killed him, but he feared the people, because as a prophet they held him.

Then she, because instructed by her mother, said, Give me here in a dish the head of Juchanon the Baptizer.

But they thought within themselves, saying, (It is) because bread we have not taken.

But Jeshu knew, and said to them, Why reason you within yourselves, little in faith, because bread you have not brought ?

Jeshu responded and said to him, Blessed art thou, Shemun-bar-Jona; because flesh and blood have not revealed (this) to thee, but my Father who is in heaven.

But he turned and said to Kipha, Get thee behind me, Satana ! thou art a stumbling-block to me, because thou thinkest not from Aloha, but from the sons of men !

Jeshu saith to them, Because of your unbelief; for assuredly I tell you, if there were in you faith as a grain of mustard, you should say to this mountain, Pass hence, and it would pass away; and nothing should overcome you.

Then his lord summoned him and said to him, Evil servant ! all that debt did I forgive thee, because thou didst entreat me.

They say to him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith to them, Go also you into the vinery, and whatever is suitable you shall receive.

Is it not lawful for me that whatsoever l am willing, I may do with mine own ? Is thine eye evil because I am good?

And they sought to apprehend him, but feared the people, because as a prophet they regarded him.

But there were with us seven brethren: the eldest (of whom) took a wife, and died. And because he had no children, he left his wife unto his brother.

Jeshu answered and said to them, You do err, because you understand not the scriptures nor the power of Aloha.