Jesus and the three disciples return to Capernaum. Jesus receives the report of the seventy. With his disciples he goes through all Galilee encouraging the believers. He heals a woman. Relates the parable of the little seed and the great tree.
Jesus and the three disciples return to Capernaum. Jesus receives the report of the seventy. With his disciples he goes through all Galilee encouraging the believers. He heals a woman. Relates the parable of the little seed and the great tree.
Thetime had come for the return of the three score and ten whom Jesus sent abroad to preach.
2And Jesus, Peter, James and John began their journey back to Galilee.
3They went up through Samaria; they passed through many villages and towns, and everywhere the people thronged the ways to see the man the seventy had told about; and Jesus taught and healed the sick.
4And when they reached Capernaum the seventy were there; and they were filled with joy; they said,
5The Spirit of the Lord of hosts was with us all the way, and we were filled.
6The power of the sacred Word was manifest in us; we healed the sick; we caused the lame to walk, the deaf to hear, the blind to see.
7The very devils trembled when we spoke the Word, and they were subject unto us.
8And Jesus said, As you were going on your way, the heavens were bright with light, the earth was bright, they seemed to meet and be at one; and I beheld, and Satan fell as lightning from the heavens.
9Behold, for you have power to tread on serpents and on scorpions, and these are symbols of the enemies of men. You are protected in the way of right, and naught can harm.
10And as you went I heard a master say, Well done.
11But you may not rejoice because you have the power to heal the sick and make the devils tremble by the Word; for such rejoicing is from carnal self.
12You may rejoice because the nations of the earth have ears to hear the Word, and eyes to see the glory of the Lord, and hearts to feel the inner breathing of the Holy Breath.
13And you may well be glad because your names are written in the Book of Life.
14Then Jesus looked to heaven and said, I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast revealed thyself to babes, and taught them how to light the path and lead the wise to thee.
15What thou hast given to me, lo, I have given to them, and through the sacred Word I have bestowed on them the understanding heart,
16That they might know and honor thee through Christ, who was, and is, and evermore shall be.
17And then he said aside, unto the seventy and twelve, Most blessed are your eyes because you see the things you see;
18And blessed are your ears because they hear the things they hear;
19And blessed are your hearts because you understand.
20In ages that are gone the wise of earth, the prophets, seers and kings, desired to hear and see and know what you have heard and seen and known; but they had not attained and could not hear, and see and know.
21And Jesus said again, Lo, I have gone before you many moons, and I have given to you the bread of heaven and the cup of life;
22Have been your buckler and your stay; but now that you have learned the way, and have the strength to stand alone, behold, I lay my body down and go to him who is the All.
23In forty days then we will turn our faces toward Jerusalem where I will find the altar of the Lord and give my life in willing sacrifice for men.
24Let us arise and go through all the coasts of Galilee, and give a salutation of good cheer to all the sons of God by faith.
25And they arose and went; they entered every town and village on the coast, and everywhere they said, The benedictions of the Christ abide with you forevermore.
26Now, in a certain town they went up to the synagogue upon the Sabbath day, and Jesus taught.
27And as he spoke, two men brought on a cot a woman bent near double with disease; she had not risen from her bed for eighteen years without a helping hand.
28And Jesus laid his hand upon the woman, and he said, Arise, be free from your infirmity.
29And as he spoke the Word the woman found that she was straight and strong, and she arose and walked and said, Praise God.
30The ruler of the synagogue was filled with wrath because the healer healed upon the Sabbath day.
31He did not censure Jesus face to face, but turning to the multitudes he said,
32You men of Galilee, why do you break the laws of God? There are six days in every week when you may work, and then you may bring the afflicted to be healed.
33This is the day that God has blessed, the Sabbath day in which men may not work.
34And Jesus said, You inconsistent scribes and Pharisees! Upon the Sabbath day you take your beasts of burden from their stalls, and lead them forth to eat and drink; is this not work?
35This daughter of your father Abraham, who has been bound for eighteen years, has come in faith to be made free.
36Now, tell me, men, is it a crime to break her bonds and set her free upon the Sabbath day?
37The ruler said no more; the people all rejoiced and said, Behold the Christ!
38And Jesus spoke a parable; he said, The kingdom of the Christ is like a little seed that one put in the ground;
39It grew and after many years became a mighty tree, and many people rested in its shade, and birds built nests and reared their young among its leafy boughs.
Jesus speaks words of encouragement. Rebukes an officious Pharisee. Attends a wedding feast. Heals a dropsical man. Rebukes guests who seek chief seats. Relates a parable of a wedding feast.
Jesus speaks words of encouragement. Rebukes an officious Pharisee. Attends a wedding feast. Heals a dropsical man. Rebukes guests who seek chief seats. Relates a parable of a wedding feast.
AndJesus went into another town upon the coast and spoke good words of cheer to those who followed him.
2And one stood forth and said, Lord, are there few that enter into life?
3And Jesus said, The way is rough that leads to life; the gate is narrow and is guarded well; but every one who seeks in faith shall find the way, and they who know the Word may enter in.
4But many seek the way for selfish gain; they pound upon the gate of life; but it is fast.
5The watchman from the turret says, I know you not; your speech is that of Ashdod, and your robes are those of sin; depart and go your way.
6And they will go their way with weeping and with gnashing of the teeth.
7And they will be enraged when they see their father Abraham with Isaac, Jacob and the prophets, resting in the kingdom of the Christ, and they themselves debarred.
8And, lo, I say that men will come from lands afar, from east, from west, from north, from south and sit with me in consciousness of life.
9Behold, I say, the last shall be the first, the first shall be the last.
10All men are called unto the kingdom of the Christ; but few are chosen, for the pure in heart alone can see the king.
11And as he spoke a Pharisee came up and said, You man of Galilee, if you would save your life remain not here; flee instantly, for Herod swears that he will take your life, and even now his officers are seeking you.
12And Jesus said, Why is it that the Pharisees are so concerned about my life? And then he said unto the man who spoke,
13Go forth and say to that sly fox, Behold, I heal the sick and cast the unclean spirits out today, tomorrow, and the days to come, and then I will attain.
14Go say to him, I need not fear in Galilee, for I must meet the cruel wrath of men within Jerusalem.
15And while they tarried in the place a man, a Pharisee, invited Jesus and a few of those who followed him, to dine with him upon the Sabbath day, to celebrate the marriage of his son.
16Among the guests was one afflicted with a dropsical disease.
17And Jesus said to those who had been sent to get from his own lips some words by which they might accuse him of a crime,
18You lawyers and you Pharisees, what do you say about the lawlessness of healing on the Sabbath day? Here is a man, one of your own, and he is sore distressed.
19Shall I, in God’s own strength, say out the healing Word and heal this man?
20The lawyers and the Pharisees were dumb; they answered not.
21Then Jesus spoke the healing Word and healed the man and he, rejoicing, went his way.
22Then Jesus said again unto the lawyers and the Pharisees, Which one of you who has a horse or cow, if it would fall into a pit upon the Sabbath day would not call in his friends to help to draw it out?
23And not a man could answer, Here am I.
24As Jesus looked upon the guests who had been bidden to thefeast and saw them crowding in to get the highest seats, he said to them,
25You selfish men why do you strive to take the highest seats when you are but invited guests? You do not show our host the courtesies of life.
26When men are bidden to a marriage feast they should sit in the lower seats until the host shall place them where he wills.
27You may, unbidden, take the highest seat; but then a man more honorable may come and when the host shall bid you rise and take a lower seat that he may honor his more worthy guest, you cannot help but blush for very shame in your humility.
28But if you take the lowest seat and then are honored by your host and asked to take a higher seat, you are esteemed an honored guest.
29In this event we note a principle in life, That he who would exalt himself shall be abased, and he who humbles low himself shall be exalted in the sight of men.
30Then Jesus spoke to all the guests; he said, When any one of you would make a feast it should not be for friends, or kindred, or the rich;
31For they consider such a courtesy loaned out, and they feel called upon to make a greater feast for you, just in the payment of a debt.
32But when you make a feast invite the poor, the lame, the blind; in this a blessing waits for you, for well you know that you will get naught in return; but in the consciousness of helping those who need, you will be recompensed.
33And then he spoke a parable: he said, A wealthy man prepared a feast; he sent his servants forth to bid his chosen ones to come; but they desired not to go, and they formed such excuses as they thought would satisfy the would-be host.
34One said, I have just bought a piece of land, and I must go and prove my title to the land; I pray to be excused.
35Another said, I must go down and prove my ownership in sheep that I have bought; I pray to be excused.
36Another said, I have been married but a little time and so I cannot go; I beg to be excused.
37Now, when the servants came and told the man who had prepared the feast that those he had invited would not come,
38The man was grieved in heart; and then he sent his servants forth into the streets and alleys of the town to bring up to the feast the poor, the lame, the blind.
39The servants went abroad and found the poor, the lame, the blind, and brought them in; but there was room for more.
40The host then sent his men of arms to bring by force the people to his feast; and then the house was full.
41And God has made a feast for men. Long years ago he sent his servants forth unto the favored sons of men. They would not hear his call; they came not to the feast.
42He then sent forth his servants to the strangers and the multitudes; they came, but there is room for more.
43Behold, for he will send his angels forth with mighty trumpet blast, and men will be compelled to come up to the feast.
The path of discipleship, its difficulties. The cross and its meaning. The danger of wealth. The young man who loved wealth more than he loved Christ. Parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
The path of discipleship, its difficulties. The cross and its meaning. The danger of wealth. The young man who loved wealth more than he loved Christ. Parable of the rich man and Lazarus.
Now,Jesus and the twelve went to another town, and as they entered it they said, Peace be to all; good will to all.
2A multitude of people followed and the master said to them, Behold, for you are followers for selfish gain.
3If you would follow me in love, and be disciples of the Holy Breath, and gain at last the crown of life, you must leave all there is of carnal life behind.
4Be not deceived; stay, men, and count the cost.
5If one would build a tower, or a home, he first sits down and counts the cost to be assured that he has gold enough to finish it.
6For well he knows that if he makes a failure of his enterprise he may lose all his wealth, and be the butt of ridicule.
7And if a king desires to take the kingdom of another king, he calls his trusted men and they consider well their strength; he will not measure arms with one of matchless power.
8Count well the cost before you start to follow me; it means the giving up of life, and all you have.
9If you love father, mother, wife, or child, more than you love the Christ, you cannot follow me.
10If you love wealth or honor more than you love the Christ, you cannot follow me.
11The paths of carnal life do not run up the mountain side towards the top; they run around the mount of life, and if you go straight to the upper gate of consciousness you cross the paths of carnal life; tread in them not.
12And this is how men bear the cross; no man can bear another’s cross.
13Take up your cross and follow me through Christ into the path of true discipleship; this is the path that leads to life.
14This way of life is called the pearl of greatest price, and he who finds it must put all he has beneath his feet.
15Behold, a man found in a certain field the croppings of a wondrous mine of gold, and he went forth and sold his home and all he had and bought the field; then he rejoiced in wealth.
16Now, there were present, scribes and Pharisees of wealth who loved their money, and their bonds and lands, and they laughed loud to scorn what Jesus said.
17Then Jesus spoke to them and said, You are the men who justify yourselves in sight of men; God knows your wickedness of heart;
18And you must know, O men, that whatsoever is revered and is exalted by the carnal mind, is an abomination in the sight of God.
19And Jesus went his way, and as he went a young man ran and knelt down at his feet and said, Good master, tell me what to do that I may have eternal life.
20And Jesus said, Why do you call me good? No one is truly good but God himself.
21And God has said, If you would enter into life, keep the Commandments of the law.
22The young man asked, To which commands did he refer?
23And Jesus said, You shallnot kill; you shall not steal; you shall not do adulterous things; you shall not falsely testify;
24And you shall love your God with all your heart, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself.
25The man replied, These things I have observed from youth; what lack I yet?
26And Jesus said, One thing you lack; your heart is fixed on things of earth; you are not free.
27Go forth and sell all that you have, and give your money to the poor, and come and follow me, and you shall have eternal life.
28The man was grieved at what the master said; for he was rich; he hid his face and went in sorrow on his way.
29And Jesus looked upon the sorrowing man and said, It is so hard for men with hoarded wealth to enter through the door into the kingdom of the soul.
30And his disciples were amazed at what he said.
31He answered them and said, I tell you, men, that they who trust in riches cannot trust in God and cannot come into the kingdom of the soul;
32Yea, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle’s eye than for a man with hoarded wealth to find the way of life. And his disciples said, Who then can find the way? Who can be saved?
33And Jesus said, The rich may give his gold away; the high may kiss the dust, and God will save.
34Then Jesus spoke this parable to them:
35A rich man lived in splendid state; he wore the finest garments men could make; his boards were loaded with the costliest viands of the land.
36A beggar, blind and lame, whose name was Lazarus, was wont to sit beside the waste gate of this home that he might share with dogs the refuse from the rich man’s boards.
37It came to pass that Lazarus died, and angels carried him away unto the bosom of our father Abraham.
38The rich man also died, and he was buried in a costly tomb; but in the purifying fires he opened up his eyes dissatisfied.
39He looked and saw the beggar resting peacefully in the bosom of his father Abraham, and in the bitterness of his soul he cried,
40My father Abraham, look down in mercy on your son; I am tormented in these flames.
41Send Lazarus, I beseech, that he may give me just a sup of water to cool my parched tongue.
42But Abraham replied, My son, in mortal life, you had the best things of the earth and Lazarus had the worst, and you would not give him a cup of water there, but drove him from your door.
43The law must be fulfilled, and Lazarus now is comforted, and you are paying what you owe.
44Besides, there is a great gulf fixed between your zone and us, and if I would I could not send Lazarus to you, and you cannot come up to us till you have paid your debts.
45Again the man in anguish said, O father Abraham, I pray, send Lazarus back to earth, and to my father’s house, that he may tell my brothers who are yet in life, for I have five of them, about the horrors of this place, lest they come down to me and not to you.
46And Abraham replied, Theyhave the words of Moses and the seers, let them hear them.
47The man replied, They will not hearken to the written word; but if a man would go up from the grave they might believe.
48But Abraham replied, If they hear not the words of Moses and the seers they would not be persuaded even though one from the dead stood in their midst.
49And Peter said, Lord, we have left our all to follow you; and what is our reward?
50And Jesus said, Most verily I say to you, that you who have left all to follow me shall come into a newness of a life hid deep with Christ in God.
51And you shall sit with me upon the throne of power, and judge with me the tribes of Israel.
52And he who conquers carnal self, and follows me through Christ shall have a hundred fold of that which is the wealth of life on earth, and in the world to come, eternal life.
Righteousness in rewards. Jesus relates the parable of the husbandman and the laborers. Makes known the divine law of divorce. The mystery of marriage.
Righteousness in rewards. Jesus relates the parable of the husbandman and the laborers. Makes known the divine law of divorce. The mystery of marriage.
TheLord was standing by the sea; the multitudes were there and one stood forth and said,
2Does God bestow rewards as men bestow rewards, for what is done?
3And Jesus said, Men never know what other men have done, this life is such a seeming life.
4One man may seem to do a mighty work, and be adjudged by men as worthy of a great reward.
5Another man may seem to be a failure in the harvest fields of life, and be dishonored in the face of men.
6Men do not know the hearts of men; God only knows the hearts of men, and when the day is done he may reward with life the man who fell beneath the burdens of the day, and turn away the man who was the idol of the hearts of men.
7And then he spoke a parable; he said, The kingdom of the soul is like a man who had a vast estate,
8And in the morning time he went down to the market place to search for men to gather in his grain.
9He found three men, and he agreed to give to each a penny for his service for the day, and sent them to his field.
10Again he went down to the market place the third hour of the day and found five men in waiting, and he said, Go down into my field and serve, and I will pay you what is right; and they went down and served.
11He went again; it was the sixth hour of the day, and seven men were waiting at the stand; he sent them to the field to serve.
12And at the eleventh hour he went again; twelve men stood there in seeming idleness; he said to them, Why stand you here in idleness all day?
13They said, Because we have no work to do; no man has hired us.
14And then he sent them to his field to serve.
15Now, when the evening came the man said to his steward, Call the laborers from the field, and pay them for his services. And all were paid, and each received a penny for his hire.
16Now, when the twelve, who served but from the eleventh hour,received each one a penny for his hire, the three were sore aggrieved; they said,
17These twelve have served but one short hour, and now they have an equal share with us who have toiled through the scorching hours of day; should we not have at least two pennies for our hire?
18The man replied, My friends, I do no wrong to you. Did we not have a fast agreement when you went to work? have I not paid in full?
19What is it unto you if I should pay these men a smaller or a larger sum? Take that which is your own and go your way, for I will give unto the twelve what I will give unto the three, the five, the seven.
20They did their best and you could do no more than do your best.
21The hire of man is based upon the intent of the heart.
22As Jesus taught, a Pharisee came up and said, Lord, is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
23And Jesus said, You ought to know; what says the law?
24The Pharisee replied, The law provides that man may be divorced, may put away his wife.
25And Jesus said, The hardness of the hearts of men induced the giver of the law to make provisions such as these; but from the first it was not so.
26God made a woman for a man, and they were one; and afterwards he said, A man shall leave his father and his mother and shall cleave unto his wife; they are no more divided; they are one, one flesh.
27What God has joined no man can part.
28Now, when they went up to the house, a man made free to ask again about this matter of divorce.
29And Jesus said again what to the Pharisee he said; and then he gave the higher law of marriage life:
30Whoever puts away his wife, except she be a courtesan, and then shall take another wife commits adultery.
31The woman who shall leave a man, unless he be a libertine and an adulterer, and then becomes the wife of any other man, commits adultery.
32And Thomas asked, What is adultery?
33And Jesus said, The man who harbors lustful thoughts, who covets any woman not his wife, is an adulterer.
34The wife who harbors lustful thoughts, and covets any man who is not wed to her, is not her husband, is a courtesan.
35Men cannot make a law to bind two hearts.
36When two are bound in love they have no thought of lust. The woman cannot leave the man; the man has no desire to send his wife away.
37When men and women harbor lustful thoughts, and covet any other flesh, they are not one, not joined by God.
38And Philip said, Lord, are there few that God has joined in holy marriage bonds?
39And Jesus said, God knows the pure in heart; the lustful men and women are but creatures of the lustful self; they cannot be at one; nor can they be at one with God.
40Nathaniel said, Is it not well that all men should refrain from taking on themselves the marriage vow?
41And Jesus said, Men are notpure because they are unmarried men. The man who lusts is an adulterer if he has wife or not.
42And then he said to all, Some things men know by being told, while other things they know not till the gate of consciousness shall open up for them.
43I speak a mystery that now you cannot understand; but you shall some day understand.
44A eunuch is a man who does not lust; some men are eunuchs born, some men are eunuchs by the power of men, and some are eunuchs by the Holy Breath, who makes them free in God through Christ.
45He who is able to receive the truth I speak, let him receive.
The Christines at Tiberius. Jesus speaks on the inner life. Relates the parable of the prodigal son. The resentment of the elder brother.
The Christines at Tiberius. Jesus speaks on the inner life. Relates the parable of the prodigal son. The resentment of the elder brother.
Whenthey had journeyed through the towns and cities of the land of Galilee, the Lord with his disciples came to Tiberius, and here they met a few who loved the name of Christ.
2And Jesus told them many things about the inner life; but when the multitudes came up, he spoke a parable; he said,
3A certain man with great possessions had two sons. The youngest son grew tired of life at home and said,
4My father, pray divide your wealth and give the portion that is mine to me, and I will seek my fortune in another land.
5The father did as he desired, and with his wealth the young man went into a foreign land.
6He was a profligate and soon had squandered all his wealth in ways of sin.
7When nothing else remained for him to do he found employment in the fields to care for swine.
8And he was hungry and no one gave him aught to eat, and so he ate the carob pods that he was feeding to the swine.
9And after many days he found himself and said unto himself, My father is a man of wealth; he has a score of servants who are bountifully fed while I, his son, am starving in the fields among the swine.
10I do not hope to be received again as son, but I will rise and go straight to my father’s house, and I will make confession of my waywardness;
11And I will say, My father, I am come again; I am a profligate, and I have lost my wealth in ways of sin; I am not worthy to be called your son.
12I do not ask to be received again as son, but let me have a place among your servants, where I may have a shelter from the storms and have enough to eat.
13And he arose and sought his father’s house, and as he came his mother saw him while yet a great way off.
14(A mother’s heart can feel the first faint yearning of a wandering child.)
15The father came, and hand in hand they walked a-down the way to meet the boy, and there was joy, great joy.
16The boy tried hard to plead for mercy and a servant’s place; but love was all too great to listen to the plea.
17The door was opened wide; he found a welcome in the mother’s heart, and in the father’s heart.
18The father called the servantsin, and bade them bring the finest robe for him; the choicest sandals for his feet; a ring of purest gold for him to wear.
19And then the father said, My servants, go and kill the fatted calf; prepare a feast, for we are glad;
20Our son we thought was dead is here alive; a treasure that we thought was lost is found.
21The feast was soon prepared and all were merry, when the eldest son who had been serving in a distant field and knew not that his brother had returned, came home.
22And when he learned the cause of all the merriment he was offended, and would not go into the house.
23His father and his mother both besought him tearfully to disregard the waywardness and folly of their son; but he would not; he said,
24Lo, all these years I have remained at home, have served you every day, have never yet transgressed your most severe commands;
25And yet you never killed for me a kid, nor made for me a simple feast that I might make merry with my friends;
26But when your son, this profligate, who has gone forth and squandered half your wealth in ways of sin, comes home, because he could do nothing else, you kill for him the fatted calf and make a wondrous feast.
27His father said, My son, all that I have is yours and you are ever with us in our joys;
28And it is well to show our gladness when your brother, who is near and dear to us, and who we thought was dead, returns to us alive.
29He may have been a profligate; may have consorted with gay courtesans and thieves, yet he is still your brother and our son.
30Then Jesus said so all might hear: He who has ears to hear, and hearts to understand will comprehend the meaning of this parable.
31Then Jesus and the twelve came to Capernaum.
Jesus speaks on the establishment of the Christine kingdom and the future coming of the Lord in power. Exhorts to faithfulness. Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of the Pharisee and the publican.
Jesus speaks on the establishment of the Christine kingdom and the future coming of the Lord in power. Exhorts to faithfulness. Parable of the unjust judge. Parable of the Pharisee and the publican.
Acompany of Pharisees came up to speak with Jesus and they said, Rabboni, we have heard you say, The kingdom is at hand.
2We read in Daniel that the God of heaven will form a kingdom, and we ask, Is this the kingdom of the God you speak about? If so, when will it come?
3And Jesus said, The prophets all have told about this kingdom of the God, and it is just at hand; but men can never see it come.
4It never can be seen with carnal eyes; it is within.
5Lo, I have said, and now I say again, None but the pure in heart can see the king, and all the pure in heart are subjects of the king.
6Reform, and turn away from sin; prepare you, O prepare! the kingdom is at hand.
7And then he spoke to his disciples and he said, The seasons of the son of man are past.
8The time will come when you will wish above all else to see again one of these days; but you can see it not.
9And many men will say, Lo, here is Christ; lo, there is Christ. Be not deceived; go not into their ways.
10For when the son of man will come again no man need point the way; for as the lightning lights the heavens, so will the son of man light up the heavens and earth.
11But, lo, I say, that many generations will have come and gone before the son of man shall come in power; but when he comes no one will say, Lo, here is Christ; lo, there.
12But as it was before the flood in Noah’s day, so shall it be. The people ate, they drank, were filled with merriment and sung for joy,
13And did not know their doom until the ark was done and Noah entered in; but then the flood came on and swept them all away.
14So, also, in the days of Lot; the people ate and drank; they bought, they sold, they planted and they reaped, they went their ways in sin, and they cared not;
15But when the righteous Lot went from their city’s gates the earth beneath the city shook, and brimstone fires fell from heaven;
16The gapping jaws of earth flew wide, and swallowed up their homes, their wealth, and they went down to rise no more.
17So shall it be when comes the son of man in power.
18I charge you men, as I will charge men then, Seek not to save your wealth, or you will lose your lives. Go forth, and look not back upon the crumbling walls of sin. Do not forget Lot’s wife.
19Whoever tries to save his life will lose his life; whoever freely gives his life in serving life will save his life.
20Then comes the sifting time. Two men will be in bed; one will be called, the other left; two women will be working side by side; one will be snatched away, the other left.
21And his disciples said, Explain to us this parable; or is it not a parable?
22And Jesus said, The wise will understand, for where the bread of heaven is, there you will find the pure in heart; and where the carcass lies will gather all the birds of prey.
23But, lo, I say, before these days will come, the son of man will be betrayed by one of you into the hands of wicked men, and he will give his life for you and all the world.
24Yea, more; the Holy Breath will come in power and fill you with the wisdom of the just.
25And you will tell the wondrous story in Judea and in Samaria and in the farther lands of earth.
26And then to teach that men should pray and never faint, he told this parable:
27There was a judge who feared not God, nor yet regarded man.
28There was a widow who oft implored the judge to right her wrongs and to avenge her foes.
29At first the judge would hear her not, but after many days he said,
30I fear not God, and I regard not man, yet, lest this widow wear me out by pleading every day I will avenge her on her foes.
31When the disciples asked the meaning of this parable, the Lord replied, The wise can understand; the foolish have no need to know.
32And then to teach a lesson unto certain of his followers who trusted in themselves and thoughtthat they were holier than other men, he told this parable:
33Two men went to the synagogue to pray; one was a Pharisee, the other was a publican.
34The Pharisee stood forth and prayed thus with himself, O God, I thank thee that I am not like other men, who are extortioners, unjust, adulterers;
35Not even like this publican. I fast two times a week, and I give tithes of all I get.
36The publican came not a-near; he would not lift his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast and said,
37O Lord, be merciful to me; I am a sinner in thy sight; I am undone.
38And now, you men, I say to you, The publican knew how to pray, and he was justified.
39The Pharisee knew how to talk, but still he went away condemned.
40Lo, every one who lauds himself shall be abased, and he who does not praise himself shall be exalted in the sight of God.
Last meeting of Jesus with his disciples in Galilee. Miriam sings a song of praise. The song. The Christines begin their journey to Jerusalem. They rest at Enon Springs. The selfish request of the mother of James and John. The Christines reach Jerusalem.
Last meeting of Jesus with his disciples in Galilee. Miriam sings a song of praise. The song. The Christines begin their journey to Jerusalem. They rest at Enon Springs. The selfish request of the mother of James and John. The Christines reach Jerusalem.
Thework of Jesus in the land of Galilee was done, and he sent forth a message, and the many came from many towns of Galilee; came to receive a benediction from his hand.
2Among the multitudes who came was Luke, a Syrian from Antioch, a learned physician and a just and upright man.
3Theophilus, a Grecian senator, a minister of Cæsar’s court, was also there; and many other men of honor and renown.
4And Miriam sung: All hail the Day Star from on high!
5All hail the Christ who ever was, and is and evermore shall be!
6All hail the darkness of the shadowland! All hail the dawn of peace on earth; good will to men!
7All hail triumphant king, who grapples with the tyrant Death, who conquers in the fight, and brings to light immortal life for men!
8All hail the broken cross, the mutilated spear!
9All hail the triumph of the soul! All hail the empty tomb!
10All hail to him despised by men, rejected by the multitudes; for he is seated on the throne of power!
11All hail! for he has called the pure in heart of every clime to sit with him upon the throne of power!
12All hail, the rending veil! The way into the highest courts of God is open for the sons of men!
13Rejoice, O men of earth, rejoice, and be exceeding glad!
14Bring forth the harp and touch its highest strings; bring forth the lute, and sound its sweetest notes!
15For men who were made low, are high exalted now, and they who walked in darkness and in the vale of death, are risen up and God and man are one forevermore,
16Allelujah! praise the Lord forevermore. Amen.
17And Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,
18My Father-God, let now thebenediction of thy love, thy mercy and thy truth rest on these men.
19The lamp is taken from their midst, and if the inner light be not aflame, lo, they must tread the ways of darkness and of death.
20And then he said to all, Farewell.
21Then Jesus and his mother, and the twelve, and Miriam and Mary, mother of the two disciples, James and John,
22And many other loyal souls who loved the Christ, went to Jerusalem, that they might celebrate the Jewish feast.
23And as they journeyed on their way they came to Enon Springs, near unto Salim where the harbinger once taught.
24And as they rested by the fountain, Mary, wife of Zebedee, and mother of the two disciples, James and John, came to the master and she said,
25My Lord, I know the kingdom is about to come, and I would ask this boon: Command that these my sons shall sit with you upon the throne, the one upon the right, the other on the left.
26And Jesus said to her, You know not what you ask.
27And then he turned to James and John and said, Are you prepared and are you strong enough to drink the cup that I will drink?
28They said, Yes, master, we are strong enough to follow where you go.
29Then Jesus said, You shall indeed drink of my cup; but I am not the judge of who will sit upon my right hand or my left.
30The men who live the life and keep the faith will sit upon the throne of power.
31Now, when the apostles heard the pleadings of the mother for her sons, and knew that James and John were seeking special favors from the Lord, they were indignant and they said,
32We surely thought that James and John had risen above the selfish self. Who can we trust among the sons of men?
33And Jesus called the ten apart and said to them, How hard for men to comprehend the nature of the kingdom of the soul!
34These two disciples do not seem to know that rulership in heaven is not akin to rulership on earth.
35In all the kingdoms of the world, the men of power, they who exalt themselves, show their authority, and rule with iron rule;
36But you must know that they who rule the sons of light are they who seek no earthly power, but give their lives in willing sacrifice for men.
37Whoever would be great must be the minister of all. The highest seat in heaven is at the feet of him who is the lowest man of earth.
38I had a glory with our Father-God before the worlds were made, and still I come to serve the race of men; to be the minister of men; to give my life for men.
39And then the Christines journeyed on and came unto Jerusalem.
Jesus speaks to the people in the temple regarding the messiahship. Rebukes the Jews for treachery. The Jews attempt to stone him, but are prevented by Joseph. The Christines go to Jericho, and later to Bethabara.
Jesus speaks to the people in the temple regarding the messiahship. Rebukes the Jews for treachery. The Jews attempt to stone him, but are prevented by Joseph. The Christines go to Jericho, and later to Bethabara.
Now, many Jews from Galilee, Judea and Samaria were in Jerusalem and at the feast.
2The porch of Solomon was filled with scribes and Pharisees and doctors of the law, and Jesus walked with them.
3A scribe approaching Jesus said, Rabboni, why do you keep the people waiting in suspense? If you are the Messiah that the prophets said would come, will you not tell us now?
4And Jesus said, Lo, I have told you many times, but you believed me not.
5No man can do the work that I have done and bring to men the truth as I have brought the truth who did not come from God.
6What I have done and said are witnesses for me.
7God calls, and they whose ears have been attuned to hear the heavenly voice have heard the call and have believed in me; because God testifies for me.
8You cannot hear the voice of God, because your ears are closed. You cannot comprehend the works of God, because your hearts are full of self.
9And you are busy-bodies, mischief-makers, hypocrites. You take these men whom God has given me into your haunts and try to poison them with sophistries and lies, and think that you will snatch them from the fold of God.
10I tell you, men, these men are tried and you can snatch not one of them away.
11My Father who has given them to me is greater than you all, and he and I are one.
12And then the Jews took stones to throw at him and cried, Now we have heard enough; away with him; let him be stoned.
13But Joseph, member of the great Sanhedrim of the Jews, was in the porch and he came forth and said,
14You men of Israel, do nothing rash; throw down those stones; your reason is a better guide than passion in such times as these.
15You do not know your accusations to be true, and if this man should prove himself to be the Christ, and you should take his life, the wrath of God would rest upon you evermore.
16And Jesus said to them, Lo, I have healed your sick, have caused your blind to see, your deaf to hear, your lame to walk, and cast out unclean spirits from your friends;
17For which of these great works would you desire to take my life?
18The Jews replied, We would not stone you for your works of grace, but for your vile, blasphemous words. You are but man and still you say that you are God.
19And Jesus said, A prophet of your own said to the sons of men, Lo, you are gods!
20Now, hark, you men, if he could say that to the men who simply heard the word of God, why should you think that I blaspheme the name of God because I say, I am a son of God?
21If you believe not what I say you must have faith in what I do, and you should see the Father in these works, and know that I dwell in the Father-God, and that the Father dwells in me.
22And then again the Jews took stones and would have stoned him in the temple court; but he withdrew himself from sight and left the porch and court and went his way;
23And with the twelve he wentto Jericho, and after certain days they crossed the Jordan and in Bethabara abode for many days.
Lazarus dies and Jesus and the twelve return to Bethany. The resurrection of Lazarus, which greatly excites the rulers in Jerusalem. The Christines go to the hills of Ephriam, and there abide.
Lazarus dies and Jesus and the twelve return to Bethany. The resurrection of Lazarus, which greatly excites the rulers in Jerusalem. The Christines go to the hills of Ephriam, and there abide.
Oneday as Jesus and the twelve were in the silence in a home in Araba a messenger came and said,
2Lord, Jesus, hear! your friend in Bethany is sick, nigh unto death; his sisters urge that you arise and come in haste.
3Then turning to the twelve the master said, Lo, Lazarus has gone to sleep, and I must go and waken him.
4And his disciples said, What need to go if he has gone to sleep; he will awaken by and by?
5Then Jesus said, It is the sleep of death; for Lazarus is dead.
6But Jesus did not haste to go; he stayed two days in Araba; and then he said, The hour has come and we must go to Bethany.
7But his disciples urged him not to go; they said, The Jews are waiting your return that they may take your life.
8And Jesus said, Men cannot take my life till I have handed unto them my life.
9And when the time shall come I will myself lay down my life; that time is near, and God knows best; I must arise and go.
10And Thomas said, Then we will also go; yes, we will offer up our lives and die with him. And they arose and went.
11Now, Mary, Martha, Ruth and many friends were weeping in their home when one approached and said, The Lord has come; but Mary did not hear the words.
12But Ruth and Martha heard, and they arose and went to meet the Lord; he waited at the village gate.
13And when they met the master Martha said, You are too late, for Lazarus is dead; if you had only been with us I know that he would not have died.
14But even now I know that you have power over death; that by the sacred Word you may cause life to rise from death.
15And Jesus said, Behold, for Lazarus shall live again.
16And Martha said, I know that he will rise and live again when all the dead shall rise.
17And Jesus said, I am the resurrection and the life; he who has faith in me, though he be dead, yet shall he live;
18And he who is alive, and has a living faith in me, shall never die. Do you believe what I have said?
19And Martha said, Lord, I believe that you are come to manifest the Christ of God.
20Then Jesus said, Go back and call aside your sister, and my mother and the prophetess and say that I have come; and I will stay here by the gate till they have come to me.
21And Ruth and Martha did as Jesus bade them do, and in a little while the Marys and the prophetess had met the Lord.
22And Mary said, Why did you tarry thus? If you had been with us our brother, dear, would not have died.
23Then Jesus went up to the house and when he saw the heavy grief of all, he was himself stirredup with grief, and said, Where is the tomb in which he lies?
24They said, Lord, come and see. And Jesus wept.
25The people said, Behold how Jesus loved this man!
26And others said, Could not this Lord who opened up the eyes of one born blind, have saved this man from death?
27But soon the mourners stood beside the tomb, a sepulcher hewn out of solid rock; a massive stone closed up the door.
28And Jesus said, Take you away the stone.
29But Martha said, Lord, is it well? Behold our brother has been dead four days; the body must be in decay, and is it well that we should see it now?
30The Lord replied, Have you forgotten, Martha, what I said while we were at the village gate? Did I not say that you should see the glory of the Lord?
31And then they rolled the stone away; the flesh had not decayed; and Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,
32My Father-God, thou who hast ever heard my prayers, I thank thee now, and that these multitudes may know that thou hast sent me forth, that I am thine and thou art mine, make strong the Word of power.
33And then he spoke the Word, and in a voice that souls can comprehend, he said, O Lazarus, awake!
34And Lazarus arose and came out of the tomb. The grave clothes were about him fast, and Jesus said,
35Loose him and let him go.
36The people were amazed and multitudes confessed their faith in him.
37And some went to Jerusalem and told the Pharisees about this resurrection of the dead.
38The chief priests were confounded, and they said, What shall we do? This man is doing many mighty deeds, and if we do not stay him in his work, all men will look on him as king, and through the Romans he may take the throne, and we will lose our place and power.
39And then the chief priests and the Pharisees in council met and sought a plan by which they might put him to death.
40Caiaphas was the high priest then, and he came forth and said, You men of Israel, do you not know the law?
41Do you not know that in such times as these we may give up one life to save our nation and our laws?
42Caiaphas did not know that he was prophet, speaking out the words of truth.
43He did not know the time had come for Jesus to be offered up a sacrifice for every man, for Jew and Greek, and all the world.
44From that day forth the Jews conferred together every day, maturing plans to put the Lord to death.
45Now, Jesus and the twelve did not remain in Bethany; but in the hills of Ephriam, upon the borders of Samaria, they found a home, and there abode for many days.
The Jews gather in Jerusalem to attend the feast. The Christines go to Jericho. Jesus dines with Zaccheus. He relates the parable of the ten talents.
The Jews gather in Jerusalem to attend the feast. The Christines go to Jericho. Jesus dines with Zaccheus. He relates the parable of the ten talents.
Thegreat passover of the Jews, the feast of spring, was calling every loyal Jew up to Jerusalem.
2Ten days before the feast the Lord and his disciples left the Ephriam hills and, by the Jordan way, went down to Jericho.
3And as they entered Jericho a wealthy publican came out to see the Lord; but he was small in stature and the throng was great and he could see him not.
4A tree, a sycamore, stood by the way and he climbed up the tree and found a seat among its boughs.
5When Jesus came, he saw the man and said, O Zaccheus, make haste, come down; I would abide with you today.
6And Zaccheus came down and joyfully received the Lord; but many of the stricter sect called out and said,
7For shame! he goes to lodge with Zaccheus, the sinner and the publican.
8But Jesus did not care for what they said; he went his way with Zaccheus, who was a man of faith, and as they talked together Zaccheus said,
9Lord, I have ever tried to do the right; I give unto the poor half of my goods, and if by any means I wrong a man, I right the wrong by paying him four fold.
10And Jesus said to him, Your life and faith are known to God, and lo, the benedictions of the Lord of hosts abide with you and all your house.
11Then Jesus spoke a parable to all; he said, A vassal of an emperor was made a king, and he went to the foreign land to claim his rights and take the kingdom to himself.
12Before he went he called ten trusted servants and to each he gave a pound and said,
13Go forth and use these pounds as you have opportunity, that you may gain for me more wealth. And then he went his way.
14And after many days he came again, and called the ten, demanding a report.
15The first one came and said, Lord, I have gained for you nine pounds; you gave me one and here are ten.
16The king replied, Well done, you faithful man; because you have been faithful in a little thing I judge that you will be a faithful servant in a greater thing;
17Behold, I make you ruler over nine important cities of my realm.
18The second came and said, Lord, I have gained for you four pounds; you gave me one, and here are five.
19The king replied, and you have proven up your faithfulness. Behold, I make you ruler over four important cities of my realm.
20Another came and said, Lord, I have doubled what you gave to me. You gave one pound to me and here are two.
21The ruler said, And you have proved your faithfulness; Behold, I make you ruler over one important city of my realm.
22Another came and said, Lord, here is what you gave to me. I knew you were an austere man, oft reaping where you did not sow and I was sore afraid, and so I took the pound you gave to me and hid it in a secret place; and here it is.
23The king exclaimed, You slothful man! you knew what I required, that I expected every man to do his best.
24If you were timid and afraid to trust your judgment in the marts of trade, why did you not go forth and put my money out for gain, that I could have my own with interest?
25Then turning to the steward of his wealth the ruler said, Take you this pound and give it unto him who has by diligence earned nine.
26For lo, I say, that every one who uses what he has and gains, shall have abundantly; but he who hides away his talent in the earth shall forfeit what he has.