Section XXVII.

[1] ¹⁸⁶⁸Matt. xviii. 23.Therefore the kingdom of heaven is like a certain king, who would make a [2] reckoning with his servants. ¹⁸⁶⁹Matt. xviii. 24.And when he began to make it, they brought to him one who [3] owed him ten talents.¹⁸⁷⁰Lit. badras, an amount variously estimated. ¹⁸⁷¹Matt. xviii. 25.And because he had not wherewith to pay, his lord ordered that he should be sold, he, and his wife, and children, and all that he [4] had, and payment be made. ¹⁸⁷²Matt. xviii. 26.So that servant fell down and worshipped him, and said unto him, My lord, have patience with me, and I shall pay thee everything. [5] ¹⁸⁷³Matt. xviii. 27.And the lord of that servant had compassion, and released him, and forgave him his [6] debt. ¹⁸⁷⁴Matt. xviii. 28.And that servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, who owed him [Arabic, p. 104] a hundred pence;¹⁸⁷⁵Lit. dinars. and he took him, and dealt severely with him, and said [7] unto him, Give me what thou owest. ¹⁸⁷⁶Matt. xviii. 29.So the fellow-servant fell down at his [8] feet, and besought him, and said, Grant me respite, and I will pay thee. ¹⁸⁷⁷Matt. xviii. 30.And he would not; but took him, and cast him into prison, till he should give him his debt. [9] ¹⁸⁷⁸Matt. xviii. 31.And when their fellow-servants saw what happened, it distressed them much; and [10] they came and told their lord of all that had taken place. ¹⁸⁷⁹Matt. xviii. 32.Then his lord called him, and said unto him, Thou wicked servant, all that debt I forgave thee, because [11] thou besoughtest me: ¹⁸⁸⁰Matt. xviii. 33.was it not then incumbent on thee also to have mercy on thy [12] fellow-servant, as I had mercy on thee?¹⁸⁸¹The interrogative particle is lacking in the Arabic. ¹⁸⁸²Matt. xviii. 34.And his lord became wroth, and delivered [13] him to the scourgers, till he should pay all that he owed. ¹⁸⁸³Matt. xviii. 35.So shall my Father which is in heaven do unto you, if one forgive not his brother his wrong conduct¹⁸⁸⁴Or, folly. from [14] his heart. ¹⁸⁸⁵Luke xvii. 3.Take heed within¹⁸⁸⁶A very close reproduction of the Syriac. yourselves: if thy brother sin, rebuke him; and if he [15] repent, forgive him. ¹⁸⁸⁷Luke xvii. 4.And if he act wrongly towards thee seven times in a day, and on that day return seven times unto thee, and say, I repent towards thee; forgive him. [16] ¹⁸⁸⁸Matt. xviii. 15.And if thy brother act wrongly towards thee, go and reprove him between thee and [17] him alone: if he hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. ¹⁸⁸⁹Matt. xviii. 16.But if he hear thee not, take with thee one or two, and so¹⁸⁹⁰Or, for. at the mouth of two or three every saying shall [18] be established. ¹⁸⁹¹Matt. xviii. 17.And if he listen not to these also, tell the congregation;¹⁸⁹²This word usually means synagogue in this work. and if he listen not even to the congregation, let him be unto thee as a publican and a Gentile.¹⁸⁹³Or, heathen. [19] ¹⁸⁹⁴Matt. xviii. 18.Verily I say unto you, All that ye bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: [20] and what ye loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁸⁹⁵Matt. xviii. 19.I say unto you also, If two of you agree on earth to ask, everything shall¹⁸⁹⁶Or, to ask everything, it shall. be granted them from my Father [21] [Arabic, p. 105] which is in heaven. ¹⁸⁹⁷Matt. xviii. 20.For where two or three are gathered in my name, there [22] am I amongst them. ¹⁸⁹⁸Matt. xviii. 21.Then Cephas drew near to him, and said unto him, My Lord, how many times, if my brother act wrongly towards me, should I forgive him? [23] until seven times? ¹⁸⁹⁹Matt. xviii. 22.Jesus said unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven; but, Until seventy [24] times seven, seven.¹⁹⁰⁰So Vat. ms., following the Syriac versions; Borg. ms. has only one seven. ¹⁹⁰¹Luke xii. 47.And the servant that knoweth his lord’s will, and maketh not [25] ready for him according to his will, shall meet with much punishment; ¹⁹⁰²Luke xii. 48.but he that knoweth not, and doeth something for which he meriteth punishment, shall meet with slight punishment. Every one to whom much hath been given, much shall be asked of him; and he that hath had much committed to him, much shall be [26] required at his hand. ¹⁹⁰³Luke xii. 49.I came to cast fire upon the earth; and I would that it had [27] been kindled already.¹⁹⁰⁴Lit. beforehand; and so often. ¹⁹⁰⁵Luke xii. 50.And I have a baptism to be baptized with, and greatly am [28] I straitened till it be accomplished. ¹⁹⁰⁶Matt. xviii. 10.See that ye despise not¹⁹⁰⁷Or, repeating a letter, See that ye despise not. one of these little ones that believe in me. Verily I say unto you, Their angels at all times see the [29] face of my Father which is in heaven. ¹⁹⁰⁸Matt. xviii. 11.The Son of man came to save the thing which was lost.

[30] ¹⁹⁰⁹John vii. 1.And after that, Jesus walked in Galilee; and he did not like to walk in Judæa, [31] because the Jews sought to kill him. ¹⁹¹⁰Luke xiii. 1.And there came people who told him of [32] the Galilæans, those whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. ¹⁹¹¹Luke xiii. 2.Jesus answered and said unto them, Do ye imagine that those Galilæans were sinners [33] more than all the Galilæans, so that this thing has come upon them? ¹⁹¹²Luke xiii. 3.Nay. Verily I say unto you now,¹⁹¹³Borg. ms. omits now. that ye shall all also, if ye repent not, likewise perish. [34] ¹⁹¹⁴Luke xiii. 4.Or perchance those eighteen on whom the palace fell in Siloam, and slew them, do ye imagine that they were to be condemned¹⁹¹⁵See note, § 10, 13. more than all the people that dwell [35] [Arabic, p. 106] in Jerusalem? Nay. ¹⁹¹⁶Luke xiii. 5.Verily I say unto you, If ye do not all repent, ye shall perish like them.

[36] ¹⁹¹⁷Luke xiii. 6.And he spake unto them this parable: A man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; [37] and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. ¹⁹¹⁸Luke xiii. 7.So he said to the husbandman, Lo, three years do I come and seek fruit on this fig tree, and find [38] none: cut it down; why doth it render the ground unoccupied? ¹⁹¹⁹Luke xiii. 8.The husbandman said unto him, My lord, leave it this year also, that I may dig about it, and dung [39] it; ¹⁹²⁰Luke xiii. 9.then if it bear fruit—! and if not, then cut it down in the coming year.

[40] ¹⁹²¹Luke xiii. 10.And when Jesus was teaching on the sabbath day in one of the synagogues, [41] there was there a woman that had a spirit of disease eighteen years; ¹⁹²²Luke xiii. 11.and she was [42] bowed down, and could not straighten herself at all. ¹⁹²³Luke xiii. 12.And Jesus saw her, and called [43] her, and said unto her, Woman, be loosed from thy disease. ¹⁹²⁴Luke xiii. 13.And he put his hand [44] upon her; and immediately she was straightened, and praised God. ¹⁹²⁵Luke xiii. 14.And the chief¹⁹²⁶Lit. great (man). of the synagogue answered with anger, because Jesus had healed on a sabbath, and said unto the multitudes, There are six days in which work ought to be done; [45] come in them and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. ¹⁹²⁷Luke xiii. 15.But Jesus answered and said unto him, Ye hypocrites, doth not each of you on the sabbath day loose [46] his ox or his ass from the manger, and go and water it? ¹⁹²⁸Luke xiii. 16.Ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, and whom the devil¹⁹²⁹Lit. calumniator. hath bound eighteen years, [47] to be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? ¹⁹³⁰Luke xiii. 17.And when he said this, they were all put to shame, those standing, who were opposing him:¹⁹³¹cf. Syriac versions. and all the people were pleased with all the wonders that proceeded from his hand.