18And a certain ruler asked him, saying: Good Teacher, what shall I do to inherit eternal life? 19And Jesus said to him: Why dost thou call me good? None is good save one, God. 20Thou knowest the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother. 21And he said: All these I kept from my youth. 22And Jesus hearing it said to him: Yet lackest thou one thing; sell all that thou hast, and distribute to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come, follow me. 23And hearing this, he became very sorrowful; for he was exceedingly rich. 24And Jesus seeing him became very sorrowful, said: How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 25For it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. 26And they who heard it said: And who can be saved? 27And he said: The things that are impossible with men are possible with God.
28And Peter said: Lo, we forsook all, and followed thee. 29And he said to them: Verily I say to you, there is no one that forsook house, or parents, or brothers, or wife, or children, for the sake of the kingdom of God, 30who shall not receive manifold more in this present time, and in the world to come life everlasting.
31And taking with him the twelve, he said to them: Behold, we are going up to Jerusalem, and all the things written by the prophets for the Son of man shall be accomplished. 32For he will be delivered to the Gentiles, and will be mocked, and insulted, and spit upon, 33and they will scourge him, and put him to death; and on the third day he will rise again. 34And they understood none of these things; and this saying was hidden from them, and they knew not the things that were said.
35And it came to pass, that as he came near to Jericho, a certain blind man was sitting by the way-side, begging. 36And hearing a multitude passing by, he inquired what this was. 37And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth is passing by. 38And he called aloud, saying: Jesus, Son of David, have mercy on me. 39And they who went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried much the more: Son of David, have mercy on me. 40And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be brought to him. And when he was come near, he asked him, 41saying: What wilt thou that I shall do to thee? And he said: Lord, that I may receive sight. 42And Jesus said to him: Receive sight; thy faith has made thee whole. 43And immediately he received sight, and followed him, glorifying God. And all the people, seeing it, gave praise to God.
XIX. And having entered in, he was passing through Jericho. 2And behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, and he was a chief publican; and this man was rich. 3And he sought to see Jesus, who he was; and he could not on account of the multitude, because he was small in stature. 4And running before, he climbed up into a sycamore-tree to see him; because by that way he was to pass through. 5And Jesus, when he came to the place, looked up and saw him, and said to him: Zaccheus, make haste and come down; for to-day I must abide at thy house. 6And he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. 7And seeing it, they all murmured, saying that he went in to be a guest with a sinner.
8And Zaccheus stood up, and said to the Lord: Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I took aught from any one by false accusation, I restore fourfold. 9And Jesus said to him: This day is salvation come to this house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham. 10For the Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.
11And as they were hearing these things, he added and spoke a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God would immediately appear. 12He said therefore: A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. 13And having called his ten servants, he gave them ten pounds, and said to them: Traffic, till I come.
14But his citizens hated him, and sent an embassy after him, saying: We will not have this man to reign over us.
15And it came to pass, when he had returned, having received the kingdom, that he commanded these servants to be called to him, to whom he gave the money, that he might know what each gained by trading. 16And the first came, saying: Lord, thy pound gained ten pounds. 17And he said to him: Well done, good servant; because thou wast faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities.
18And the second came, saying: Lord, thy pound made five pounds. 19And he said also to this man: And be thou over five cities. 20And another came, saying: Lord, behold thy pound, which I kept laid up in a napkin. 21For I feared thee, because thou art an austere man; thou takest up what thou layedst not down, and reapest what thou didst not sow. 22And he says to him: Out of thy mouth will I judge thee, wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up what I laid not down, and reaping what I did not sow? 23Why then didst thou not put my money into the bank? and I, at my coming, should have required it with interest. 24And he said to those standing by: Take from him the pound, and give it to him that has the ten pounds. 25And they said to him: Lord, he has ten pounds. 26For I say to you, that to every one that has shall be given; and from him that has not, even what he has shall be taken away.