Section XXXIII.

[1] [Arabic, p. 125] ^22412241    Mark xi. 19.And when evening came, Jesus went forth outside of the city, he and his [2] disciples.  ^22422242    Mark xi. 20.And as they passed in the morning, the disciples saw that fig tree [3] withered away from its root.  ^22432243    Matt. xxi. 20b.And they passed by, and said, How did the fig tree dry [4] up immediately?  ^22442244    Mark xi. 21.And Simon remembered, and said unto him, My Master, behold, 94[5] that fig tree which thou didst curse hath dried up.  ^22452245    Mark xi. 22.And Jesus answered and said [6] unto them, Let there be in you the faith of God.  ^22462246    Mark xi. 23.Verily I say unto you, if ye believe, and doubt not in your hearts, and assure yourselves that that will be which [7] ye say, ye shall have what ye say.  ^22472247    Matt. xxi. 21b.And if ye say to this mountain, Remove, and [8] fall^22482248    Syr. into the sea, it shall be.  ^22492249    Matt. xxi. 22.And all that ye ask God in prayer, and believe, he [9, 10] will give you.  ^22502250    Luke xvii. 5.And the apostles^22512251    The Syriac word. said unto our Lord, Increase our^22522252    Lit. Increase us in. faith.  ^22532253    Luke xvii. 6.He said unto them, If there be in you faith like a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this fig tree, Be thou torn up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it will obey you.  [11] ^22542254    Luke xvii. 7.Who of you hath a servant driving a yoke of oxen or tending sheep, and if he [12] come from the field, will say unto him straightway, Go and sit down?  ^22552255    Luke xvii. 8.Nay,^22562256    Or, But. he will say unto him, Make ready for me wherewith I may sup, and gird thy waist, and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink also.  [13] ^22572257    Luke xvii. 9.Doth that servant haply, who did what he was bid, receive his praise?  I think [14] not.  ^22582258    Luke xvii. 10.So ye also, when ye have done all that ye were bid, say, We are idle servants; what it was our duty to do, we have done.

[15] ^22592259    Mark xi. 24.For this reason I say unto you, Whatever ye pray and ask, believe that ye [16] [Arabic, p. 126] receive, and ye shall have.  ^22602260    Mark xi. 25.And when ye stand to pray, forgive what is in your heart against any man; and your Father which is in heaven will [17] forgive you also your wrong-doings.  ^22612261    Mark xi. 26.But if ye forgive not men their wrong-doings, neither will your Father forgive you also your wrong-doings.

[18] ^22622262    Luke xviii. 1.And he spake unto them a parable also, that they should pray at all times, and [19] not be slothful:  ^22632263    Luke xviii. 2.There was a judge in a city, who feared not God, nor was ashamed [20] for men:  ^22642264    Luke xviii. 3.and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, and said, [21] Avenge me of mine adversary.  ^22652265    Luke xviii. 4.And he would not for a long time:  but afterwards he said within himself, If of God I have no fear, and before men I have no shame; [22] ^22662266    Luke xviii. 5.yet because this widow vexeth me, I will avenge her, that she come not at all times [23, 24] and annoy me.  ^22672267    Luke xviii. 6.And our Lord said, Hear ye what the judge of injustice said.  ^22682268    Luke xviii. 7.And shall not God still more do vengeance for his elect, who call upon him in the night [25] and in the day, and grant them respite?  ^22692269    Luke xviii. 8.I say unto you, He will do vengeance for them speedily. Thinkest thou the Son of man will come and find faith on the earth?

[26, 27] ^22702270    Mark xi. 15a.And they came again to Jerusalem.  ^22712271    Luke xx. 1.And it came to pass, on one of the days, as Jesus was walking in the temple, and teaching the people, and preaching the [28] gospel, ^22722272    Luke xx. 2a.that the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came upon him, and said unto him, Tell us:  ^22732273    Mark xi. 28b.By what power doest thou this? and who gave thee this [29] power to do that?  ^22742274    Mark xi. 29a; Matt. xxi. 24b.And Jesus said unto them, I also will ask you one word, and if [30] ye tell me, I also shall tell you by what power I do that.  ^22752275    Matt. xxi. 25a.The baptism of John, from [31] what place is it? from heaven or of men?  ^22762276    Mark xi. 30b.Tell me.  ^22772277    Matt. xxi. 25b.And they reflected within themselves, [Arabic, p. 127] and said, If we shall say unto him, From heaven; he will say unto [32] us, For what reason did ye not believe him?  ^22782278    Matt. xxi. 26a.But^22792279    Verse 26 begins here in the Greek. if we shall say, Of men; [33] we fear^22802280    From Mark. that the people will stone us, all of them.  ^22812281    Luke xx. 6b; Mark xi. 32b.And all of them were holding^22822282    cf. Syriac. [34] to John, that he was a true prophet.  ^22832283    Mark xi. 33.They answered and said unto him, We know [35] not.  ^22842284    Matt. xxi. 28.Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you also by what power I work.  What think ye?  A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said unto him, My [36] son, go to-day, and till in the vineyard.  ^22852285    Matt. xxi. 29.And he answered and said, I do not wish [37] to:  but finally he repented, and went.  ^22862286    Matt. xxi. 30.And he went to the other, and said unto [38] him likewise.  ^22872287    Matt. xxi. 31.And he answered and said, Yea, my lord:  and went not.  Which of these two did the will of his father?  They said unto him, The first.  Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, The publicans and harlots go before you into [39] the kingdom of God.  ^22882288    Matt. xxi. 32.John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him; and ye, not even when ye saw, did ye repent at last, that ye might believe in him.

[40] ^22892289    Matt. xxi. 33a.Hear another parable:  A man was a householder, and planted a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and digged in it a winepress, and built in it a tower, [41, 42] ^22902290    Luke xx. 9b.and gave it to husbandmen, and went to a distance for a long time.  ^22912291    Mark xxi. 34.So when the time of the fruits came, he sent his servants^22922292    The difference between singular and plural is very slight in Arabic. unto the husbandmen, that they might 95[43] send him of the produce^22932293    Lit. property. of his vineyard.  ^22942294    Mark xii. 3b.And those husbandmen beat him, and [44] sent him away empty.  ^22952295    Mark xii. 4.And he sent unto them another servant also; and they [45] stoned him, and wounded^22962296    A word used specially of wounding the head. him, and sent him away with shameful handling.  ^22972297    Mark xii. 5a.And he sent again another; and they slew him.  And he sent many other servants unto [46] them.  ^22982298    Matt. xxi. 35.And the husbandmen took his servants, and one they beat, and another they [47] stoned, and another they slew.  ^22992299    Matt. xxi. 36.So he sent again other servants more than the first; and [48] [Arabic, p. 128] they did likewise with them.  ^23002300    Luke xx. 13.So the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do?  I will send my beloved son:  it may be they will see him and be [49, 50] ashamed.  ^23012301    Mark xii. 6a.So at last he sent unto them his beloved son that he had.  ^23022302    Matt. xxi. 38a.But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said amongst themselves, This is the heir.  [51, 52] ^23032303    Luke xx. 14b.And they said, We will slay him, and so the inheritance will be ours.  ^23042304    Matt. xxi. 39.So they took [53] him, and put him forth without the vineyard, and slew him.  ^23052305    Matt. xxi. 40.When then the lord [54] of the vineyard shall come, what will he do with those husbandmen?  ^23062306    Matt. xxi. 41.They said unto him, He will destroy them in the worst of ways,^23072307    cf. Syriac versions. and give the vineyard to [55] other husbandmen, who will give him fruit in its season.  ^23082308    Matt. xxi. 42a.Jesus said unto them, Have ye never read in the scripture,

The stone which the builders declared to be base,

^23092309    Luke xx. 17b.The same came to be at the head of the corner:

[56] ^23102310    Matt. xxi. 42c.From God was this,

And it is wonderful in our eyes?

[57] ^23112311    Matt. xxi. 43.Therefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and [58] given to a people that will produce fruit.  ^23122312    Matt. xxi. 44.And whosoever falleth on this stone shall be broken in pieces:  but on whomsoever it falleth, it will grind him to [59] powder.  ^23132313    Matt. xxi. 45.And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they [60] perceived that it was concerning them he spake.  ^23142314    Matt. xxi. 46.And they sought to seize him; and they feared the multitude, because they were holding to him as the prophet.