Jesus Heals a Roman Officer's Servant
(Matthew 8.5-13)1 When Jesus had finished saying all these things to the people, he went to Capernaum. 2 A Roman officer there had a servant who was very dear to him; the man was sick and about to die. 3 When the officer heard about Jesus, he sent some Jewish elders to ask him to come and heal his servant. 4 They came to Jesus and begged him earnestly, “This man really deserves your help. 5 He loves our people and he himself built a synagogue for us.”
6 So Jesus went with them. He was not far from the house when the officer sent friends to tell him, “Sir, don't trouble yourself. I do not deserve to have you come into my house, 7 neither do I consider myself worthy to come to you in person. Just give the order, and my servant will get well. 8 I, too, am a man placed under the authority of superior officers, and I have soldiers under me. I order this one, ‘Go!’ and he goes; I order that one, ‘Come!’ and he comes; and I order my slave, ‘Do this!’ and he does it.”
9 Jesus was surprised when he heard this; he turned around and said to the crowd following him, “I tell you, I have never found faith like this, not even in Israel!”
10 The messengers went back to the officer's house and found his servant well.
Jesus Raises a Widow's Son
11 Soon afterward Jesus went to a town named Nain, accompanied by his disciples and a large crowd. 12 Just as he arrived at the gate of the town, a funeral procession was coming out. The dead man was the only son of a woman who was a widow, and a large crowd from the town was with her. 13 When the Lord saw her, his heart was filled with pity for her, and he said to her, “Don't cry.” 14 Then he walked over and touched the coffin, and the men carrying it stopped. Jesus said, “Young man! Get up, I tell you!” 15 The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16 They all were filled with fear and praised God. “A great prophet has appeared among us!” they said; “God has come to save his people!”
17 This news about Jesus went out through all the country and the surrounding territory.
The Messengers from John the Baptist
(Matthew 11.2-19)18 When John's disciples told him about all these things, he called two of them 19 and sent them to the Lord to ask him, “Are you the one John said was going to come, or should we expect someone else?”
20 When they came to Jesus, they said, “John the Baptist sent us to ask if you are the one he said was going to come, or should we expect someone else?”
21 At that very time Jesus healed many people from their sicknesses, diseases, and evil spirits, and gave sight to many blind people. 22 He answered John's messengers, “Go back and tell John what you have seen and heard: the blind can see, the lame can walk, those who suffer from dreaded skin diseases are made clean, the deaf can hear, the dead are raised to life, and the Good News is preached to the poor. 23 How happy are those who have no doubts about me!”
24 After John's messengers had left, Jesus began to speak about him to the crowds: “When you went out to John in the desert, what did you expect to see? A blade of grass bending in the wind? 25 What did you go out to see? A man dressed up in fancy clothes? People who dress like that and live in luxury are found in palaces! 26 Tell me, what did you go out to see? A prophet? Yes indeed, but you saw much more than a prophet. 27 For John is the one of whom the scripture says: ‘God said, I will send my messenger ahead of you to open the way for you.’ 28 I tell you,” Jesus added, “John is greater than anyone who has ever lived. But the one who is least in the Kingdom of God is greater than John.”
29 All the people heard him; they and especially the tax collectors were the ones who had obeyed God's righteous demands and had been baptized by John. 30 But the Pharisees and the teachers of the Law rejected God's purpose for themselves and refused to be baptized by John.
31 Jesus continued, “Now to what can I compare the people of this day? What are they like? 32 They are like children sitting in the marketplace. One group shouts to the other, ‘We played wedding music for you, but you wouldn't dance! We sang funeral songs, but you wouldn't cry!’ 33 John the Baptist came, and he fasted and drank no wine, and you said, ‘He has a demon in him!’ 34 The Son of Man came, and he ate and drank, and you said, ‘Look at this man! He is a glutton and wine drinker, a friend of tax collectors and other outcasts!’ 35 God's wisdom, however, is shown to be true by all who accept it.”
Jesus at the Home of Simon the Pharisee
36 A Pharisee invited Jesus to have dinner with him, and Jesus went to his house and sat down to eat. 37 In that town was a woman who lived a sinful life. She heard that Jesus was eating in the Pharisee's house, so she brought an alabaster jar full of perfume 38 and stood behind Jesus, by his feet, crying and wetting his feet with her tears. Then she dried his feet with her hair, kissed them, and poured the perfume on them. 39 When the Pharisee saw this, he said to himself, “If this man really were a prophet, he would know who this woman is who is touching him; he would know what kind of sinful life she lives!”
40 Jesus spoke up and said to him, “Simon, I have something to tell you.”
“Yes, Teacher,” he said, “tell me.”
41 “There were two men who owed money to a moneylender,” Jesus began. “One owed him five hundred silver coins, and the other owed him fifty. 42 Neither of them could pay him back, so he canceled the debts of both. Which one, then, will love him more?”
43 “I suppose,” answered Simon, “that it would be the one who was forgiven more.”
“You are right,” said Jesus. 44 Then he turned to the woman and said to Simon, “Do you see this woman? I came into your home, and you gave me no water for my feet, but she has washed my feet with her tears and dried them with her hair. 45 You did not welcome me with a kiss, but she has not stopped kissing my feet since I came. 46 You provided no olive oil for my head, but she has covered my feet with perfume. 47 I tell you, then, the great love she has shown proves that her many sins have been forgiven. But whoever has been forgiven little shows only a little love.”
48 Then Jesus said to the woman, “Your sins are forgiven.”
49 The others sitting at the table began to say to themselves, “Who is this, who even forgives sins?”
50 But Jesus said to the woman, “Your faith has saved you; go in peace.”
VII.
K. Jezus padora vasalu vērsinīka kolpu.
1 Nūbeidzis vysas sovas runas tim ļaudim, kas klausejōs, Jys aizgōja uz Kafarnaumu. 2 Vīna vērsinīka kolps, kas jam beja dorgs, gulēja nōveigi slyms. 3 Izdzērdis par Jezu, jys aizsyuteja pi Jō jūdu vacōkūs un lyka lyugt, lai Jys atītu un padareitu vasalu jō kolpu. 4 Tī, atgōjuši pi Jezus, lyudze saceidami: Jys ir peļnejis, ka Tu jam tū izdareitu, 5 jys tadei mīļoj myusu tautu un mums izbyuvēja synagogu.
6 Jezus aizgōja tim leidza. Bet, kad beja jau natōli nu sātas, vērsinīks lyka caur draugim pasaceit: Kungs, nasapyulej, jo es naasmu cīneigs, ka Tu ītu zam muna jumta. 7 Es tadei sevis naturēju par cīneigu īt pi Tevis. Bet soki tikai vōrdu, un muns kolps byus vasals. 8 Tadei ari es asmu cylvāks vērseibai padūts, un maņ padūti ir karaveiri; un jo vīnam soku: Ej, tad jys nūīt; ūtram: Ej šur, un jys atīt; munam kolpam: Padori tū, un jys padora.
9 Dzērdādams tū, Jezus nu jō breinōjōs, un, atsagrīzis uz ļaudim, kas Jam gōja pakaļ, saceja: (Patīši), Es jums soku: Tik lelas ticeibas Izraelī Es nikod nabeju atradis!
10 Un tī, kas beja syuteiti, atsagrīzuši atpakaļ uz sātu, atroda kolpu, (kurs beja slyms), jau vasalu.
K. Jezus pīceļ nu myrūnim jaunēkli.
11 Vēļōk, kad Jys laidēs īt uz mīstu Naim vōrdā, Jam pakaļ gōja daudz mōcekļu un lels ļaužu pulks. 12 Kad tyvōjōs pi mīsta, raug, nese ōrā myrūni, vīneigū mōtei dālu, kura beja atraitne. Nu mīsta gōja jai leidza lels ļaužu pulks. 13 Īraudzejis jū, Kungs apsažālōja par jū un saceja: Naraudi! 14 Tad, pīgōjis klōt, pīsaskōre pi myrūņa; tī, kas jū nese, nūstōja. Pēc tam Jys saceja: Jaunēkli, Es tev pavēļu: celīs augšā! 15 Nūmyrušais atsasāda un sōce runōt. Un Jys atdeve jū mōtei.
16 Vysus pōrjēme baile, un jī slavēja Dīvu saceidami: Myusu vydā ir cēlīs lels pravīts; Dīvs apraudzeja sovu tautu. 17 Ziņa par Jū izaplateja pa vysu jūdu zemi un pa vysu apkōrtni.
Jōņa mōcekli pi K. Jezus.
18 Vysu tū jō mōcekli pastōsteja ari Jōņam. Tad Jōņs pasauce pi sevis divejus sovus mōcekļus 19 un nūsyuteja jūs pi Kunga, lai pavaicōtu: Vai Tu esi Tys, kam ir jōatīt, vai mums jōgaida cyts? 20 Atgōjuši pi Jō, tī cylvāki saceja: Jōņs Kristeitōjs myusus syuteja pi Tevis saceidams: Vai Tu esi Tys, kam jōatīt, vai mums jōgaida cyts?
21 Tamā laikā īpaši Jys daudzejūs padareja vasalus nu slimeibom, cīsšonom, nu ļaunim gorim un daudzim oklajim dōvynōja redzēšonu. 22 Tōdēļ tad atsasauce un jim saceja: Aizgōjuši pastōstit Jōņam, kū redzējot un dzērdejot: oklī redz, klibī staigoj, špitaleigī palīk teiri, kūrlī dzērd, nūmyrušī ceļās augšan, nabogim teik sludynōts Evangelijs, 23 un svēteigs ir tys, kas nu Manis naīsaļaunoj.
24 Kad Jōņa syuteitī aizgōja prūjom, Jys ļaudim sōce runōt par Jōni: Kō apskateitu jyus izgōjot tuksnesī? Vai nīdres, kū vējs lūka? 25 Bet kō apskateitu jyus izgōjot? Vai meikstōs drēbēs tārpta cylvāka? Raug, kas bogōtōs drēbēs ir gārbti un skaisti dzeivoj, tī ir kēneņu pilīs. 26 Bet kō gon apskateitu jyus izgōjot? Pravīša?
Jā, Es jums soku, pōrōka par pravīti.
27 Par jū tadei ir raksteits:
Raug, Es syutu sovu eņgeli tova vaiga prīškā,
kas sagatavōs Tev Tovu ceļu.
28 Un Es jums soku: Nu sīvītes dzymušim navā lelōka (pravīša) par Jōni (Kristeitōju), tūmār Es jums soku: Pats mōzōkais Dīva vaļsteibā par jū ir lelōks.
K. Jezus pōrmat bezticeigim.
29 Tūlaik visi ļaudis, kas Jō klausejōs, pat ari muitinīki, pasadeve Dīva vaļai un pījēme Jōņa kristeibu, 30 bet farizeji un lykumam mōceitī, napījimdami kristeibas, nycynōja Dīva nūdūmus atteiceibā uz sevi.
31 (Kungs) runōja tōļōk: Kam lai pīleidzynoju šytōs škiras ļaudis? Kam jī ir leidzeigi? 32 Jī ir leidzeigi bārnim, kas sēd uz tērga laukuma un cyts cytam sauc: Mes spēlejam jums fleitā, bet jyus nadoncojat. Mes aizdzīdojam bādu dzīsmi, bet jyus naraužat . .
33 Atnōce Jōņs Kristeitōjs, jys ni maizes ēde, ni veina dzēre, bet jyus sokot: Jamā ir naškeists gors. 34 Atgōja Cylvāka Dāls, Jys ād un dzer, bet jyus sokot: Raug, kur cylvāks rejējs un veina dzārōjs, muitinīku un grēcinīku draugs! 35 Un šū gudreibu attaisnōja visi jūs bārni.
Marijas Magdalenas atsagrīzšona.
36 Kaids farizejs īaicynōja Jū pi sevis uz maļteiti. Jys, īgōjis farizeja mōjā, ījēme vītu. 37 Raug, sīvīte, kas mīstā beja pazeistama kai grēcineica, izzynōjuse, ka Jys cīmojās farizeja mōjā, atnese alebastra trauceņā smōrdeigu eleju 38 un, pīgōjuse nu aizmugures pi Jō kōjom, raudoja. Jei sōce ar osorom slapynōt Jō kōjas, slauceja jōs ar sovas golvas motim, bučōja Jō kōjas un svaideja ar smōrdeigū eleju.
39 Tū radzādams, farizejs, kas Jū beja īlyudzis, pats sevī saceja: Jo Jys byutu pravīts, tad Jys zynōtu, kas un kaida ir šei sīvīte, kas Jū aizskar: ka jei ir grēcineica. 40 Bet Jezus atsasauce un jam saceja: Seimaņ, Maņ ir kaut kas tev sokoms. Tys atbiļdēja: Soki, Mōceitōj! 41 Vīnam cylvākam beja divi porōdnīki: vīns jam beja porōdā pīci simti denaru, un ūtrais pīcdesmit. 42 Tai kai im nabeja nu kō atdūt, jys pīdeve obejim. Kurs tad nu jim, soki, jū vairōk mīļōs? 43 Seimaņs atbiļdēja: Maņ līkās, ka tys, kuram vairōk pīdūts. Un Jys tam atbiļdēja: Pareizi iztīsōji. 44 Tad, atsagrīzis uz sīvīti, saceja Seimaņam: Vai tu redzi šū sīvīti? Es īgōju tovā mōjā, un tu napasnēdzi kōjom yudiņa, — bet jei ar osorom aplaisteja Maņ kōjas un ar sovim motim nūslauceja. 45 Tu Manis napabučōji, bet jei kai īgōja vēļ navā pōrstōjuse Munu kōju bučōt. 46 Tu naapsvaideji ar eleju Maņ golvas, — jei ar smōrdeigū eleju apsvaideja Maņ kōjas. 47 Tōpēc Es tev soku: Jai ir atlaists daudz grāku, jo jei ļūti nūmīļōja, bet kam mozōk teik atlaists, tys mozōk mīļoj.
48 Tad jai saceja: Tovi grāki tev ir atlaisti.
49 Bet tī, kas reizē beja pi golda, sōce sovstarpeji runōtīs: Kas gon Jys ir, ka pat grākus atlaiž? 50 Tad Jys sīvītei saceja: Tova ticeiba tevi atpesteja, ej mīrā.
