The Original Gospel: Chapters 10 – 20

“The Gospel of the Holy Twelve” (GHT), aka,
“The Gospel of the Perfect Life of Yeshua the Master, the Messiah” (GPL)
aka, The Gospel of the Hebrews; aka, The Gospel of the Netsarim;

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Introduction	Chapters 1-5	Chapters 6-9	Chapters 10-20	Chapters 21-30	Chapters 31-40
Chapters 41-50	Chapters 51-60	Chapters 61-70	Chapters 71-80	Chapters 81-89	Chapters 90-96

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Section 2, Chapters 10 thru 20

Chapter 10

Yoséph And Miriám Make A Feast for Y’Shúa;  Andrew, Kepha, and Nathanael Find Y’Shúa

AND when he had returned from the desert,

[through which he had departed to the East seven years earlier,
he came again into the region of Judea, to Bethany near Hyrcana, {Qumran}],

the same day, his parents [were there and] made him a feast, and they gave to him the gifts which the Magi had presented to him in his infancy [Chapter 5:11]. And Miriám [his mother] said, “These things, we have kept for you even to this day, and she gave to him the Gold and the Frankincense and the Myrrh. And he took of the Frankincense, but of the Gold he gave to his parents for the Poor [the Essene/Ebionites],^[1]Hebrew: Eḅioním. The Poor. Those who, for the sake of preserving The Way from corruption, separated themselves from commercial entanglements, including animal merchandising, choosing poverty over … Continue reading and of the Myrrh he gave unto Miriám [of Bethany, as a public betrothal gift],^[2]Their previous betrothal was left private rather than public. who is [now] called, “Migdolah/Magdalena”.^[3][The GBC] The Gospel of the Beloved Companion: The Complete Gospel of Mary Magdalene; Jehanne De Quillan, 2nd Edition, 2011. A Albigensian-Catharian document preserved from the fires of the … Continue reading ^[4]The Migdal-Eder: Tower of the Flock; Bat-Tsiyon: Daughter of Tsiyon {Micah 4:8}. Notice Figs in Micah 4:4, and Nathanael in the Fig tree in GHT 10:9. And then, reconsider the entire passage of Micah … Continue reading

(2a. [Parenthetical Background] Now this Miriám^[5]Miriam Magdalena (The Tower) was introduced in Chapter 10, but the narrative was interrupted with the Testimony of Yohanan (John the Baptist) and the introduction and call of John’s two disciples, … Continue reading was from the city of Magdala in Galilee [because Y’Shúa had sent her to minister there and wait for his return from the East. She was there seven years]. And [out of envy, the Pharisees spread lies by saying that] she was [a pagan temple priestess-prostitute] and a great sinner and had seduced many by her beauty and attractiveness.

2b. But the same Miriám, came to Y’Shúa by night [having heard him after he had returned from Egypt,] and confessed her short-comings, and he put forth his hand and healed her, and cast out of her seven demons [of affliction], and he said to her, “Go in peace, your short-comings are forgiven you.” And she arose and left all and followed him and ministered to him of her substance during the days of his ministry in Yisraél.)^[6]The present narrative introduces Magdalena and then develops the call of the other disciples. Notably, it introduces Magdalena first. In the original, it picks back up in Chapter 12:1-6, but we, with … Continue reading

The Day After the Feast

After 7-Years had elapsed [7:11 – 8:8], Yoḥanán testified again.

3. THE next day [day one] Yoḥanán saw Y’Shúa [and Miriám of Bethany]^[7]Ibid., The Gospel of the Beloved Companion, 6:1. coming to him, and said, “Behold the Lamb of Elohím^[8]“the Son of Humanity” per the GBC, which by righteousness takes away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I said, He was before me; and I knew him not; but that he should be made manifest to Yisraél; therefore, I am come baptizing with water.”^[9]According to the time-line of this Gospel, at age 20, Y’Shúa went to Egypt and spent 7-years there in advanced training. He was ordained as an Essene-Ebionite Rabbi while there. When he … Continue reading

4. And Yoḥanán testified, saying, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a Dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not, but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said to me, ‘Upon whom you shall see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizes with water and with fire, even the Spirit. And I saw and testified that this was the [Firstborn] Son of Elohím.

The Day After The Testimony

5. THE day after [day two], Yoḥanán stood by the Jordan and two of his disciples. And looking upon Y’Shúa as he walked, he said, “Behold the Mashíakh, the Lamb of Elohím!” And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Y’Shúa. 6. Then Y’Shúa turned and saw them following and said to them, “What seek ye?”   They said to him, “Rabbi, where do you dwell? He said to them, “Come and see.” They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day, for it was about the tenth hour. 7. One of the two which heard Yoḥanán speak and followed him was Andrew, brother of Shimón Kepha [the other was Levi, also called, Matithyáhu per GBC]. He  first found his own brother Shimón [when they went into Galilee] and said to him, “We have found the Mashíakh.” And he brought him to Y’Shúa. And when Y’Shúa beheld him, he said, “You are Shimón Bar Yona: You shall be called ‘Kepha’ (meaning, a rock).”

The Marriage at Qumran near Hyrcana

Yoḥanan and Y’Shúa Respond; The Healing of the Nobleman’s Son

12:1. AND the next day [day three {3^rd day of the week per GBC}], there was a marriage ‘near Hyrcana of Judæa’;^[10]A possible allusion to Qumran. Based upon the possibility that a scribal confusion between Hyrcana of Judea and Cana of Galilee came about effecting the place and timing of the Wedding, we have moved … Continue reading and the mother of Y’Shúa was there: And both Y’Shúa and Miriám of Magdala^[11]Notice what is implicit: “Y’Shúa and Miriam”; She is named and not the other disciples, nor his mother. Notice again in verse six-she is again named but his mother is not, nor his … Continue reading were there, and his disciples came to the marriage.

2. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Y’Shúa [the Groom] said to him, “They have no wine.” Y’Shúa [facetiously] said to her, “Woman, what is that to you and to me? My hour is not yet come!” His mother said to the servants, “Whatsoever he says to you, do it.”

3. And there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Judæans, containing two or three firkins each. And Y’Shúa said to them, “Fill the water-pots with water.” And they filled them up to the brim. And he said to them, “Draw out now and take to the governor of the feast.” And they took it.

4. When the governor of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine to them and knew not from whence it came; the governor of the feast called the Groom [Y’Shúa] and said to him. “Every man at the beginning does set forth good wine and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse; but you have kept the good wine until now.”

5. This beginning of miracles did Y’Shúa ‘near Hyrcana of Judæa’ and manifested forth his glory; and many disciples believed on him.

[To emphasize the point, we insert his later words:

66:9. Again, I say to you, I and My Bride are one, even as Miriám Magdalena, whom I have chosen and sanctified to Myself as a type, is one with Me; I and My Assembly are One. And the Assembly is the elect of humanity for the salvation of all.

95:8. Then they returned to Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives, which is a Sabbath day’s journey from the city. And as they returned, they missed Miriám Magdalena, and they looked for her, but found her not. And some of the disciples said, “The Master has taken her, and they marveled and were in great awe.”

In The Epistle of Apollos the Prophet, after the fall of Jerusalem, Apollos recounts a visionary experience where his sister appeared to him. In verse five she said, “For the Lord himself appeared from the clouds with her to whom he first appeared after he rose from the dead, who announced his resurrection to the twelve, and the holy angels, according to the word that he spoke unto us while he was in the flesh.”

In, The Gospel of Phillip^[12]Leloup, Jean-Yves. The Gospel of Philip: Jesus, Mary Magdalene, and the Gnosis of Sacred Union (Kindle Locations 1072-1075). Inner Traditions/Bear & Company. Kindle Edition. Page 65, Plates 111 … Continue reading it is written:

55b. The companion [koinonos] of the Son is Miriam of Magdala. The Teacher loved her more than all the disciples; he often kissed her on the mouth. When the disciples saw how he loved Miriam, they asked him: 56 “Why do you love her more than us?”… 60 “This is how it is with those united in marriage. The mystery which unites two beings is great; without it, the world would not exist. What gives substance to the world is Anthropos. What gives substance to Anthropos is an intimate and enduring relation [gamos]. Seek the experience of the pure embrace [koinonia]; it has great power; contemplate the Presence in this impermanent body.

The Day Following the Wedding

Determined to Depart into Galilee

13.^[13]These Verses were renumbered since the marriage pericope was relocated to this chapter. THE day following [the 4th day], Y’Shúa [determined to leave Judæa and] go forth into Galilee,^[14]See, The Gospel of the Beloved Companion, Jehanne De Quillan, 2nd Edition, 2011. In this Catharian source, there seems to have been a conflation of these events: the Family Feast, the Feast of the … Continue reading and [it was there that he later] found Philip, and said to him, “Follow me.” Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Kepha. Philip found Nathanael, who is called Bar Tholmai, and said to him, “We have found him, of whom Moshéh in the Toráh and the Prophets did write, Y’Shúa of Nazareth, the son of Yoséph and Miriám. And Nathanaél said to him, “Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth?” Philip said unto him, “Come and see”.

14. Y’Shúa saw Nathanael coming to him and said of him, “Behold an Yisraelí indeed, in whom is no guile!” Nathanael said to him, “From where do you know me? Y’Shúa answered and said to him, “Before that Philip called you, when you were under the Fig tree, I saw you.” Nathanaél answered and said to him, “Rabbi, you are the Son of Elohím. You are the King of Yisraél. Yea, under the Fig tree did I find you.”

15. Y’Shúa answered and said to him, “Nathanaél Bar Tholmai, because I said to you, ‘I saw you under the Fig tree, do you believe? You shall see greater things than these. And he said to him, “Truly, Truly, I say to you, hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of Elohím ascending and descending upon the Bar Enosh (Son of Man / Son of Adam / the Ideal or True Son of Humanity).”

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Chapter 11

The Anointing of Y’Shúa by his Wife,
Miriám of Bethany and of Magdala (Magdalena)

At the Feast in the house Shimon the Pharisee, Y’Shúa and
Magdalena tag-team as provocateurs to demonstrate true love.

11:1. And one of the Pharisees [whose name was Shimon and who lived near Hyrcana in Judæa and hearing that a Prophet had arisen among them] desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the house of the Pharisee and sat down to eat [where a marriage feast had been prepared for him. But Shimon was ignorant as to whom Y’Shúa had just married.]^[15]Ibid., The Gospel of the Beloved Companion, 6:1. “Near Hyrcana in Judea” may be an allusion to Qumran.

2. And behold, ‘this woman of Magdala’ who was reputed to be a sinner [amongst the Pharisees], was in the city, and when she knew that Y’Shúa sat to eat in the house of the Pharisee, [provocatively] she brought a vase of perfumed anointing oil, and stood at his feet behind him, weeping, and washed his feet with tears and did wipe them with the hairs of her head and kissed his feet and anointed them with the perfumed oil. [She was his wife!]

3. Now when the Pharisee, which had bidden him, saw it, he thought within himself, saying, “This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that touches him: for she is a sinner.”

4. And Y’Shúa answering said to him, “Shimón, I have something to say to you. And he said, “Master, speak on.”

5. “There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred dinars and the other fifty. And when they had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me, therefore, which of them will love him most.”

6. Shimón answered and said, “I suppose that he to whom he forgave most.” And he said to him, “You have rightly judged.”

7. And he said to Shimón, “Do you see this woman? I came into your house; you gave me no water for my feet; but she has washed my feet with tears and wiped them with the hairs of her head. You gave me no kiss: but this woman since the time I came in has not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil you did not anoint, but this woman has anointed my feet with perfumed oil.

8. Wherefore I say to you, her sins, which are many [in your eyes], are forgiven, for she loved much, not only man but also animals and birds of the air, yea, even the fishes of the sea; but to whom little is forgiven, the same loves little.”

9. And [provoking him and others further] he said to her, “Your short-comings are forgiven.” And they who sat at the table began to say within themselves, who is this that also forgives sins?” [But he spoke not of those sins of which they falsely accused her.]

10. Though he had not said, “I forgive you” but, “Your sins are forgiven you” for [unknown to them], he discerned true faith and reform in her heart [from the beginning when she first approached him and was healed]. And Y’Shúa needed not that any should testify of any man, for he himself knew what was in man.

11. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, with Miriám of Magdala [his wife], and his brothers, and his disciples: and they continued there for many days.

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Chapter 12

Yoḥanán, the Friend of the Groom;
Y’Shúa Responds to the Pharisees; The Healing of the Nobleman’s Son

Yoḥanán, the Friend of the Groom

Luke 4:14 And Y’Shúa returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a fame of him
through all the region round about. 15 And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

1.^[16]Verses 12:1-5 were relocated to after Chapter 10:7 & renumbered 10:8-12; Verse 12:6 was moved to after 11:10 & renumbered as 11:11. Thus Chapter 12 is renumbered after the first 6-verses were … Continue reading And there arose a question between some of the disciples of Yoḥanán and the [Establishment] Judæans about purifying. And they came to Yoḥanán, and said to him, “Rabbi, he that was with you beyond Jordan, [Y’Shúa] to whom you testified, behold, the same baptizes, and all do come to him.”

2. Yoḥanán answered and said, “A man can receive nothing, except it is given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, ‘I am not the Mashíakh, but that I am sent before him.’

3. He that has the Bride is the Groom; but the friend of the Groom, which stands and hears him, rejoices greatly because of the voice of the Groom; this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase; but I must decrease. He that is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth: he that comes from heaven is above all.”

Y’Shúa Responds to the Pharisees

4. AND certain of the Pharisees came and questioned Y’Shúa, and said to him, “How do you say [explain] that Elohím will condemn the world?” And Y’Shúa answered, saying, “Elohím so loves the world, that the firstborn Son is given, and comes into the world, that whosoever keeps faith with him may not perish, but have eternal life. Elohím does not send the Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him may be saved.

5. They who keep faith with him are not condemned: but they that do not keep faith are condemned already, because they have not kept faith with the name of the firstborn of Elohím. And this is the condemnation, that the light is come into the world, and men love darkness rather than light, because their deeds are evil.

6. For all they that do evil hate the light, neither do they come to the light, lest their deeds may be condemned. But they that do righteousness come to the light, that their deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in Elohím.”

The Healing of the Nobleman’s Son in Capernaum

7. AND there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When he heard that Y’Shúa was come into Galilee, he went to him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son; for he was at the point of death.

8. Then said Y’Shúa to him, “Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not keep faith.” The nobleman said to him, “Master, come down lest my child die.”

9. Y’Shúa said to him, “Go your way; your son lives. And the man kept faith with the word that Y’Shúa had spoken to him, and he went his way. And as, he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, “Your son lives.”

10. Then he enquired of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said to him, “Yesterday of the seventh hour the fever left him.” So, the father knew that it was at the same hour, which Y’Shúa said to him, “Your son lives.” And himself kept faith, and his whole house.

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Chapter 13

The First Sermon in the Synagogue of Nazareth

1. AND Y’Shúa came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Shabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the roll of the prophet Yeshayáhu  [Isaiah].

2. And when he had opened the scroll, he found the place where it was written. “The Spirit of יהוה is upon me, because he has anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he has sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty those that are bound. To preach the acceptable year of יהוה.” Is 61

3. And he closed the roll, and gave it back to the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all those that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began saying to them, “This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears.” And all bare him witness and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, “Is this not the son of Yoséph?”

4. And some brought to him a blind man to test his power, and said, “Rabbi, here is a son of Abraham blind from birth. Heal him as you have healed gentiles in Egypt.” And he, looking upon him, perceived his unbelief and the unbelief of those that brought him, and their desire to ensnare him. And he could do no mighty work in that place because of their unbelief.

5. And they said to him, “Whatsoever we have heard done in Egypt, do also here in your own country. And he said, “Truly I say to you, no prophet is accepted in his own home or in his own country, neither does a physician work cures upon them that know him.

6. And I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Yisraél in the days of Eliyáhu, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land. But to none of them was Eliyáhu sent, except unto Sarepta, a city of Sidon, to a woman that was a widow.

7. And many lepers were in Yisraél in the time of Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, except Naaman the Syrian.”

8. And all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled with wrath. And they arose, and thrust him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might cast him down headlong. But he, passing through the midst of them, went his way and escaped them.

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Chapter 14

The Calling of Andrew and Kepha; The Teaching of Cruelty to Animals; The Two Rich Men

1. NOW Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by Yoḥanán the Baptist for Herodia, the wife of his brother Philip, and for all the evils which he had done, added yet this above all, that he shut up Yoḥanán in prison.

2. And Y’Shúa began to preach, and to say, Return & Reform yourselves! for the kingdom of heaven is near.” And as he was walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw Shimón, called Kepha (Peter), and Andrew his brother, casting a net in the sea; for they were fishers. And he said to them, “Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.” And they immediately forsook their nets and followed him.

3. And going on from there, he saw other two brethren, Ya’aqóḅ the son of Zebedee, and Yoḥanán his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. And they immediately left their nets, and the ship, and their father, and followed him.

4. And Y’Shúa went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people. And the fame of his miracles went throughout all Syria, and they brought to him many sick people that were taken with various diseases and torments, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy, and he healed them.  

5. And there followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Yerushaláyim, and from Judæa, and from beyond Jordan.

6. AND as Y’Shúa was going with some of his disciples, he met with a certain man who trained dogs to hunt other creatures. And he said to the man, “Why do you thusly?” And the man said, “By this I live and what profit is there to any in these creatures? These creatures are weak, but the dogs they are strong.” And Y’Shúa said, “You lack wisdom and love. Lo, every creature which Elohím has made has its end and purpose, and who can say what good is there in it? or what profit to yourself or humanity?

7. And for your living, behold the fields yielding their increase, and the fruit-bearing trees, and the herbs! What more do you need than these? Which honest work of your hands will not give to you? Woe to the strong who misuse their strength; Woe to the hunters for they shall be hunted.”

8. And the man marveled, and left off training the dogs to hunt, and taught them to save life rather than destroy. And he learned of the teachings of Y’Shúa and became his disciple.

9 AND behold there came to him two rich men, and one said, “Good Master.” But he said, “Call me not good, for One alone is the All-Good, and that is Elohím.”

10. And the other said to him, “Master, what good thing shall I do and live?” Y’Shúa said, “Perform the Toráh and the Prophets.” He answered, “I have performed them.” Y’Shúa answered, “Go, sell all you have and divide with the poor [Eḅioním], and follow me.” But this saying did not please him.

11. And the Master said to him, “How can you say that you have performed the Toráh and the Prophets? Behold many of your brethren are clad with filthy rags, dying from hunger and your house is full of many goods, and there goes from it nothing to them.”

12. And he said to Shimón, “It is difficult for the rich to enter the kingdom of heaven, for the rich care for themselves, and despise them that have nothing.”

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Chapter 15

Healing of the Leper and the Man with Paralysis;
The Deaf Man who Denied that Others could Hear

1. AND it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy, who, seeing Y’Shúa, fell toward the earth, and besought him, saying, “Master, if you will, you can make me clean.” And he put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, “Blessed are you who believes; I will, be you clean.” And immediately the leprosy departed from him.

2. And he charged him saying, “Tell no man: but go, and shew yourself to the priest, and offer for your cleansing, according as Moshéh commanded, for a testimony to them. But so much the more went there a fame abroad of him; and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. And he withdrew himself into the desert and prayed.

3. AND it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there were Pharisees and Doctors of the Toráh sitting by, to see them which were come out of every town, of Galilee, and Judæa, and Jerusalem, and the power of Elohím was present to heal them.

4. AND, behold, they brought in a bed a man who was taken with a paralysis: and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him before him. And when they could not find by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Y’Shúa. And when he saw their faith, he said to him, “Man, your sins are forgiven you.”

5. And the Scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, “Who is this which speaks blasphemies? Who can forgive sins, but Elohím alone?” But when Y’Shúa perceived their thoughts, he answering said to them, “Why do ye reason in your hearts? Can even Elohím forgive sins, if a man does not repent? Who said, ‘I forgive you your sins?’ Did I not say, rather, ‘Your sins are forgiven you?’

6. Which is easier to say, ‘Your sins are forgiven you’; or to say, ‘Rise up and walk?’ But that ye may know that the Son of Man has power upon earth to discern and declare the forgiveness of sins (he said to the sick with paralysis), ‘I say to you, Arise, and take up your couch, and go to your house.’”

7. And immediately he arose before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying Elohím. And they were all amazed, and they glorified Elohím, and were filled with the Spirit of reverence, saying, “We have seen strange things today.”

8. AND as Y’Shúa was going into a certain village, there met him a man who was deaf from his birth. And he believed not in the sound of the rushing wind, or the thunder, or the cries of the animals, or the birds which complained of their hunger or their hurt, nor that others heard them.

9. And Y’Shúa breathed into his ears, and they were opened, and he heard. And he rejoiced with exceeding joy in the sounds he before denied. And he said, “Now I hear all things.”

10. But Y’Shúa said to him. How do you say, “I hear all things? Can you hear the sighing of the prisoner, or the language of the birds or the animals when they commune with each other, or the voice of angels and spirits? Think how much you cannot hear and be humble in your lack of knowledge.

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Chapter 16

Calling of Matthew; Parable of the New Wine; in the Old Bottles

AND after these things he went forth, and saw a tax gatherer, named Lewí, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he said to him, “Follow me.” And he left all, arose and followed him.

2. And Lewi made him a great feast in his own house: and there was a great company of tax collectors and of others that sat down with them. But the Scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, “Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners?”

3. And Y’Shúa answering said unto them, “They that are whole do not need a physician; but they that are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.”

4. And they said unto him, “Why do the disciples of Yoḥanán fast often, and make prayers, and likewise do the disciples of the Pharisees; but yours eat and drink?

5. And he said to them, “With what shall I liken the men of this generation, and to what are they like? They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace and calling one to another and saying, ‘We have piped for you, and ye have not danced; We have mourned for you and ye have not lamented.’

6. For Yoḥanán the Baptist came neither eating nor drinking, and ye say, ‘He has a demon’; The Son of Man [Bar Enosh] comes eating and drinking the fruits of the earth, and the milk of the flock, and the fruit of the vine, and ye say, ‘Behold a glutton and wino, a friend of tax collectors and sinners.’

7. Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days.”

8. AND he also spoke this parable to them, saying, “No man puts a piece of new cloth upon an old garment; for then, the new agrees not with the old, and the garment is made worse.

9. And no one puts new wine into old bottles; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and is spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles, and both are preserved.

10. None also having drunk old wine, immediately desires new: for they say, ‘The old is better’! But the time comes when the new shall grow old, and then, the new shall be desired by them. For as one changes old garments for new ones, so do they also change the body of death for the body of life, and that which is past for that which is coming.”

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Chapter 17

Y’Shúa Sent Forth the Twelve and their Fellows

AND Y’Shúa went up into a mountain to pray. And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits—to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. Now the names of the twelve apostles are these who stood for the twelve tribes of Yisraél:

2. Petros [Peter, called Kepha, for the tribe of Reuḅén; Ya’aqóḅ, for the tribe of Naphtali; Thoma, called Dydimus, for the tribe of Zabulon; Matithyáhu, called Lewi, for the tribe of Gad; Yoḥanán, for the tribe of Ephraím; Shimón, for the tribe of Yissakar.

3. Andrew, for the tribe of Yoséph; Nathanaél, for the tribe of Shimón; Thaddeus, for the tribe of Zabulon; Ya’aqóḅ, for the tribe of Benjamin; Yehudáh, for the tribe of Dan; Philip, for the tribe of Asher. And Judas Iscariot, a Lewi, who betrayed him, was also among them (but he was not of them). And Matithyáhu and Barsabba were also present with them.

4. Then he called in like manner twelve others to be Prophets, men of light to be with the Apostle and show to them the hidden things of Elohím. And their names were Hermes, Aristobulus, Selenius, Nereus, Apollos, and Barsabba; Andronicus, Lucius, Apelles, Zachaeus, Urbanus, and Clementos. And then he called twelve who should be Evangelists, and twelve who should be Pastors. A fourfold twelve did he call that he might send them forth to the twelve tribes of Yisraél, unto each [tribe], four.

5. And they stood around the Master, clothed in white linen raiment, called to be a holy priesthood unto Elohím for the service of the twelve tribes whereunto they should be sent.

6. These fourfold twelve Y’Shúa sent forth and charged them, saying, “I will that ye be my Twelve Apostles with your companions, for a testimony into Yisraél. Go ye into the cities of Yisraél and to the lost sheep of the House of Yisraél. And as ye go, preach, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven’ is near. As I have baptized you in water, so ye baptize those who believe.

7. Anoint and heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons, freely ye have received, freely give. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses. Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves; for the workman is worthy of his food; and eat that which is set before you, but of that which is gotten by taking of life, touch not, for it is not permissible to you.

8. And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go forth. And when ye come into a house, salute it. And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it is not worthy, let your peace return to you.

9. Be ye wise as serpents and harmless as doves. Be ye innocent and undefiled. The Son of Man [Bar Enosh] is not come to destroy but to save, neither to take life, but to give life, to body and soul.

10. And fear not them which kill the body but are not able to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in Gehenna.

11. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without permission of the All Qodésh. Yea, the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Therefore, fear ye not; If Elohím cares for the sparrow, shall he not care for you?

12. It is enough for disciples that they be as their master, and the servants as their master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call those of his household. Therefore, fear them not, for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; or hidden, that shall not be known. 13. What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light when the time comes. And what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. Whosoever therefore shall confess the truth before men, those I will also confess before my Parent who is in heaven. But whosoever shall deny the truth before men, them will I also deny before my Parent who is in heaven.

14. Truly I am come to send peace upon earth, but when I speak, behold a sword follows. I am come to unite; But behold, a man shall be at variance with his father, and the daughter with her mother, and the daughter-in-law with her mother-in-law. And a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. For the unjust cannot mate with them that are just.

15. They who take not their staff and follow me are not worthy of me. He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life, for my sake, shall find it.”

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Chapter 18

The Sent Forth of the Seventy-Two

After these things the Master also appointed two and seventy and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place of the tribes where he himself would come.

2. Therefore he said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few. Therefore, petition ye the Master of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into the harvest.

3. Go your ways. Behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes, and salute no man by the way.

4. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house’. And if the spirit of peace is there, your peace shall rest upon it; If not, it shall return to you.

5. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you without the taking of life. And heal the sick that are therein, and say to them, ‘The kingdom of Elohím is come near to you.’

6. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give without the shedding of blood. For the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house.

7. But into whatsoever city ye enter and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same and say, ‘Even the very dust of your city that clings on us, we do wipe off against you; Nevertheless, be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of Elohím is come near to you.’

8. Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they would have repented a great while ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for them in the judgement than for you.

9. And you, Capernaum, which are exalted to heaven, shall be thrust down to Sheól. They that hear you, hear me also; and they that despise you, despise me also; and they that despise me, despise Him that sent me. But let all be persuaded in their own minds.”

10. AND again, Y’Shúa said to them: “Be merciful, so shall ye obtain mercy. Forgive others, so shall ye be forgiven. With what measure ye measure, with the same shall it be measured back to you.

11. As ye do to others, so shall it be done to you. As ye give, so shall it be given to you. As ye judge others, so shall ye be judged. As ye serve others, so shall ye be served.

12. For Elohím is just and rewards everyone according to their works. That which they sow they shall also reap.”

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Chapter 19

Y’Shúa Teaches how to Pray; Error even in the Prophets

As Y’Shúa was praying in a certain place on a mountain, some of his disciples came to him, and one of them said, “Master, teach us how to pray.” And Y’Shúa said to them, “When you pray, enter your secret chamber, and when you have closed the door, pray to Abba-Imma, who is above and within you, and your Father-Mother who sees all that is secret shall answer you openly. 2. But when ye are gathered together, and pray in common, use not vain repetitions, for your heavenly Parent knows what things ye have need of before ye ask them. After this manner therefore pray ye:

3. ‘Our Father-Mother, who is above and within: Consecrated be Your Name in a duality of three—In Wisdom, Love, and Equity; Your Kingdom come to all; Your will be done; As in Heaven so in Earth. Give us day by day to partake of Your qodésh bread and the fruit of the living vine. As You forgive us our trespasses, so may we forgive others who trespass against us. 4. Show upon us Your goodness, that to others we may show the same. In the hour of trial, deliver us from evil.’^[17]Biune Trinity – Twofold Triad – Twofold or Duality (=Fatherly-Motherly or Masculine-Feminine) of Three=Wisdom, Love, and Equity throughout the world. This has nothing to do with the … Continue reading ^[18]Also given in slightly amended forms in 26:6 and 76:20. See 26:6 for all three together.

5. And wheresoever there are seven gathered together in My Name there am I in the midst of them; Yea, if only there are three or two; And where there is but one who prays in secret, I am with that one.”

6. “Raise the Stone and there you shall find me; Cleave the wood and there I am. For in the fire and in the water even as in every living form, Elohím is manifest as its Life and its Substance.”

7. AND the Master said, “If your brother has sinned in word seven times a day, and seven times a day has made amendment, receive him.” Shimón said to him, “Seven times a day?”

8. The Master answered and said to him, “I tell you also unto seventy times seven, for even in the Prophets, after they were anointed by the Spirit utterance of sin was found.

9. Be ye therefore considerate, be tender, be ye pitiful, be ye kind, not to your own kind alone, but to every creature that is within your care, for ye are to them as Elohím, to whom they look in their need. Be ye slow to anger, for many sin in anger, which they repented of, when their anger was past.”

10. AND there was a man whose hand was withered, and he came to Y’Shúa and said, “Master, I was a Mason seeking sustenance by my hands. I beseech you! Restore to me my health that I may not beg for food with shame.” And Y’Shúa healed him, saying, “There is a house made without hands, seek that you may dwell therein.”

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Chapter 20

The Return of the Seventy-Two

1. AND after a season the seventy-two returned with joy, saying, “Master, even the demons are subject to us through your name.”

2. And he said to them, “I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

3. Behold! I give to you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy; and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Nevertheless, in this do not rejoice—that the spirits are subject to you; but rather, rejoice because your names are written in Heaven.” 4. In that hour Y’Shúa rejoiced in spirit, and said, “I thank you, Holy Parent of heaven and earth, that you have hid these things from the wise and prudent, and have revealed them to babes: even so, All Holy,^[19]“All Holy” – “the All Parent” or “the Perfect Parent”: “The One Who is Completely and Absolutely Separate and Other”, Who is, nevertheless, the perfect Parent—a perfect Father … Continue reading for so it seemed good in your sight.” 5. “All things are delivered to me of the All-Parent: and no man knows the Son [or]who is the Daughter,^[20]Added to the text in italics, or. This is truer to the next phrase in the passage. but the All Parent; nor [does anyone know]who the All-Parent is, but the Son and the Daughter,^[21]Cf. 20:5; 31:7; 43:8; 44:14; 51:2, 9; 64:8, 10; 72:5; 76:10

and those to whom the Son and the Daughter will reveal it.”

6. And privately, he turned to his disciples, and said, “Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see. For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things that ye see and have not seen them, and to hear those things that ye hear and have not heard them.

7. Blessed are ye of the inner circle, who hear my word, and to whom mysteries are revealed, who gives to no innocent creature the pain of prison or of death, but seek the good of all, for to such is eternal life. 8. Blessed are ye who abstain from all things gotten by bloodshed and death, and fulfill all righteousness: Blessed are ye, for ye shall attain to eternal-bliss.”^[22]The original word was Beatitude.

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