Light-Giving (Luke) 17

 ¹Then He said to the disciples, “It is impossible for offences not to come: but woe to him, through whom they come!

² It would be better for him if a millstone were hung about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.

³ Take heed to yourselves: If your brother sins against you, rebuke him; and if he repents, forgive him.

⁴ If he sins against you seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turns again to you, saying, ‘I repent’; forgive him.”

⁵ The apostles said to the Lord, ‘Increase our faith.’

⁶ And the Lord said, “If you had faith as a grain of mustard seed, you might say to this sycamine tree, ‘Be plucked up by the root, and be planted in the sea’; it will obey you.

⁷ But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say to him by and by, when he comes from the field, ‘Go and sit down to eat?’

⁸ Will you not rather say to him, ‘Make my meal ready, and gird yourself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunk; and afterward you will eat and drink?’

⁹ Does he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him? I think not.

¹⁰ So likewise you, when you have done all those things which are commanded you, say, ‘We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which was our duty to do.’”

¹¹ And it came to pass, as He went to Rain of Peace (Jerusalem), that He passed through the midst of Samaria and Circuit-District (Galilee).

¹² As He entered into a certain village, He met ten men that were lepers, who stood afar off:

¹³ They cried out, “I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua), Master, have mercy on us.”

¹⁴ When He saw them, He said to them, “Go show yourselves to the priests.” And as they went, they were cleansed!

¹⁵ One of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glorified God,

¹⁶ He fell down on his face at His feet, giving Him thanks: and he was a Watch Mountainian (Samaritan).

¹⁷ I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) exclaimed, “Were there not ten cleansed? But where are the nine?

¹⁸ Only one returned to give glory to God, and he is a stranger.”

¹⁹ He said to him, “Arise, go your way: your faith has made you whole.”

²⁰ When The Separates (Pharisees) demanded He tell them when the Kingdom of God should come, he answered them by saying, “The Kingdom of God does not come in a form you can see:

²¹ Neither will they say, ‘It’s here!’ or ‘It’s there!’ for, behold, the Kingdom of God is within you.”

²² Then He said to the disciples, “The days will come when you will desire to see one of the days of the Son of Man, and you will not see it.

²³ And they will say to you, ‘See here; or see there.’ Do not go after them, nor follow them.

²⁴ For as the lightning, that lights out of the one part under heaven and shines to the other part under heaven; so, will also the Son of Man be in his day.

²⁵ But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

²⁶ And as it was in the days of Rest (Noah), so will it be also in the days of the Son of Man.

²⁷ They ate, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Rest (Noah) entered the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all.

²⁸ Likewise, as it was in the days of Covering (Lot), they ate, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they built.

²⁹ But the same day that Covering (Lot) went out of Burning (Sodom), it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all.

³⁰ So it will be in the day when the Son of Man is revealed.

³¹ In that day, he who is on the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not go back.

³² Remember Covering’s (Lot’s) wife.

³³ Whosoever will seek to save his life will lose it; and whosoever will lose his life will preserve it.

³⁴ I tell you, in that night there will be two men in one bed; the one will be taken, and the other will be left.

³⁵ Two women will be grinding together; the one will be taken, and the other left.

³⁶ Two men will be in the field; the one will be taken, and the other left.”

³⁷ And they answered and said to him, ‘Where, Lord?’ And he said to them, “Wherever the body is, there the eagles will gather together.”

Gift of I AM (Matthew) 13

1 That same day, I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) left the house and sat by the seaside.

2 There, great multitudes gathered together to Him, so He went into a ship, and sat while the whole multitude stood on the shore.

3 He spoke many things to them in parables, saying: Behold, a sower went forth to sow;

4 As he sowed, some seeds fell by the wayside, and the fowls came and devoured them up:

5 Some fell on stony places, where there wasn’t much dirt: and right away they sprung up, but they had no depth of earth:

6 When the sun was up, they were scorched; they withered away because they had no root.

7 Some fell among thorns, and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

8 But others fell into good ground and brought forth fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

9 Who has ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And the disciples came, and said to Him: Why do You speak to them in parables?

11 He answered them: Because it is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

12 For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that he has.

13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they, seeing, see not; and hearing, they hear not, neither do they understand.

14 For in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Yahweh’s Help (Isaiah), which said: By hearing you shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing you shall see, and shall not perceive:

15 For these people's hearts are callused, their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

 

16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.

17 For truly, I say to you: Many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which you see, and have not seen them, and to hear those things which you hear, and have not heard them.

18 Hear, therefore, the parable of the sower.

19 When anyone hears the word of the kingdom and does not understand, the wicked one comes and catches away that which was sown in his heart. This is he who received seed by the wayside.

20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that hears the word, and with joy receives it;

21 Yet he has no root in himself, but grows for a while: but when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, by and by he is offended.

22 He that received seed among the thorns is he that hears the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful.

23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that hears the word, and understands it; he also bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

24 Another parable He told to them, saying: The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field:

25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, then went his way.

26 So, when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, the tares appeared.

27 So the servants of the householder came and said to him: Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Where did these tares come from?

28 He said to them: An enemy has done this. The servants asked him: Do you want us to go and gather them up?

29 But he said: No; lest while you gather the tares, you also root up the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers: Gather together the tares first, and bind them in bundles to burn them: then gather the wheat into my barn.

31 Another parable He shared with them was: The Kingdom of Heaven is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

 

32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

33 This is another parable He told them; The Kingdom of Heaven is like to leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

34 I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) all these things spoke to the multitude in parables; and without a parable He did not speak to them:

35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open My mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

36 Then I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) sent the multitude away, and went into the house.  There his disciples came to Him, saying: Please explain the parable of the tares of the field.

37 He answered them: He that soweth the good seed is the Son of Man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and those who do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.

44 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to treasure hid in a field; when a man has found, he hides it, and for joy thereof goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like to a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered fish of every kind:

48. When it was full, they drew to shore, sat down, and gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away.

49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

51 I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) said to them: Have you understood all these things? They say to Him: Yes, Lord.

52 Then said He to them: Therefore, every scribe who is instructed about the kingdom of heaven is like a man who is a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

53 When I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) had finished these parables, He departed from there.

54 Then He came into His own country, where He taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said: Why does this man have this wisdom and these mighty works?

55 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Rebellion (Mary)? and his brethren, Supplanter (James), and Exalted (Joses), and Heard (Simon), and Praised (Judah)?

56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Where then did this man get all these things?

57 And they were offended by Him. But I AM is Our Salvation (Yeshua) said to them: A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house.

58 And he did not do many mighty works there because of their unbelief.