Part 17

013:049 So will it be at the Close of the Age. The angels will go forth and separate the wicked from among the righteous,

013:050 and will throw them into the fiery furnace. There will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth."

013:051 "Have you understood all this?" He asked. "Yes," they said.

013:052 "Therefore," He said, "remember that every Scribe well trained for the Kingdom of the Heavens is like a householder who brings out of his storehouse new things and old."

013:053 Jesus concluded this series of parables and then departed.

013:054 And He came into His own country and proceeded to teach in their synagogue, so that they were filled with astonishment and exclaimed, "Where did he obtain such wisdom, and these wondrous powers?

013:055 Is not this the carpenter's son? Is not his mother called Mary? And are not his brothers, James, Joseph, Simon and Judah?

013:056 And his sisters--are they not all living here among us? Where then did he get all this?"

013:057 So they turned angrily away from Him. But Jesus said to them, "There is no prophet left without honour except in his own country and among his own family."

013:058 And He performed but few mighty deeds there because of their want of faith.

014:001 About that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus,

014:002 and he said to his courtiers, "This is John the Baptist: he has come back to life--and that is why these miraculous Powers are working in him."

014:003 For Herod had arrested John, and had put him in chains, and imprisoned him, for the sake of Herodias his brother Philip's wife,

014:004 because John had persistently said to him, "It is not lawful for you to have her."

014:005 And he would have liked to put him to death, but was afraid of the people, because they regarded John as a Prophet.

014:006 But when Herod's birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced before all the company, and so pleased Herod

014:007 that with an oath he promised to give her whatever she asked.

014:008 So she, instigated by her mother, said, "Give me here on a dish the head of John the Baptist."

014:009 The king was deeply vexed, yet because of his repeated oath and of the guests at his table he ordered it to be given her,

014:010 and he sent and beheaded John in the prison.

014:011 The head was brought on a dish and given to the young girl, and she took it to her mother.

014:012 Then John's disciples went and removed the body and buried it, and came and informed Jesus.

014:013 Upon receiving these tidings, Jesus went away by boat to an uninhabited and secluded district; but the people heard of it and followed Him in crowds from the towns by land.

014:014 So Jesus went out and saw an immense multitude, and felt compassion for them, and cured those of them who were out of health.

014:015 But when evening was come, the disciples came to Him and said, "This is an uninhabited place, and the best of the day is now gone; send the people away to go into the villages and buy something to eat."

014:016 "They need not go away," replied Jesus; "you yourselves must give them something to eat."

014:017 "We have nothing here," they said, "but five loaves and a couple of fish."

014:018 "Bring them here to me," He said,