Et respondens Jesus, dixit iterum in parabolis eis, dicens:

And Jesus once more spoke to them in parables;

And Jesus answering, spoke again in parables to them, saying:

Simile factum est regnum cælorum homini regi, qui fecit nuptias filio suo.

Here is an image, he said, of the kingdom of heaven; there was once a king, who held a marriage-feast for his son,

The kingdom of heaven is likened to a king, who made a marriage for his son.

Et misit servos suos vocare invitatos ad nuptias, et nolebant venire.

and sent out his servants with a summons to all those whom he had invited to the wedding; but they would not come.

And he sent his servants, to call them that were invited to the marriage; and they would not come.

Iterum misit alios servos, dicens: Dicite invitatis: Ecce prandium meum paravi, tauri mei et altilia occisa sunt, et omnia parata: venite ad nuptias.

Then he sent other servants with a fresh summons, bidding them tell those who had been invited, By this, I have prepared my feast, the oxen have been killed, and the fatlings, all is ready now; come to the wedding.

Again he sent other servants, saying: Tell them that were invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner; my beeves and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come ye to the marriage.

Illi autem neglexerunt: et abierunt, alius in villam suam, alius vero ad negotiationem suam:

But still they paid no heed, and went off on other errands, one to his farm in the country, and another to his trading;

But they neglected, and went their ways, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise.

reliqui vero tenuerunt servos ejus, et contumeliis affectos occiderunt.

and the rest laid hands upon his servants, and insulted and killed them.

And the rest laid hands on his servants, and having treated them contumeliously, put them to death.

Rex autem cum audisset, iratus est: et missis exercitibus suis, perdidit homicidas illos, et civitatem illorum succendit.

The king fell into a rage when he heard of it, and sent out his troops to put those murderers to death, and burn their city.

But when the king had heard of it, he was angry: and sending his armies, he destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city.

Tunc ait servis suis: Nuptiæ quidem paratæ sunt, sed qui invitati erant, non fuerunt digni:

After this, he said to his servants, Here is the marriage-feast all ready, and those who had been invited have proved unworthy of it.

Then he saith to his servants: The marriage indeed is ready; but they that were invited were not worthy.

ite ergo ad exitus viarum, et quoscumque inveneritis, vocate ad nuptias.

You must go out to the street-corners, and invite all whom you find there to the wedding.

Go ye therefore into the highways; and as many as you shall find, call to the marriage.

Et egressi servi ejus in vias, congregaverunt omnes quos invenerunt, malos et bonos: et impletæ sunt nuptiæ discumbentium.

And his servants went out into the streets, where they mustered all they could find, rogues and honest men together; and so the wedding had its full tale of guests.

And his servants going forth into the ways, gathered together all that they found, both bad and good: and the marriage was filled with guests.

Intravit autem rex ut videret discumbentes, et vidit ibi hominem non vestitum veste nuptiali.

But when the king came in to look at the company, he saw a man there who had no wedding-garment on;

And the king went in to see the guests: and he saw there a man who had not on a wedding garment.

Et ait illi: Amice, quomodo huc intrasti non habens vestem nuptialem? At ille obmutuit.

My friend, he said, how didst thou come to be here without a wedding-garment? And he made no reply.

And he saith to him: Friend, how camest thou in hither not having on a wedding garment? But he was silent.

Tunc dicit rex ministris: Ligatis manibus et pedibus ejus, mittite eum in tenebras exteriores: ibi erit fletus et stridor dentium.

Whereupon the king said to his servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the darkness, where there shall be weeping, and gnashing of teeth.

Then the king said to the waiters: Bind his hands and feet, and cast him into the exterior darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Multi enim sunt vocati, pauci vero electi.

Many are called, but few are chosen.

For many are called, but few are chosen.

Tunc abeuntes pharisæi, consilium inierunt ut caperent eum in sermone.

After this the Pharisees withdrew, and plotted together, to make him betray himself in his talk.

Then the Pharisees going, consulted among themselves how to insnare him in his speech.

Et mittunt ei discipulos suos cum Herodianis, dicentes: Magister, scimus quia verax es, et viam Dei in veritate doces, et non est tibi cura de aliquo: non enim respicis personam hominum:

And they sent their own disciples to him, with those who were of Herod’s party, and said, Master, we know well that thou art sincere, and teachest in all sincerity the way of God; that thou holdest no one in awe, making no distinction between man and man;

And they sent to him their disciples with the Herodians, saying: Master, we know that thou art a true speaker, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou dost not regard the person of men.

dic ergo nobis quid tibi videtur, licet censum dare Cæsari, an non?

tell us, then, is it right to pay tribute to Caesar, or not?

Tell us therefore what dost thou think, is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not?

Cognita autem Jesus nequitia eorum, ait: Quid me tentatis, hypocritæ?

Jesus saw their malice; Hypocrites, he said, why do you thus put me to the test?

But Jesus knowing their wickedness, said: Why do you tempt me, ye hypocrites?

ostendite mihi numisma census. At illi obtulerunt ei denarium.

Shew me the coinage in which the tribute is paid. So they brought him a silver piece,

Shew me the coin of the tribute. And they offered him a penny.

Et ait illis Jesus: Cujus est imago hæc, et superscriptio?

and he asked them, Whose is this likeness? Whose name is inscribed on it?

And Jesus saith to them: Whose image and inscription is this?

Dicunt ei: Cæsaris. Tunc ait illis: Reddite ergo quæ sunt Cæsaris, Cæsari: et quæ sunt Dei, Deo.

Caesar’s, they said; whereupon he answered, Why then, give back to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.

They say to him: Cæsar’s. Then he saith to them: Render therefore to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar’s; and to God, the things that are God’s.

Et audientes mirati sunt, et relicto eo abierunt.

And they went away and left him in peace, full of admiration at his words.

And hearing this they wondered, and leaving him, went their ways.

In illo die accesserunt ad eum sadducæi, qui dicunt non esse resurrectionem: et interrogaverunt eum,

On that day, too, he was approached with a question by the Sadducees, men who say that there is no resurrection;

That day there came to him the Sadducees, who say there is no resurrection; and asked him,

dicentes: Magister, Moyses dixit: Si quis mortuus fuerit non habens filium, ut ducat frater ejus uxorem illius, et suscitet semen fratri suo.

Master, they said, Moses told us, If a man leaves no children when he dies, his brother shall marry the widow by right of kinship, and beget children in the dead brother’s name.

Saying: Master, Moses said: If a man die having no son, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up issue to his brother.

Erant autem apud nos septem fratres: et primus, uxore ducta, defunctus est: et non habens semen, reliquit uxorem suam fratri suo.

We had seven brothers once in our country, of whom the first died, a married man without issue, bequeathing his wife to the second.

Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married a wife, died; and not having issue, left his wife to his brother.

Similiter secundus, et tertius usque ad septimum.

And the same befell the second brother, and then the third, and in the end all seven,

In like manner the second, and the third, and so on to the seventh.

Novissime autem omnium et mulier defuncta est.

the woman dying last of all.

And last of all the woman died also.

In resurrectione ergo cujus erit de septem uxor? omnes enim habuerunt eam.

And now, when the dead rise again, which of the seven will be her husband, since she was wife to them all?

At the resurrection therefore whose wife of the seven shall she be? for they all had her.

Respondens autem Jesus, ait illis: Erratis nescientes Scripturas, neque virtutem Dei.

Jesus answered them, You are wrong; you do not understand the scriptures, or what is the power of God.

And Jesus answering, said to them: You err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God.

In resurrectione enim neque nubent, neque nubentur: sed erunt sicut angeli Dei in cælo.

When the dead rise again, there is no marrying and giving in marriage; they are as the angels in heaven are.

For in the resurrection they shall neither marry nor be married; but shall be as the angels of God in heaven.

De resurrectione autem mortuorum non legistis quod dictum est a Deo dicente vobis:

But now, in the matter of the resurrection, did you never read what God himself said:

And concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read that which was spoken by God, saying to you:

Ego sum Deus Abraham, et Deus Isaac, et Deus Jacob? Non est Deus mortuorum, sed viventium.

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? Yet it is of living men, not of dead men, that he is God.

I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but of the living.

Et audientes turbæ, mirabantur in doctrina ejus.

This the multitude heard, and were amazed by his teaching.

And the multitudes hearing it, were in admiration at his doctrine.

Pharisæi autem audientes quod silentium imposuisset sadducæis, convenerunt in unum:

And now the Pharisees, hearing how he had put the Sadducees to silence, met together;

But the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, came together.

et interrogavit eum unus ex eis legis doctor, tentans eum:

and one of them, a lawyer, put a question to try him:

And one of them, a doctor of the law, asked him, tempting him:

Magister, quod est mandatum magnum in lege?

Master, which commandment in the law is the greatest?

Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

Ait illi Jesus: Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et in tota anima tua, et in tota mente tua.

Jesus said to him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart and thy whole soul and thy whole mind.

Jesus said to him: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind.

Hoc est maximum, et primum mandatum.

This is the greatest of the commandments, and the first.

This is the greatest and the first commandment.

Secundum autem simile est huic: Diliges proximum tuum, sicut teipsum.

And the second, its like, is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

And the second is like to this: Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

In his duobus mandatis universa lex pendet, et prophetæ.

On these two commandments, all the law and the prophets depend.

On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.

Congregatis autem pharisæis, interrogavit eos Jesus,

Then, while the Pharisees were still gathered about him, Jesus asked them:

And the Pharisees being gathered together, Jesus asked them,

dicens: Quid vobis videtur de Christo? cujus filius est? Dicunt ei: David.

What is your opinion concerning Christ? Whose son is he to be? They told him, David’s.

Saying: What think you of Christ? Whose son is he? They say to him: David’s.

Ait illis: Quomodo ergo David in spiritu vocat eum Dominum, dicens:

How is it then, said he, that David is moved by the Spirit to call him Master, when he says:

He saith to them: How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying:

Dixit Dominus Domino meo: Sede a dextris meis, donec ponam inimicos tuos scabellum pedum tuorum?

The Lord said to my Master, Sit on my right hand while I make thy enemies a footstool under thy feet?

The Lord said to my Lord, Sit on my right hand, until I make thy enemies thy footstool?

Si ergo David vocat eum Dominum, quomodo filius ejus est?

David calls Christ his Master; how can he be also his son?

If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?

Et nemo poterat ei respondere verbum: neque ausus fuit quisquam ex illa die eum amplius interrogare.

None could find a word to say in answer to him, nor did anyone dare, after that day, to try him with further questions.

And no man was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.