Section XXXII.
(1) [2183] And when Jesus entered Jerusalem, he went up to the temple of God, and found (2) there oxen and sheep and doves. [2184] And when he beheld those that sold and those that bought, and the money-changers sitting, [2185] he made for himself a scourge of rope, and drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep and the oxen, and the money-changers; [2186] and he threw down their money, and upset their tables, and the seats of (3) them that sold the doves; [2187] and he was teaching, and saying unto them, Is it not written, My house is a house of prayer for all peoples? and ye have made it a den (4) for robbers. [2188] And he said unto those that sold the doves, Take this hence, and (5) make not my Father's house a house of merchandise. [2189] And he suffered not any (6) one to carry vessels inside the temple. [2190] And his disciples remembered the scripture, (7) The zeal of thy house hath eaten me up. [2191] The Jews answered and said unto him, (8) What sign hast thou shewn us, that thou doest this? [2192] Jesus answered and said unto (9) them, Destroy this temple, and I shall raise it in three days. [2193] The Jews said unto him, This temple was built in forty-six years, and wilt thou raise it in three days? (10) [2194] But he spake unto them of the temple of his body, that when [2195] they destroyed it, he (11) [Arabic, p. 122] would raise it in three days. [2196] When therefore he rose from among the dead, his disciples remembered that he said this; and they believed the scriptures, and the word that Jesus spake.
(12) [2197] And when Jesus sat down over against the treasury, he observed how the multitudes were casting their offerings into the treasury: and many rich men were (13, 14) throwing in much. [2198] And there came a poor widow, and cast in two mites. [2199] And Jesus called his disciples, and said unto them, Verily I say unto you, This poor (15) widow cast into the treasury more than all the people: [2200] and all of these cast into the place of the offering of God [2201] of the superfluity of their wealth; while this woman of her want threw in all that she possessed.
(16) [2202] And he spake unto them this parable, concerning people who trusted in themselves (17) that they are righteous, and despised every man: [2203] Two men went up to the (18) temple to pray; one of them a Pharisee, and the other a publican. [2204] And the Pharisee stood apart, [2205] and prayed thus, O Lord, I thank thee, since I am not like the rest of men, the unjust, the profligate, the extortioners, or even like this publican; (19) [2206] but I fast two days a week, and tithe all my possessions. [2207] [2208] And the publican was (20) standing at a distance, and he would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but was (21) beating upon his breast, and saying, O Lord, have mercy on me, me the sinner. [2209] I say unto you, that this man went down justified to his house more than the Pharisee. Every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and every one that abaseth himself shall be exalted.
(22) [Arabic, p. 123] [2210] And when eventide was come, he left all the people, and went outside the (23) city to Bethany, he and his twelve, and he remained there. [2211] And all the people, because they knew the place, came to him, and he received them; and them that (24) had need of healing he healed. [2212] And on the morning of the next day, when he returned (25) to the city from Bethany, he hungered. [2213] And he saw a [2214] fig tree at a distance on the beaten highway, having on it leaves. And he came unto it, expecting to find something on it; and when he came, he found nothing on it but the leaves--it [2215] was not (26) the season of figs-- [2216] and he said unto it, Henceforward for ever let no man eat fruit of thee. And his disciples heard.
(27) [2217] And they came to Jerusalem. And there was there a man of the Pharisees, (28) named Nicodemus, ruler of the Jews. [2218] This man came unto Jesus by night, and said unto him, My Master, we know that thou hast been sent from God as a teacher; and no man can do these signs that thou doest, except him whom God is (29) with. [2219] Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, If a man (30) be not born a second time, he cannot see the kingdom of God. [2220] Nicodemus said unto him, How can a man who is old be born? can he, think you, return again to (31) his mother's womb a second time, to enter and be born? [2221] Jesus answered and said unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, If a man be not born of water and the Spirit, (32) he cannot enter the kingdom of God. [2222] For he that is born of flesh is flesh; and he that (33) is born of Spirit is spirit. [2223] Wonder not that I said unto thee that ye must be born a (34) [Arabic, p. 124] second time. [2224] The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest its voice, but thou knowest not from what place it cometh, nor whither it goeth: so (35) is every man that is born of the Spirit. [2225] Nicodemus answered and said unto him, (36) How can that be? [2226] Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou teaching [2227] Israel, (37) and yet knowest not these things? [2228] Verily, verily, I say unto thee, What we know (38) we say, and what we have seen we witness: and ye receive not our witness. [2229] If I said unto you what is on earth, and ye believed not, how then, if I say unto you (39) what is in heaven, will ye believe? [2230] And no man hath ascended up into heaven, except him that descended from heaven, the Son of man, which is in heaven. (40) [2231] And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, so is the Son of man to be (41) lifted up; [2232] so that every man who may believe in him may not perish, but have (42) eternal life. [2233] God so loved the world, that [2234] he should give his only Son; and so every one that believeth on him should not perish, but should have eternal life. (43) [2235] God sent not his Son into the world to judge the world; but that the world might (44) be saved by his hand. [2236] He that believeth in him shall not be judged: but he that believeth not is condemned beforehand, because he hath not believed in the name (45) of the only Son, the Son of God. [2237] [2238] This is the judgement, that the light came into the world, and men loved the darkness more than the light; because their deeds (46) were evil. [2239] Whosoever doeth evil deeds hateth the light, and cometh not to the (47) light, lest his deeds be reproved. [2240] But he that doeth the truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be known, that they have been done in God.