(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.