Vayigash Gospel

MattithYahu 23-25
Mat 23:1 Then יהושע spoke to the crowds and to His talmidim,
Mat 23:2 saying, “The scribes and the Pharisees sit on the seat of Moshe.
Mat 23:3 “Therefore, whatever he says to you to guard, guard and do. But do not do according to their works, for they say, and do not do.
Mat 23:4 “For they bind heavy burdens, hard to bear, and lay them on men’s shoulders, but with their finger they do not wish to move them.
Mat 23:5 “And they do all their works to be seen by men, and they make their t’fillen wide and lengthen the tzitziyot1 of their garments, Footnote:1Plural of Tzitzit - See Explanatory notes - “Tzitzit” and Num. 15:37-41, Dt. 22:12.
Mat 23:6 and they love the best place at feasts, and the best seats in the congregations,
Mat 23:7 and the greetings in the market-places, and to be called by men, ‘Rabbi, Rabbi.’
Mat 23:8 “But you, do not be called ‘Rabbi,’ for One is your Head, HaMashiach, and you are all brothers.
Mat 23:9 “And do not call anyone on earth your father, for One is your Father, He who is in the heavens.
Mat 23:10 “Neither be called leaders, for One is your Leader, HaMashiach.
Mat 23:11 “But the greatest among you shall be your slave.
Mat 23:12 “And whoever exalts himself shall be humbled, and whoever humbles himself shall be exalted.
Mat 23:13 “But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you shut up the reign of the heavens before men, for you do not go in, nor do you allow those who are entering to go in.
Mat 23:14 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you eat up widows’ houses, and for a show make long prayers. Because of this you shall receive greater judgment.
Mat 23:15 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you go about the land and the sea to win one convert, and when he is won, you make him a son of Gehenna twofold more than yourselves.
Mat 23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the Dwelling Place, it does not matter, but whoever swears by the gold of the Dwelling Place, is bound by oath.’
Mat 23:17 “Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gold or the Dwelling Place that makes the gold Kadosh?
Mat 23:18 “And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it does not matter, but whoever swears by the gift that is on it, is bound by oath.’
Mat 23:19 “Fools and blind! For which is greater, the gift or the altar that makes the gift Kadosh?
Mat 23:20 “He, then, who swears by the altar, swears by it and by all that is upon it.
Mat 23:21 “And he who swears by the Dwelling Place, swears by it and by Him who is dwelling in it.
Mat 23:22 “And he who swears by the heaven, swears by the throne of Elohim and by Him who is sitting upon it.
Mat 23:23 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you tithe the mint and the anise and the cumin,1 and have neglected the weightier matters of the Torah: the right-ruling and the compassion and the belief. These need to have been done, without neglecting the others. Footnote:1The wording in Lk. 11:42 is somewhat different.
Mat 23:24 “Blind guides – straining out a gnat and swallowing a camel!
Mat 23:25 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are filled with plunder and unrighteousness.
Mat 23:26 “Blind Pharisee, first clean the inside of the cup and dish, so that the outside of them becomes clean too.
Mat 23:27 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you are like whitewashed tombs which outwardly indeed look well, but inside are filled with dead men’s bones and all uncleanness.
Mat 23:28 “So you too outwardly indeed appear righteous to men, but inside you are filled with hypocrisy and lawlessness.1 Footnote:1See 5:20.
Mat 23:29 “Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! Because you build the tombs of the Nevi’im and decorate the monuments of the righteous,
Mat 23:30 and say, ‘If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have taken part with them in the blood of the Nevi’im.’
Mat 23:31 “Thus you bear witness against yourselves that you are sons of those who did murder the Nevi’im –
Mat 23:32 and you fill up the measure of your fathers!
Mat 23:33 “Serpents, brood of adders! How would you escape the judgment of Gehenna?
Mat 23:34 “Because of this, see, I send you Nevi’im, and wise men, and scholars of Scripture.1 Some of them you shall kill and impale, and some of them you shall flog in your congregations and persecute from city to city, Footnote:1See 13:52.
Mat 23:35 so that on you should come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of righteous Hevel to the blood of Zeḵaryah, son of Bereḵyah, whom you murdered between the Dwelling Place and the altar.
Mat 23:36 “Truly, I say to you, all this shall come upon this generation.
Mat 23:37 “Yerushalayim, Yerushalayim, killing the Nevi’im and stoning those who are sent to her! How often I wished to gather your children together, the way a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but you would not!
Mat 23:38 “See! Your house is left to you laid waste,
Mat 23:39 for I say to you, from now on you shall by no means see Me, until you say, ‘Blessed is He who is coming in the Name of יהוה!’ ”1 Footnote:1See Ps. 118:26.
Mat 24:1 And going out, יהושע went away from the Kadosh Place, and His talmidim came near to point out to Him the buildings of the Kadosh Place.
Mat 24:2 And יהושע said to them, “Do you not see all these? Truly, I say to you, not one stone shall be left here upon another, at all, which shall not be thrown down.”
Mat 24:3 And as He sat on the Mount of Olives, the talmidim came to Him separately, saying, “Say to us, when shall this be, and what is the sign of Your coming, and of the end of the age?”
Mat 24:4 And יהושע answering, said to them, “Take heed that no one leads you astray.
Mat 24:5 “For many shall come in My Name, saying, ‘I am HaMashiach,’ and they shall lead many astray.
Mat 24:6 “And you shall begin to hear of fights and reports of fights. See that you are not troubled, for these have to take place, but the end is not yet.
Mat 24:7 “For nation shall rise against nation, and reign against reign. And there shall be scarcities of food, and deadly diseases, and earthquakes in places.
Mat 24:8 “And all these are the beginning of birth pains.
Mat 24:9 “Then they shall deliver you up to affliction and kill you, and you shall be hated by all nations for My Name’s sake.
Mat 24:10 “And then many shall stumble, and they shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another.
Mat 24:11 “And many false prophets shall rise up and lead many astray.
Mat 24:12 “And because of the increase in Torahlessness, the love of many shall become cold.
Mat 24:13 “But he who shall have endured to the end shall be saved.1 Footnote:1See 10:22.
Mat 24:14 “And this Good News of the reign shall be proclaimed in all the world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end shall come.
Mat 24:15 “So when you see the ‘abomination that lays waste,’1 spoken of by Dani’ĕl HaNavi, set up in the kadosh place” – he who reads, let him understand – Footnote:1See Abomination that lays waste in Explanatory Notes.
Mat 24:16 “then let those who are in Yehuḏah flee to the mountains.
Mat 24:17 “Let him who is on the house-top not come down to take whatever out of his house.
Mat 24:18 “And let him who is in the field not turn back to get his garments.
Mat 24:19 “And woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing children in those days!
Mat 24:20 “And pray that your flight does not take place in winter or on the Shabbat.
Mat 24:21 “For then there shall be great distress,1 such as has not been since the beginning of the world until this time, no, nor ever shall be. Footnote:1Or great pressure, or great affliction.
Mat 24:22 “And if those days were not shortened, no flesh would be saved, but for the sake of the chosen ones those days shall be shortened.
Mat 24:23 “If anyone then says to you, ‘Look, here is HaMashiach!’ or ‘There!’ do not believe.
Mat 24:24 “For false messiahs and false prophets shall arise, and they shall show great signs and wonders, so as to lead astray, if possible, even the chosen ones.
Mat 24:25 “See, I have forewarned you.
Mat 24:26 “So if they say to you, ‘Look, He is in the desert!’ do not go out; or ‘Look, He is in the inner rooms!’ do not believe.
Mat 24:27 “For as the lightning comes from the east and shines to the west, so also shall the coming of the Son of Aḏam be.
Mat 24:28 “For wherever the dead body is, there the eagles shall be gathered together.1 Footnote:1Lk. 17:37.
Mat 24:29 “And immediately after the distress1 of those days the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give its light, and the stars shall fall from the heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken. Footnote:1Or pressure.
Mat 24:30 “And then the sign of the Son of Aḏam shall appear in the heaven, and then all the tribes of the earth shall mourn, and they shall see the Son of Aḏam coming on the clouds of the heaven with power and much esteem.
Mat 24:31 “And He shall send His messengers with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together His chosen ones from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
Mat 24:32 “And learn this parable from the fig tree: When its branch has already become tender and puts forth leaves, you know that the summer is near.
Mat 24:33 “So you also, when you see all these, know that He is near, at the doors.
Mat 24:34 “Truly, I say to you, this generation shall by no means pass away until all this takes place.
Mat 24:35 “The heaven and the earth shall pass away, but My words shall by no means pass away.
Mat 24:36 “But concerning that day and the hour no one knows, not even the malachei of the heavens, but My Father only.1 Footnote:1Mk. 13:32.
Mat 24:37 “And as the days of Noach, so also shall the coming of the Son of Aḏam be.
Mat 24:38 “For as they were in the days before the flood, eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noach entered into the tehevah,
Mat 24:39 and they did not know until the flood came and took them all away, so also shall the coming of the Son of Aḏam be.
Mat 24:40 “Then two shall be in the field, the one is taken and the one is left.
Mat 24:41 “Two shall be grinding at the mill, one is taken and one is left.
Mat 24:42 “Watch therefore, for you do not know what hour your Master is coming.
Mat 24:43 “And know this, that if the master of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched and not allowed his house to be broken into.
Mat 24:44 “Because of this, be ready too, for the Son of Aḏam is coming at an hour when you do not expect Him.
Mat 24:45 “Who then is a trustworthy and wise slave, whom his master set over his household, to give them food in season?
Mat 24:46 “Blessed is that slave whom his master, having come, shall find so doing.
Mat 24:47 “Truly, I say to you that he shall set him over all his possessions.
Mat 24:48 “But if that evil slave says in his heart, ‘My master is delaying his coming,’
Mat 24:49 and begins to beat his fellow slaves, and to eat and drink with the drunkards,
Mat 24:50 the master of that slave shall come on a day when he does not expect it, and at an hour he does not know,
Mat 24:51 and shall cut him in two and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites – there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
Mat 25:1 “Then the reign of the heavens shall be compared to ten maidens who took their lamps and went out to meet the bridegroom.
Mat 25:2 “And five of them were wise, and five foolish.
Mat 25:3 “Those who were foolish, having taken their lamps, took no oil with them,
Mat 25:4 but the wise took oil in their containers with their lamps.
Mat 25:5 “Now while the bridegroom took time, they all slumbered and slept.
Mat 25:6 “And at midnight a cry was heard, ‘See, the bridegroom is coming, go out to meet him!’
Mat 25:7 “Then all those maidens rose up and trimmed their lamps.
Mat 25:8 “And the foolish said to the wise, ‘Give us of your oil, because our lamps are going out.’
Mat 25:9 “But the wise answered, saying, ‘No, indeed, there would not be enough for us and you. Instead, go to those who sell, and buy for yourselves.’
Mat 25:10 “And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came, and those who were ready went in with him to the wedding feast, and the door was shut.
Mat 25:11 “And later the other maidens also came, saying, ‘Master, Master, open up for us!’
Mat 25:12 “But he answering, said, ‘Truly, I say to you, I do not know you.’
Mat 25:13 “Watch therefore, because you do not know the day nor the hour in which the Son of Aḏam is coming,
Mat 25:14 for it is like a man going from home, who called his own slaves and delivered his possessions to them.
Mat 25:15 “And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to each according to his own ability, and went from home.
Mat 25:16 “And he who had received the five talents went and worked with them, and made another five talents.
Mat 25:17 “In the same way, he with the two also, he gained two more.
Mat 25:18 “But he who had received the one went away and dug in the ground, and hid the silver of his master.
Mat 25:19 “And after a long time the master of those slaves came and settled accounts with them.
Mat 25:20 “And he who had received five talents came and brought five other talents, saying, ‘Master, you delivered to me five talents. See, I have gained five more talents besides them.’
Mat 25:21 “And his master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave. You were trustworthy over a little, I shall set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
Mat 25:22 “Then he who had received two talents came and said, ‘Master, you delivered to me two talents. See, I have gained two more talents besides them.’
Mat 25:23 “His master said to him, ‘Well done, good and trustworthy slave. You were trustworthy over a little, I shall set you over much. Enter into the joy of your master.’
Mat 25:24 “And the one who had received the one talent also came and said, ‘Master, I knew you to be a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered seed,
Mat 25:25 and being afraid, I went and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’
Mat 25:26 “And his master answering, said to him, ‘You wicked and lazy slave, you knew that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered seed.
Mat 25:27 ‘Then you should have put my silver with the bankers, and at my coming I would have received back my own with interest.
Mat 25:28 ‘Therefore take away the talent from him, and give it to him who possesses ten talents.
Mat 25:29 ‘For to everyone who possesses, more shall be given, and he shall have overflowingly; but from him who does not possess, even what he possesses shall be taken away.1 Footnote:1See Lk. 8:18.
Mat 25:30 ‘And throw the worthless slave out into the outer darkness – there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’
Mat 25:31 “And when the Son of Aḏam comes in His esteem, and all the kadosh melachei with Him, then He shall sit on the throne of His esteem.
Mat 25:32 “And all the nations shall be gathered before Him, and He shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd separates his sheep from the goats.
Mat 25:33 “And He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the goats on the left.
Mat 25:34 “Then the Melech shall say to those on His right hand, ‘Come, you blessed of My Father, inherit the reign prepared for you from the foundation of the world –
Mat 25:35 for I was hungry and you gave Me food, I was thirsty and you gave Me drink, I was a stranger and you took Me in,
Mat 25:36 was naked and you clothed Me, I was sick and you visited Me, I was in prison and you came to Me.’
Mat 25:37 “Then the righteous shall answer Him, saying, ‘Master, when did we see You hungry and we fed You, or thirsty and gave You to drink?
Mat 25:38 ‘And when did we see You a stranger and took You in, or naked and clothed You?
Mat 25:39 ‘And when did we see You sick, or in prison, and we came to You?’
Mat 25:40 “And the Melech shall answer and say to them, ‘Truly, I say to you, in so far as you did it to one of the least of these My brothers, you did it to Me.’
Mat 25:41 “He shall then also say to those on the left hand, ‘Go away from Me, accursed ones, into the everlasting fire prepared for the devil and his messengers –
Mat 25:42 for I was hungry and you gave Me no food, I was thirsty and you gave Me no drink,
Mat 25:43 ‘I was a stranger and you did not take Me in, was naked and you did not clothe Me, sick and in prison and you did not visit Me.’
Mat 25:44 “Then they also shall answer Him, saying, ‘Master, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison, and did not serve You?’
Mat 25:45 “Then He shall answer them, saying, ‘Truly, I say to you, in so far as you did not do it to one of the least of these, you did not do it to Me.’
Mat 25:46 “And these shall go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life.”