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161153Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. IX, The Diatessaron of Tatian, The Diatessaron — Section XXXIIIHope W. HoggTatian

Section XXXIII.

[1] [Arabic, p. 125] [1]And when evening came, Jesus went forth outside of the city, he and his [2] disciples.  [2]And as they passed in the morning, the disciples saw that fig tree [3] withered away from its root.  [3]And they passed by, and said, How did the fig tree dry [4] up immediately?  [4]And Simon remembered, and said unto him, My Master, behold, [5] that fig tree which thou didst curse hath dried up.  [5]And Jesus answered and said [6] unto them, Let there be in you the faith of God.  [6]Verily I say unto you, if ye believe, and doubt not in your hearts, and assure yourselves that that will be which [7] ye say, ye shall have what ye say.  [7]And if ye say to this mountain, Remove, and [8] fall[8] into the sea, it shall be.  [9]And all that ye ask God in prayer, and believe, he [9, 10] will give you.  [10]And the apostles[11] said unto our Lord, Increase our[12] faith.  [13]He said unto them, If there be in you faith like a grain of mustard, ye shall say to this fig tree, Be thou torn up, and be thou planted in the sea; and it will obey you.  [11] [14]Who of you hath a servant driving a yoke of oxen or tending sheep, and if he [12] come from the field, will say unto him straightway, Go and sit down?  [15]Nay,[16] he will say unto him, Make ready for me wherewith I may sup, and gird thy waist, and serve me, till I eat and drink; and afterwards thou shalt eat and drink also.  [13] [17]Doth that servant haply, who did what he was bid, receive his praise?  I think [14] not.  [18]So ye also, when ye have done all that ye were bid, say, We are idle servants; what it was our duty to do, we have done.

[15] [19]For this reason I say unto you, Whatever ye pray and ask, believe that ye [16] [Arabic, p. 126] receive, and ye shall have.  [20]And when ye stand to pray, forgive what is in your heart against any man; and your Father which is in heaven will [17] forgive you also your wrong-doings.  [21]But if ye forgive not men their wrong-doings, neither will your Father forgive you also your wrong-doings.

[18] [22]And he spake unto them a parable also, that they should pray at all times, and [19] not be slothful:  [23]There was a judge in a city, who feared not God, nor was ashamed [20] for men:  [24]and there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, and said, [21] Avenge me of mine adversary.  [25]And he would not for a long time:  but afterwards he said within himself, If of God I have no fear, and before men I have no shame; [22] [26]yet because this widow vexeth me, I will avenge her, that she come not at all times [23, 24] and annoy me.  [27]And our Lord said, Hear ye what the judge of injustice said.  [28]And shall not God still more do vengeance for his elect, who call upon him in the night [25] and in the day, and grant them respite?  [29]I say unto you, He will do vengeance for them speedily. Thinkest thou the Son of man will come and find faith on the earth?

[26, 27] [30]And they came again to Jerusalem.  [31]And it came to pass, on one of the days, as Jesus was walking in the temple, and teaching the people, and preaching the [28] gospel, [32]that the chief priests and the scribes with the elders came upon him, and said unto him, Tell us:  [33]By what power doest thou this? and who gave thee this [29] power to do that?  [34]And Jesus said unto them, I also will ask you one word, and if [30] ye tell me, I also shall tell you by what power I do that.  [35]The baptism of John, from [31] what place is it? from heaven or of men?  [36]Tell me.  [37]And they reflected within themselves, [Arabic, p. 127] and said, If we shall say unto him, From heaven; he will say unto [32] us, For what reason did ye not believe him?  [38]But[39] if we shall say, Of men; [33] we fear[40] that the people will stone us, all of them.  [41]And all of them were holding[42] [34] to John, that he was a true prophet.  [43]They answered and said unto him, We know [35] not.  [44]Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you also by what power I work.  What think ye?  A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said unto him, My [36] son, go to-day, and till in the vineyard.  [45]And he answered and said, I do not wish [37] to:  but finally he repented, and went.  [46]And he went to the other, and said unto [38] him likewise.  [47]And he answered and said, Yea, my lord:  and went not.  Which of these two did the will of his father?  They said unto him, The first.  Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, The publicans and harlots go before you into [39] the kingdom of God.  [48]John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him; and ye, not even when ye saw, did ye repent at last, that ye might believe in him.

[40] [49]Hear another parable:  A man was a householder, and planted a vineyard, and surrounded it with a hedge, and digged in it a winepress, and built in it a tower, [41, 42] [50]and gave it to husbandmen, and went to a distance for a long time.  [51]So when the time of the fruits came, he sent his servants[52] unto the husbandmen, that they might [43] send him of the produce[53] of his vineyard.  [54]And those husbandmen beat him, and [44] sent him away empty.  [55]And he sent unto them another servant also; and they [45] stoned him, and wounded[56] him, and sent him away with shameful handling.  [57]And he sent again another; and they slew him.  And he sent many other servants unto [46] them.  [58]And the husbandmen took his servants, and one they beat, and another they [47] stoned, and another they slew.  [59]So he sent again other servants more than the first; and [48] [Arabic, p. 128] they did likewise with them.  [60]So the owner of the vineyard said, What shall I do?  I will send my beloved son:  it may be they will see him and be [49, 50] ashamed.  [61]So at last he sent unto them his beloved son that he had.  [62]But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said amongst themselves, This is the heir.  [51, 52] [63]And they said, We will slay him, and so the inheritance will be ours.  [64]So they took [53] him, and put him forth without the vineyard, and slew him.  [65]When then the lord [54] of the vineyard shall come, what will he do with those husbandmen?  [66]They said unto him, He will destroy them in the worst of ways,[67] and give the vineyard to [55] other husbandmen, who will give him fruit in its season.  [68]Jesus said unto them, Have ye never read in the scripture,

The stone which the builders declared to be base,

[69]The same came to be at the head of the corner:

[56] [70]From God was this,

And it is wonderful in our eyes?

[57] [71]Therefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and [58] given to a people that will produce fruit.  [72]And whosoever falleth on this stone shall be broken in pieces:  but on whomsoever it falleth, it will grind him to [59] powder.  [73]And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they [60] perceived that it was concerning them he spake.  [74]And they sought to seize him; and they feared the multitude, because they were holding to him as the prophet.


Footnotes

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  1. ↑ Mark xi. 19.
  2. ↑ Mark xi. 20.
  3. ↑ Matt. xxi. 20b.
  4. ↑ Mark xi. 21.
  5. ↑ Mark xi. 22.
  6. ↑ Mark xi. 23.
  7. ↑ Matt. xxi. 21b.
  8. ↑ Syr.
  9. ↑ Matt. xxi. 22.
  10. ↑ Luke xvii. 5.
  11. ↑ The Syriac word.
  12. ↑ Lit. Increase us in.
  13. ↑ Luke xvii. 6.
  14. ↑ Luke xvii. 7.
  15. ↑ Luke xvii. 8.
  16. ↑ Or, But.
  17. ↑ Luke xvii. 9.
  18. ↑ Luke xvii. 10.
  19. ↑ Mark xi. 24.
  20. ↑ Mark xi. 25.
  21. ↑ Mark xi. 26.
  22. ↑ Luke xviii. 1.
  23. ↑ Luke xviii. 2.
  24. ↑ Luke xviii. 3.
  25. ↑ Luke xviii. 4.
  26. ↑ Luke xviii. 5.
  27. ↑ Luke xviii. 6.
  28. ↑ Luke xviii. 7.
  29. ↑ Luke xviii. 8.
  30. ↑ Mark xi. 15a.
  31. ↑ Luke xx. 1.
  32. ↑ Luke xx. 2a.
  33. ↑ Mark xi. 28b.
  34. ↑ Mark xi. 29a; Matt. xxi. 24b.
  35. ↑ Matt. xxi. 25a.
  36. ↑ Mark xi. 30b.
  37. ↑ Matt. xxi. 25b.
  38. ↑ Matt. xxi. 26a.
  39. ↑ Verse 26 begins here in the Greek.
  40. ↑ From Mark.
  41. ↑ Luke xx. 6b; Mark xi. 32b.
  42. ↑ cf. Syriac.
  43. ↑ Mark xi. 33.
  44. ↑ Matt. xxi. 28.
  45. ↑ Matt. xxi. 29.
  46. ↑ Matt. xxi. 30.
  47. ↑ Matt. xxi. 31.
  48. ↑ Matt. xxi. 32.
  49. ↑ Matt. xxi. 33a.
  50. ↑ Luke xx. 9b.
  51. ↑ Mark xxi. 34.
  52. ↑ The difference between singular and plural is very slight in Arabic.
  53. ↑ Lit. property.
  54. ↑ Mark xii. 3b.
  55. ↑ Mark xii. 4.
  56. ↑ A word used specially of wounding the head.
  57. ↑ Mark xii. 5a.
  58. ↑ Matt. xxi. 35.
  59. ↑ Matt. xxi. 36.
  60. ↑ Luke xx. 13.
  61. ↑ Mark xii. 6a.
  62. ↑ Matt. xxi. 38a.
  63. ↑ Luke xx. 14b.
  64. ↑ Matt. xxi. 39.
  65. ↑ Matt. xxi. 40.
  66. ↑ Matt. xxi. 41.
  67. ↑ cf. Syriac versions.
  68. ↑ Matt. xxi. 42a.
  69. ↑ Luke xx. 17b.
  70. ↑ Matt. xxi. 42c.
  71. ↑ Matt. xxi. 43.
  72. ↑ Matt. xxi. 44.
  73. ↑ Matt. xxi. 45.
  74. ↑ Matt. xxi. 46.
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