Ⅰ tadAnIM phirUzinaH sidUkinazcAgatya taM parIkSituM nabhamIyaM kinjcana lakSma darzayituM tasmai nivEdayAmAsuH|

Ⅱ tataH sa uktavAn, sandhyAyAM nabhasO raktatvAd yUyaM vadatha, zvO nirmmalaM dinaM bhaviSyati;

Ⅲ prAtaHkAlE ca nabhasO raktatvAt malinatvAnjca vadatha, jhanjbhzadya bhaviSyati| hE kapaTinO yadi yUyam antarIkSasya lakSma bOddhuM zaknutha, tarhi kAlasyaitasya lakSma kathaM bOddhuM na zaknutha?

Ⅳ EtatkAlasya duSTO vyabhicArI ca vaMzO lakSma gavESayati, kintu yUnasO bhaviSyadvAdinO lakSma vinAnyat kimapi lakSma tAn na darzayiyyatE| tadAnIM sa tAn vihAya pratasthE|

Ⅴ anantaramanyapAragamanakAlE tasya ziSyAH pUpamAnEtuM vismRtavantaH|

Ⅵ yIzustAnavAdIt, yUyaM phirUzinAM sidUkinAnjca kiNvaM prati sAvadhAnAH satarkAzca bhavata|

Ⅶ tEna tE parasparaM vivicya kathayitumArEbhirE, vayaM pUpAnAnEtuM vismRtavanta EtatkAraNAd iti kathayati|

Ⅷ kintu yIzustadvijnjAya tAnavOcat, hE stOkavizvAsinO yUyaM pUpAnAnayanamadhi kutaH parasparamEtad viviMkya?

Ⅸ yuSmAbhiH kimadyApi na jnjAyatE? panjcabhiH pUpaiH panjcasahasrapuruSESu bhOjitESu bhakSyOcchiSTapUrNAn kati PalakAn samagRhlItaM;

Ⅹ tathA saptabhiH pUpaizcatuHsahasrapuruSESu bhEjitESu kati PalakAn samagRhlIta, tat kiM yuSmAbhirna smaryyatE?

Ⅺ tasmAt phirUzinAM sidUkinAnjca kiNvaM prati sAvadhAnAstiSThata, kathAmimAm ahaM pUpAnadhi nAkathayaM, Etad yUyaM kutO na budhyadhvE?

Ⅻ tadAnIM pUpakiNvaM prati sAvadhAnAstiSThatEti nOktvA phirUzinAM sidUkinAnjca upadEzaM prati sAvadhAnAstiSThatEti kathitavAn, iti tairabOdhi|

ⅩⅢ aparanjca yIzuH kaisariyA-philipipradEzamAgatya ziSyAn apRcchat, yO'haM manujasutaH sO'haM kaH? lOkairahaM kimucyE?

ⅩⅣ tadAnIM tE kathitavantaH, kEcid vadanti tvaM majjayitA yOhan, kEcidvadanti, tvam EliyaH, kEcicca vadanti, tvaM yirimiyO vA kazcid bhaviSyadvAdIti|

ⅩⅤ pazcAt sa tAn papraccha, yUyaM mAM kaM vadatha? tataH zimOn pitara uvAca,

ⅩⅥ tvamamarEzvarasyAbhiSiktaputraH|

ⅩⅦ tatO yIzuH kathitavAn, hE yUnasaH putra zimOn tvaM dhanyaH; yataH kOpi anujastvayyEtajjnjAnaM nOdapAdayat, kintu mama svargasyaH pitOdapAdayat|

ⅩⅧ atO'haM tvAM vadAmi, tvaM pitaraH (prastaraH) ahanjca tasya prastarasyOpari svamaNPalIM nirmmAsyAmi, tEna nirayO balAt tAM parAjEtuM na zakSyati|

ⅩⅨ ahaM tubhyaM svargIyarAjyasya kunjjikAM dAsyAmi, tEna yat kinjcana tvaM pRthivyAM bhaMtsyasi tatsvargE bhaMtsyatE, yacca kinjcana mahyAM mOkSyasi tat svargE mOkSyatE|

ⅩⅩ pazcAt sa ziSyAnAdizat, ahamabhiSiktO yIzuriti kathAM kasmaicidapi yUyaM mA kathayata|

ⅩⅪ anyanjca yirUzAlamnagaraM gatvA prAcInalOkEbhyaH pradhAnayAjakEbhya upAdhyAyEbhyazca bahuduHkhabhOgastai rhatatvaM tRtIyadinE punarutthAnanjca mamAvazyakam EtAH kathA yIzustatkAlamArabhya ziSyAn jnjApayitum ArabdhavAn|

ⅩⅫ tadAnIM pitarastasya karaM ghRtvA tarjayitvA kathayitumArabdhavAn, hE prabhO, tat tvattO dUraM yAtu, tvAM prati kadApi na ghaTiSyatE|

ⅩⅩⅢ kintu sa vadanaM parAvartya pitaraM jagAda, hE vighnakArin, matsammukhAd dUrIbhava, tvaM mAM bAdhasE, IzvarIyakAryyAt mAnuSIyakAryyaM tubhyaM rOcatE|

ⅩⅩⅣ anantaraM yIzuH svIyaziSyAn uktavAn yaH kazcit mama pazcAdgAmI bhavitum icchati, sa svaM dAmyatu, tathA svakruzaM gRhlan matpazcAdAyAtu|

ⅩⅩⅤ yatO yaH prANAn rakSitumicchati, sa tAn hArayiSyati, kintu yO madarthaM nijaprANAn hArayati, sa tAn prApsyati|

ⅩⅩⅥ mAnuSO yadi sarvvaM jagat labhatE nijapraNAn hArayati, tarhi tasya kO lAbhaH? manujO nijaprANAnAM vinimayEna vA kiM dAtuM zaknOti?

ⅩⅩⅦ manujasutaH svadUtaiH sAkaM pituH prabhAvENAgamiSyati; tadA pratimanujaM svasvakarmmAnusArAt phalaM dAsyati|

ⅩⅩⅧ ahaM yuSmAn tathyaM vacmi, sarAjyaM manujasutam AgataM na pazyantO mRtyuM na svAdiSyanti, EtAdRzAH katipayajanA atrApi daNPAyamAnAH santi|