The Diatessaron of Tatian — Section 31

St. Cyril of Alexandria

0. Greeting

1 [[Mark 10.41]] And when the ten heard, they were moved with anger against James and John. 2 [[Mark 10.42]] And Jesus called them, and said to them, You know that the rulers of the nations 3 are their lords; and their great men are set in authority over them. [[Mark 10.43]] Not thus shall it [Arabic, p. 118] be among you: but he among you that would be great, let him be to you a 4 servant; [[Mark 10.44]] and whoever of you would be first, let him be to every man a 5 bond-servant: [[Matthew 20.28]] even as the Son of man also came not to be served, but to serve, and 6 to give himself a ransom in place of the many. [[Luke 13.22]] He said this, and was going about 7 the villages and the cities, and teaching; and he went to Jerusalem. [[Luke 13.23]] And a man asked him, Are those that shall be saved few? Jesus answered and said to 8 them, Strive ye to enter at the narrow door: [[Luke 13.24]] I say unto you now, that many shall 9 seek to enter, and shall not be able — [[Luke 13.25]] from the time when the master of the house rises, and closes the door, and you shall be standing without, and shall knock at the door, and shall begin to say, Our lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and 10 say, I say unto you, I know you not whence you are: [[Luke 13.26]] and you shall begin to say, 11 Before you we ate and drank, and in our markets did you teach; [[Luke 13.27]] and he shall say unto you, I know you not whence you are; depart from me, you servants 12 of untruth. [[Luke 13.28]] There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when you see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, while you are 13 put forth without. [[Luke 13.29]] And they shall come from the east and the west, and from the 14 north and the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. [[Luke 13.30]] And there shall then be last that have become first, and first that have become last.

15, 16 [[Luke 19.1]] And when Jesus entered and passed through Jericho, [[Luke 19.2]] there was a man named Zacchæus, 17 rich, and chief of the publicans. [[Luke 19.3]] And he desired to see Jesus who he was; and he was not able for the pressure of the crowd, because Zacchæus was little of stature. 18 [Arabic, p. 119] [[Luke 19.4]] And he hastened, and went before Jesus, and went up into an unripe fig 19 tree to see Jesus: for he was to pass thus. [[Luke 19.5]] And when Jesus came to that place, he saw him, and said to him, Make haste, and come down, Zacchæus: 20 today I must be in your house. [[Luke 19.6]] And he hastened, and came down, and received 21 him joyfully. [[Luke 19.7]] And when they all saw, they murmured, and said, He has gone in 22 and lodged with a man that is a sinner. [[Luke 19.8]] So Zacchæus stood, and said to Jesus, My Lord, now half of my possessions I give to the poor, and what I have unjustly 23 taken from every man I give him fourfold. [[Luke 19.9]] Jesus said to him, Today is salvation 24 come to this house, because this man also is a son of Abra