Wednesday, April 03, 2024

The Evangeliad (29:7-11)


Section 29:7-11 (corresponding to Matt. 19:28-30, Mark 10:29-31, Luke 18:29-30)

And Jesus responded, "Truly I tell you,
At the end of the age, when all is made new,
And the Son of Man reigns in glorious light,
And reigning, judges the nations aright--

You twelve will also sit on twelve thrones,
Yes, judge all the tribes from thrones of your own--
For anybody who has left aught for me
Will gain back a hundredfold eternally--

A hundred more families, houses, and fields,
If any, to follow me, you've had to yield.
In your hands unending life will be cast;
The last will be first, and the first will be last."