42 Jesus saith to them,⚫ Did ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes? 43 Therefore I say to you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits of it. 44 And whoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spoke of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands P Isa.8.14.15. 1 Pet. 2. 7. Luke 14.16. camest thou in hither, not having a wed ding-garment? And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are chosen. 15. Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 16 And they sent out to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man: for thou regardest not the person of men. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 19 Show me the tribute-money. And on him, they feared the multitude, be- Rev. 19. 9. they brought to him a 1 penny. cause they took him for a prophet. CHAP. XXII. 1 The parable of the marriage of the king's son. 9 The calling of the Gentiles. 12 The punishment of him that wanted the wedding. garment. 15 Tribute ought to be paid to Cesar. 23 Christ confuteth the Sadducees concerning the resurrection, 34 answereth the lawyer, which is the first and great com. mandment, 41 and poseth the Pharisees, about the Messiah. Athen again by parables, and said, ND Jesus answered, a and spoke to 2 The kingdom of heaven is like to a certain king, who made a marriage for his son, 3 And sent his servants to call them that were invited to the wedding: and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent other servants, saying, Tell them who are invited, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready come to the marriage. 5 But they made light of it, and went, one to his farm, another to his merchandise. 6 And the remnant took his servants, and treated them spitefully, and slew them. bc. 20. 16. Mark 12. 13. 1 denarius, c. 20. 2. 20 And he saith to them, Whose is this image, and 2 superscription? 21 They say to him, Cesar's. Then saith he to them, & Render therefore to Cesar, the things which are Cesar's; and to God, the things that are God's. 22 When they had heard these words, they marveled, and left him, and de parted. 23 T The same day came to him the Sadducees, who say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, 24 Saying, 3 Master, & Moses said, If a man shall die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brothers: and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased; and having no issue, left his wife to his brother. 26 Likewise the second also, and the third, to the seventh. 27 And last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they 2or, inscrip all had her. tion. 7 But when the king heard of it, he d Rom. 13. 7. was wroth and he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Mark 12.18. 29 Jesus answered and said to them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 31 But as concerning the resurrection 8 Then he saith to his servants, The Luke 20. 27. of the dead, have ye not read that which wedding is ready, but they who were in vited were not worthy. was spoken to you by God, saying, 9 Go ye therefore into the highways, Acts 23.8. the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? and as many as ye shall find, invite to the marriage. 10 So those servants went out into the Deut.25.5. highways, and collected all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. 11 T And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not a wedding-garment: 12 And he saith to him, Friend, how h Ex. 3. 6. God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. 34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were assembled about him. 35 Then one of them who was a lawMark 12.28. yer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 39 And the second is like it, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 41 While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them, 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say to him, The son of David. 43 He saith to them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 44 The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thy enemies thy footstool? 45 If David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son ? 46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man, from that day forth, ask him any more questions. CHAP. XXIII. 1 Christ admonisheth the people to follow the good doctrine, not the evil examples, of the scribes and Pharisees: 5 His disciples must beware of their ambition. 13 He denounceth eight woes against their hypocrisy and blindness; 34 and prophesieth of the destruction of Jerusalem. Tand to his disciples, HEN Jesus spoke to the multitude, 2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses's seat. 3 All therefore, whatever they bid you observe, that observe and do: but do not ye according to their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on 3a convert men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 5 But all their works they do to be seen by men: they make broad their 1phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, to Judaism. 14 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. 15 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, 3 and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves. 16 Woe to you, ye blind guides, who say, Whoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a 4 debtor. 17 Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18 And whoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is 5 guilty. 19 Ye fools, and blind: for which is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoever therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things upon it. 21 And whoever shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth in it. 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth upon it. 23 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ye ought to have done, and not to leave the others undone. 24 Ye blind guides, who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and ex cess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, 6 And love the uppermost rooms at 4 or, bound. hypocrites! for ye are like whitened sepfeasts, and the chief seats in the syna gogues, 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called by men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 d But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your 2 Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 5 or, debtor, ulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Thus ye also outwardly appear righteous to men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe to you, scribes and Pharisees, 9 And call no man your father upon or, bound. hypocrites! because ye build the tombs e the earth: for one is your Father who is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, even Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you, shall be your servant. 12 And whoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted. 13 But woe to you, scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous, 30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the Luke 11.42. prophets. 31 Wherefore ye are witnesses to yourselves, that ye are the children of them who killed the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vi ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer Luke 11.39.pers, how can ye escape the damnation ye them that are entering, to go in. lof hell? 34 Wherefore behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye will kill and crucify, and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: A. D. 33. ! Gen. 4. 8. m Luke 13. 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, to the 34. blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say to you, all these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, " and stonest them who are sent to thee, how often would I have gathered thy children, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left to you desolate. 39 For I say to you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. CHAP. XXIV. 1 Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple: 3 What and how great calamities will be before it: 29 The signs of his coming to judgment. 36 And because that day and hour is unknown, 42 we ought to watch, like good servants, expecting every moment our master's coming. 2 Chron.24. 21. Mark 13. 1. Luke 21. 5. b Luke 19.44. cc. 10. 17. Arom the temple: and his disciples came to him to show him the buildings 2 And Jesus said to them, See ye not all these things? verily I say to you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. John 16. 2. d Mark 13.14. 12 And because iniquity will abourd. the love of many will become cold. 13 But he that shall endure to the end. the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then shall the end come. 15 When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoever readeth, let him understand,) 16 Then let them who are in Judea flee to the mountains: 17 Let him who is on the house-top not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him who is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe to them that are with child, and to them that nurse infants in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight may not be in the winter, neither on the sabbath: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there would no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 For false Christs will arise, and false prophets, and will show great signs and wonders; so that, if it were possible, they would deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore, if they shall say to you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; be 3¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these Dan. 9. 27. lieve it not. things be and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said to them, Take heed that no man deceive you. Mark13.21. Luke 17.23. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even to the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wherever the carcass is, 5 For many will come in my name, Luke 17.37. there will the eagles be collected. saying, I am Christ; and will deceive many. 6 And ye will hear of wars, and rumors of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sor Isa. 13, 10, Joel 2. 31. Mark 13. 24. Luke 21. 25. Ezek. 32. 7. i Rev. 1. 7. 1 Cor.15.52. 31 And he will send his angels with 1 Thes.4.16. a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. Mark 13.31. made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said to the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are I gone out. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, Luke 17. 26. so; lest there be not enough for us and but my Father only. m Gen. 7. 37 But as the days of Noah were, so will also the coming of the Son of man Luke 17.36. be. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, 9 But the wise answered, saying, Not you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 10 And while they were going to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready, went in with him to the marMark 13.35. riage, and the door was shut. P Luke12.39. 39 And knew not until the flood came,The and took them all away: so also will be Rev. 16. 15. the coming of the Son of man. 40 Then will two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women will be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 ¶ Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord cometh. Luke 12.42. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say to you, I know you not. 13 a Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour in which the Son of man cometh. 14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered to them his goods. 15 And to one he gave five 2 talents, to another two, and to another one; to 43 But know this, that if the master 2 or, cut him every man according to his several abil of the house knew in what watch the thief would come, he would watch, and would not suffer his house to be broken up. 44 Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his Lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them food in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say to you, that he will make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My Lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to beat his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The Lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, off. 1 or, going out. a c. 24. 42. ity; and forthwith took his journey. 16 Then he that had received the five talents, went and traded with the same, and gained other five talents. 17 And likewise he that had received two. he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 And he that had received five talents, came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst to me five talents: behold, I have gained besides them five talents more. 21 His lord said to him, Well done thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thon into the joy of thy lord. 22 He also that had received two tal 51 And 2 will cut him asunder, and ap- Mark 13.33. ents came, and said, Lord, thou deliverpoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAP. XXV. 1 The parable of the ten virgins, 14 and of the talents. 31 Also the description of the last judgment. THEN shall the kingdom of heaven & Luke 19.12. be likened to ten virgins, who took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry 2 A talent is 187 pounds ten shil lings. c. 18. 24. edst to me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents besides them. 23 His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 24 Then he who had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth; lo, there thou hast what is thine. 26 His lord answered and said to him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not strewed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received my own with interest. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it to him who hath ten talents. C 29 For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into utter darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then will he sit upon the throne of his glory: A. D. 33. c. 13. 12. Mark 4. 25. Luke 8. 18. d Isa. 58. 7. 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he will separate them. one from another, as a shepherd divideth Ps. 6. 8. his sheep from the goats: 33 And he will set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 Then will the King say to them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 354 For I was hungry, and ye gave me food: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came to me. 37 Then will the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came to thee? 40 And the king will answer and say to them, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch c. 7. 23. ƒ Dan. 12. 2. AND it came to pass, when Jesus het finished all these sayings, he said to his disciples, 2 a Ye know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 Then assembled the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, in the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast-day, lest there be an uproar among the people. 6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came to him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he sat at table. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, to what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been John 5. 29. sold for much, and given to the poor. Mark 14. 1. John 13. 1. John 11.47. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said to them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. 13 Verily I say to you, Wherever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, which this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 14 Then one of the twelve, called as ye have done it to one of the least of Mark 14. 3. Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests, John 11. 1. these my brethren, ye have done it to me. 42 For I was hungry, and ye gave me no food: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not. 44 Then will they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee? 45 Then will he answer them, saying, Verily I say to you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. CHAP. XXVI. 1 The rulers conspire against Christ. 7 The woman anointeth his head. 14 Judas selleth him. 17 Christ eateth the passover: 26 in. stituteth his holy supper: 36 prayeth in the 11. Mark 14.10. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 17 Now the first day of the feast Luke 22. 3. of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying to him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pass Mark. 14. 12. Luke 22. 7. over? such a man, and say to him, The 1 Mas18 And he said, Go into the city to ter saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disci ples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 20 Now when the evening was come, he sat down with the twelve. 21 And as they were eating, he said, Verily I say to you, that one of you will betray me. 22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say to him, Lord, is it I? 23 And he answered and said, ▲ He |