Christ reproveth the blindness MATTHEW, and hypocrisy of that shall humble himself, shall the temple, sweareth by it, and be exalted. by him that dwelleth therein. 13 But wo unto you, scribes 22 And he that shall swear by and Pharisees, hypocrites! for heaven, sweareth by the throne ye shut up the kingdom of hea-of God, and by him that sitteth ven against men: for ye neither thereon. go in yourselves, neither suffer 23 Wo unto you, scribes and ye them that are entering, to Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye go in. pay tithe of mint, and anise, and 14 Wo unto you, scribes and cummin, and have omitted the Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye weightier matters of the law, devour widows' houses, and for judgment, mercy, and faith: a pretence make long prayer: these ought ye to have done, and therefore ye shall receive the not to leave the other undone. greater damnation. 24 Ye blind guides, which 15 Wo unto you, scribes and strain at a gnat, and swallow a Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye camel. compass sea and land to make 25 Wo unto you, scribes and one proselyte; and when he is Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye made, ye make him two-fold make clean the outside of the cup more the child of hell than and of the platter, but within they yourselves. are full of extortion and excess. 16 Wo unto you, ye blind 26 Thou blind Pharisee, guides which say. Whosoever cleanse first that which is within shall swear by the temple, it is the cup and platter, that the outnothing, but whosoever shall side of them may be clean also. swear by the gold of the temple, 27 Wo unto you, scribes and he is a debtor. Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye 17 Ye fools, and blind! for are like unto whited sepulchres, whether is greater, the gold, or which indeed appear beautiful the temple that sanctifieth the outward, but are within full of gold? dead men's bones, and of all 28 Even so ye also outwardly 18 And whosoever shall swear uncleanness. by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift appear righteous unto men, but that is upon it, he is guilty. within ye are full of hypocrisy 19 Ye fools, and blind! for and iniquity. whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whoso shall swear by 29 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 And say, If we had been in the scribes and Pharisees. CHAP.XXIV. Jerusalem's destruction foretold CHAP. XXIV. Destruction of the temple foretold. the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. AND Jesus went out, and 31 Wherefore, ye be witnesses departed from the temple: unto yourselves, that ye are the and his disciples came to him children of them which killed for to shew him the buildings of the temple. the prophets. 32 Fill ye up then the mea- 2 And Jesus said unto them, sure of your fathers. See ye not all these things? verily, I say unto you, There 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the shall not be left here one stone damnation of hell? upon another, that shall not be 34 TWherefore, behold, I send thrown down. unto you prophets, and wise men, 3 ¶ And as he sat upon the and scribes; and some of them mount of Olives, the disciples ye shall kill and crucify, and came unto him privately, saying, some of them shall ye scourge in Tell us, when shall these things. your synagogues, and persecute be? and what shall be the sign them from city to city: of thy coming, and of the end 35 That upon you may come of the world? all the righteous blood shed 4 And Jesus answered and upon the earth, from the blood said, unto them, Take heed that of righteous Abel, unto the blood no man deceive you. of Zacharias, son of Barachias, 5 For many shall come in my whom ye slew between the name, saying, I am Christ; and temple and the altar. shall deceive many. 36 Verily, I say unto you, All 6 And ye shall hear of wars, these things shall come upon and rumours of wars: see that this generation. ye be not troubled: for all these 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, things must come to pass, but thou that killest the prophets, the end is not yet. and stonest them which are sent 7 For nation shall rise against unto thee, how often would I nation, and kingdom against have gathered thy children to- kingdom: and there shall be gether, even as a hen gathereth famines, and pestilences, and her chickens under her wings, earthquakes in divers places. and ye would not! 8 All these are the beginning 38 Behold, your house is left of sorrows. unto you desolate. 9 Then shall they deliver you 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall up to be afflicted, and shall kill not see me henceforth, till ye you: and ye shall be hated of shall say, Blessed is he that com-all nations for my name's sake. eth in the name of the Lord. 10 And then shall many be Jerusalem's destruction foretold. MATTHEW, The signs preceding offended, and shall betray one should no flesh be saved: but another, and shall hate one for the elect's sake those days another. shall be shortened. 11 And many false prophets 23 Then if any man shall say shall rise, and shall deceive unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. many. wax cold. 12 And because iniquity shall 24 For there shall arise false abound, the love of many shall Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and won13 But he that shall endure ders; insomuch that, if it were unto the end, the same shall be possible, they shall deceive the saved. very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, come. 26 Wherefore, if they shall 15 When ye, therefore, shall he is in the secret chambers; see the abomination of desola- believe it not. tion, spoken of by Daniel the 27 For as the lightning cometh prophet, stand in the holy place, out of the east, and shineth even (whoso readeth, let him under- unto the west; so shall also the stand,) coming of the Son of man be. 16 Then let them which be in 28 For wheresoever the carJudea dee into the mountains: cass is, there will the eagles be 17 Let him which is on the gathered together. house-top not come down to 29 Immediately after the take any thing out of his house: tribulation of those days, shall 18 Neither let him which is the sun be darkened, and the in the field return back to take moon shall not give her light, his clothes. and the stars shall fall from 19 And wo unto them that heaven, and the powers of the are with child, and to them that heavens shall be shaken: give suck in those days! 30 And then shall appear the 20 But pray ye that your flight sign of the Son of man in heabe not in the winter, neither on ven: and then shall all the tribes the sabbath-day : of the earth mourn, and they 21 For then shall be great shall see the Son of man coming tribulation, such as was not since in the clouds of heaven with the beginning of the world to power and great glory. this time, no, nor ever shall be. 31 And he shall send his angels 22 And except those days with a great sound of a trumpet, should be shortened, there and they shall gather together CHAP. XXV. Christ's coming to judgment. his elect from the four winds, in what watch the thief would from one end of heaven to the come, he would have watched, other. and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When his branch is yet 44 Therefore be ye also ready: tender, and putteth forth leaves, for in such an hour as ye think ye know that summer is nigh: not, the Son of man cometh. 33 So likewise ye, when ye 45 Who then is a faithful and shall see all these things, know wise servant, whom his lord hath that it is near, even at the doors. made ruler over his household, 34 Verily I say unto you, to give them meat in due season? This generation shall not pass, 46 Blessed is that servant, till all these things be fulfilled. whom his lord, when he cometh, 35 Heaven and earth shall shall find so doing. pass away, but my words shall 47 Verily, I say unto you, That not pass away. he shall make him ruler over all 36 ¶ But of that day and hour his goods. knoweth no man, no, not the 48 But and if that evil servant angels of heaven, but my Father shall say in his heart, My lord only. delayeth his coming; 37 But as the days of Noe 49 And shall begin to smite were, so shall also the coming of his fellow-servants, and to eat the Son of man be. and drink with the drunken; 38 For as in the days that were 50 The lord of that servant before the flood, they were eat-shall come in a day when he ing and drinking, marrying and looketh not for him, and in an giving in marriage, until the day hour that he is not aware of, that Noe entered into the ark, 51 And shall cut him asunder, 39 And knew not until the and appoint him his portion with flood came, and took them all the hypocrites: there shall be away: so shall also the coming weeping and gnashing of teeth. of the Son of man be. CHAP. XXV. 40 Then shall two be in the Parable of the ten virgins, &c. field; the one shall be taken, heaven be likened unto ten taken,HEN shall the kingdom of and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grind-virgins, which took their lamps, ing at the mill; the one shall be and went forth to meet the taken, and the other left. bridegroom. 42 T Watch therefore; for ye 2 And five of them were wise, know not what hour your Lord and five were foolish. doth come. 3 They that were foolish took 43 But know this, that if the their lamps, and took no oil with good man of the house had known them: Parable of the ten virgins, MATTHEW, and of the talents. 4 But the wise took oil inf 16 Then he that had received their vessels with their lamps. the five talents, went and traded 5 While the bridegroom tarri- with the same, and made them ed, they all slumbered and slept. other five talents. 6 And at midnight there was 17 And likewise he that had a cry made, Behold, the bride-received two, he also gained other groom cometh; go ye out to two. meet him. 18 But he that had received 7 Then all those virgins arose, one, went and digged in the and trimmed their lamps. earth, and hid his lord's money. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone out. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 9 But the wise answered, say- 20 And so he that had received ing, Not so; lest there be not five talents, came and brought enough for us and you: but go other five talents, saying, Lord, ye rather to them that sell, and thou deliveredst unto me five buy for yourselves. talents: behold, I have gained 10 And while they went to besides them five talents more. buy, the bridegroom came; and 21 His lord said unto him, they that were ready, went in Well done, thou good and faithful with him to the marriage: and servant; thou hast been faithful the door was shut. over a few things, I will make thee 11 Afterward came also the ruler over many things: enter other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, thou into the joy of thy lord. open to us. 22 He also that had received 12 But he answered and said, two talents came, and said, Lord, Verily, I say unto you, I know thou deliveredst unto me two you not. talents: behold, I have gained 13 Watch therefore, for ye two other talents besides them. know neither the day nor the 23 His lord said unto him, hour wherein the Son of man Well done, good and faithful sercometh. vant; thou hast been faithful over 14 ¶ For the kingdom of heaven a few things, I will make thee is as a man travelling into a far ruler over many things: enter country, who called his own ser-thou into the joy of thy lord. vants, and delivered unto them 24 Then he which had rehis goods. ceived the one talent came, and 15 And unto one he gave five said, Lord, I knew thee that thou talents, to another two, and to art a hard man, reaping where another one; to every man ac- thou hast not sown, and gathercording to his several ability; ing where thou hast not strewed: and straightway took his journey. 25 And I was afraid, and went t |