Hos, 6, 6. Mic. 6. 8. cl. 9. 13, & 12.7. x Mark 7. 4. Luke 11. 39. Acta 23. 3. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Phar isees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 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 unto you, scribes and Phar7 Luke 11.41. isees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which in deed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Luke 11. 47. a Acts 7. 51, 52. 1 Thess 2.15. b Gen. 15. 16. 1 The 2.16. e ch. 3. 7. & 12. 34. deh. 21 34,35. Luke 11. 49. 7. 58, 59. & 22, 13 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the rightcous, 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 prophets. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 32b Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 Td Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, Acta 5. 40. & and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and fsome of them shall ye scourge in your syna2 Cor. 11 24. gogues, and persecute them from city to city: fch. 10. 17. 25 g Rev. 18. 21. b Gen. 4. 8. 12 Chr. 24.20, 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, b from the blood of righteous 1 John 3 12. Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 21. 37O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen and of the temple, foretold. gathereth her chickens "under her wings, and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. A. D. 33. n Ps. 17. 8. & 91. 4. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the F. 118, 26. name of the Lord. CHAPTER XXIV. 1 Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple: 3 what and how great calamities shall 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, ezpecting every moment our master's coming. el. 21. 9. The signs of Christ's A. D. 33. 1 Luke 23. 29. ■ Dan. 9. 28. & 12. 1. Joel 2 2. x Io. 65. 8. 9. Zech. 14. 2. 3. y Mark 13 21. Lake 17. 23. & 21.8. Deut. 13, 1. ver 3. 11. 2 Thess, 2. 9. 19. 11 Rev. 13. 13. A John 6 37. & 19, 2, 29. Kom. & 2 29, 20 ST. MATTHEW. 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: Is Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For "then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; behieve it not. 24 For there shali arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto 2 Tim. 2. 19. you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. b Luke 17.24. e Job 39. 30. Luke 17. 37. d Dan, 7. 11. 12 .Is. 13. 10. Ea. 32. 7. Joel 2, 10.31. & 3.15. Amos 5.20.& 8.9. Luke 21. 25. Acts 2. 20. ? Dan. 7. 13. 27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 28 For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 2) Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and Zech. 12. 12. then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, hand they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. heh. 16. 27. Mark 13. 26. Rev. 1. 7. ich. 13. 41. 1 Cor. 15 52. 1 Thess 4 16 Or, with a trumpet, and a great voice. k Luke 21.29 31 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig 1 James 5. 9. tree; When his branch is yet tender, Or, he. and puttet forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: meh, 16. 28. &23 36. Mark 13. 30. 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see Luke 21 32. all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. n Ps. 102. 26, 14. 51. 6. Jet.31 35,28. ch. 5. 18. 34 Verily I say unto you, m This generation shall not pass, till all Mark 13. 31. these things be fulfilled. Luke 21. 33. o Mark 13. 32. Acts 1. 7. 1 Thess. 5. 2. 2 Pet. 3. 10. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 T But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the an coming to judgment. gels of heaven, but my Father only. A. D. 33. But as the days of Noe were, ploch H... so shall also the coining of the Son of man be. 28 For as in the days that were Gen 6.3.4. before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 59 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; Luke 17. 34, the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two tromen shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he ch.25.21.23. shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming: 49 And shall begin to smite his fellow servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken: 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: "there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAPTER 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 heav en be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet "the bridegroom. 2 b And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. The parable of the talents. h Ps. 5, 5. Mark 13, 33, 35. Luke 21. 36. 1 Thess. 5. 6. 1 Cor. 16. 13. ST. MATTHEW. cry made, Behold, the bridegroom 8 And the foolish said unto the 9 But the wise answered, saying, 10 And while they went to buy, to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 i Watch therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. The lust judgment described. sown, and gathering where thou 25 And I was afraid, and went and 26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, 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 mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 299 For unto 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 outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 Tk For the kingdom of heaven 18 as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own serv- 31 When the Son of man shall ants, and delivered unto them his come in his glory, and all the holy goods. angels with him, then shall he sit 15 And unto one he gave five | tal-upon the throne of his glory: ents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took m Rom. 12.6. his journey. 1 Pet. 5. 8. Rev. 16. 15. k Luke 19. 12. 1 ch. 21. 33. A talent is 1871. 10. ch. 18. 24. 1 Cor. 12, 7, n ch, 24, 47, o2 Tim. 2. 12 p ver. fl. 16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them 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 so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. 21 His lord said unto 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 thou into the joy of thy lord. 22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. 23 His lord said unto him, P 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 which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art a hard man, reaping where thou hast not A. D. 33. q ch. 13. 12. reh. 8, 12, & 21. 51. Zech. 14. 5. ch. 16. 27 & 19. 28. Mark 8. 38 Acta 1. 11. I Them. 4.16 2 These 1.7. Jude 14. Rev. 1. 7. 32 And before him shall be gath- 33 And he shall set the sheep on u Ez. 20.38 & 1Pet. 1.4.9. & 3.8 Rev. 21. 7. 34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the Rom. & 17. kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was a hungered, and ye y ch. 20. 23 gave me meat: 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 unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee a hungered, 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 unto thee? Mark 10. 40. ■I. 58. 7. b James 2. 15, e2 Tim. 1. 16. & Prov. 14. 31. 40 And the King shall answer and 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me eh. 7. 23. Luke 13. 27. feh. 13, 40,42 Jude 6. A conspiracy against Christ. A. D. 33. & 17. 5. Zech 28. Acto 9. 5 ST. MATTHEW. not: sick, and in prison, and ye vis- 44 Then shall they also answer him, 45 Then shall he answer them, sayProv. 14.31 ing, Verily I say unto 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 Bom 2.7.& righteous into life eternal. i Dan. 12. 2. John 3. 29. CHAPTER XXVI. 1 The rulers conspire against Christ. 6 passover: 26 instituteth his holy au Christ eateth the passover. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. A. D. 33. Mark 11. 12. Now the first day of the feast Ex. 12.6.14 of unleavened bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? Is And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with any disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus 20 Now when the even was come, 22 And they were exceeding sor- AND it came to pass, when Jesus to say unto him, Lord, is it li he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3 The assembled together the Joba 11. 7. chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, &c. • Mark 14. 3. 12. 3. 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 d BethJohn 11. 1.2. any, in the house of Simon the leper, 7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat. deh. 21. 17. John 12, 4. f Deut. 15.11. John 12. 8. gSee ch. 18. 20 & 28. 20. John 13. 33. & 14. 19. & 18. f. 28. & 17. 11. h Mark 14.10. Luke 22. 3. 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. in Mark 14.17 Jako 22. 21. 23 And he answered and said, "Henr. 41, §. that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but Pwoe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed it had been good for that man if he had not been born. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed 7, and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, cat; this is my body. 27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 11 For ye have the poor always 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. 13 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 14 Th Then one of the twelve, called iJudas Iscariot, went unto the chief John13.2,30. priests, ich. 10. 4. k Zech. 11. 12. ch, 27.3. 15 And said unto them, & What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee. 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. Lev. 17. 11. x Jer. 31. 31. Rom. 5. 15. Acts 10. 41. b Mark 14, 28. Or, pealm. John 16. 32. deh. 11. 6. 16. Lake 22. 34. 34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I Mark 14.30. 35 Peter said unto him, Though I Christ's agony in the garden. ST. MATTHEW. Jesus is carried to Caiaphas. A. D. 33. h Mark 14.32 -35. Luke 22. 39. ich. 4. 21. k John 12. 27. deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. 36 ThThen cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and ithe two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, k My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, sayLuke 22,42. ing, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt. 1 Mark 14. 36. Heb. 5. 7. mJohn 12.27. n ch. 20. 22. o John 5. 20. & 6, 38. Phil. 2. 8. p Mark 13.33. & 11. 38. Luke 22. 40, 48. Eph. 6. 18. Mark 14.43. 40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour? 41 P Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit in deed is willing, but the flesh is weak. 42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done. 43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy. 44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. 45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me. 47 And while he yet spake, lo, Luke 22. 47. Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast. John 18. 3. Acts 1. 16. 51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and smote off his ear. 52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: "for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. 53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall 54 But how then shall the Scrip- 2 Kings 6. tures be fulfilled, Y that thus it must be? 55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me. Dan. 7. 10. y Is. 53.7, ke. ver. 24. Luke 24, 25, 41, 66. 56 But all this was done, that the Scriptures of the prophets might Lam. 4. 20. be fulfilled. Then "all the disciples forsook him, and fled. 57 Tb And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled. 58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end. 59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death; GO But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they none. At the last came dtwo false witnesses, 61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God, and to build it in three days. 62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? ver. 51. a See John 1 15. b Mark 14.13. Luke 22.54. John 18. 12. 13, 24 e Pa. 27. 12. & 35. 11. Mark 14. 55. So Acts 6. 13. d Deut. 19. 16. e ch. 27. 40. John 2 18. fMark 14. 60. RI. 53. 7. eb. 27. 12,14 1 Sam. 11. 24, 28. 63 But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, h I adjure thee by the liv- Lev. 5. 1. ing God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. 64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you, i Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man k sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven. 65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. 66 What think ye? They answered and said, " He is guilty of death. 67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 68 Saying, P Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee? 69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him, saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee. 70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest. 71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. i Dan. 7. 13. eb. 16, 27, & 21. 30. & 25. 31. Luke 21. 27. 1 Thess. 4.16. Rev. 1. 7. k Pa. 110. 1. Acta 7. 55. 12Kin. 18. 37, 19. 1. |