46 be drunken; the master of that servant will come in a

day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour of which he is not aware; and having discarded him* will 47 appoint him his portion with the unfaithful. And that servant, who knew his master's will, and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with 48 many stripes: but he who knew it not, and committed things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much hath been given, of him much shall be required: and to whom men have trusted much, of him they will ask the more.

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"I came to send fire on the earth; and what do I 50 desire? O that it were already kindledt! I have also a baptism to be baptized with: and how am I straitened 51 till it be accomplished! Suppose ye that I came to spread

peace on earth? I say unto you, No; but rather‡ divi52 sion. For henceforth five in one house will be divided, 53 three against two, and two against three. The father will be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-inlaw, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." 54 And he said to the multitudes also: "When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately ye say, 'There 55 cometh a shower;' and so it happeneth: and when ye see

the south wind blow, ye say, 'There will be heat;' and 56 it happeneth. Ye hypocrites, ye can Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the appear

ance of the earth and of the sky: but how is it that ye 57 do not discern this time? And why even of yourselves 58 judge ye not what is right? For when thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, while thou art on the way, use thine endeavour to be delivered from him; lest

Campbell. will cut him asunder, and, N.

† and what do I desire, if it be already kindled? Now, N. See Grotius, Pearce, Griesbach, and Newcome's note.

only, N. See Schleusner Lex.

he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means depart thence, till thou have paid the very last mite."

CH. XIII. Now there were present at that time some who told Jesus of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed 2 with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said unto them, " Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 I say unto you, No: but, unless ye repent, ye will all 4 perish in such a manner. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them, think ye that they were transgressors above all men who dwelt in Jeru5 salem? I say unto you, No; but, unless ye repent, ye 6 will all perish in like manner." He spake also this pa

rable: "A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. 7 Then he said to his vine-dresser, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: 8 cut it down; why doth it even take up the ground?' And he answered and saith unto him, Sir, suffer it to remain 9 this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: but if not, afterward thou mayest cut it down.""

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Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the 11 sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman that had a

spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed toge12 ther, and could in no wise raise herself up. And when

Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, 13 "Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity." And

he put his hands on her and forthwith she was made 14 straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the syna

gogue spake, being moved with indignation because Jesus had wrought a cure on the sabbath, and said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be cured, and not on

15 the sabbath-day" The Lord therefore answered him, and said, "Thou hypocrite, doth not every one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and 16 lead him away to water him? And ought not this woman,

being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on 17 the sabbath-day?" And as he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things done by him.

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He said also, "To what is the kingdom of God like? 19 and to what shall I liken it? It is like a grain of mus

tard-seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree, and the fowls of the 20 air lodged in its branches." [And] again he said, “To 21 what shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and mixed with three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."

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And he went through the cities and towns, teaching, 23 and journeying toward Jerusalem.

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Then one said unto will be saved?" And

him, Master, are there few who 24 he said unto them, "Strive to enter in by the narrow

doort for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, 25 and will not be able; when once the master of the house hath risen up, and hath shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to Lord, open unto us.'

knock at the door, saying, 'Lord,

But he will answer
But he will answer and say unto

26 you, I know not whence ye are.' to say, We have eaten and drunk

27 thou hast taught in our streets.'

Then ye will begin in thy presence, and But he will say, 'I tell

you, I know not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye 28 workers of iniquity.' There will be weeping and gnash

* Satan is the personification of the principle of opposition: diseases are attributed to Satan, not because the devil is, or was supposed to be, the author of them, but, because they are destructive to health, ease, and enjoyment. See Acts x, 38; 1 Cor. v. 5; 2 Cor. xii. 7; 1 Tim. i. 20.

+ strait door, N. gate, R. T.

ing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of 29 God, and you yourselves removed out. And men shall come from the east and the west, and [from] the north and the south, and shall be guests in the kingdom of 30 God. And, behold, there are last who will be first, and 31 there are first who will be last." On the same day some of the Pharisees came near, saying unto him," Go forth, 32 and depart hence: for Herod desireth to kill thee." And he said unto them, "Go and tell that fox, Behold, I shall cast out demons, and I shall work cures to-day and 33 to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. However, I must needs continue my course to-day and to-morrow; and depart the day following: for it cannot be that 34 a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest those that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her brood under her 35 wings! but ye would not. Behold, your habitation shall be left by you*. And+ I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, till the time come when shall say, ye

be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.'

Blessed

CH. XIV. And it came to pass when Jesus had entered, on the sabbath, into the house of one of the rulers among the 2 Pharisees, to eat bread, that they watched him. And, behold, there was before him a certain man, that had a 3 dropsy. Wherefore Jesus spake to the teachers of the law and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to work a cure 4 on the sabbath?" And they remained silent. Then Je5 sus took him, and cured him, and sent him away; and spake unto them, and said, "Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not immediately

* left unto (or by) you desolate. R. T.

And, verily, R. T.

Or, Whose ox or ass among you shall fall into a pit, and he will not inmediately draw it out, &c.

6 draw him out on the sabbath-day?" And they could not answer him again to these things.

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Then he spake a parable to those that were invited, when he marked how they chose out the chief places; 8 saying unto them, "When thou art invited by any man to a marriage-feast, take not the chief place; lest a more 9 honourable man than thou be invited by him; and he that invited thee and him come, and say to thee, 'Give place to this man;' and then thou begin to take the 10 lowest place with shame. But when thou art invited, go and take the lowest place; that, when he who invited thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher:' then thou wilt have honcur in the presence of 11 those that are at meat with thee. For every one that exalteth himself shall be humbled; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted."

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Then he said to him also that invited him, "When thou makest a dinner, or a supper, invite not thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also invite thee again, and a recompense 13 be made thee. But when thou makest a feast, invite the 14 poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind; and thou shalt

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be happy (for they cannot recompense thee;) for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the righte

ous."

And when one of the guests heard these things, he said unto Jesus, " Happy is he who shall eat bread in the 16 kingdom of God." Then Jesus said unto him, "A cer17 tain man made a great supper, and invited many and sent his servant at supper-time to say to those who were 18 invited, Come, for all things are now ready.' And they all, with one consent, began to excuse themselves.

*So W. when one of those who were guests with Jesus heard these things, he said unto him, N.