Christ's ministers are

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Matt. 6.20. 1 Tim. 6. 18,

ver. 83.

19.
Jam. 2. 5.

P Matt. 6.25.

for himself, and is not rich toward God.

22 T And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, P Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither a Job 38. 41. have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

Ps. 147. 9.

25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit?

26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest?

27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

29 And seek not ye what ye shall 2 Or, live not eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

in careful suspense.

r Matt. 6. 33.

Matt. 11. 25, 26.

t Matt. 19. 21.

Acts 2. 45. & 4. 34.

u Matt.6.20.

ch. 16. 9.

1 Tim. 6. 19.

* Eph. 6. 14. 1 Pet. 1. 13.

30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

t

33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; "provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

35 Let your loins be girded y Matt. 25.1, about, and your lights burning;

&c.

z Matt. 24. 46.

36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

38 And if he shall come in the

to see to their charge.

second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

39 And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

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43.

Matt. 24. Thess. 5.2. Rev. 3. 3. & 16. 15.

2 Pet. 8. 10.

40 b Be ye therefore ready also: Matt. 24. for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

44. & 25. 13. Mark 13.33. ch.21.34,36. 1 Thess. 5.6. 2 Pet. 3. 12.

c Matt. 24. 45. & 25. 21.

42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, 1 Cor. 4. 2. whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

47.

44 Of a truth I say unto you, that Matt. 24. he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

e Matt. 24.

45 But and if that servant say 48. in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

Christ healeth

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daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in

law.

54 And he said also to the Matt. 16.2. people, "When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass.

• Prov. 25.8. Matt. 5. 25. p See

Ps. 32. 6.
Is. 55. 6.

2 See Mark 12.42.

8 Or,

56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

57 Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right? 58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, Pas thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last 2 mite.

CHAPTER XIII.

1 Christ preacheth repentance upon the punish

ment of the Galileans, and others. 6 The

fruitless fig tree may not stand. 11 He healeth the crooked woman: 18 sheweth the

powerful working of the word in the hearts of his chosen, by the parable of the grain of mustard seed, and of leaven: 24 exhorteth to enter in at the strait gate, 31 and reproveth Herod and Jerusalem.

THERE were present at that the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

2 And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galilæans were sinners above all the Galilæans, because they suffered such things?

3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

4 Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were 'sinMatt. 18.24. ners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

debtors.

ch. 11. 4.

the crooked woman.

Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it:

9 And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath.

11 ¶ And, behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself.

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

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b Mark 16.

18.

13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately she was made Acts 9. 17. straight, and glorified God.

C

14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people, There Ex. 20. 9. are six days in which men ought to work: in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day.

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15 The Lord then answered him,
and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not
each one of you on the sabbath loose
his ox or his ass from the stall, and
lead him away to watering?

10.

Matt. 12. Mark 3. 2. 14.3. ch. 14. 5.

ch. 6. 7.

16 And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, ch. 19. 9. whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?

17 And when he had said these ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it?

19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God?

2

21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

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22 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them,

24 Strive to enter in at the Matt. 7.13. strait gate: for 1 many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall & 8. 21. not be able.

& 13. 33. Rom. 9. 31.

When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand withm Ps. 32. 6. out, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, PI know you not whence ye are:

Is. 55. 6.

n Matt. 25. 10.

o ch. 6. 40. P Matt. 7.23. & 25. 12.

q Matt.7.23. & 25. 41. ver. 25.

r Pa. 6. 8. Matt. 25.41.

Matt. 8.12. & 13. 42. & 24. 51.

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets.

27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see t Matt. 8.11. Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God.

u Matt. 19. 30. & 20, 16.

30 And, behold, there are last Mark 10. 31. which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.

31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee.

32 And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to day and to Heb. 2. 10. morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected.

y Matt. 23. 37.

2 Lev. 26. 31, 32. Ps. 69. 25. Is. 1. 7. Dan. 9. 27. Mic. 3. 12.

35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until Ps. 118. 26. the time come when ye shall say, a Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

Matt. 21. 9. Mark 11.10. ch. 19. 38. John 12. 13.

CHAPTER XIV.

2 Christ healeth the dropsy on the sabbath: 7

teacheth humility: 12 to feast the poor: 15 under the parable of the great supper, sheweth how worldly minded men, who contemn the word of God, shall be shut out of heaven. 25 Those who will be his disciples, to bear their cross must make their accounts aforehand, lest with shame they revolt from him afterward, 34 and become altogether unprofitable, like salt that hath lost his savour. as he went

dropsy on the sabbath.

2 And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy.

3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go;

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a Matt. 12. 10.

b Ex. 23. 5. Deut. 22. 4.

5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will ch. 13. 15. not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?

6 And they could not answer him again to these things.

7 T And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,

8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room; lesta more honourable man than thou be bidden of him ;

9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room.

10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.

15 And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, Blessed Rev. 19.9. is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God.

16 Then said he unto him, A certain man made a great supper, and bade many:

g Matt.22.2.

5.

Parable of the great supper,

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33.

I Matt. 21. 43. & 22.8. Acts 13. 46.

k Deut. 13. 6. & 33. 9.

Matt. 10.37. 1 Rom. 9. 13. mRev.12.11.

n Matt. 16. 24.

Mark 8. 34. ch. 9. 23.

2 Tim. 3. 12. o Prov. 24. 27.

P Matt. 5.13. Mark 9.50.

18 And they all with one consent began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it: I pray thee have me excused. 19 And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove

of the lost sheep, &c.

35 It is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to

hear, let him hear.

CHAPTER XV.

1 The parable of the lost sheep: 8 of the piece of silver: 11 of the prodigal son.

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20 And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot

come.

21 So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 22 And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room.

23 And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled.

24 For I say unto you, iThat none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper.

25 And there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto them,

26 If any man come to me, 'and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, m yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple.

27 And "whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my disciple.

28 For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it?

29 Lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him,

30 Saying, This man began to build, and was not able to finish.

31 Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty thousand ?

32 Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. 33 So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, he cannot be my disciple.

34 TP Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?

hear him.

10 Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

11 ¶ And he said, A certain man had two sons:

penny, and the Roman

is equal to

penny, Matt. 18. 28.

44.

12 And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living. Mark 12. 13 And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance with riotous living.

14 And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be in want.

15 And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

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Eplies. 2.

16 And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat and no man gave unto him. 17 And when he came to himself,

he said, How many hired servants of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger! 18 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee,

19 And am no more worthy to be called thy son make me as one of thy hired servants.

20 And he arose, and came to his Acts 2. 39. father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

13, 17.

Ps. 51. 4.

1 ver. 39.

21 And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, band in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.

22 But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

23 And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry:

24 For this my son was dead, and Ephes. 2.1. is alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry.

& 5. 14. Rev. 3. 1.

* ver. 24.

25 Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

26 And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things

meant.

27 And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

28 And he was angry, and would not go in therefore came his father out, and intreated him.

29 And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do 1 serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

30 But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

31 And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine.

and of the unjust steward.

CHAPTER XVI.

The parable of the unjust steward. 14 Christ reproveth the hypocrisy of the covetous Pharisees. 19 The rich glutton, and Lazarus the beggar.

AND he said also unto his dis

ciples, There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods.

2 And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer

steward.

3 Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed.

4 I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

5 So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

6 And he said, An hundred 2measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty.

7 Then said he to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore.

8 And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light.

9 And I say unto you, b Make to yourselves friends of the 'mammon of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

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10 He that is faithful in that 4 Or, riches. which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust in the least is ch. 19. 17. unjust also in much.

11 If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous "mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches?

12 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

5 Or, riches.

13 No servant can serve two Matt. 6.24. masters for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and

mammon.