a 44 The LORD said unto my Lord, w 14 Wo unto you, scribes and Sit thou on my right hand, till I Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye demake thine enemies thy footstool? vour widows' houses, and for a 45 If David then call him Lord, pretence make long prayer: therehow is he his son? fore ye shall receive the greater damnation. f46 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. Tutude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying, The scribes and the 4 For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. c 5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. w 15 Wo unto you, scribes and w 16 Wo unto you, ye blind guides, 18 And whosoever shall swear 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 8 But be not ye called Rabbit 22 And he that shall swear by for one is your Master, even Christ; heaven, sweareth by the throne of, and all ye are brethren. God, and by him that sitteth 9 And call no man your father thereon. upon the earth: for one is your Father which is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. d 11 But he that is greatest among you, shall be your servant. t 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted. w 13 But wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering, to go in. w 23 Wo unto you, scribes and w 24 Ye blind guides, which strain d 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. w 27 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. w 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 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. 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. w 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 ¶ Wherefore behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous 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. under her wings and ye would not! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. CHAP. XXIV. ND Jesus went out, and de Aparted from the temple: and his disciples came tohim for to shew him the buildings of the temple. r 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. f31 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying. Tell us, when shall these things De? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? d 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. r 6 And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours 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 shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. r 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many be of. fended, and shall betray one anoh37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou ther and shall hate one another. that killest the prophets, and r 11 And many false prophets stonest them which are sent unto shall rise, and shall deceive many. thee, how often would I have ga- 12 And because iniquity shall thered thy children together, even abound, the love of many shall as a hen gathereth her chickens wax cold. d 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 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 come. 15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand :) d 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the house-top not come down to take any thing out of his house : is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 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 : t 30 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 18 Neither let him which is int 31 And he shall send his angels the field return back to take his with a great sound of a trumpet, clothes. and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. 19 And wo 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. t 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. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass 23 Then if any man shall say away. unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or t 36 T But of that day and hour there; believe it not. knoweth no man, no, not the an24 For there shall arise false gels of heaven, but my Father only. Christs, and false prophets, and 37 But as the days of Noe were, shall shew great signs and won- so shall also the coming of the Son ders; insomuch that, if it were pos- of man be. sible, they shall deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you before. d 26 Wherefore, if they shall say anto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not. t 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 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 Noe entered into the ark, 39 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; the one shall be taken, and the other left. o 41 Two women shall be grinding sorrowful: for he had great possessions. t 23 T Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. f25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? 26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. 5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? 7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right that shall ye receive. 8 So when evening was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. t 27 ¶ Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? 10 But when the first came, b 28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye they supposed that they should which have followed me in the re- have received more; and they likegeneration, when the Son of man wise received every man a penny. shall sit in the throne of his glo- c 11 And when they had received ry, ye also shall sit upon twelve it, they murmured against the thrones, judging the twelve tribes good man of the house, of Israel. b 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, shall receive a hundred-fold,| and shall inherit everlasting life. 30 But many that are first shall be last, and the last shall be first. CHAP. XX. F NOR the kingdom of heaven is 12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. 13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 14 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, like unto a man that is a even as unto thee. householder, which went out ear-t 15 Is it not lawful for me to do ly in the morning, to hire labourers into his vineyard. 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. what I will with mine own? is thine eye evil because I am good? 16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. 3 And he went out about the f 17 ¶ And Jesus, going up to Je third hour, and saw others stand-rusalem, took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto ing idle in the market-place, 4 And said unto them, Go ye them, also into the vineyard: and what-r 18 Behold, we go up to Jernsasoever is right, I will give you. lem; and the Son of man shall be And they went their way. betrayed unto the chief priests, and 30 they shall unto the scribes, and sitting by the way-side, when they condemn him to death, heard that Jesus passed by, cried t 19 And shall deliver him to the out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, Lord, thou Son of David. and to crucify him: and the third d 31 And the multitude rebuked day he shall rise again. them, because they should hold f20 ¶ Then came to him the mo- their peace: but they cried the ther of Zebedee's children, with more, saying, Have mercy on us, her sons, worshipping him, and de- O Lord, thou son of David. siring a certain thing of him. 32 And Jesus stood still, and c 21 And he said unto her, What called them, and said, What will wilt thou? She saith unto him, ye that I shall do unto you? Grant that these my two sons may t 33 They say unto him, Lord, sit, the one on thy right hand, and that our eyes may be opened. the other on the left, in thy king-m 34 So Jesus had compassion on dom. them, and touched their eyes: and t 22 But Jesus answered and said, immediately their eyes received Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye sight, and they followed him. able to drink of the cup that I shall CHAP. XXI. drink of, and to be baptized with the g am A They say unto him, We are able. t 23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. f24 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. 25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. d 26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; d 27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: t 28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. f 29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. ƒ30 ¶ And behold, two blind men ND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, r 2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. 3 And if any man say aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. a 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spok en by the prophet, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. f6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 7 And brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. d 9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David. 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