{"collection":"scripture-revelation","full_text_available":true,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/gutenberg_35674/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/gutenberg_35674","id":"gutenberg_35674","license":"Public Domain (US)","rights_basis":"gutenberg_metadata_copyright_false","source":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35674","summary":null,"tags":["Bible. Gospels -- Harmonies, English","Category: Religion/Spirituality"],"text":"\n\n\n\nProduced by Heiko Evermann, Fox in the Stars, (scanned by\nFox in the Stars from the collection of Brays Advent\nChristian Church in Iberia, Missouri), Michael Zeug, Lisa\nReigel, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at\nhttps://www.pgdp.net\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTranscriber's Notes: Variations in spelling and hyphenation have been\nleft as in the original. Words in italics in the original are surrounded\nby _underscores_. Words in a Gothic font in the original are surrounded\nby =equal signs=. In the original, the words spoken by Jesus are in a\nlarger font--in this text, the words of Jesus are indented from the\nmargins. A few typographical errors have been corrected. A complete list\nfollows the text.\n\nThe text mentions a \"geographical and historical chart\" that was\nintended to accompany this book. It is not a part of this text and is\nnot included here.\n\n\n\n\n[Illustration: The Adoring Shepherds.\n\n\"And they came with haste, and found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying\nin a manger.\"--Page 13.]\n\n\n\n\n WALKS AND WORDS\n\n of\n\n JESUS;\n\n =A Paragraph Harmony of the Four Evangelists=.\n\n\n BY REV. M. N. OLMSTED,\n\n WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY REV. BISHOP FOSTER, D.D.\n\n\n FIFTH EDITION.\n\n\n NEW YORK:\n NELSON & PHILLIPS.\n\n CINCINNATI:\n HITCHCOCK & WALDEN.\n\n\n\n\n Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867,\n\n By M. N. OLMSTED,\n\nIn the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the\n Southern District of New York.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCONTENTS.\n\n\n I. Jesus in Creation and Prophecy 11\n II. The Childhood of Jesus 14\n III. The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 16\n IV. Testimony of John--Call of the First Disciples 18\n V. First Miracle--Temple cleansed--Visit of Nicodemus 22\n VI. John Exalts Jesus--Woman at the Well--Visit to Samaria 27\n VII. Nobleman of Capernaum--Preaches at Nazareth 32\n VIII. Moves to Capernaum--Andrew and Peter Called 36\n IX. Sermon on the Mount, near Capernaum 39\n X. Sermon on the Mount Continued 46\n XI. Sermon on the Mount Concluded 52\n XII. Draught of Fishes--Heals a Leper--Matthew Called 56\n XIII. Healing at the Pool--Resurrection Foretold 62\n XIV. Disciples in the Cornfield--Withered Hand 68\n\n XV. Apostles named--Woes and Blessings--Practical Lessons 72\n XVI. Practical Lessons Continued--Heals Centurion's Servant 75\n XVII. Widow of Nain--Messengers of John--Woes on Capernaum 80\n XVIII. Woman Washes Jesus' feet--Two Debtors 85\n XIX. Pharisees seek a Sign--Jesus Teaches by Parables 91\n XX. Parables and Interpretations 99\n XXI. The homeless Saviour--The Storm--The Demoniac 105\n XXII. Child Healed--Touch of Faith--Two Blind Men--Eats with\n Publicans and Sinners 109\n XXIII. Revisits Nazareth--Sends the Twelve with Instructions 114\n XXIV. John the Baptist Beheaded by Order of Herod 121\n XXV. Jesus Feeds Five Thousand with Five Loaves and two\n Fishes 123\n XXVI. Walks on the Sea--Peter Sinking--Mountain Closet 126\n XXVII. Jesus the Bread of Life for the World 129\n XXVIII. Pharisees Murmur--Washings and Other Traditions 135\n XXIX. Syrophenician Woman--Blind Men--Feeds Four Thousand 139\n XXX. Pharisees ask a Sign--Reasons for Faith--Blind Men 142\n XXXI. Jesus Foretells his Death and Resurrection 145\n XXXII. Transfiguration--Cures a Demoniac 149\n XXXIII. Death Foretold again--Pays Tribute--Caution Against\n Giving Offence 153\n XXXIV. Lessons of Humility and Forgiveness 157\n XXXV. Jesus at the Feast--Return of the officers of the Chief\n Priests 163\n XXXVI. The Convicted Accusers--Jesus the Light of the World 168\n XXXVII. A man born Blind, Healed, Examined and Excommunicated 175\n XXXVIII. Parable of the Good Shepherd 179\n XXXIX. Jesus Raises Lazarus--Jews Seek his Life 184\n XL. Seventy Disciples sent out 190\n XLI. Martha's Entertainment--Form of Prayer--Dumb Devil 196\n XLII. Evil Generation seek a Sign--Practical Lessons 200\n XLIII. Discourses on Various Topics--Ministerial Diligence 205\n XLIV. Tokens of Coming Judgment--Eighteen Years Infirmity 214\n XLV. Dropsy Cured--Parable of the Great Supper 219\n XLVI. Parables of Lost Sheep, Lost Piece of Silver and\n Prodigal Son 225\n XLVII. The Unjust Steward--The Rich Man and Lazarus 230\n XLVIII. Of Giving Offence--Ten Lepers--Second Coming of Jesus 235\n XLIX. Importunate Widow--Marriage--Children brought to Jesus 240\n L. Young Ruler--Warning to the Rich--Parable of Laborers 245\n LI. Zebedee's Children--Heals two Blind Men near Jericho 251\n LII. Nobleman & Servants--Mary Anoints Jesus 254\n LIII. Triumphant Entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem 260\n LIV. Greeks Wish to see Jesus--Barren Fig Tree 264\n LV. Pharisees Question his Authority--Parable of Vineyard 269\n LVI. The Marriage Feast--Tribute to Cesar--Jewish Infidelity 274\n LVII. Jesus Answers Sadducees and Pharisees--Widows Offering 279\n LVIII. Woes Against Scribes, Pharisees and Hypocrites 284\n LIX. Destruction of the Temple and Coming of the Son of Man\n Foretold 290\n LX. Fearful Signs after the Great Tribulation 296\n LXI. Parable of the Talents--Judgment of the Nations 303\n LXII. Covenant with Judas--Passover--Jesus Washes his\n Disciples' Feet 308\n LXIII. The Lord's Supper Instituted--Peter Forewarned 313\n LXIV. Jesus Comforts his Disciples--Teaches Love to each\n Other 318\n LXV. Jesus the True Vine--Hatred of the World 324\n LXVI. Jesus Forewarns his Disciples 328\n LXVII. Jesus Prays for his Disciples--Foretells Peter's Denial 333\n LXVIII. The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane 338\n LXIX. Betrayal of Jesus--Brought Before the High Priest 342\n LXX. Jesus Examined by the Sanhedrim--Peter denies him 345\n LXXI. Examination Continued--Judas Repents--Jesus Scourged 348\n LXXII. Jesus Before Herod--Message to Pilate from his\n Wife--Pilate Washes his Hands 352\n LXXIII. Jesus Crucified--He Prays for his Enemies 356\n LXXIV. The two Thieves--Jesus Thirsts--He gives up the Ghost 359\n LXXV. Jesus Taken down from the Cross--Buried--Tomb Sealed 362\n LXXVI. The Resurrection of Jesus--Scenes and Incidents 365\n LXXVII. Mary Magdalene and Others Visit the Sepulchre 367\n LXXVIII. Journey to Emmaus--Incredulity of Thomas 369\n LXXIX. Jesus Appears to the Eleven; then to Five Hundred\n Brethren at once 374\n LXXX. The Ascension of Jesus--Incidents 379\n LXXXI. Conclusion 383\n\n\n\n\nINTRODUCTION\n\n\nThe happy thought of this volume was suggested by the incidental reading\nof this fact, in the life of JOHN QUINCY ADAMS: He was one day engaged\nin his usual study of the New Testament, (a practice he kept up daily\nthroughout life, even amid the most urgent State duties,) when being\nparticularly impressed by some words of Jesus, he conceived the idea of\nabstracting all his words from the body of the sacred text, that he\nmight see them in their unity and wholeness. He immediately procured a\nsuitable blank book, and beginning with the first Gospel, wrote down\nevery word of Christ, as given by each of the Evangelists. This most\nprecious _excerpta_ he continued to read and devoutly study with great\nprofit and comfort.\n\nIf the publisher had done nothing else but carry out this idea, he would\nhave performed a good service, for many devout students of the Word of\nGod; but he has done much more and I doubt not, by a very simple method,\nwill become the instrument of good to thousands.\n\nThe several things aimed at and accomplished, in the plan of the book,\nare these\n\nFIRST. A complete harmony of the several Evangelistic narratives, in a\nconsecutive chronological order, thus presenting in one view a complete\nand perfect picture of our Saviour's life and ministry. Every word of\neach Gospel is given, (except that which is embraced in the two opening\nchapters,) but in continued and unbroken flow, and not in the\nfragmentary and disjointed order of chapter and verse, as found in the\nordinary form.\n\nSECOND. The words spoken by Jesus himself are raised out of the page, in\nrelief, by means of larger type; so that if the reader is desirous, he\ncan peruse at a single sitting all the words of the Master left on\nrecord, in the order of their utterance, and apart from the words of\nothers, without the labor of selecting.\n\nTHIRD. While the main intent is to present the Gospels in a harmonious\narrangement, and especially to give prominence to the divine speaker\nhimself, the author has furnished two preliminary and a concluding\nchapter of real interest and value, in the first of which, by a\njudicious collocation of passages from the Old and New Testaments, he\ntraces Christ as he appeared in Creation and Providence, as set forth by\nthe Prophets and Apostles. In the second he sketches a brief account of\nhis childhood with appropriate reflections, and in the concluding\nchapter ending the volume, he gives his words uttered after the\nascension, as found in the Epistles and the book of Revelation.\n\nFOURTH. Accompanying the volume, is a geographical and historical\nchart, ingeniously contrived to illustrate the general idea of the book.\nThis chart is entitled \"The Walks of Jesus; a Pictorial Chart of the\nAntediluvian and Patriarchal Periods, and of the Holy Land; for Sunday\nSchools and Families.\" It is published in neat and attractive form, and\nof various sizes, and cannot fail to be a useful accompaniment of Bible\nstudy.\n\nI am so pleased with the general plan of this work, and with the manner\nin which the publisher is executing his idea, that I take great pleasure\nin commending it as a helpful and convenient companion to all Bible\nlovers and students.\n\nAmong the many books which are appearing, concerning the Christ, this,\nafter all, is the truest and best. It may be WELL to read them--it is\nINDISPENSABLE to read this. Whatever gives interest to the sacred page,\nand especially, whatsoever shall give prominence to the simple word and\ntruth of Jesus, cannot fail to be fraught with blessings to the world.\n\nThe holy Evangelists were inspired men. All their words are the words of\nGod, and not one of them to be lightly esteemed, or to be held as of\nquestionable authority; and yet the precise sentences that fell from the\nlips of the Only Begotten rise in importance and dignity, and come to us\nwith more direct authority and divinity. Let us remember the voice that\ndropped from the open heaven: \"This is my beloved Son: hear ye him.\"\n\n R. S. FOSTER.\n\n\n\n\n=Walks and Words of Jesus=\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER I.\n\nJESUS IN CREATION AND PROPHECY.\n\n\nWhen we open the HOLY BIBLE, the very first sentence unfolds to us the\ncreation of worlds by the Word and power of Jehovah: \"In the beginning\nGod created the heaven and the earth.\"\n\nIn the NEW TESTAMENT Jesus is presented as the \"Creator of all things.\"\nThe inspired writer opens the subject in these words: \"In the beginning\nwas the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same\nwas in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without\nhim was not anything made that was made.\"\n\nPaul, in one of his epistles, speaks of this same Jesus as the image of\nthe invisible God, the first born of every creature: \"for by him were\nall things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible\nand invisible, whether _they_ be thrones, or dominions, or\nprincipalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him;\nand he is before all things, and by him all things consist.\"\n\nAgain, John, in his vision of the future glory of the Church, saw the\nEternal Throne, and Jesus the Mighty Conqueror seated upon it; and heard\nvoices chanting in angelic strains, \"Holy, holy, holy, Lord God\nAlmighty, which was, and is, and is to come.\"\n\nAnd four-and-twenty elders, clothed in white robes, with crowns of gold,\nfell prostrate before him, and worshipped him that liveth for ever and\never, saying, \"Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and\npower: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are\nand were created.\"\n\nWhen Adam had ruined himself and his posterity by eating the forbidden\nfruit, Jehovah, in his infinite love, gave him the promise of a MESSIAH,\nin the words addressed to the serpent: \"I will put enmity between thee\nand the woman, and between thy seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy\nhead, and thou shalt bruise his heel.\"\n\nAs we trace along the stream of time, we see this faint promise oft\nrenewed, brightening with every repetition.\n\nWhen Jehovah had destroyed the world by a flood, on account of its\nwickedness, preserving only the family of Noah to repeople it, and had\nscattered the builders of Babel, confounding their language, he said to\nfaithful Abram: \"Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and\nfrom thy father's house, unto a land that I will show thee: and I will\nmake of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name\ngreat; and thou shalt be a blessing: and I will bless them that bless\nthee, and curse him that curseth thee; and in thee shall all families of\nthe earth be blessed.\"\n\nJacob, on his way to Padan-Aram, slept, and saw in the night-visions, a\nladder, with its foot upon the earth, and its top reaching to heaven,\nand lo! angels were ascending and descending upon it. And he heard the\nvoice of the Lord from the top of the ladder, saying unto him: \"I _am_\nthe Lord God of Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac: the land\nwhereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy seed; and thy\nseed shall be as the dust of the earth; and thou shalt spread abroad to\nthe west, and to the east, and to the north, and to the south: and in\nthee and in thy seed shall all the families of the earth be blessed.\"\n\n[Illustration: Bethlehem--Birthplace of Jesus.]\n\nThus from time to time was the promise of a coming Saviour renewed,\nuntil, on the plains of Bethlehem, a glorious light burst upon the\nwatching shepherds, and an angel appeared, saying; \"Fear not: for,\nbehold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all\npeople. For unto you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour,\nwhich is Christ the Lord.\" And suddenly there was with the angel a\nmultitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, \"Glory to God\nin the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.\"\n\nAnd when the angels had departed, the shepherds said one to another,\n\"Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to\npass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.\" And they came with haste,\nand found Mary and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And the\nshepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that\nthey had heard and seen.\n\nEight days after, at the circumcision of the child, he was called Jesus,\nwhich signifies Saviour, a name given before he was born: \"for\" said the\nangel, \"He shall save his people from their sins.\"\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER II.\n\nTHE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS.\n\n\nThe Incarnation of the Son of God, presents us with an example of\ncondescension and humiliation, only equalled by the exaltation of its\nsubjects. He came to earth, that he might exalt us to heaven. His\nsufferings and death, clothe us, who are dead in sin, with immortality,\nand secure to us the bliss of an eternal Paradise. To trace the\nfootsteps of Jesus, God Incarnate, and to present the words that dropped\nfresh from his wise and holy lips, while on his mission of mercy to this\nsin-stricken world, will be the object of these pages.\n\nThe child grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom: and the\ngrace of God was upon him. But his first _word_, on record, was uttered\nat the age of twelve years. A multitude had assembled at Jerusalem. The\neight days' worship being ended, the crowds disperse and scatter to\ntheir homes in the distant countries round about. The parents, supposing\n\"the child Jesus\" to be among their relatives and acquaintances in the\ngreat throng, pass on a day's journey, when they seek him but find him\nnot.\n\nThey return, anxious and sorrow stricken, to Jerusalem, where they find\nhim still in the Temple, sitting with the Doctors of the law, and\nastonishing the multitude with his understanding and answers. His\nmother, though amazed at his wisdom, gently chides her son for his lack\nof filial fidelity, saying, \"Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us?\nbehold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.\" And he said unto\nthem,\n\n How is it that ye sought me? Wist ye not that I must be about\n my Father's business?\n\nAnd they understood not the saying which he spake unto them. And he went\ndown with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them; but his\nmother kept all these sayings in her heart.\n\nEighteen years now pass away without the record of another word. While\nhe honored his earthly parents, and was diligent in his daily toil, he\nwas doubtless ever busy in the work assigned him by his Father in\nheaven. Multitudes may have been charmed by his youthful eloquence,\nconfounded by his wisdom, and melted under his sweet spirit of love. But\nto us it is one great blank. This brief sentence among the doctors in\nthe temple, in answer to the question of the anxious mother, is like\nsome blazing comet, which for a brief space lights the starry vault with\nits radiance, and then shoots off, in its eccentric course, to be seen\nno more for years to come. During these silent years, multitudes had\npassed to their reward. \"Seed time and harvest, summer and winter, day\nand night,\" had succeeded each other, in regular order; while the \"bow\nin the cloud\" had constantly reminded the world of the gracious promise\nof God to Noah. But not a word is preserved from the lips of this\nwonderful child. Not a footprint marks his journeyings.\n\nAt the age of thirty he suddenly appears again on the page of history.\nLet us now follow his footsteps, and listen to his words.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER III.\n\nTHE BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF JESUS.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of\nGalilee, to Jordan, unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbade\nhim, saying, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest thou to me?\nAnd Jesus answering said unto him,\n\n Suffer _it to be_ so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfill\n all righteousness.\n\nThen he suffered him. Now when all the people were baptized, it came to\npass, that Jesus also being baptized, went up straightway out of the\nwater; and praying, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and the Holy\nGhost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and there came a\nvoice from heaven, _saying_, \"Thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well\npleased.\"\n\nAnd Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned from Jordan, and was\nled by the Spirit into the wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And\nhe was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was\nwith the wild beasts. And in those days he did eat nothing. And when he\nhad fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungered.\nAnd when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God,\ncommand that these stones be made bread. But Jesus answered and said,\n\n It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every\n word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.\n\nThen the devil taketh him up into the holy city, and setteth him on a\npinnacle of the temple. And saith unto him, If thou be the Son of God,\ncast thyself down from hence: for it is written, He shall give his\nangels charge concerning thee, to keep thee: And in _their_ hands they\nshall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone.\nAnd Jesus answering said unto him,\n\n It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.\n\nAgain, the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain, and\nsheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, in a\nmoment of time. And the devil said unto him, All this power will I give\nthee, and the glory of them: for that is delivered unto me: and to\nwhomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt fall down and\nworship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered and said unto him,\n\n Get thee behind me, Satan: for it is written, Thou shalt\n worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.\n\nAnd when the devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him\nfor a season. And, behold, angels came and ministered unto him.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER IV.\n\nTESTIMONY OF JOHN--CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES.\n\n\nThis is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from\nJerusalem to ask him, Who art thou? He confessed, and denied not; but\nconfessed, I am not the Christ.\n\nAnd they asked him, What then? Art thou Elias? And he saith, I am not.\nArt thou that prophet? And he answered, No. Then said they unto him, Who\nart thou? that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest\nthou of thyself? He said, I _am_ the voice of one crying in the\nwilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet\nEsaias.\n\nAnd they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and\nsaid unto him, Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor\nElias, neither that prophet? John answered them, saying, I baptize with\nwater: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not; He it is, who\ncoming after me is preferred before me, whose shoe's latchet I am not\nworthy to unloose. These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan,\nwhere John was baptizing.\n\nThe next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, and saith, Behold the\nLamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world. This is he of whom\nI said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me: for he was\nbefore me. And I knew him not: but that he should be made manifest to\nIsrael, therefore am I come baptizing with water.\n\nAnd John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven\nlike a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent\nme to baptize with water, the same said unto me, Upon whom thou shalt\nsee the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which\nbaptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is\nthe Son of God.\n\nAgain the next day after, John stood, and two of his disciples; And\nlooking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, Behold the Lamb of God! And\nthe two disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. Then Jesus\nturned, and saw them following, and saith unto them,\n\n What seek ye?\n\nThey said unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, being interpreted,\nMaster,) where dwellest thou? He saith unto them,\n\n Come and see.\n\nThey came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day: for it\nwas about the tenth hour. One of the two which heard John _speak_ and\nfollowed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. He first findeth his\nown brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which\nis, being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him to Jesus. And when\nJesus beheld him, he said,\n\n Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas,\n which is, by interpretation, A stone.\n\nThe day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip,\nand saith unto him,\n\n Follow me.\n\nNow Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.\n\nPhilip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom\nMoses in the law and the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son\nof Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come\nout of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see. Jesus saw\nNathanael coming to him, and saith unto him,\n\n Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom there is no guile!\n\nNathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and\nsaid unto him,\n\n Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig\n tree, I saw thee.\n\nNathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God;\nthou art the King of Israel. Jesus answered and said unto him,\n\n Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree,\n believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.\n\nAnd he saith unto him,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven\n open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the\n Son of man.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER V.\n\nFIRST MIRACLE--TEMPLE CLEANSED--VISIT OF NICODEMUS.\n\n\nAnd the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the\nmother of Jesus was there. And both Jesus was called, and his disciples,\nto the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith\nunto him, They have no wine. Jesus saith unto her,\n\n Woman, what have I to do with thee? mine hour is not yet come.\n\nHis mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do\n_it_. And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner\nof the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.\nJesus saith unto them,\n\n Fill the waterpots with water.\n\nAnd they filled them up to the brim. And he saith unto them,\n\n Draw out now and bear unto the governor of the feast.\n\nAnd they bare _it_. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water\nthat was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which\ndrew the water knew;) the governor of the feast called the bridegroom,\nand saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine;\nand when men have well drunk, then that which is worse; _but_ thou hast\nkept the good wine until now. This beginning of miracles did Jesus in\nCana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory; and his disciples\nbelieved on him.\n\nAfter this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his\nbrethren, and his disciples: and they continued there not many days. And\nthe Jews' passover was at hand. And Jesus went up to Jerusalem, and\nfound in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep, and doves, and the\nchangers of money sitting. And when he had made a scourge of small\ncords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the sheep, and the oxen;\nand poured out the changers' money, and overthrew the tables; and said\nunto them that sold doves,\n\n Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house\n of merchandise.\n\nAnd his disciples remembered that it was written, The zeal of thine\nhouse hath eaten me up. Then answered the Jews and said unto him: What\nsign shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things? Jesus\nanswered and said unto them,\n\n Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up.\n\nThen said the Jews, Forty and six years was this temple in building,\nand wilt thou rear it up in three days? But he spake of the temple of\nhis body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples\nremembered that he had said this unto them; and they believed the\nScripture, and the word which Jesus had said.\n\nNow when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast _day_, many\nbelieved in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus\ndid not commit himself unto them, because he knew all _men_, and needed\nnot that any should testify of man, for he knew what was in man.\n\nThere was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews.\nThe same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that\nthou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that\nthou doest, except God be with him. Jesus answered and said, unto him,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again,\n he cannot see the kingdom of God.\n\nNicodemus saith unto him, How can a man be born when he is old? can he\nenter the second time into his mother's womb, and be born? Jesus\nanswered,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water\n and _of_the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God.\n That which is born of the flesh is flesh; and that which is\n born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto\n thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it\n listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not\n tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: so is every one\n that is born of the Spirit.\n\nNicodemus answered and said unto him, How can these things be? Jesus\nanswered and said unto him,\n\n Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things?\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and\n testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. If\n I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall\n ye believe, if I tell you _of_ heavenly things. And no man\n hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven,\n _even_ the Son of man which is in heaven.\n\n And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so\n must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in\n him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved\n the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever\n believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.\n For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world;\n but that the world through him might be saved.\n\n He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that\n believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not\n believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this\n is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and\n men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were\n evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither\n cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he\n that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be\n made manifest, that they are wrought in God.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER VI.\n\nJOHN EXALTS JESUS--WOMAN AT THE WELL--VISIT TO SAMARIA.\n\n\nAfter these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Judea;\nand there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was\nbaptizing in AEnon near to Salim, because there was much water there: and\nthey came, and were baptized. For John was not yet cast into prison.\n\nThen there arose a question between _some_ of John's disciples and the\nJews about purifying. And they came unto John, and said unto him, Rabbi,\nhe that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou barest witness,\nbehold, the same baptizeth, and all _men_ come to him, John answered and\nsaid, a man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye\nyourselves bear me witness, that I said, I am not the Christ, but that I\nam sent before him. He that hath the bride is the bridegroom: but the\nfriend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth\ngreatly because of the bridegroom's voice: this my joy therefore is\nfulfilled. He must increase, but I _must_ decrease. He that cometh from\nabove is above all: he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of\nthe earth: he that cometh from heaven is above all.\n\nAnd what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth; and no man\nreceiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to\nhis seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words\nof God: for God giveth not the Spirit by measure _unto him_. The Father\nloveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that\nbelieveth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not\nthe Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him.\n\nWhen therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made\nand baptized more disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized\nnot, but his disciples,) He left Judea, and departed again into Galilee.\nAnd he must needs go through Samaria.\n\nThen cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the\nparcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob's well was\nthere. Jesus therefore, being wearied with _his_ journey, sat thus on\nthe well: _and_ it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of\nSamaria to draw water: Jesus saith unto her,\n\n Give me to drink.\n\n(For his disciples were gone away into the city to buy meat.)\n\nThen saith the woman of Samaria unto him, How is it that thou, being a\nJew, asketh drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria? for the Jews have\nno dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered and said unto her,\n\n If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to\n thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and\n he would have given thee living water.\n\nThe woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the\nwell is deep: from whence then hast thou that living water? Art thou\ngreater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof\nhimself, and his children, and his cattle? Jesus answered and said unto\nher,\n\n Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again: But\n whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall\n never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in\n him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.\n\nThe woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not,\nneither come hither to draw. Jesus saith unto her,\n\n Go, call thy husband, and come hither.\n\nThe woman answered and said, I have no husband. Jesus said unto her,\n\n Thou hast well said, I have no husband: for thou hast had five\n husbands; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband: in\n that saidst thou truly.\n\nThe woman said unto him, Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our\nfathers worshipped in this mountain; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is\nthe place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith unto her,\n\n Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in\n this mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, worship the Father. Ye\n worship ye know not what: we know what we worship: for\n salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is,\n when the true worshippers shall worship the Father in spirit\n and in truth: for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God\n _is_ a Spirit: and they that worship him must worship _him_ in\n spirit and in truth.\n\nThe woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called\nChrist: when he is come, he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto\nher,\n\n I that speak unto thee am _he_.\n\nAnd upon this came his disciples, and marvelled that he talked with the\nwoman: yet no man said, What seekest thou? or, Why talkest thou with\nher? The woman then left her waterpot, and went her way into the city,\nand said to the men, Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever\nI did: is not this the Christ? Then they went out of the city, and came\nunto him. In the meanwhile his disciples prayed him saying, Master, eat.\nBut he said unto them,\n\n I have meat to eat that ye know not of.\n\nTherefore said the disciples one to another, Hath any man brought him\n_ought_ to eat? Jesus saith unto them,\n\n My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish\n his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and _then_\n cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and\n look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest. And\n he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto\n life eternal: that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may\n rejoice together. And herein is that saying true, One soweth,\n and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that whereon ye\n bestowed no labor: other men labored, and ye are entered into\n their labors.\n\nAnd many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying\nof the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. So when\nthe Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry\nwith them: and he abode there two days. And many more believed because\nof his own word; and said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of\nthy saying: for we have heard _him_ ourselves, and know that this is\nindeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER VII.\n\nNOBLEMAN OF CAPERNAUM--PREACHES AT NAZARETH.\n\n\nNow after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee. For Jesus\nhimself testified that a prophet hath no honor in his own country. Then\nwhen he was come into Galilee, the Galilaeans received him, having seen\nall the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also\nwent unto the feast.\n\nSo Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine.\nAnd there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When\nhe heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into Galilee, he went unto\nhim, and besought him that he would come down and heal his son: for he\nwas at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him,\n\n Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe.\n\nThe nobleman saith unto him, Sir, come down ere my child die. Jesus\nsaith unto him,\n\n Go thy way: thy son liveth.\n\nAnd the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he\nwent his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and\ntold _him_, saying, Thy son liveth. Then enquired he of them the hour\nwhen he began to amend. And they said unto him, Yesterday at the seventh\nhour the fever left him. So the father knew that _it was_ at the same\nhour, in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth: and himself\nbelieved, and his whole house. This _is_ again the second miracle _that_\nJesus did, when he was come out of Judea into Galilee. And Jesus\nreturned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee: and there went out a\nfame of him through all the region round about. And he taught in their\nsynagogues, being glorified of all.\n\nAnd he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and, as his\ncustom was, he went into the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up\nfor to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet\nEsaias. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it was\nwritten, The Spirit of the Lord _is_ upon me, because he hath anointed\nme to preach the Gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the\nbrokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of\nsight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach\nthe acceptable year of the Lord.\n\nAnd he closed the book, and he gave _it_ again to the minister, and sat\ndown. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened\non him. And he began to say unto them,\n\n This day is this Scripture fulfilled in your ears.\n\nAnd all bear him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which\nproceeded out of his mouth. And they said, Is not this Joseph's son? And\nhe said unto them,\n\n Ye will surely say unto me this proverb, Physician, heal\n thyself: whatsoever we have heard done in Capernaum, do also\n here in thy country.\n\nAnd he said,\n\n Verily, I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his own\n country. But I tell you of a truth, many widows were in Israel\n in the days of Elias, when the heaven was shut up three years\n and six months, when great famine was throughout all the land;\n but unto none of them was Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, _a\n city_ of Sidon, unto a woman _that was_ a widow. And many\n lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus the prophet; and\n none of them was cleansed, saving Naaman, the Syrian.\n\nAnd all they in the synagogue, when they heard these things, were filled\nwith wrath, and rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led him\nunto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that they might\ncast him down headlong. But he passing through the midst of them went\nhis way.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER VIII.\n\nMOVES TO CAPERNAUM--ANDREW AND PETER CALLED.\n\n\nNow when Jesus had heard that John was cast into prison, he departed\ninto Galilee; and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, a\ncity of Galilee, which is upon the sea coast, in the borders of Zabulon\nand Nephthalim: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias\nthe prophet, saying, The land of Zebulon, and the land of Nephthalim,\n_by_ the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; the\npeople which sat in darkness saw great light; and to them which sat in\nthe region and shadow of death light is sprung up. From that time Jesus\nbegan to preach the gospel of the kingdom of God, and to say,\n\n Repent: the time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at\n hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.\n\nAnd Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called\nPeter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were\nfishers. And he saith unto them,\n\n Follow me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.\n\nAnd they straightway left _their_ nets, and followed him. And going on\na little farther thence, he saw other two brethren, James _the son_ of\nZebedee, and John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father,\nmending their nets; and straightway he called them: and they immediately\nleft the ship and their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired\nservants, and went after him.\n\nAnd they went into Capernaum: and straightway on the sabbath day he\nentered into the synagogue, and taught. And they were astonished at his\ndoctrine: for his word was with power: for he taught them as one that\nhad authority, and not as the scribes.\n\nAnd in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean\ndevil, and cried out with a loud voice, saying, Let _us_ alone; what\nhave we to do with thee, _thou_ Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to\ndestroy us? I know thee who thou art; the Holy One of God. And Jesus\nrebuked him, saying,\n\n Hold thy peace, and come out of him.\n\nAnd when the devil had torn him, had thrown him in the midst, and cried\nwith a loud voice, he came out of him, and hurt him not.\n\nAnd they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among\nthemselves, saying, What thing is this? What new doctrine _is_ this?\nWhat a word _is_ this! for with authority and power he commandeth even\nthe unclean spirits, and they do obey him, and they come out. And\nimmediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region, into every\nplace of the country round about Galilee.\n\nAnd forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered\ninto the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. And Simon's\nwife's mother was taken with a great fever; and anon they tell him of\nher; and they besought him for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked\nthe fever; and he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and\nimmediately the fever left her, and she arose, and ministered unto them.\n\nAnd at even, when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with\ndivers diseases brought them unto him; and them that were possessed with\ndevils: and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. And\nall the city was gathered together at the door.\n\nAnd devils also came out of many, crying out, and saying, Thou art\nChrist the Son of God. And he rebuking _them_ suffered them not to\nspeak: for they knew that he was Christ. That it might be fulfilled\nwhich was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our\ninfirmities, and bare _our_ sicknesses. And in the morning, rising up a\ngreat while before day, and when it was day, he went out, and departed\ninto a solitary place, and there prayed. And Simon and they that were\nwith him followed after him. And when they had found him, they said unto\nhim, All _men_ seek for thee. And he said unto them,\n\n Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also:\n for therefore came I forth.\n\nAnd the people sought him, and came unto him, and stayed him, that he\nshould not depart from them. And he said unto them,\n\n I must preach the kingdom of God to other cities also: for\n therefore am I sent.\n\nAnd Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and\npreaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness\nand all manner of disease among the people, and cast out devils. And his\nfame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick\npeople that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those\nwhich were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and\nthose that had the palsy; and he healed them. And there followed him\ngreat multitudes of people from Galilee, and _from_ Decapolis, and from\nJerusalem, and _from_ Judea, and _from_ beyond Jordan.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER IX.\n\nSERMON ON THE MOUNT, NEAR CAPERNAUM.\n\n\nAnd seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain: and when he was\nset, his disciples came unto him: And he opened his mouth, and taught\nthem, saying,\n\n Blessed _are_ the poor in spirit: for their's is the kingdom\n of heaven. Blessed _are_ they that mourn: for they shall be\n comforted. Blessed _are_ the meek: for they shall inherit the\n earth. Blessed _are_ they which do hunger and thirst after\n righteousness: for they shall be filled. Blessed _are_ the\n merciful: for they shall obtain mercy. Blessed are the pure in\n heart: for they shall see God.\n\n Blessed _are_ the peacemakers: for they shall be called the\n children of God. Blessed _are_ they which are persecuted for\n righteousness' sake: for their's is the kingdom of heaven.\n Blessed are ye, when _men_ shall revile you, and persecute\n _you_, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely,\n for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad: for great _is_\n your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets\n which were before you.\n\n Ye are the salt of the earth: but if the salt have lost his\n savor, wherewith shall it be salted? it is thenceforth good\n for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot\n of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a\n hill cannot be hid. Neither do men light a candle, and put it\n under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto\n all that are in the house. Let your light so shine before men,\n that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father\n which is in heaven.\n\n Think not that I am come to destroy the Law or the Prophets: I\n am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. For verily I say unto\n you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one title shall in\n no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled.\n\n Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least\n commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the\n least in the kingdom of heaven; but whosoever shall do and\n teach _them_, the same shall be called great in the kingdom\n of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness\n shall exceed _the righteousness_ of the scribes and Pharisees,\n ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.\n\n Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt\n not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the\n judgment: But I say unto you, That whosoever is angry with his\n brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment:\n and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in\n danger of the council: but whosoever shall say, Thou fool,\n shall be in danger of hell fire.\n\n Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there\n rememberest that thy brother hath ought against thee; leave\n there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way; first be\n reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift.\n Agree with thine adversary quickly, whilst thou art in the way\n with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the\n judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be\n cast into prison. Verily, I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no\n means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost\n farthing.\n\n Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt\n not commit adultery: but I say unto you, That whosoever\n looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery\n with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend\n thee, pluck it out, and cast _it_ from thee: for it is\n profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and\n not _that_ thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy\n right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast _it_ from thee,\n for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should\n perish, and not _that_ thy whole body should be cast into\n hell.\n\n It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him\n give her a writing of divorcement: But I say unto you, That\n whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of\n fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever\n shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery.\n\n Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old\n time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto\n the Lord thine oaths: But I say unto you, Swear not at all;\n neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth;\n for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the\n city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head,\n because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let\n your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is\n more than these cometh of evil.\n\n Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a\n tooth for a tooth: but I say unto you, That ye resist not\n evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn\n to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the\n law, and take away thy coat, let him have _thy_ cloak also.\n And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him\n twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would\n borrow of thee turn not thou away.\n\n Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy\n neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your\n enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate\n you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and\n persecute you; that ye may be the children of your Father\n which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil\n and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the\n unjust.\n\n For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do\n not even the publicans the same? And if ye salute your\n brethren only, what do ye more _than others_? do not even the\n publicans so? Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father\n which is in heaven is perfect.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER X.\n\nSERMON ON THE MOUNT, CONTINUED.\n\n\n Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of\n them; otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in\n heaven. Therefore when thou doest _thine_ alms, do not sound a\n trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues\n and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I\n say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest\n alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth:\n that thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth\n in secret himself shall reward thee openly.\n\n And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites\n _are_: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues, and\n in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men.\n Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when\n thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut\n thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy\n Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.\n\n But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen\n _do_: for they think that they shall be heard for their much\n speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father\n knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. After\n this manner therefore pray ye:\n\n Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy\n kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as _it is_ in heaven.\n Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as\n we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but\n deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power,\n and the glory, for ever. Amen.\n\n For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father\n will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their\n trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.\n\n Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad\n countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may\n appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have\n their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head,\n and wash thy face; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but\n unto thy Father which is in secret: and thy Father, which\n seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.\n\n Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and\n rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:\n but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither\n moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break\n through nor steal. For where your treasure is, there will your\n heart be also.\n\n The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be\n single, thy whole body shall be full of light. But if thine\n eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If\n therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great\n _is_ that darkness! No man can serve two masters: for either\n he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold\n to the one, and despise the other, Ye cannot serve God and\n mammon.\n\n Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what\n ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body,\n what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the\n body than raiment. Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow\n not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your\n heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than\n they?\n\n Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his\n stature? And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the\n lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do\n they spin; and yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all\n his glory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if\n God so clothe the grass of the field, which to day is, and to\n morrow is cast into the oven, _shall he_ not much more\n _clothe_ you, O ye of little faith.\n\n Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What\n shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? (For\n after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your\n heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.\n\n But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness;\n and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore\n no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought\n for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day _is_ the\n evil thereof.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XI.\n\nSERMON ON THE MOUNT, CONCLUDED.\n\n\n Judge not, that ye be not judged. For with what judgment ye\n judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it\n shall be measured to you again. And why beholdest thou the\n mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the\n beam that is in thine own eye? Or how wilt thou say to thy\n brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and,\n behold, a beam _is_ in thine own eye.\n\n Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye;\n and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of\n thy brother's eye. Give not that which is holy unto the dogs,\n neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample\n them under their feet, and turn again and rend you.\n\n Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find;\n knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that\n asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that\n knocketh it shall be opened.\n\n Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will\n he give him a stone? Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a\n serpent? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts\n unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is\n in heaven give good things to them that ask him?\n\n Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to\n you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the\n prophets.\n\n Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide _is_ the gate, and\n broad _is_ the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many\n there be which go in thereat: because strait _is_ the gate,\n and narrow _is_ the way, which leadeth unto life, and few\n there be that find it.\n\n Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's\n clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves. Ye shall know\n them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs\n of thistles? Even so every good tree bringeth forth good\n fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good\n tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither _can_ a corrupt\n tree bring forth good fruit. Every tree that bringeth not\n forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.\n Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.\n\n Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into\n the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father\n which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord,\n Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have\n cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works?\n And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart\n from me, ye that work iniquity.\n\n Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth\n them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house\n upon a rock: and the rain descended, and the floods came, and\n the winds blew, and beat upon that house: and it fell not: for\n it was founded upon a rock.\n\n And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth\n them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his\n house upon the sand: and the rain descended, and the floods\n came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it\n fell: and great was the fall of it.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were\nastonished at his doctrine: For he taught them as _one_ having\nauthority, and not as the Scribes. When he was come down from the\nmountain, great multitudes followed him.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XII.\n\nGREAT DRAUGHT OF FISHES--HEALS A LEPER--MATTHEW CALLED.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the\nword of God, he stood by the lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships\nstanding by the lake: but the fishermen were gone out of them, and were\nwashing _their_ nets.\n\nAnd he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon's, and prayed him\nthat he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and\ntaught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he\nsaid unto Simon,\n\n Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a\n draught.\n\nAnd Simon answering said unto him, Master, we have toiled all the night,\nand have taken nothing: nevertheless at thy word I will let down the\nnet. And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of\nfishes: and their net brake. And they beckoned unto _their_ partners,\nwhich were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And\nthey came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink.\n\nWhen Simon Peter saw _it_ he fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart\nfrom me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. For he was astonished, and all\nthat were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken:\nand so _was_ also James and John, the sons of Zebedee, which were\npartners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon,\n\n Fear not; from henceforth thou shalt catch men.\n\nAnd when they had brought their ships to land, they forsook all, and\nfollowed him.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold, there came a\nman full of leprosy to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him,\nworshipped him, and fell on _his_ face, and besought him, saying, Lord,\nif thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with\ncompassion, put forth _his_ hand, and touched him, and saith unto him,\n\n I will; be thou clean.\n\nAnd as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him,\nand he was cleansed. And he straightly charged him, and forthwith sent\nhim away; and saith unto him,\n\n See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself\n to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which\n Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.\n\nBut he went out, and began to publish _it_ much, and to blaze abroad\nthe matter. And great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed\nby him of their infirmities, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly\nenter into the city, but was without in desert places: and he withdrew\nhimself into the wilderness, and prayed. And they came to him from every\nquarter. And again he entered into Capernaum after _some_ days; and it\nwas noised that he was in the house. And straightway many were gathered\ntogether, insomuch that there was no room to receive _them_, no not so\nmuch as about the door: and he preached the word unto them.\n\nAnd it came to pass on a certain day, as he was teaching, that there\nwere Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of\nevery town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and the power of the\nLord was _present_ to heal them.\n\nAnd, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy;\nwhich was borne of four. And they sought _means_ to bring him in, and to\nlay _him_ before him. And when they could not find by what _way_ they\nmight bring him in, nigh unto him, because of the multitude, they went\nupon the housetop, and uncovered the roof where he was: and when they\nhad broken _it_ up, they let him down through the tiling with _his_\ncouch wherein the sick of the palsy lay, into the midst before Jesus.\nWhen Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the palsy,\n\n Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee.\n\nAnd the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, in their hearts, Why\ndoth this _man_ thus speak blasphemies? who can forgive sins but God\nonly? And immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that they so\nreasoned within themselves, he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them,\n\n Why reason ye these things? Wherefore think ye evil in your\n hearts? Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy,\n _Thy_ sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy\n bed and walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath\n power on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the\n palsy,) I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go\n thy way into thine house.\n\nAnd immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay,\nand departed to his own house, glorifying God.\n\nBut when the multitudes saw _it_, they marvelled, and glorified God,\nwhich had given such power unto men; and were filled with fear, saying,\nWe never saw it on this fashion. We have seen strange things to day.\n\nAnd after these things he went forth again by the sea side; and all the\nmultitude resorted unto him, and he taught them. And as Jesus passed\nforth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, (a publican named Levi)\nthe _son_ of Alpheus, sitting at the receipt of custom, and he said unto\nhim,\n\n Follow me.\n\nAnd he left all, rose up, and followed him.\n\nAnd Levi made him a great feast in his own house: And it came to pass,\nthat, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat\nalso together with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, and\nthey followed him. And when the scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with\npublicans and sinners, they murmured against his disciples, saying, How\nis it that he eateth and drinketh with publicans and sinners? When Jesus\nheard _it_, he saith unto them,\n\n They that are whole have no need of the physician, but they\n that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners\n to repentance.\n\nAnd the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they\ncome and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees\nfast, often, and make prayers, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus\nsaid unto them,\n\n Can ye make the children of the bridechamber fast, while the\n bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom\n with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come, when the\n bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they\n fast in those days.\n\nAnd he spake also a parable unto them;\n\n No man also seweth a piece of new cloth on an old garment:\n else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old,\n and the rent is made worse, and the piece that was _taken_ out\n of the new agreeth not with the old.\n\n And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new\n wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles\n shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles; and\n both are preserved. No man also having drunk old _wine_\n straightway desireth new: for he saith, The old is better.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XIII.\n\nHEALING AT THE POOL--RESURRECTION FORETOLD.\n\n\nAfter this there was a feast of the Jews; and Jesus went up to\nJerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem by the sheep _market_ a pool, which\nis called in the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. In these\nlay a great multitude of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered,\nwaiting for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain\nseason into the pool, and troubled the water: whosoever then first after\nthe troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever\ndisease he had.\n\nAnd a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty and eight\nyears. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time\n_in that case_, he saith unto him,\n\n Wilt thou be made whole?\n\nThe impotent man answered him, Sir, I have no man, when the water is\ntroubled, to put me into the pool: but while I am coming, another\nsteppeth down before me. Jesus saith unto him,\n\n Rise, take up thy bed, and walk.\n\nAnd immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked:\nand on the same day was the sabbath.\n\nThe Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, It it the Sabbath day:\nit is not lawful for thee to carry _thy_ bed. He answered them, He that\nmade me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed and walk. Then\nasked they him, What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed,\nand walk? And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had\nconveyed himself away, a multitude being in _that_ place. Afterwards\nJesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him,\n\n Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing\n come unto thee.\n\nThe man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus, which had made\nhim whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to\nslay him, because he had done these things on the sabbath day. But Jesus\nanswered them,\n\n My Father worketh hitherto, and I work.\n\nTherefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had\nbroken the sabbath, but said also that God was his Father, making\nhimself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said unto them,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of\n himself, but what he seeth the Father do: for what things\n soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the\n Father loveth the Son and sheweth him all things that himself\n doeth: and he will shew him greater works than these, that ye\n may marvel. For as the Father raises up the dead, and\n quickeneth _them_; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.\n For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment\n unto the Son; that all _men_ should honor the Son, even as\n they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son honoreth\n not the Father which hath sent him.\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and\n believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and\n shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death\n unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming,\n and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of\n God: and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath\n life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in\n himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment\n also, because he is the Son of man.\n\n Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all\n that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come\n forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of\n life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of\n damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I\n judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own\n will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.\n\n If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is\n another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the\n witness which he witnesseth of me is true.\n\n Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. But I\n receive not testimony from man: but these things I say, that\n ye might be saved. He was a burning and a shining light: and\n ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.\n\n But I have greater witness than _that_ of John: for the works\n which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that\n I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And\n the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of\n me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his\n shape. And ye have not his word abiding in you: for whom he\n hath sent, him ye believe not.\n\n Search the Scriptures; for in them ye think ye have eternal\n life: and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not\n come to me, that ye might have life. I receive not honor from\n men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you.\n I am come in my Father's name, and ye receive me not: if\n another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How\n can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek\n not the honor that _cometh_ from God only?\n\n Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is\n _one_ that accuseth you, _even_ Moses, in whom ye trust. For\n had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me: for he wrote\n of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye\n believe my words?\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XIV.\n\nDISCIPLES IN THE CORN FIELD--WITHERED HAND.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that Jesus\nwent through the corn fields; and his disciples were an hungered, and\nbegan to pluck the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing _them_ in _their_\nhands. But when the Pharisees saw _it_, they said unto him, Behold, thy\ndisciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. But he\nsaid unto them,\n\n Have ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was\n an hungered, he, and they that were with him? How he went into\n the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and\n did eat the shew bread, and gave also to them that were with\n him, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them\n which were with him, but only for the priests.\n\n Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days\n the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are\n blameless? But I say unto you, That in this place is _one_\n greater than the temple. But if ye had known what _this_\n meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not\n have condemned the guiltless.\n\nAnd he said unto them,\n\n The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath:\n therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.\n\nAnd it came to pass also on another sabbath, when he was departed\nthence, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a\nman there whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees\nwatched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day.\n\nAnd they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days?\nthat they might find an accusation against him. But he knew their\nthoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand,\n\n Rise up and stand forth in the midst.\n\nAnd he arose and stood forth. Then said Jesus unto them,\n\n I will ask you one thing: Is it lawful on the sabbath days to\n do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy _it_?\n\nBut they held their peace. And he said unto them,\n\n What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep,\n and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay\n hold on it, and lift _it_ out? How much then is a man better\n than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath\n days.\n\nAnd when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for\nthe hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man,\n\n Stretch forth thine hand.\n\nAnd he stretched _it_ forth; and his hand was restored whole as the\nother. And they were filled with madness.\n\nAnd the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the\nHerodians against him, how they might destroy him.\n\nBut when Jesus knew _it_, he withdrew himself from thence with his\ndisciples to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him,\nand from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and _from_ beyond\nJordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had\nheard what great things he did, came unto him.\n\nAnd he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him\nbecause of the multitude, lest they should throng him. For he had healed\nmany; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as\nhad plagues. And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before\nhim, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he straitly charged\nthem that they should not make him known:\n\nThat it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet,\nsaying, Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my\nsoul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew\njudgment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall\nany man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not\nbreak, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment\nunto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XV.\n\nAPOSTLES NAMED--WOES AND BLESSINGS--PRACTICAL LESSONS.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to\npray, and continued all night in prayer to God.\n\nAnd when it was day, he called _unto him_ his disciples; whom he would:\nand they came unto him. And of them he chose twelve, whom also he named\napostles; that they should be with him, and that he might send them\nforth to preach, and to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out\ndevils.\n\nNow the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, (whom\nhe also named Peter) and Andrew his brother; and James the _son_ of\nZebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges,\nwhich is, The sons of thunder: Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew the\npublican; and Thomas, and James the _son_ of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose\nsurname was Thaddeus: (The same with Judas the brother of James,) and\nSimon called Zelotes, (the Canaanite,) and Judas Iscariot, who also\nbetrayed him. And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and\nthe company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all\nJudea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which\ncame to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases; and they that were\nvexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed. And the whole\nmultitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and he\nhealed _them_ all. And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said,\n\n Blessed _be ye_ poor: for your's is the kingdom of God.\n Blessed _are ye_ that hunger now: for ye shall be filled.\n Blessed _are ye_ that weep now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed\n are ye when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate\n you _from their company_, and shall reproach _you_, and cast\n out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake. Rejoice ye\n in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward _is_\n great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto\n the prophets.\n\n But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your\n consolation. Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger.\n Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep. Woe\n unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did\n their fathers to the false prophets.\n\n But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to\n them which hate you, Bless them that curse you, and pray for\n them which despitefully use you. And unto him that smiteth\n thee on the _one_ cheek, offer also the other; and him that\n taketh away thy cloak forbid not _to take thy_ coat also.\n\n Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh\n away thy goods ask _them_ not again. And as ye would that men\n should do to you, do ye also to them likewise. For if ye love\n them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love\n those that love them.\n\n And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank\n have ye? for sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend _to\n them_ of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for\n sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.\n\n But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for\n nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be\n the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the\n unthankful and _to_ the evil. Be ye therefore merciful, as\n your Father also is merciful.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XVI.\n\nPRACTICAL LESSONS, CONTINUED--HEALS CENTURION'S SERVANT.\n\n\n Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye\n shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:\n give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed\n down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give\n into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete\n withal it shall be measured to you again.\n\nAnd he spake a parable unto them,\n\n Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into\n the ditch? The disciple is not above his master: but every one\n that is perfect shall be as his master. And why beholdest thou\n the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the\n beam that is in thine own eye?\n\n Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull\n out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest\n not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast\n out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou\n see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.\n\n For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth\n a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. For every tree is\n known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs,\n nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes. A good man out of\n the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is\n good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart\n bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the\n heart his mouth speaketh.\n\n And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I\n say? Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth\n them, I will shew you to whom he is like: he is like a man\n which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation\n on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat\n vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was\n founded upon a rock. But he that heareth, and doeth not, is\n like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the\n earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and\n immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.\n\nNow when he had ended all his sayings in the audience of the people, he\nentered into Capernaum. And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear\nunto him, was sick and ready to die.\n\nAnd when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews,\nbeseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. And when they\ncame to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy\nfor whom he should do this: For he loveth our nation, and he hath built\nus a synagogue. And Jesus saith unto him,\n\n I will come and heal him.\n\nThen Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house,\nthe centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, Lord, trouble not\nthyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof:\nwherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee: but speak\nthe word only, and my servant shall be healed.\n\nFor I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I\nsay unto one, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and\nto my servant, Do this, and he doeth _it_. When Jesus heard these\nthings, he marveled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the\npeople that followed him,\n\n Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no,\n not in Israel. And I say unto you, That many shall come from\n the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac,\n and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the\n kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness: there shall be\n weeping and gnashing of teeth.\n\nAnd Jesus said unto the centurion,\n\n Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, _so_ be it done unto\n thee.\n\nAnd his servant was healed in the self-same hour. And they that were\nsent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been\nsick.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XVII.\n\nWIDOW OF NAIN--MESSENGERS OF JOHN--WOES ON CAPERNAUM.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain:\nand many of his disciples went with him, and much people. Now when he\ncame nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried\nout, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of\nthe city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on\nher, and said unto her,\n\n Weep not.\n\nAnd he came and touched the bier, and they that bare _him_ stood still.\nAnd he said,\n\n Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.\n\nAnd he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to\nhis mother. And there came a fear on all: and they glorified God,\nsaying, That a great prophet is risen up among us; and, That God hath\nvisited his people. And this rumor of him went forth throughout all\nJudea, and throughout all the region round about. And the disciples of\nJohn shewed him of all these things.\n\nNow when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two\nof his disciples to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come? or\nlook we for another? When the men were come unto him, they said, John\nBaptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or\nlook we for another? And in that same hour he cured many of _their_\ninfirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits; and unto many _that were_\nblind he gave sight. Then Jesus answering said unto them,\n\n Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard:\n how that the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the\n lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised\n up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. And blessed\n is _he_, whosoever shall not be offended in me.\n\nAnd when the messengers of John were departed, Jesus began to say unto\nthe multitudes concerning John,\n\n What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken\n with the wind? But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed\n in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft _clothing_--they\n which are gorgeously apparelled, and live delicately, are in\n king's courts. But what went ye out for to see? A prophet?\n yea, I say unto you, and more than a prophet. For this is _he_\n of whom it is written, Behold I send my messenger before thy\n face, which shall prepare thy way before thee.\n\n Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women,\n there hath not risen a greater prophet than John the Baptist:\n notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is\n greater than he. And from the days of John the Baptist until\n now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent\n take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied\n until John. And if ye will receive _it_, this is Elias, which\n was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.\n\nAnd all the people that heard _him_, and the publicans, justified God,\nbeing baptized with the baptism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers\nrejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of\nhim. And the Lord said,\n\n Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and\n to what are they like? They are like unto children sitting in\n the market place, and calling one to another, and saying, We\n have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned\n to you, and ye have not wept.\n\n For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking\n wine; and ye say, He hath a devil. The Son of man is come\n eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and\n a wine bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! But wisdom\n is justified of all her children.\n\nThen began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works\nwere done, because they repented not:\n\n Woe unto thee Chorasin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the\n mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre\n and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and\n ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre\n and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.\n\n And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shall be\n brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been\n done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained\n until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more\n tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than\n for thee.\n\nAt that time Jesus answered and said,\n\n I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou\n hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast\n revealed them unto babes. Even so Father: for so it seemed\n good in thy sight. All things are delivered unto me of my\n Father, and no man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither\n knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and _he_ to\n whomsoever the Son will reveal _him_.\n\n Come unto me, all _ye_ that labor and are heavy laden, and I\n will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me;\n for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto\n your souls. For my yoke _is_ easy, and my burden is light.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XVIII.\n\nWOMAN WASHES JESUS' FEET--BLIND AND DUMB DEVIL--BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE\nHOLY GHOST.\n\n\nAnd one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he\nwent into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. And, behold a\nwoman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that _Jesus_ sat at\nmeat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and\nstood at his feet behind _him_ weeping, and began to wash his feet with\ntears, and did wipe _them_ with the hairs of her head, and kissed his\nfeet, and annointed _them_ with the ointment.\n\nNow when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw _it_, he spake within\nhimself, saying, This man, if he were a prophet, would have known who\nand what manner of woman _this is_ that toucheth him: for she is a\nsinner. And Jesus answering said unto him,\n\n Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee.\n\nAnd he saith, Master, say on.\n\n There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one\n owed five hundred pence, and the other fifty. And when they\n had nothing to pay, he frankly forgave them both. Tell me\n therefore, which of them will love him most?\n\nSimon answered and said, I suppose that _he_, to whom he forgave most.\nAnd he said unto him,\n\n Thou hast rightly judged.\n\nAnd he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon,\n\n Seest thou this woman? I entered into thine house, thou gavest\n me no water for my feet: but she hath washed my feet with\n tears, and wiped _them_ with the hairs of her head. Thou\n gavest me no kiss; but this woman since the time I came in\n hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst\n not anoint: but this woman hath anointed my feet with\n ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee, Her sins, which are many,\n are forgiven; for she loved much: but to whom little is\n forgiven, _the same_ loveth little.\n\nAnd he said unto her,\n\n Thy sins are forgiven.\n\nAnd they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who\nis this that forgiveth sins also? And he said to the woman,\n\n Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace.\n\nAnd it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and\nvillage, preaching and showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God:\nand the twelve _were_ with him. And certain women, which had been healed\nof evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went\nseven devils. And Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod's steward, and\nSusanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance.\nAnd they went into an house.\n\nAnd the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much\nas eat bread. And when his friends heard _of it_, they went out to lay\nhold on him: for they said, He is beside himself.\n\nThen was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb;\nand he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.\nAnd all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?\nBut when the Pharisees and the scribes which came down from Jerusalem\nheard _it_, they said, He hath Beelzebub. This _fellow_ doth not cast\nout devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. And Jesus knew\ntheir thoughts. And he called them _unto him_, and said unto them in\nparables,\n\n How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided\n against itself, that kingdom cannot stand, and every city or\n house divided against itself shall not stand: and if Satan\n cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then\n his kingdom stand? He cannot stand, but hath an end. And if I\n by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast\n _them_ out? therefore they shall be your judges. But if I\n cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God\n is come unto you.\n\n Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil\n his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he\n will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against me;\n and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. Wherefore\n I say unto you, All manner of sin shall be forgiven unto the\n sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall\n blaspheme: but the blasphemy _against_ the _Holy_ Ghost shall\n not be forgiven unto men.\n\n And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man it shall\n be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy\n Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world,\n neither in the _world_ to come, but is in danger of eternal\n damnation.\n\nBecause they said, He hath an unclean spirit.\n\n Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make\n the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known\n by _his_ fruit. O generation of vipers, how can ye, being\n evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart\n the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the\n heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the\n evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.\n\n But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak,\n they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by\n thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt\n be condemned.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XIX.\n\nPHARISEES SEEK A SIGN--JESUS TEACHES BY PARABLES.\n\n\nThen certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying,\nMaster, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said unto\nthem,\n\n An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and\n there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the\n prophet Jonas: for as Jonas was three days and three nights in\n the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and\n three nights in the heart of the earth.\n\n The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this\n generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the\n preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas _is_\n here. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment\n with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from\n the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of\n Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon _is_ here.\n\n When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh\n through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he\n saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and\n when he is come, he findeth _it_ empty, swept, and garnished.\n Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits\n more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there:\n and the last _state_ of that man is worse than the first. Even\n so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.\n\nWhile he yet talked to the people, behold _his_ mother and his brethren\nstood without, desiring to speak with him. And the multitude sat about\nhim. Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand\nwithout, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him\nthat told him,\n\n Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?\n\nAnd he looked round about on them which sat about him. And he stretched\nforth his hand toward his disciples, and said,\n\n Behold my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the\n will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother,\n and sister, and mother.\n\nThe same day went Jesus out of the house. And he began again to teach by\nthe seaside: and great multitudes were gathered together, and were come\nto him out of every city; so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the\nsea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. And he taught\nthem many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine,\n\n Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow his seed: and\n it came to pass, as he sowed, some _seeds_ fell by the\n way-side, and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air\n came and devoured them up.\n\n Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth:\n and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of\n earth: and when the sun was up, they were scorched; and\n because they had no root, they withered away; because it\n lacked moisture.\n\n And some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked\n it, and it yielded no fruit.\n\n And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang\n up, and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, some sixty,\n and some an hundred.\n\nAnd when he had said these things, he cried,\n\n He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.\n\nAnd the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them\nin parables? He answered and said unto them,\n\n Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the\n kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever\n hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more\n abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken\n away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to them in parables:\n because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not,\n neither do they understand.\n\n And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith,\n By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing\n ye shall see and shall not perceive: for this people's heart\n is waxed gross and _their_ ears are dull of hearing, and their\n eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with\n _their_ eyes, and hear with _their_ ears, and should\n understand with _their_ heart, and should be converted, and I\n should heal them. But blessed _are_ your eyes, for they see:\n and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That\n many prophets and righteous _men_ have desired to see _those\n things_ which ye see, and have not seen _them_; and to hear\n _those things_ which ye hear, and have not heard _them_.\n\nAnother parable put he forth unto them, saying,\n\n The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good\n seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and\n sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. But when the\n blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared\n the tares also.\n\n So the servants of the householder came and said unto him,\n Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence\n then hath it tares? He said unto them, An enemy hath done\n this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go\n and gather them up? But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up\n the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow\n together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will\n say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and\n bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into\n my barn.\n\nAnd he said,\n\n So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into\n the ground; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the\n seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. For the\n earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then\n the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. But when the\n fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle,\n because the harvest is come.\n\nAnother parable put he forth unto them, saying,\n\n Whereunto shall we liken the kingdom of God? or with what\n comparison shall we compare it? The kingdom of heaven is like\n to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his\n field: which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all\n the seeds that be in the earth: but when it is sown, it\n groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth\n out great branches, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of\n the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.\n\nAnother parable spake he unto them,\n\n The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took,\n and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was\n leavened.\n\nAnd with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as they were\nable to hear _it_. But without a parable spake he not unto them: that it\nmight be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open\nmy mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret\nfrom the foundation of the world. And when they were alone, he expounded\nall things to his disciples.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XX.\n\nPARABLES AND INTERPRETATIONS.\n\n\nThen Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and when he\nwas alone, they that were about him with the twelve disciples asked him,\nsaying, What might this parable be? And he said unto them,\n\n Unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of\n God: but unto them that are without, all _these_ things are\n done in parables; that seeing they may see, and not perceive;\n and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any\n time they should be converted, and _their_ sins should be\n forgiven them.\n\nAnd he said unto them,\n\n Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all\n parables. Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. Now the\n parable is this: The seed is the word of God. The sower soweth\n the word. Those by the way-side where the word is sown, are\n they that hear the word of the kingdom; but when they have\n heard, and understandeth _it_ not, then Satan cometh\n immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their\n hearts: lest they should believe and be saved. This is he\n which received seed by the way-side.\n\n And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground;\n who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it\n with gladness; and have no root in themselves, and so endure\n but for a time: afterward, in time of temptation, when\n affliction or persecution ariseth, for the word's sake,\n immediately they are offended, and fall away.\n\n And that which fell among thorns are they, which, when they\n have heard the word, go forth, and the cares of this world,\n and the deceitfulness of riches, and pleasures of _this_ life,\n and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and\n it becometh unfruitful.\n\n And these are they which are sown on good ground; such as in\n an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep _it_,\n and bring forth fruit with patience; some thirty-fold, some\n sixty, and some an hundred.\n\nAnd he said unto them,\n\n No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a\n vessel, or putteth _it_ under a bushel, or under a bed: but\n setteth _it_ on a candlestick, that they which enter in may\n see the light. For there is nothing hid, which shall not be\n manifested; neither was anything kept secret, that shall not\n be known and come abroad. If any man have ears to hear, let\n him hear.\n\nAnd he said unto them,\n\n Take heed what ye hear: with what measure ye mete, it shall be\n measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more be given.\n For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath not,\n from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.\n\nAnd his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of\nthe tares of the field. He answered and said unto them,\n\n He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; the field is\n the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but\n the tares are the children of the wicked _one_; the enemy that\n sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world;\n and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are\n gathered and burned in the fire: so shall it be in the end of\n this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and\n they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend,\n and them which do iniquity; and shall cast them into a furnace\n of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then\n shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of\n their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.\n\n Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a\n field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy\n thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that\n field.\n\n Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman,\n seeking goodly pearls: who, when he had found one pearl of\n great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.\n\n Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast\n into the sea, and gathered of every kind: which, when it was\n full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good\n into vessels, but cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end\n of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the\n wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the\n furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.\n\nJesus saith unto them,\n\n Have ye understood all these things?\n\nThey say unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he unto them,\n\n Therefore every scribe _which is_ instructed unto the kingdom\n of heaven is like unto a man _that is_ an householder, which\n bringeth forth out of his treasure _things_ new and old.\n\nThen came to him _his_ mother and his brethren, and could not come at\nhim for the press. And it was told him _by certain_ which said, Thy\nmother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. And he\nanswered and said unto them,\n\n My mother and my brethren are those which hear the word of\n God and do it.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXI.\n\nTHE HOMELESS SAVIOUR--THE STORM--DEMONIAC.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass, _that_ when Jesus had finished these parables, he\ndeparted thence. And the same day, when the even was come, when Jesus\nsaw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the\nother side. And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will\nfollow thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith unto him,\n\n The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air _have_ nests;\n but the Son of man hath not where to lay _his_ head.\n\nAnd another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go\nand bury my father. But Jesus said unto him,\n\n Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.\n\nAnd when they had sent away the multitude, and when he was entered into\na ship, his disciples followed him. And he said unto them,\n\n Let us go over unto the other side of the lake.\n\nAnd there were also with him other little ships. And they launched\nforth. But as they sailed he fell asleep: and, behold, there came down a\ngreat storm of wind, on the lake: and the waves beat into the ship,\ninsomuch that the ship was covered with the waves; and they were filled\n_with water_, and were in jeopardy. And he was in the hinder part of the\nship, asleep on a pillow: and his disciples came to _him_, and awoke\nhim, saying, Lord, save us: Master, master, carest thou not that we\nperish? And he saith unto them,\n\n Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?\n\nThen he arose and rebuked the winds, and the raging of the water: and\nsaid unto the sea,\n\n Peace, be still.\n\nAnd the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them,\n\n Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?\n\nBut the men marvelled, and they feared exceedingly, and said one to\nanother, What manner of man is this? for he commandeth even the winds\nand water, and they obey him. And they came over unto the other side of\nthe sea, into the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against\nGalilee. And when he went forth to land, there met him out of the city a\ncertain man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, neither\nabode in _any_ house, but in the tombs; exceeding fierce, so that no man\nmight pass by that way: and no man could bind him, no, not with chains:\nbecause that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the\nchains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in\npieces: neither could any _man_ tame him. And always, night and day, he\nwas in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with\nstones.\n\nBut when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and fell down before him, and\nworshipped him, and cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do\nwith thee, Jesus, _thou_ Son of the most high God? Art thou come hither\nto torment us before the time? I adjure thee by God, that thou torment\nme not. For he said unto him,\n\n Come out of the man _thou_ unclean spirit.\n\n(For oftentimes it had caught him: and he was kept bound with chains and\nin fetters; and he brake the bands, and was driven of the devil into the\nwilderness.) And Jesus asked him, saying,\n\n What is thy name?\n\nAnd he said Legion: because many devils were entered into him. And they\nbesought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep.\n\nAnd there was a good way off from them, nigh unto the mountains a great\nherd of swine feeding. And all the devils besought him, saying, If thou\ncast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine, that we may\nenter into them. And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean\nspirits went out, and entered into the swine: and, behold, the whole\nherd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were\nabout two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. When they that fed\n_them_ saw what was done, they fled, and went and told _it_ in the city\nand in the country: and told everything, and what was befallen to the\npossessed of the devils.\n\nAnd, behold, the whole city came out to see what it was that was done.\nAnd they come to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were\ndeparted, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, and in his right mind:\nand they were afraid. They also which saw _it_ told them by what means\nhe that was possessed of the devils was healed; and _also_ concerning\nthe swine. Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes\nround about, besought _him_ that he would depart out of their coast: for\nthey were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and\nreturned back again.\n\nAnd when he was come into the ship, the man out of whom the devils were\ndeparted besought him that he might be with him: howbeit Jesus suffered\nhim not, but saith unto him,\n\n Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the\n Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.\n\nAnd he departed and began to publish throughout the whole city (in\nDecapolis) how great things Jesus had done for him: and all _men_ did\nmarvel.\n\nAnd he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city.\nAnd it came to pass, that, when Jesus was returned again by ship unto\nthe other side, much people _gladly_ received him: for they were all\nwaiting for him. And he was nigh unto the sea.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXII.\n\nCHILD HEALED--TOUCH OF FAITH--TWO BLIND MEN--EATS WITH PUBLICANS, ETC.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many\npublicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And\nwhen the Pharisees saw _it_, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth\nyour Master with publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard _that_, he\nsaid unto them,\n\n They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are\n sick. But go ye and learn what _that_ meaneth, I will have\n mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the\n righteous, but sinners to repentance.\n\nThen came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the\nPharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto\nthem,\n\n Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the\n bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the\n bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.\n No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment, for\n that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment,\n and the rent is made worse. Neither do men put new wine into\n old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out,\n and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new\n bottles, and both are preserved.\n\nWhile he spake these things unto them, behold, there cometh one of the\nrulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell\ndown at Jesus' feet, and besought him greatly, that he would come into\nhis house; saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: _I\npray thee_ come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and\nshe shall live. For he had one only daughter, about twelve years of age,\nand she lay a dying. And Jesus arose, and followed him, and _so did_ his\ndisciples; and much people followed him, and thronged him.\n\nAnd, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve\nyears, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent\nall that she had, and was nothing bettered, neither could be healed of\nany, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the\npress behind, and touched the hem of his garment: for she said within\nherself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. And\nstraightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in\n_her_ body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus immediately\nknowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in\nthe press, and said.\n\n Who touched my clothes?\n\nWhen all denied, Peter, and they that were with him, said, Master, Thou\nseest the multitude throng thee and press _thee_, and sayest thou, Who\ntouched me? And Jesus said,\n\n Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue hath gone\n out of me.\n\nAnd he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. And when\nthe woman saw that she was not hid, she came fearing and trembling,\nknowing what was done in her, and falling down before him, she declared\nunto him all the truth, before all the people, for what cause she had\ntouched him, and how she was healed immediately. And when he saw her, he\nsaid unto her,\n\n Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole;\n go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.\n\nAnd the woman was made whole from that hour.\n\nWhile he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's _house\ncertain_ which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master\nany further? As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith\nunto the ruler of the synagogue,\n\n Be not afraid, only believe, and she shall be made whole.\n\nAnd he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John\nthe brother of James. And when Jesus came to the house of the ruler of\nthe synagogue, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, and\nthem that wept and wailed greatly, he suffered no man to go in, save\nPeter, and James, and John, and the father and the mother of the maiden.\nAnd all wept, and bewailed her. And when he was come in, he saith unto\nthem,\n\n Why make ye this ado, and weep? Give place: for the maid is\n not dead, but sleepeth.\n\nAnd they laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. But when he\nhad put them all out, he taketh the Father and the mother of the damsel,\nand them that were with him, and entered in where the damsel was lying.\nAnd he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her,\n\n Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto\n thee, Arise.\n\nAnd her spirit came again, and she arose straightway, and walked: for\nshe was _of the age_ of twelve years. And her parents were astonished\nwith a great astonishment. And he charged them straitly that no man\nshould know it: and commanded that something should be given her to eat.\nAnd the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.\n\nAnd when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying and\nsaying, _Thou_ Son of David, have mercy on us. And when he was come into\nthe house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them,\n\n Believe ye that I am able to do this?\n\nThey said unto him, Yea, Lord. Then touched he their eyes, saying,\n\n According to your faith be it unto you.\n\nAnd their eyes were opened: and Jesus straitly charged them, saying,\n\n See _that_ no man know _it_.\n\nBut they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that\ncountry.\n\nAs they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with\na devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the\nmultitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. But the\nPharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXIII.\n\nREVISITS NAZARETH--SENDS OUT THE TWELVE WITH INSTRUCTIONS.\n\n\nAnd he went out from thence, and came into his own country; and his\ndisciples follow him. And when he was come into his own country, and\nwhen the sabbath day was come, he began to teach in the synagogue: and\nmany hearing _him_ were astonished, saying, From whence hath this _man_\nthese things? And what wisdom _is_ this which is given unto him, that\neven such mighty works are wrought by his hands? Is not this the\ncarpenter? (the carpenter's son?) Is not his mother called Mary? and his\nbrethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? And his sisters, are\nthey not all with us? Whence then hath this _man_ all these things? And\nthey were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them,\n\n A prophet is not without honor, save in his own country,\n and among his own kin, and in his own house.\n\n[Illustration: Nazareth--Residence of Jesus in Youth.]\n\nAnd he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief, save\nthat he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed _them_. And he\nmarvelled because of their unbelief.\n\nAnd Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their\nsynagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every\nsickness and every disease among the people. But when he saw the\nmultitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted,\nand were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he\nunto his disciples,\n\n The harvest truly _is_ plenteous, but the laborers _are_ few;\n pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send\n forth laborers into his harvest.\n\nAnd when he had called unto _him_ his twelve disciples, he gave them\npower and authority over all devils, to cast them out, and to heal all\nmanner of sickness and all manner of disease. And he sent them forth by\ntwo and two: to preach the kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. These\ntwelve, Jesus sent forth, and commanded them saying,\n\n Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into _any_ city of\n the Samaritans enter ye not: but go rather to the lost sheep\n of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The\n kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the\n lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have\n received, freely give.\n\nAnd he said unto them,\n\n Take nothing for _your_ journey, save a staff only; provide\n neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor scrip\n for _your_ journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, but _be_\n shod with sandals; for the workman is worthy of his meat.\n\n And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, enquire who\n in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. And when\n ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy,\n let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your\n peace return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor\n hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city,\n shake off the very dust from your feet for a testimony against\n them. Verily I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for\n the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than\n for that city.\n\n Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be\n ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. But\n beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils,\n and they will scourge you in their synagogues; and ye shall be\n brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a\n testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver\n you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it\n shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For\n it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which\n speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother\n to death, and the father the child: and the children shall\n rise up against _their_ parents, and cause them to be put to\n death. And ye shall be hated of all _men_ for my name's sake:\n but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.\n\n But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into\n another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone\n over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.\n\n The disciple is not above _his_ master, nor the servant above\n his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as his\n master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the\n master of the house Beelzebub, how much more _shall they call_\n them of his household?\n\n Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered that\n shall not be revealed; and hid that shall not be known. What\n I tell you in darkness _that_ speak ye in light: and what ye\n hear in the ear, _that_ preach ye upon the house-tops.\n\n And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to\n kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy\n both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a\n farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without\n your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.\n Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many\n sparrows.\n\n Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I\n confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But\n whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny\n before my Father which is in heaven.\n\n Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to\n send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at\n variance against his father, and the daughter against her\n mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. And\n a man's foes _shall be_ they of his own household. He that\n loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and\n he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of\n me. And he that taketh not his cross and followeth after me,\n is not worthy of me.\n\n He that findeth his life shall lose it; and he that loseth his\n life for my sake shall find it. He that receiveth you\n receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent\n me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall\n receive a prophet's reward: and he that receiveth a righteous\n man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous\n man's reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of\n these little ones a cup of cold _water_ only in the name of a\n disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his\n reward.\n\nAnd they departed, and went through the towns, preaching the gospel,\nthat men should repent. And they cast out many devils, and anointed with\noil many that were sick, and healed _them_.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXIV.\n\nJOHN THE BAPTIST BEHEADED BY ORDER OF HEROD.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve\ndisciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. At\nthat time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, of all that was\ndone by him: (for his name was spread abroad:) and he was perplexed,\nbecause that it was said of some, that John was risen from the dead: and\nof some that Elias had appeared; and of others, that one of the old\nprophets was risen again.\n\nAnd Herod said, John have I beheaded: but who is this, of whom I hear\nsuch things? And (he) said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist;\nhe is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth\nthemselves in him: and he desired to see him. Others said, That it\nis Elias. And others said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the\nprophets. But when Herod heard _thereof_, he said, it is John, whom I\nbeheaded: he is risen from the dead.\n\nFor Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him\nin prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife: for he had\nmarried her. For John had said unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to\nhave thy brother's wife. Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him,\nand would have killed him; but she could not: for Herod feared John,\nknowing that he was a just man and an holy, and observed him; and when\nhe heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly.\n\nAnd when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birth day made a\nsupper to his lords, high captains, and chief _estates_ of Galilee; and\nwhen the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased\nHerod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of\nme whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give _it_ thee. Whereupon he\npromised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. And he sware\nunto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give _it_ thee, unto\nthe half of my kingdom. And she went forth, and said unto her mother,\nWhat shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist.\n\nAnd she, being before instructed of her mother, came in straightway with\nhaste unto the king, and asked saying, I will that thou give me by and\nby in a charger the head of John the Baptist.\n\nAnd the king was exceedingly sorry: _yet_ for his oath's sake, and for\ntheir sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. And immediately\nthe king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought; and\nhe went and beheaded him in the prison. And brought his head in a\ncharger, and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave _it_ to her\nmother. And when his disciples heard _of it_, they came and took up his\ncorpse, and laid it in a tomb, and went and told Jesus.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXV.\n\nJESUS FEEDS FIVE THOUSAND WITH FIVE LOAVES AND TWO FISHES.\n\n\nAnd the apostles, when they were returned, gathered themselves together\nunto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what\nthey had taught. And he said unto them,\n\n Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile.\n\nFor there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as\nto eat. After these things Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is\n_the sea_ of Tiberias, by ship privately, into a desert place belonging\nto the city called Bethsaida. And the people saw them departing, and\nmany knew him, and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent\nthem, and came together unto him, because they saw his miracles which he\ndid on them that were diseased.\n\nAnd Jesus, when he came out, saw much people, and was moved with\ncompassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a\nshepherd: and he began to teach them many things; and spake unto them of\nthe kingdom of God, and healed them that had need of healing.\n\nAnd Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples.\nAnd the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted\nup _his_ eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he saith unto\nPhilip,\n\n Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat?\n\nAnd this he said to prove him: for he himself knew what he would do.\nPhilip answered him, Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient\nfor them, that every one of them may take a little. And when it was\nevening, his disciples, the twelve, came unto him, and said, This is a\ndesert place, and now the time _is_ far passed: send them away, that\nthey may go into the towns and country round about, and lodge, and buy\nthemselves bread: for they have nothing to eat: for we are here in a\ndesert place. But Jesus said unto them,\n\n They need not depart; give ye them to eat.\n\nAnd they say unto him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of\nbread, and give them to eat? He saith unto them,\n\n How many loaves have ye? go and see.\n\nAnd when they knew, one of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's\nbrother, saith unto him, There is a lad here, which hath five barley\nloaves, and two small fishes: but what are they among so many? We have\nno more but five loaves and two fishes: except we should go and buy meat\nfor all this people. For they were about five thousand men. He said,\n\n Bring them hither to me.\n\nAnd he said to his disciples,\n\n Make them sit down by fifties in a company upon the green\n grass.\n\nNow there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in ranks, by\nhundreds, and by fifties, in number about five thousand. And when Jesus\nhad taken the five loaves and the two fishes, and when he had given\nthanks, looking up to heaven, he blessed them and brake the loaves, and\ngave the loaves to _his_ disciples, and the disciples to the multitude\nthat were set down: and likewise the two fishes divided he among them\nall; as much as they would. And they did all eat, and were filled. When\nthey were filled, he said unto his disciples,\n\n Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost.\n\nTherefore they gathered _them_ together, and filled twelve baskets with\nthe fragments of the five barley loaves, and of the fishes, which\nremained over and above unto them that had eaten. And they that had\neaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXVI.\n\nWALKS ON THE SEA--MOUNTAIN CLOSET--PETER SINKING.\n\n\nThen those men when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, This\nis of a truth that prophet that should come into the world.\n\nAnd straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and\nto go before him unto the other side, unto Bethsaida, while he sent away\nthe people.\n\nWhen Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by\nforce, to make him a king, and when he had sent the multitudes away, he\ndeparted again into a mountain himself alone, to pray. And when even was\n_now_ come, his disciples went down unto the sea, and entered into a\nship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and\nJesus was not come to them. But the ship was now in the midst of the\nsea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary: and he alone on the\nland.\n\nAnd the sea arose by reason of a great wind that blew. And he saw them\ntoiling in rowing: for the wind was contrary unto them. So when they had\nrowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, and about the fourth\nwatch of the night, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh\nunto the ship: and would have passed by them. And when the disciples\nsaw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit;\nand they cried out for fear: for they all saw him, and were troubled.\nBut straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying,\n\n Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid.\n\nAnd Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto\nthee on the water. And he said,\n\n Come.\n\nAnd when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water to\ngo to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and\nbeginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. And immediately\nJesus stretched forth _his_ hand, and caught him, and said unto him,\n\n O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?\n\nThen they willingly received him into the ship. And when they were come\ninto the ship the wind ceased: and immediately the ship was at the land\nwhither they went.\n\nThen they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a\ntruth thou art the Son of God. And they were sore amazed in themselves\nbeyond measure, and wondered. For they considered not _the miracle_ of\nthe loaves: for their heart was hardened.\n\nAnd when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret,\nand drew to the shore. And when they were come out of the ship, and when\nthe men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that\ncountry; and ran through that whole region round about, and began to\ncarry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was. And\nwhithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they\nlaid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if\nit were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were\nmade whole. The day following when the people which stood on the other\nside of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one\nwhereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his\ndisciples into the boat, but _that_ his disciples were gone away alone:\n(howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias, nigh unto the place where\nthey did eat bread, after that the Lord had given thanks;) when the\npeople therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples,\nthey also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXVII.\n\nJESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE FOR THE WORLD.\n\n\nAnd when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto\nhim, Rabbi, when camest thou hither? Jesus answered them and said,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ye seek me, not because ye saw\n the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were\n filled. Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that\n meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of\n man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.\n\nThen said they unto him, What shall we do, that we might work the works\nof God? Jesus answered and said unto them,\n\n This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath\n sent.\n\nThey said therefore unto him, What sign showest thou then, that we may\nsee, and believe thee? what dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna\nin the desert; as it is written, He gave them bread from heaven to eat.\nThen said Jesus unto them,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread\n from heaven; but my Father giveth you the true bread from\n heaven. For the bread of God is he that cometh down from\n heaven, and giveth life unto the world.\n\nThen said they unto him, Lord, evermore give us this bread. And Jesus\nsaid unto them,\n\n I am the bread of life: he that cometh to me shall never\n hunger; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. But I\n said unto you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. All\n that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that\n cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from\n heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of him that sent\n me. And this is the Father's will which hath sent me, that of\n all which he hath given me, I should lose nothing, but should\n raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him\n that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and\n believeth on him, may have everlasting life: and I will raise\n him up at the last day.\n\nThe Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which\ncame down from heaven. And they said, Is not this Jesus the son of\nJoseph, whose father and mother we know? how is it then that he saith, I\ncame down from heaven? Jesus therefore answered and said unto them,\n\n Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the\n Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at\n the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be\n all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and\n hath learned of the Father, cometh unto me. Not that any man\n hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen\n the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth\n on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life. Your\n fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is\n the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat\n thereof, and not die. I am the living bread which came down\n from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live\n forever: and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I\n will give for the life of the world.\n\nThe Jews therefore strove among themselves saying, How can this man give\nus _his_ flesh to eat? Then said Jesus unto them,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the\n Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso\n eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and\n I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat\n indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my\n flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As\n the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father, so\n he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that\n bread which came down from heaven; not as your fathers did eat\n manna, and are dead: he that eateth of this bread shall live\n forever.\n\nThese things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. Many\ntherefore of his disciples, when they had heard _this_, said, This is an\nhard saying; who can hear it? When Jesus knew in himself that his\ndisciples murmured at it, he said unto them,\n\n Doth this offend you? _What_ and if ye shall see the Son of\n man ascend up where he was before? It is the Spirit that\n quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I\n speak unto you, _they_ are spirit, and _they_ are life. But\n there are some of you that believe not.\n\nFor Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and\nwho should betray him. And he said,\n\n Therefore I said unto you, that no man can come unto me,\n except it were given unto him of my Father.\n\nFrom that _time_ many of his disciples went back, and walked no more\nwith him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve,\n\n Will ye also go away?\n\nThen Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the\nwords of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that\nChrist, the Son of the living God. Jesus answered them,\n\n Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil.\n\nHe spake of Judas Iscariot, _the son_ of Simon; for he it was that\nshould betray him, being one of the twelve.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXVIII.\n\nPHARISEES MURMUR--WASHINGS AND OTHER TRADITIONS.\n\n\nThen came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes,\nwhich came from Jerusalem. And when they saw some of his disciples eat\nbread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen hands, they found\nfault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash _their_\nhands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And _when they\ncome_ from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other\nthings there be, which they have received to hold, _as_ the washing of\ncups, and pots, brazen vessels, and of tables.\n\nThen the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why do thy disciples\ntransgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands\nwhen they eat bread. But he answered and said unto them,\n\n Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your\n tradition? Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye\n may keep your own tradition. For God commanded, saying, Honor\n thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother,\n let him die the death. But ye say, Whosoever shall say to\n _his_ father or _his_ mother, _It is_ Corban, that is to say,\n a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; and\n honor not his father or his mother, _he shall be free_. Thus\n have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your\n tradition. And ye suffer him no more to do ought for his\n father or his mother; making the word of God of none effect\n through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such\n like things do ye.\n\n _Ye_ hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, This\n people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoreth me\n with _their_ lips; but their heart is far from me. But in vain\n do they worship me, teaching _for_ doctrines the commandments\n of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the\n tradition of men, _as_ the washing of pots and cups: and many\n other such things ye do.\n\nAnd when he had called all the people _unto him_, he said unto them,\n\n Hearken unto me every one _of you_, and understand: there is\n nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile\n him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that\n defile the man. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear.\n\nAnd when he was entered into the house from the people, then came his\ndisciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were\noffended, after they heard this saying? But he answered and said,\n\n Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall\n be rooted up. Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the\n blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into\n the ditch.\n\nThen answered Peter, and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable.\nAnd Jesus said,\n\n Are ye also yet without understanding? Do not ye yet\n understand, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into\n the man, _it_ cannot defile him; because it entereth not into\n his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught,\n purging all meats? But those things which proceed out of the\n mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. For\n from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts,\n adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness,\n wickedness, false witness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil\n eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: all these evil things come\n from within, and defile the man: but to eat with unwashen\n hands defileth not a man.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXIX.\n\nSYROPHENICIAN WOMAN--BLIND MEN--FEEDS FOUR THOUSAND.\n\n\nThen Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.\nAnd, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried\nunto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord _thou_ Son of David: my\ndaughter is grievously vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a\nword. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away,\nfor she crieth after us. But he answered and said,\n\n I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.\n\nAnd (he) entered into an house, and would have no man know _it_: but he\ncould not be hid. For a _certain_ woman, whose young daughter had an\nunclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet, and\nworshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. The woman was a Greek, a\nSyrophenician by nation: and she besought him that he would cast forth\nthe devil out of her daughter. But Jesus said unto her,\n\n Let the children first be filled; for it is not meet to take\n the children's bread, and to cast _it_ unto the dogs.\n\nAnd she answered and said unto him, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs under the\ntable, eat of the children's crumbs which fall from their masters'\ntable. Then Jesus answered and said unto her,\n\n O woman, great _is_ thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou\n wilt.\n\nAnd he said unto her,\n\n For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy\n daughter.\n\nAnd her daughter was made whole from that very hour. And when she was\ncome to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid\nupon the bed.\n\nAnd again Jesus departed from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, and came\nnigh unto the sea of Galilee: through the midst of the coasts of\nDecapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an\nimpediment in his speech; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him.\nAnd he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his\nears, and he spit, and touched his tongue; and looking up to heaven, he\nsighed, and saith unto him,\n\n Ephphatha, that is, Be opened.\n\nAnd straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was\nloosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no\nman: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they\npublished _it_; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath\ndone all things well: he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to\nspeak.\n\nAnd (Jesus) went up into a mountain, and sat down there. And great\nmultitudes came unto him, having with them _those that were_ lame,\nblind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet;\nand he healed them; insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw\nthe dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the\nblind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.\n\nIn those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat,\nJesus called his disciples _unto him_, and saith unto them,\n\n I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now been\n with me three days, and have nothing to eat: and if I send\n them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the\n way.\n\nFor divers of them came from far. And his disciples say unto him, Whence\nshould we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a\nmultitude? And Jesus saith unto them,\n\n How many loaves have ye?\n\nAnd they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. And he commanded the\nmultitude to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and\nthe fishes, and gave thanks, and brake _them_, and gave to his\ndisciples, to set before _them_; and they did set _them_ before the\npeople. And they had a few small fishes; and he blessed, and commanded\nto set them also before _them_. And they did all eat, and were filled:\nand they took up of the broken _meat_ that was left seven baskets full.\nAnd they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXX.\n\nPHARISEES ASK A SIGN--REASONS FOR FAITH--BLIND MEN.\n\n\nAnd he sent away the multitude. And straightway he entered into a ship\nwith his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. The Pharisees\nalso with the Sadducees came forth, and began to question with him, and\ntempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He\nanswered and said unto them,\n\n When it is evening, ye say, _It will be_ fair weather: for the\n sky is red. And in the morning, _It will be_ foul weather to\n day: for the sky is red and lowering. O _ye_ hypocrites, ye\n can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not _discern_ the\n signs of the times? A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh\n after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but\n the sign of the prophet Jonas.\n\nAnd he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith,\n\n Why doth this generation seek after a sign? verily I say unto\n you, There shall no sign be given unto this generation.\n\nAnd he left them, and entering into the ship again departed to the other\nside. And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had\nforgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more\nthan one loaf. Then Jesus charged them, saying,\n\n Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the\n Sadducees, and _of_ the leaven of Herod.\n\nAnd they reasoned among themselves, saying, _It is_ because we have\ntaken no bread. _Which_ when Jesus perceived, he said unto them,\n\n O ye of little faith, Why reason ye among yourselves, because\n ye have brought no bread? Do ye not yet understand? Perceive\n ye not yet, neither understand? Have ye your heart yet\n hardened? Having eyes, see ye not? and having ears, hear ye\n not? and do ye not remember the five loaves of the five\n thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? Neither the seven\n loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?\n When I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many\n baskets full of fragments took ye up?\n\nThey say unto him, Twelve.\n\n And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full\n of fragments took ye up?\n\nAnd they said, Seven. And he said unto them,\n\n How is it that ye do not understand that I spake _it_ not to\n you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of\n the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.\n\nThen understood they how that he bade _them_ not beware of the leaven\nof bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.\n\nAnd he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and\nbesought him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and\nled him out of the town; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his\nhands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. And he looked up, and\nsaid, I see men as trees, walking. After that he put _his_ hands again\nupon his eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every\nman clearly. And he sent him away to his house, saying,\n\n Neither go into the town, nor tell _it_ to any in the town.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXXI.\n\nJESUS FORETELLS HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION.\n\n\nAnd Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the towns of Cesarea\nPhilippi: and it came to pass, as he was alone praying, his disciples\nwere with him: and by the way he asked his disciples, saying unto them,\n\n Whom do men say that I the Son of man am?\n\nAnd they said, Some _say that thou art_ John the Baptist: some, Elias;\nand others, Jeremias, or, that one of the old prophets is risen again.\nHe said unto them,\n\n But whom say ye that I am?\n\nAnd Simon Peter answered and said unto him, Thou art the Christ, the Son\nof the living God. And Jesus answered and said unto him,\n\n Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: for flesh and blood hath not\n revealed _it_ unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. And\n I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock,\n I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not\n prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the\n kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth\n shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on\n earth shall be loosed in heaven.\n\nThen charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was\nJesus the Christ.\n\nFrom that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that\nhe, the Son of man, must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things and\nbe rejected of the elders, and _of_ the chief priests, and scribes and\nbe killed, and after three days rise again. And he spake that saying\nopenly.\n\nThen Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from\nthee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. But when he had turned about\nand looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter saying,\n\n Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for\n thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be\n of men.\n\nAnd when he had called the people _unto him_ with his disciples also, he\nsaid to them all,\n\n Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take\n up his cross, daily, and follow me. For whosoever will save\n his life shall lose it; but whosoever shall lose his life for\n my sake and the gospel's, the same shall save it. For what\n shall it profit a man, what is a man advantaged, if he shall\n gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or be cast away?\n or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? For the\n Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his\n angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his\n works. Whosoever therefore shall be ashamed of me and of my\n words in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also\n shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he shall come in his own\n glory, and _in his_ Father's, and of the holy angels.\n\nAnd he said unto them,\n\n Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand\n here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the\n kingdom of God come with power.\n\n[Illustration: Mount Tabor.]\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXXII.\n\nTRANSFIGURATION--CURES A DEMONIAC.\n\n\nAnd after six days Jesus taketh _with him_ Peter, and James, and John\nhis brother, and leadeth them up into an high mountain apart by\nthemselves, to pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his countenance\nwas altered, and he was transfigured before them: and his face did shine\nas the sun, and his raiment was white as the light, _and_ glistering,\nexceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them.\n\nAnd, behold, there appeared unto them two men, which were Moses and\nElias: who appeared in glory, and they were talking with Jesus, and\nspake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem.\n\nBut Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep: and when\nthey were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with\nhim. And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto\nJesus, Master, it is good for us to be here. If thou wilt, let us make\nhere three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for\nElias. For he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid.\n\nWhile he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them: and they\nfeared as they entered into the cloud. And there came a voice out of the\ncloud, which said, This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased:\nhear ye him. And when the disciples heard _it_, they fell on their\nface, and were sore afraid. And when the voice was past, Jesus came and\ntouched them and said,\n\n Arise, and be not afraid.\n\nAnd suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any\nmore, save Jesus only with themselves. And they kept _it_ close, and\ntold no man in those days any of those things which they had seen.\n\nAnd it came to pass, that on the next day, as they came down from the\nmountain, Jesus charged them, that they should tell no man what things\nthey had seen, till the son of man were risen from the dead. And they\nkept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the\nrising from the dead should mean. And his disciples asked him, saying,\nwhy then say the scribes that Elias must first come? And Jesus answered\nand said unto them,\n\n Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things; and how\n it is written of the Son of man, that he must suffer many\n things, and be set at nought. But I say unto you, That Elias\n is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him\n whatsoever they listed, as it is written of him. Likewise\n shall also the Son of man suffer of them.\n\nThen the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the\nBaptist. When they were come down from the hill, much people met him.\nAnd when he came to _his_ disciples, he saw a great multitude about\nthem, and the scribes questioning with them. And straightway all the\npeople, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to _him_\nsaluted him. And he asked the scribes,\n\n What question ye with them?\n\nAnd when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a _certain_\nman, kneeling down to him, and saying, Master, I have brought unto thee\nmy son: which hath a dumb spirit; I beseech thee, look upon my son: for\nhe is mine only child. Lord, have mercy on my son; for he is lunatic,\nand sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the\nwater. And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he suddenly crieth out; and\nwheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth\nwith his teeth, and pineth away: and bruising him hardly departeth from\nhim. And I brought him to thy disciples, that they should cast him out;\nand they could not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said,\n\n O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with\n you? how long shall I suffer you? Bring thy son hither.\n\nAnd they brought him unto him: and when he saw him, straightway the\nspirit tare him; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he\nasked his father,\n\n How long is it ago since this came unto him?\n\nAnd he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire,\nand into the waters, to destroy him: but if thou canst do anything, have\ncompassion on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him,\n\n If thou canst believe, all things _are_ possible to him that\n believeth.\n\nAnd straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears,\nLord, I believe; help thou mine unbelief. When Jesus saw that the people\ncame running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him,\n\n _Thou_ dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him,\n and enter no more into him.\n\nAnd _the spirit_ cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he\nwas as one dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. But Jesus took him\nby the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. And the child was cured\nfrom that very hour. And (Jesus) delivered him again to his father. And\nwhen he was come into the house, then came the disciples to Jesus apart,\nand asked him privately, Why could not we cast him out? And Jesus said\nunto them,\n\n Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye\n have faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye shall say unto this\n mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it shall remove;\n and nothing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind\n can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and fasting.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXXIII.\n\nDEATH FORETOLD AGAIN--PAYS TRIBUTE--CAUTION AGAINST GIVING OFFENCE.\n\n\nAfter these things Jesus departed thence, and passed through Galilee;\nfor he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. And\nhe would not that any man should know _it_. And they were all amazed at\nthe mighty power of God. But while they wondered every one at all things\nwhich Jesus did, he said unto his disciples,\n\n Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man\n shall be betrayed into the hands of men: and they shall kill\n him; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third\n day.\n\nBut they understood not that saying, and it was hid from them, that they\nperceived it not: and they feared to ask him of that saying. And they\nwere exceeding sorry.\n\nThen there arose a reasoning among them, which of them should be\ngreatest. And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received\ntribute _money_ came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay\ntribute? He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus\nprevented him, saying,\n\n What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth\n take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of\n strangers?\n\nPeter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him,\n\n Then are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should\n offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up\n the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his\n mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money; that take, and give\n unto them for me and thee.\n\nAnd being in the house he asked them,\n\n What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way?\n\nBut they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among\nthemselves, who _should be_ the greatest. And Jesus perceiving the\nthought of their heart, sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto\nthem,\n\n If any man desire to be first, _the same_ shall be last of\n all, and servant of all.\n\nAnd he took a child, and set him in the midst of them: and when he had\ntaken him in his arms, he said unto them,\n\n Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name,\n receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not\n me, but him that sent me, for he that is least among you all,\n the same shall be great.\n\nAnd John answered and said, Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy\nname, and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth\nnot with us. And Jesus said unto him,\n\n Forbid _him_ not: for there is no man which shall do a\n miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me. For he\n that is not against us is on our part. For whosoever shall\n give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong\n to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his\n reward. And whosoever shall offend one of _these_ little ones\n that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were\n hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.\n\n And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off; it is better for thee\n to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into\n hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their\n worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.\n\n And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee\n to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into\n hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their\n worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.\n\n And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for\n thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than\n having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: where their worm\n dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.\n\n For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice\n shall be salted with salt. Salt _is_ good: but if the salt\n have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt\n in yourselves, and have peace one with another.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXXIV.\n\nLESSONS OF HUMILITY AND FORGIVENESS\n\n\nAt the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the\ngreatest in the kingdom of heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto\nhim, and set him in the midst of them, and said,\n\n Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as\n little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of\n heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this\n little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.\n And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name\n receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones\n which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone\n were hanged about his neck, and _that_ he were drowned in the\n depth of the sea.\n\n Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must needs be\n that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the offence\n cometh! Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut\n them off, and cast _them_ from thee: it is better for thee to\n enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands\n or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire.\n\n And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast _it_\n from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one\n eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.\n Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I\n say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the\n face of my Father which is in heaven. For the Son of man is\n come to save that which was lost.\n\n How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them\n be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and\n goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone\n astray. And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you,\n he rejoiceth more of that _sheep_, than of the ninety and nine\n which went not astray. Even so it is not the will of your\n Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones\n should perish.\n\n Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and\n tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall\n hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. But if he will not\n hear _thee, then_ take with thee one or two more, that in the\n mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established.\n And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell _it_ unto the\n church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto\n thee as an heathen man and a publican.\n\n Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on earth shall\n be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth\n shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That if two\n of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they\n shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in\n heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my\n name, there am I in the midst of them.\n\nThen came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin,\nagainst me, and I forgive him? till seven times? Jesus saith unto him,\n\n I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy\n times seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a\n certain king, which would take account of his servants. And\n when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which\n owed him ten thousand talents. But for as much as he had not\n to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and\n children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The\n servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord,\n have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord\n of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and\n forgave him the debt.\n\n But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow\n servants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid hands\n on him, and took _him_ by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou\n owest. And his fellow servant fell down at his feet, and\n besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay\n thee all. And he would not: but went and cast him into prison,\n till he should pay the debt.\n\n So when his fellow servants saw what was done, they were very\n sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done.\n Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, O\n thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because\n thou desiredst me; shouldest not thou also have had compassion\n on thy fellow servant, even as I had pity on thee?\n\n And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors,\n till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise\n shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your\n hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXXV.\n\nJESUS AT THE FEAST--RETURN OF THE OFFICERS OF THE CHIEF PRIESTS\n\n\nNow the Jew's feast of tabernacles was at hand. His brethren therefore\nsaid unto him, Depart hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also\nmay see the works that thou doest. For _there is_ no man _that_ doeth\nanything in secret, and he himself seeketh to be known openly. If thou\ndo these things, shew thyself to the world. For neither did his brethren\nbelieve in him. Then Jesus said unto them,\n\n My time is not yet come: but your time is always ready. The\n world cannot hate you; but me it hateth, because I testify of\n it, that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast:\n I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full\n come.\n\nWhen he had said these words unto them, he abode _still_ in Galilee.\nBut when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast,\nnot openly, but as it were in secret.\n\nThen the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, where is he? And there\nwas much murmuring among the people concerning him: for some said, He is\na good man: others said, Nay; but he deceiveth the people. Howbeit no\nman spake openly of him for fear of the Jews.\n\nNow about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple and\ntaught. And the Jews marvelled, saying, How knoweth this man letters,\nhaving never learned? Jesus answered them, and said,\n\n My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will\n do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of\n God, or _whether_ I speak of myself. He that speaketh of\n himself seeketh his own glory: but he that seeketh his glory\n that sent him, the same is true, and no unrighteousness is in\n him. Did not Moses give you the law, and _yet_ none of you\n keepeth the law? Why go ye about to kill me?\n\nThe people answered and said, Thou hast a devil: who goeth about to kill\nthee? Jesus answered and said unto them,\n\n I have done one work, and ye all marvel. Moses therefore gave\n unto you circumcision; (not because it is of Moses, but of the\n fathers;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man\n on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses\n should not be broken; are ye angry at me, because I have made\n a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according\n to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment.\n\nThen said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, whom they seek to\nkill? But, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the\nrulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? Howbeit we know this\nman whence he is, but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is.\nThen cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying,\n\n Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am: and I am not come of\n myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I\n know him: for I am from him, and he hath sent me.\n\nThen they sought to take him: but no man laid hands on him, because his\nhour was not yet come. And many of the people believed on him, and said,\nWhen Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than these which this _man_\nhath done? The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things\nconcerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to\ntake him. Then said Jesus unto them,\n\n Yet a little while am I with you, and _then_ I go unto him\n that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find _me_: and\n where I am, _thither_ ye cannot come.\n\nThen said the Jews among themselves, Whither will he go, that we shall\nnot find him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and\nteach the Gentiles? What _manner of_ saying is this that he said, Ye\nshall seek me, and shall not find _me_: and where I am, _thither_ ye\ncannot come? In the last day that great _day_ of the feast, Jesus stood\nand cried, saying,\n\n If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that\n believeth on me, as the Scripture hath said, out of his belly\n shall flow rivers of living water.\n\n(But this spake he of the spirit, which they that believe on him should\nreceive: for the Holy Ghost was not yet _given_; because that Jesus was\nnot yet glorified.)\n\nMany of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, Of a\ntruth this is the Prophet. Others said, This is the Christ. But some\nsaid, Shall Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scripture said,\nThat Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of\nBethlehem, where David was? So there was a division among the people\nbecause of him. And some of them would have taken him; but no man laid\nhands on him.\n\nThen came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees; and they said\nunto them, Why have ye not brought him? The officers answered, Never man\nspake like this man. Then answered them the Pharisees, Are ye also\ndeceived? Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him?\nBut this people who knoweth not the law are cursed.\n\nNicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of\nthem,) Doth our law judge _any_ man, before it hear him, and know what\nhe doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art thou also of Galilee?\nSearch, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet. And every man\nwent unto his own house. Jesus went unto the mount of Olives.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXXVI.\n\nTHE CONVICTED ACCUSERS--JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE WORLD.\n\n\nAnd early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the\npeople came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. And the scribes\nand Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they\nhad set her in the midst, they say unto him, Master, this woman was\ntaken in adultery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law commanded us,\nthat such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? This they said,\ntempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped\ndown, and with _his_ finger wrote on the ground, _as though he heard\nthem not_. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and\nsaid unto them,\n\n He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone\n at her.\n\nAnd again he stooped down and wrote on the ground. And they which heard\n_it_, being convicted by _their own_ conscience, went out one by one,\nbeginning at the eldest, _even_ unto the last: and Jesus was left alone,\nand the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself,\nand saw none but the woman, he said unto her,\n\n Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned\n thee?\n\nShe said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her,\n\n Neither do I condemn thee: go and sin no more.\n\nThen spake Jesus again unto them, saying,\n\n I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not\n walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life.\n\nThe Pharisees therefore said unto him, Thou bearest record of thyself;\nthy record is not true. Jesus answered and said unto them,\n\n Though I bear record of myself, _yet_ my record is true: for I\n know whence I came, and whither I go; but ye cannot tell\n whence I come, and whither I go. Ye judge after the flesh; I\n judge no man. And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I\n am not alone, but I and the Father that sent me. It is also\n written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true. I\n am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent\n me, beareth witness of me.\n\nThen said they unto him, Where is thy father? Jesus answered,\n\n Ye neither know me, nor my Father: if ye had known me, ye\n should have known my Father also.\n\nThese words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple; and\nno man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. Then said Jesus\nagain unto them,\n\n I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins:\n whither I go, ye cannot come.\n\nThen said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I\ngo, ye cannot come. And he said unto them,\n\n Ye are from beneath: I am from above: ye are of this world; I\n am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye\n shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am _he_,\n ye shall die in your sins.\n\nThen they said unto him, Who art thou? And Jesus saith unto them,\n\n Even _the same_ that I said unto you from the beginning. I\n have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent\n me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have\n heard of him.\n\nThey understood not that he spake to them of the Father. Then said Jesus\nunto them,\n\n When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that\n I am _he_, and _that_ I do nothing of myself; but as my Father\n hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is\n with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always\n those things that please him.\n\nAs he spake these words, many believed on him. Then said Jesus to those\nJews which believed on him,\n\n If ye continue in my word, _then_ are ye my disciples indeed;\n and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you\n free.\n\nThey answered him, We be Abraham's seed, and were never in bondage to\nany man: how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever committeth sin is\n the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house\n for ever: _but_ the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore\n shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye\n are Abraham's seed; but ye seek to kill me, because my word\n hath no place in you. I speak that which I have seen with my\n Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father.\n\nThey answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus said unto\nthem,\n\n If ye were Abraham's children, ye would do the works of\n Abraham. But now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you\n the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye\n do the deeds of your Father.\n\nThen said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one\nFather, _even_ God. Jesus said unto them,\n\n If God were your Father, ye would love me: for I proceeded\n forth and came from God; neither came I of myself, but he sent\n me. Why do ye not understand my speech? _even_ because ye\n cannot hear my word. Ye are of _your_ father the devil, and\n the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from\n the beginning, and abode not in the truth, because there is no\n truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own:\n for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell\n _you_ the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me\n of sin? And if I say the truth, why do ye not believe me? He\n that is of God heareth God's words: ye therefore hear _them_\n not, because ye are not of God.\n\nThen answered the Jews, and said unto him, Say we not well that thou art\na Samaritan, and hast a devil? Jesus answered,\n\n I have not a devil; but I honor my Father, and ye do dishonor\n me. And I seek not mine own glory: there is one that seeketh\n and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my\n saying, he shall never see death.\n\nThen said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham\nis dead, and the prophets, and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he\nshall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham,\nwhich is dead? and the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?\nJesus answered,\n\n If I honor myself, my honor is nothing: it is my Father that\n honoreth me; of whom ye say, that he is your God: Yet ye have\n not known him: but I know him: and if I should say, I know\n him not, I shall be a liar like unto you; but I know him, and\n keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day;\n and he saw _it_, and was glad.\n\nThen said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast\nthou seen Abraham? Jesus said unto them,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.\n\nThen took they up stones to cast at him: but Jesus hid himself, and went\nout of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXXVII.\n\nA MAN BORN BLIND, HEALED, EXAMINED AND EXCOMMUNICATED.\n\n\nAnd as _Jesus_ passed by, he saw a man which was blind from _his_ birth.\nAnd his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or\nhis parents, that he was born blind? Jesus answered,\n\n Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the\n works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the\n works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh,\n when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the\n light of the world.\n\nWhen he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the\nspittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and\nsaid to him,\n\n Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is by interpretation,\n Sent.)\n\nHe went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.\n\nThe neighbors therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was\nblind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged? Some said, This is he:\nothers _said_, He is like him: _but_ he said I am _he_. Therefore said\nthey unto him, How were thine eyes opened? He answered and said, A man\nthat is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto\nme, go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I\nreceived sight. Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know\nnot.\n\nThey brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was\nthe sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then\nagain the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He\nsaid unto them, He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see.\nTherefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because\nhe keepeth not the sabbath day. Others said, How can a man that is a\nsinner do such miracles? And there was a division among them. They say\nunto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened\nthine eyes? He said, He is a prophet.\n\nBut the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and\nreceived his sight, until they called the parents of him that had\nreceived his sight. And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who\nye say was born blind? how then doth he now see? His parents answered\nthem and said, We know that this is our son, and that he was born blind:\nbut by what means he now seeth, we know not; or who hath opened his\neyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself.\nThese _words_ spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the\nJews had agreed already, that if any man did confess, that he was\nChrist, he should be put out of the synagogue. Therefore said his\nparents, He is of age: ask him.\n\nThen again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give\nGod the praise: we know that this man is a sinner. He answered and said,\nWhether he be a sinner _or no_, I know not: one thing I know, that,\nwhereas I was blind, now I see. Then said they to him again, What did he\nto thee? how opened he thine eyes? He answered them, I have told you\nalready, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear _it_ again? will\nye also be his disciples?\n\nThen they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are\nMoses' disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses: _as_ for this\n_fellow_, we know not from whence he is. The man answered and said unto\nthem, Why herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he\nis, and _yet_ he hath opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not\nsinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him\nhe heareth. Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened\nthe eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he\ncould do nothing. They answered and said unto him, Thou wast altogether\nborn in sins, and dost thou teach us? And they cast him out.\n\nJesus heard that they had cast him out; and when he had found him, he\nsaid unto him,\n\n Dost thou believe on the Son of God?\n\nHe answered and said, Who is he, Lord, that I might believe on him? And\nJesus said unto him,\n\n Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that talketh with thee.\n\nAnd he said, Lord, I believe, And he worshipped him. And Jesus said,\n\n For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see\n not, might see; and that they which see, might be made blind.\n\nAnd _some_ of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and\nsaid unto him, Are we blind also? Jesus said unto them,\n\n If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We\n see; therefore your sin remaineth.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXXVIII.\n\nPARABLE OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD.\n\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the\n door into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the\n same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the\n door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth;\n and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by\n name, and leadeth them out.\n\n And when he putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them,\n and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a\n stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for\n they know not the voice of strangers.\n\nThis parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things\nthey were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep.\n All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the\n sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter\n in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find\n pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill,\n and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that\n they might have _it_ more abundantly.\n\n I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for\n the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd,\n whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and\n leaveth the sheep, and fleeth: and the wolf catches them, and\n scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an\n hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good\n shepherd, and know my _sheep_, and am known of mine. As the\n Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down\n my life for the sheep.\n\n And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also\n I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be\n one fold, _and_ one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love\n me, because I lay down my life, that I may take it again. No\n man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself, I have\n power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This\n commandment have I received of my Father.\n\nThere was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings.\nAnd many of them said, He hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him?\nOthers said, these are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a\ndevil open the eyes of the blind?\n\nAnd it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.\nAnd Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch. Then came the Jews\nround about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou make us to\ndoubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us plainly. Jesus answered them,\n\n I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my\n Father's name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not,\n because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep\n hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me: And I give\n unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither\n shall any _man_ pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which\n gave _them_ me, is greater than all; and no _man_ is able to\n pluck _them_ out of my Father's hand. I and _my_ Father are\n one.\n\nThen the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them,\n\n Many good works have I shewed you from my Father; for which of\n those works do ye stone me?\n\nThe Jews answered him, saying, For a good work we stone thee not; but\nfor blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God.\nJesus answered them,\n\n Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods? If he\n called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the\n Scripture cannot be broken; Say ye of him, whom the Father\n hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest;\n because I said I am the Son of God? If I do not the works of\n my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not\n me, believe the works: that ye may know, and believe, that the\n Father _is_ in me, and I in him.\n\nTherefore they sought again to take him: but he escaped out of their\nhand, and went away again beyond Jordan into the place were John at\nfirst baptized; and there he abode. And many resorted unto him, and\nsaid, John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man\nwere true. And many believed on him there.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XXXIX.\n\nJESUS RAISES LAZARUS--JEWS SEEK HIS LIFE.\n\n\nNow a certain _man_ was sick, _named_ Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of\nMary and her sister Martha. (It was _that_ Mary which anointed the Lord\nwith ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus\nwas sick.) Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he\nwhom thou lovest is sick. When Jesus heard _that_, he said,\n\n This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God,\n that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.\n\nNow Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When he had heard\ntherefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place\nwhere he was. Then after that saith he to _his_ disciples,\n\n Let us go into Judea again.\n\n_His_ disciples say unto him, Master, the Jews of late sought to stone\nthee; and goest thou thither again? Jesus answered,\n\n Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the\n day, he stumbleth not, because he seeth the light of this\n world. But if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because\n there is no light in him.\n\nThese things said he: and after that he saith unto them,\n\n Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him\n out of sleep.\n\nThen said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit\nJesus spake of his death; but they thought that he had spoken of taking\nof rest in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly,\n\n Lazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not\n there, to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless let us go\n unto him.\n\nThen said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow disciples,\nLet us also go, that we may die with him. Then when Jesus came, he found\nthat he had _lain_ in the grave four days already. Now Bethany was nigh\nunto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: and many of the Jews came to\nMartha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha,\nas soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him; but Mary\nsat _still_ in the house. Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord if thou\nhadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now,\nwhatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give _it_ thee. Jesus saith\nunto her,\n\n Thy brother shall rise again.\n\nMartha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the\nresurrection at the last day. Jesus saith unto her,\n\n I am the resurrection, and the life; he that believeth in me,\n though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth\n and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?\n\nShe saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the\nson of God, which should come into the world. And when she had so said,\nshe went her way, and called Mary her sister, secretly, saying, The\nMaster is come, and calleth for thee. As soon as she heard _that_, she\narose quickly, and came unto him.\n\nNow Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where\nMartha met him. The Jews then which were with her in the house, and\ncomforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went\nout, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. Then\nwhen Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his\nfeet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not\ndied. When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping\nwhich came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and\nsaid,\n\n Where have ye laid him?\n\nThey said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept. Then said the Jews,\nBehold, how he loved him! And some of them said, Could not this man,\nwhich opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man\nshould not have died? Jesus therefore again groaning in himself, cometh\nto the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said,\n\n Take ye away the stone.\n\nMartha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this\ntime he stinketh: for he hath been _dead_ four days. Jesus saith unto\nher,\n\n Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest believe, thou\n shouldest see the glory of God?\n\nThen they took away the stone _from the place_ where the dead was laid:\nAnd Jesus lifted up _his_ eyes, and said,\n\n Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that\n thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand\n by I said _it_, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.\n\nAnd when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,\n\n Lazarus, come forth.\n\nAnd he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave-clothes:\nand his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,\n\n Loose him, and let him go.\n\nThen many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which\nJesus did, believed on him. But some of them went their ways to the\nPharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. Then gathered the\nchief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, What do we? for\nthis man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all _men_ will\nbelieve on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place\nand nation.\n\nAnd one of them, _named_ Caiaphas, being the high priest that same year,\nsaid unto them, Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is\nexpedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the\nwhole nation perish not. And this spake he not of himself: but being\nhigh priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that\nnation; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather\ntogether in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Then\nfrom that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death.\n\nJesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews; but went thence\nunto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and\nthere continued with his disciples.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received\nup, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers\nbefore his face: and they went, and entered into a village of the\nSamaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not receive him, because\nhis face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples\nJames and John saw _this_, they said, Lord, wilt thou that we command\nfire to come down from heaven, and consume them, even as Elias did? But\nhe turned, and rebuked them, and said,\n\n Ye know not what manner of spirits ye are of. For the Son of\n man is not come to destroy men's lives, but to save _them_.\n\nAnd they went to another village. And it came to pass, that, as they\nwent in the way, a certain _man_ said unto him, Lord I will follow thee\nwithersoever thou goest. And Jesus said unto him,\n\n Foxes have holes, and birds of the air _have_ nests; but the\n Son of man hath not where to lay _his_ head.\n\nAnd he said unto another,\n\n Follow me.\n\nBut he said, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Jesus said\nunto him,\n\n Let the dead bury their dead: but go thou and preach the\n kingdom of God.\n\nAnd another also said, Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid\nthem farewell, which are at home at my house. And Jesus said unto him,\n\n No man, having put his hand to the plough, and looking back,\n is fit for the kingdom of God.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XL.\n\nSEVENTY DISCIPLES SENT OUT.\n\n\nAfter these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them\ntwo and two before his face into every city and place, whither he\nhimself would come. Therefore said he unto them,\n\n The harvest truly _is_ great, but the laborers _are_ few: pray\n ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth\n laborers into his harvest. Go your ways: behold, I send you\n forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse nor scrip,\n nor shoes: and salute no man by the way.\n\n And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace _be_ to\n this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall\n rest upon it: if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the\n same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they\n give: for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house\n to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive\n you, eat such things as are set before you: and heal the sick\n that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is\n come nigh unto you.\n\n But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not,\n go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Even\n the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe\n off against you: notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the\n kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But I say unto you,\n that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than\n for that city.\n\n Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the\n mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been\n done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in\n sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre\n and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum,\n which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. He\n that heareth you heareth me; and he that despiseth you\n despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent\n me.\n\nAnd the seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils\nare subject unto us through thy name. And he said unto them,\n\n I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give\n unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over\n all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means\n hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the\n spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because your\n names are written in heaven.\n\nIn that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said,\n\n I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou\n hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast\n revealed them unto babes: even so, Father: for so it seemed\n good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my\n Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and\n who the Father is, but the Son, and _he_ to whom the Son will\n reveal _him_.\n\nAnd he turned him unto _his_ disciples, and said privately,\n\n Blessed _are_ the eyes which see the things that ye see: for I\n tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see\n those things which ye see, and have not seen _them_; and to\n hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard _them_.\n\nAnd behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, Master,\nwhat shall I do to inherit eternal life? He said unto him,\n\n What is written in the law? how readest thou?\n\nAnd he answering, said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy\nheart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all\nthy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him,\n\n Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live.\n\nBut he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my\nneighbor? And Jesus answering, said,\n\n A certain _man_ went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell\n among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded\n _him_, and departed, leaving _him_ half dead. And by chance\n there came down a certain priest that way: and when he saw\n him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite,\n when he was at the place, came and looked _on him_, and passed\n by on the other side.\n\n But a certain Samaritan, as he journeyed, came where he was:\n and when he saw him, he had compassion _on him_, and went to\n _him_, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and\n set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took\n care of him. And on the morrow when he departed, he took out\n two pence, and gave _them_ to the host, and said unto him,\n Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I\n come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three,\n thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among thieves?\n\nAnd he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then said Jesus unto him,\n\n Go, and do thou likewise.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XLI.\n\nMARTHA'S ENTERTAINMENT--FORM OF PRAYER--DUMB DEVIL.\n\n\nNow it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain\nvillage: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.\nAnd she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus' feet, and\nheard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to\nhim, and said, Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to\nserve alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And Jesus answered and\nsaid unto her,\n\n Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many\n things: but one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that\n good part, which shall not be taken away from her.\n\nAnd it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a certain place, when he\nceased, one of his disciples said unto him, Lord, teach us to pray, as\nJohn also taught his disciples. And he said unto them,\n\n When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be\n thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven,\n so in earth. Give us day by day our daily bread. And forgive\n us our sins; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to\n us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil.\n\nAnd he said unto them,\n\n Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at\n midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves; for\n a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have\n nothing to set before him? And he from within shall answer and\n say, Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my children are\n with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you,\n Though he will not rise and give him, because he is his\n friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give\n him as many as he needeth.\n\n And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and\n ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For\n every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth;\n and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall\n ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a\n stone? or if _he ask_ a fish, will he for a fish give him a\n serpent? Or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a\n scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts\n unto your children; how much more shall _your_ heavenly Father\n give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him?\n\nAnd he was casting out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass,\nwhen the devil was gone out, the dumb spake; and the people wondered.\nBut some of them said, He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief\nof the devils. And others, tempting _him_, sought of him a sign from\nheaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them,\n\n Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation;\n and a house _divided_ against a house falleth. If Satan also\n be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand?\n because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub. And\n if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast\n _them_ out? Therefore shall they be your judges. But if I with\n the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the kingdom of God\n is come upon you.\n\n When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in\n peace. But when a stronger than he shall come upon him and\n overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he\n trusted, and divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is\n against me: and he that gathereth not with me scattereth.\n\n When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh\n through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith,\n I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he\n cometh, he findeth _it_ swept and garnished. Then goeth he,\n and taketh _to him_ seven other spirits more wicked than\n himself; and they enter in, and dwell there: and the last\n _state_ of that man is worse than the first.\n\nAnd it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the\ncompany lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed _is_ the womb\nthat bare thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he said,\n\n Yea rather, blessed _are_ they that hear the word of God, and\n keep it.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XLII.\n\nEVIL GENERATION SEEK A SIGN--PRACTICAL LESSONS.\n\n\nAnd when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say,\n\n This is an evil generation: they seek a sign; and there shall\n no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For\n as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Son\n of man be to this generation. The queen of the south shall\n rise up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and\n condemn them; for she came from the utmost parts of the earth\n to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than\n Solomon _is_ here. The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the\n judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they\n repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater\n than Jonas _is_ here.\n\n No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth _it_ in a\n secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick,\n that they which come in may see the light. The light of the\n body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole\n body also is full of light; but when _thine eye_ is evil, thy\n body also _is_ full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the\n light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body\n therefore _be_ full of light, having no part dark, the whole\n shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle\n doth give thee light.\n\nAnd as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and\nhe went in, and sat down to meat. And when the Pharisee saw _it_, he\nmarvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said\nunto him,\n\n Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the\n platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and\n wickedness. _Ye_ fools, did not he that made that which is\n without make that which is within also? But rather give alms\n of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean\n unto you.\n\n But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all\n manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God:\n these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other\n undone.\n\n Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in\n the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.\n\n Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as\n graves which appear not, and the men that walk over _them_ are\n not aware _of them_.\n\nThen answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying\nthou reproachest us also. And he said,\n\n Woe unto you also _ye_ lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens\n grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens\n with one of your fingers.\n\n Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and\n your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow\n the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed them, and ye\n build their sepulchres. Therefore also said the Wisdom of God\n I will send them prophets and apostles, and _some_ of them\n they shall slay and persecute: that the blood of all the\n prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may\n be required of this generation; from the blood of Abel unto\n the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and\n the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of\n this generation.\n\n Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of\n knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were\n entering in ye hindered.\n\nAnd as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees\nbegan to urge _him_ vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many\nthings: Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his\nmouth, that they might accuse him.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XLIII.\n\nDISCOURSES ON VARIOUS TOPICS--MINISTERIAL DILIGENCE.\n\n\nIn the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable\nmultitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began\nto say unto his disciples first of all,\n\n Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.\n For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed:\n neither hid, that shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye\n have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that\n which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed\n upon the housetops.\n\n And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill\n the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I\n will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after\n he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto\n you, Fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings,\n and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very\n hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore; ye\n are of more value than many sparrows.\n\n Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men,\n him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of\n God: but he that denieth me before men shall be denied before\n the angels of God. And whosoever shall speak a word against\n the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that\n blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.\n\n And when they bring you unto the synagogues, and _unto_\n magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing\n ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: for the Holy Ghost\n shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.\n\nAnd one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that\nhe divide the inheritance with me. And he said unto him,\n\n Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?\n\nAnd he said unto them,\n\n Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life\n consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he\n possesseth.\n\nAnd he spake a parable unto them, saying,\n\n The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:\n and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do,\n because I have no room where to bestow my fruits.\n\n And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and\n build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my\n goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods\n laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, _and_ be\n merry.\n\n But God said unto him, _Thou_ fool, this night thy soul shall\n be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which\n thou hast provided? So _is_ he that layeth up treasure for\n himself, and is not rich towards God.\n\nAnd he said unto his disciples,\n\n Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what\n ye shall eat, neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The\n life is more than meat, and the body _is more_ than raiment.\n Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which\n neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how\n much more are ye better than the fowls? And which of you with\n taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be\n not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought\n for the rest?\n\n Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin\n not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was\n not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the\n grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast\n into the oven; how much more _will he clothe_ you, O ye of\n little faith? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye\n shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these\n things do the nations of the world seek after; and your Father\n knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye\n the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto\n you.\n\n Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure\n to give you the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and give alms;\n provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the\n heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither\n moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will your\n heart be also.\n\n Let your loins be girded about, and _your_ lights burning; and\n ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he\n will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and\n knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed _are_\n those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find\n watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself,\n and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and\n serve them.\n\n And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third\n watch, and find _them_ so, blessed are those servants. And\n this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what\n hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not\n have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore\n ready also; for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think\n not.\n\nThen Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or\neven to all? and the Lord said,\n\n Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom _his_ lord\n shall make ruler over his household, to give _them their_\n portion of meat in due season? Blessed _is_ that servant, whom\n his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say\n unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.\n\n But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his\n coming; and shall begin to beat the men servants and maidens,\n and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; the lord of that\n servant will come in a day when he looketh not for _him_, and\n at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder,\n and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.\n\n And that servant which knew his lord's will, and prepared not\n _himself_, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten\n with many _stripes_. But he that knew not, and did commit\n things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few _stripes_.\n For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much\n required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they\n will ask the more.\n\n I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be\n already kindled? But I have a baptism to be baptized with: and\n how am I straitened till it be accomplished! Suppose ye that I\n am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather\n division: for from henceforth there shall be five in one\n house divided, three against two, and two against three. The\n father shall be divided against the son, and the son against\n the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter\n against the mother; the mother in law against the daughter in\n law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.\n\nAnd he said also to the people,\n\n When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say,\n There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when _ye see_ the\n south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to\n pass. _Ye_ hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and\n of the earth: but how is it that ye do not discern this time?\n Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?\n\n When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, _as\n thou art_ in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be\n delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the\n judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee\n into prison. I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till\n thou hast paid the very last mite.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XLIV.\n\nTOKENS OF COMING JUDGMENT--EIGHTEEN YEARS INFIRMITY.\n\n\nThere were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans,\nwhose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus\nanswering said unto them,\n\n Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the\n Galileans, because they suffered such things? I tell you, Nay:\n but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those\n eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them,\n think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in\n Jerusalem? I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall\n all likewise perish.\n\nHe spake also this parable:\n\n A certain _man_ had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he\n came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he\n unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I\n come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it\n down; why cumbereth it the ground? And he answering said unto\n him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about\n it, and dung _it_: and if it bear fruit, _well_: and if not,\n _then_ after that thou shalt cut it down.\n\nAnd he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And,\nbehold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen\nyears, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up _herself_.\nAnd when Jesus saw her, he called _her_ to _him_, and said unto her.\n\n Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity.\n\nAnd he laid _his_ hands on her: and immediately she was made straight,\nand glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue answered with\nindignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said\nunto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work: in them\ntherefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day. The Lord then\nanswered him, and said,\n\n _Thou_ hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath\n loose his ox or _his_ ass from the stall, and lead _him_ away\n to watering? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of\n Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be\n loosed from this bond on the sabbath day?\n\nAnd when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and\nall the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by\nhim. Then said he,\n\n Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I\n resemble it? It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man\n took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a\n great tree: and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of\n it.\n\nAnd again he said,\n\n Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven,\n which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the\n whole was leavened.\n\nAnd he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying\ntoward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be\nsaved? And he said unto them,\n\n Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto\n you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once\n the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the\n door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door,\n saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us: and he shall answer and say\n unto you, I know you not whence ye are: Then shall ye begin to\n say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast\n taught in our streets. But he shall say, I tell you, I know\n you not whence ye are; depart from me, all _ye_ workers of\n iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when\n ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the\n prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you _yourselves_ thrust\n out.\n\n And they shall come from the east, and _from_ the west, and\n from the north, and _from_ the south, and shall sit down in\n the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be\n first, and there are first which shall be last.\n\nThe same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get\nthee out and depart hence, for Herod will kill thee. And he said unto\nthem,\n\n Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do\n cures to day and to morrow, and the third _day_ I shall be\n perfected. Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow,\n and the _day_ following: for it cannot be that a prophet\n perish out of Jerusalem.\n\n O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and\n stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have\n gathered thy children together, as a hen _doth gather_ her\n brood under _her_ wings, and ye would not! Behold your house\n is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall\n not see me, until _the time_ come when ye shall say, Blessed\n _is_ he that cometh in the name of the Lord.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XLV.\n\nDROPSY CURED--PARABLE OF THE GREAT SUPPER.\n\n\nAnd it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief\nPharisees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And,\nbehold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And\nJesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying,\n\n Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day?\n\nAnd they held their peace. And he took _him_, and healed him, and let\nhim go; and answered them, saying,\n\n Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and\n will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day?\n\nAnd they could not answer him again to these things.\n\nAnd he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked\nhow they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them,\n\n When thou art bidden of any _man_ to a wedding, sit not down\n in the highest room; lest a more honorable man than thou be\n bidden of him; and he that bade thee and him come and say to\n thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take\n the lowest room. But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in\n the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may\n say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have\n worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee.\n For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that\n humbleth himself shall be exalted.\n\nThen said he also to him that bade him,\n\n When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends,\n nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor _thy_ rich\n neighbors; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be\n made thee. But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the\n maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt be blessed; for\n they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at\n the resurrection of the just.\n\nAnd when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he\nsaid unto him, Blessed _is_ he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of\nGod. Then said he unto him,\n\n A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: and sent\n his servant at supper time to say to them that were bidden,\n Come; for all things are now ready. And they all with one\n _consent_ began to make excuse. The first said unto him, I\n have bought a piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it:\n I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought\n five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me\n excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and\n therefore I cannot come.\n\n So that servant came and shewed his lord these things. Then\n the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go\n out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring\n in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the\n blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast\n commanded, and yet there is room. And the Lord said unto the\n servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel\n _them_ to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto\n you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of\n my supper.\n\nAnd there went great multitudes with him: and he turned, and said unto\nthem,\n\n If any _man_ come to me, and hate not his father, and mother,\n and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and\n his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And whosoever\n doth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my\n disciple. For which of you, intending to build a tower,\n sitteth not down first, and counteth the cost, whether he have\n _sufficient_ to finish _it_? Lest haply, after he hath laid\n the foundation, and is not able to finish _it_, all that\n behold _it_ begin to mock him, saying, This man began to\n build, and was not able to finish.\n\n Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth\n not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten\n thousand to meet him that cometh against him with twenty\n thousand? Or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he\n sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. So\n likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that\n he hath, he cannot be my disciple. Salt _is_ good: but if the\n salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned? It\n is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dunghill; _but_\n men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XLVI.\n\nPARABLES OF LOST SHEEP, LOST PIECE OF SILVER AND PRODIGAL SON.\n\n\nThen drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him.\nAnd the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth\nsinners, and eateth with them.\n\nAnd he spake this parable unto them, saying,\n\n What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of\n them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness,\n and go after that which is lost, until he find it? And when he\n hath found _it_, he layeth _it_ on his shoulders, rejoicing.\n And when he cometh home, he calleth together _his_ friends and\n neighbors, saying, Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep\n which was lost. I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in\n heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety\n and nine just persons, which need no repentance.\n\n Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one\n piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek\n diligently, till she find _it_? And when she hath found _it_,\n she calleth _her_ friends and _her_ neighbors together,\n saying, Rejoice with me; for I have found the piece which I\n had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the\n presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.\n\nAnd he said,\n\n A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to\n _his_ father, Father, give me the portion of goods that\n falleth _to me_. And he divided unto them _his_ living. And\n not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and\n took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his\n substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all,\n there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be\n in want. And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that\n country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he\n would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine\n did eat; and no man gave unto him.\n\n And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants\n of my father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish\n with hunger! I will arise and go to my father, and will say\n unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before\n thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as\n one of thy hired servants.\n\n And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a\n great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and\n ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said\n unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and in thy\n sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. But the\n father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and\n put _it_ on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on\n _his_ feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill _it_:\n and let us eat and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is\n alive again; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be\n merry.\n\n Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew\n nigh to the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called\n one of the servants, and asked what these things meant. And he\n said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed\n the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.\n And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his\n father out and entreated him.\n\n And he answering said to _his_ father, Lo, these many years do\n I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy\n commandment; and yet thou never gavest me a kid that I might\n make merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son was\n come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast\n killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son,\n thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was\n meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy\n brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is\n found.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XLVII.\n\nTHE UNJUST STEWARD--THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUS.\n\n\nAnd he said also unto his disciples,\n\n There was a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the\n same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he\n called him, and said unto him, How is it that I hear this of\n thee? give an account of thy stewardship; for thou mayest be\n no longer steward.\n\n Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my\n lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg\n I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put\n out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.\n\n So he called every one of his lord's debtors _unto him_, and\n said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? And he\n said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take\n thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he\n to another, And how much owest thou? And he said, An hundred\n measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and\n write fourscore.\n\n And the lord commended the unjust steward, because he had done\n wisely: for the children of this world are in their generation\n wiser than the children of light.\n\n And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon\n of unrighteousness; that, when ye fail, they may receive you\n into everlasting habitations. He that is faithful in that\n which is least is faithful also in much: and he that is unjust\n in the least, is unjust also in much.\n\n If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous\n mammon, who will commit to your trust the true _riches_? And\n if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's,\n who shall give you that which is your own?\n\n No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one,\n and love the other, or else he will hold to the one, and\n despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.\n\nAnd the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things: and\nthey derided him. And he said unto them,\n\n Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God\n knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among\n men is abomination in the sight of God.\n\n The law and the prophets _were_ until John: since that time\n the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into\n it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one\n tittle of the law to fail. Whosoever putteth away his wife,\n and marrieth another, committeth adultery: and whosoever\n marrieth her that is put away from _her_ husband committeth\n adultery.\n\n There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and\n fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: and there was a\n certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate full\n of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell\n from the rich man's table: moreover the dogs came and licked\n his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was\n carried by the angels into Abraham's bosom: the rich man also\n died and was buried; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in\n torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his\n bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham have mercy on me,\n and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in\n water, and cool my tongue: for I am tormented in this flame.\n\n But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime\n receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things:\n but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And besides\n all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so\n that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither\n can they pass to us, that _would come_ from thence.\n\n Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou\n wouldest send him to my father's house: for I have five\n brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come\n into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have\n Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. And he said, Nay,\n father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they\n will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and\n the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose\n from the dead.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XLVIII.\n\nOF GIVING OFFENCE--TEN LEPERS--SECOND COMING OF JESUS.\n\n\nThen said he unto his disciples,\n\n It is impossible but that offences will come: but woe _unto\n him_, through whom they come! It were better for him that a\n millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the\n sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.\n\n Take heed to yourselves: If thy brother trespass against thee,\n rebuke him; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass\n against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day\n turn again to thee, saying, I repent; thou shalt forgive him.\n\nAnd the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our faith. And the Lord\nsaid,\n\n If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye might say unto\n this sycamine tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be\n thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. But which of\n you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto\n him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down\n to meat? And will not rather say unto him, Make ready\n wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I\n have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shalt eat and\n drink? Doth he thank that servant because he did the things\n that were commanded him? I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye\n shall have done all those things which are commanded you,\n say, We are unprofitable servants: we have done that which\n was our duty to do.\n\nAnd it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the\nmidst of Samaria and Galilee. And as he entered into a certain village,\nthere met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off and they\nlifted up _their_ voices, and said, Jesus, Master, have mercy on us. And\nwhen he saw _them_, he said unto them,\n\n Go shew yourselves unto the priests.\n\nAnd it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of\nthem, when he saw, that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud\nvoice glorified God. And fell down on _his_ face at his feet, giving him\nthanks: and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said,\n\n Were there not ten cleansed? but where _are_ the nine? There\n are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this\n stranger.\n\nAnd he said unto him,\n\n Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole.\n\nAnd it came to pass, _that_ when Jesus had finished these sayings, he\ndeparted from Galilee, and came into the coasts of Judea, by the farther\nside of Jordan: and great multitudes followed him; and he healed them\nthere; and as he was wont, he taught them again. And when he was\ndemanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he\nanswered them and said,\n\n The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall\n they say, Lo here! or, lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of\n God is within you.\n\nAnd he said unto the disciples,\n\n The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the\n days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see _it_. And they\n shall say to you, See here; or, see there: go not after\n _them_, nor follow _them_. For as the lightning, that\n lighteneth out of the one _part_ under heaven, shineth unto\n the other _part_ under heaven; so shall also the Son of man be\n in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and be\n rejected of this generation. And as it was in the days of Noe,\n so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did\n eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in\n marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and the\n flood came, and destroyed them all.\n\n Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they\n drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but\n the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and\n brimstone from heaven, and destroyed _them_ all. Even thus\n shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In\n that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff\n in the house, let him not come down to take it away; and he\n that is in the field, let him likewise not return back.\n Remember Lot's wife.\n\n Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and\n whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I tell you,\n in that night there shall be two _men_ in one bed; the one\n shall be taken, and the other left. Two _women_ shall be\n grinding together; the one shall be taken, and the other left.\n Two _men_ shall be in the field: the one shall be taken, and\n the other left.\n\nAnd they answered and said unto him, Where, Lord? And he said unto them,\n\n Wheresoever the body _is_, thither will the eagles be gathered\n together.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER XLIX.\n\nIMPORTUNATE WIDOW--MARRIAGE--CHILDREN BROUGHT TO JESUS.\n\n\nAnd he spake a parable unto them _to this end_, that men ought always to\npray, and not to faint; saying,\n\n There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither\n regarded man: and there was a widow in that city; and she came\n unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would\n not for a while: but afterward he said within himself, Though\n I fear not God, nor regard man: yet because this widow\n troubleth me, I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming\n she weary me.\n\nAnd the Lord said,\n\n Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his\n own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear\n long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily.\n Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith\n on the earth.\n\nAnd he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that\nthey were righteous, and despised others:\n\n Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Pharisee,\n and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus\n with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men\n _are_, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this\n publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that\n I possess.\n\n And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much\n as _his_ eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying,\n God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down\n to his house justified _rather_ than the other: for every one\n that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth\n himself shall be exalted.\n\nThe Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is\nit lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? And he\nanswered and said unto them,\n\n What did Moses command you?\n\nAnd they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put\n_her_ away. And Jesus answered and said unto them,\n\n For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept. Have\n ye not read, that from the beginning of the creation God made\n them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man\n leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and\n they twain shall be one flesh? Wherefore they are no more\n twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together,\n let not man put asunder.\n\nThey say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of\ndivorcement, and to put her away? he saith unto them,\n\n Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to\n put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so. And\n I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except _it\n be_ for fornication, and shall marry another, committeth\n adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit\n adultery.\n\nAnd in the house his disciples asked him again of the same _matter_. And\nhe saith unto them,\n\n Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another,\n committeth adultery against her. And if a woman shall put away\n her husband and be married to another, she committeth\n adultery.\n\nHis disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with _his_\nwife, it is not good to marry. But he said unto them,\n\n All _men_ cannot receive this saying, save _they_ to whom it\n is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from\n _their_ mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were\n made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made\n themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that\n is able to receive _it_, let him receive _it_.\n\nThen were there brought unto him little children, that he should put\n_his_ hands on them and pray: but when _his_ disciples saw _it_, they\nrebuked those that brought _them_. But when Jesus saw _it_, he was much\ndispleased, and said unto them,\n\n Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them\n not: for of such is the kingdom of God. Verily I say unto you,\n Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little\n child, he shall not enter therein.\n\nAnd he took them up in his arms, put _his_ hands upon them, and blessed\nthem, and departed thence.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER L.\n\nYOUNG RULER--WARNING TO THE RICH--PARABLE OF LABOURERS.\n\n\nAnd when he was gone forth into the way, there came one running, and\nkneeled to him and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I\ndo, that I may have eternal life? And Jesus said unto him,\n\n Why callest thou me good? _there is_ none good but one, _that\n is_, God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the\n commandments.\n\nHe saith unto him, Which? Jesus said,\n\n Thou knowest the commandments. Thou shalt do no murder, Thou\n shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt\n not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and\n mother, and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.\n\nThe young man saith unto him, Master, all these things have I kept from\nmy youth up: what lack I yet? Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and\nsaid unto him,\n\n One thing thou lackest: if thou wilt be perfect, go thy way,\n sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou\n shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross,\n and follow me.\n\nBut when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he\nhad great possessions. And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he\nlooked round about, and saith unto his disciples,\n\n Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into\n the kingdom of heaven!\n\nAnd the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth\nagain, and saith unto them.\n\n Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to\n enter into the kingdom of God! It is easier for a camel to go\n through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into\n the kingdom of God.\n\nWhen his disciples heard _it_, they were exceedingly amazed, and they\nwere astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, Who then can be\nsaved? And Jesus looking upon them saith,\n\n With men _it is_ impossible, but not with God: for with God\n all things are possible.\n\nThen answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and\nfollowed thee: what shall we have therefore? And Jesus said unto them,\n\n Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the\n regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of\n his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the\n twelve tribes of Israel. And every one that hath forsaken\n houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or\n wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, and the\n gospel's, shall receive an hundredfold, now in this time,\n houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children,\n and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come,\n eternal life. But many _that are_ first shall be last; and the\n last first.\n\n For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man _that is_ an\n householder, which went out early in the morning to hire\n laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the\n laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard.\n And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing\n idle in the market place, and said unto them, Go ye also into\n the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And\n they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and\n ninth hour, and did likewise.\n\n And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others\n standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the\n day idle? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He\n saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever\n is right, _that_ shall ye receive.\n\n So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his\n steward, Call the laborers, and give them _their_ hire,\n beginning from the last unto the first. And when they came\n that _were hired_ about the eleventh hour, they received every\n man a penny. But when the first came, they supposed that they\n should have received more; and they likewise received every\n man a penny.\n\n And when they had received _it_, they murmured against the\n goodman of the house, saying, These last have wrought _but_\n one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have\n borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of\n them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou\n agree with me for a penny? Take _that_ thine _is_, and go thy\n way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not\n lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye\n evil, because I am good? So the last shall be first, and the\n first last; for many be called, but few chosen.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LI.\n\nZEBEDEE'S CHILDREN--HEALS TWO BLIND MEN NEAR JERICHO.\n\n\nAnd they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before\nthem: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And\nhe took again the twelve disciples apart in the way, and began to tell\nthem what things should happen unto him, _saying_,\n\n Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and all things that are written\n by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be\n accomplished. And the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the\n chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him\n to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: and they\n shall mock him, and shall scourge him, and shall spit upon\n him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise\n again.\n\nAnd they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from\nthem, neither knew they the things which were spoken.\n\nThen came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, James\nand John, worshipping _him_, and desiring a certain thing of him,\nsaying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we\nshall desire. And he said unto them,\n\n What would ye that I should do for you?\n\nThey said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right\nhand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory. And Jesus answered\nand said,\n\n Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that\n I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I\n am baptized with?\n\nThey say unto him, We are able. And Jesus said unto them,\n\n Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with the\n baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: but to\n sit on my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give;\n but _it shall be given to them_ for whom it is prepared of my\n Father.\n\nAnd when the ten heard _it_, they were moved with indignation against\nthe two brethren, James and John. But Jesus called them _to him_, and\nsaith unto them,\n\n Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the\n Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great ones\n exercise authority upon them. But so shall it not be among\n you: but whosoever shall be great among you shall be your\n minister: and whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be\n servant of all. For even the Son of man came not to be\n ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a\n ransom for many.\n\nAnd it came to pass, that as he was come nigh unto Jericho, a certain\nblind man sat by the way side begging: and hearing the multitude pass\nby, he asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth\npasseth by. And he cried, saying, Jesus, _thou_ Son of David, have mercy\non me. And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his\npeace: but he cried so much the more, _Thou_ Son of David, have mercy on\nme. And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when\nhe was come near, he asked him, saying,\n\n What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee?\n\nAnd he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him,\n\n Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee?\n\nAnd immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God:\nand all the people, when they saw _it_, gave praise unto God.\n\nAnd _Jesus_ entered and passed through Jericho: and as he went out of\nJericho with his disciples and a great number of people, blind\nBartimeus, the son of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging. And when\nhe heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say,\nJesus, _thou_ son of David, have mercy on me. And many charged him that\nhe should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, _Thou_ Son\nof David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to\nbe called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good\ncomfort, rise; he calleth thee, And he, casting away his garment, rose,\nand came to Jesus. And Jesus answered and said unto him,\n\n What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?\n\nThe blind man said unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight. And\nJesus said unto him,\n\n Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole.\n\nAnd immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LII.\n\nNOBLEMAN & SERVANTS--MARY ANOINTS JESUS.\n\n\nAnd, behold, _there was_ a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among\nthe publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was;\nand could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he\nran before, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him: for he was\nto pass that _way_. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and\nsaw him, and said unto him,\n\n Zaccheus, make haste, and come down: for to day I must abide\n at thy house.\n\nAnd he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully. And when\nthey saw _it_, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone to be guest\nwith a man that is a sinner.\n\nAnd Zaccheus stood and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my\ngoods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from any man by\nfalse accusation, I restore _him_ fourfold. And Jesus said, unto him,\n\n This day is salvation come to this house, forasmuch as he also\n is a son of Abraham. For the Son of man is come to seek and to\n save that which was lost.\n\nAnd as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he\nwas nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God\nshould immediately appear. He said therefore,\n\n A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for\n himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten\n servants, and delivered them ten pounds, and said unto them,\n Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated him, and sent a\n message after him, saying, We will not have this _man_ to\n reign over us.\n\n And it came to pass, that when he was returned, having\n received the kingdom, then he commanded these servants to be\n called unto him, to whom he had given the money, that he might\n know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the\n first saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds. And he\n said unto him, Well, thou good servant: because thou hast been\n faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten\n cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath\n gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also\n over five cities.\n\n And another came, saying, Lord, behold, _here is_ thy pound,\n which I have kept laid up in a napkin; for I feared thee,\n because thou art an austere man: thou takest up that thou\n layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he\n saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee,\n _thou_ wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man,\n taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not\n sow: Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank,\n that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury?\n\n And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound,\n and give _it_ to him that hath ten pounds. (And they said unto\n him, Lord, he hath ten pounds.) For I say unto you, That unto\n every one which hath shall be given; and from him that hath\n not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him. But those\n mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them,\n bring hither, and slay them before me.\n\nAnd when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem.\nAnd the Jews' passover was nigh at hand; and many went out of the\ncountry up to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify themselves.\n\nThen sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in\nthe temple, What think ye, that he will not come to the feast? Now both\nthe chief priests and the Pharisees had given a commandment, that if any\nman knew where he were, he should shew _it_, that they might take him.\nThen Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus\nwas which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.\n\nNow when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper there\nthey made him a supper; and Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them\nthat sat at the table with him. Then took Mary an alabaster box of a\npound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and she brake the box, and\npoured it on his head, as he sat _at meat_, and anointed the feet of\nJesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with\nthe odour of the ointment.\n\nBut when his disciples saw it, then saith one of his disciples, Judas\nIscariot, Simon's _son_, which should betray him, why was not this\nointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? This he\nsaid, not that he cared for the poor; but because he was a thief, and\nhad the bag, and bare what was put therein.\n\nAnd there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said,\nWhy was this waste of the ointment made? For it might have been sold for\nmore than three hundred pence, and have been given to the poor. And\nthey murmured against her. When Jesus understood _it_, he said unto\nthem,\n\n Why trouble ye the woman? Let her alone: why trouble ye her?\n she hath wrought a good work on me: against the day of my\n burying hath she kept this. For ye have the poor with you\n always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye\n have not always. She hath done what she could: for in that she\n hath poured this ointment on my body, she is come aforehand to\n anoint my body to the burying. Verily I say unto you,\n Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole\n world, _there_ shall also this, that this woman hath done, be\n told for a memorial of her.\n\nMuch people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came\nnot for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he\nhad raised from the dead. But the chief priests consulted that they\nmight put Lazarus also to death; because that by reason of him many of\nthe Jews went away, and believed on Jesus.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LIII.\n\nTRIUMPHANT ENTRANCE OF JESUS INTO JERUSALEM.\n\n\nOn the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard\nthat Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and\nwent forth to meet him, and cried, Hosanna: Blessed _is_ the King of\nIsrael that cometh in the name of the Lord.\n\nAnd when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come nigh to Bethphage\nand Bethany, at the mount called _the mount_ of Olives, then sent Jesus\ntwo disciples, saying unto them,\n\n Go into the village over against you, and straightway, as soon\n as ye enter into it, ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt\n with her, whereon yet never man sat; loose _them_, and bring\n _them_ unto me. And if any man say unto you, Why do ye this?\n say ye that the Lord hath need of them; and straightway he\n will send them hither.\n\nAll this was done, that it might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the\nprophet, saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh\nunto thee, meek and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass.\n\nAnd the disciples that were sent went their way, and found even as he\nhad said unto them, the colt tied by the door without in a place where\ntwo ways met; and they loose him. And as they were loosing the colt, the\nowners thereof said unto them, Why loose ye the colt? And they said, The\nLord hath need of him; even as Jesus had commanded: and they let them\ngo.\n\nAnd they brought the ass and the colt to Jesus: and they cast their\ngarments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon; as it is written,\nFear not, daughter of Sion: behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass's\ncolt. These things understood not his disciples at the first: but when\nJesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written\nof him, and _that_ they had done these things unto him.\n\nAnd as he went, a very great multitude spread their garments in the way;\nothers cut down branches from the trees, and strewed _them_ in the way.\n\nAnd when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of\nOlives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise\nGod with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had seen;\nsaying, Blessed _be_ the King that cometh in the name of the Lord: peace\nin heaven, and glory in the highest.\n\nThe people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his\ngrave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. For this cause the\npeople also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle.\n\nAnd some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him,\nMaster, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them,\n\n I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones\n would immediately cry out.\n\nAnd the multitudes that went before, and that followed, cried, saying,\nHosanna to the son of David: Blessed _is_ he that cometh in the name of\nthe Lord: Hosanna in the highest. Blessed _be_ the kingdom of our father\nDavid, that cometh in the name of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest.\n\nAnd when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, saying,\n\n If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the\n things _which belong_ unto thy peace! but now they are hid\n from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine\n enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee\n round, and keep thee in on every side. And shall lay thee even\n with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall\n not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou\n knewest not the time of thy visitation.\n\nAnd when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who\nis this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth\nof Galilee. And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and into the temple.\n\nThe Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye\nprevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him.\n\nAnd the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed\nthem. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things\nthat he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna\nto the son of David; they were sore displeased, and said unto him,\nHearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them,\n\n Yea; have ye never read; Out of the mouth of babes and\n sucklings thou hast perfected praise?\n\nAnd when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide\nwas come, he went out.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LIV.\n\nGREEKS WISH TO SEE JESUS--BARREN FIG TREE.\n\n\nAnd there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the\nfeast: the same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of\nGalilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip cometh\nand telleth Andrew: and again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. And Jesus\nanswered them, saying,\n\n The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified.\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall\n into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it\n bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose\n it; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it\n unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me; and\n where I am there shall also my servant be: if any man serve\n me, him will _my_ Father honor. Now is my soul troubled; and\n what shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this\n cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name.\n\nThen came there a voice from heaven, _saying_, I have both glorified\n_it_, and will glorify _it_ again. The people therefore that stood by,\nand heard _it_, said that it thundered: others said, An Angel spake to\nhim.\n\nJesus answered and said,\n\n This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now is\n the judgment of this world: now shall the prince of this world\n be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will\n draw all _men_ unto me.\n\nThis he said, signifying what death he should die. The people answered\nhim, We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth for ever; and how\nsayest thou, The son of man must be lifted up? Who is this son of man?\nThen Jesus said unto them,\n\n Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have\n the light, lest darkness come upon you; for he that walketh in\n darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light,\n believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light.\n\nThese things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them.\nAnd he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany, with the\ntwelve; and lodged there.\n\nAnd on the morrow, in the morning, when they were come from Bethany, as\nhe returned into the city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig tree in\nthe way, afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any\nthing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for\nthe time of figs was not _yet_. And Jesus answered and said unto it,\n\n No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.\n\nAnd his disciples heard _it_. And presently the fig tree withered away.\nAnd when the disciples saw _it_, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the\nfig tree withered away! Jesus answered and said unto them,\n\n Verily I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye\n shall not only do this _which is done_ to the fig tree, but\n also if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and\n be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things,\n whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall\n receive.\n\nAnd they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple of God, and\nbegan to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought in the\ntemple, and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and the seats of\nthem that sold doves; and would not suffer that any man should carry\n_any_ vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying unto them,\n\n Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the\n house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves.\n\nAnd the scribes and chief priests heard _it_. And he taught daily in the\ntemple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the\npeople sought to destroy him, and could not find what they might do: for\nthey feared him, because all the people was astonished at his doctrine\n(and were very attentive to hear him.) And when even was come, he went\nout of the city.\n\nAnd in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up\nfrom the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master,\nbehold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. And Jesus\nanswering saith unto them,\n\n Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever\n shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou\n cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall\n believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass,\n he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you,\n What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye\n receive _them_, and ye shall have _them_. And when ye stand\n praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any; that your\n Father also, which is in heaven, may forgive you your\n trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father\n which is in heaven forgive your trespasses.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LV.\n\nPHARISEES QUESTION HIS AUTHORITY--PARABLE OF THE HOUSEHOLDER AND HIS\nVINEYARD.\n\n\nAnd they come again to Jerusalem: and it came to pass, _that_ on one of\nthose days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the\ngospel, the chief priests and the scribes, and the elders of the people\ncame unto him as he was teaching, and spake unto him, saying, Tell us,\nby what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee\nthis authority to do these things?\n\nAnd Jesus answered and said unto them,\n\n I will also ask of you one question, which if ye tell me, I in\n likewise will tell you by what authority I do these things.\n The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men?\n answer me.\n\nAnd they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven;\nhe will say, Why then did ye not believe him? But if we shall say, Of\nmen: all the people will stone us: for all _men_ counted John, that he\nwas a prophet indeed. And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot\ntell. And Jesus answering saith unto them,\n\n Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.\n\n But what think ye? A _certain_ man had two sons; and he came\n to the first, and said, Son, go work today in my vineyard. He\n answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and\n went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he\n answered and said, I _go_, sir: and went not. Whether of them\n twain did the will of _his_ father?\n\nThey say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them,\n\n Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go\n into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto you in\n the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not; but the\n publicans and the harlots believed him: and ye, when ye had\n seen _it_, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.\n\nHear another parable:\n\n There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and\n hedged it round about, and digged a wine-press in it, and\n built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a\n far country, for a long time. And at the season when the time\n of the fruit drew near, he sent to the husbandmen a servant,\n that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the\n vineyard. And the husbandmen caught _him_, and beat him, and\n sent him away empty.\n\n And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they\n cast stones, and wounded _him_ in the head, and entreated\n _him_ shamefully, and sent _him_ away empty. And again he sent\n a third: and him they killed, and cast _him_ out. And many\n others; beating some, and killing some.\n\n Having yet therefore one son, his well beloved, then said the\n lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved\n son: he sent him also last unto them, saying, It may be they\n will reverence _him_, when they see him. But when the\n husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying,\n This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance\n may be ours. So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed\n _him_. When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what\n will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, He will\n miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out _his_\n vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the\n fruits in their season.\n\nAnd when they heard _it_, they said, God forbid. And he beheld them, and\nsaid unto them,\n\n Did ye never read in the Scriptures, The stone which the\n builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner:\n this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?\n Therefore I say unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken\n from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits\n thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be\n broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to\n powder.\n\nAnd when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they\nperceived that he spake of them. But when they sought the same hour to\nlay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a\nprophet: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them; and\nthey left him, and went their way.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LVI.\n\nTHE MARRIAGE FEAST--TRIBUTE TO CESAR--JEWISH INFIDELITY.\n\n\nAnd Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,\n\n The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made\n a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call\n them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.\n Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which\n are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my\n fatlings _are_ killed, and all things _are_ ready: come unto\n the marriage. But they made light of _it_, and went their\n ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: and the\n remnant took his servants, and entreated _them_ spitefully,\n and slew _them_.\n\n But when the king heard _thereof_, he was wroth: and sent\n forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up\n their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is\n ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye\n therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid\n to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways,\n and gathered all as many as they found, both bad and good: and\n the wedding was furnished with guests.\n\n And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a\n man which had not on a wedding garment; and he saith unto him,\n Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding\n garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to the\n servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast\n _him_ into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing\n of teeth. For many are called, but few _are_ chosen.\n\nThen went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in\n_his_ talk. And they watched _him_, and sent forth spies, certain of the\nPharisees and of the Herodians, which should feign themselves just men,\nthat they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him\nunto the power and authority of the governor.\n\nAnd when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou\nart true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for\nany _man_: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the\nway of God in truth. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful\nto give tribute unto Cesar, or not? Shall we give, or shall we not give?\nBut Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said,\n\n Why tempt ye me, _ye_ hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money;\n bring me a penny, that I may see _it_.\n\nAnd they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them,\n\n Whose _is_ this image and superscription?\n\nThey say unto him, Cesar's. Then saith he unto them,\n\n Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar's; and\n unto God the things that are God's.\n\nAnd they could not take hold of his words before the people. When they\nhad heard _these words_, they marvelled at his answer and held their\npeace, and left him, and went their way.\n\nThe same day came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there\nis any resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Master, Moses wrote\nunto us, If any man's brother die, and leave _his_ wife _behind_ him,\nand leave no children, that his brother shall marry his wife, and raise\nup seed unto his brother.\n\nNow there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he had\nmarried a wife, died, and having no issue, left his wife unto his\nbrother: and the second took her to wife, and he died childless. And the\nthird took her; and in like manner the seven also: and they left no\nchildren, and died. Last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the\nresurrection, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of the\nseven? for they all had her to wife. And Jesus answering said unto them,\n\n Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures,\n neither the power of God? The children of this world marry,\n and are given in marriage: but they which shall be accounted\n worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the\n dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can\n they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels of God\n in heaven; and are the children of God, being the children of\n the resurrection.\n\n And as touching the dead, that they rise: have ye not read in\n the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying,\n I _am_ the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God\n of Jacob? He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the\n living; for all live unto him. Ye therefore do greatly err.\n\nAnd when the multitude heard _this_, they were astonished at his\ndoctrine. Then certain of the scribes answering said, Master, thou hast\nwell said. And after that they durst not ask him any _question at all_.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LVII.\n\nJESUS ANSWERS SADDUCEES AND PHARISEES--WIDOWS OFFERING.\n\n\nBut when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to\nsilence, they were gathered together. And one of the scribes _which was_\na lawyer, came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving\nthat he had answered them well, asked _him a question_, tempting him,\nand saying, Master, which _is_ the great commandment in the law? Which\nis the First commandment of all?\n\nAnd Jesus answered him,\n\n The first of all the commandments _is_, Hear, O Israel, The\n Lord our God is one Lord: and thou shalt love the Lord thy God\n with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy\n mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first and great\n commandment. And the second _is_ like unto it, Thou shalt love\n thy neighbor as thyself. On these two commandments hang all\n the law and the prophets. There is none other commandment\n greater than these.\n\nAnd the scribe said unto him, Well Master, thou hast said the truth: for\nthere is one God; and there is none other but he: and to love him with\nall the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul,\nand with all the strength, and to love _his_ neighbor as himself, is\nmore than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.\n\nAnd when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him,\n\n Thou art not far from the kingdom of God.\n\nAnd no man after that durst ask him _any question_.\n\nWhile the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying,\n\n What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?\n\nThey say unto him, _The Son_ of David. He saith unto them,\n\n How then doth David in spirit call him Lord?\n\nAnd Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple,\n\n How say the scribes that Christ is the Son of David? For\n David himself saith by the Holy Ghost, in the book of Psalms,\n The Lord said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I\n make thine enemies thy footstool. David therefore himself\n calleth him Lord; and whence is he _then_ his son?\n\nAnd no man was able to answer him a word: and the common people heard\nhim gladly: neither durst any _man_ from that day forth ask him any more\n_questions_.\n\nThen in the audience of all the people he said unto his disciples, in\nhis doctrine,\n\n Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and\n _love_ salutations in the market places, and the chief seats\n in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: which\n devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers:\n these shall receive greater damnation.\n\nAnd Jesus sat over against the treasury. And he looked up, and saw the\npeople casting their gifts into the treasury. And many that were rich\ncast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two\nmites, which make a farthing. And he called _unto him_ his disciples,\nand saith unto them,\n\n Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in,\n than all they which have cast into the treasury: for all\n _they_ did cast in of their abundance, unto the offerings of\n God: but she of her want did cast in all that she had, _even_\n all her living.\n\nBut though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed\nnot on him: that the saying of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled,\nwhich he spake, Lord, who hath believed our report? and to whom hath the\narm of the Lord been revealed? Therefore they could not believe, because\nthat Esaias said again, He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their\nheart; that they should not see with _their_ eyes, nor understand with\n_their_ heart, and be converted, and I should heal them.\n\nThese things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake of him.\nNevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but\nbecause of the Pharisees they did not confess _him_, lest they should be\nput out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the\npraise of God. Jesus cried and said,\n\n He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on him that\n sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am\n come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me\n should not abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words,\n and believe not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the\n world, but to save the world.\n\n He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one\n that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall\n judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself;\n but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I\n should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his\n commandment is life everlasting: whatsoever I speak therefore,\n even as the Father said unto me, so I speak.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LVIII.\n\nWOES AGAINST SCRIBES, PHARISEES AND HYPOCRITES.\n\n\nThen spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying,\n\n The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: all\n therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, _that_ observe and\n do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.\n For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay\n _them_ on men's shoulders; but they _themselves_ will not move\n them with one of their fingers.\n\n But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make\n broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the border of their\n garments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the\n chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets,\n and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called\n Rabbi: for one is your Master, _even_ Christ; and all ye are\n brethren. And call no _man_ your father upon the earth: for\n one is your Father which is in heaven. Neither be ye called\n masters: for one is your Master, _even_ Christ. But he that is\n greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall\n exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble\n himself shall be exalted.\n\n But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye\n shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go\n in _yourselves_, neither suffer ye them that are entering to\n go in.\n\n Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour\n widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer:\n therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.\n\n Woe unto you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass\n sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye\n make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves.\n\n Woe unto you, _ye_ blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall\n swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear\n by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! _Ye_ fools and\n blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that\n sanctifieth the gold?\n\n And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but\n whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.\n _Ye_ fools and blind: for whether _is_ greater, the gift, or\n the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall\n swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things\n thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it,\n and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by\n heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth\n thereon.\n\n Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay\n tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the\n weightier _matters_ of the law, judgment, mercy and faith:\n these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other\n undone. _Ye_ blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow\n a camel.\n\n Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make\n clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within\n they are full of extortion and excess. _Thou_ blind Pharisee,\n cleanse first that _which is_ within the cup and platter, that\n the outside of them may be clean also.\n\n Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are\n like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful\n outward, but are within full of dead _men's_ bones, and of all\n uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto\n men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.\n\n Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye\n build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of\n the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our\n fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the\n blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto\n yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the\n prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. _Ye_\n serpents, _ye_ generation of vipers, how can ye escape the\n damnation of hell.\n\n Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men,\n and scribes: and _some_ of them ye shall kill and crucify; and\n _some_ of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and\n persecute _them_ from city to city: that upon you may come all\n the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of\n righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias son of Barachias,\n whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say\n unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.\n\n O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, _thou_ that killest the prophets, and\n stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have\n gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her\n chickens under _her_ wings, and ye would not! Behold, your\n house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall\n not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed _is_ he that\n cometh in the name of the Lord.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LIX.\n\nDESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE AND COMING OF THE SON OF MAN FORETOLD.\n\n\nAnd Jesus went out, and departed from the temple, and as he went out,\nhis disciples came to _him_ for to shew him the buildings of the temple.\nAnd as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones\nand gifts, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner\nof stones and what buildings _are here_! And Jesus answering said unto\nhim,\n\n Seest thou these great buildings? _As for_ these things which\n ye behold, the days will come, in the which, verily I say unto\n you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that\n shall not be thrown down.\n\nAnd as he sat upon the mount of Olives, over against the temple, Peter\nand James and John and Andrew asked him privately, saying, Master, tell\nus, when shall these things be? and what _shall be_ the sign of thy\ncoming, and of the end of the world, when all these things shall be\nfulfilled? and Jesus answered and said unto them,\n\n Take heed that no man deceive you. For many shall come in my\n name, saying, I am Christ; and the time draweth near; and\n shall deceive many; go ye not therefore after them. But when\n ye shall hear of wars, and rumors of wars, see that ye be not\n troubled: for all _these things_ must first come to pass; but\n the end is not yet.\n\nThen said he unto them,\n\n Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom;\n and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes,\n in divers places; and fearful sights and great signs shall\n there be from heaven. All these _are_ the beginning of\n sorrows. But take heed to yourselves: before all these, they\n shall lay their hands on you, and persecute _you_; for they\n shall deliver you up to councils: and in the synagogues ye\n shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and\n kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. And (they)\n shall kill you; and ye shall be hated of all nations for my\n name's sake. And the gospel must first be published among all\n nations.\n\n But when they shall lead _you_, and deliver you up, take no\n thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye\n premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour,\n that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy\n Ghost. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your\n adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.\n\n And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another,\n and shall hate one another. And ye shall be betrayed both by\n parents, and brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends; the\n brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the\n son; and children shall rise up against _their_ parents, and\n shall cause them to be put to death. And _some_ of you shall\n they cause to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all\n _men_ for my name's sake. But there shall not an hair of your\n head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls.\n\n And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many. And\n because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax\n cold. But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be\n saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all\n the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the\n end come.\n\n When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,\n spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,\n (whoso readeth let him understand:) and when ye shall see\n Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation\n thereof is nigh.\n\n Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains: and\n let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not\n them that are in the countries enter thereinto. And let him\n that is on the housetop not go down into the house, neither\n enter _therein_, to take anything out of his house and let him\n that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his\n garment. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things\n which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are\n with child, and to them that give suck in those days!\n\n But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on\n the sabbath day: for then shall be great tribulation, such as\n was not since the beginning of the world which God created\n unto this time, neither shall be.\n\n And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh\n should be saved: but for the elect's sake, whom he hath\n chosen, he hath shortened the days. For there shall be great\n distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they\n shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away\n captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down\n of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.\n\n And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here _is_ Christ;\n or, lo, _he is_ there; believe _him_ not: for false Christs\n and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and\n wonders to seduce, if _it were_ possible, even the elect. But\n take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things.\n\n Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the\n desert; go not forth: behold, _he is_ in the secret chambers;\n believe _it_ not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east,\n and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of\n the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcase is, there will\n the eagles be gathered together.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LX.\n\nFEARFUL SIGNS AFTER THE GREAT TRIBULATION--PARABLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS.\n\n\n Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun\n be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the\n stars shall fall from heaven, and upon the earth distress of\n nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring:\n men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after\n those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of\n heaven shall be shaken.\n\n And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:\n and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they\n shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with\n power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a\n great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his\n elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the\n earth to the uttermost part of heaven. And when these things\n begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads;\n for your redemption draweth nigh.\n\nAnd he spake to them a parable;\n\n Now learn a parable of the fig tree; behold the fig tree and\n all the trees: when his branch is yet tender, and putteth\n forth leaves, ye see and know of your own selves that summer\n is now nigh at hand. So likewise ye when ye see these things\n come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand,\n _even_ at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation\n shall not pass away, till all these things be fulfilled.\n Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass\n away.\n\n And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be\n overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this\n life, and _so_ that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare\n shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole\n earth. Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be\n accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to\n pass, and to stand before the Son of man. But of that day and\n _that_ hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in\n heaven, neither the Son, but my Father only. Take ye heed,\n watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.\n\n But as the days of Noe _were_, so shall also the coming of the\n Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood\n they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in\n marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and\n knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so\n shall also the coming of the Son of man be. Then shall two be\n in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two\n _women shall be_ grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken,\n and the other left. Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour\n your Lord doth come.\n\n _For the Son of man is_ as a man taking a far journey, who\n left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to\n every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. Watch\n ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house\n cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in\n the morning: lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping.\n\n But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in\n what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and\n would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore\n be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son\n of man cometh. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.\n\n Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath\n made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due\n season? Blessed _is_ that servant, whom his lord when he\n cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, That he\n shall make him ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil\n servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;\n and shall begin to smite _his_ fellow servants, and to eat and\n drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant shall come in\n a day when he looketh not for _him_, and in an hour that he is\n not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint _him_ his\n portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and\n gnashing of teeth.\n\n Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,\n which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.\n And five of them were wise, and five _were_ foolish. They that\n _were_ foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them.\n But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.\n\n While the bridegroom tarried they all slumbered and slept.\n And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom\n cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose,\n and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise,\n Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise\n answered, saying, _Not so_; lest there be not enough for us\n and you; but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for\n yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came;\n and they that were ready went in with him to the marriage: and\n the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins,\n saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said,\n Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch, therefore, for\n ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man\n cometh.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXI.\n\nPARABLE OF THE TALENTS--JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS.\n\n\n For _the kingdom of heaven is_ as a man travelling into a far\n country, _who_ called his own servants, and delivered unto\n them his goods. And unto one he gave five talents, to another,\n two, and to another, one; to every man according to his\n several ability; and straightway took his journey.\n\n Then he that had received the five talents went and traded\n with the same, and made _them_ other five talents. And\n likewise he that _had received_ two, he also gained other two.\n But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and\n hid his lord's money.\n\n After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and\n reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents\n came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou\n deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained beside\n them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done,\n _thou_ good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over\n a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter\n thou into the joy of thy lord.\n\n He that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou\n deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two\n other talents besides them. His lord said unto him, Well done,\n good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few\n things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou\n into the joy of thy lord.\n\n Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord,\n I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou\n hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed: and\n I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo,\n _there_ thou hast _that is_ thine.\n\n His lord answered and said unto him, _Thou_ wicked and\n slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not,\n and gather where I have not strewed: Thou oughtest therefore\n to have put my money to the exchangers, and _then_ at my\n coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take\n therefore the talent from him, and give _it_ unto him which\n hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given,\n and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall\n be taken away even that which he hath.\n\n And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness:\n there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.\n\n When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy\n angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his\n glory: and before him shall be gathered all nations: and he\n shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth\n _his_ sheep from the goats: and he shall set the sheep on his\n right hand, but the goats on the left.\n\n Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come ye\n blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you\n from the foundation of the world: for I was an hungered, and\n ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a\n stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me: I was\n sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.\n\n Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we\n thee an hungered, and fed _thee_? or thirsty, and gave _thee_\n drink? When saw we thee a stranger, and took _thee_ in? or,\n naked, and clothed _thee_? Or when saw we thee sick, or in\n prison, and came unto thee?\n\n And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto\n you, Inasmuch as ye have done _it_ unto one of the least of\n these my brethren, ye have done _it_ unto me.\n\n Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from\n me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil\n and his angels: for I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat:\n I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and\n ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not; sick, and in\n prison, and ye visited me not.\n\n Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we\n thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or\n sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?\n\n Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you,\n Inasmuch as ye did _it_ not to one of the least of these, ye\n did _it_ not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting\n punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.\n\nAnd it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said\nunto his disciples,\n\n Ye know that after two days is _the feast of_ the Passover,\n and of unleavened bread: and the Son of man is betrayed to be\n crucified.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXII.\n\nCOVENANT WITH JUDAS--JESUS WASHES HIS DISCIPLES' FEET.\n\n\nThen assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the\nelders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called\nCaiaphas, and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill\n_him_. But they said, Not on the feast _day_, lest there be an uproar\namong the people: for they feared the people.\n\nThen entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of\nthe twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the chief priests and\ncaptains, how he might betray him unto them, and said _unto them_, What\nwill ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And when they heard\n_it_, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And they\ncovenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And from that time he\nsought opportunity how he might conveniently betray him unto them in the\nabsence of the multitude.\n\nAnd in the day time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he went\nout, and abode in the mount that is called _the mount_ of Olives. And\nall the people came early in the morning to him in the temple for to\nhear him.\n\nThen came the first _day_ of the _feast_ of unleavened bread, when the\npassover must be killed; and he sent Peter and John, saying,\n\n Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat.\n\nAnd they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare that thou\nmayest eat the passover? And he said unto them,\n\n Go ye into the city, and behold, when ye are entered into the\n city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water,\n follow him into the house where he entereth in. And\n wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the\n house, The Master saith my time is at hand; I will keep the\n passover at thy house with my disciples. Where is the\n guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my\n disciples? And he will shew you a large upper room furnished\n _and_ prepared: there make ready for us.\n\nAnd his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he\nhad said unto them: and the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them;\nand they made ready the passover.\n\nAnd in the evening, when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve\napostles with him. And he said unto them,\n\n With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you\n before I suffer: for I say unto you, I will not any more eat\n thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God.\n\nAnd he took the cup and gave thanks, and said,\n\n Take this, and divide _it_, among yourselves: for I say unto\n you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the\n kingdom of God shall come.\n\nNow before the feast of the passover, when Jesus knew that his hour was\ncome that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having\nloved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. And\nsupper being ended, the devil having now put into the heart of Judas\nIscariot, Simon's _son_, to betray him; Jesus knowing that the Father\nhad given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and\nwent to God; he riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments, and\ntook a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a\nbasin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe _them_ with\nthe towel wherewith he was girded.\n\nThen cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, Lord, dost thou\nwash my feet? Jesus answered and said unto him,\n\n What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter.\n\nPeter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him.\n\n If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me.\n\nSimon Peter saith unto him, Lord, not my feet only, but also _my_ hands\nand _my_ head. Jesus saith unto him,\n\n He that is washed needeth not save to wash _his_ feet, but is\n clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all.\n\nFor he knew who should betray him; therefore said he,\n\n Ye are not all clean.\n\nSo after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was\nset down again, he said unto them,\n\n Know ye what I have done to you? Ye call me Master and Lord:\n and ye say well; for _so_ I am. If I then, _your_ Lord and\n Master, have washed your feet; ye also ought to wash one\n another's feet. For I have given you an example, that ye\n should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto\n you, The servant is not greater than his lord: neither he that\n is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these\n things, happy are ye if ye do them.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXIII.\n\nTHE LORD'S SUPPER INSTITUTED--PETER FOREWARNED.\n\n\nAnd as they were eating, the Lord Jesus the _same_ night in which he was\nbetrayed, took bread, and gave thanks, and blessed _it_, and brake _it_,\nand gave _it_ to the disciples, and said,\n\n Take, eat; this is my body, which is broken for you: this do\n in remembrance of me.\n\n But, behold, the hand of him that betrayeth me _is_ with me on\n the table. And truly the Son of man goeth, as it was\n determined: but woe unto that man by whom he is betrayed!\n\n I speak not of you all: I know whom I have chosen; but that\n the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me\n hath lifted up his heel against me. Now I tell you before it\n come, that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am\n _he_. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth\n whomsoever I send receiveth me: and he that receiveth me\n receiveth him that sent me.\n\nAnd as they sat and did eat, when Jesus had thus said, he was troubled\nin spirit, and testified, and said,\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you which eateth\n with me shall betray me.\n\nThen the disciples looked one on another, doubting of whom he spake. And\nthey began to inquire among themselves, which of them it was that should\ndo this thing.\n\nAnd they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say\nunto him, one by one, Lord, is it I? And he answered and said unto them,\n\n It _is_ one of the twelve, that dippeth with me in the dish:\n the same shall betray me. The son of man goeth as it is\n written of him, but woe unto that man by whom the son of man\n is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been\n born.\n\nNow there was leaning on Jesus' bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus\nloved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it\nshould be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus' breast saith unto\nhim, Lord, who is it? Jesus answered,\n\n He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped _it_.\n\nAnd when he had dipped the sop, he gave _it_ to Judas Iscariot, _the\nson_ of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus\nunto him,\n\n That thou doest, do quickly.\n\nNow no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this unto him. For\nsome _of them_ thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said\nunto him, Buy _those things_ that we have need of against the feast; or,\nthat he should give something to the poor. Then Judas, which betrayed\nhim, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him,\n\n Thou hast said.\n\nHe then having received the sop went immediately out: and it was night.\nTherefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said,\n\n Now is the son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him.\n If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in\n himself, and shall straightway glorify him. Little children,\n yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I\n said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come; so now I say\n to you. A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one\n another; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another.\n By this shall all _men_ know that ye are my disciples, if ye\n have love one to another.\n\nSimon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest thou? Jesus answered him,\n\n Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now: but thou shalt\n follow me afterwards.\n\nPeter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now? I will lay down\nmy life for thy sake. Jesus answered him,\n\n Wilt thou lay down thy life for my sake? Verily, verily I say\n unto thee, The cock shall not crow, till thou hast denied me\n thrice.\n\nAnd there was also a strife among them, which of them should be\naccounted the greatest. And he said unto them,\n\n The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and\n they that exercise authority upon them are called benefactors.\n But ye _shall_ not _be_ so: but he that is greatest among you,\n let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that\n doth serve. For whether _is_ greater, he that sitteth at meat,\n or he that serveth? _is_ not he that sitteth at meat? but I am\n among you as he that serveth. Ye are they which have continued\n with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom,\n as my father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink\n at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the\n twelve tribes of Israel.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXIV.\n\nJESUS COMFORTS HIS DISCIPLES--TEACHES LOVE TO EACH OTHER.\n\n\nAnd the Lord said,\n\n Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired _to have_ you, that\n he may sift _you_ as wheat: but I have prayed for thee, that\n thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen\n thy brethren.\n\nAnd he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into\nprison, and to death. And he said,\n\n I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall not crow this day, before\n thou shalt thrice deny that thou knowest me.\n\nAnd he said unto them,\n\n When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye\n anything?\n\nAnd they said, Nothing. Then said he unto them,\n\n But now, he that hath a purse, let him take _it_, and likewise\n _his_ scrip; and he that hath no sword, let him sell his\n garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this that is\n written must yet be accomplished in me. And he was reckoned\n among the transgressors: for the things concerning me have an\n end.\n\nAnd they said, Lord, behold, here _are_ two swords. And he said unto\nthem,\n\n It is enough.\n\nAfter the same manner also _he took_ the cup, when he had supped, and\nwhen he had given thanks, he gave _it_ to them, saying,\n\n Drink ye all of it.\n\nAnd they all drank of it. And he said unto them\n\n This cup is the new testament in my blood, which is shed for\n many for the remission of sins: this do ye, as oft as ye drink\n _it_, in remembrance of me. But I say unto you, I will not\n drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day\n when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.\n\n Let not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe\n also in me. In my Father's house are many mansions: if _it\n were_ not _so_, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place\n for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come\n again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, _there_\n ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know.\n\nThomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest; and how can\nwe know the way. Jesus saith unto him,\n\n I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the\n Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my\n Father also: and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen\n him.\n\nPhilip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, and it sufficeth us.\nJesus saith unto him,\n\n Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known\n me, Philip? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father; and how\n sayest thou _then_, Shew us the Father? Believest thou not\n that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? the words that\n I speak unto you, I speak not of myself: but the Father that\n dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I _am_ in\n the Father, and the Father in me: or else believe me for the\n very work's sake.\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the\n works that I do shall he do also; and greater _works_ than\n these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever\n ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may\n be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask anything in my name,\n I will do _it_. If ye love me keep my commandments. And I\n will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter,\n that he may abide with you for ever; _Even_ the Spirit of\n truth; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him\n not, neither knoweth him: but ye know him; for he dwelleth\n with you, and shall be in you.\n\n I will not leave you comfortless; I will come to you. Yet a\n little while, and the world seeth me no more; but ye see me:\n because I live, ye shall live also. At that day ye shall know\n that I _am_ in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that\n hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth\n me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I\n will love him, and will manifest myself to him.\n\nJudas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt\nmanifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and\nsaid unto him,\n\n If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will\n love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with\n him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the\n word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father's which sent\n me. These things have I spoken unto you, being _yet_ present\n with you.\n\n But the Comforter, _which is_ the Holy Ghost, whom the Father\n will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring\n all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto\n you.\n\n Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the\n world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled,\n neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I\n go away, and come _again_ unto you. If ye loved me, ye would\n rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father\n is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to\n pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe.\n Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of\n this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world\n may know that I love the Father; and as the Father gave me\n commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXV.\n\nJESUS THE TRUE VINE--HATRED OF THE WORLD.\n\n\n I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every\n branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every\n _branch_ that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring\n forth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which I\n have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch\n cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no\n more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye _are_\n the branches; he that abideth in me, and I in him, the same\n bringeth forth much fruit; for without me ye can do nothing.\n If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is\n withered; and men gather them, and cast _them_ into the fire,\n and they are burned.\n\n If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask\n what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my\n Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my\n disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you:\n continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall\n abide in my love; even as I have kept my Father's commandments\n and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you,\n that my joy might remain in you, and _that_ your joy might be\n full.\n\n This is my commandment, that ye love one another, as I have\n loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay\n down his life for his friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do\n whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants;\n for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth; but I have\n called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my\n Father I have made known unto you.\n\n Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained\n you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and _that_ your\n fruit should remain: that whatsoever ye shall ask of the\n Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command\n you, that ye love one another.\n\n If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before _it\n hated_ you.\n\n If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but\n because ye are not of the world but I have chosen you out of\n the world, therefore the world hateth you.\n\n Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not\n greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will\n also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will\n keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you\n for my name's sake, because they know not him that sent me.\n\n If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin:\n but now they have no cloak for their sin. He that hateth me\n hateth my Father also.\n\n If I had not done among them the works which none other man\n did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and\n hated both me and my Father. But _this cometh to pass_, that\n the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law. They\n hated me without a cause.\n\n But when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from\n the Father, _even_ the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from\n the Father, he shall testify of me: and ye also shall bear\n witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXVI.\n\nJESUS FOREWARNS HIS DISCIPLES.\n\n\n These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be\n offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues: yea, the\n time cometh, that whosoever killeth you will think that he\n doeth God service. And these things will they do unto you,\n because they have not known the Father, nor me. But these\n things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may\n remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not\n unto you at the beginning, because I was with you.\n\n But now I go my way to him that sent me; and none of you\n asketh me, Whither goest thou? But because I have said these\n things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Nevertheless I\n tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away:\n for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you;\n but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is\n come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness,\n and of judgment: of sin, because they believed not on me; of\n righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no\n more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged.\n\n I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear\n them now. Howbeit when he, the spirit of truth, is come, he\n will guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of\n himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, _that_ shall he speak:\n and he will shew you things to come. He shall glorify me: for\n he shall receive of mine, and shall shew _it_ unto you. All\n things that the Father hath are mine: therefore said I, that\n he shall take of mine, and shall shew _it_ unto you. A little\n while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and\n ye shall see me, because I go to the Father.\n\nThen said _some_ of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he\nsaith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a\nlittle while, and ye shall see me; and, Because I go to the Father? They\nsaid therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? We cannot\ntell what he saith.\n\nNow Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them,\n\n Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while,\n and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye\n shall see me? Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall\n weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be\n sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy.\n\n A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour\n is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she\n remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born\n into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will\n see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no\n man taketh from you.\n\n And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I\n say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name,\n he will give _it_ you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my\n name: ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full.\n These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs; but the time\n cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I\n shall shew you plainly of the Father.\n\n At that day ye shall ask in my name: and I say not unto you,\n that I will pray the Father for you: for the Father himself\n loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I\n came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come\n into the world: again, I leave the world, and go to the\n Father.\n\nHis disciples saith unto him, Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and\nspeakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and\nneedest not that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that thou\ncamest forth from God. Jesus answered them,\n\n Do ye now believe? Behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come,\n that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall\n leave me alone: and yet I am not alone, because the Father is\n with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye\n might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but\n be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXVII.\n\nJESUS PRAYS FOR HIS DISCIPLES--FORETELLS PETER'S DENIAL.\n\n\nThese words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said,\n\n Father, the hour is come; glorify thy Son, that the Son also\n may glorify thee: As thou hast given him power over all flesh,\n that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast\n given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know\n thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent.\n I have glorified thee on the earth: I have finished the work\n which thou gavest me to do.\n\n And now, O Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with\n the glory which I had with thee before the world was.\n\n I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me\n out of the world; thine they were, and thou gavest them me;\n and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all\n things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have\n given unto them the words which thou gavest me: and they have\n received _them_, and have known surely that I came out from\n thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me.\n\n I pray for them: I pray not for the world, but for them which\n thou hast given me; for they are thine. And all mine are\n thine, and thine are mine; and I am glorified in them. And now\n I am no more in the world, but these are in the world, and I\n come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those\n whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we _are_.\n\n While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name:\n those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is\n lost, but the son of perdition; that the Scripture might be\n fulfilled. And now come I to thee; and these things I speak in\n the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in\n themselves.\n\n I have given them my word; and the world hath hated them,\n because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the\n world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the\n world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They\n are not of the world, even as I am not of the world.\n\n Sanctify them through thy truth: thy word is truth. As thou\n hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them\n into the world. And for their sakes I sanctify myself, that\n they also might be sanctified through the truth.\n\n Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall\n believe on me through their word; that they all may be one; as\n thou, Father, _art_ in me, and I in thee, that they also may\n be one in us: that the world may believe that thou hast sent\n me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them: that\n they may be one, even as we are one; I in them, and thou in\n me, that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world\n may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as\n thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou\n hast given me, be with me where I am; that they may behold my\n glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before\n the foundation of the world.\n\n O righteous Father, the world hath not known thee: but I have\n known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I\n have declared unto them thy name, and will declare _it_: that\n the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in\n them.\n\n[Illustration: Gorge of the Kidron.]\n\nWhen Jesus had spoken these words, and when they had sung an hymn, he\ncame out, and went as he was wont, to the mount of Olives; and his\ndisciples also followed him, over the brook Cedron. Then saith Jesus\nunto them,\n\n All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is\n written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock\n shall be scattered abroad. But after I am risen again, I will\n go before you into Galilee.\n\nPeter answered and said unto him, Though all _men_ shall be offended\nbecause of thee, _yet_ will I never be offended. And Jesus saith unto\nhim,\n\n Verily I say unto thee, That this day, _even_ in this night,\n before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice.\n\nBut he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not\ndeny thee in any wise. Likewise also said all the disciples.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXVIII.\n\nTHE AGONY OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE.\n\n\nThen cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, where was a\ngarden, into the which he entered and his disciples. And when he was at\nthe place, he said unto them,\n\n Pray that ye enter not into temptation. Sit ye here, while I\n go and pray yonder.\n\nAnd he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast. And he took with\nhim Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, James and John, and began to be\nsorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them,\n\n My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye\n here, and watch with me.\n\nAnd he went a little farther, and kneeled down, and fell on his face on\nthe ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass\nfrom him. And he said,\n\n Abba, Father, all things _are_ possible unto thee: O my\n Father, if it be possible, if thou be willing, remove this cup\n from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done.\n\nAnd there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And\nbeing in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were\ngreat drops of blood falling down to the ground.\n\nAnd he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith\nunto Peter,\n\n Simon, sleepest thou? What, could ye not watch with me one\n hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the\n spirit indeed _is_ willing, but the flesh _is_ weak.\n\nHe went away the second time, and prayed, and spake the same words:\nsaying,\n\n O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I\n drink it, thy will be done.\n\nAnd when he returned, he found them asleep again, (for their eyes were\nheavy,) neither wist they what to answer him.\n\nAnd he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying\nthe same words. And he cometh the third time to his disciples, and saith\nunto them,\n\n Sleep on now, and take _your_ rest: it is enough: behold, the\n hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands\n of sinners. Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that\n doth betray me.\n\nAnd when he rose up from prayer and was come to his disciples, he found\nthem sleeping for sorrow, and said unto them,\n\n Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest ye enter into temptation.\n\nAnd Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the place: for Jesus ofttimes\nresorted thither with his disciples. Judas then, having received a band\n_of men_ and officers from the chief priests and Pharisees, cometh\nthither with lanterns, and torches and weapons.\n\nAnd immediately, while he yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the twelve,\nand with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief\npriests and the scribes and the elders of the people.\n\nJesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, went\nforth, and said unto them,\n\n Whom seek ye?\n\nThey answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus saith unto them,\n\n I am _he_.\n\nAnd Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he\nhad said unto them, I am _he_, they went backward, and fell to the\nground. Then asked he them again,\n\n Whom seek ye?\n\nAnd they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus answered,\n\n I have told you that I am _he_: if therefore ye seek me, let\n these go their way.\n\nThat the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake. Of them which thou\ngavest me have I lost none.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXIX.\n\nBETRAYAL OF JESUS--BROUGHT BEFORE THE HIGH PRIEST.\n\n\nNow he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall\nkiss, that same is he: hold him fast, and lead _him_ away safely. And as\nsoon as he was come, he goeth straightway and drew near unto Jesus to\nkiss him: and saith, Hail, Master, Master; and kissed him. And Jesus\nsaid unto him,\n\n Friend, wherefore art thou come? Betrayest thou the Son of man\n with a kiss?\n\nThen came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.\n\nWhen they, which were about him saw what would follow, they said unto\nhim, Lord, shall we smite with the sword? And one of them that stood by\n(Simon Peter) with Jesus stretched out _his_ hand, and drew his sword,\nand struck a servant of the high priest's, and cut off his right ear.\nThe servant's name was Malchus. And Jesus answered and said,\n\n Suffer ye thus far.\n\nAnd he touched his ear and healed him. Then said Jesus unto Peter,\n\n Put up thy sword into the sheath: for all they that take the\n sword shall perish with the sword: the cup which my Father\n hath given me, shall I not drink it? Thinkest thou that I\n cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me\n more than twelve legions of angels? But how then shall the\n scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?\n\nIn that same hour, Jesus said unto the chief priests and captains of the\ntemple, and the elders, which were come to him,\n\n Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves for\n to take me? When I was daily with you in the temple, ye\n stretched forth no hands against me: but this is your hour,\n and the power of darkness.\n\nBut all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be\nfulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.\n\nAnd there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast\nabout _his_ naked _body_; and the young men laid hold on him: and he\nleft the linen cloth and fled from them naked.\n\nThen the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus and\nbound him, and led him away to Annas first; for he was father-in-law to\nCaiaphas, which was the high priest that same year. Now Caiaphas was he,\nwhich gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man\nshould die for the people. And they that had laid hold on Jesus led\n_him_ away to Caiaphas the high priest, and brought him into the high\npriest's house.\n\nAnd Simon Peter followed Jesus, and _so did_ another disciple: that\ndisciple was known unto the high priest, and went in with Jesus into the\npalace of the high priest. But Peter stood at the door without. Then\nwent out that other disciple, which was known unto the high priest, and\nspake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter.\n\nThe high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine.\nJesus answered him,\n\n I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue,\n and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort: and in\n secret have I said nothing. Why askest thou me? ask them which\n heard me, what I have said unto them: behold, they know what I\n said.\n\nAnd when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck\nJesus with the palm of his hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest\nso? Jesus answered him,\n\n If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil: but if well,\n why smitest thou me?\n\nNow Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high priest. And with him\nwere assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. And\nPeter followed him afar off, even into the palace of the high priest.\nAnd when they had kindled a fire in the midst of the hall, and were set\ndown together, Peter sat down among the servants, and warmed himself at\nthe fire, to see the end.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXX.\n\nJESUS EXAMINED BY THE SANHEDRIM--PETER DENIES HIM.\n\n\nNow the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false\nwitness against Jesus, to put him to death; but found none: yea, though\nmany false witnesses came, _yet_ found they none: their witness agreed\nnot together. At the last came two false witnesses, and bare false\nwitness against him, saying, We heard him say, I am able to destroy the\ntemple of God, that is made with hands, and within three days I will\nbuild another made without hands. But neither so did their witness agree\ntogether.\n\nAnd the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying,\nAnswerest thou nothing? what _is it which_ these witness against thee?\nBut he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked\nhim, and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell\nus whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God, the Son of the Blessed?\nJesus saith unto him,\n\n Thou hast said: nevertheless say I unto you, Hereafter shall\n ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and\n coming in the clouds of heaven.\n\nThen the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken blasphemy;\nwhat further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his\nblasphemy. What think ye? And they all condemned him to be guilty of\ndeath.\n\nAnd the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote _him_. And some began\nto spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him. And when they\nhad blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, and others smote _him_\nwith the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ,\nWho is he that smote thee? And many other things blasphemously spake\nthey against him.\n\nAnd as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of\nthe high priest: (the damsel that kept the door;) and when she saw\nPeter, as he sat by the fire, warming himself, she looked upon him, and\nsaid, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth. Art thou not also _one_\nof this man's disciples?\n\nBut he denied before _them_ all, saying, Woman, I know him not, neither\nunderstand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the\ncock crew.\n\nAnd the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals:\nfor it was cold: and they warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them,\nand warmed himself. And after a little while, when he was gone out into\nthe porch, another _maid_ saw him, and said unto them that were there,\nThis is _one_ of them, this _fellow_ was also with Jesus of Nazareth.\n\nThey said therefore unto him, Art not thou also _one_ of his disciples?\nAnd again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.\n\nAnd about the space of an hour after, they that stood by said again to\nPeter, Surely, thou art _one_ of them: for thou art a Galileean, and thy\nspeech agreeth _thereto_. One of the servants of the high priest, being\n_his_ kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, saith, Did not I see thee in the\ngarden with him? But he began to curse and to swear, _saying_, I know\nnot this man of whom ye speak. And immediately the second time, while he\nyet spake, the cock crew.\n\nAnd the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. And Peter remembered the\nword of the Lord, how he had said unto him, Before the cock crow twice,\nthou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he went out, and\nwept bitterly.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXI.\n\nEXAMINATION CONTINUED--JUDAS REPENTS--JESUS SCOURGED.\n\n\nAnd as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief\npriests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council,\nsaying, Art thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them,\n\n If I tell you, ye will not believe: and if I also ask _you_,\n ye will not answer me, nor let _me_ go. Hereafter shall the\n Son of man sit on the right hand of the power of God.\n\nThen said they all, Art thou then the Son of God? And he said unto them,\n\n Ye say that I am.\n\nAnd they said, What need we any further witness? for we ourselves have\nheard of his own mouth.\n\nAnd straightway, when the morning was come, all the chief priests held a\nconsultation with the elders of the people, and scribes, and the whole\ncouncil, against Jesus, to put him to death: And when they had bound\nhim, the whole multitude of them arose and led him away from Caiaphas\nunto the hall of judgment: and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the\ngovernor: and it was early.\n\nThen Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned,\nrepented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the\nchief priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed\nthe innocent blood. And they said, What _is that_ to us? see thou _to\nthat_. And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and\ndeparted, and went and hanged himself.\n\nAnd the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not lawful\nfor to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood. And\nthey took counsel, and bought with them the potters field, to bury\nstrangers in. Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto\nthis day.\n\nThen was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying,\nAnd they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was\nvalued, whom they of the children of Israel did value, and gave them for\nthe potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.\n\nAnd they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be\ndefiled, but that they might eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto\nthem, and said, What accusation bring ye against this man? They answered\nand saith unto him, If he were not a malefactor, we would not have\ndelivered him up unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and\njudge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is\nnot lawful for us to put any man to death; that the saying of Jesus\nmight be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die.\n\nThen Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and\nsaid unto him, Art thou the King of the Jews? Jesus answered him,\n\n Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee\n of me?\n\nPilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have\ndelivered thee unto me: what hast thou done? Jesus answered,\n\n My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this\n world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be\n delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.\n\nPilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered,\n\n Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for\n this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness\n unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my\n voice.\n\nPilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when he had said this, he went\nout again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, I find in him no fault _at\nall_. But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you one at the\npassover: will ye therefore that I release unto you the King of the\nJews? Then cried they all again, saying, Not this man, but Barabbas. Now\nBarabbas was a robber.\n\nThen Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged _him_. And the soldiers\nplatted a crown of thorns, and put _it_ on his head, and they put on him\na purple robe, and said, Hail, King of the Jews! and they smote him with\ntheir hands.\n\nPilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, Behold, I bring\nhim forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him. Then\ncame Jesus forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple robe. And\n_Pilate_ saith unto them, Behold the man!\n\nWhen the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out,\nsaying, Crucify _him_, crucify _him_. Pilate saith unto them, Take ye\nhim, and crucify _him_: for I find no fault in him. The Jews answered\nhim, We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made\nhimself the Son of God.\n\nWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid; and\nwent again into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art\nthou? But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, Speakest\nthou not unto me? knowest thou not that I have power to crucify thee,\nand have power to release thee? Jesus answered,\n\n Thou couldest have no power _at all_ against me, except it\n were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me\n unto thee hath the greater sin.\n\nAnd from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried\nout, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Cesar's friend:\nwhosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Cesar.\n\nWhen Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat\ndown in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in\nthe Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and\nabout the sixth hour.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXII.\n\nJESUS BEFORE HEROD--MESSAGE TO PILATE FROM HIS WIFE.\n\n\nAnd Jesus stood before the governor: and they began to accuse him,\nsaying, We found this _fellow_ perverting the nation, and forbidding to\ngive tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a King. And\nPilate the governor, asked him, saying, Art thou the King of the Jews?\nAnd Jesus saith unto him,\n\n Thou sayest.\n\nAnd the chief priests accused him of many things: and when he was\naccused of the chief priests and elders, he answered nothing.\n\nAnd Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest thou nothing? hearest thou\nnot how many things they witness against thee? And he answered him to\nnever a word; insomuch that the governor marvelled greatly.\n\nThen said Pilate to the chief priests and _to_ the people, I find no\nfault in this man. And they were the more fierce, saying, He stireth up\nthe people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to\nthis place.\n\nWhen Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Galileean.\nAnd as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod's jurisdiction, he\nsent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. And\nwhen Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad: for he was desirous to see\nhim of a long _season_, because he had heard many things of him; and he\nhoped to have seen some miracle done by him. Then he questioned with him\nin many words; but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and\nscribes stood and vehemently accused him.\n\nAnd Herod with his men of war set him at nought, and mocked _him_, and\narrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate.\n\nAnd the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together: for before\nthey were at enmity between themselves.\n\nAnd he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King! But they cried out, Away\nwith _him_, away with _him_, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall\nI crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but\nCesar.\n\nAnd Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers\nand the people, said unto them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one\nthat perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having examined _him_\nbefore you, have found no fault in this man touching those things\nwhereof ye accuse him: No, nor yet Herod, for I sent you to him; and,\nlo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise\nhim, and release _him_.\n\nNow at _that_ feast the governor was wont to release unto the people one\nprisoner, whomsoever they desired. (For of necessity he must release one\nunto them at the feast.) And they had then a notable prisoner, called\nBarabbas, _which lay_ bound with them that had made insurrection with\nhim, who had committed murder in the insurrection.\n\nAnd the multitude crying aloud began to desire _him to do_ as he had\never done unto them. Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate\nsaid unto them, Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus\nwhich is called Christ, the king of the Jews? For he knew that the chief\npriests had delivered him for envy.\n\nWhen he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,\nsaying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered\nmany things this day in a dream because of him. But the chief priests\nand elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask, that he should\nrather release Barabbas unto them, and destroy Jesus. And they cried out\nall at once, saying, Away with this _man_, and release unto us Barabbas:\n(Who for a certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, was cast\ninto prison.)\n\nPilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake again to them. Whether\nof the twain will ye that I release unto you? They said Barabbas. Pilate\nsaith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is called\nChrist? _unto him_ whom ye call the King of the Jews? And they cried out\nagain, saying, Crucify _him_; let him be crucified.\n\nAnd the governor said unto them the third time, Why, what evil hath he\ndone? I have found no cause of death in him: I will therefore chastise\nhim, and let _him_ go. And they were instant with loud voices, requiring\nthat he might be crucified. And they cried out the more exceedingly,\nCrucify him.\n\nWhen Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but _that_ rather a\ntumult was made, he took water, and washed _his_ hands before the\nmultitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see\nye _to it_. Then answered all the people, and said, His blood _be_ on\nus, and on our children. And the voices of them and of the chief priests\nprevailed. And _so_ Pilate, willing to content the people, gave sentence\nthat it should be as they required.\n\nAnd he released unto them him that for sedition and murder was cast into\nprison, whom they had desired; but he delivered Jesus, when he had\nscourged _him_, to their will, to be crucified.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXIII.\n\nJESUS CRUCIFIED--HE PRAYS FOR HIS ENEMIES.\n\n\nThen the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall,\ncalled Pretorium; and gathered unto him the whole band _of soldiers_.\nAnd they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.\n\nAnd when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put _it_ on his head,\nand a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and\nbegan to salute him, and mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews! And\nthey smote him on the head with a reed, and did spit upon him, and\nbowing _their_ knees worshipped him. And when they had mocked him, they\ntook off the purple from him, and put his own clothes on him, and led\nhim out to crucify him.\n\nAnd as they led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon, a Cyrenian, who\npassed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus:\nhim they compelled, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear\n_it_ after Jesus.\n\nAnd there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which\nalso bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said,\n\n Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for\n yourselves, and for your children. For, behold, the days are\n coming, in the which they shall say, blessed _are_ the barren,\n and the wombs that never bare, and the paps that never gave\n suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on\n us: and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in\n a green tree, what shall be done in the dry.\n\nAnd there were also two other malefactors, led with him to be put to\ndeath. And he bearing his cross went forth, and when they were come to a\nplace called Golgotha, which is called Calvary, which is, being\ninterpreted, the place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink\nmingled with gall: and when he had tasted _thereof_, he would not drink.\n\nThere they crucified him, and two malefactors with him, one on the right\nhand, and the other on the left, and Jesus in the midst. Then said\nJesus,\n\n Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.\n\nAnd Pilate wrote a title, and put _it_ on the cross. And the writing\nwas, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many\nof the Jews: for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the\ncity: and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the\nchief priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King of the Jews;\nbut that he said, I am King of the Jews. Pilate answered, What I have\nwritten, I have written.\n\nThen the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, took his garments, and\nmade four parts, to every soldier a part; and also _his_ coat: now the\ncoat was without seam, woven from the top throughout. They said\ntherefore among themselves, Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it,\nwhose it shall be: that the scripture might be fulfilled, which was\nspoken by the prophet, They parted my garments among them, and upon my\nvesture did they cast lots. These things therefore the soldiers did. And\nit was the third hour, and they crucified him.\n\nAnd sitting down they watched him there, and set up over his head his\naccusation. And the superscription of his accusation was written over,\nTHIS IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And with him they crucify two\nthieves; the one on his right hand, and the other on his left. And the\nscripture was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered with the\ntransgressors.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXIV.\n\nTHE TWO THIEVES--JESUS THIRSTS--HE GIVES UP THE GHOST.\n\n\nAnd the people stood beholding. And they that passed by railed on him,\nwagging their heads, and saying, Ah, thou that destroyest the temple,\nand buildest _it_ in three days, Save thyself. If thou be the Son of\nGod, come down from the cross.\n\nLikewise also the chief priests mocking _him_, with the scribes and\nelders, and the rulers also with them derided _him_, saying, He saved\nothers; himself he cannot save. Let him save himself, if he be Christ,\nthe chosen of God. If he be the King of Israel, let him now come down\nfrom the cross, that we may see, and we will believe him. He trusted in\nGod; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for he said, I am the\nSon of God.\n\nAnd the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, and offering him\nvinegar, and saying, If thou be the King of the Jews, save thyself. And\na superscription also was written over him in letters of Greek, and\nLatin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS.\n\nThe thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his\nteeth. And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him,\nsaying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.\n\nBut the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost not thou fear God,\nseeing thou art in the same condemnation? And we indeed justly; for we\nreceive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing\namiss. And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into\nthy kingdom. And Jesus said unto him,\n\n Verily I say unto thee, to day shalt thou be with me in\n paradise.\n\nNow there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's\nsister, Mary the _wife_ of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus\ntherefore saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved,\nhe saith unto his mother,\n\n Woman, behold thy son!\n\nThen saith he to the disciple,\n\n Behold thy mother!\n\nAnd from that hour that disciple took her unto his own _home_.\n\nAnd when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land\nuntil the ninth hour. And the sun was darkened, and about the ninth hour\nJesus cried with a loud voice, saying,\n\n ELI, ELI, LAMA SABACHTHANI?\n\nwhich is, being interpreted, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?\nAnd some of them that stood by, when they heard _it_, said, Behold, he\ncalleth for Elias. After this, Jesus knowing that all things were now\naccomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith,\n\n I thirst.\n\nNow there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and straightway one of them\nran, and took a sponge, and filled _it_ with vinegar, and put _it_ on a\nreed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, Let be, let us see whether\nElias will come to save him. When Jesus therefore had received the\nvinegar, he said,\n\n It is finished.\n\nAnd the vail of the temple was rent in the midst. And when Jesus had\ncried with a loud voice, he said,\n\n Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit!\n\nAnd having said thus, he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXV.\n\nJESUS TAKEN DOWN FROM THE CROSS--BURIED--TOMB SEALED.\n\n\nAnd, behold, the vail of the temple was rent in twain from the top to\nthe bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves\nwere opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came\nout of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city,\nand appeared unto many.\n\nAnd when the centurion, which stood over against him, and they that were\nwith him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and those things that were\ndone, that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, they feared greatly,\nsaying, Truly this was the Son of God. And all the people that came\ntogether to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote\ntheir breasts, and returned. And all his acquaintance, and the women\nthat followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him, stood afar off,\nbeholding these things; among whom was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the\nmother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome, the mother of\nZebedee's children; (who also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and\nministered unto him;) and many other women which came up with him unto\nJerusalem.\n\nThe Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies\nshould not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath\nday was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken,\nand _that_ they might be taken away.\n\nThen came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the\nother which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw\nthat he was dead already, they brake not his legs: but one of the\nsoldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout\nblood and water. And he that saw _it_ bare record, and his record is\ntrue: and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For\nthese things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, A bone\nof him shall not be broken. And again another scripture saith, They\nshall look on him whom they pierced.\n\nAnd after this, when the even was come, because it was the preparation,\nthat is, the day before the sabbath, there came a rich man of Arimathea\nnamed Joseph, an honorable counsellor, _and he was_ a good man, and a\njust: (the same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them;) _he\nwas_ of Arimathea, a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for the\nkingdom of God, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the\nJews. This _man_ went in boldly into Pilate, and begged that he might\ntake away the body of Jesus.\n\nAnd Pilate marvelled if he were already dead; and calling _unto him_ the\ncenturion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. And when he\nknew _it_ of the centurion, then Pilate commanded the body to be\ndelivered unto Joseph. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus.\n\nAnd there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by\nnight, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound\n_weight_. And when Joseph had taken the body down, he wrapped it in a\nclean linen cloth, with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to\nbury.\n\nNow in the place where he was crucified there was a garden; and in the\ngarden a new sepulchre, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they\nJesus therefore in his own new tomb which he had hewn out in the rock:\nbecause of the Jews' preparation _day_; for the sepulchre was nigh at\nhand: and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre and\ndeparted. And that day was the preparation and the sabbath drew on.\n\nAnd the women also, Mary Magdalene and the other Mary, _the mother_ of\nJoses, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and sitting\nover against the sepulchre, beheld the sepulchre, and how his body was\nlaid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments; and rested\nthe sabbath day according to the commandment.\n\nNow the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief\npriests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, Sir, we\nremember that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three\ndays I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulchre be made\nsure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal\nhim away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: so the\nlast error shall be worse than the first.\n\nPilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make _it_ as sure\nas ye can. So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone,\nand setting a watch.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXVI.\n\nTHE RESURRECTION OF JESUS--SCENES, ETC.\n\n\nAnd when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the _mother_ of\nJames, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and\nannoint him.\n\nIn the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn towards the first _day_\nof the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the\nsepulchre, at the rising of the sun. And, behold, there was a great\nearthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came\nand rolled back the stone from the door, and sat upon it. His\ncountenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for\nfear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead _men_.\n\nAnd they said among themselves, Who shall roll us away the stone from\nthe door of the sepulchre? And when they looked, they saw that the stone\nwas rolled away: for it was very great.\n\nAnd the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know\nthat ye seek Jesus, which was crucified. He is not here: for he is\nrisen, as he said, Come, see the place where the Lord lay.\n\nAnd entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young man sitting on the\nright side, clothed in a long white garment; and they were affrighted.\nAnd he saith unto them, Be not affrighted: Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth,\nwhich was crucified: he is risen; he is not here: behold the place where\nthey laid him. But go your way quickly, and tell his disciples, and\nPeter, that he is risen from the dead; and behold, he goeth before you\ninto Galilee; there shall ye see him, as he said unto you: lo, I have\ntold you.\n\nAnd they went out quickly, and fled from the sepulchre, with fear and\ngreat joy; for they trembled and were amazed; and did run to bring his\ndisciples word: neither said they anything to any _man_; for they were\nafraid.\n\nNow when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the city,\nand shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. And\nwhen they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they\ngave large money unto the soldiers, saying, Say ye, His disciples came\nby night, and stole him _away_ while we slept. And if this come to the\ngovernor's ears, we will persuade him, and secure you. So they took the\nmoney, and did as they were taught: and this saying is commonly reported\namong the Jews until this day.\n\nNow upon the first _day_ of the week, very early in the morning, they\ncame unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared,\nand certain _others_ with them. And they found the stone rolled away\nfrom the sepulchre. And they entered in, and found not the body of the\nLord Jesus.\n\nAnd it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two\nmen stood by them in shining garments: and as they were afraid, and\nbowed down _their_ faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye\nthe living among the dead? He is not here, but is risen; remember how\nhe spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee, saying, The Son of man\nmust be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and\nthe third day rise again.\n\nAnd they remembered his words, and returned from the sepulchre, and told\nall these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest. And their words\nseemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXVII.\n\nMARY MAGDALENE AND OTHERS VISIT THE SEPULCHRE.\n\n\nThe first _day_ of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet\ndark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the\nsepulchre. Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other\ndisciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith, unto them, They have taken away\nthe Lord out of the sepulchre and we know not where they have laid him.\n\nIt was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary _the mother_ of James, and\nother _women that were_ with them, which told these things unto the\napostles.\n\nPeter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the\nsepulchre. So they ran both together: and the other disciple did outrun\nPeter, and came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, _and\nlooking in_, saw the linen clothes lying; yet went he not in.\n\nThen cometh Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulchre, and\nseeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was about his head,\nnot lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by\nitself. Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the\nsepulchre, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the\nscripture, that he must rise again from the dead.\n\nThen the disciples went away again unto their own home, (Peter)\nwondering in himself at that which was come to pass.\n\nBut Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping: and as she wept, she\nstooped down, _and looked_ into the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in\nwhite sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the\nbody of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, Woman, Why weepest thou?\nShe saith unto them, Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know\nnot where they have laid him.\n\n(Now when _Jesus_ was risen early the first _day_ of the week, he\nappeared first to Mary Magdalene, out of whom he had cast seven devils.)\nAnd when she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw Jesus\nstanding, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus saith unto her,\n\n Woman, why weepest thou? whom seekest thou?\n\nShe, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto him, Sir, if thou have\nborne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him\naway. Jesus saith unto her,\n\n Mary.\n\nShe turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni: which is to say,\nMaster. Jesus said unto her,\n\n Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go\n to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father,\n and your Father; and _to_ my God, and your God.\n\n_And_ she went and told the disciples that had been with him, as they\nmourned and wept, that she had seen the Lord, and _that_ he had spoken\nthese things unto her. And they, when they had heard that he was alive,\nand had been seen of her, believed not.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXVIII.\n\nJOURNEY TO EMMAUS--INCREDULITY OF THOMAS.\n\n\nAfter that he appeared in another form unto two of them, that same day,\nas they walked, and went into the country, to a village called Emmaus,\nwhich was from Jerusalem _about_ threescore furlongs. And they talked\ntogether of all these things which had happened.\n\nAnd it came to pass, that, while they communed _together_ and reasoned,\nJesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden\nthat they should not know him. And he said unto them,\n\n What manner of communications _are_ these that ye have one to\n another, as ye walk, and are sad?\n\nAnd the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, answering, said unto him,\nArt thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things\nwhich are come to pass there in these days? And he said unto them,\n\n What things?\n\nAnd they said unto him, Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a\nprophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people: and how\nthe chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death,\nand have crucified him.\n\nBut we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel:\nand beside all this, to day is the third day since these things were\ndone. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished,\nwhich were early at the sepulchre; and when they found not his body,\nthey came saying, that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said\nthat he was alive. And certain of them which were with us went to the\nsepulchre, and found _it_ even so as the women had said: but him they\nsaw not. Then said he unto them,\n\n O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets\n have spoken: ought not Christ to have suffered these things,\n and to enter into his glory?\n\nAnd beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in\nall the scriptures the things concerning himself.\n\nAnd they drew nigh unto the village whither they went: and he made as\nthough he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying,\nAbide with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent. And\nhe went in to tarry with them.\n\nAnd it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and\nblessed _it_, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened,\nand they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.\n\nAnd they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he\ntalked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?\n\nAnd they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the\neleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, The Lord\nis risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. And they told what things\n_were done_ in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of\nbread: neither believed they them.\n\nAnd as they thus spake, the same day at evening, being the first _day_\nof the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled\nfor fear of the Jews, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and\nsaith unto them,\n\n Peace _be_ unto you.\n\nBut they were terrified and affrighted, and supposed that they had seen\na spirit. And he said unto them,\n\n Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts?\n Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me,\n and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me\n have.\n\nAnd when he had thus spoken, he shewed them _his_ hands, and _his_ feet,\nand his side. Then were the disciples glad when they saw the Lord.\n\nAnd while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto\nthem.\n\n Have ye here any meat?\n\nAnd they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he\ntook _it_, and did eat before them. Then said Jesus to them again,\n\n Peace _be_ unto you: as _my_ Father hath sent me, even so send\n I you.\n\nAnd when he had said this, he breathed on _them_, and said unto them,\n\n Receive ye the holy Ghost. Whose soever sins ye remit, they\n are remitted unto them; _and_ whose soever _sins_ ye retain,\n they are retained.\n\nBut Thomas, one of the twelve, called Dydimus, was not with them when\nJesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, We have seen\nthe Lord. But, he said unto them, Except I shall see in his hands the\nprint of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and\nthrust my hand into his side, I will not believe.\n\nAnd after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with\nthem: _then_ came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst,\nas they sat at meat, and said,\n\n Peace be unto you;\n\nand upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because\nthey believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. Then saith\nhe to Thomas,\n\n Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither\n thy hand, and thrust _it_ into my side: and be not faithless,\n but believing.\n\nAnd Thomas answered and said unto him, My Lord and my God. Jesus said\nunto him,\n\n Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou hast believed:\n blessed _are_ they that have not seen, and _yet_ have\n believed.\n\nAnd as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying,\n\n All hail.\n\nAnd they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said\nJesus unto them,\n\n Be not afraid; go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee,\n and there shall they see me.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXIX.\n\nJESUS APPEARS TO THE ELEVEN; THEN TO FIVE HUNDRED BRETHREN AT ONCE.\n\n\nThen the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where\nJesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they worshipped him:\nbut some doubted.\n\n[Illustration: Sea of Galilee.]\n\nAnd Jesus came and spake unto them, saying,\n\n All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. Go ye\n therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the\n name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:\n teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have\n commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, _even_ unto the\n end of the world. Amen.\n\nAfter that he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once.\n\nAfter these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the\nsea of Tiberias; and on this wise shewed he _himself_.\n\nThere were together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and\nNathanael of Cana in Galilee, and the _sons_ of Zebedee, and two other\nof his disciples.\n\nSimon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They say unto him, We also\ngo with thee. They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately; and\nthat night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus\nstood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then\nJesus saith unto them,\n\n Children, have ye any meat?\n\nThey answered him, No, And he said unto them,\n\n Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find.\n\nThey cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the\nmultitude of fishes.\n\nTherefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, it is the\nLord. Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, he girt _his_\nfisher's coat _unto him_, (for he was naked,) and did cast himself into\nthe sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship; (for they were\nnot far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net\nwith fishes. As soon as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals\nthere, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them,\n\n Bring of the fish which ye have now caught.\n\nSimon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an\nhundred and fifty and three: and for all there were so many, yet was not\nthe net broken. Jesus saith unto them,\n\n Come _and_ dine.\n\nAnd none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art thou? knowing that it\nwas the Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and\nfish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus shewed himself to\nhis disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. So when they had\ndined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter,\n\n Simon, _son_ of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?\n\nHe saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith\nunto him,\n\n Feed my lambs.\n\nHe saith to him the second time,\n\n Simon, _son_ of Jonas, lovest thou me?\n\nHe saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith\nunto him,\n\n Feed my sheep.\n\nHe saith unto him the third time,\n\n Simon, _son_ of Jonas, lovest thou me?\n\nPeter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou\nme? And he said unto him, Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest\nthat I love thee. Jesus saith unto him,\n\n Feed my sheep.\n\n Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou\n girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest; but when\n thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, and\n another shall gird thee, and carry _thee_ whither thou\n wouldest not.\n\nThis spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when\nhe had spoken this, he saith unto him,\n\n Follow me.\n\nThen Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved\nfollowing; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, Lord,\nwhich is he that betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus, Lord,\nand what _shall_ this man _do_? Jesus saith unto him,\n\n If I will that he tarry till I come, what _is that_ to thee?\n follow thou me.\n\nThen went this saying abroad among the brethren, that that disciple\nshould not die: yet Jesus said not unto him, He shall not die; but, If I\nwill that he tarry till I come, what _is that_ to thee? This is the\ndisciple which testifieth of these things: and wrote these things: and\nwe know that his testimony is true. After that he was seen of James.\n\n\n\n\nCHAPTER LXXX.\n\nTHE ASCENSION OF JESUS--INCIDENTS.\n\n\nAnd (_Jesus_), being assembled together with _them_, commanded them that\nthey should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the\nFather, which, _saith he_, ye have heard of me. And he said unto them,\n\n These _are_ the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet\n with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were\n written in the Law of Moses, and _in_ the prophets, and _in_\n the Psalms, concerning me.\n\nThen opened he their understanding, that they might understand the\nscriptures, and said unto them,\n\n Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and\n to rise from the dead the third day: and that repentance and\n remission of sins should be preached in his name among all\n nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these\n things.\n\n And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you; but\n tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with\n power from on high. For John truly baptized with water; but ye\n shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence.\n\nWhen they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Lord,\nwilt thou at this time restore again the kingdom to Israel? And he said\nunto them,\n\n It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the\n Father hath put in his own power. But ye shall receive power,\n after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be\n witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in\n Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.\n\nAnd he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he said unto them,\n\n Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every\n creature. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved;\n but he that believeth not shall be damned. And these signs\n shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out\n devils; they shall speak with new tongues; they shall take up\n serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not\n hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall\n recover.\n\nSo then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he lifted up his hands, and\nblessed them. And it came to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted\nfrom them, and while they beheld, he was taken up; and a cloud received\nhim out of their sight; he was received up into heaven, and sat on the\nright hand of God.\n\nAnd while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as he went up, behold,\ntwo men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, Ye men of\nGalilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is\ntaken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have\nseen him go into heaven.\n\nAnd they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy: from\nthe mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sabbath day's\njourney; and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God.\nAmen.\n\nAnd many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples,\nwhich are not written in this book: But these are written, that ye might\nbelieve that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God; and that believing ye\nmight have life through his name.\n\nAnd there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they\nshould be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could\nnot contain the books that should be written. Amen.\n\nAnd they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with\n_them_, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.\n\n\n\n\nCONCLUSION.\n\n\nJesus has now conquered death, and ascended, where \"He ever liveth to\nmake intercession for us.\" We no more mark his footsteps, or hear his\nvoice amid the hills and valleys of the Promised Land; but in the groves\nof immortal bliss, he is worshipped by adoring angels, and by the\n\"spirits of just men made perfect.\"\n\nThere, Moses and Elias, Peter, James and John, \"walk with him in white,\"\nand in a more exalted sense than, when on the Mount of Transfiguration,\nexclaim, \"Master, it is good for us to be here.\" And with these,\n\n \"The saints of all ages in harmony meet,\n Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet;\n While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll,\n And the smile of our Jesus is the feast of the soul.\"\n\nBut while we linger on these mortal shores, other words, from the lips\nof Jesus, still fall upon our ears.\n\nWhen Paul was on his way to the feast of the Passover at Jerusalem, he\ntarried for a brief space at Ephesus. Here he called together the elders\nof the church, and gave them an account of his labors, and exhorted them\nto diligence in the cause of their Master. And in that memorable\nfarewell address, while urging upon the strong the duty of supporting\nthe weak, he enforces his doctrine, by reminding them of the \"words of\nthe Lord Jesus,\" where he says,\n\n It is more blessed to give than to receive.\n\nJohn was banished to the Isle of Patmos, for the word of God, and the\ntestimony of Jesus. In a vision, he saw one like unto the Son of man,\nwalking in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. His hair was like\nwool, white as snow; his eyes as a flame of fire; his feet like fine\nbrass, as if they burned in a furnace; and his voice like the sound of\nmany waters.\n\nIn his right hand were seven stars: and out of his mouth went a two\nedged sword: and his countenance _was_ as the sun shining in his\nstrength. And when John saw him, he fell at his feet as one dead. But\nJesus laid his right hand upon him saying:\n\n Fear not; I am the first and the last: _I am_ he that liveth,\n and was dead; and, behold, I am alive forever more, Amen; and\n have the keys of hell and of death. Write the things which\n thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which\n shall be hereafter; the mystery of the seven stars which thou\n sawest in my right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks.\n The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches; and the\n seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.\n\nAnd these are the words which he commanded John to write to the angels,\nor ministers, of the seven churches.\n\nTo the church in Ephesus, write:\n\n I know thy works, and thy labor, and thy patience, and how\n thou canst not bear them which are evil: and thou hast tried\n them which say they are apostles and are not, and hast found\n them liars: and hast borne, and hast patience, and for my\n name's sake hast labored, and hast not fainted. Nevertheless I\n have _somewhat_ against thee, because thou hast left thy first\n love. Remember, therefore from whence thou art fallen, and\n repent, and do thy first works; or else I will come unto thee\n quickly, and will remove thy candlestick out of his place,\n except thou repent. But this thou hast, that thou hatest the\n deeds of the Nicolaitans, which I also hate.\n\nTo the church of Smyrna, write:\n\n I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, but thou art\n rich; and _I know_ the blasphemy of them which say they are\n Jews, and are not, but _are_ the synagogue of Satan. Fear none\n of those things which thou shalt suffer: behold, the devil\n shall cast _some_ of you into prison, that ye may be tried;\n and ye shall have tribulation ten days: be thou faithful unto\n death, and I will give thee a crown of life.\n\nTo the church in Pergamos, write:\n\n I know thy works, and where thou dwellest, _even_ where\n Satan's seat _is_: and thou holdest fast my name, and hast not\n denied my faith, even in those days wherein Antipas _was_ my\n faithful martyr, who was slain among you, where Satan\n dwelleth. But I have a few things against thee, because thou\n hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam, who taught\n Balak to cast a stumbling-block before the children of Israel,\n to eat things sacrificed unto idols, and to commit\n fornication. So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of\n the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate. Repent, or else I will\n come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the\n sword of my mouth.\n\nTo the church at Thyatira, write:\n\n I know thy works, and charity, and service, and faith, and thy\n patience, and thy works; and the last _to be_ more than the\n first. Notwithstanding, I have a few things against thee,\n because thou sufferest that woman, Jezebel, which calleth\n herself a prophetess, to teach and to seduce my servants to\n commit fornication, and to eat things sacrificed unto idols.\n And I gave her space to repent of her fornication; and she\n repented not. Behold, I will cast her into a bed, and them\n that commit adultery with her into great tribulation, except\n they repent of their deeds. And I will kill her children with\n death: and all the churches shall know that I am he which\n searcheth the reins and hearts; and I will give unto every one\n of you according to your works. But unto you I say, and unto\n the rest in Thyatira, as many as have not this doctrine, and\n which have not known the depths of Satan, as they speak; I\n will put upon you none other burden. But that which ye have\n _already_, hold fast till I come. And he that overcometh, and\n keepeth my works unto the end, to him will I give power over\n the nations; and he shall rule them with a rod of iron; as the\n vessels of a potter shall they be broken to shivers, even as\n I received of my Father; and I will give him the morning star.\n\nTo the church in Sardis, write:\n\n I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and\n art dead. Be watchful and strengthen the things which remain,\n that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect\n before God. Remember therefore how thou hast received and\n heard, and hold fast and repent. If therefore thou shalt not\n watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know\n what hour I will come upon thee. Thou hast a few names even in\n Sardis which have not defiled their garments, and they shall\n walk with me in white, for they are worthy.\n\nTo the church in Philadelphia, write:\n\n I know thy works. Behold, I have set before thee an open door,\n and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and\n hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name. Behold, I will\n make them of the Synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews,\n and are not, but do lie; behold I will make them to come and\n worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee.\n Because thou hast kept the word of my patience, I also will\n keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon\n all the world, to try them that dwell upon the earth. Behold,\n I come quickly; hold that fast which thou hast, that no man\n take thy crown. Him that overcometh will I make a pillar in\n the temple of my God, and he shall go no more out: and I will\n write upon him the name of my God, and the name of the city of\n my God, _which is_ new Jerusalem, which cometh down out of\n heaven from my God; and _I will write upon him_ my new name.\n\nTo the church of the Laodiceans, write:\n\n I know thy works, that thou art neither cold nor hot: I would\n thou wert cold or hot. So then because thou art lukewarm, and\n neither cold nor hot, I will spew thee out of my mouth.\n Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and\n have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched,\n and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked.\n\n I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou\n mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be\n clothed, and _that_ the shame of thy nakedness do not appear;\n and anoint thine eyes with eye salve, that thou mayest see. As\n many as I love, I rebuke and chasten; be zealous, therefore,\n and repent. Behold, I stand at the door and knock: if any man\n hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and\n will sup with him, and he with me. To him that overcometh\n will I grant to sit with me in my throne, even as I also\n overcame, and am set down with my Father in his throne.\n\nJohn in his vision saw also a new heaven and a new earth; and there was\nno more sea. For the former things were passed away. And Jesus who sat\nupon the throne, said:\n\n Behold, I make all things new.\n\nAnd he said to John:\n\n Write: for these words are true and faithful. It is done. I am\n Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto\n him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life\n freely.\n\n He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his\n God, and he shall be my son. But the fearful, and unbelieving,\n and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and\n sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their\n part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which\n is the second death.\n\nAnd John saw the holy city, with its jasper walls, its golden streets,\nand gates of pearl; its crystal river, and tree of life, with its\nperpetual fruits and healing leaves; and the light of the city was the\nglory of the Lamb. And he spake to John and said,\n\n I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to testify unto you these\n things, in the churches. I am the root and the offspring of\n David, _and_ the bright and morning star.\n\n And the Spirit and the bride say, come. And let him that\n heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And\n whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely.\n\n For I testify unto every one that heareth the words of the\n prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things,\n God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this\n book. And if any man shall take away from the words of the\n book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the\n book of life, and out of the holy city, and _from_ the things\n which are written in this book.\n\nHe which testifieth these things saith,\n\n Surely I come quickly: Amen.\n\nEven so, come, Lord Jesus. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with\nyou all. Amen.\n\n\n\n\nINDEX\n\n\n MATTHEW.\n\n CHAP. III.\n\n VERSES. PAGE.\n\n 13 to 16 16\n\n CHAP. IV.\n\n 1 to 8 17\n 9 \" 11 18\n 12 \" 20 36\n 21, 22 37\n 23 to 25 39\n\n CHAP. V.\n\n 1 to 3 39\n 4 \" 13 40\n 14 \" 19 41\n 20 \" 24 42\n 25 \" 30 43\n 31 \" 36 44\n 37 \" 45 45\n 46 \" 48 46\n\n CHAP. VI.\n\n 1, 2 46\n 3 to 7 47\n 8 \" 16 48\n 17 \" 23 49\n 24 \" 29 50\n 30 \" 34 51\n\n CHAP. VII.\n\n 1 to 6 52\n 7 \" 14 53\n 15 \" 22 54\n 23 \" 29 55\n\n CHAP. VIII.\n\n 1 55\n 2 to 4 57\n 7 \" 9 78\n 10 \" 13 79\n 14 \" 17 38\n 18 \" 22 105\n 23 to 27 106\n 28, 29 107\n 30 to 34 108\n\n CHAP. IX.\n\n 1, 10 to 13 109\n 2, 4, 8, 9 59\n 14 to 18 110\n 19, 20 111\n 22 to 24 112\n 26 \" 30 113\n 31 \" 34 114\n 35 \" 38 115\n\n CHAP. X.\n\n 1, 5 115\n 2 to 4 72\n 6 \" 14 116\n 15 \" 20 117\n 21 \" 26 118\n 27 \" 35 119\n 36 \" 42 120\n\n CHAP. XI.\n\n 1 121\n 2 80\n 5 to 8 81\n 9 \" 15 82\n 16 \" 21 83\n 22 \" 27 84\n 28 \" 30 85\n\n CHAP. XII.\n\n 1, 2, 4 68\n 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 69\n 11 to 13 70\n 15, 17 \" 21 71\n 22 to 27 88\n 28 \" 32 89\n 33 \" 37 90\n 38 \" 42 91\n 43 \" 48 92\n 49, 50 93\n\n CHAP. XIII.\n\n 1, 2, 4, 5 93\n 5, 10, 11, 12 94\n 13 to 17 95\n 18 99\n 19 100\n 24 to 80 96\n 31 97\n 32, 33, 35 98\n 36 to 41 102\n 42 \" 48 103\n 49 \" 52 104\n 53 105\n 54 to 57 114\n 58 115\n\n CHAP. XIV.\n\n 1, 2 121\n 2 to 4 135\n 5 \" 9 136\n 7, 8 122\n 10 to 12 123\n 15, 16 124\n 27 to 33 127\n 35 128\n\n CHAP. XV.\n\n 12 to 16 137\n 17 \" 20 138\n 21 \" 25 139\n 27 \" 29 140\n 29 \" 31, 33 to 36 141\n 37 \" 39 142\n\n CHAP. XVI.\n 1 to 3 142\n 4 to 9 143\n 10, 11 144\n 12 to 14 145\n 16 \" 21 146\n 22, 23, 26 147\n 27 148\n\n CHAP. XVII.\n\n 1 to 6 149\n 7, 9 to 12 150\n 13 to 17 151\n 18 \" 20 152\n 21 \" 23 153\n 24 \" 27 154\n\n CHAP. XVIII.\n\n 1 to 3 157\n 4 \" 8 158\n 9 \" 15 159\n 16 \" 20 160\n 21 \" 28 161\n 29 \" 35 162\n\n CHAP. XIX.\n\n 1 237\n 2 238\n 3 to 5 242\n 6 \" 9 243\n 10 \" 13 244\n 15 \" 18 245\n 19 \" 24 246\n 25, 27 to 29 247\n\n CHAP. XX.\n\n 1 to 7 248\n 8 \" 13 249\n 14 \" 18 250\n 19, 20, 22 251\n 23, 24 252\n\n CHAP. XXI.\n\n 1 to 3 260\n 4 \" 8 261\n 9 262\n 10, 11, 14 to 16 263\n 17 to 22 266\n 12 267\n 23 to 25 269\n 28 \" 32 270\n 33 \" 35 271\n 40 \" 42 272\n 43 \" 46 273\n\n CHAP. XXII.\n\n 1 to 6 274\n 7 \" 13 275\n 14 \" 21 276\n 22 \" 25, 28 277\n 30, 33 278\n 34 to 36, 38 to 40 279\n 41 \" 43 280\n 46 281\n\n CHAP. XXIII.\n\n 1 to 6 284\n 7 \" 14 285\n 15 \" 20 286\n 21 \" 27 287\n 28 \" 34 288\n 35 \" 39 289\n\n CHAP. XXIV.\n\n 1 to 3 290\n 4 \" 8 291\n 9, 10 292\n 11 to 15 293\n 20, 21 294\n 26 to 29 296\n 30 \" 32 297\n 34, 35 298\n 36, 37 to 42 299\n 43 to 47 300\n 48 \" 51 301\n\n CHAP. XXV.\n\n 1 to 5 301\n 6 \" 13 302\n 4 \" 19 303\n 20 \" 24 304\n 25 \" 31 305\n 32 \" 37 306\n 38 \" 44 307\n 45, 46 308\n\n CHAP. XXVI.\n\n 6 to 8 258\n 10, 12, 13 259\n 15 to 17 309\n 18, 19 310\n 26 313\n 22 to 24 314\n 25 315\n 27 to 28 319\n 29 320\n 31 337\n 32, 33, 35, 36 338\n 37 to 41 339\n 42, 44, 45, 46 340\n 47 341\n 48 to 51 342\n 52 \" 56 343\n 57 344\n 58 to 61 345\n 63 \" 68 346\n 70 \" 72, 75 347\n\n CHAP. XXVII.\n\n 1 348\n 2 to 9 349\n 11 \" 13 352\n 14 353\n 15 to 17, 19 to 22 354\n 24 \" 25 355\n 27 \" 29, 32 356\n 33 \" 34 357\n 35 \" 37 358\n 40 \" 44 359\n 46 360\n 48, 49 361\n 51 to 56 362\n 57, 58 363\n 59 to 66 364\n\n CHAP. XXVIII.\n\n 1 to 6 365\n 7, 8, 11 to 15 366\n 9, 10, 16 to 19 374\n 20 375\n\n\n MARK.\n\n CHAP. I.\n\n 9, 11 16\n 13 17\n 14, 15, 17 36\n 19 to 22, 26 to 28 37\n 29 \" 33, 35 to 38 38\n 39 39\n 40, 41, 45 57\n 45 58\n\n CHAP. II.\n\n 1 to 5 58\n 6 \" 13 59\n 14 to 18 60\n 19 \" 21 61\n 25, 26 68\n 27, 28 69\n\n CHAP. III.\n\n 1, 2 69\n 4, 6 70\n 7 to 12 71\n 13 \" 15, 17, 19 72\n 24 \" 26 88\n 28 \" 30 89\n 32 92\n 34 93\n\n CHAP. IV.\n\n 1 to 4 93\n 7 \" 8 94\n 10 \" 13 99\n 14 \" 17 100\n 18 \" 23 101\n 24 \" 25 102\n 26 \" 31 97\n 32 \" 34 98\n 35 105\n 36 to 41 106\n\n CHAP. V.\n\n 1, 3 to 7 107\n 11 to 16, 18, 19 108\n 20 \" 21 109\n 22, 23 110\n 24, 26, 29 to 32 111\n 33 to 39 112\n 40 \" 43 113\n\n CHAP. VI.\n\n 1 to 2 114\n 4 \" 7 115\n 8, 9 116\n 12 to 15 121\n 16 \" 27 122\n 29 \" 34 123\n 35 \" 38 124\n 39 \" 41, 43 125\n 45 \" 48 126\n 50 \" 52 127\n 53 \" 56 128\n\n CHAP. VII.\n\n 1 to 5, 9 135\n 11 \" 13, 8 136\n 14 \" 17 137\n 18 \" 23 138\n 24 \" 27 139\n 28 \" 37 140\n\n CHAP. VIII.\n\n 1 to 3 141\n 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 142\n 12 to 15 143\n 17 \" 21 144\n 22 \" 27 145\n 29 146\n 31 to 36 147\n 38 148\n\n CHAP. IX.\n\n 1 148\n 2 to 4, 6 149\n 8 to 10, 12, 13 150\n 14 \" 18, 20 151\n 21 \" 28 152\n 29 \" 31 153\n 32 154\n 33 to 38 155\n 39 \" 45 156\n 46 \" 50 157\n\n CHAP. X.\n\n 1 237\n 3 to 6 242\n 10 \" 12 243\n 13 \" 15 244\n 16 \" 19 245\n 20, 21, 23, 24 246\n 26, 27, 29, 30 247\n 31 248\n 32, 33 250\n 34 to 37 251\n 39 \" 45 252\n 46 \" 49 253\n\n CHAP. XI.\n\n 2, 3 260\n 4, 6, 7 261\n 10 262\n 11 263\n 12 to 14 266\n 15 to 23 267\n 24 \" 26 268\n 27, 28, 30 to 33 269\n\n CHAP. XII.\n\n 2 to 5 271\n 6 272\n 12 273\n 13 to 15 276\n 19, 23, 24 277\n 26, 27 278\n 28 to 30 279\n 31 \" 35 280\n 36 \" 41 281\n 42 \" 44 282\n\n CHAP. XIII.\n\n 1 to 4 290\n 9 291\n 10 292\n 15 to 16 294\n 19 \" 23 295\n 27, 28 297\n 29, 32 298\n 33, 34 299\n 35 to 37 300\n\n CHAP. XIV.\n\n 1 308\n 3 to 5 258\n 6 \" 9 259\n 11 \" 13 309\n 14 \" 17 310\n 18 \" 20 314\n 23 319\n 26 337\n 30, 31 338\n 33, 35, 36, 37 339\n 39 to 41 340\n 43 341\n 44, 45, 47 342\n 51, 52 343\n 53, 54, 56 to 60 345\n 61, 64 to 67 346\n 68 to 72 347\n\n CHAP. XV.\n\n 1 348\n 3, 4 352\n 6 to 11 354\n 12 \" 15 355\n 16, 18 to 21 356\n 22 357\n 25 to 28 358\n 29, 30, 32 359\n 33 to 35 360\n 39 \" 41 362\n 42 \" 45 363\n 46, 47 364\n\n CHAP. XVI.\n\n 1 to 6 365\n 7 \" 8 366\n 9 368\n 10 to 12 369\n 13 371\n 14 373\n 15 380\n 16 to 19 381\n 20 382\n\n\n LUKE.\n\n CHAP. III.\n\n 21, 22 16\n\n CHAP. IV.\n\n 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 9 to 12 17\n 6, 7 18\n 14 to 16 33\n 17 \" 24 34\n 25 \" 30 35\n 31 36\n 32 to 37 37\n 38 \" 42 38\n 42, 43 39\n\n CHAP. V.\n\n 1 to 8 56\n 9 \" 12 57\n 15 \" 19 58\n 21, 25, 26, 27 59\n 27 \" 30, 33, 34 60\n 36 \" 39 61\n\n CHAP. VI.\n\n 1 to 4 68\n 6 \" 8 69\n 9, 11 70\n 12 to 15, 17 to 19 72\n 20 \" 26 73\n 27 \" 34 74\n 35 \" 38 75\n 39 \" 43 76\n 44 \" 49 77\n\n CHAP. VII.\n\n 1 to 9 78\n 10 79\n 11 to 18 80\n 19 \" 22, 24, 25 81\n 28, 29 82\n 30 to 35 83\n 36 \" 38 85\n 39 \" 44 86\n 45 \" 50 87\n\n CHAP. VIII.\n\n 1 to 3 87\n 4 \" 5 93\n 6 \" 8 94\n 11 \" 13 100\n 14 \" 17 101\n 18 102\n 19 to 21 104\n 22 \" 25 106\n 26 \" 31 107\n 34 \" 38 108\n 39 \" 40 109\n 42, 43, 45 to 47 111\n 48, 50 \" 52 112\n 53, 55, 56 113\n\n CHAP. IX.\n\n 1 to 2 115\n 3 116\n 6 to 9 121\n 10 123\n 11, 12 124\n 13, 14 125\n 18 145\n 19, 20 146\n 23, 25 147\n 26 148\n 28 to 35 149\n 36, 37 150\n 38, 41 151\n 42 152\n 43, 44 153\n 45, 46 154\n 47 to 50 155\n 51 \" 60 189\n 61, 62 190\n\n CHAP. X.\n\n 1 to 4 190\n 5 \" 11 191\n 12 \" 19 192\n 20 \" 24 193\n 25 \" 31 194\n 32 \" 37 195\n 38 \" 42 196\n\n CHAP. XI.\n\n 1, 2 196\n 3 to 9 197\n 10 \" 17 198\n 20 \" 24 199\n 25 \" 29 200\n 30 \" 34 201\n 35 \" 42 202\n 43 \" 49 203\n 50 \" 54 204\n\n CHAP. XII.\n\n 1 to 5 205\n 6 \" 11 206\n 12 \" 18 207\n 19 \" 26 208\n 27 \" 33 209\n 34 \" 39 210\n 40 \" 46 211\n 47 \" 52 212\n 53 \" 58 213\n 59 214\n\n CHAP. XIII.\n\n 1 to 4 214\n 5 \" 12 215\n 13 \" 19 216\n 20 \" 26 217\n 27 \" 33, 34, 35 218\n\n CHAP. XIV.\n\n 1 219\n 2 to 10 220\n 11 \" 16 221\n 17 \" 22 222\n 23 \" 29 223\n 30 \" 35 224\n\n CHAP. XV.\n\n 1 to 7 225\n 8 \" 13 226\n 14 \" 20 227\n 21 \" 27 228\n 28 \" 32 229\n\n CHAP. XVI.\n\n 1 to 5 230\n 6 \" 11 231\n 12 \" 17 232\n 18 \" 24 233\n 25 \" 30 234\n 31 235\n\n CHAP. XVII.\n\n 1 to 4 235\n 5 \" 10 236\n 11 \" 19 237\n 20 \" 26 238\n 27 \" 34 239\n 35 \" 37 240\n\n CHAP. XVIII.\n\n 1 to 4 240\n 5 \" 11 241\n 12 \" 14 242\n 15 244\n 31 250\n 34 251\n 35 to 43 253\n\n CHAP. XIX.\n\n 1 253\n 2 to 5 254\n 6 \" 14 255\n 15 \" 21 256\n 22 \" 27 257\n 28 258\n 29, 30 260\n 32 to 38 261\n 39 \" 44 262\n 45, 47, 48 267\n\n CHAP. XX.\n\n 1, 2, 6 268\n 9 to 12 271\n 13 \" 17 272\n 19 273\n 20 276\n 26 to 35 277\n 36, 38, 39, 40 278\n 42 to 45 281\n\n CHAP. XXI.\n\n 1 281\n 4 282\n 5 to 7 290\n 8 \" 12 291\n 15 \" 16 292\n 16 \" 19 293\n 20 \" 23 294\n 24 295\n 25 296\n 26, 28, 29 297\n 30 to 32, 34 to 36 298\n 37, 38 309\n\n CHAP. XXII.\n\n 2 to 4, 6 to 10 309\n 14 \" 17 310\n 19, 21, 22 313\n 23 314\n 24 to 30 317\n 31 \" 35 318\n 36 \" 38 319\n 39 337\n 40 338\n 41 to 44 339\n 45 340\n 47 to 49, 51 342\n 52, 53 343\n 54 344\n 55 345\n 56, 63 to 65 346\n 57 to 61 347\n 66 \" 71 348\n\n CHAP. XXIII.\n\n 1 348\n 2, 3 352\n 4 to 14 353\n 15 \" 20 354\n 21 \" 25 355\n 26 \" 29 356\n 30 \" 34 357\n 35 \" 39 359\n 40 \" 43, 45 360\n 48, 49 362\n 50 to 52 363\n 54 \" 56 364\n\n CHAP. XXIV.\n\n 1 to 6 366\n 7 \" 11 367\n 12 368\n 13 369\n 15 to 25 370\n 26 \" 36 371\n 37 \" 43 372\n 44 \" 47 379\n 48 \" 50 380\n 51, 52 381\n 53 382\n\n\n JOHN.\n\n CHAP. I.\n\n 19 to 23 18\n 24 \" 38 19\n 39 \" 47 20\n 48 \" 51 21\n\n CHAP. II.\n\n 1 to 9 22\n 10 \" 20 23\n 20 \" 25 24\n\n CHAP. III.\n\n 1 to 6 24\n 6 \" 13 25\n 14 \" 21 26\n 22 \" 30 27\n 31 \" 36 28\n\n CHAP. IV.\n\n 1 to 9 28\n 10 \" 16 29\n 17 \" 24 30\n 25 \" 36 31\n 37 \" 45 32\n 46 \" 54 33\n\n CHAP. V.\n\n 1 to 9 62\n 10 \" 19 63\n 20 \" 24 64\n 25 \" 32 65\n 33 \" 41 66\n 42 \" 45 67\n\n CHAP. VI.\n\n 1, 2 123\n 3 to 7 124\n 8 \" 13 125\n 14 \" 19 126\n 21 127\n 22 to 24 128\n 25 \" 30 129\n 40 \" 46 131\n 47 \" 55 132\n 56 \" 64 133\n 65 \" 71 134\n\n CHAP. VII.\n\n 1 153\n 2 to 8 163\n 9 \" 21 164\n 22 \" 29 165\n 30 \" 39 166\n 40 \" 53 167\n\n CHAP. VIII.\n\n 1 167\n 2 to 10 168\n 11 \" 16 169\n 17 \" 24 170\n 25 \" 31 171\n 32 \" 40 172\n 41 \" 46 173\n 47 \" 55 174\n 56 \" 59 175\n\n CHAP. IX.\n\n 1 to 3 175\n 4 \" 16 176\n 17 \" 29 177\n 30 \" 41 178\n\n CHAP. X.\n\n 1 to 5 179\n 6 \" 13 180\n 14 \" 24 181\n 25 \" 32 182\n 33 \" 42 183\n\n CHAP. XI.\n\n 1 to 9 184\n 10 \" 21 185\n 22 \" 38 186\n 39 \" 42 187\n 43 \" 54 188\n 55 \" 57 258\n\n CHAP. XII.\n\n 1 to 6 258\n 7, 9 to 11 259\n 12, 13 260\n 14 to 18 261\n 19 263\n 20 to 27 264\n 28 \" 36 265\n 37 \" 50 282\n\n CHAP. XIII.\n\n 1 to 10 311\n 11 \" 17 312\n 18 \" 19 313\n 20 \" 22 314\n 23 \" 32 315\n 33 \" 38 316\n\n CHAP. XIV.\n\n 1 to 7 320\n 8 \" 14 321\n 15 \" 22 322\n 23 \" 28 323\n 29 \" 31 324\n\n CHAP. XV.\n\n 1, 2 324\n 3 to 9 325\n 10 \" 16 326\n 17 \" 23 327\n 24 \" 27 328\n\n CHAP. XVI.\n\n 1, 2 328\n 3 to 9 329\n 10 \" 17 330\n 18 \" 23 331\n 24 \" 31 332\n 32, 33 333\n\n CHAP. XVII.\n\n 1, 2 333\n 3 to 9 334\n 10 \" 15 335\n 16 \" 23 336\n 24 \" 26 337\n\n CHAP. XVIII.\n\n 1 337\n 2, 3 340\n 10, 11 342\n 12 to 16, 19 to 23 344\n 24 345\n 17 346\n 18, 25, 26 347\n 28 348\n 29 to 32 349\n 33 \" 38 350\n 39, 40 351\n\n CHAP. XIX.\n\n 1 to 11 351\n 12 \" 14 352\n 15 353\n 16 355\n 17 to 21 358\n 25 \" 27 360\n 28 \" 30 361\n 31 362\n 32 to 39 363\n 40 \" 42 364\n\n CHAP. XX.\n\n 1 to 5 367\n 6 \" 16 368\n 17 \" 18 369\n 19 371\n 20 to 22 372\n 23 \" 29 373\n 30 \" 31 382\n\n CHAP. XXI.\n\n 1 to 6 375\n 7 \" 15 376\n 16 \" 18 377\n 19 \" 24 378\n 25 382\n\n\n MISCELLANEOUS.\n\n ACTS.\n\n 1: 4 379\n 1: 5 to 8 280\n 1: 9 \" 11 381\n 1:12 382\n 20:35 384\n\n 1 COR.\n\n 11:23, 24 313\n 11:25 319\n 15: 6 375\n 15: 7 378\n\n REV.\n\n 1:17 to 20 & 2: 1 to 5 385\n 2: 6 to 13 386\n 2:14 \" 20 387\n 2:21 \" 27 388\n 2:28, 29 & 3: 1 to 8 389\n 3: 9 to 12 390\n 3:13 \" 20 391\n 3:21, 22 & 2: 5 to 8 392\n 22:16 to 19 393\n 22:20 394\n\n\n\n\nTRANSCRIBER'S NOTES\n\n\nThe following corrections have been made to the text:\n\n Page 5: LXXIV.[original has XXIV.] The two Thieves\n\n Page 16: \"Thou art my beloved son, in whom I am well\n pleased.\"[quotation mark missing in original]\n\n Page 30: Sir, I perceive[original has percieve] that thou art\n a prophet.\n\n Page 123: JESUS FEEDS FIVE THOUSAND[original has extraneous\n hyphen]\n\n Page 124: when it was evening, his disciples[original has\n diciples]\n\n Page 165: know this man whence he is,[original has a period]\n but when\n\n Page 165: no man knoweth whence he is.[original has a comma]\n\n Page 185: in the grave four days already.[period missing in\n original]\n\n Page 194: and fell among thieves[original has theives]\n\n Page 267: Jesus answering[original has anwering] saith unto\n them\n\n Page 344: took Jesus and bound him, and led[original has lead]\n him away\n\n Page 349: Then said Pilate unto[original has uuto] them\n\n Page 383: \"[quotation mark missing in original]The saints of\n all ages\n\n Page 399: CHAP. 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