o forgive one another. CHAP. XII. all believe that those things which spasses. 6 But, ifye do not forgive, nei- 3 And say unto him, By what And Jesus answered and said them, I will also ask of you question, and answer me, and Il tell you by what authority I hese things. The baptism of John, was it heaven, or of men? answer Of paying tribute 6 Having yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son. 7 But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inhe ritance shall be ours.. 8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard. 9. What shall therefore, the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. 10 And have ye not rend this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the corner: 11 This was the Lord's doing. and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them: and they left him, and went their way. 13 1 And they send unto him certain of the Pharisces, and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words. 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we And they reasoned with them-know that thou art true, and carest s, saying, If we shall say, for no man: for thou regardest not n heaven; he will say, Why the person of men, but teachest the did ye not believe him? way of God in truth: Is it lawful to But if we shall say, Of men; give tribute to Cesar, or not? feared the people: for all men ted John, that he was a proindeed. 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye me? bring me a penny, that I may see it. And they answered and said CHAP. XII. e Parable of the Vineyard. ID he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain planted a vineyard, and set a about it, and digged a place e wine-fat, and built a tower, et it out to husbandmen, and into a far country. nd at the season he sent to isbandmen a servant, that he receive from the husbandof the fruit of the vineyard. nd they caught him, and beat ind sent him away empty. nd again, he sent unto them er servant: and at him they stones, and wounded him in end, and sent him away efully handled. nd again he sent another; im they killed, and many ; beating some, and killing 16 And they brought it. And saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cesar's. 17 And Jesus answering, said unto them, Render to Cesar the things that are Cesar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him. 18 Then come unto him the Sadducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20 Now, there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no sced. 21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third likewise. 22 And the seven had her, and The chief commandment. MARK, left no seed: last of all the woman died also. 23 In the resurrection therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 24 And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven. 26 And as touching the dead, that they rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. 28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: there is none other commandment greater than these. 32 And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: The widow's mites 37 David therefore himself call eth him Lord, and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly. 381 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing. and love salutations in the marketplaces, 39 And the chief seats in the sy uppermost nagogues, and the rooms at feasts: 40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation. 41 1 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. 42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. 43 And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Ve rily, I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the trea sury. 44 For all they did cast in of their abundance: but she of her wast did cast in all that she had, even all her living. CHAP. XIII. Destruction of the Temple fore told. AND as he went out of the tem ple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what ma ner of stones, and what buildings are here! 2 And Jesus answering, said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3 And as he sat upon the mount Olives, over against the temple, Peter, and James, and John, and Andrew, asked him privately, 33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understand-of ing, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices. 4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? 5 And Jesus answering them, be gan to say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man 6 For many shall come in my after that durst ask him any ques-name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. tion. 35 T And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David? 36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said unto iny Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 7 And when ye shall hear of war, and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet 8 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be earth quakes in divers places, and there shall be famines, and trou CHAP. XIV. Persecution foretold. bles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. 91 But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them. 10 And the gospel must first be published among all nations. 11 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ve that speak, but the Holy Ghost. 12 Now, the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father he son: and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death. 13 And ye shall be hated of all nen for my name's sake: but he hat shall endure unto the end, the ame shall be saved. 14 But when ye shall see the bomination of desolation, spoken f by Daniel the prophet, standing here it ought not, (let him that eadeth understand) then let them at be in Judea flee to the mounins: 15 And let him that is on the ouse-top not go down into the use, neither enter therein, to ke any thing out of his house: 16 And let him that is in the field ot turn back again for to take up s garment. 17 But wo to them that are with ild, and to them that give suck those days! 18 And pray, ye that your flight not in the winter. 19 For in those days shall be liction, such as was not from beginning of the creation which Christ's second coming 25 And the stars of heaven shal fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 26 And then shall they see the Son of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory. 27 And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven. 28 Now learn a parable of the fig-tree: When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is near: 29 So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these things come to pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30 Verily, I say unto you, That this generation shall not pass, till all these things be done. 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 32 But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is. 34 For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his house, and gave authority to his servants, and to every man his work; and commanded the porter to watch. 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not when the master of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch. CHAP. XIV. d created unto this time, neither AFTER two days was the feast all be. 20 And except that the Lord had ortened those days, no flesh uld be saved: but for the elect's e, whom he hath chosen, he ch'shortened the days. 1 And then, if any man shall to you, Lo, here is Christ; or he is there; believe him not." 2 For false Christs, and false phets shall rise, and shall shew is and wonders, to seduce, if it e possible, even the elect. 3 But take ye heed: behold, I e foretold you all things. 4 But in those days, after that ulation, the sun shall be darkenand the moon shall not give her t, of the passover, and of unleavened bread: and the chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. 2 But they said, Not on the feastday, lest there be an uproar of the people. 31 And being in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, as he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster-box of ointment of spikenard, very precious; and she brake the box, and poured Lit on his head. 4 And there were some that had indignation within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? The passover eaten. MARK. 5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred peace, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 6And Jesus said, Let her alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. 7 For ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. 8 She hath done what she could: she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying. 9 Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout the whole world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of, for a memorial of her. 10 And Judas Iscariot, one of the twelve, went unto the chief priests, to betray him unto them. 11 And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how be might conveniently betray him. 12 1 And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, his disciples said unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover 7" ? 13 And he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into the city, and there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him." 14 And wheresoever, he shall go in, say ye to the good-man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall ent the passover with my disciples? 15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 16 And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they 17 And in the evening he cometh with the twelve. 18 And as they sat, and did eat, Josus said, Verily I say unto you, One of you which eateth with me, shall betray me. 19 And they began to be sorrowful, and to say unto him one by. one, Is it I and another said, Is it I 20 And he answered and said unto them, It is one of the twelve. that dippeth with me in the dish. 21 The Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of him: but wo to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born. And as they did eat, Jesus 52 Christ's agres took bread, and blessed, and 23 And be took the cup, and when he had given thanks, be gave it to them: and they all drank of it. 24 And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many. 25 Verily, I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God. 26 And when they had sunga hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives. 27 And Jesus saith unto them. All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered. 28 But after that I am risen, l will go before you into Galilee. 29 But Peter said unto him, Al though all shall be offended, yet will not I. 30 And Jesus saith unto hi Verily, I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. 31 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should die with thee, I will not deny theo in any wise. Likewise also said they all. 32 And they came to a place which was named Gethsemane: and he saith to his disciples, Sit re here, while I shall pray, 33 And he taketh with him Peter, and James, and John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34 And saith unto them, Mr soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death; tarry ye here, and watch 35 And he went forward a little and fell on the ground, and prayed that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 36 And he said, Abba, Father. all things are possible unto thee: take away this cup from me. nevertheless, not what I will, but what thou wilt. 37 And he cometh, and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou? could est not thou watch one hour? 38 Watch ye and pray, lest ye c ter into temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is weak. 39 And again he went away, and prayed, and spake the same words 40 And when he returned, be found them asleep again, (for their they what to answer him. eyes were heavy) neither wist as betrayeth Christ. CHAP. XV. And he cometh the third time, saith unto them, Sleep on now, take your rest: it is enough, hour is come; behold, the Son nan is betrayed into the hands inners. Riso up, let us go; lo, he that ayeth me is at hand. And immediately while he yet xe, cometh Judas, one of the ve, and with him a great mulde with swords and staves, from chief priests, and the scribes, the elders. And he that betrayed him, had n them a token, saying, Whomer I shall kiss, that same is he; him, and lead him away safely. And as soon as he was come, oeth straightway to him, and , Master, Master; and kissed And they laid their hands on and took him. And one of them that stood drew a sword, and smote a nt of the high priest, and cut is ear. And Jesus answered and said them, Are ye come out as nst a thief, with swords and staves to take me? I was daily with you in the le, teaching, and ye took me but the scriptures must be ful1. And they all forsook him and And there followed him a in young man, having a linen cast about his naked body; the young men laid hold on And he left the linen cloth, fled from them naked. And they led Jesus away to igh priest; and with him were mbled all the chief priests, and elders and the scribes. And Peter followed him afar even into the palace of the priest: and he sat with the ants, and warmed himself at fire." And the chief priests, and all council, sought for witness nst Jesus to put him to death; found none:, inst him, but their witness For many bare false witness eed not together. And there arose certain, and false witness against him, Peter denieth ham 59 But neither so did their wit ness agree together. 60 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing? what is it which these witness against thee? 61 But he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked him, and said unto him, Art thou the Christ, the Son of the Blessed? 62 And Jesus said, I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven, 63 Then the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further witnesses? 64 Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye ? And they all condemned him to be guilty of death. 65 And some began to spit on him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and to say unto him, Prophesy: and the servants did strike him with the palms of their hands. 66 1 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of the maids of the high priest: 67 And when she saw Peter warming himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus of Nazareth, 68 But he denied, saying, I know not, neither understand I what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. 69 And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one of them. 70 And he denied it again. And a little after, they that stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for thou art a Galilean, and thy speech agreeth thereto." 71 But he began to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this man of whom ye speak. 72 And the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that Jesus said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought thereon, he wept. CHAP. XV. the chief priests held a consulChrist brought before Pilate. ND straightway in the morning tation with the elders and scribes, and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried him away, and delivered him to Pilate. 2 And Pilate asked him, Art thou the King of the Jews? And he answering, said unto him, Thon sayest it. 53 |