ect of weighty matters; 23 2 "Alas! for you scribes and their neg- Pharisees! hypocrites! for ye pay tithe even of mint, anniseed, and cummin; but ye omit the weightier matters of the law, justice, mercy, and faithfulness: now these things ye ought to do, and not leave the 94 other undone. Ye blind guides! who strain out the gnat, but 25 swallow down the camel. Alas! for you, scribes and Pharisees! hypocrites for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, whilst they are filled within by ra26 pine and injustice. Thou blind Pharisee first make clean the inside of the cup and the dish, and then their outside also will be clean. less of Heart; 27 "Alas! for you, scribes and Phaheir bad- risees! hypocrites! for ye are like whited sepulchres, which appear indeed clean without, but within are full of dead men's bones, and 28 of all uncleanness. In the same manner ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29 Alas! for you, scribes and eir be- Pharisees! hypocrites! for ye of the build the sepulchres of the prorous tem- phets, and adorn the tombs of the as their righteous, and say, If we had #fathers; been in the days of our fathers, me mur ras 3 XXIV. and ye will fill up the measure CHAP. of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye brood of vipers! how can ye escape 33 the punishment of hell? nounces "Wherefore behold! I send you teachers, and wise men, and scribes, 34 and some ye will kill and crucify, and deand some ye will Scourge in your dreadful synagogues, and persecute from punishcity to city; so that upon you will ment. come all the righteous blood shed 35 upon the earth from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of * Zachariah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily 36 I say unto you, all this blood will come upon this generation. 5 address to "O Jerusalem! Jerusalem! that 37 killest the prophets, and stonest Pathetic them who are sent unto thee ; the great how often would I have gathered city. thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings! but ye would not. Be-38 hold! your city shall be left by you desolate. For I say unto you, such heavy judgments shall fall upon your nation after I have left you, that you shall see me no more from that time until ye shall 39 say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord'." And Jesus went out of the tem- CHAP. lem to be distance by ple, and was going away, when his XXIV. disciples came near to show him Destruction the buildings of the temple. And of JerusaJesus said unto them, "Do ye preceded gaze with admiration on all these at some things? Verily I say unto you, wars, faone stone will not be left here upon mines, &c. another, that will not be thrown down." And as he was sitting on 3 the mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, "Tell us when these things will be, and what will be the sign of thy 5.66 * See 2 Chron. xxiv. 21, 22. Ye," means 66 your nation." A very strong way of saying, that their punishment would be extremely grievous and dreadful. XXIV. CHAP. appearance and of the end of the age?" Then Jesus answered, "Take 5 heed that no one deceive you, for many will come in my name, saying, I am Christ;' and will deceive 6 many. And ye will hear of wars, and rumours of wars, but see that ye be not troubled, for all these things must come to pass, but the 7end will not be yet. vere perse Christ's disciples; 5 his clothes with him. But alas! CHAP for them that are with child, and XXIV. them that give suck in those days! 19 And pray that your flight be not in 20 the winter, nor on a sabbath. For 21 then will be great affliction, such as was not since the beginning of the world, nor ever will be. And 22 if that time was not to be short, no For nationman could be preserved; but bewill rise up against nation, and cause of the elect, that time will kingdom against kingdom, and be short." there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in manyLo! here is Christ, or there,' believe Cautions him not: for false Christs and false to the disprophets will rise, and will propose to proceed, great signs and wonders, so as to 24 draw after them, if they can, even the elect. Behold I have forewarn- 25 ed you. Wherefore, if men say to 26 you, Behold! Christ is in the de "Then if any one say unto you, 23 ciples how 8 places. All these things are but the beginning of sorrows. 9 "Then will ye be delivered up to more near- affliction, and some of you will be ly by se killed, and ye will be hated by all cution of nations for my name's sake. And then many will fall off and deliver up one another, and hate one ano-sert,' go not forth, Behold! he is 11 ther. And many false prophets in a secret chamber,' believe them will arise and deceive many, and not; for as the lightning issueth 27 12 because iniquity will be multiplied, out of the east, and shineth to the the love of many of my disciples west, so sudden also will this com13 will become cold. But he who ing of the son of man be. For 23 endureth to the end shall be safe. wheresoever the carcase is, there 14 And these glad tidings of my king-will the eagles be gathered together. dom will be published in many parts of the world, for a testimony to all nations; and then will the end come. 15 "When therefore ye see on the and direct- holy ground that desolating abomily by the nation spoken of by Daniel the Roman ar- prophet, (let him who readeth conpassing it. sider) then let them in Judea, flee my encom Dan. ix. into the mountains; let not him 17 who is upon the roof go down to take away any thing out of his 18 house; and let not him who is in the field turn back to take away 6 7 8 put to the "Now immediately after the af- 29 fliction of those days, the sun will. An entire be darkened, and the moon will end to be not give her light, the stars will Jewish go. fall from heaven, and the firma- vernment. ment of the heavens will be shaken. And then will appear the sign of 30 the son of man in heaven, and then will all the tribes of the land lament, and will see the son of man coming on the clouds of heaven with great power and glory. And he will send his 10 messengers 31 with a great sound of a trumpet, of the Event ; 32 36 known to XXV. CHAP and they will gather together his give him the charge of all his sub- CHAP. 45 vigilance, XXV. rable of the "Then will the kingdom of hea- CHAP. ven be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went forth to meet Illustrated the bridegroom. And five of them by the pawere prudent, and five were foolish: virgins. the foolish took their lamps, but no 3 oil with them; but the prudent took 4 oil in their vessels together with their lamps. And as the bride- 5 groom was long in coming, they all grew heavy and slept. And at 6 midnight there was a cry, 'Behold! the bridegroom is coming, go forth to meet him.' Then all those vir- 7 gins arose and set their lamps in order: And the foolish said unto 8 oil, for our lamps are going out "Who then is that faithful and Duty and prudent servant, whom his master reward of hath set over his household to give and danger them food in due season? Happy "The son of man is like one go- 14 of the op- is that servant whom his master at ing into another country, who callposite vice. his coming shall find thus employ-ed his servants, and delivered to ed. Verily I say unto you, he will them what he had, giving five? ta 19 money. XXV. reap where I did not sow, and to CHAP. 3 "After some time, the master of those servants cometh to reckon with 20 them. Then he who had received the five talents came, and brought 64 When the son of man com- 31 to him five talents more, saying, eth in his glory, and all the holy Great re Sir, thou deliveredst unto me five angels with him, then he will sit on gard will be paid to talents, behold! I have gained be- the throne of his glory. And be actions of 21 sides them five talents more.' And fore him will be gathered all na- beneficence his master said unto him, Well tions, and he will separate them at the last, done, good and faithful servant one from another, as a shepherd 32 thou hast been faithful in a little; separateth the sheep from the goats, I will set thee over much; enter and he will set the sheep on his 33 thou into the joy of thy master.' right hand, and the goats on his "He also that had received the left. Then the king will say to 34 two talents came and said, Sir, them on his right hand, Come ye thou deliveredst unto me two ta-blessed of my Father! inherit the lents, behold! I have gained be-kingdom prepared for you from the 23 sides them two talents more.' His foundation of the world.' For I 35 master said unto him, Well done, was hungry and ye gave me food: good and faithful servant! thou I was thirsty and ye gave me drink: hast been faithful in a little, I will I was a stranger and ye entertained 36 set thee over much; enter into the me: naked and ye clothed me: sick joy of thy master.' and ye took care of me in prison and ye came unto me.' Then will 37 22 24 "He also who had received the one talent came, and said, 'Sir, Ithe righteous answer, 'Lord! when knew thee to be a hard man, ex-did we see thee hungry and gave pecting to reap where thou didst thee food, or thirsty and gave thee not sow, and to gather where thou drink? When did we see thee a 38 didst not scatter, so I was afraid; stranger, and entertain thee, or 25 and went and hid thy talent in the naked and clothed thee? When did 39 ground; behold! thou hast thine we see thee sick and in prison, and 26 own again.' His master answered, came unto thee?' And the king 40 "Wicked and slothful servant! will answer, Verily I say unto didst thou know, that I expect to you, Inasmuch as ye did it to one CHAP. of the least of these my brethren, ye | indignation, saying, "Why is this CHAP. XXVI. did it unto me.' waste? for this ointment might XXVI. have been sold for a great sum, and given to the poor.' 41 66 When Jesus 10 knew this, he said unto them, "Then will he say to them on and neglect his left hand, Depart from me, ye of them cursed into that long-lasting fire dreadfully punished. prepared for the devil and his an42 gels. For I was hungry and ye gave me no food: I was thirsty and 43 ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger and ye did not entertain me: naked and ye clothed me not: sick and in prison and ye took no say unto you, Wheresoever this 44 care of me.' Then will they also gospel shall be preached in the answer, Lord, when did we see whole world, this also which she thee hungry or thirsty, or a stran-hath done shall be spoken of for a ger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, memorial of her." Then 45 and did not relieve thee?' gages to Then one of the twelve, named 14 he will answer, Verily I say unto Judas Iscariot, went to the chief Judas enyou, Inasmuch as ye did it not to priests, and said, "What are ye deliver one of the least of these my bre-willing to give me for delivering him up. 46 thren, ye did it not to me." And him up to you?" And they pro- 16 these will go away into long-last-mised to pay him thirty 3 pieces of ing punishment, but the righteous into long-enduring life." CHAP. When Jesus had finished all these words, he said unto his disci2 ples, "Ye know that in two days will be the passover, when the son of man will be delivered up to be crucified." 3 silver. And from that time he Now on the first day of the feast 17 of unleavened bread, the disciples Paschal came to Jesus, saying, "Where Supper prepared. wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover. And he said, 18 Then the chief priests and Go into the city to such a man, Consulta scribes, and the elders of the people, and tell him, 'The master saith, on to kill assembled together in the palace of my time is near, I will keep the the high priest, whose name was passover at thine house with my 4 Caiaphas; and consulted how to disciples!" And the disciples did i take Jesus privately and put him to as Jesus had commanded them, and 5 death. But they said, "Not dur-made ready the passover. ing the festival, lest there be an uproar among the people.' Jesus. moured by woman's covers his Now when evening was come, he 20 placed himself at table with the Jesus dis6 Now while Jesus was in Bethany, twelve. And as they were cating, knowledge He is ho- in the house of Simon, called the he said, "Verily I say unto you, of Judas's leper, a woman came to him hav-that one of you will deliver me up.' "intention. ouring ing an alabaster box of most pre- And they were very sorrowful, and 22 cious ointment, and poured it out began each of them to say unto on his head as he was at table. But him, "Master, is it I?" And he 23 8 when his disciples saw it, they had answered, "He who is dipping itment pon him. 1 For all evil-doers, and those who have assisted and countenanced them in their evil p.actices. 2 Not that Mary knew how soon he would be put to death; but because he knew it, he considers what she did in the same light as the Jews did the embalming of the dead, which they always looked upon 3 Probably shekels, a very small sum. |