Parable of the husbandmen.

A. D. 33.

32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men countt Matt. 3. 5. & ed John, that he was a prophet indeed.

14. 5. ch. 6.

20.

a Matt. 21. 33. Luke 20. 9.

b Ps. 118. 22.

c Matt. 21. 45, John 7.25, 30,

33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

CHAPTER XII.

The parable of the wicked husbandmen. 13 The question of the Pharisees about paying tribute to Cesar, 18 and of the Sadducees concerning the resurrection.

28 The two great commandments. 35 Christ the son

of David. 38 The evil example of the scribes to be

avoided. 41 The widow's two mites.

A by parables.

ND a he began to speak unto them A certain man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country.

2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard.

3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, and wounded him in the head, and sent him away shamefully handled.

5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

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 inheritance 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.

11 This was the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?

12 And they sought to lay hold on 46. ch.11.18. him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them and they left him, and went their way.

44.

d Matt. 22. 15. Luke 20. 20.

d

13 ¶ And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

The Sadducees answered.

14 And when they were come, they A. D. 33. say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth: Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?

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 † Gr. denasee it.

19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If g Deut. 25. 5. 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 seed.

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed and the third likewise.

22 And the seven had her, and 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 h1 Cor. 15. 42, angels which are in heaven.

49, 52.

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 Godi Ex. 3. 6. 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.

k

k

28 ¶ And one of the scribes came, & Matt. 22. 35. 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, 1 Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy

Destruction of the temple.

CHAPTER XIII.

Jesus foretelleth the destruction of the temple, 3 and the calamities that shall precede it. 24 The signs of his coming. 32 The day and hour thereof unknown. 33 The duty of all to watch.

a

thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.

31 And the second is like, namely m Lev. 19. 18. this, m Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

Matt. 22. 39. Rom. 13. 9. Gal. 5. 14. James 2. 8.

n Deut. 4. 39. Is. 45. 6, 14. & 46. 9.

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 :

33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, ° is more than all whole burnt 6. Mic. G. 6, offerings and sacrifices.

o 1 Sam. 15. 22. Hos. 6.

7,8.

p Matt. 22. 46.

q Matt. 22. 41. Luke 20. 41.

r 2 Sam. 23. 2. 3 Ps. 110. 1.

t ch. 4. 2.

u Matt. 23. 1, &C. Luke

20. 46.

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 after that durst ask him any question.

35 ¶ 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 to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool. 37 David therefore himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

38 ¶ And the said unto them in his doctrine, "Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love x Luke 11. 43. salutations in the marketplaces, 39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts:

A. D. 33.

a Matt. 24. 1. Luke 21.5.

b Luke 19. 44.

Luke 21.7.

4 Tell us, when shall these things Matt. 24. 3. be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled?

d

5 And Jesus answering them began to say, Take heed lest any man de- d Jer. 29. 8. ceive you :

6 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.

7 And when ye shall hear of wars 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 earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of† sorrows.

f

Eph. 5. 6. 1 Thess. 2. 3.

e Matt. 24. 8. +Gr.painsasof

a woman in
travail.

f Matt. 10. 17, 18. & 24. 9.

Rev. 2. 10.

9 T 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 beg Matt. 24. 14. published among all nations.

11 h 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 ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost.

12 Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son; and children shall rise up against their parents, and shall cause them to be put to death.

131 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

h Matt. 10. 19.

Luke 12. 11.
& 21. 14.

i Acts 2. 4. & 4. 8, 31.

k Mic. 7. 6. Matt. 10. 21. & 24. 10. Luke 21. 16.

1 Matt. 24. 9. Luke 21. 17. m Dan. 12. 12. Matt 10. 22. & 24. 13. Rev. 2. 10.

Matt. 24 15. Dan. 9. 27.

14 ¶ "But when ye shall see then abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing where it ought not, (let him that readeth understand,) then let them that be p Luke 21. 21. in Judea flee to the mountains:

A time of great affliction.

A. D. 33.

ɑ Luke 21. 23. & 23. 29.

r Dan. 9. 26. & 12. 1. Joel 2.2. Matt. 24. 21.

• Matt. 24. 23. Luke 17. 23. & 21. 8.

t 2 Pet. 3. 17.

u Dan. 7. 10. Zeph. 1. 15. Matt. 24. 29, &c. Luke 21.25.

x Dan. 7. 13.

16 And let him that is in the field not turn back again for to take up his garment.

17 9 But woe to them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter.

19 For in those days shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation which God created unto this time, neither shall be. 20 And except that the Lord had shortened those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect's sake,

whom he hath chosen, he hath short

ened the days.

21 And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is Christ; or, lo, he is there; believe him not :

22 For false Christs and false prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it were possible, even the elect.

23 But take ye heed: behold, I have foretold you all things. 24 ¶ "But in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

26 * And then shall they see the Son 14. Matt. 16. of man coming in the clouds with great power and glory.

ch. 14. 62. Acts 1. 11. 1 Thess. 4.

1.7, 10. Rev. 1.7.

27 And then shall he send his an16. 2 Thess. gels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.

y Matt. 24. 32. Luke 21. 29, &c.

z Is. 40. 8.

a Matt. 24. 42. & 25. 13. Luke 12. 40. & 21. 34. Rom. 13. 11. 1 Thess. 5. 6. b Matt. 24. 45.

& 25. 14.

28 y 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 a Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.

34 b For the Son of man is as a man taking a far journey, who left his

5 For it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and See Matt. have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her.

6 And 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 ¶d 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 he might conveniently betray him.

18. 28.

c Deut. 15. 11,

Matt. 26. 14. Luke 22.8, 4.

e Matt. 26. 17. Luke 22. 7.

12 Te And the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the passover, Or, sacrihis disciples said unto him, Where

ficed.