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"Verily I tell you, if ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do what hath been done to the fig-tree, but even if ye shall say to this mountain, 'Be thou removed, and be thou east into the sea,' it shall be done. 22 And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive."

23 AND when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people same to him, as he was teaching, and said, "By what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?" 24 And Jesus answering, said to them, "I also will ask you one thing; which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 Whence was the baptism by John? from heaven, * or from men?" And they reasoned with themselves, saying, "If we say, From heaven,' he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe him?' 26 But if we say, 'From men,' we fear the people for all account John as a prophet." 27 And they answering Jesus, said, "We know not." He also said to them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

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And coming to the other, he said in like manner. And he answering, said, 'I go, Sir;' and went not. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?" They said to him, "The first." Jesus said to them, "Verily I tell you, that the publicans and the harlots lead the way for you into the kingdom of God. S2 For John came to you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him. And ye, although ye saw it, did not change your minds afterwards, so as to believe him.

33 "Hear another parable: A man, who was a householder, planted a vineyard, and put a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into another country. 34 And when the season of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the hus bandmen, to receive his fruits. 35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one and killed another, and cast stones at another. 36 Again he sent other servants more respectable than the first, and they treated them in like manner.

37" But last of all, he sent 28" But what think ye of to them his son, saying, 'They this? A man had two sons; and will reverence my son.' 38 But coming to the first, he said, the husbandmen seeing the son, 'Son, go work to-day in [my] said among themselves, This vineyard,' 29 and he answering, is the heir; come, let us kill him, said I will not,' but afterwards, and seize on his inheritance.' changing his mind, he went. 30 39 So taking him, they cast

See Luke xx. 4, and the note there.

him out of the vineyard, and killed him. 40 When therefore, the owner of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen ?" 41 They answered him, "He will wretchedly destroy those wretches, and will let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their seasons."

42 Jesus said to them, "Have ye never read in the scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, is become the head stone of the corner. This is the Lord's doing, and is it wonderful in our eyes?' 43 Therefore I tell you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a people bringing forth its proper fruits. 44 [And whosoever falleth on this stone will be broken by it: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to pieces.]"

45 And the chief priests and Pharisees hearing his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46 But though they sought to apprehend him, they feared the multitudes, because they accounted him as a prophet.

CH. XXII. 1 Upon this, Jesus spake to them again in parables, saying, 2 "The kingdom of heaven is like a king, who made a marriagefeast for his son; 3 and sent his servants to call those who were invited to the marriage-feast; but they would not come. 4 Again he sent other servants, saying, Tell those that are invited, Behold, I have prepared

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my dinner; mine oxen and fatlings are killed and all things are ready; come to the marriage.' 5 But they made light of it, and went away, one to his farm, and another to his merchandise: 6 and the rest, seizing his servants, abused and killed them.

7" But the king hearing this, was enraged; and sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city. 8 Then he said to his servants,

The marriage-feast is ready, but those who were invited were not worthy. 9 Go therefore into the cross roads, and all that ye find, invite to the marriage.' 10 So those servants went out into the high ways, and gathered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good; and the marriagefeast was filled with guests. 11 Now the king coming in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a wedding-garment; 12 and said to him,

Friend, how camest thou hither, not having a wedding-garment?' And he was speechless. 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him, hand and foot, and [take him away, and] put him forth into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.' 14 For many are called, but few chosen."

15 THEN the Pharisees retired, and took counsel how they might insnare him in discourse. 16 And they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, "Teacher, we know that thou art true, and teachest the

way of God in truth, and carest | riage; but are as the angels [of God,] in heaven.

for no one for thou regardest not the person of men. 17 Tell us, therefore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute to Cesar, or not?" 18 But Jesus perceiving their maliciousness, said, "Hypocrites! Why do ye try me? 19 Show me the tribute-money." And they brought to him a denarius. 20 And he said to them, "Whose is this image and inscription?" 21 They said to him "Cesar's." Then said he to them, “Render therefore the things of Cesar, to Cesar; and the things of God, to God." 22 And hearing this, they wondered; and leaving him, they went

31" But concerning the resurrection of the dead, Have ye not read that which God spake to you, saying, 'I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?' God is not a God of the dead, but of the living." 33 And the multitudes hearing this, were amazed at his doctrine.

34 BUT the Pharisees, on hearing that he had silenced the Sadducees, flocked about him. 35 Then one of them, a teach, er of the law, asked him a ques tion, trying him, and saying, 36" Master, which is the great commandment in the law?" 37 And Jesus said to him, "Thou

with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.' 38 This is the first and great commandment. 29 And the second is like it; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." 40 On these two commandments depend all the law and the prophets."

away. 23 ON that day, the Saddu-shalt love the Lord thy God cees came to him, who say that there is no resurrection; and asked him, saying, "Teacher, Moses hath commanded, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up offspring to his brother. 25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first having married, died: 41 NOW while the Phariand, having no offspring, left sees were gathered together, his wife to his brother. 26 In Jesus asked them, 42 saying, like manner the second also," What think ye of Christ? and the third, to the seven. 27 whose son is he?" They anAnd last of all, the woman died swered, " David's." 43 He said also. 28 At the resurrection, to them, "How then doth Datherefore, whose wife will she vid, by the spirit, call him Lord, be of the seven? for they all saying, 44 Jehovah said to my had her." 29 Then Jesus an- Lord, Sit thou on my right swering, said to them, "Ye err, hand, till I make thine enemies not knowing the scriptures, nor thy footstool ? 45 If David then the power of God. 30 For in call him Lord, how is he his the resurrection, they neither son?" 46 And no one was able marry, nor are given in mar- to answer him a word; nor durst

any one from that day question | greater damnation. 14 Alas for

him any more.

you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo

crites!] for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither enter in yourselves, nor suffer those that are entering in to enter. 15 Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he becometh such, ye make him twofold more a son of Gehenna than yourselves.

CH. XXIII. 1 THEN Jesus spake to the multitudes, and to his disciples, 2 saying, "The Scribes and Pharisees sit in the seat of Moses, 3 all things therefore, whatsoever they command you [to observe], observe and do; but do not according to their works: for they say, and do not. 4 For they bind heavy burdens, [and hard to be borne,] and lay them on the 16 "Alas for you, ye blind shoulders of men: but they guides! who say, 'Whosoever themselves will not move them shall swear by the temple, it is with their own finger. 5 And nothing; but whosoever shall all their works they do in order swear by the gold of the temto be seen by men; and they ple, he is bound by his oath.' make broad their phylacteries, 17 Ye fools, and blind! for and enlarge the borders [of their which is greater; the gold, or garments], and love the chief the temple which sanctifieth place at feasts, and the chief the gold? 18 And, Whoso seats in the synagogues, 7 and ever shall swear by the altar, salutations in the market-places, it is nothing but whosoever and to be called by men, Rabbi, [Rabbi]. 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Leader; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call not any man your Father upon earth for one is your Father, even he that is in heaven. 10 Nor be ye called Leaders: for one is your Leader, even the Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you, shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself, shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself, shall be exalted.

13" But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! [for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence, make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive the

shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound by his oath.' 19 Ye [fools, and] blind! for which is greater; the gift, or the altar which sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore who sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And he who sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it and by Him who dwelleth therein. 22 And he who sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by Him who sitteth thereon.

23" Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithes of mint and anise and cummin, and omit the weightier matters of the law, justice, and humanity, and fi

delity now these things ought
ye to have done, and not to
leave the other undone. 24 Ye
blind guides, who strain out a
gnat, and swallow a camel!
25" Alas for you, scribes and
Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
make clean the outside of the
cup and of the dish; but within
they are filled by rapine and
injustice. 26 Thou blind Pha-
risee, first make clean the in-
side of the cup [and the dish];
and then their outside also will
be clean.

and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye will kill and crucify and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. 36 Verily I tell you, that all these things shall come upon this generation.

27" Alas for you, scribes and 37 "O JERUSALEM! JerusaPharisees, hypocrites! for yelem! that killest the prophets, resemble whited tombs, which and stonest those that are sent outwardly indeed appear beau- unto thee, how often would I tiful, but within are full of have gathered thy children todead men's bones, and of all un-gether, as a hen gathereth her cleanness. 28 In like manner chickens under her wings; but ye also, outwardly, appear right-ye would not! 38 Behold, your eous unto men, but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 29% Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous; 30 and say,' If we had lived in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' 31 Wherefore ye bear witness to yourselves, that ye are the sons of those who slew the prophets. 32 Fill ye up therefore the measure of your fathers. 33 Ye serpents! ye brood of vipers! how 3 And as he was sitting on can ye escape the punishment of the mount of Olives, the disciGehenna? 34 Wherefore, be-ples came to him, privately, hold, I send to you prophets, saying, "Tell us, when will

habitation shall be left by you desolate.* 39 For I tell you, Ye shall not see me hereafter, until ye shall say, Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord." "

CH. XXIV. 1 AND Jesus, on going out, departed from the temple and his disciples came to show him the buildings of the temple. 2 And Jesus said to them, "See ye [not] all these things? Verily I tell you, There will not be left here, one stone upon another, which will not be thrown down."

* Gr. " your house is left to you desolate."

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