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M ^Illustrated WITH ONE HUNDRED FULL-PAGE PLATES ON STEEL AND WOOD, EXECUTED BY BREND AMOUR, OF DUSSELDORF, AFTER THE FAMOUS DESIGNS OF TOGETHER WITH NUMEROUS EXPOSITORY ENGRAVINGS IN THE TEXT AMERICAN ARTISTS. N K \V V K K : J. B. FORD AND COMPANY 1875- E-r Entered according to Act of Congress, in tlie year 1874, BY J. B. FORD & CO., in the Oflice of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. P II E F A C E . REAT pains have been takcMi in the construc tion of this work, to give the narrative the roundness, unity, and fluency that are so es sential to the interest and picturesqueness of the story, and to a conception of the life of the Lord Jesus in its oneness and consecu- tiveness. Without doubt the best way to study Christ is to read each of the Gos pels in its unity. Supplementary to this the scholar is able to construct for himself, by a laborious study of learned works and a diligent comparison of the several (iospels, a conception of the life of Christ as a whole. It is to assist the general reader in forming such a conception that the present consolidation is made. It is now two hundred and twenty years since the learned Dr. Lightfoot published his celebrated harmony of the four Gospels ; and very many others have labored in this Held during these two centuries. But the plan and purpose of the present work differs in some regards from all that have gone before. For this is not iii 929743 i v PREFA CE. a harmony, properly so called. No endeavor has been made to reconcile apparent discrepancies. Where there were variations in the minor details of an incident as given in the Gospels, I have followed that which was the fullest and the most vivid. I might have gone further in piecing together the narratives, but this sort of patchwork has been often made at the expense of fluency and interest in the history. To have woven into the narrative all the varying phrases of the four historians, even at the expense of clear ness and grammatical construction, would have been to sacrifice to a masoretic veneration for the letter of the sacred text the in terest and usefulness of the work. All marginal readings, and all references to the several Gospels, and all marks of chapters and verses in the Gospels, have been carefully omitted, that the atten tion of the reader might never be diverted from the narrative itself, and that the picture of Christ s life might be presented with that unbroken continuity to which we are accustomed in reading mod ern books. The preface to Luke, as pertaining to but one Gospel, and the two genealogies, have been omitted ; since, however valu able they may be in their places, they would not help, but rather hinder, the purpose of this compilation. The present arrangement, therefore, is in the exact words of the authorized version of the Gospels ; there is nothing added, nothing changed. But it makes no pretension to include every word of all the Gospels. It is bet ter to be useful than ingenious. The order of time is chiefly that marked out by Dr. Ellicott in his Hulsean Lectures. In minor arrangements and adaptations of the text much assistance has been derived from an anonvmous */ Diatesseron published in Oxford in 1837. I am fully aware that the principal attraction of the book is not the part which fell to my share, but the illustrations after Alex- andre Bida s magnificent designs. The artist s pencil has hardly ever told THE STORY so effectively. To these the publishers have added a series of exegetical illustrations that serve exceedingly well PREFACE. v to explain those portions of the narrative which refer to Oriental customs. I sincerely hope that these pa^es may contribute something to a better comprehension of the life of the Son of Man, who " came not into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through him mij;lit be saved." E. E. XoVKMUEK, 1874. THE CHRIST. CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION. THE ETERNAL WORD . . 15 CHAP. I. THE ANNUNCIATION. BIRTH OF JOHN . 17 II. THE NATIVITY AND PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE INFANCY AND EARLY LIFE OF JESUS 27 THE VOICE IN THE WILDERNESS . THE BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF JESUS . 36 EARLY MINISTRY . IN SAMARIA AND GALILEE . 46 THE IMPOTENT MAN HEALED . . .51 INCIDENTS IN GALILEE . 56 CALLING OF THE TWELVE, AND OTHER INCIDENTS 64 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT . 70 DIVERS MIRACLES, CONVERSATIONS, AND ADDRESSES IN GALILEE . . 80 SEASIDE PARABLES ... . 89 THE VOYAGE TO GADARA AND THE RETURN ....... 95 FROM THE RAISING OF JAIRUS DAUGHTER TO THE MISSION OK THE TWELVE 99 THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND. ....... 108 THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS. THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN, ETC. . 115 PETER S PROFESSION AND OTHER INCIDENTS . . . . . . .121 THE TRANSFIGURATION AND CONNECTING INCIDENTS . . . . . 124 TRIBUTE. HUMILITY. LITTLE CHILDREN. OFFENSES .... 127 JESUS AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES . . . . . . . 131 DISCUSSIONS WITH THE PHARISEES . . . . . . . .135 THE MAN THAT WAS BORN BLIND. THE PARABLE OK THE GOOD SHEPHERD 139 THE SENDING OF THE SEVENTY, WITH OTHER INCIDENTS . . . .144 THE BLASPHEMY OF THE PHARISEES, AND CHRIST S DISCOURSE THEREON . 152 WARNINGS AGAINST HYPOCRISY, COWARDICE, WORLDLINESS, ETC. . . . 156 AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION, AND BEYOND JORDAN . . . . 160 FIVE GREAT PARABLES . . . . . . . . . .166 THE RAISING OF LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD ..... 173 HEALING OFTEN LEPERS. PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD . 178 JOURNEYING TOWARD JERUSALEM ........ 185 CHRIST S TRIUMPHAL ENTRY, AND THE EVENTS WHICH FOLLOWED . . .190 JESUS ANSWERS THE SANHEDRIM, THE SADDUCEES, AND THE PHARISEES . 196 CHRIST DENOUNCES THE PHARISEES. COMMENDS THE WIDOW S MITE . . 202 THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE LAST JUDGMENT . . . 208 THE LAST SUPPER ........... 215 THE LAST ADDRESS OF JESUS TO HIS DISCIPLES ..... 222 THE LAST PRAYER OF CHRIST ......... 228 JESUS IS TRIED AND CONDEMNED ........ 234 CRUCIFIXION, DEATH, AND BURIAL OF JESUS ...... 244 THE RESURRECTION .......... 252 LAST APPEARANCE AND ASCENSION ........ 260 viii III. IV. V. VI. VII. VIII. IX. X. XI. XII. XIII. XIV. XV. XVI. XVII. XVIII. XIX. XX. XXI. XXII. XXIII. XXIV. XXV. XXVI. XXVII. XXVIII. XXIX. XXX. XXXI. XXXII. XXXIII. XXXIV. XXXV. XXXVI. XXXVII. XXXVIII. XXXIX. XL. XLI. XLII. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. No. PAGE 1. JESUS BY THE SEA ........... Frontispiece 9 THE CHRIST 6 */ 3. " SUFFER LITTLE CHILDREN TO COME UNTO ME " . 14 4 THE RETURN FROM EGYPT . 16 5. JEWISH PRIEST OFFERING INCENSE ........ . 17 6. MARY S VISIT TO ELISVBETH . ...... 19 7. ORIENTAL WRITING MATERIALS AND BOOKS ...... . 20 8. THE BIRTH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST ........ 21 9. THE STA.R IN THE EAST . ....... . 26 10. FRANKINCENSE AND MYRRH .......... 27 11. THE DEPARTURE FOR EGYPT ......... . 28 12. JESUS IN THE MIDST OF THE DOCTORS ........ 30 13. THE CHILD JESUS . ... . 32 14. ORIENTAL MODE OF THRESHING 33 15. JOHN IN THE WILDERNESS . ... . 34 16. EASTERN METHOD OF WINNOWING GRAIN ...... 35 17. THE TEMPTATION ... ..... . 37 18. " BEHOLD THE LAMB OF GOD "........ 39 19. JESUS DRIVES THE MONEY-CHANGERS FROM THE TEMPLE .... . 42 20. NlCODEMUS SEEKS JESUS BY NlGHT ....... 44 21. JESUS TALKS WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN ..... . 47 22. HEALING OF THE IMPOTENT MAN AT THE POOL ..... 50 23. JESUS REJECTED AT NAZARETH ... ..... . 53 24. JESUS PREACHES FROM A SlIIP ........ 55 25. THE CALLING OF THE FISHERMEN ........ . 57 26. CASTING A NET ........... 58 27. THE MIRACULOUS DRAUGHT OF FISHES ....... . 59 28. THE LEPER HEALED .......... 61 29. JESUS HEALS THE MAN WITH THE PALSY ....... . 63 30. GOAT-SKIN BOTTLES .......... 64 31. CALLING OF ST. MATTHEW ......... . 65 32. THE MAN WITH THE WITHERED HAND ....... 67 33. EASTERN LAMP WITH FLAXEN WICK ........ . 68 34. THE PRIESTS TAKE COUNSEL WITH THE HERODIANS .... 69 35. EASTERN CANDLESTICK WITH LAMP ........ . 70 36. JESUS IN PRAYER ........... 71 37. THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT ......... . 73 38. ORIENTAL, PRAYING IN THE STREET ....... . . 74 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. xi 39. THE PRATER IN SECRET 75 40. FLOWERS OF THE FIELD, GATHERED IN GALILEE . . .77 41. HEATING OVENS WITH DRY GRASS .......... 78 42. HEALING THE CENTURION S SERVANT ......... 81 43. PAPYRUS REEDS ON THE UPPER JORDAN . 82 44. THE SON OF THE WIDOW OF NAIN . . ...... 4.1. THE BURNING OF SODOM ........... 84 4G. MARY ANOINTS THE FEET OF JESUS ......... 80 47. JESUS TEACHING IN THE SYNAGOGUE ......... 89 48. PARABLE OF THE SOWER .......... 90 49. EASTERN PLOUGHING AND SOWING ... 92 50. SYRIAN AND EGYPTIAN WHEAT 93 51. SLEEP OF JESUS DURING THE STORM ..... .96 52. A WOMAN HEALED BY TOUCHING THE GARMENT OF JESUS ... 98 53. THE DAUGHTER OF JAIRUS RAISED FROM THE DEAD 100 54. HEALING OF TWO BLIND MEN ...... . 102 55. SANDALS 103 56. BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST ..... 104 57. DAUGHTER OF HERODIAS AND THE HEAD OF JOHN THE BAPTIST . .107 58. THE MIRACLE OF THE LOAVES 109 59. JESUS WALKS ON THE WATER ...... .111 60. JESUS AND PETER ON THE WATER ....... 61. THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN .117 62. JESUS HEALS A DEAF MAN. ......... 118 63. JESUS LEADS THE BLIND ..... .120 64. JESUS AND HIS DISCIPLES ON THE ROAD TO C.ESAREA . 122 65. THE TRANSFIGURATION .125 66. ROMAN TRIBUTE MONEY ... 127 67. JESUS AND THE CHILD .... 129 68. SERVANTS OF THE CHIEF PRIEST ...... 134 69. THE WOMAN TAKEN IN ADULTERY .... .136 70. THE MAN BLIND FROM HIS BIRTH .... 140 71. SHEEPFOLD ........ 142 72. "PEACE BE TO THIS HOUSE" ..... 143 73. SITTING IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES .... .144 74. THE ROAD TO JERICHO ...... 145 75. SCORPION . 146 76. THE GOOD SAMARITAN AT THE INN ..... 147 77. JESUS AT THE HOUSE OF MARTHA AND MARY ... .149 78. MUSTARD 150 79. HEALING OF AN AGED WOMAN ..... .151 80. JESUS CONVERSES WITH THE DOCTORS OF THE LAW . . 154 81. LILIES OF PALESTINE 157 82. HEALING OF THE MAN WITH THE DROPSY ..... 83. TOWER IN ORIENTAL VINEYARD .163 84. JESUS EATS WITH PUBLICANS AND SINNERS . . .... 1G5 85. DEPARTURE OF THE PRODIGAL SON ....... . . 167 86. RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON ........ . 1C8 87. DIVES AND LAZARUS 1 "1 88. LAZARUS RAISED FROM THE DEAD 175 Xll LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 89. THE TEN LEPERS ..... 177 90. ORIENTAL HOUSETOP . 179 91. WOMEN GRINDING AT A MILL . 179 92. THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN . 181 93. CAMEL PASSING THROUGH A "NEEDLE S EYE" 182 94. THE RICH YOUNG MAN . 183 95. SILVER PENNY : TIME OF C.ESAR 184 9G. THE HEALING OF BARTIM/EUS . 186 97. THE SHE-ASS AND HER COLT . 191 98. JESUS DESCENDING THE MOUNT OF OLIVES . 193 99. TRIUMPHAL ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM . 195 100. WINE-PRESS IN ORIENTAL VINEYARD . 197 101. THE TRIBUTE MONEY 199 102. "THE SCRIBES AND PHARISEES SIT IN MOSES SEAT" . 201 103. PHYLACTERIES : WORN ON THE ARM . 202 104. PHYLACTERIES, OR FRONTLETS : WORN ON FOREHEAD . 202 105. LEPTON (MITE) OF TIBERIUS ...... 204 106. THE WIDOW S MITE ....... . 205 107. JESUS FORETELLS THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TEMPLE . 207 108. JESUS UPON THE MOUNT OF OLIVES . . . . . . . 209 109. THE FOOLISH VIRGINS ......... 213 110. SILVER TETRADRACIIM PAID JUDAS ....... . 215 111. JUDAS BEFORE THE SANHEDRIM ........ 216 112. JESUS WASHES THE FEET OF HIS DlSCIPLES ..... . 218 113. THE LORD S SUPPER .......... 221 114. THE WAY, THE TRUTH, THE LIFE .... . . 223 115. JESUS PRAYS WITH HIS DlSCIPLES ....... 227 116. THE SLEEP OF THE DISCIPLES ....... . . .229 117. JUDAS GUIDES THE SOLDIERS ........ 231 118. THE Kiss OF JUDAS ......... . 233 119. THE DENIAL OF PETER ......... 235 120. THE REPENTANCE OF PETER ........ . 237 121. JESUS BROUGHT BEFORE PlLATE ........ 239 122. JESUS DELIVERED TO THE SOLDIERS ...... . 241 123. GOING FORTH TO CALVARY ........ 243 124. THE CRUCIFIXION ........... . 245 125. AFTER THE CRUCIFIXION ......... 247 126. JOSEPH OF ARIMATHEA PREPARES CHRIST FOR BURIAL . . 249 127. THE BURIAL OF CHRIST . . ... . . 251 128. THE HOLY WOMEN BRING SWEET SPICES ...... . 253 129. THE ANGEL APPEARS TO THE HOLY WOMEN ..... 255 130. THE DISCIPLES AT EMMAUS ......... . 257 131. JESUS APPEARS TO HIS DlSCIPLES ....... 259 132. DOUBTING THOMAS ANSWERED ........ . 261 133. PETER LEAPS FROM THE BOAT TO MEET JESUS .... 263 INTRODUCTION. THE ETERNAL WORD. HE beginning 1 of the Gospel of Jesus Christ tlie Son of In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were TheWord made by him; and without him was not anything made that ?hecr d eS e of and was made. In him was life ; and the life was the light of * men. And the light shineth in darkness ; and the darkness conlpre- hended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness Christ, the true Light of the of that Light. That was the true Light, which Iigliteth every world - man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name : which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of Thewordmade grace and truth. John bare witness of him, and cried, saying, "This was he of whom I spake, He that cometh after me is preferred before me; for li<- \va* before me. And of his fullness have all we received, and grace for gran-. For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ, No man hath seen God at any time; the only- begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him." 15 CHATTER I. THK ANNUNCIATION. BIRTH OF JOHN. UKRK w;is in the days of Ilorod, the king of Judaea, a certain priest named Zacharias, of the course of Abia : and his wife was of the daughters of Aaron, The parentage and her name was Elisabeth. And they were of John- both righteous before God, walking in all the command ments and ordinances of the Lord blameless. And thev had no child, j because that Elisabeth was barren ; and they both were now well stricken in years. And it came to pass, that while he executed the priest s office before God in the order of his course, according to the custom of the priest s office, his lot was to burn in cense when he went into the temple of the Lord. And the whole multitude of the people were praying without at the time of incense. And there appeared unto him an angel of the Lord, standing on the right side of the altar of incense. And when Zacharias saw him, he was troub- led, and fear fell upon him. But the angel said unto him, w Fear not, Zacharias : for thy prayer is heard ; And thy wife Elisabeth shall bear thee a son, And thou shalt call his name John. And thou shalt have joy and gladness ; And many shall rejoice at his birth. For he shall be great in the sight of the Lord, And shall drink neither wine nor strong drink ; And he shall be filled with the Holy Ghost even from his mother s womb. And many of the children of Israel shall he turn to the Lord their God. And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, To turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, And the disobedient to the wisdom of the just ; To make ready a people prepared for the Lord." And Zacharias said unto the angel, " Whereby shall I know this ? for I am an old man, and my wife well stricken in years." And the angel PKIKST (IKKKKIM IXCKNSK. 18 THE ANNUNCIATION. answering said unto him, " I am Gabriel, that stand in the presence of God ; and am sent to speak unto thee, and to show tliee these glad tld- ino-s. And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the dav that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season." And the people waited for Zacharias, and marveled that he tarried so long in the temple. And when he came out, he could not speak unto them : and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple ; for he beckoned unto them, and remained speechless. And it came to pass, that, as soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished, he departed to his own house. And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived, and hid herself five months, saying, "Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me, to take away my reproach among men." And in the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee, named Nazareth, to a virgin espoused to a man whose name was The annuncia- Joseph, of the house of David ; and the virgin s name was Mary. And the angel came in unto her, and said, " Hail, thou that art highly favored, the Lord is with thee : blessed art thou among women." And when she saw him, she was troubled at his saying, and cast in her mind what manner of salutation this should be. And the angel said Imto her, "Fear not, Mary: for thou hast found favor with God. And, behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb, and bring forth a son, and shalt call his name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David. And he shall reign over the house of Jacob forever ; and of his kingdom there shall be no end." Then said Mary unto the angel, " How shall this be, seeing I know not a man ? " Airct ;tfrp ."angel answered and said unto her, "The Holy Ghost shall ,come r upon " thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: tlle^eftke: /51o .that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God. And, behold, thy cousin Elisabeth, she -hath also con ceived a son in her old age; and this is the sixth month with her, who was called barren. For with God nothing shall be impossible." And Mary said, "Behold the handmaid of the Lord; be it unto me according to thy word." And the angel departed from her. And Mary arose in those days, and went into the hill country with haste, into a city of Juda ; and entered into the house of Zacharias, and saluted Mary visits Elisabeth. And it came to pass, that, when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary, the babe leaped in her womb ; and Elisa beth was filled with the Holy Ghost : and she spake out with a loud voice, and said, ; MARY S VISIT TO KI.I/.AHI 18 20 THE BIRTH OF JOHN. " Blessed art tliou among 1 women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb. And whence is this to me, that the mother of my Lord should come to me f for, lo, as soon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears, the babe leaped in my womb for joy. And blessed is she that believed : for there shall be a performance of those thing s which were told her from the Lord." And Mary said, " My soul doth magnify the Lord, And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded the low estate of his handmaiden ; For, behold, from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed. For he that is mighty hath done to me great tilings ; And holy is his name. And his mercy is on them that fear him From generation to generation. He hath showed strength with his arm ; He hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts. He hath put down the mighty from their seats, And exalted them of low degree. He hath filled the hungry with good things ; And the rich he hath sent empty away. He hath holpen his servant Israel, In remembrance of his mercy ; As he spake to our fathers, To Abraham, and to his seed forever." And Mary abode with her about three months, and returned to her own house. Now Elisabeth s full time came that she should be delivered; and she brought forth a son. And her neighbors and her cousins heard how the The birth and Lord had showed great mercy upon her; and they rejoiced with circumcision of J 1 J J her. And it came to pass, that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child ; and they called him Zacharias, after the name of his father. And his mother answered and said, " Not so ; but he shall be called John." And they said unto her, " There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name." And they made signs to his father, how he would have him called. And he asked for a writing-table, and wrote, saying, " His name is John." And they mar veled all. And his mouth was opened immediately, and his tongue loosed, and he spake and praised God. And fear came on all that dwelt round about them: and all these sayings were AN CIKXT WRITING MATERIALS AND BOOKS. 22 PROPHECY OF Z AC II ART AS. noised abroad throughout all the hill country of Judaea. And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, " AVhat manner of child shall this be 1 " And the hand of the Lord was with him. And his father Zacharias was filled with the Holy Ghost, and Zacharias proph- J prophesied, saying, " Blessed be the Lord God of Israel ; For he hath visited and redeemed his people, And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us In the house of his servant David ; As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets, Which have been since the world began : That we should be saved from our enemies, And from the hand of all that hate vis ; To perform the mercy promised to our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant, The oath which lie sware to our father Abraham, That he would grant unto us, That we, being delivered out of the hand of our enemies, Might serve him without fear, In holiness and righteousness before him, All the days of our life. And thou, child, shalt be called the prophet of the Highest : For thou shalt go before the face of the Lqrd to prepare his ways ; To give knowledge of salvation unto his people By the remission of their sins, Through the tender mercy of our God ; Whereby the day-spring from on high hath visited us, To give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, To guide our feet into the way of peace." And the child grew and waxed strong in spirit, and was in the deserts till the day of his showing unto Israel. C II A P T E R II. THE NATIVITY AND PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE. the birth of Jesus Christ was on this wise : When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy "* Joseph s dream. Ghost. Then Joseph her husband, being a just man, and not willing to make her a public example, was minded to put her away privily. But while he thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, "Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife : for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost. And she shall bring forth a son, and thou shall call his name JESUS : for he shall save his people from their sins." Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, " Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel," which being interpreted is, " God with us." Then Joseph, being raised from sleep, did as the angel of the Lord had bidden him, and took unto him his wife : and knew her not till she had brought forth her first-born son. And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And Joeeph and all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Jo- seph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judaea, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem (because he was of the house and lineage of David), to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her first- .0^^^ born son, and wrapped him in swaddling-clothes, and laid him J in a manger ; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keep- 23 24 NATIVITY, AND PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE. ing watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the srlory of the Lord shone round about them ; The angels and > the shepherds. an( j they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, " Fear not ; for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you : Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling-clothes, lying in a manger." And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, " Glory to God in the highest, And on earth peace, good-will toward men." And it came to pass, as the angels were gone away from them into heaven, the shepherds said one to another, " Let us now go even unto Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us." And they came with haste, and found Mary, and Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And when they had seen it, they made known abroad The shepherds the saying- which was told them concerning 1 this child. And all find Jesus in a 11 T . i i -IT manger. they that heard it wondered at those tilings which were told them by the shepherds. But Mary kept all these things, and pondered them in her heart. And the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things that they had heard and seen, as it was told unto them. And when eight days were accomplished for the circumcising of the Jesus is circum- child, his name was called JESUS, which was so named of the angel before he was conceived in the womb. And when the days of her purification according to the law of Moses were accomplished, they brought him to Jerusalem, to present him to the Jesus is presented Lord ; (as it is written in the law of the Lord, " Every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord " ;) and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtle-doves, or two young pigeons." And, behold, there was a man in Jerusalem, whose name was Simeon ; and the same man was just and devout, waiting for the consolation of Simeon prophe- Israel : and the Holy Ghost was upon him. And it was re vealed unto him by the Holy Ghost, that he should not see death, before he had seen the Lord s Christ. And he came by the Spirit into the temple : and when the parents brought in the child Jesus, to do for him after the custom of the law, then took he him up in his arms, and blessed God, and said, " Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, according to thy word : for mine eyes have seen thy salvation, which thou NATIVITY, AND PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE. 25 hast prepared before the face of all people ; a light to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people Israel." And Joseph and his mother marveled at those things which were spoken of him. And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, " Be hold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel ; and for a sign which shall be spoken against ; (yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also ;) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed." And there was one Anna, a prophetess, the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Aser : she was of a great age, and had lived with an husband seven years from her virginity ; and she was a widow of about four- IP I ll i i 11 Anna s prophecy. score and lour years, which departed not from the temple, but served God with fastings and prayers night and day. And she coming in that instant gave thanks likewise unto the Lord, and spake of him to all them that looked for redemption in Jerusalem. CHAPTER III. INFANCY AND EARLY LIFE OF JESUS. OW when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from )*. wise men from the East to Jerusalem, saying, Jw- & "Where is he that is born King of the Jews! for we [^ have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him." When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, " In Bethlehem, of Jiuhva : for thus it is written by the prophet, And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda : for out of thee shall come a Governor that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligent ly what time the star appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, " Go and search diligently for the young child ; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also." When they had heard the king, they departed ; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshiped liini : and when they had opened their treasures, they pro- h " sented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being -T ^ . KKANKISl KNSK ANI> \ni:l;ll. THE DEPARTURE FOR EGYPT THE RETURN FROM EGYPT. 29 warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared] to Joseph in a dream, saying, "Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be them there until I bring thee The night into word : for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him." When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt ; and was there until the death of Herod : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt have I called my Son." Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and The slaughter . of the young under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of children, the wise men. Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, " In Kama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not." But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, "Arise, and take the young ^t^ child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel : for they are dead which sought the young child s life." And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstand ing, bein<r warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of O O l Galilee ; and he came and dwelt in their own city,. Nazareth : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, " He shall be called a Xazarene." And the child grew, and waxed strong in spirit, filled with wisdom ; and the grace of God was upon him. Now his parents went to Jerusalem every year at the feast of the pass- over. And when he was twelve years old, they went up to Jerusalem after the custom of the feast. And when they had fulfilled the days, Je8Ull convenet as they returned, the child Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; to Ainthetem- pie and Joseph and his mother knew not of it. But they, supposing him to have been in the company, went a day s journey ; and they sought him among their kinsfolk and acquaintance. And when they found him not, they turned back again to Jerusalem, seeking him. And it came to pass, that after three days they found him in the temple, sitting in the midst of the doctors, both hearing them, and asking them questions. And all that heard him were astonished at his understanding and answers. And I 3 JESTS CONVERGES WITH Tilt-: :u when they saw him, they were amazed: and liis mother snid unto him, "Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? behold, thy father and I have Bought thee sorrowing." And he said unto them, How is it that ye sought me ? wist ye not that I must he about my Father s business?" And they understood not the saving which he spake unto them. j i And he went down with them, and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them: but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. JOTUII abidca bl And Jesus increased in wisdom and stature, and in favor with J God and man. THE CHILD JESUS. CHAPTER IV, THE VOICE IX THE WILDERNESS. in the fifteenth year of the reign of Tiberius Caesar, Pontius Pilate being governor of Judaea, and Herod being tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip tetrarch of Tturea and of the region of Trachonitis, and Lysanias the tetrarch of Abilene, Annas and Caiaphas being the high- priests, the word of God came unto John the Baptist, the son of Zacharias, in the wilderness. And he came into all the John the Baptist . preaches in the country about Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for wilderness. the remission of sins ; saying, " Repent ye, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand"; as it is written in the prophets, "Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee." " The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low ; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth ; and all flesh shall see the salvation of God." And the same John had his raiment of camel s hair, and a leathern girdle about his loins; and his meat was locusts and wild honey. Then went out to him Je rusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about Jordan, and were baptized of him in Jordon, confessing Mr m- - their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his bap tism, he said unto them, " O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come f ORIENTAL MODE OF THKEKIUNC. 33 JOHN IX THE WILDERNESS. rnopju >// > OF CHRTST. hring forth therefore fruits meet for repentance : and think not to say within yourselves, Wo have Ahnihani to our father: for I say unto you, that (iod is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. And in >\\ also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees: therefore, every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire." And the people asked him, saying, "What shall we do then f " He answereth and saitli unto them, "Ho that hath two coats, let H o M horutho him impart to him that hath none ; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise." Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, "Master, what shall we do!" And lie said unto them, " Exact no more than that which is appointed you." And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, "And what shall we <ln . " And he said unto them, u Do violence to no man, neither accuse anv falsclv : and be content with your wages." And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not; John answered, saying unto them all, U I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier , .7 John ]n ii)ilii sii-H than 1 cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with lire: whose EASTERN HETHOI OF WINNOWISO GRAIN. fan is in his hand, and lie will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his gamer; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquench able." And many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people. CHAPTEK V. THE BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF JESUS. Jesus himself began to be about thirty years of age. J J Then cometh Jesus from Nazareth of Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. But John forbade him, saying, "I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest them to me ? " And Jesus answering- said unto him, " Suffer it to be so now : for thus it becometh us to fulfill all righteousness." Then he suffered him. And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water : and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God josusisbap- descending in a bodily shape like a dove, and lighting upon tizedof John in . /. . i the Jordan. him; and, lo, a voice from heaven, saying, " 1 his is my be loved Son, in whom I am well pleased." And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan, and was jesus is tempted l e( l ^7 ^ ie Spirit into the wilderness, being forty days tempted of the Devil ; and was with the wild beasts. And in those days he did eat nothing : and when they were ended, he afterward hun gered. And the Devil said unto him, " If tlioti.be the Son of God, command this stone that it be made bread." And Jesus answered him, saying, "It is written, That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word of God. " And he brought him to Jerusalem, and set him on a pinnacle of the temple, and said unto him, " If thou be the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence : for it is written, He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee : and in their hands they shall bear thee up, lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. " And Jesus answering said unto him, "It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God. " And the Devil, taking him up into an high mountain, showed unto him all the king doms of the world in a moment of time. And the Devil said unto him, " All tliis power will I give thee, and the glory of them : for that is delivered unto me; and to whomsoever I will I give it. If thou therefore wilt worship 36 38 JOHN TESTIFIES OF JESUS. me, all shall be thine." And Jesus answered and said unto him, " Get thee behind me, Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve. " And when the Devil had ended all the temptation, he departed from him for a season. And, behold, angels came and ministered unto him. And this is the record of John, when the Jews sent priests and John testifies Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, "Who art thou?" And he confessed, and denied not ; but confessed, "I am not the Christ." And they asked him, "What then? Art thou Elias!" And he said, "I am not." "Art thou that prophet!" And he answered, "No." Then said they unto him, "Who art thou I that we may give an answer to them that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself! " He said, " T am the voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the prophet Esaias." And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. And they asked him, and said unto him, " Why baptizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, neither that prophet?" John answered them, saying, "I baptize with water: but there standeth one among you, whom ye know not ; he it is, who coming after me is pre ferred before me, whose shoe s latchet I am not worthy to unloose." These things were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing. The next day John seetli Jesus coming unto him, and saith, " Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world ! This is he of whom I said, After me cometh a man which is preferred before me ; for he was before me. And I knew him not : but that he should be made manifest to Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water." And John bare record, saying, "I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. And I knew him not: but he that sent me to baptize with water, the same said unto me, * Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record that this is the Son of God." Again, the next day after, John stood, and two of his disciples ; and looking upon Jesus as he walked, he saith, " Behold the Lamb of God ! " TWO of John s And the two disciples heard him speak, and they followed disciples follow ^ jesus. Jesus. Then Jesus turned, and saw them following and saith unto them, "What seek ye!" They said unto him " Rabbi " (which is to say, being interpreted, Mas ter), "where dwellest thou!" He saith unto them, " Come and see." They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode with him that day : for DEHOLD THE LAMD OF GOD. 40 ANDREW AND SIMON PETER FOLLOW JESUS. it was about the tenth hour. One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter s brother. lie first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, " We have found the Messias " (which is, being interpreted, the Christ). And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, , "Thou art Simon the son of Jona : thou slialt be called Cephas," Simon is called Cephas. which is, })y interpretation, a stone. The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, Philip and Na- and saith unto him, " Follow me." caiie d. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, " We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph." And Nathanael said unto him, "Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth ? " Philip saith unto him, " Come and see." Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, " Behold an Israel ite indeed, in whom is no guile ! " Nathanael saith unto him, "Whence knowest thou me?" Jesus answered and said unto him, " Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee." Nathanael answered and saith unto him, " Rabbi, thou art the Son of God ; thou art the King of Israel." Jesus answered and said unto him, "Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig-tree, believest thou ? thou shalt see greater things than these." And he saith unto him, " Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man." C II A P T E U V 1 . EARLY MINISTRY. the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee ; and the mother of Jesus was there: and both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, " They have no wine." Jesus saith unto her, " Woman, what have I to do with thee ? mine hour is not yet come." Ilis mother saith unto the servants, "Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it." And there were set there six water-pots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece. " Jesus turns wa- Jesus saith unto them, "Fill the water-pots with water." And they filled them to the brim. And he saith unto them, " Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast." And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was (but the servants which drew the water knew), the governor of the feast called the bridegroom, and saith unto him, "Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse : but thou hast kept the good wine until now." This beginning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and manifested forth his glory ; and his disciples believed on him. After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples; and they continued there not many 8qjoBnM y, ^ days. And the Jews passover was at hand, and Jesus went up r to Jerusalem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves, and the changers of money sitting; and when he had cleaMesthe made a scourge of small cords, he drove them all out of the * temple, and the sheep, and the oxen ; and poured out the changers money, and overthrew the tables ; and said unto them that sold doves, " Take these things hence ; make not my Father s house a house of merchandise." And r 41 JESUS TALKS WITH NICODEMUS. 43 his disciples remembered that it was written, " The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up." Then answered the Jews and said unto him, " What sign showest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these things f " Jesus answered and saijl unto them, " Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up." Then said the Jews, " Forty-and-six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?" But he spake of the temple of his body. When therefore he was risen from the dead, his disciples remembered that he had said this unto them ; and they believed the scripture, and the word which Jesus had said. Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast-day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus did not commit himself unto them, because he knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man : for he knew what was in man. There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews : the same came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, u Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can Talkg with Nico _ do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him." Jesus answered and said unto him, " Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." Nicodemus saith unto him, " How can a man be born when he is old ? Can he enter the second time into his mother s womb, and be born ? " Jesus answered, " Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born of water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the kingdom of God. That which is born of the flesh is flesh ; and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit. Marvel not that I said unto thee, Ye must be born again. The wind bloweth where it listeth, and thou hearest the sound thereof, but canst not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth : so is every one that is born of the Spirit." Nicodemus answered and said unto him, " How can these things be? " Jesus answered and said unto him, "Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things I Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not* our wit ness. If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things I And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up : that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting- life. For God sent not his Son into the world to JSSUS RETURNS IXTO JUDAEA. 45 condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. He that believeth on him is not condemned : but he that believeth not is con demned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved. But he that doeth truth cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, that they are wrought in God." After these things came Jesus and his disciples into the land of Juda?a ; and there he tarried with them, and baptized. And John also was bap tizing in ^Enon, near to Salim, because there was much water R^^, ^to there : and they came, and were baptized. For John was not Jud yet cast into prison. Then there arose a question between some of John s disciples and the Jews about purifying. And they came unto John, and said unto him, " Rabbi, he that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou bearest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all men come to him." John answered and said, u A man can receive nothing, except it be given him from heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, The answer of T i rvt i * i T -i c i TT i John to his dis- i am not the Christ, but that 1 am sent before him. lie that ci P les - hath the bride is the bridegroom : but the friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and heareth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bridegroom s voice : this my joy therefore is fulfilled. He must increase, but I must decrease. He that cometh from above is above all : he that is of the earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth : he that cometh from heaven is above all. And what he hath seen and heard, that he testifieth ; and no man re- ceiveth his testimony. He that hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh the words of God : for God giveth not the Spirit by measure unto him. The Father loveth the Son, and hath given all things into his hand. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life ; and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life ; but the wrath of God abideth on him." CHAPTER VII. IN SAMAEIA AND GALILEE. y !HEN therefore the Lord knew how the Pharisees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more disciples than John (though Jesus himself baptized not, but his dis ciples), he left Judaea, and departed again into Galilee. And he must needs go through Samaria. Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob s well was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with his journey, sat thus 011 the well : and it was about the sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to draw water : Jesus saith unto her, jesus talks " Give me to drink." (For his disciples were gone away unto with, a Samari- tan woman. the city to buy meat) Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him, " How is it that thou, being a Jew, askest drink of me, which am a woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have no dealings with the Samaritans." Jesus answered and said unto her, " If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink ; thou wouldst have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water." The woman saith unto him, " Sir, thou hast nothing to draw with, and the well is deep : from whence then hast thou that living water ? Art thou greater than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and drank thereof himself, and his children, and his cattle ? " Jesus answered and said unto her, " Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again ; but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst ; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life." The woman saith unto him, " Sir, give me this water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw." Jesus saith unto her, " Go, call thy husband, and come hither." The woman answered and said, " I have no husband." Jesus saith unto her, " Thou hast well said, I have no husband : for thou 46 JESUS TALKS WITH THE BAJIAR1TAN 48 JESUS TALKS WITH THE SAMARITAN WOMAN. hast had five husbands ; and he whom thou now hast is not thy husband : in that saidst thou truly." The woman saith unto him, " Sir, I perceive that thou art a prophet. Our fathers worshiped in this mountain ; and ye say that in Jerusalem is the place where men ought to worship." Jesus saith unto her, " Woman, believe me, the hour cometh, when ye shall neither in this mountain nor yet at Jerusalem worship the Father, Ye worship ye know not what : we know what we worship ; for salvation is of the Jews. But the hour cometh, and now is, when the true worship ers shall worship the Father in spirit and in truth : for the Father seeketh such to worship him. God is a Spirit : and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth." The woman saith unto him, " I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ ; when he is come, he will tell us all things." Jesus saith unto her, " I that speak unto thee am he." And upon this came his disciples, and marveled that he talked with the woman: yet no man said, "What seekest thou I " or, " Why talkest thou with her ? " The woman then left her water-pot, and went her way into the city, and saith to the men, "Come, see a man which told me all things that ever I did : is not this the Christ ! " Then they went out of the city, and came unto him. In the mean while his disciples prayed him, saying, " Master, eat." But he said unto them, " I have meat to eat that ye know not of." Therefore said the disciples one to another, "Hath any man brought him aught to eat ? " Jesus saith unto them, " My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, There are yet four months, and then cometh harvest ? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields ; for they are white already to harvest. And he that reapeth receiveth wages, and gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that both he that soweth and he that reapeth may rejoice together. And herein is that say ing true, One soweth, and another reapeth. I sent you to reap that where on ye bestowed no labor : other men labored, and ye are entered into their labors." And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying Manysamari- of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did. tans are con- So when the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought him that he would tarry with them : and he abode there two days. And many more believed because of his own word ; and said unto the woman, Now we believe, not because of thy saying : for we have heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed the Christ, the Saviour of the world." 3VS RETURNS TO GALILEE. 4!) Now after two days he departed thence, and went into Galilee, preach !n<r the gospel of the kingdom of God, and saying, "The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ve, and believe the , Jwu returns itt gospel." And there went out a fame of him through all the c region round about. For Jesus himself testified, " that a prophet hath n<> honor in his own country." Then when he was come into Galilee, the Galileans received him, having seen all the things that he did at Jerusalem at the feast: for they also went unto the feast. So Jesus came again into ( 1 ana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick . lie heala a at Capernaum. When he heard that Jesus was come out of Jiuhea into Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that he would come down, and heal his son: for he was at the point, of death. Then said Jesus unto him, " Except ye see signs and wonders, ye will not believe." The nobleman saith unto him, " Sir, come down ere my child die." Jesus saith unto him, "Go thy wav ; thy son liveth." And the man believed the word that Jesus had spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he was now going down, his servants met him, and told him, saying, " Thy son liveth." Then inquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, " Yesterday at the seventh hour the fever left, him." So the father knew that it was at the same hour in the which Jesus said unto him, Thy son liveth : and himself believed, and his whole house. This is again the second miracle that Jesus did, when he was come out of JiuUua into Galilee. 50 HEALING OF THE IMPOTENT MAN AT THE POOL. CII A I TK If VIII. THE IMPOTENT MAN HEALED. FTER this there was a feast of the Jews ; and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jerusalem, by the sheep market, a pool, which is called in the Hebrew tongue Hethesda, having five porches. In these lay a great multitude , J .1 i-sus heals an of impotent folk, of blind, halt, withered, wait- ini P tent m<ul - ing for the moving of the water. For an angel went down at a certain season into the pool, and troubled the water : whosoever then first, after the troubling of the water stepped in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. And a certain man was there, which had an infirmity thirty-and-eight years. When Jesus saw him lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in that case, he saith unto him, " Wilt thon be made whole ?" The impotent man answered him, " Sir, I have no man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the pool : but while I am coming, another steppeth down before me." Jesus saith unto him, " Rise, take up thy bed, and walk." And immediately the man was made whole, and took up his bed, and walked : and on the same day was the Sabbath. II ic Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, " It is the Sabbath l;iy: it is not lawful for thee to carry thy bed." II<- answered them, "He that made me whole, the same said unto me, Take up thy bed, and walk. " Then asked they him, "What man is that which said unto thee, Take up thy bed, and walk ? " And he that was healed wist not who it was: for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a multitude being in that place. Afterward Jesus findeth him in the temple, and said unto him, "Behold, thou art made whole: sin no more, lest a worse thing come unto thee." The man departed, and told the Jews that it was Jesus which had made him whole. And therefore did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay 51 52 HEALING ON THE SABBATH. him, because he had done these things on the Sabbath day. But Jesus Defends bimaeif answered them, "My Father worketh hitherto, and I work." for healing on i m i i i the sabbath. 1 liei eiore the Jews sought the more to kill him, because he not only had broken the Sabbath, but said also that God was his father, mak ing himself equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said unto them, " Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do ; for what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth : and he will show him greater works than these, that ye may marvel. For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them ; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will. For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son : that all men should honor the Son, Deciarethhis even as they honor the Father. He that honoreth not the Son own dignity. i lonoret h not the Father which hath sent him. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and belie veth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming-, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God ; and they that hear shall live. For as the Father hath life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. Marvel not at this : for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth ; they that have done good, imto the resurrection of life ; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of mine own self do nothing : as I hear, I judge ; and my judgment is just ; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. " If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me ; and I know that the witness which he wit- nesseth of me is true. Ye sent unto John, and he bare witness unto the truth. But I receive not testimony from man : but these things I say, that ye might be saved. He was a burning and a shining light ; and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light. " But I have greater witness than that of John : for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. And the Father himself, which hath sent me, hath borne witness of me. Ye have neither heard his voice at any time, nor seen his shape. And ye have not his word abiding in you : for whom he hath sent, him ye believe not. Search the Scriptures ; for in them ye think ye have eternal life : and they are they which testify of me. And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life. 54 JESUS DECLARE TH HIS OWN DIGNITY. "I receive not honor from men. But I know you, that ye have not the love of God in you. I am come in my Father s name, and ye receive me not : if another shall come in his own name, him ye will receive. How can ye believe, which receive honor one of another, and seek not the honor that cometh from God only ? "Do not think that I will accuse you to the Father: there is one that accuseth you, even Moses, in whom ye trust. For had ye believed Moses, ye would have believed me : for he wrote of me. But if ye believe not his writings, how shall ye believe my words I " JESUS PREACHES FROM A SHIP v CHAPTEE IX. INCIDENTS IN GALILEE. he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up : and, as his custom was, he went into the synagogue on the Sabbath day, and stood up for to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the Prophet Isaiah. And when he had opened the book, he found the place where it Avas written, "The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor ; he hath jesus preaches in sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the synagogue at . . Nazareth. the captives, and recovering ol sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of the Lord." And he closed the book, and lie gave it again to the minister, and sat doAvn. And the eyes of all them that Avere in the synagogue Avere fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, " This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." And all bare him Avitness, and Avondered at the gracious Avords which proceeded out of his mouth. And they said, "Is not this Joseph s son!" And he said unto them, " Ye Avill surely say unto me this proverb, Phy sician, heal thyself: AA^hatsoever Ave have heard done in Capernaum, do also here in thy country." And he said, "Verily, I say unto you, No prophet is accepted in his OAvn country. But I tell you of a truth, many AvidoAvs Avere in Israel in the days of Elijah, Avhen the heaven Avas shut up three years and six months, Avhen great famine Avas throughout all the land ; but unto none of them Avas Elijah sent, save unto Zarephath, a city of Zidon, unto a woman that Avas a AvidoAv. And many lepers Avere in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet ; and none of them Avas cleansed, saving Naaman the Syrian." And all they in the synagogue, Avhen they heard these things, Avere filled He is rejected by Avith wrath, and rose up, and thrust him out of the city, and led the people of " him unto the broAv of the hill Avhereon their city Avas built, that they might cast him doAvn headlong. But he passing through the midst of them AA r ent his Avay. 56 THE CALLING OF TIIE FISHEKMEX. 58 JESUS TAKES UP HIS ABODE IN CAPERNAUM. And leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is upon Takes up MS the sea-coast, in the borders of Zebulon and Naphtali: that it naum. might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, say ing, " The land of Zebulon, and the land of Naphtali, by the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles; the people which sat in dark ness saw a great light ; and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up." And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers. And it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon him to hear the word of God, he saw two ships standing by the lake. And he entered into one of the ships, which was Simon s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a little from the land. And he sat down, and taught the people out of the ship. Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, " Launch out into the deep, and let A miraculous fishes. CASTING A NET. a draught." And Simon answering said un to him, "Master we have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing : nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net." And when they had this done, they in closed a great multitude of fishes : and their net brake. And they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the other ship, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both the ships, so that they began to sink. When Simon Peter saw it, he fell down at Jesus knees, saying, " Depart from me ; for I am a sinful man, Lord." For lie was astonished, and all that were with him, at the draught of the fishes which they had taken : and so was also James, and John, and the sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto them, " Come ye after me, and I will make you to peter, James, and Become fishers of men." And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. And straightway he called them ; and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. And they went into Capernaum ; and straightway on the Sabbath day 60 JESU8 MAKES A CIRCUIT OF GALILEE. he entered into the synagogue, and taught. And they were astonished at his doctrine : for he taught them as one that had authority, Heals a demoniac J i Capernaum. And there was in the synagogue a man with an unclean spirit ; and he cried out, saying, " Let us alone, what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth ? art thou come to destroy us ? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God." And Jesus rebuked him, saying, " Hold thy peace, and come out of him." And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he came out of him. And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, "What thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him." And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. o And forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon with James and John. And when Jesus was Heais Peter s come into Peter s house, he saw his wife s mother laid, and sick wife s mother of a ATI i 111111 i f ever. Qi a fever. And lie came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up ; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. And all the city was gathered together at the door. And he healed many that were He heals many. .,-,.,. . . . , , . sick ot divers diseases, and he cast out the spirits with Ins word, and healed all that were sick ; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, " Himself took our infirmities, and bare our sicknesses." And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and He retires from departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. And Simon and they that were with him followed after him. And when they had found him, they said unto him, " All men seek for thee." And he said unto them, " Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also : for therefore came I forth." And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness Makethacir- anc ^ all manner of disease among the people. And his fame went throughout all Syria : and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy ; and he healed them. And there followed him great multi tudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, and from Jerusalem, and from Judaea, and from beyond Jordan. THE I.I I l I! 62 MAN WITH THE PALSY HEALED. And it came to pass, when he was in a certain city, behold a man full of leprosy : who seeing Jesus fell on his face, and besought him, Healeth a lepsr. . . , say my, Lord, n thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, " I will ; be thou clean." And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; and said unto him, " See thou say nothing to any man : but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them." But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places : and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed by him of their infirmities. And again he entered into Capernaum after some days. And it came to pass on a certain day, as he Avas teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every town of Galilee, and Judaea, and Jerusalem : and straightway many w^ere gath ered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door : and the power of the Lord was present to heal them. And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which was taken with a palsy : and they sought means to bring him in, and to lay him Heaieth a para- before him. And when they could not find by what way they lytic and for- PI i givethsins. might bring him in because 01 the multitude, they went upon the housetop, and let him down through the tiling with his couch into the midst before Jesus. And when he saw their faith, he said unto him, " Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins are forgiven thee." And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason in their hearts, saying, " Who is this which speaketh blasphemies ? who can forgive sins, but God alone ! " But when Jesus perceived their thoughts, he answering said unto them, "What reason ye in your hearts? whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee ; or to say, Rise up and walk ? but that ye may know that the Son of man hath power upon earth to forgive sins," (he said unto the sick of the palsy,) " I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy couch, and go unto thine house." And immediately he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his own house, glorifying God. And they were all amazed, and they glorified God, and were filled with fear, saying, "We have seen strange things to-day. We never saw it on this fashion." - HEALS TI1E MAS WITH T1IK 1 ALSY. CHAPTER X CALLING OF THE TWELVE, AND OTHER INCIDENTS. Matthew is j n ylND he went forth again by the seaside; and all the mul titude resorted unto him, and lie taught them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, " Follow me." And lie left all, rose up, and followed him. And Levi made him a great feast in his own house. And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the/Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, "Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners *? " But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, "They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. But go ye and learn Avhat that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacri fice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to re pentance." Then came to him the disci ples of John, saying, "Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft and make prayers, but thy disciples fast not!" And Jesus said unto them, "Can the children of the bride- chamber fast, while the bride groom is with them 1 as long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then shall they fast in those days." And he spake also a parable unto them: "No man putteth a piece of a new garment upon an old ; if otherwise, then both the new maketh a rent, GOAT-SKIN CALLING OF ST. MAT111I W 66 THE MAN WITH A WITHERED HAND. and the piece that was taken out of the new agreeth not with the old. And no man putteth new wine into old bottles ; else the new wine will burst the bottles, and be spilled, and the bottles shall perish. But new wine must be put into new bottles ; and both are preserved. No man also having drunk old wine straightway desireth new : for he saith, The old is better." And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went The Pharisees through the corn-fields ; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands. And certain of plucking corn . . _ TTTI i i I 1 on the sabbath, the rhansees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days ? " And Jesus answering them said, " Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungered, and they which were with him ; how he went into the house of God in the days of Abiather the high- priest, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests! or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless 1 but I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath : therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath." And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue : and there was a man whose right hand was withered. And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath A man with a heaied tn thetab- ^ a Y j that they might find an accusation against him. But he knew their thoughts, and said unto the man which had the withered hand, " Rise up, and stand forth in the midst." And he arose and stood forth. And they asked him, saying, "Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days ! " Then said Jesus unto them, "I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful 011 the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil ! to save life, or to destroy it ? " And he said unto them, "What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out! how much then is a man better than a sheep ! " But they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, "Stretch forth thy hand." And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. IndHerod 8 i!n S a And the Pharisees filled with madness went forth, and hi m. straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. But Jesus withdrew himself with his disci- - THE MAN WITH THK WITMKRED HAND 68 OBDAIN IN G OF THE TWELVE. A prophecy M pies to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judaea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumsea, and from beyond Jordan ; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they heard what great things he did, came unto him. And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the Many miracles multitude, lest they should throng him. For he had healed many ; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues. And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, "Thou art the Son of God." And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying, " Behold my servant, whom I have chosen ; my beloved, in whom m Y sou l is we ^ pleased : I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judg ment to the Gentiles. He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles trust" And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God. And when it was day, he calleth The twelve Apos- unto l lm i whom he would : and they came unto him. And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have power to heal sick nesses, and to cast out devils, whom also he named apostles ; Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James ; and he surnamed them Boan erges, which is "The sons of Thunder": Philip and Bartholomew, Mat thew the publican, and Thomas, James the son of Alphseus, and Simon the Canaanite called Zelotes, and Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor. And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea-coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases : and they that were vexed with unclean spirits : and they were healed. And the whole multitude sought to touch him : for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all. .EASTERN LAMP WITH FLAXEN WICK. CHAPTER XI. THE SERMON OX THE MOUNT. The Beatitudes. ND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a mountain ; and when he was set, his disciples came unto him : and he opened his mouth, and taught them, saying, " Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are they that mourn : for they shall be comforted. Blessed are the meek : for they shall inherit the earth. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness : for they shall be filled. Blessed are the merciful : for they shall obtain 1 /> i in mercy. Blessed are the pure in heart : lor they shall see Grod. Blessed are the peacemakers : for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake : for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy : for, behold, your reward is great in heaven : for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets. "But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consola tion. Woe unto you that are full ! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now ! for ye shall mourn and weep. Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you ! for so did their fathers to the false prophets. " Ye are the salt of the earth : but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be salted I it is thenceforth good for nothing, but to be cast out, and to be trodden under foot of men. Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. Neither do , . , n , _ men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it jriveth li<j>-ht unto all that are in the O o The salt of the earth. The light of the world. EASTERN CANDLESTICK WITH LAMP. 72 OF ANGER, IMPURITY, AND 8 WEARING. house. Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. " Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets : I am of keeping the not come to destroy, but to fulfill. For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven : but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven. " Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the iudg- Of anger. _ . i -i ment : but 1 say unto you, 1 hat whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgment : and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council : but whosoever shall say, Thou fool, shall be in danger of hell-fire. Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar, and there rememberest that thy brother hath aught against tliee ; leave there thy gift before the altar, and go thy way ; first be reconciled to thy brother, and then come and offer thy gift. Agree with thine adversary quickly, while thou art in the way with him ; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison. Verily I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing. u Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time, Thou shalt not commit adultery : but I say unto you, That whosoever looketh Of impurity. J \ J J on a woman to lust alter her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart. And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. And if thy rig] it hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee : for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish, and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. It hath been said, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement : but I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery : and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. u Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old Of swearing. & J J time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all ; neither by T!ir, SKHMoN o\ Till: 74 OF REVENGE, ALMS, AND PRAYER. Of love to ene mies. heaven ; for it is God s throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King-. Neither shalt tliou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea ; Nay, nay : for what soever is more than these cometh of evil. "Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth : but I say unto you, That ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall smite tliee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, g-o with him twain. Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that O would borrow of thee turn not thou away. "Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbor, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you ; that ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven : for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them. And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye ? for sinners also do even the same. And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye f for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again. But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest : for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil. Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. " Take heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward of your Of alms. -L ... J -b atlier which is in heaven. Therefore when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know Avhat thy right hand doeth : that thine alms may be in secret : and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. and your ORIENTAL, PRAYING IN THK STREET. THE PRATKR IX SECRET. 76 OF FORGIVENESS, FASTING, AND CARE. "And when tliou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, Of prayer. J J J J J They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Be not ye therefore like unto them : for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of, before ye ask him. " After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be The Lord s Prayer. J > > done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil : For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever. Amen. "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you : but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither Of forgiveness. . . will your Father forgive your trespasses. 11 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as the hypocrites, of a sad countenance : for they disfigure their faces, that they may appear unto men to fast. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face ; that thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret : and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. " Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust of treasure m doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal: but lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal : for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. " The light of the body is the eye ; if therefore thine eye be single, thy of a single eye. whole body shall be full of light. But if thine eye be evil, thy whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness ! No man can serve two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to the one and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon. Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for of carefulness your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor yet for about this life. 111 T TI your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment ? Behold the fowls of the air ; for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns ; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they ? which of you by OF CAREFULNESS ABOUT THIS LIFE. 77 taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature and why take ye thought tor raiment ? Consider the lilies of the Held, how they grow ; they toil not, neither do they spin ; and yet 1 say unto you, That even Solomon in all his lory was not arrayed like one of these. Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to-morrow is cast into the FLOWERS OF THE FIELD OATHF.RF.D IN OALILEE. oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith ? therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat ? or, What shall we drink ? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed ? (for after all these things do the Gen tiles seek :) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness ; and all these things shall be added unto you. Take therefore no thought for 78 OF JUDGMENT, PRAYER, AND TRUTH. the morrow ; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. "Judge not, and ye shall not be judged : condemn not, and ye shall not O / \f o */ be condemned : forgive, and ye shall be forgiven : give, and it Of uncharitable J " judgments. shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again." And he spake a parable to them, " Can the blind lead the blind ? shall tliev not both fall into the ditch? the i/ disciple is not above his master : but every one that is perfect shall be as his master. And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother s eye, and considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye 1 or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye ; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye ? thou hypo crite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye ; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother s eye. " Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you : for every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent! if ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good tilings to them that ask him ? therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them : for this is the law and the prophets. "Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the of the strait wav > that leadcth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat : because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. " Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep s clothing, but HEATING OVENS WITH DKY GRASS. Of casting pea: before swine. Of asking and receiving. OF HEARING AND DOING. 7<) inwardly they arc ravening wolves. Ye .shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. Kvery tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good ; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: lor of the abun dance of the heart his mouth speaketh. "Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of mv Father Not profewion ..,.., .. ... .. Imt cleods the teat winch is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, fmen. Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name ? and in thy name have cast out devils 1 and in thy name done many wonderful works? and then will I profess unto them, I never knew you : depart from me, ye that work iniquity. "Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a , Of hearing and rock : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the d winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock. And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand : and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house ; and it fell : and great was the fall of it." And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine : for he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. When he was come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. CHAPTEE XII. DIVERS MIRACLES, CONVERSATIONS, AND ADDRESSES IN GALILEE. A centurion s when he had ended all. his sayings in the audience of the people, be entered into Capernaum. And a certain centurion s servant, who was dear unto him, was sick, and ready to die. And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant. And when they came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying, That he was worthy for whom he should do this : for he lovetli our nation, and he hath built us a syna gogue. Then Jesus went with them. And when he was now not far from the house, the centurion sent friends to him, saying unto him, "Lord, trouble not thyself: for I am not worthy that tliou shouldest enter under my roof: wherefore neither thought I myself worthy to come unto thee : but say in a word, and my servant shall be healed. For I also am a man set under authority, having under me soldiers, and I say unto one, Go, and he goeth ; and to another, Come, and he cometh ; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. When Jesus heard these things, he marveled at him, and turned him about, and said unto the people that followed him, " I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. Many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth." And they that were sent, returning to the house, found the servant whole that had been sick. And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain ; and many of his disciples Avent with him, and much people. Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow : and much people of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, " Weep not." TTFAT.TVO TTTF rKNTI lll tys SFTIV\VT. HI 82 JOHN THE BAPTIST. The message of i the Baptist, And he came and touched the bier : and they that bare him stood still. And he said, " Young man, I say unto thee, Arise." And he that was dead A widow s son sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his raised from the 1 tin r n 1^1 i p i dead. mother. And there came a tear on all : and they glorified God, saying, " That a great prophet is risen up among us"; and, "That God hath visited his people." And this rumor of him went forth through out all Judaea, and throughout all the region round about. And the disciples of John showed him of all these things. And John calling: unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying-, - O u Art thou he that should come <? or \ QQ ^ we f or another ? " When the men were come unto him, they said, " John Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that should come? or look we for an other I " And in the same hour he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits ; and unto many that were blind he gave sight. Then Jesus answering said unto them, " Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard ; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached. And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be offended in me." And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, "What went ye out into the wilderness for to see ? A reed shaken with the wind ! but what went ye out for to see ? A man clothed in soft raiment ? Be hold, they which are gorgeously ap pareled, and live delicately, are in kings courts. But what went ye out for to see 1 A prophet ? Yea, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. For this is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way before thee. Verily I say unto you, Among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist: notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and Christ s testimo ny to John. PAPYRUS REEDS ON THE UPl EK JORDAN. THE SON OF THE WIDOW OF NAIX. A wo MAX ir.-i ,v///;.v TIII-: MAST Kits I--KKT. 85 the violent take it by force. For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. And if ye will receive it, this is Flias, which was for to come. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John. Hut the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being 1 not baptized of him. And the Lord said, " Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this gen eration . and to what are they like? they are like unto children .... 11 in- i i John and Chriat sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and say ing, * We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced ; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept. For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine ; and ye say, k lie hath a devil. The Son of man is come eating and drinking ; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a wine-bibber, a friend of publicans and sinners ! But wisdom is justified of all her children." Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: "Woe unto thee, Chorazin! . He upbraids woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works, which were certa " lcitie8 done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long- ago in sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee." At that time Jesus answered and said, " I thank thee, () Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. "All things are delivered unto me of mv Father: and no man knoweth O / the Son hut the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. "Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me ; for I am A iOM toTi - meek and lowly of heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light." And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee s house, and sat down to meat. And wwheth Lord B feet with behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew " that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, and stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash DEAF AXD DCMB DE31OXIAC HEALED. 87 his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. Now when tlu- Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, " This man, if he were a proplu-t, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him : for she is a sinner." And Jesus answering- said unto him, " Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee," And he saith. Master, say on." 4 * There was a certain creditor which had two debtors : the one owed five hundred pence, and the other fiftv. And when thev had noth- ing to pay. he frankly forgave them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him most f " Simon answered and said, " I sup pose that he, to whom he forgave inost. n And he said unto him, "Thou hast rightly judged." And he turned to the woman, and said unto Simon, Seest thou this woman f I entered into thine house, thou gavest me no water for my feet : but she hath washed my feet with tears, and wiped them with the hairs of her head. Thou gavest me no kiss : but this woman since the time I came in hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My head with oil thou didst not anoint : but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment. Wherefore I say unto thee. Her sins, which are many, are forgiven : for she loved much : but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little," And he said unto her, ** Thy sins are forgiven." And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins also? And he said to the woman. Thy faith hath saved thee: go in peace." And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their svna- gogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sick ness and every disease among the people. And the twelve were with him. and certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went seven devils, and Joanna the wife of Chuza, Herod s steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. And all the people were amazed, and said, " Is not this die son of David ? " But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, " This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of tin- devils." And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, 4t Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation: and every city or house 88 A TREE KNOWN BY ITS FRUITS. divided against itself shall not stand : and if Satan cast out Satan, he is O divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? And -if I by Beelzebub east out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. Or else how can one enter into a strong man s house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man 1 and then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against me ; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. " Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men : but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come : because they said, He hath an imclean spirit. " Either make the tree good, and his fruit good ; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt : for the tree is known by his fruit, gener ation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things ? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things : and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." JESUS TEACHING IS THE BYNAQOOUK. C H A P T E R XIII. SEASIDE PARABLES. K same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the seaside. And he began again to teach by the seaside : and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea ; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. And he taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine, " Hearken ; Behold, there went out a .^o *ru The sower. , . , , r ,, , >o\ver to sow: and it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the wayside; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. And some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth ; and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: but when the sun was up, it was scorched ; and because it had no root, it withered away. Ami some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred." And when he had said these things, lie cried, "He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." And when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable, saying, " What might this parable be I and why Bpeakest thou unto them in parables?" And he said unto them, " Unto you it is given to know the mystery of tlie kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, all these . Why Jesus taught things are done in parables. For whosoever hath, to him shall ^p* 1 * 1 * 1 " 1 - \- given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. Therefore speak I to tin-in in parables, that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be con verted. and their sins should be forgiven them. And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: for this 91 92 PARABLE OF THE SOWEK. people s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing-, and their eyes they have closed ; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. But blessed are your eyes, for they see : and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them." And he said unto them, "Know ye not this parable? and how then will ye know all parables I Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. The interprets,- The sower soweth the word. When any one heareth the word tion of the para- p i i i -i i 11 bie of the sower. o f the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the wayside. But he that received the seed EASTERN PLOWING AND SOWING. into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it ; yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while : for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word ; and the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it becometh un fruitful. But he that received seed into good ground is he that heareth the word, and receiveth it in an honest and good heart and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, with patience, and bringeth forth, some an hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty. " No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed ; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which AH hidden things en tei* in may see the li^ht. For nothing is secret, that shall shallbepub- J 1 . i -i 1 i 11 not be made manifest ; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. Take heed therefore how ye hear : for whoso ever hath, to him shall be given ; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have." THE SEED, THE LEAVEN, THE TARES. 1)3 Another parable put lie forth unto thorn, saving, "The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field : hut while men slept his enemy eame and sowed tares among the wheat, and The Uires in tho went his way. But when the blade was sprung up, and brought fleld- forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. So the servants of the; house holder came and said unto him, " Sir, didst not thou sow o-ood seed in thy Held? from whence then hath it tares. " lie said unto them, "An enemy hath done this." The servants said unto him, 4i Wilt tlmu then that we go and "father them up?" Hut he said, "Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest 1 will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and hind them in hundles to burn them: hut gather the wheat into my barn." And he said, "So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground ; and should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and TOW up, he knoweth The Reed growing not how. For the earth bringeth forth 8ecretl y- fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. Hut when the fruit is hrought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come." Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, "The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took, and The groin of mus- sowed in his field : which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among- herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof." Another parable spake he unto them : " The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, The leaven hid ^ which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; as they were able to hear it. Hut without ;i p;irahl- spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples : that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, " I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world." Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, "Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field." He answered and said unto them, " He that soweth the gotd SYRIAN AND EGYPTIAN WHEAT. 94 SEASIDE PARABLES. seed is the Son of man ; the field is the world ; the good seed are the children of the kingdom ; but the tares are the children of the wicked one ; The interpreta- tlie enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end tion of the para- ,. , , -. ,. . bie of the tares, oi tlie world ; and the reapers are tlie angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire ; so shall it be in the end of this world. The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall rather i/ O out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity ; and shall cast them into a furnace of fire : there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof The treasure hid J goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. "Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman, seeking u goodly pearls : who, when he had found one pearl of great The pearl of great < ./ i pnce - price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. "Again, tlie kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind : which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but The net cast into cast the bad away. So shall it be at the end of the world : the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth." Jesus saith unto them, " Have ye understood all these things ? " They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he unto them, " Therefore every scribe which is instructed The instructed teacher. unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old." And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. CHAPTER XIV. THK VOYAGE TO (JADAKA AND THK HKTUKN. p < >\V when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he pave commandment to depart unto the other side. And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him, and they launched forth. And, behold, then 4 arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves. And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow : and they awake him, and say unto him, " Master, carest thou not that we perish ? " And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, " Peace, be still." And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, " Why are ye so fearful f how is it that ye have no faith ! " And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, "What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him ?" And they came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. And Avhen he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man, which had devils long time, and ware no clothes, who had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him, no, not with chains: because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man tame him. And always, night and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. Hut when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and worshiped him, and cried with a loud voice, and said, "What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? 1 adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not." For he said unto him, u Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit." And he asked him, " What is thy name ? " And he answered, saying, " My name is Legion : for we are many." And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country, into the deep. Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. And all the devils besought him, saying, " Send us into the swine, 93 THE VOYAGE TO GADARA AND THE RETURN. 97 that we may enter into them." And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. And they that fed the swine fled, and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man out of whom the devils \\en- departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed and in his right mind: and they were afraid. And they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. Then the whole multitude of the country of the (iadarenes round about besought him i to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear: and he went up into the ship, and returned back again. Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him. Ilowbeit Jesu- MI tiered him not, but saith unto him, "Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had com passion on thee." And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how irivat things Jesus had done for him : and all men did marvel. And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. And much people gathered unto him, for they were all waiting for him. CHAPTER XV. THE RAISING OF JAIRUS S DAUGHTER TO THE MISSION OF TIIF TWELVE. behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name ; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet, and besought him greatly, saying, " My little daughter Ik th at the point of death," (for he had one only daugh ter:) "I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed ; and she shall live." And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples, and much people followed him, and thronged him. And a certain woman, which had .111 issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered many things of many phy sicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather gn-w worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment. For she said, " If I may touch but his clothes, I shall !>< whole." And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up: and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. And Jesus said, " Who touched me ? " When all denied, Peter and they that were with him said. " .Master, the multitude throng thee and press thee, and sayest thou, 4 Who touched me ? And Jesus said, " Somebody hath touched me: for I perceive that virtue is gone out of me." And when the woman saw that she was not hid, she came trembling, and falling down before him, she declared unto him before all the people for what cause she had touched him, and how she was healed immediately. And he said unto her, " Daughter, be of good comfort: thy faith hath made thee whole ; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague." While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue s house certain which said, u Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further . " As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, " Be not afraid, only believe, Theru i er . Bdan h . and she shall he made whole." And he suffered no man to ^rSYroith* follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of c James. And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. And when he 09 THE KAIftrNG OF JAIRUF DAUGHTER. 101 was conic in, lie saith unto them, "Why make ye this ado, and weep?" And thcv laughed him to scorn, knowing that she was dead. Hut when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and thorn that were with him, and entered in where the damsel was lying 1 . And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, " Talitha cumi " ; (which is, being interpreted, "Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.") And straightway the damsel arose, and walked ; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat. And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saving, "Thou son of David, have mercy on us." And when he was co;ue into the house, the blind men came to him : and Jesus saith unto them, " Believe ye that I am able to do this I " They said unto him, "Yea, Lord." Then touched he their eyes, saying, "Accord- Twoblindmen ing to your faith be it unto you." And their eyes were opened; areheal ami -Jesus straitly charged them, saying, " See that no man know it." But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. A- they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake : Adumbdemoniac and the multitudes marveled, saying, " It was never so seen in healed - Israel." But the Pharisees said, " He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils." And he went out from thence, and came into his own country;-; ancj Jiis disciples follow him. And when the sabbath day was come, hevb^gan to teach in the synagogue: and many hearing him were astor<- neJ?acheiLm ishcd, saying, "Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these Nazan mighty works ? Is not this the carpenter s son ? is not his mother called Mary . and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? and his sisters, are they not all with us ? Whence then hath this man all these things ! " And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, " A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house." And he could there do no mighty work, save that he laid his hands upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he mar veled because of their unbelief. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them. IH cause they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he unto his disciples, " The harvest truly H itieththe is plenteous, but the laborers are few; pray ye therefore the mu * L-rd of the harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest." And when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them HEALING OF TWO BLIND MEN. HE SENUETH OUT 111$ TWELVE DISCIPLES. in:; power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of M.-kness and all manner of disease. And he began to send them forth by two and t\vo; and commanded them, saying, "Go not into the H. ..ndeth out way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter SKS \ e not: but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, fret -I y irivo. Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses, nor -.-rip for your journey, nor yet staves, neither two coats, neither shoes, but be shod with sandals : for the workman is worthy of lu s meat. And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence. And when ye come into an house, salute it. And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it : but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet, for a testi mony against them. Verily I say unto you, It -hall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city. " Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves; be ye therefore wise as ser pents, and harmless as doves. But beware of men ; for they will deliver you up to the coun cils, and they will scourge you in their syna gogues ; and ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak : for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child : and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name s sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. The disciple is not above his mas ter, nor the servant above his lord. It is enough for the disciple that he be as hU master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household f BEHEADING OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. THE l> REACHING OF THE TWELVE. 105 "Fear them not therefore : for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed ; and hid, that shall not be known. What I tell yon in darkness, that speak ye in light : and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the house-tops. And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul ; but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul ;m<l body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing ? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not, therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows. Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. But whoso ever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. And a man s foes shall be they of his own household. He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me ; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worth v of me. He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it, " He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet s reward ; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man s reward. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward." And they went out and preached that men should repent. And they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were J The preaihing of sick, and healed them everywhere. And it came to pass, that when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach The departure of , . . . Jesus from Nazii- iii their cities. retl - And king Herod heard of him; (for his name was spread abroad;) and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from the dead, and Herodhearaof therefore mighty works do show forth themselves in him. ( Others said, "That it is Elias." And others said, "That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets." But when Herod heard thereof, he said, " It is John, whom I beheaded : he is risen from the dead." For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias s sake, his brother Philip s wife ; for he had 106 THE DEATH OF JOHN THE BAPTIST. married her. For John had said unto Herod, " It is not lawful for tliee to have thy brother s wife." Therefore Herodias had a quarrel The imprison- / against him, and would have killed him ; but she could not : For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a just man and a holy, and observed him ; and when he heard him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. And when a convenient day was come, that Herod on his birthday made a supper to his lords, high captains, and chief estates of Galilee ; and when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, "Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I give it thee." And he sware unto her, " Whatsoever thou slialt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom." And she went forth, and said unto her mother, " What shall I ask?" And she said, "The head of John the Baptist," And she came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will that thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. And the king was exceeding sorry ; yet for his oath s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. And immediately the kiii<4- sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be The death of John brought : and he went and beheaded him in the prison. And brought his head in a charger, and gave it to the damsel; and the damsel gave it to her mother. And when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in the tomb. And the apostles, when they were returned, gathered themselves together The apostles re- unto Jesus, and told him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught. And he said unto them, " Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place, and rest awhile " : for there were many coming and going, and they had no leisure so much as to eat. DAUGHTER OF HEKOOIAS AND TUB HEAD UK JOHN THE BAPTIST. CHAPTEE XVI. Jesus retires to Bethsaida to rest, and is followed by the multitudes. THE FEEDING OF THE FIVE THOUSAND. ND Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea of Tiberias, into a desert place belonging- to the city called Bethsaida. And a great multitude followed him, because they saw his miracles which he did on them that were diseased. And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there he sat with his disciples. And the passover, a feast of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, he was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd : and he began to teach them many things, and healed them that had need of healing. And when the day was now far spent, he saith unto Philip, " Whence shall we buy bread, that these may eat 1 " And this he said to prove him : for he himself knew what he would do. Philip answered him, " Two hun dred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for them, that every one of them may take a little." One of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter s brother, i/ L saitli unto him, " There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two small fishes : but what are they among so many 1 " And Jesus said, " Make them sit down by fifties in a company." Now there was much grass in the place. So the men sat down, in number about five thousand. Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude. And they did eat, and were all filled. When they were filled, he said unto his disciples, " Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost." Therefore they gathered them together, and filled twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley loaves, which remained over and above unto them that had eaten. Then those men, when they had seen the miracle that Jesus did, said, " This is of a truth that prophet that should come into the world." When Jesus therefore perceived that they would come and take him by I OS He feedeth five thousand. THK MIKA l.K <>K THK T.OAVKS. 110 CHRIST WALKETH ON THE SEA. force, to make him a king-, he departed again into a mountain himself alone. And when even was now come, his disciples went down unto the sea, and entered into a ship, and went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves : for the wind was contrary. And lie saw them toiling- in rowing, for the wind was contrary unto them. And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking 1 on Christ walked on the sea. And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, "It is a spirit"; and they cried out for fear. But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, " Be of good cheer; it is I ; be not afraid." And Peter answered him and said, " Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water." And he said, " Come." And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when lie saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, "Lord, save me." And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, " thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?" And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased, and imme diately the ship was at the land whither they went. Then they that were in the ship came and worshiped him, saying, "Of a truth thou art the Son of God." And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew out to the shore. And when they were come out of the ship, straightway the} knew him, and ran through that whole region round He heaieth many about, and bewail to carry about in beds those that were sick, in the land of " ""ATT-T n where they heard he was. And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment : and as many as touched him were made whole. mj The day following, when the people which stood on the other side of the sea saw that there was none other boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disciples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone away alone ; (howbeit there came other boats from Tiberias nio-h unto the place where they did eat bread, O _I_ v after that the Lord had given thanks :) when the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. And when they had found him on the other side of the sea, they said unto him, "Rabbi, when earnest thou hither?" Jesus answered them and said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, ye seek me, not because ye saw the miracles, but because ye did eat of the loaves, and were filled. Labor not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall 1 12 THE BREAD FROM HEAVEN. give unto you : for him hath God the Father sealed." Then said they unto him, " What shall we do, that we might work the works of God ? " Jesus answered and said unto them, " This is the work of God, that ye believe on him whom he hath sent." They said therefore unto him, " What sign shewest thou then, that we may see, and believe thee ? what dost thou work \ Our fathers did eat manna in the desert ; as it is written, He gave them bread from The bread from heaven to eat." Then said Jesus unto them, " Verily, verily, I say unto you, Moses gave you not that bread from heaven ; but my Father <riveth you the true bread from heaven. For the bread of God is lie o / which conieth down from heaven, and giveth life unto the world." Then said they unto him, " Lord, evermore give us this bread." And Jesus said unto them, " I am the bread of life : he that cometh to me shall never Inuiii-er ; and he that believeth on me shall never thirst. But I said unto o you, That ye also have seen me, and believe not. All that the Father giv eth me shall come to me ; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own Avill, but the will of him that sent me. And this is the Father s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of him that sent me, that every one which seeth the Son, and believeth on him, may have everlasting life : and I will raise him up at the last day." The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, I am the bread which came down from heaven. And they said, " Is not this Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know ? how is it then that he saith, I came down from heaven ! " Jesus therefore answered and said unto them, " Murmur not among yourselves. No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him : and I will raise him up at the last day. It is written in the prophets, And they shall be all taught of God. Every man therefore that hath heard, and hath learned of the Father, com eth unto me. Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me hath everlasting life. I am that bread of life. Your fathers did eat manna in the wilderness, and are dead. This is the bread which cometh down from heaven, that a man may eat thereof and not die. I am the living bread which came down from heaven : if any man eat of this bread, he shall live forever : and the bread that I will give is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world." The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, " How can thi man give us his flesh to eat 1 " Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my 114 MANY DISCIPLES FORSAKE HIM. blood, hath eternal life ; and I will raise him up at the last day. For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. As the living Father hath sent me, and I live by the Father : so he that eateth me, even he shall live by me. This is that bread which came down from heaven : not as your fathers did eat manna, and are dead : he that eateth of this bread shall live forever." These things said he in the synagogue, as he taught in Capernaum. Many therefore of his disciples, when they had heard of this, said, "This is an hard saying- ; who can hear it ? " When Jesus knew in Many disciples > himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said unto them, " Doth this offend you? What and if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before ? it is the spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh profiteth nothing : the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you that believe not," For Jesus knew from the beginning who they were that believed not, and who should betray him. And he said, " Therefore said I unto you, that no man can come unto me, except it were given unto him of my Father. " From that time many of his disciples went back, and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus unto the twelve, " Will ye also gx> The twelve cleave / o away f " Then Simon Peter answered him, " Lord, to whom shall we go ? thou hast the words of eternal life. And we believe and are sure that thou art that Christ, the Son of the living God." Jesus answered them, " Have not I chosen you twelve, and one of you is a devil ! " He spake of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon : for he it was that should betray him, being one of the twelve. After these things Jesus walked in Galilee : for he would not walk in Jewry, because the Jews sought to kill him. C H A P TEH XVII. THE TRADITION OF THE ELDERS. THE SYROPHENICIAN WOMAN AND OTHER INCIDENTS. II K\ came together unto him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusalem. And when they saw some of his disciples cut bread with The Pharisees i /. i i i . . i ,1 from Jerusalem denied, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, find fault. they found fault. For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except .they wash their hands oft, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders. And when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not And many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and of tables. Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, u Whv walk not thy disciples ac cording to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands f" He answered and said unto them, " Well hath Isaiah prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoreth me with their He reimketh them 1*1 A i i c r concerning their lips, hut their heart is tar from me. llowbeit in vain do they traditions. worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. For laying aside the commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the wash ing of pots and cups : and many other such like things ye do." And he said unto them, " Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said, Honor thy father and thy mother ; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death : but ye say, If a man shall say to his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by whatsoever thon mightest be profited by me ; he shall be free. And ve suffer him no more to do aught for his father or his mother: / making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered : and many such like things do ye." And when he had called all the people unto him, he said unto them, u Hearken unto me every one of you, and understand: There is out of the heart nothing from without a man, that entering into him can defile thought*. him: but the things which come out of him, those are they that defile the 115 116 JESUS CASTETH OUT DEVILS. man. If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." And when he was entered into the house from the people, his disciples said unto him, "Know- est thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying- 1 " But he answered and said, "Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. Let them alone : they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." Then answered Peter arid said unto him, "Declare unto us this parable." And Jesus said, " Are ye also yet without understanding ? Do ye not per ceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him ; because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats ?" And he said, "That which cometli out of the man, that defileth the man. For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness : all these evil things come from within, and defile the man : but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man." And from thence he arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, The demoniac anc ^ entered into an house, and would have no man know it : syrfphenidali but he could not be hid. For a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet : the woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation ; and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away ; for she crieth after us. But he answered and said, " Let the children first be filled : for it is not meet to take the children s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs." And she said, " Truth, Lord : yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master s table." Then Jesus answered and said unto her, " woman, great is thy faith : be it unto thee o i/ even as thou wilt." And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. And again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he came unto the sea of Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech ; and they beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he took him aside from the multitude, and put his fingers into his ears, and he spit, and He heaieth a deaf touched his tongue ; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and saith unto him, " Ephphatha," (that is, " Be opened.") And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. And he charged them that they should tell no man : but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they pub lished it ; and were beyond measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things well : he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak. THK 8YROPHENICIAN \Vn.\IAN. JESUS HEALS A DEAF MAN. I>KOPLE FED. 11!) In those days the multitude being very great, and having nothing* to eat, Jesus called his disciples unto him, and saith unto them, "1 have com passion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, ,nid have nothing to eat: and 1 will not send them away tasting, lest they faint in the way : for divers of them came from far." And his disciples say unto him, " Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to till so great a multitude !" And Jesus saith unto them, " How many loaves have ye I" And they said, " Seven, and a few little fishes." And he com manded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left Four thousand -< vrn baskets full. And they that did eat were four thousand ! iiH-ii, beside women and children. And he sent away the multitude, and ti>.>k ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala and Dalmanutha. JESUS LEADS THE BLIND. C II A P T E II XVIII. PETER S PROFESSION AND OTHER INCIDENTS. I 1 ] Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempt ing desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. He answered and said unto them, The Pharisees "When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair 8 "5fl^? weather : for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather to-day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye, hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times I A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas." And he left them, and departed. And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. Then Jesus said unto them, "Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sad- The disciples ducees." And they reasoned among themselves, saying, "It is JheTe^ve^ ofthe I -cause we have no bread." And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, "Why reason ye, because ye have no bread! perceive ye not yet, neither understand ? have ye your heart yet hardened ? having eyes, see \ e not I and having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember ? when I brake the five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up ? " They say unto him, "Twelve." " And when the seven among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up. " And they said, "Seven." And lie said unto them, " How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye >hul(l beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the - Sadducees!" Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. And he cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto him, and I ->ui;|it him to touch him. And he took the blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town ; and when he had spit on his eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if he saw aught. And he looked up, and PETER PROFEKKETII FATTIL said, "I see men as trees, walking." After that lie put his hands again upon liis eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and H eheaisawimi saw every man clearly. And he sent him away to his house, r saying, "Neither go into the town, nor tell it to any in the town." When Jesus came into the coasts of Crcsarea Philippi, he asked his dis ciples, saying, "Whom do men say that 1 the Son of man am ?" And they said, "Some say that thou art John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets." He saith unto them, " But mer prcfesseti. whom SHV ye that 1 am?" And Simon Peter answered and / V said, " Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living- God." And Jesus answered and said unto him, " Blessed art thou, Simon Bar- joua : for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but ill i i - i A -i T -i i mi Christ s reply. my father which is in heaven. And 1 say also unto thee, 1 hat thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven." Then charged lie his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. From that time forth began Jesus to show unto his disciples, how that "the Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be slain, and be raised the third jesus foreteiu-th 1A . his death and re- day. And he spake that saying openly. I hen I eter took proves Peter. him, and began to rebuke him, saying, " Be it far from thee, Lord : this shall not be unto thee." But he turned, and said unto Peter, "Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savorest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men." And when he had called the people unto him with his disciples also, he said unto them, " Whosoever will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow me. For whosoever will O f bearing the save his life shall lose it ; but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake and the gospel s, the same shall save it. For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul ? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul ? Whosoever therefore shall be o ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of his Father with the holy angels." And he said unto them, " Verily I say imto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power." CHAPTER XIX. THE TRANSFIGUEATION AND CONNECTING INCIDENTS. ND it came to pass about an eight days after these sayings, he took Peter and Jolm and James, and went up into a high mountain to pray ; and was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. And, behold, there talked with him two men, which were Moses and Elijah : who ap peared in glory, and spake of his decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. But Peter and they that were with him were heavy with sleep : and when they were awake, they saw his glory, and the two men that stood with him. And it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter said unto Jesus, " Master, it is good for us to be here : and let us make three tabernacles ; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah." For he wist not what to say ; for they were sore afraid. While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them : and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, " This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased ; hear ye him." And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. And Jesus came and touched them, and said, " Arise, and be not afraid." And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, " Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man be risen again from the dead." And they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another what the rising from the dead should mean. And his disciples asked him, saying, " Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come ! " And Jesus answered and said unto them, " Elijah truly shall first come, and restore all things. But I say unto you, That Elijah is come already, and they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them." Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. And when he came to his disciples on the next day, he saw a great multi- 124 THK TRAN8FIOUP.ATION. 12G JESUS HEALETH A DEMONIAC CHILD. tude about them, and the scribes questioning- with them. And straightway all the people, when they beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to He heaieth a de- m m saluted him. And he asked the scribes, "What question moniac cMid. ^ ^^ t ] iem $ And t ] iere came fa } inil a certain man, kneel ing down to him, and saying, " Lord, have mercy on my son : (for he is mine only child :) for he is lunatic, and sore vexed : for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water." And, lo, a spirit taketh him and tear- eth him : and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away : and I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out ; and they could not." He answereth him, and saith, "0 faithless generation, how long shall I be witli you ? how long shall I suffer you ? bring him unto me." And they brought him unto him ; and when he saw him, straightway the spirit tare him ; and he fell on the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked his father, "How long is it ago since this came unto him?" And he said, "Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy him : but if thou canst do anything, have compassion on us, and help us." Jesus saith unto him, " If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." And straightway the father of the child cried out, and said with tears, " Lord, I believe : help thou mine unbelief." When Jesus saw that the people came running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, "Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him." And the spirit cried,- and rent him sore, and came out of him : and he was as one dead ; insomuch that many said, " He is dead." But Jesus took him by the hand, and lifted him up ; and delivered him again to his father. And they were all amazed at the mighty power of God. And when he was come into the house, his disciples asked him privately, " Why could not we cast him out I " And Jesus said unto them, "Because of your unbelief: for verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Ivemove hence to yonder place ; and it shall remove ; and noth ing shall be impossible unto you. Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting." 1 / O And they departed thence, and passed through Galilee ; and he would He foreteiieth MS not that any man should know it. For he taught his disciples, own death. i i i T i i i j and said unto them, " Let these sayings sink down into your ears: for the Son of man shall be delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill him ; and after that he is killed, he shall rise the third day." But they understood not this saying, and it was hid from them, that they per ceived it not : and they feared to ask him of that saying. CHAPTER XX. INCIDENTS AND CONVERSATIONS RELATING TO TRIBUTE, TO HUMILITY, TO LITTLE CHILDREN, AND TO OFFENCES. XI) when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your vy master pay tribute ? lie saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, " What thinkest thou, Simon ? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute ! of their own children, or of stran gers ?" Peter saith unto him, "Of strangers." Jesus saith unto The tribute him, " Then are the children free. Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee." ilT/& *f^*_*_. I And being in the house he asked them, " What was it that ye disputed among yourselves by the way ?" Hut they held their peace: for by the way they had disputed among them selves, who should be the greatest. And Jesus, perceiving the WhOBhallbe thought of their heart, sat down, and called the twelve, and * reate8t saith unto them, "If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all." And he took a child, and set him in the midst of them : and when he had taken him in his arms, he said unto them, "Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the king dom of heaven. And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me : and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me." And John answered him, saying, "Master, we saw one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth not us: and we forbade him, because he HUMAN TKIWTK MONKY. 12! 128 OF OFFENCES. followctli not us." But Jesus said, " Forbid him not : for there is no man The man casting wliicli shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly spe.ak evil name e Jf Jesus. he of me. For he that is not against us is on our part. For whoso ever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. And who soever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it Of offences. is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea. And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: where their Avorm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched : where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out : it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire : where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. Salt is good : but if the salt have lost his sal tn ess, wherewith will ye season it ? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another. "Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always behold the Of despising J . J face of my Father which is in heaven. For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. How think ye I if a man have an hun dred sheep, and one of them be g-one astray, doth he not leave The lost sheep. . . . & . the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray ? and if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of the ninety and nine which went not -astray. Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. " Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go and tell him his Treatment of m ^ au ^ between thee and him alone : if he shall hear thee, thou offending brother. j iagt g^^ft t ] lv brother. But if he will not hear thee, then take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell it unto the church : but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be unto thee as an heathen man and a publican. Verily I say unto you, Whatso ever ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heaven : and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. Again I say unto you, That of asking and if two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven. For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." 130 THE UNFORGIVING SERVANT. Then came Peter to him, and said, "Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?" Jesus saith unto him, " I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he had, and payment to be made. The servant therefore fell down, and worshiped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. But the same servant went out, and found one of his fellow-servants, which owed him an hundred pence : and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, l Pay rue that thou owest. And his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, l Have patience with me, and I The unforgiving will pay thee all. And he would not : but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. So when his fellow- servants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto him, thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt, because thou desiredst me : shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had pity on thee ? And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses." CHAPTER XXI. JESUS AT THE FEAST OF TABERNACLES. the Jews feast of tabernacles was at hand. His l^ 1 *, f brethren therefore said unto him, "Depart hence, and go into Jiuhva, that thy disciples also may see the works that thon doest. For there is no man that doeth anything- in secret, and he himself seeketli to be known openly. If thon do these tilings, show thyself to the world." For neither did his brethren believe in him. Then Jesus said unto His brethren urge --..... . . . him to attend the them, My time is not yet come : but your tune is alway feast ready. The world cannot hate you ; but me it hateth, because I testify of it, that the works thereof are evil. Go ye up unto this feast : I go not up yet unto this feast; for my time is not yet full come." When he had said these words unto them, he abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not openly, but as it were in secret. And it came to pass, when the time was come that he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face to go to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, as he went to Jerusalem, that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee, and sent messengers before his face : and they went, and entered into a village of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they did not receive him, because his face was as though he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples James and John saw this, they said, "Lord, wilt thou that we command fire to come down from heaven, and Christ refuses to call flre from consume them, even as Elijah did ? " But he turned, and re- heaven. buked them, and said, " Ye know not what manner of spirit ye are of. For tli- s..]i of man i- noi come to destroy men s lives, lut t<> save them." Ami they went to another village. And it came to pass, that as they went in the way, a certain scribe said unto him, " Lord, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest." And Jesus said unto him, " Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have He instructs cer- i i r f> 11 i -i i i -i 11 ta * n w h Y^n to nests: but the feon ot man hath not where to lay his head, be MS disciple*. And he said unto another, " Follow me." But he said, " Lord, suffer me 131 132 JESUS APPEARS AT THE FEAST. first to go and bury my father." Jesus said unto him, " Let the dead bury their dead : but go thou and preach the kingdom of God." And another also said, " Lord, I will follow thee ; but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at home at my house." And Jesus said unto him, " No man, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for the kingdom of God." Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, "Where is he?" And The people seek there was much murmuring among the people concerning him : for some said, " He is a good man " : others said, " Nay ; but he deceiveth the people." Howbeit no man spake openly of him for fear of the Jews. Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up into the temple, and taught. And the Jews marveled, saying, " How knoweth this man letters, jesus appears at having never learned 1 " Jesus answered them, and said, "My doctrine is not mine, but his that sent me. If any man will do his will, he shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God, or whether I speak of myself. He that speaketh of himself seeketh his own glory : but he that seeketh his glory that sent him, the same is true, and no unright eousness is in him. Did not Moses give you the law, and yet none of you keepeth the law ? Why go ye about to kill me ? " The people answered and said, "Thou hast a devil : who goeth about to kill thee?" Jesus an swered and said unto them, " I have done one work, and ye all marvel. Moses therefore gave unto you circumcision ; (not because it is of Moses, but of the fathers ;) and ye on the sabbath day circumcise a man. If a man on the sabbath day receive circumcision, that the law of Moses should not be broken ; are ye angry at me, because I have made a man every whit whole on the sabbath day? Judge not according to the appearance, but judge righteous judgment." Then said some of them of Jerusalem, "Is not this he, whom they seek to kill ? but, lo, he speaketh boldly, and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know indeed that this is the very Christ? howbeit we know this man whence he is: but when Christ cometh, no man knoweth whence he is." Then cried Jesus in the temple as he taught, saying, "Ye both know me, and ye know whence I am : and I am not come of myself, but he that sent me is true, whom ye know not. But I know him : for I am from him, and he hath sent me." Then they sought to take him : but no man laid hands on him, because Many believe on his hour was not yet come. And many of the people believed on him, and said, "When Christ cometh, will he do more mir acles than these which this man hath done ? " The Pharisees heard that the people murmured such things concerning him ; and the Pharisees and the chief priests sent officers to take him. HE OFFERETU THE WATER OF LIFE. l;;;; Then said Jesus unto them, " Yet a little while am I with you, and then I go unto him that sent me. Ye shall seek me, and shall not He foreteiieth his iind me : and where I am, thither ye cannot come." Then said the Jews among themselves, " Whither will he go, that we shall not iind him? will he go unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach the Gentiles f what manner of saying is this that lie said, Ye shall seek me, and shall not iind me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come ? " In the last day, that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, saying, " If any man thirst, let him come unto me, and drink. He that * He offereth the believeth on me, as the scripture hath said, out of his bellv wateroflife - shall flow rivers of living water." (But this spake he of the Spirit, which they that believe on him should receive : for the Holy Ghost was not yet given ; because that Jesus was not yet glorified.) Many of the people therefore, when they heard this saying, said, " Of a truth this is the Prophet." Others said, "This is the Christ." -n^ peop , di8 . But some said, " Shall Christ come out of Galilee? hath not the r scripture said, that Christ cometh of the seed of David, and out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was ? " So there w r as a division among the people because of him. And some of them would have taken him ; but no man laid hands on him. Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees ; and they said unto them, "Why have ye not brought him?" The officers Th e officers ten- answered, " Never man spake like this man." Then answered them the Pharisees, "Are ye also deceived? Have any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed on him ? but this people who knoweth not the law are cursed." Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to Jesus by night, being one of them,) " Doth our law judge any man before it hear him, and know what he doeth ? " They answered and said unto him, "Art thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of Galilee ariseth no prophet." And every man went unto his own house. And Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. CII A 1 TKR XXII. DISCUSSIONS AY ITU THE PHARISEES. early in the morning lie came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him ; and he sat down, and taught them. And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto \V-\i " :l NV(> i ;111 taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, they say unto him, " Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. Now xh e woman taken Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned : but what sayest thou ! " This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, " He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her." And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own con science, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last : and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, "Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee?" She said, "No man, Lord." And Jesus said unto her, " Neither do I con demn thee : go, and sin no more." Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, "I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have Je8U8 the light of the light of life." The Pharisees therefore said unto him, "Thou bearest record of thyself ; thy record is not true." Jesus answered and said unto them, " Though I bear record of myself, yet my record is true : for I know whence I came, and whither I go ; but ye cannot tell whence I come, and whither I go. Ye judffe after the flesh; I judge no man. Herebukeathe A / T T Pharisees and dis- And yet if I judge, my judgment is true: for I am not alone, P utes with them - but I and the Father that sent me. It is also written in your law, that the testimony of two men is true 1 am one that bear witness of myself, and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me." Then said they unto him, 135 HE DISPUTES WITH THE PHARISEES. 137 "Where is thy Father I" Jesus answered, "Ye neither know me, nor mv Father : it ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also." These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he taught in the temple : and no man laid hands on him; for his hour was not yet come. Then said Jesus again unto them, " I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come." Then said -the Jews, "Will he kill himself? because he saith, Whither I go, ye cannot come." And he said unto them, " Ye are from beneath ; I am from above : ye are of this world ; I am not of this world. I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins : for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins." Then said they unto him, "Who art thou?" And Jesus saith unto them, "Even the same that I said unto you from the beginning. 1 have many things to say and to judge of you: but he that sent me is true; and I speak to the world those things which I have heard of him." They under stood not that he spake to them of the Father. Then said Jesus unto them, " When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and that I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone ; for I do always those things that please him." As he spake these words, many believed on him. Then said Jesus to those Jews which believed on him, " If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed ; and ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free." They answered him, " We be Abraham s seed, and were never in bondage to any man : how sayest thou, Ye shall be made free I " Jesus answered them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whosoever com- mitteth sin is the servant of sin. And the servant abideth not in the house forever: but the Son abideth ever. If the Son therefore shall make you free, ye shall be free indeed. I know that ye are Abraham s seed; but \ < seek to kill me, because my word hath no place in you. I speak that which I have seen with my Father: and ye do that which ye have seen with your father." They answered and said unto him, Abraham is our father. Jesus saith unto them, "If ye were Abraham s children, ye would do the works of Abraham. Hut now ye seek to kill me, a man that hath told you the truth, which I have heard of God: this did not Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your father." Then said they to him, " We be not born of fornication ; we have one Father, even God." .! sus said unto them, " If God were your Father, ye would love me : for 1 proceeded forth and came from God ; neither came I of myself, but he sent me. Why do ye not understand my speech ? even because ye cannot lu-ar my word. Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. He was a murderer from the beginning, and abode not 138 JESUS DECLARET1I HIS OWN ETERNITY. in the truth, because there is no truth in him. When he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his own : for he is a liar, and the father of it. And because I tell you the truth, ye believe me not. Which of you convinceth me of sin 1 And if I say the truth, w r hy do ye not believe me? He that is of God heareth God s words : ye therefore hear them not, because ye are not of God." Then answered the Jews, and said unto him, " Say we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a devil?" Jesus answered, "I have not a devil; but I honor my Father, and ye do dishonor me. And I seek not mine own glory : there is one that seeketh and judgeth. Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying, he shall never see death." Then said the Jews unto him, "Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets are dead : whom makest thou thyself?" Jesus answered, " If I honor myself, my honor is nothing : it is my Father that honoreth me ; of whom ye say, that he is your God : yet ye have not known him ; but 1 know him : and if I should say, I know him not, I shall be a liar like unto you: but I know him, and keep his saying. Your father Abraham rejoiced to see my day : and he saw it, and was jesus declares Ma glad." Then said the Jews unto him, "Thou art not yet fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham ? " Jesus said unto them, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am." They try to stone Then took they up stones to cast at him : but Jesus hid him self, and went out of the temple, going through the midst of them, and so passed by. (MI A I TKIl XXIII. THK MAN THAT WAS HORN I5LIXD KKCKIYKS HIS SKIIIT. TIIK PAKAl .LK ()K THK COOD SIIKIMIKI;!). y K \D as Jesus passed by, lie saw a man which was blind from his birth. And his disciples asked him, saving, " Master, e man bom blind receives his who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind ? " Jesus answered, " Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night eometh, when no man can work. As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world." AVhen he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay, and said unto him, "Go, wash iu the pool of Siloam," (which is by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing. The neigh- Th l l c 11 i i i 11 I ll bli bora therefore, and they winch before had seen him that he was 8 K ht - blind, said, " Is not this he that sat and begged ? " SOUK? said, "This is he": others said, "He is like him": but he said, "I am he." Therefore said they unto him, "I low were thine eyes opened?" He answered and said, " A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash: and I went and washed, and I received sight." Then said they unto him, "Where is he!" He said, "I know not." Then they brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes. The Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight. He said unto them, " He put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and do see." Therefore said some of the Pharisees, "This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath day." Others said, " How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?" And there was a division among 1 them. They say unto the blind man again, "What sayest thon of him, that he hath opened thine eyes?" He said, "He is a prophet." But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, 13 .) HO THE MAN BUM) FROM HIS BIRTH. JESUS INSTRUCTS HTM THAT WAS flLLVD. 141 and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had re ceived his sight. And they asked them, saying, " Is this your son, who ye say was born blind . how then doth he now see?" His parents Themani.e* . , , . . , . , , , i i amine<1 and e * answered them ana said, >\ e know that this is our son, and communicated, that he was born blind : but by what means he now seeth, we know not ; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not: he is of age; ask him: he shall speak for himself." These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put. out of the synagogue. Therefore said his parents, " He is of age ; ask him." Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, "Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner." He answered and said, "Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one tiling I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see." Then said they to him again, " What did he to thee? how opened he thine eyes!" lie answered them, "I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again ? will ye also be his disciples?" Then they reviled him, and said, "Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses disciples. We know that God spake unto Moses : as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is." The man answered and said unto them, " Why herein is a marvelous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes. Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshiper of God, and doetli his will, him he heareth. Since the world bewail was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were not of God, he could do nothing." They answered and said unto him, "Thou wast altogether born in sins, and dost thou teach us . " And they cast him out, Jesus heard that they had cast him out ; and when he had found him, he >aid unto him, "Dost thou believe on the Son of God ! " lie answered and said, "Who is lie, Lord, that I might believe on him!" And Jesus said unto him, "Thou hast both seen him, and it is he that, talketh jesus instructs with thee." And. he said, "Lord, I believe." And he wor- >"nd. shiped him. And Jesus said, " For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see ; and that they which see might be made blind." " And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, "Are we blind also!" Jesus said unto them, "If ye were blind, ye should have no sin : but now ye say, We see ; therefore your sin remaineth." " Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that entereth not by the door into the sheepfold, but climbetli up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber. But he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 142 JEXU8 THE DOOR AND THE SHEPHERD OF THE SHEEP. the the sheep. SI1EEPFOI.D. To him the porter openeth ; and the sheep hear his voice : and he calleth his 5us the door ami own sheep })y name, and leadeth them out. And when he put- 5 shepherd of . . , teth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them,, and the sheep follow him : for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him : for they know not the voice of strangers." This parable spake Jesus unto them : but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers : but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door : by me, if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy : 1 am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd : the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. But he that is an hireling, and not the shepherd, whose own the sheep are not, seeth the wolf coming, and leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the wolf catchcth them, and scattereth the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father : and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold : them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice ; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. Therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again. No man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This commandment have I received of my Father. There was a division therefore again among the Jews for these sayings. And many of them said, " He hath a devil, and is mad ; why hear ye him?" Others said, "These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind ? " The council is divided. PEACE BE TO THIS HOUSE. CHAPTER XXIV. THE SENDING OE THE SEVENTY, WITH OTHER INCIDENTS. FTER these things the Lord appointed other seventy also, and sent them two and two before his face into every city and place, whither he himself would come. Therefore said he unto them, " The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few : pray ye therefore the Lord of the har vest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. Go your ways : behold, I send you forth as lambs among wolves. Carry neither purse, nor scrip, nor shoes : and salute no man by the The seventy sent > way. And into whatsoever house ye enter, first say, Peace be to this house. And if the son of peace be there, your peace shall rest upon it : if not, it shall turn to you again. And in the same house remain, eating and drinking such things as they give : for the laborer is worthy of his hire. Go not from house to house. And into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you, eat such things as are set before you : and heal the sick that are therein, and say unto them, The kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But into whatsoever city ye enter, and they receive you not, go your ways out into the streets of the same, and say, Even the very dust of your city, which cleaveth on us, we do wipe off against you : notwithstanding be ye sure of this, that the kingdom of God is come nigh unto you. But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable in that day for Sodom, than for that city. " Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon, which have been done in you, they had a great while ago repented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgment, than for you. And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust down to hell. He that heareth you heareth me ; 144 SITTING IN SACKCLOTH AND ASHES. 146 WHO IS MY NEIGHBOR? and lie that despisetli you despiseth me ; and he that despisetli me de- spiseth him that sent me." And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, "Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name." And he said unto them, The seventy re- > J "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven. Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy : and nothing shall by any means hurt you. Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you ; but rather rejoice, because your names are written in heaven." SCORPION. In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, "I thank thee, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that tliou hast hid these things from Jesus rejoices. the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes : even so, Father ; for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my Father : and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father ; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him." And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, " Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see : for I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them ; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them." And, behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and tempted him, saying, " Mas ter, what shall I do to inherit eternal life ? " He said unto him, " AY hat is written in the law? how readest thou?" And he answering said, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, who is my neigh- an( ^ wi\\\ all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbor as thyself." And he said unto him, "Thou hast an swered right : this do, and thou shalt live." But he, willing to justify him self, said unto Jesus, " And who is my neighbor ? " And Jesus answering said, "A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead. And by chance there came down a certain priest that way : and when he saw him, he passed by on the other side. And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side. But a certain Samari- The good samar- tan, as he journeyed, came where he was : and when he saw him, he had compassion on him, and went to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring in oil and wine, and set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow when he de parted, he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said unto TIIK (iOOD SAMARITAN Ai THE INN. 148 THE IMPORTUNATE FRIEND. him, Take care of him ; and whatsoever thou spendest more, when I come again, I will repay thee. Which now of these three, thinkest thou, was neighbor unto him that fell among the thieves ? " And he said, " He that showed mercy on him." Then said Jesus unto him, " Go, and do thou likewise." Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village : Mary sits at j e - an( l a certain woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus feet, and heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about much serving, and came to him, and said, " Lord, dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone ? bid her therefore that she help me." And Jesus an swered and said unto her, " Martha, Martha, thou art careful and troubled about many things : but one thing is needful : and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her." And it came to pass, as he was praying in a certain place, when he ceased, one of his disciples said unto him, " Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples." And he said unto them, "When ye pray, say, Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in earth. Give us Christ teaches to J pray - day by day our daily bread. And forgive us our sins ; for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us. And lead us not into temp tation ; but deliver us from evil." And he said unto them, " Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go unto him at midnight, and say unto him, Friend, lend me three loaves ; for a friend of mine in his journey is come to me, and I have nothing to set before him 1 And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not : the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed ; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, Though he will not rise and give him, The importunate because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth ; and he that seeketh findeth ; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, Avill he give him a stone ? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent 1 or if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him ? " And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. And, be hold, there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, " Woman, thou art loosed ui: MARTHA AND MAKV. 150 THE MUSTARD-SEED. from thine infirmity." Arid lie laid his hands on her : and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on He healeth an infirm woman. t ] ie S abbath day, and said unto the people, " There are six days in which men ought to work : in them therefore come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day." The Lord then answered him, and said, "Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? and ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day ? " And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed : and all the people re joiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. Then said he, " Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? it is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden ; and it grew, and waxed a great tree ; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it." And again he said, " Whereunto shall I liken MUSTARD - the kingdom of God I it is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened." HEALING OF AN AGED WOMAN. 151 CHAPTER XXV. THE BLASPHEMY OF THE PHARISEES, AND CHRIST S DISCOURSE THEREON. * ND he was casting 1 out a devil, and it was dumb. And it came to pass, when the devil was gone out, the dumb spake ; and the people wondered. But some of them said, "He castetli out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils." And others, tempting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. But he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them, " Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and a house divided against a house falleth. If Satan also be divided against himself, how shall his kingdom stand ? because ye say that I cast out devils The Pharisees through Beelzebub. And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I with the finger of God cast out devils, no doubt the king dom of God is come upon you. When a strong man armed keepeth his palace, his goods are in peace : but when a stronger than he shall come upon him, and overcome him, he taketh from him all his armor wherein he trusted, and divideth his spoils. He that is not with me is against me ; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest; and finding none, he saith, I will return unto my house whence I came out. And when he cometh, he findeth it swept and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh to him seven other spirits more wicked than himself; and they enter in, and dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first." And it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, " Blessed is the Who are blessed. i womb that bare thee, and the paps winch tnou hast sucked. But he said, " Yea rather, blessed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it." And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, " An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas : for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale s belly, is? THE EVIL SPIRIT THAT RETURNED, 153 so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of .Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it : for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon ; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here." " No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye : therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light ; but when thine eve is evil, / V */ thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed therefore that the light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy whole body therefore be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thec light. "When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out ; and when he is come, he J The evil spirit findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and thatreturned - taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there : and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation." While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. And they could not come at him for the press. Then one said unto him, " Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee." Hut lie chriat declares i i i iii- ITTI i j who are his breth- answered and said unto him that told him, "Who is my mother? ren and who are my brethren!" And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, " Behold my mother and my brethren ! For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother." And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him : and he went in, and sat down to meat. And when the Pharisee saw it, he mar veled that he had not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said unto him, "Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter ; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also ? but rather give alms of such things as ye have ; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. But woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over * 1 111 f /"^ i i i arsees judgment and the love of God : these ought ye to have done, lawyers. and not to leave the other undone. Woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye love Pharisees and JESUS CON VEUriKS WITii THE DOCTORS OF THE LAW. REBUKETH THE PHARISEES AND LAWYERS. 155 the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them." Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, " Master, thus saying thou reproaches! us also." And he said, " Woe unto you also, ye lawyers ! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye your selves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers. Woe unto you ! for ye build the sepulchers of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers : for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchers. Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute : that the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation ; from the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished be tween the altar and the temple : verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. Woe unto you, lawyers ! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered." And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. CHAPTER XXVI. Not to fear men. WARNINGS AGAINST HYPOCRISY, COWARDICE, WORLDLINESS, AND UNFAITHFULNESS. the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, "Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is pL, hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed ; neither hid, that shall not be known. There fore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light ; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops. And I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you Avhom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell ; yea, I say unto you, Fear him. "Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore : ye are of more value than many spar rows. Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God : but he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. And when they bring you unto the syna gogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say." And one of the company said unto him, " Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me." And he said unto him, " Man, Against covetous- who made me a judge or a divider over you?" And he said unto them, "Take heed, and beware of covetousness : for a man s life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he pos- sesseth." And he spake a parable unto them, saying, " The ground of a certain 156 Of God s care. O F T1IO U(i 11 T- TAKING. lf>7 rich man brought forth plentifully : and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my The parable of fruits? And he said, This will I do: I will pull down my barns, and build greater ; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. And 1 will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years ; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry. But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee : then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God." And he said unto his disciples, " There fore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat ; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than meat, and the body or thought uk- is more than raiment. Consider the ravens : for they neither sow nor reap ; which neither have storehouse nor barn ; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls ? And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest ? Consider the lilies how they grow : they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, ye of little faith ? And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. For all these things do the nations of the world seek after : and your father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But rather seek ye the kingdom of God ; and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock ; for it is your Father s good pleasure to give you the kingdom. " Sell that ye have, and give alms ; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief Oflajringuptreag . approacheth, neither moth corrupteth. For where your treas ure is, there will your heart be also. Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning, and ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding ; that when he Cometh and L1LIKS OF PALESTINE. 158 OF THE SIGNS OF THE TIME. knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Blessed are those ser vants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. And this know, that if the good man of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. Be ye therefore ready also : for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not." Then Peter said unto him, " Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?" And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season 1 Blessed is that servant whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delay eth his coming ; and shall begin to beat the men- servants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken ; the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. And that servant which knew his lord s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required : and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. " I am come to send fire on the earth ; and what will I, if it be already kindled ? but I have a baptism to be baptized with ; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished ? Suppose ye that I am come to give The religion of peace on earth ? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: for Christ causes pi / / division. from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother ; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother- in-law." And he said also to the people, u When ye see a cloud rise out of the of the signs of the wes t? straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is. And when ye see the south-wind blow, ye say, There will be heat ; and it cometh to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth ; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? /MAM/;/./: or mi: t ,\ / A 1 / irn i. FIG TREE. 159 " Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right f When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in Of ^ the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; thuadveraar y lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 1 tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite." There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answer ing said unto them, " Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things f 1 tell you, Nay : but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or those ^g^^ eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, Blam by PUate - think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem ? I tell you, Nay : but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish." He spake also this parable : "A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard ; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down ; why Parableoftheun . cumbereth it the ground f And he answering said unto him, fruitful fl s- tree - Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it : and if it bear fruit, well : and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down." CHAPTEE XXVII. AT THE FEAST OF DEDICATION, AND BEYOXD JORDAN. it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon s porch. Then came the Jews round about him, arid said unto him, " How long dost thou make us to doubt? If ^ thou be the Christ, tell us plainly." Jesus answered them, " I told you, and ye believed not : the works that I do in my Father s name, they bear witness of me. But ye believe not, because HedeciarethMm- ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you. My sheep hear self to be the Son J L J J of God. my voice, and 1 know them, and they iollow me: and 1 give unto them eternal life ; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. My Father, which gave them me, is greater than all ; and no man is able to pluck them out of my Father s hand. I and my Father are one." Then the Jews took up stones again to stone him. Jesus answered them, "Many good works have I showed you from my Father; for which of those works do ye stone me ? " The Jews answered him, say- The Jews seek to > J ing, " For a good work we stone thee not ; but for blasphemy; and because that thou, being a man, makest thyself God." Jesus answered them, " Is it not written in your law, I said, Ye are gods ? If he called them gods, unto whom the word of God came, and the scripture cannot be broken ; say ye of him, whom the Father hath sanctified, and sent into the world, Thou blasphemest ; because I said, I am the Son of God ? If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye be lieve not me, believe the works : that ye may know, and believe, that the Father is in me, and I in him." Therefore they sought again to take him : but he escaped out of their hand. And he went away again beyond Jordan into the place where John at , first baptized ; and there he abode. And great multitudes fol- He retires beyond lowed him, and said, "John did no miracle: but all things that John spake of this man were true." And many believed on him there. And as he was wont he taught them again and healed them. 160 OF THE STRAIT GATE. 1(J1 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then said one unto him, " Lord, arc there few that be saved?" And he said unto them, "Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for manv, I sav unto yon, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and lie shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are: then shall ye beg-in to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets Hut he shall say, I tell you, 1 know you not whence ye are ; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weeping and gnashing- of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and .Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and yon yourselves thrust out. And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first, which shall be last. The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, "Get thee out, and depart hence: for llerod will kill thee." And he said unto them, " Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, The Pharisees en- 111-iiriii dcavor to frighten and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day 1 shall him be perfected. Nevertheless I must walk to-day, and to-morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children He lamentet h the together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ve would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I , / > say unto yon, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." And it came to pass, as he went into the house of one of the chief Phari sees to eat bread on the sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, there was a certain man before him which had the dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, " Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day ? " And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; and answered them, saying, He healeth a roan "Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day ? " And they could not answer him again to these things. And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms ; saying unto them, "When . > . HP t<Mcheth thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the * highest room; lest a more honorable man than thou be bidden of him ; and OF INVITIXCr THE POOR TO FEASTS. 103 he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. Hut when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room ; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher: then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For who soever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." Then said he also to him that bade him, "When thou makes! a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbors ; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. Hut when thou makes! a feast, Of inviting tho call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: and thou shalt v ~ be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recom pensed at the resurrection of the just." And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things, he said unto him, " Blessed is he that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God." Then said he unto him, "A certain man made a great supper, and bade many: and sent his servant at supper-time to say to them that were bidden, Come; for all things arc now ready. And they all with one consent be gan to make excuse. The firs! said unto him, I have bought a The piira bi e of piece of ground, and I must needs go and see it : I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, and I go to prove them: I pray thee have me excused. And another said, I have married a wife, and therefore I cannot come. 80 that servant came, and showed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said, Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper." And there went great multitudes with him : and he turned, and said unto them, " If any man come to me, and hate not his fa ther, and mother, and wife, Of the cost of fol lowing Christ TOWER IN VIXEVARI). and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. And 164 THE KING WITH TEN THOUSAND. whosoever cloth not bear his cross, and come after me, cannot be my dis ciple. For which of yon, intending to build a tower, sitteth. not down first, and cotmteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it ? lest haply, after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish it, all that behold it begin to mock him, saying-, This man began to build, and was not able to finish. "Or what king, going to make war against another king, sitteth not down first, and consulteth whether he be able with ten thousand to meet ^ imi ^ lil ^ come t u ^g Unst liini with twenty thousand! or else, while the other is yet a great way off, he sendeth an ambassage, and desireth conditions of peace. So likewise, whosoever he be of you that forsaketh not all that he hath, lie cannot be my disciple. " Salt is good : but if the salt have lost his savor, wherewith shall it be seasoned \ it is neither fit for the land, nor yet for the dung-- Of salt without / hill ; but men cast it out. He that hath ears to hear, let him hear." The kino- with CHAPTEE XXVIII. FIVE GREAT PARABLES. drew near unto him all the publicans and sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, " This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them." And he spake this parable unto them, saying, "What man of you, having an hundred sheep, if he lose one of them, doth not leave the ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find it? and when he hath found it, he layeth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. And w r hen he cometli home, he calleth together his friends and neighbors, saying unto them, Rejoice with me ; for I have found my sheep which was lost, I say unto you, that likewise joy shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth, more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance. " Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find it ? and when she hath found it, she calleth her friends and The lost piece of her neighbors together, saying, Rejoice with me ; for I have found the piece which I had lost. Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth." And he said, "A certain man had two sons: and the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. Arid he divided unto them his living. And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and took his journey into a far coun try, and there wasted his substance with riotous living. And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land ; and he began to be in want, And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country ; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine. And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine did eat : and no man gave unto him. And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger ! I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto 136 DluPARTUKE OF THE PRODIGAL SO.S HETURN OF THE PKODIGAL SON. THE PRODIGAL SON. 160 him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants. And he arose, and came to his father. Hut when lie was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had com passion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him. And the son said nnto him, Father, 1 have sinned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son. Uut the father said to his servants, liring forth the best robe, and put it on him ; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet: and bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be merry: for this my son was dead, and is alive again ; he was lost, and is found. And they began to be merry. Now his elder son was in the lield : and as he came and drew ni -h to O the house, he heard music and dancing. And he called one of the ser vants, and asked what these things meant. And he said unto him, Thy brother is come ; and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound. And he was angry, and would not go in : therefore came his father out, and entreated him. And he answering said o to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed 1 at any time thy commandment : and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: but as soon as this thy son was nnne, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf. And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have is thine. It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy brother was dead, #nd is alive again; and was lost, and is found." And he said also unto his disciples, " There was a certain rich man, which had a steward ; and the same was accused unto him that he had wasted his goods. And he called him, and said unto him, How is it that 1 hear this of thee ? inve an account of thy stewardship: for thou n J The unj ust stew- mayest be no longer steward. Then the steward said within ard - himself, What shall I do ? for my lord taketli away from me the steward ship: I cannot dig; to beg I am ashamed. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses. 80 he called every one of his lord s debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord? And he said, An hundred measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and sit down quickly, and write fifty. Then said he to another, And how much owest thou! And he said, An hundred measures of wheat. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and write fourscore. And the lord com mended the unjust steward, because he had done wisely : for the children of this world are in their generation wiser than the children of light. And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteous- 170 OF COVETOUSNESS AND ADULTERY. ness ; that, when ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations. He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also- in much : and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much. If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust the true riches 1 And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man s, who shall give you that which is your own f No servant can serve two masters : for either he will hate the one, and love the other ; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon." And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard all these things : and they derided him. And lie said unto them, " Ye are they which Of covetousness. , , -, -, 1/^11 i lustily yourselves before men ; but God knoweth your hearts : j j j j for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. The law and the prophets were until John : since that time the kingdom of God is preached, and every man presseth into it. And it is easier for heaven and earth to pass, than one tittle of the law to fail. Whosoever puttetli away his wife, and marrieth another, com- Of adultery. -111 i i -11 mittetli adultery: and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her husband committeth adultery. "There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine . linen, and fared sumptuously every day : and there Avas a The rich man and J J J certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, and desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man s table : moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham s bosom : the rich man also died, and was buried ; and in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue ; for I am tormented in this flame. But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things : but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed : so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. Then lie said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father s house : for I have five brethren ; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets ; let them hear them. And he said, Nay, father Abraham : but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead." D1VK.S AM) I.AXAKL 3. 171 172 OF OFFENSES. Of offenses. Of faith. Then said lie unto the disciples, " It is impossible but that offenses will come : but woe unto him through whom they come ! it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he cast into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones. Take heed to yourselves : if thy brother trespass against thee, rebuke him ; and if he repent, forgive him. And if he trespass against thee seven times in a day, and seven times in a day turn again to thee, saying, I repent ; thou shalt forgive him." And the apostles said unto the Lord, " Increase our faith." And the Lord said, " If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say unto this sycamine-tree, Be thou plucked up by the root, and be thou planted in the sea; and it should obey you. But which of you, having a servant plowing or feeding cattle, will say unto him by and by, when he is come from the field, Go and sit down to of our unproflta- mGat ^ an( l will n * Bather say unto him, Make ready where- bleneastoGod. with J mayr ^ , md gM fay^ ^ serye m ^ fift J ] laye eaten and drunken ; and afterward thou shalt eat and drink ? doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him I I trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say, We are unprofitable servants : we have done that which was our duty to do." Oil A PTKR X X I X. THE KAISINCJ OF LA/AIM S FKoM THK DKAD. Kr the hU a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped WN- his feet with her hair, whoso In-other Laxarns was sick.) |p Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saving, J The sickness and "Lord, behold, lie whom thoii lovest is sick." death of Lazttru8 When Jesus heard that, he said, "This sickness is not unto death, hut for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby." Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place, where he was. Then after that saith he to his disciples, " Let us go into Jiuhva again." His disciples sav unto him, " Master, the Jews of late sought to stone thee ; and gocst thou thither again?" .Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If any man walk in the day he stumbleth not, because he sceth the light of this world. Hut if a man walk in the night, he stumbleth, because there is no light in him." These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, "Our friend Laxarns sleepeth ; but I go, that 1 may awake him out of sleep." Then said his disciples, "Lord, if he sleep, lie shall do well." Uowbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest, in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, " La/arus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not then 1 , to the intent ye may believe; neverthe less let us go unto him." Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto his fellow-disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him." Then when Jesus came, he found that he had lain in the grave four days already. Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen Thecomingof furlongs off: and many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, Je8U to comfort them concerning their brother. Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him: but Marv sat still in the v house. Then said Martha unto Jesus, " Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt 173 174 THE RAISING OF LAZARUS. ask of God, God will give it tlice." Jesus saitli unto her, "Thy brother shall rise again." Martha saitli unto him, " I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day." Jesus said unto her, " I am the resur rection, and the life : he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live : and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" She saitli unto him, "Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world." And when she had so said, she went her way, and called Mary her sister secretly, saying, " The Master is come, and calleth for thee." As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came unto him. Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was in that place where Martha met him. The Jews then which were with her in the house, and comforted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, 11 She goeth unto the grave to weep there." Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, "Lord, if thou hadsf been here, my brother had not died." When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, and said, " Where have ye laid him?" They said unto him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus wept. Then said the Jews, "Behold how he loved him!" And some of them said, "Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died 1 ?" Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, " Take ye aw.ay the stone." Martha, the sister of him that was The raising of dead, saitli unto him, "Lord, by this time he stinketh : for he hath been dead four days." Jesus saitli unto her, " Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God ? " Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, " Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou nearest me always : but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me." And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth." And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes : and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saitli unto them, " Loose him, and let him go." Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on him. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees a council, and said, "What do we 1 ? for The anger of the * n * s man doeth many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all sanhednn. ^ en w ]j | J(3 ij eve on ] n m . an( j t } ie R omans shall come and take away both our place and nation." And one of them, named Caiaphas, 176 THE ANGER OF THE SANDIIEDIIIM. being 1 the high-priest that same year, said unto them, " Ye know nothing at all, nor consider that it is expedient for us, that one man should die for the people, and that the whole nation perish not." And this spake he not of himself: but being- high-priest that year, he prophesied that Jesus should die for that nation ; and not for that nation only, but that also he should gather together in one the children of God that were scattered abroad. Then from that day forth they took counsel together for to put him to death. Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the Jews ; but went thence unto a country near to the wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there continued with his disciples. THE TEN LKPER CHAPTEE XXX. FROM THE HEALING OF TEX LEPERS TO THE PARABLE OF THE LABORERS IX THE VINEYARD. as lie entered into a certain village, there met him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off: and they lifted up their voices, and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us." And when he saw them, lie said unto them, " Go ;, show yourselves unto the priests." And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were cleansed. And one of them, when he saw that he was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice glori fied God, and fell down on his face at his feet, giving him thanks : and he was a Samaritan. And Jesus answering said, " Were there not The healing of ten lepers. ^ en c l eansec [ ] } )U t where are the nine ? there are not found that returned to give glory to God, save this stranger." And he said unto him, "Arise, go thy way: thy faith hath made thee whole." And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, " The kingdom of God cometh not with observation : neither shall they say, Lo here ! or, Lo there ! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you." And he said unto the disciples, " The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man, and ye shall not see it. And they shall say to vou. See here : or, See there : go not The kingdom of / J ^ after them, nor follow them. For as the lightning, that light- eneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven ; so shall also the Son of man be in his day. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected of the generation. And as it was in the days of Noah, so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and the flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot ; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brim stone from heaven, and destroyed them all. Even thus shall it be in the 178 THE JUDGE. 17!) ORIENTAL HorSE-TOP. day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon the house-top, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away : and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember Lot s wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it ; and whosoever shall lose his life shall preserve it. I tell you, in that night there shall be two men in one bed ; the one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together ; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two men shall be in the field ; the one shall be taken, and the other left." And they answered and said unto him, " Where, Lord!" And he said nnto them, "Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered to gether." And he spake a parable nnto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint ; saying, " There was in the city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man : and there was a widow in that city ; and she came nnto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not t r a while : but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet because this widow troubletli me, 1 will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me." And the Lord said, " Hear what the The unjust judge. WOMKS liKSMMSi; AT A MILL. 180 JESUS BLESSETH LITTLE CHILDREN . unjust judge saitli. And shall not God avenge his own elect, wliicli cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them ? I tell you that- he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth ? " And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others : " Two men went up into the temple to pray ; the one a Pharisee, and the other The Pharisee and > the publican. a publican. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with him self, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that 1 possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven, but smote upon his breast, saying, God be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man Avent down to his house justified rather than the other : for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased ; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted." The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, "Is it lawful for a man to put away his w r ife for every cause!" And he answered and said unto them, " Haye ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife : and they twain shall be one flesh ? wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder." They say unto him, " Why did Moses then Of marriage and i J J J command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away!" He saitli unto them, "Moses, because of the hardness of your hearts, suffered you to put away your wives : but from the beginning it was not so. And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication, and shall marry another, comniitteth adultery : and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adul tery." His disciples say unto him, " If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry." But he said unto them, " All men cannot receive this saying, sa.ve they to whom it is given. For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother s womb : and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of men : and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven s sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive it." Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray : and the disciples rebuked them. But Jesus said, Jesus biesseth " Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall 1UE I UAUISEE AND T1IK PUBLICAN. 18] 182 THE DANGER OF RICHES. A oun ruier moires of Jesus. The danger of riches. not enter therein." And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them. And when he was gone forth into the way, there came a certain ruler running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, " Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life ? " And Jesus said unto him, "Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God. But if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments." He saith unto him, "Which?" Jesus said, "Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honor thy father and thy mother : and, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." The young man saith unto him, "All these things have I kept from my youth up : what lack I yet ? " Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said unto him, "One thing thou lackest : go thy way, sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven : and come, take up the cross, and follow me." And he was sad at that saying, and went away grieved : for he had great possessions. And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, he saith unto his dis ciples, " How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God ! " And the disciples were astonished at his words. But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them, " Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God ! It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." And they were astonished out of measure, saying among themselves, " Who then can be saved ? " And Jesus looking upon them saith, " With men it is impossible, but not with God : for with God all things are possible." Then answered Peter and said unto him, " Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee ; what shall we have therefore ? " And Jesus said unto them, The reward of " Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in them that for- J J J J the regeneration, when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes CAMEL PASSING THROUGH " XEEDLE ,-5 EYE." 184 THE LABORERS IN THE VINEYARD. The laborers in the vinayard. of Israel. There is no man that hath left house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel s, but he shall receive an hundred-fold now in this time, houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecu tions ; and in the world to come eternal life. But many that are first shall be last ; and the last first. For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire laborers into his vineyard. And when he had agreed with the laborers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the market place, and said unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likeAvise. And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle ? They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard ; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the laborers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first. And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. But when the first came, they sup posed that they should have received more ; and they likewise received every man a penny. And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny ? Take that thine is, and go thy way : I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because I am good ! So the last shall be first, and the first last : for many be called, but few chosen." SILVER PENNY : TIME OF C.KSAK. CHA 1 TKR XXXI. JOURNEYING TOWAKI.) JERUSALEM. /XD they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them : ami they were amazed ; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, saying, "Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished. For he shall be delivered , Christ foretelleth unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall con- hisdeath - demn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to x .im-Mv, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again." And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they the things which were spoken. Then came to him the mother of Zebedee s children with her sons, wor shiping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. And he said unto her, " What wilt thou?" She saith unto him, "Grant that these my xhemotherof Zebedee s chil- two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on J^^^. the h-t t, in thy kingdom." But Jesus answered and said, "Ye quet know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink f, and to be baptized with the baptism that 1 am baptized with ? " They say unto him, "We are able." And he saith unto them, "Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that 1 am baptized with: but t" >it on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father." And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren, lint Jesus called them unto him, and said, "Ye know that the princes of the < entiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you : but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; and whosoever will be thief among you, let him be your servant: even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many." THE HEALING OF KLIND 11ARTIMEUS. 18? And they canio to Jericho: and as lie went out of Jericho with his dis ciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son of TinieiiH, sat by tin- highway-side begging. And hearing the multitude pass by, ho asked what it meant. And they told him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth hv. And he began to cry out, and say, " Jesus, thou son of David, have mow on me." And many charged him that he should hold his peace: but IK- cried the more a great deal, "Thou son of David, have mercy on me." And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, " Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee." And he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. * The healinjc of And Jesus answered and said unto him, "What wilt thou that blind rt meu I should do unto thee I" The blind man said unto him, "Lord, that I might receive my sight." So Jesus had compassion, and said unto him, " lleceive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee." And immediately he received his sight, and followed him, glorifying God : and all the people, when they saw it, gave praise unto God. And, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which was the chief among the publicans, and he was rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was ; and could not for the press, because he was little of stature. And he ran before, and climbed up into a sycamore-tree to see him : for he was to pass that way. And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, "Zaccheus, make haste, and come . Zaccheua the down; for to-day I must abide at thy house." And he made pub lia>te. and came down, and received him joyfully. And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, "That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner." And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord: "Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken anything from an\ man hv false accusation, I restore him fourfold." And Jesus said unto him, "This day is salvation come to this house, forsomuch as lie also is a son of Abraham. For the Son of mail is come to seek and to save that which was lost." And as they heard these things, he added and spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of <iod should immediately appear. He said therefore, "A certain nobleman went into a far country to receive for himself a kingdom, and to return. And he called his ten servants, and delivered them ten pounds, ,. p^,^ ^ and said unto them, Occupy till I come. But his citizens hated * him, and sent a message after him, saying, We will not have this man to ivign over us. And it came to pass, that when he was retained, having received tbe kin< dom, then he commanded these servants to be called unto ~ him. to whom he had given the money, that he might know how much every man had gained by trading. Then came the first, saying, Lord, thy pound 188 THE JEWS SEEK JESUS AT THE FEAST. hath gained ten pounds. And he said unto him, Well, thou good servant : because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities. And the second came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds. And he said likewise to him, Be thou also over five cities. And another came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin : for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man : thou takest up that thou layedst not down, and reapest that thou didst not sow. And he saith unto him, Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee, thou wicked servant. Thou knewest that I was an austere man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow : wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have re quired mine own with usury 1 And he said unto them that stood by, Take from him the pound, and give it to him that hath ten pounds. And they said unto him, Lord, he hath ten pounds. (For I say unto you, That unto every one which hath shall be given ; and from him that hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away from him.) But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me." And when he had thus spoken, he went before, ascending up to Jerusalem. And the Jews passover was nigh at hand : and many went out of the country up to Jerusalem before the passover, to purify themselves. Then The jews seek sought they for Jesus, and spake among themselves, as they stood in the temple, "What think ye, that he will not come to the feast ? " Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a com mandment, that, if any man knew where he were, he should show it, that they might take him. Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, there they made him a supper ; and Martha served : but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. Then took Mary a pound of ointment The alabaster box of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair : and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment. But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation. Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon s son, which should betray him, " Why was not this ointment sold for three hundred pence, and given to the poor ? " This he said, not that he cared for the poor ; but because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare what was put therein. Then said Jesus, " Let her alone: against the day of my burying hath she kept this. For the poor always ye have with you ; but me ye have not always. She hath done what she could : she is come aforehand to anoint my body to the burying-. Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel THE CHIEF PRIESTS SEEK TO PUT HIM TO DEATH. 181) shall be preached throughout the whole world, tins also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a, memorial of her." Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there : and they came not for Jesus sake only, but that they might see Lazarus The chief P riet also, whom he had raised from the dead. Hut the chief priests to death 1 " consulted that they mi<-ht put Lazarus also to death ; because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus. CHAPTER XXXTI. CHRIST S TRIUMPHAL ENTEY, AND THE EVENTS WHICH FOLLOWED. ,N the next day much people that were come to the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, took branches of palm-trees, and went forth to meet him. And it came to pass, when he was come nigh to Beth- pliage and Bethany, at the mount called the mount of Olives, he sent two of his disciples, saying, " Go ye into the village over against you ; in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon yet never man sat: loose him, and bring him hither. And if any man ask you, Why do ye loose him 1 thus shall ye say unto him, Because the Lord hath need of him." And they that were sent went their way, and found even as he had said unto them. And as they were loosing the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, " Why loose ye the colt 1 ? " And they said, " The Lord hath need of him." And they brought him to Jesus : and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they set Jesus thereon; as it is written, "Fear not, daughter of Sion : behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass s colt." These things understood not his disciples at the first : but when Jesus was glorified, then remembered they that these things were written of him, and that they had done these things unto him. The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from. the dead, bare record. For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. Christ s triumphal And many spread their g-arments in the way: and others cut entry into Jeru- i i i down branches off the trees, and strewed them in the way. And when he was come nigh, even now at the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with a loud voice for all the mighty works that they -had seen ; and cried, " Hosanna : Blessed is the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the Lord. Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord : Hosanna in the highest." And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, " Mas ter, rebuke thy disciples." And he answered and said unto them, " I tell I -J "* - * II : I f THE SHE-ASS AND HER COLT. lie weeps over Jerusalem. 192 THE SECOND CLEANSING OF THE TEMPLE. you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out." And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, say ing, " If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace ! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee ; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another ; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation." And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, "Who is this?" And the multitude said, "This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee." And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple : and he healed them. And when the chief priests and The chief priests are displeased. scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, " Hosanna to the son of David"; they were sore displeased, and said unto him, " Hearest thou what these say?" And Jesus saith unto them, "Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise ? " And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hun gry : and seeing a fig-tree afar off having- leaves, he came, if Ine ng-tree is ~ J haply he might find anything thereon : and when he came to it, lie found nothing but leaves ; for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus answered and said unto it, " No man eat fruit of thee hereafter forever." And his disciples heard it. And they come to Jerusalem : and Jesus went into the temple, and began The second to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and over- tempie. threw the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves ; and would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying unto them, "Is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer ? but ye have made it a den of thieves." And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes arid the chief of the people sought to destroy him, and could not find what they might do : for all the people were very attentive to hear him. And when even was come, he went out of the city. And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up The wither^ from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saitli unto him, " Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is with ered away." And Jesus answering saith unto them, " Have faith in God. For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, 194 CONCERNING PRAYER ANU FORGIVENESS. Be thou removed, and be tliou cast into the sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith. shall come to pass ; he shall have whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any : that your Father also which is in heaven may forgive you your tres passes. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses. TKITMI UAL KXTRV INTO JKRU8ALKM. lif. CHAPTEE XXXIII. JESUS ANSWERS THE SANHEDRIM, THE SADDUCEES, AND THE PHARISEES. ~ND they come again to Jerusalem: as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, there came to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, and say unto him, " By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things ? " And Jesus answered and said unto them, "I will also ask of you one question, and answer me, and I will tell you by what author ity I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of The sanhedrim men? answer me." And they reasoned with themselves, saving 1 , questions his J J &7 authority. jf we s ] ia n sav> From heaven ; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him ? But if we shall say, Of men ; they feared the people : for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. And they an swered 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." And he began to speak unto them by parables. " A certain man had The parable of two sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I w r ill not: but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir : and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father?" They say unto him, "The first." Jesus saith unto them, "Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not : but the publicans and the harlots believed him : and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. " Hear another parable : There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a wine-press in it, and The parable of the built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far vineyard let out to husbandmen, country. And at the season lie sent a servant to the husband men, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard : but the hus bandmen beat him, and sent him away empty. And again he sent another 106 WINK. rKKS.S IN (IHIKNTAI, V1NEVAHD. 77/7? PARABLE OF THE VI XE YARD. 1<)7 M-rvant: and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third : and they wounded him also, _ ___ and cast him out. Having 1 yet therefore one son, his well-beloved, he sent him also last unto them, saying, They will reverence my son, when they see him. Hut when the hus bandmen saw him, they reasoned among them selves, saying, This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. So they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do unto them I he shall come and destroy these husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to others." And when they heard it, they said, "(}od forbid." And he beheld them, and said, " What is this then that is written, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is become the head of the corner ? this is the Lord s doing, and it is marvelous in our eyes ? Therefore say I unto yon, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken : but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder." And the chief priests and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him ; and they feared the people : for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, "The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, and sent forth his servants to call them T^ marriage of that were bidden to the wedding : and they would not come. * Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner : my oxen and my fallings are killed, and all things are ready : come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise : and the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the kinjr heard thereof, he was wroth : and he sent forth O his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ve shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the / highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: and he saith unto him, Friend, how earnest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king 198 CONCERNING MARRIAGE IN HEAVEN. to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and east him into outer darkness ; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few are chosen." Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how thev might entangle him J O in his talk. And they sent out unto him their disciples with the Herodians, that they might take hold of his words, that so they might deliver him unto the power and authority of the governor. And they asked him, saying, " Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any man : for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou ? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not*?" But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, "Why . tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? show me the tribute money." A question about J J J i J And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith unto them, "Whose is this image and superscription?" They say unto him, "Cae sar s." Then saith he unto them, "Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar s ; and unto God the things that are God s." And they could not take hold of his words before the people : and they marveled at his answer, and held their peace, and left him, and went their way. The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, saying, " Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren : and the first, when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his wife unto his brother : likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven ? for they all had her." Jesus answered and said unto them, " Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage : but they which shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and Concerning mar- / J nage m heaven. fa e resiUTec tj on from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage: neither can they die any more: for they are equal unto the angels ; and are the children of God, being the children of the resurrection. 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! He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living : ye therefore do greatly err." And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, thev were gathered together. Then one of them, which A lawyer asks > rommandment r of was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, "Master, which is the first commandment of all?" And Jesus answered him, "The first of all the commandments is, Hear, Israel; 200 HE ASKETH THE PHARISEES CONCERNING CHRIST. The Lord our God is one Lord : and thou slialt love tlie 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. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. On these two com mandments hang all the law and the prophets." 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 : 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 neighbor as himself, is more than all whole burnt-offerings and sacrifices." And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, " Thou art not far from the kingdom of God." While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying, He asketh the " What think ye of Christ? whose son is he?" They say unto Pharisees con- , TT , , , . TT . , ceming Christ, him, "The son of David. He saith unto them, "How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, The LOKD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David then call him Lord, how is he his son ? " And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. And the common people heard him gladly. T11E SCKIBES AND PHARISEES SIT IX MO8E3 SEAT " 201 CHAPTEE XXXIV. CHEIST DENOUNCES THE PHARISEES. COMMENDS THE WIDOW S MITE. - OTHER INCIDENTS. PHYLACTERIES : WORN ON THE ARM. spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses seat: all therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do ; but do not ye after their works : for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men s shoulders ; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men : they make broad their phylac teries, and enlarge the borders of their gar ments, and love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi : for one is your Master, even Christ ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the earth : for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters : for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo crites ! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men : for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye devour widows houses, and for a pretense make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto 202 PHYLACTERIES, OH FRONTLETS : WORN ON FOREHEAD. JESUS DENOUNCES THE PHARISEES. 203 you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing ; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor! Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanetineth the goldf And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, la- is guilty. Ye fools and blind : for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift ? whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and bv him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith : these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extor tion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchers, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men s bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites ! because ye build the tombs of the proph ets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell ? Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. () .Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that Lamentation over 1 the fat of Jeru- killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto . thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not ! Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." 204 CERTAIN GREEKS SEEK TO SEE JESUS. 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. And there came a cer tain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, The two mites of which make a farthing-. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto .1 // -r-r ! T fTn -Li LEPTON (MITE) OF TIBERIUS. them, Verily 1 say unto you, lhat this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which have cast into the treasury : for all they did cast in of their abundance ; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living." And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast : the same came therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Galilee, and desired him, saying, Sir, we would see Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew : and ag-ain Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. Certain Greeks seek to see Jesus. ^ n( | j esug answered them, saying, "The hour is come, that the Son of man should be glorified. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone : but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit. He that loveth his life shall lose it ; and he that hateth his life in this world shall keep it unto life eternal. If any man serve me, let him follow me ; and where I am, there shall also my servant be : if any man serve me, him will my Father honor. Now is my soul troubled ; and what shall I say ? Father, save me from this hour : but for this cause came I unto this hour. Father, glorify thy name." Then came there a voice from heaven, saying, " I have both glorified it, and will glorify it again." The people therefore, that stood by, and heard it, said that it thundered: others said, u Aii angel spake to him." Jesus answered and said, " This voice came not because of me, but for your sakes. Now is the judgment of this world : now shall the prince of this world be cast out. And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all men unto me." This he said, signifying what death he should die. The people answered him, " We have heard out of the law that Christ abideth forever : and how sayest tliou, The Son of man must be lifted up ? who is this Son of man ? " Then Jesus said unto them, " Yet a little while is the light with you. Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you : for he that walketh in darkness knoweth not whither he goeth. While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light." But though he had done so many miracles before them, yet they believed not on him : that the saying of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, which unbelief of the ne s P a ke, " Lord, who hath believed our report ? and to whom Jews - hath the arm of the Lord been revealed?" Therefore they could not believe, because that Isaiah said again, " He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their heart ; that they should not see with their eyes, 206 HE THAT BELIEVES ON JESUS BELIEVES ON GOD. nor understand witli their heart, and be converted, and I should heal them." These things said Isaiah, when he saw his glory, and spake of him. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him ; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the synagogue : for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. Jesus cried and said, " He that belie veth on me, belie veth not on me, but on him that sent me. And he that seeth me seeth him that sent me. I am come a light into the world, that whosoever belie veth on me should not He that believes abide in darkness. And if any man hear my words, and believe on God. not, I judge him not: for I came not to judge the world, but to save the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him : the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent me, he gave me a commandment, what I should say, and what I should speak. And I know that his commandment is life everlasting : whatsoever I speak therefore, even as the Father said unto me, so I speak." JESUS FOKETELLS THE DESTRUCTION OF TUE TEMPLE. CHAPTER XXXV. THE DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM, AND THE LAST JUDGMENT. rf NI) as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, " Master, see what manner of stones and what building s are here ! " And Jesus answering said unto him, O O / " Seest thou these great buildings I the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down." And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately, "Tell us, when shall these things be ? and what shall be the sign of thy coming and of the end Prophecy concern- of the world ? " And Jesus answering them began to say, ing the destruc- . in tion of Jerusalem. Take heed lest any man deceive you: lor many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ ; and shall deceive many : and the time draweth near : go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified : for these things must first come to pass ; but the end is not by and by." Then said he unto them, " Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom : and great earth quakes shall be in divers -places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven. These are the begin nings of sorrows. Then shall many be offended. But take heed to your selves ; for before all this they shall deliver you up to councils and into prisons, and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten, and ye shall be brought before kings and rulers for my name s sake. And it shall turn to you for a testimony. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer: for I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. 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. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name s sake. But there shall not an hair of your head perish. In your patience possess ye your souls. And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. But 210 THE COMING OF THE SON OF MAN. he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations ; and then shall the end come. " When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand :) then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains : let him which is on the house-top not come down to take anything 1 out of his house : neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days ! But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day : 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. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations : and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved : but for the elect s sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there ; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders ; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect. Behold, I have told you before. Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert ; go not forth : Behold, he is in the secret chambers ; believe it not. For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west ; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. Immediately after the tribulation of those *days shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven. And there shall be upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity ; the sea and the waves roaring ; men s hearts failing them for fear, and for look ing after those things which are coming on the earth : for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven : and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other. And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads ; for your redemption draweth nigh. " Now learn a parable of the fig-tree ; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh : so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is near, even at the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, THE FAITHFUL AND WISE SERVANT. 211 till all these things bo fulfilled. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. But of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels which are in heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. Hut as the davs of Noah were, so shall also the cumin"; of the Son M of man be. For as in the days that were before the Hood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coining of the Son of man be. Then shall two be in the field ; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Two women shall be grinding at the mill ; the one shall be taken, and the other left. And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares. For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. Watch therefore: for ye know Christ cometh an 11 Till 111 I 1 j / * thief in the not what hour your Lord doth come, out know this, that it K ht the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye also ready : for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is a faithful and wise The faithful and servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season ? Messed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verilv I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, Mv lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken ; the lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites : there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 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 : lest coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch. "Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them : but the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and Para , lleoftheUm slept. And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to 212 PARABLE OF THE TALENTS. them that sell, and buy for yourselves. And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came ; and they that were ready went in with him to the mar riage : and the door was shut. Afterward came also the other virgins, say ing, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh." "For the kingdom of heaven is as a man traveling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods. And unto one he ^ave five talents, to another two, and to another one ; to every Parable of the J man according to his several ability ; and straightway took his journey. Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord s money. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. And so he that had received five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents : behold, I have gained beside them five talents more. His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant : thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents : behold, I have gained two other talents beside them. His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things : enter thou into the joy of thy lord. Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strawed : and I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, there thou hast that is thine. His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strawed : thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance : but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness : there shall be weeping and gnashing ot teeth. "When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory : and before him of the last jud shall be gathered all nations : and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats : and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. THE FOOLISU VIKGINS. 214 OF THE LAST JUDGMENT. Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world : for I was anhungered, and ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in : naked, and ye clothed me : I was sick, and ye visited me : I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee anhungered, and fed thee ? or thirsty, and gave thee drink 1 when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee ? or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee ? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inas much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels : for I was anhungered, and ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me not in : naked, and ye clothed me not : sick, arid in prison, and ye visited me not. Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee anhungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not min ister unto thee ? Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal." C II APT Kit XXX VI. THE LAST SUPPER. 2C XI) it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these say ings, he said unto his disciples, "Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified." Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high-priest, who was called Caiaphas, and consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. Hut they said, "Not on the feast- da v, lest there be an uproar among the people." Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his way, and communed with the The treachery of chief priests and captains, how he might betray him unto them. And he said unto them, "What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you ! " And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. And he promised, and sought op portunity to betray him unto them in the absence of the multitude. Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, when the pass- over must be killed, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, "Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the pass- Jtmmendtiwo over!" And he sent Peter and John, saying, "Go ye into the J^Se iS?" city, and there shall meet yon a man bearing a pitcher of c water: follow him. And wheresover he shall go in, say ye to the good- man of the house, The Master saith, AVhere is the guest-chamber, where 1 shall eat the passover with my disciples ? And he will show you a larjre upper room, furnished and prepared : there make ready for us." And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover. 215 SILVER TKTRADRACHM PAID JUDAS. JESUS WA81IETII THE FEET OF THE DISCIPLES. 217 Now when the even was come, Jesus sat down with the twelve. And wl u ii he knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this world unto the Father, having loved his own which were in the world, he loved them unto the end. And ho said unto them, " With desire I have desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer: for I say unto you, I will not any more eat thereof, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God." And supper being ended, there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he was come from God, and went to God; he riseth from supper, and laid aside his garments; and took a towel, and girded himself. After that he poureth water into a JMUB wwhe. the , . 11 i i i i i <* i ^ eet ^ ^ ****" basin, and began to wash the disciples ieet, and to wipe them ci P le * with the towel wherewith ho was girded. Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith unto him, "Lord, dost thou wash my feet I" Jesus an swered and said unto him, "What I do thou knowest not now; but thou slialt know hereafter." Peter saith unto him, " Thou shalt never wash my feet." Jesus answered him, " If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with" me." Simon Peter saith unto him, " Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head." Jesus saith to him, "He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit: and ye are clean, but not all." For he knew who should betray him; therefore said he, "Ye are not all clean." So after he had washed their feet, and had taken his garments, and was set down again, he said unto them, " Know ye what I have done to you ? The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship over them ; and they that exer cise authority upon them are called benefactors. But ye shall not bo so : but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger: and he that is chief, as he that doth serve. For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that servethl is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among YOU as he that serveth. Ye call me Master and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet ; ye also ought to wash one another s feet. For I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord ; neither he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them. Ye are they which have continued with me in my temptations. And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me; that ye may eat and drink at my table in my kingdom, and sit on thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel. I speak not of you all : I know whom I have chosen : but that the scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lifted up his heel against inc. Now I tell you before it THE LORD* 8 SUPPER INSTITUTED. 219 , that, when it is come to pass, ye may believe that I am he. Verilv, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send receiveth me; and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me." When Jesus had thus said, (the devil having 1 now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon s son, to betray him,) ho was troubled in spirit, and testified, and said, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, that one of you shall hi tniv me." Then the disciples looked one on another, doubt- H O predict* that ,. lAii i ft Judas will betray ing or whom lie spake. And they were exceeding sorrowful, him - and began every one of them to say unto him, "Lord, is it II" Now there was leaning on Jesus bosom one of his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter therefore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it should be of whom he spake. He then lying on Jesus breast saith unto him, "Lord, who is it!" Jesus answered, "He it is, to whom I shall give a sop, when I have dipped it. The Son of man goeth as it is written of him : but woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed ! it had been good for that man if he had not been born." And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon. And after the sop Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him, " That them doest, do (|iiickl\ . Now no man at the table knew for what intent he spake this untu him. For some of them thought, because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto him, Buy those things that we have need of against the feast ; or, that he should give something to the poor. He then having received the sop went immediately out : and it was night. Therefore, when he was gone out, Jesus said, "Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God be glorified in him, God shall also glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him. Little children, yet a little while I am with you. Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot come ; so now I say to you. A new command ment I give unto you, That ye love one another ; as I have loved you, that ye also love one another. By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another." And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance rb9Uufnmppm of me." After the same manner also he took the cup after j supper, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, "Drink ye all of it ; for this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. This do as often as ye drink it in remembrance of me. Verily I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father s kingdom." And they all drank of it. Simon Peter said unto him, " Lord, whither goest thou f " Jesus an- 220 CHRIST PROPHESIETH THAT PETER WILL DENY HIM. swered him, " Whither I go, thou canst not follow me now ; but thou shalt follow me afterwards." Peter said unto him, Lord, why cannot I follow thee now 1 I will lay down my life for thy sake." Then saith Jesus unto them, "All ye shall be offended because of me this night : for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee." Peter answered and said unto him, "Though all men shall be offended be cause of thee, yet will I never be offended." And the Lord said, " Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:, but I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren." And he said unto him, " Lord, I am ready to go with thee, both into prison, and to death." And he said, u He prophesieth "I tell .thee, Peter, That this day, even in this night, before the that Peter will .11111 deny him. coc k crow twice, thou shalt deny me thrice. But he spake the more vehemently, " If I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise." Likewise also said they all. And he said unto them, " When I sent you without purse, and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye anything!" And they said, "Nothing." Then said he unto them, " But now, he that hath a purse, let him take it, and likewise his scrip : and he that hath no sword, let him sell his garment, and buy one. For I say unto you, that this that is written must yet be accomplished in me, And he was reckoned among the trans gressors : for the things concerning me have an end." And they said, " Lord, behold, here are two swords." And he said unto them, "It is enough." He again foretells his death. CHAPTER XXXVII. THE LAST ADDEESS OF JESUS TO HIS DISCIPLES. He comforts his n t y our heart be troubled : ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Father s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye know." Thomas saith unto him, "Lord, we know not whither thon goest; and how can we know the way?" Jesus saith unto him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life : no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. If ye had known me, ye should have known my Father also : and from henceforth ye know him, and have seen him." Philip saith unto him, "Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us." Jesus saith unto him, " Have I been so long time with you, and yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? he that hath seen me hath seen the Father ; He deciareth MS and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father? believest thou oneness with the i T i -ri i i i -ri -i n i T Father. I)O t that 1 am in the V ather, and the _b atner in me t the words that I speak unto you I speak not of myself: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me : or else believe me for the very works sake. Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also ; and greater works than these shall he do ; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. " If ye shall ask anything in my name, I will do it. If ye love me, keep my commandments. And I will pray the Father, and he shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you forever ; even the Spirit of truth ; whom the world cannot receive, because it seeth him not, neither knoweth him : but ye know him ; for he dwelleth with you, and shall be in you. I will not leave you comfortless : I will come to you. Yet a little while, and the world seeth me no more ; but ye see me : because I live, 222 THE WAY, THE TROTH, 224 THE PARABLE OF THE VINE AND THE BRANCHES. ye shall live also. At .that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me : and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him." Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, " Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world I " Jesus answered and saith unto him, " If a man love me, he will keep my words : and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and He promises the make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not Holy Ghost to . -.. i i i t them. m y sayings : and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father s which sent me. These things have I spoken unto you, being yet present with you. But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you. Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you : not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid. Ye have heard how I said unto you, I go away, and come again unto you. If ye loved me, ye would rejoice, because I said, I go unto the Father: for my Father is greater than I. And now I have told you before it come to pass, that, when it is come to pass, ye might believe. Hereafter I will not talk much with you : for the prince of this world cometh, and hath nothing in me. But that the world may know that I love the Father ; and as the Father gave me commandment, even so I do. Arise, let us go hence. "I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. Every branch The parable of in ni e that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch the vine and the i / i i i i c i branches. that Dcaretli milt, he purgeth it, that it may bring lorth more fruit. Now ye are clean through the word which 1 have spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, ex cept it abide in the vine ; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are the branches : He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit : for without me ye can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered ; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye be my disciples. As the Father hath loved me, so have I loved you : continue ye in my love. If ye keep my commandments, ye shall abide in my love ; even as I have kept my Father s commandments, and abide in his love. These things have I spoken unto you, that my joy might remain in you, and that your joy might be full. This is my com mandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you. Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends. Ye are HE PEOPHESIETH PERSECUTIONS. my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants ; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doetli : but I have called you friends ; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you. Ye have not chosen me, but I have chosen you, and ordained you, that ye should go and bring forth fruit, and that your fruit should remain : that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father in my name, he may give it you. These things I command you, that ye love one another. If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his He prophesieth own : but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen v**** **- you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also. But all these things will they do unto you for my name s sake, because they know not him that sent me. If I had not come and spoken unto them, they had not had sin ; but now they have no cloke for their sin. He that hateth me hateth my Father also. If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father. But this cometh to pass, that the word might be fulfilled that is written in their law, They hated me without a cause. But , J The Comforter when the Comforter is come, whom I will send unto you from pr01 the Father, even the Spirit of truth, which proceedeth from the Father, he shall testify of me : and ye also shall bear witness, because ye have been with me from the beginning. " These things have I spoken unto you, that ye should not be offended. They shall put you out of the synagogues : yea, the time cometh, that who soever killeth you will think that he doeth God service. And these things will they do imto you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. But these things have I told you, that when the time shall come, ye may remember that I told you of them. And these things I said not unto you at the beginning, because I was with you. But now I go my way to him that sent me ; and none of you asketh me, Whither goest thou ? but because I have said these things unto you, sorrow hath filled your heart. Never theless I tell you the truth. It is expedient for you that I go away : for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you ; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment: of sin, because they believe not on me ; of righteousness, because I go to my Father, and ye see me no more; of judgment, because the prince of this world is judged. I have yet many things to say unto you, but ye cannot bear them now. Howbeit when he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will guide you into all truth : for cc HE PREDICTS HIS RESURRECTION. lie shall not speak of himself; but whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak : and he will show you things to come. He shall glorify me : for he shall receive of mine, and shall show it unto you. All things that the Father hath are mine : therefore said I, that he shall take of mine, and shall show it unto you. A little while, and ye shall not see me ; and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father." Then said some of his disciples among themselves, " What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again, a little while, and ye shall see me : and, Because I go to the Father ? " They said therefore, " What is this that he saith, A little while ? we cannot tell what he saith." Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, " Do ye inquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me : and again, a little while, and ye shall see me I Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice : and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. A woman when she is in travail He predicts his J J hath sorrow, because her hour is come : but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. And ye now therefore have sorrow : but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, ver ily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you. Hitherto have ye asked nothing in my name : ask, and ye shall receive, that your joy may be full. These things have I spoken unto you in proverbs : but the time cometh, when I shall no more speak unto you in proverbs, but I shall show you plainly of the Father. At that day ye shall ask in my name : and I say not unto you, that I will pray the Father for you : for the Father himself loveth you, because ye have loved me, and have believed that I came out from God. I came forth from the Father, and am come into the Avorld : again, I leave the world, and go to the Father." His disciples said unto him, " Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not that any man should ask thee : by this we believe that thou earnest forth from God." Jesus answered them, " Do ye Last words. IT 0111111 i i now believe ! behold, the hour cometh, yea, is now come, that ye shall be scattered, every man to his own, and shall leave me alone : and yet I am not alone, because the Father is with me. These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation : but be of good cheer ; I have overcome the world." CHAPTEE XXXVIII. THE LAST PRAYER OF CHRIST. words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to heaven, and said, " Father, the hour is come ; glorify thy Son, that thy Son also may glorify thee : as thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. I have glorified thee on the earth : I have finished the work which thou gavest me to do. And now, Father, glorify thou me with thine own self with the glory which I had with thee before the world was. I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me ; and they have kept thy word. Now they have known that all things whatsoever thou hast given me are of thee. For I have given unto them the words which thou gavest me ; and they have received them, and have known surely that I came out from thee, and they have believed that thou didst send me. I pray for them : I pray not for the world, but for them which thou hast given me ; for they are thine. And all mine are thine, and thine The solemn pray- are mine : and I am glorified in them. And now I am no more er of Christ in -i , - . i IT TT view of death. m the world, but these are in the world, and 1 come to thee. Holy Father, keep through thine own name those whom thou hast given me, that they may be one, as we are. While I was with them in the world, I kept them in thy name : those that thou gavest me I have kept, and none of them is lost, but the son of perdition ; that the scripture might be fulfilled. And now come I to thee ; and these things I speak in the world, that they might have my joy fulfilled in themselves. I have given them thy word ; and the world hath hated them, because they are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth : thy word is truth. As thou hast sent me into the world, even so have I also sent them into the world. And for their sakes I THE SLEEP OF THE DISCIPLES. 230 THE AGONY IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified through the truth. Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word ; that they all may be one ; as thou, Father, art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us : that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. And the glory which thou gavest me I have given them ; that they may be one, even as we are one : I in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one ; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. Father, I will that they also, whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am ; that they may behold my glory, which thou hast given me : for thou lovedst me be fore the foundation of the world. righteous Father, the world hath not known thee : but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me. And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it : that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them." And when they had sung an hymn, they went out over the brook The agony in the Cedron, into the mount of Olives. Then cometh Jesus with garden of Geth- - 111/^1 i -i semane. tliem unto a place called (jrethsemane, where was a garden, into the which he entered, and his disciples. And he saith unto the disciples, "Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder." And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, " My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death : tarry ye here, and watch with me." And he went a little farther, / / and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, " O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me : nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt." And when he rose up from prayer, and was come to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow. And he saith unto Peter, " What, could ye not watch with me one hour ? watch and pray, that ye enter not into tempta tion : the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak." He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, "O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done." And he came and found them asleep again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they what to answer him. And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words. And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly : and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood foiling down to the ground. Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, " Sleep on now, and take your rest : behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me." And while he yet spake, lo, Judas, (which betrayed him, for he knew the place : for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with his disciples,) one of the JUDAS GUIDES THE SOLDIERS. 232 PETER SMITES WITH THE SWORD. twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with lanterns and torches and swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. n. T. * i Jesus therefore, knowing all things that should come upon him, The betrayal and went forth, and said unto them, "Whom seek ye?" They answered him, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus saith unto them, "I am he." And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with them. As soon then as he had said unto them, " I am he," they went backward, and fell to the ground. Then asked he them again, "Whom seek ye?" And they said, "Jesus of Nazareth." Jesus answered, "I have told you that I am he: if therefore ye seek me, let these go their way " ; that the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake, " Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none." Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, " Whomso ever I shall kiss, that same is he : hold him fast." And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, "Hail, Master"; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto him, "Friend, wherefore art thou come? Judas, betray est thou the Son of man with a kiss ? " Then the band and the captain and officers of the Jews took Jesus, and bound him. When they which were about him saw peter smites what would follow, they said unto him, "Lord, shall we smite with the sword ? " Then Simon Peter having a sword drew it, and smote the high-priest s servant, and cut off his right ear. The servant s name was Mai elms. Then said Jesus unto Peter, "Put up thy sword into the sheath : the cup which my Father hath given me, shall I not drink it ? for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels? but how then shall the scriptures be ful filled, that thus it must be? Suffer ye thus far." And he touched Malchus ear, and healed him. Then Jesus said unto the chief priests, and captains of the temple, and the elders, which were come to him, " Be ye come out, as against a thief, with swords and staves ? when I was daily with you in the Jesus is deserted. -\-iri i -i temple, ye stretched forth no hands against me : but tins is your hour, and the power of darkness." Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled. And there followed him a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his naked body ; and the young men laid hold on him : and he left the linen cloth, and fled from them naked. THE KISS OF JUDAS. CHAPTER XXXIX. JESUS IS TEIED AND CONDEMNED. - ij?ND they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Annas " " ni *st ; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, which was the high-priest that same year. Now Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, that it was expedient that one man should die for the people. Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas the high-priest. And Simon Peter followed Jesus afar off, and so did another disciple : that disciple was known unto the hiiHi-priest, and went in with Jesus into the He is taken before ? h- P rie S t. p a ] ace O f t he high-priest. But Peter stood at the door with out. Then went out that other disciple, which was known unto the high- priest, and spake unto her that kept the door, and brought in Peter. And the servants and officers stood there, who had made a fire of coals ; for it was cold : and they warmed themselves : and Peter went in and warmed himself, and sat with the servants, to see the end. And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh the damsel that kept the door. And when she saw Peter warming himself, she earnestly peter demeth looked upon him, and said, "Art not tliou also one of this man s disciples ?" But he denied, saying, "I know not, neither un derstand I what thou sayest." And he went out into the porch ; and the cock crew. And a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, "This is one of them." And he denied it again. And about the space of one hour 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." But he began to curse and to swear, saying, "I know not this man of whom ye speak." And immediately, while he yet spake, the second time the cock crew. And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. 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 went out, and wept bitterly. J THE DENIAL OF PETER 15 236 JESUS IS EXAMINED BY THE HIGH-PRIEST. The high-priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, "I spake openly to the world; I ever taught in the synagogue, and in the temple, whither the Jews always resort ; and in , secret have I said nothing 1 . Why askest thou me ! ask them Jesus is examined / bytheMgh-priest. W i 1 j c } 1 heard me, what 1 have said unto them : behold, they know what I said." And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his hand, saying, "Answerest thou the high-priest so?" Jesus answered him, "If I have spoken evil, bear witness of the evil : but if well, why smitest thou irie 1 " And as soon as it was day, the elders of the people and the chief priests and the scribes came together, and led him into their council. And the chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to put him to death ; and found none. For many bare false witness against him, but their witness agreed not together. And there arose certain, and bare false witness against him, saying, " We heard him say, I will destroy this temple that is made with hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands." But neither so did their witness agree together. And the high-priest stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, " Answerest HO is examined thou nothing ! what is it which these witness against thee ? " before the Sanhe- -,-,,,--,,. -, -, ,. A i i i drhn - J3ut he held his peace, and answered nothing. Again the liigh- priest asked him, and said unto him, " I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God." Jesus saith unto him, "I am: and ye shall see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and coming in the clouds of heaven." Then said they all, "Art thou then the Son of God ? " And he said unto them, " Ye say that I am." Then the high-priest rent his clothes, saying, " He hath spoken blas phemy ; what further need have we of witnesses ? behold, now ye have heard his blasphemy. What think ye ? " They answered and said, " He is guilty of death." And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and smote him. And some Jesus is mocked began to s pit o n him, and to cover his face, and to buffet him, and buffeted"* ^ tQ gay unfo J^^ a p rop h es y U11 t O US, til Oil Christ, wllO is he that smote thee ? " And many other things blasphemously spake they against him. When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the He is accused people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death : and before the Roman r J * _ . , when they had bound him, they led him away from Laiaphas unto the hall of judgment : and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the gov ernor. And they themselves went not into the judgment hall, lest they should be defiled ; but that they might eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto them, and said, "What accusation bring ye against this man?" They answered and said unto him, "If he were not a malefactor, we would TIIK KKl KXTAXCK OK I KTFR 238 PILATE SENDS HIM TO HEROD. not have delivered him up unto thee." Then said Pilate unto them, "Take ye him, and judge him according- to your law." The Jews therefore said unto him, " It is not lawful for us to put any man to death" : that the say ing of Jesus might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what death he should die. And they began to accuse him, saying, "We found this fellow perverting the nation, and forbidding to give tribute to Caesar, saying that he himself is Christ a king." Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, and called Jesus, and said unto him, " Art tliou the King of the Jews?" Jesus answered him, u Sayest thou this thing of thyself, or did others tell it thee of me 1 ?" Pilate answered, "Am I a Jew? Thine own nation and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me : what hast thou done?" Jesus answered, "My kingdom is not of this world: if my king dom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews : but now is my kingdom not from hence." Pilate therefore said unto him, "Art thou a king then?" Jesus answered, "Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice." Pilate saith unto him, "What is truth ? " And when he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, and saith unto them, " I find in him no fault at all." And they were the more fierce, saying, "He stirreth up the people, teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Galilee to this place." When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether the man were a Gali- piiate sends him lean. And as soon as he knew that he belonged unto Herod s jurisdiction, he sent him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceeding glad : for he was desirous to see him of a long season, because he had heard many things of him ; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done by him. Then he questioned with him in many words ; but he answered him nothing. And the chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently accused him. And Herod with his men of war set him at naught, and mocked him, and arrayed him in a gorgeous robe, and sent him again to Pilate. And the same day Pilate and Herod were made friends together : for before they were at enmity between themselves. And Pilate, when he had called together the chief priests and the rulers pnate seeks to and the people, said unto them, "Ye have brought this man unto me, as one that perverteth the people : and, behold, I, having examined him before you, have found no fault in this man touching those things whereof ye accuse him : no, nor yet Herod : for I sent you to him ; and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. I will therefore chastise him, and release him." Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a JESUS BROUGHT UKFORK I H.ATE. 240 JESUS IS SCOURGED AND MOCKED. prisoner, whom they would. And there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them that had made insurrection with him, who had com mitted murder in the insurrection. And the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had ever done unto them. But Pilate answered them, saying, "Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ ? " For he knew that for envy they had delivered him. When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him, saying, " Have them nothing to do with that just man : for I have suffered many things this day in a dream because of him." But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus. The governor answered and said unto them, " Whether of The multitude the twain will ye that I release unto you?" They said, "Ba- demand that he ,. -p^., . , , TTTI -n -T i shaii be crucm3d. rabbas. rilate saith unto them, " What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?" But they cried, saying, "Crucify him, crucify him." And he said unto them the third time, "Why, what evil hath he done ? I have found no cause of death in him : I will therefore chastise him, and let him go." And they cried out the more exceedingly, " Crucify him." And the voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged him. And the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they stripped him, and put Jesus is scourged / on him a scarlet robe. And when they had platted a croAvn of thorns, they put it upon his head, and a reed in his right hand : and they bowed the knee before him, and mocked him, saying, " Hail, king of the Jews ! " And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head. Pilate therefore went forth again, and saith unto them, " Behold, I bring him forth to you, that ye may know that I find no fault in him." Then came Jesus forth, wearing 1 the crown of thorns, and the purple Pilate again seeks to release him. ro k e> AR(; | pjj^ ^fa lmtQ ^^ a Behold tll6 man!" WllCll the chief priests therefore and officers saw him, they cried out, saying, "Crucify him, crucify him." Pilate saith unto them, "Take ye him, and crucify him: for I find no fault in him." The Jews answered him, "We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, because he made himself the Son of God." When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was the more afraid ; and went again -into the judgment hall, and saith unto Jesus, "Whence art them ? " But Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto him, " Speakest them not unto me? knowest them not that I have power to crucify thee, and have power to release thee?" Jesus answered, "Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above : therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin." And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him : but the Jews cried out, 242 JESUS IS DELIVERED TO BE CRUCIFIED. saying 1 , " If thou let tins man go, thou art not Caesar s friend : whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar." When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation of the passover, and about the sixth hour: and he saith unto the Jews, "Behold your King!" But they cried out, " Away with him, away with him, crucify him." Pilate saith unto them, "Shall I crucify your King!" The chief priests an swered, "We have no king but Caesar." When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude, say ing, "I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it." Then answered all the people, and said, "His blood be on us, and on our children." , And he released unto them him that for sedition and murder Jesus is delivered to be crucified. was cag j. m f. Q p r i soilj w ] 10 m they had desired ; but he delivered Jesus to their will. And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him. Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was con demned, repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elders, saying, " 1 have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood." And they said, " What is that to us ? see thou to that." And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, Judas commits and departed, and went and hanged himself. And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, "It is not lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood." And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter s field, to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called, " The field of blood," unto this day. Then was fid- filled that which was spoken by Jeremiah the prophet, saying, " And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value ; and gave them for the potter s field, as the Lord appointed me." GOiSG FORTH TO CALVARY. CHAPTER XL. CRUCIFIXION, DEATH, AXD BURIAL OF JESUS. Jesns, bearing 1 his cross, went forth. And as they *J led him away, they laid hold upon one Simon a Cy re man, who passed by, coming- out of the country, the father of Alexander and llufus, and on him they laid the cross, that he might bear it after Jesus. And there followed him a great company of people, and of women, which also bewailed and lamented him. But Jesus turning unto them said, "Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not for me, but weep for yourselves, Jesus is led away Jllld fc)1 * y U1 Children. Fol< > Miold, tllG days ai C COlllillg, ill to Golgotha. t ] ie w hicli they shall say, Blessed, are the barren, and the wombs that never bare, and the paps which never gave suck. Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall on us ; and to the hills, Cover us. For if they do these things in a green tree, what shall be done in the dry?" And there were also two other, malefactors, led with him to be put to death. And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say, a place of a skull, they gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall : and when lie had tasted thereof, he would not drink. And the soldiers crucified him, and took his garments, and made four parts, to every soldier a part; and also his coat: now the coat was with out seam, woven from the top throughout. They said therefore among themselves, "Let us not rend it, but cast lots for it, whose it He is crucified. i 11 i u i . r -\f-\~\ -\ 1-1 i shall be : that the scripture might be lumlJed, which saith, "They parted my raiment among them, and for my vesture they did cast lots." These things therefore the soldiers did. And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. And the writing was, JESUS OF NAZARETH THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read many of the Jews : for the place where Jesus was crucified was nigh to the city : and it was written in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief priests of the Jews to Pilate, "Write not, The King of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the 244 THE CBUC1FLXJON. 24G THE PENITENT THIEF. Jews." Pilate answered, "What I have written I have written." And it was the third hour, and they crucified him. And with him they crucify two thieves ; the one on his rig-lit hand, and the other on his left. And the scripture was fulfilled, which saith, "And he was numbered with the transgressors." Then said Jesus, "Father, forgive them; He prays for his for they know not what they do." And they parted his raiment, and cast- lots. And the people stood beholding-. And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads, and saying, " Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross." Likewise also the chief priests mocking- him, with the scribes and elders, said, " lie saved others ; himself he cannot save. If he be the King- of Israel, let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him. He trusted in God ; let him deliver him now, if he will have him : for he said, I am the Son of God." And the soldiers also mocked him, coming- to him, and offering- him vinegar, and saying, "If thou be the king of the Jews, save thyself." And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, .saying, "If thou be Christ, save thyself and us." But the other answering rebuked him, saving- "Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the The penitent * thief - same condemnation "I and we indeed justly ; for we receive the due reward of our deeds : but this man hath done nothing amiss." And he said unto Jesus, " Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy king dom." And Jesus said unto him, " Verily I say unto tliee, To-day shalt thou be with me in paradise." Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore jesvushowia saw his mother, and the disciple standing by, whom he loved, filial car3 for his . * _ ~ , , , . ,, .,, mother. j ie sa itli unto his mother. "Woman, behold thy son! llien / saith he to the disciple, " Behold thy mother ! " And from that hour that disciple took her unto his own home. Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, say ing, "Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ? " that is to say, "My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me ? " Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, "This man calleth for Elijah." After this, Jesus, knowing that all things were now accomplished, that the scripture might be fulfilled, saith, " I thirst." Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar : and straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink. The rest said, " Let be, let us see whether Elijah will come to save him." Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, said, " It is finished ; It is finished." AFTER T1IE CRUCIFIXION. 248 THE DESCENT FROM THE CROSS. Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit " : and having said thus, he bowed his head, and gave up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent ; and the graves were opened ; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy citv, The signs whicli J ./ and appeared unto many. Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, saw the earthquake, and that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, they feared greatly, saying, " Truly this was the Son of God." And all the people that came together to that sight, beholding the things which were done, smote their breasts, and returned. And all his acquaintance, and the women, stood afar off, beholding these things, among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joses, and the mother of Zebedee s children, which followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering unto him: and many other women which came up with him unto Jerusalem. The Jews therefore, because it was the preparation, that the bodies should not remain upon the cross on the sabbath day, (for that sabbath day was an high day,) besought Pilate that their legs might be broken, and that they might be taken away. Then came the soldiers, and brake the legs of the first, and of the other which was crucified with him. But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was dead already, they brake Ine descent irom J J not his legs : but one of the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forthwith came thereout blood and water. And he that saw it bare record, and his record is true : and he knoweth that he saith true, that ye might believe. For these things were done, that the scripture should be fulfilled, "A bone of him shall not be broken." And again another scrip ture saith, "They shall look on him whom they pierced." And now when the even was come, there came a rich man named Joseph, of Arimathea, a city of the Jews : a counselor ; and he was a good man, and a just : who also himself waited for the kingdom of God : (the same had not consented to the counsel and deed of them.) Joseph being a dis ciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, came, and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. And Pilate marveled if he were already dead : and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him whether he had been any while dead. And when he knew it of the cen turion, he gave the body to Joseph. He came therefore, and took the body of Jesus. And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. Then took they the body of Jesus, and wound it in linen clothes with the spices, as the manner of the Jews is to bury. The burial. 250 THE BURIAL. Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden ; and in the garden a new sepulcher, hewn out of a rock, wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they Jesus therefore because of the Jews prep aration day. And Joseph rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulcher, and departed. And the women also, which came with him from Galilee, followed after, and beheld the sepulcher, and how his body was laid. And they returned, and prepared spices and ointments ; and rested the sabbath day according to the commandment. And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulcher. Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate, saying, " Sir, we remem ber that that deceiver said, while he was yet alive, After three days I will rise again. Command therefore that the sepulcher be made sure until the third day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the people, lie is risen from the dead : so the last A guard placed error shall be worse than the first." Pilate said unto them, over the sepul- - 1 ... cher - Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure as ye can." So they went, and made the sepulcher sure, sealing the stone, and setting a watch. CHAPTEE XLI. THE RESURRECTION. when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and anoint him. And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising of the sun. And, behold, there was a great earthquake : for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the The angei at the door, an( l s &t upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow : and for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men. And they said among themselves, "Who shall roll us away the stone from the door of the sepulcher ? " And when they looked, they saw that the stone was rolled away : for it was very great. And entering into the sepulcher, they saw a young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment ; and they were affrighted. And he saith unto them, "Be not affrighted. Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified: he is risen ; he is not here : behold the place where they laid him. But go your way, tell his disciples and Peter that he goeth before you into Galilee : there shall ye see him, as he said unto you." And they departed quickly from the sepulcher with fear and great joy ; and did run to bring his dis ciples word. Then [Mary Magdalene] cometh to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith unto them, " They have taken away the Lord out of the sepulcher, and we know not where they have laid him." Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, and came to the sepul cher. So they ran both together : and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and came first to the sepulcher. And he stooping down, and looking in, saw the linen clothes lying- ; yet went he not in. Then cometh An empty tomb. Simon Peter following him, and went into the sepulcher, and seeth the linen clothes lie, and the napkin, that was about his head, not 252 254 JESUS APPEARS TO MARY MAGDALENE. lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together in a place by itself. Then went in also that other disciple, which came first to the sepulcher, and he saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. Then the disciples went away again unto their own home. But Mary stood without at the sepulcher weeping : and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into the sepulcher, and seeth two angels in white sitting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say unto her, "Woman, why weepest thou?" She saith unto them, " Because they have taken away my Lord, and I know not where they have laid him." And when she had thus said, she turned her self back, and saw Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. Jesus jesus appears to sa ^ n unto ner > " Woman, why weepest thou ? whom seekest Mary Magdalene. t ] lou $ g] ie> supposing him to be the garden ci*, saith unto him, " Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me where thou hast laid him, and I will take him away." Jesus saith unto her, "Mary." She turned herself, and saith unto him, " Eabboni" ; (which is to say, "Master.") Jesus saith unto her, "Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father ; and to my God, and your God." It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, and other women that were with them, which told these things unto the apostles. And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, " All hail." And they came and held him by the feet, and Avor- shiped him. Then said Jesus unto them, "Be not afraid: ffo The apostles do tell my brethren that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me." And their words seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them not. Now some of the watch came into the city, and showed unto the chief priests all the things that were done. And when they were assembled with The story of the ^ 1G e lders, R11( ^ nac ^ taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, saying, " Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. And if this come to the governor s ears, we will persuade him, and secure yon." So they took the money, and did as they were taught : and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day. And, behold, two of the disciples went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. And they talked together of all these things which had happened. And it came to pass, that, while they communed together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and went with them. But their eyes were holden that they should not know him. And he said unto them, " What manner of communications 256 JESUS APPEARS TO TWO OF HIS DISCIPLES. are these that ye have one to another, as ye walk, and are sad ? " And the two U dSci p P e ies S o^ one f them, whose name was Cleopas, answering said unto m s w&yi him, "Art thou only a stranger in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which are come to pass there in these days?" And he said unto them, "What things?" And they said unto him, "Concerning Jesus of Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and word before God and all the people : and how the chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and have crucified him. But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel : and beside all this, to-day is the third day since these things were done. Yea, and certain women also of our company made us astonished, which were early at the sepulcher ; and when they found not his body, they came, saying that they had also seen a vision of angels, which said that he was alive. And cer tain of them which were with us went to the sepulcher, and found it even so as the women had said: but him they saw not." Then he said unto them, " fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken : ought not Christ to have suffered these things, and to enter into his glory ? " And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. And they drew nigh unto the village, whither they went : and he made as though he would have gone further. But they constrained him, saying, "Abide with us : for it is toward evening, and the day is far spent." And he went in to tarry with them. And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake, and gave to them. And their eyes were opened, and they knew him ; and he vanished out of their sight. And they said one to another, " Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scrip tures ? " And they rose up the same hour, and returned to Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, and them that were with them, saying, " The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon." And they told what things were done in the way, and how he was known of them in breaking of bread. And as they thus spake, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, and saith unto them, " Peace be unto you." But they were terrified and Jesus appears to affrighted, and supposed that they had seen a spirit. And he the eleven and 7 rr J 1111 said unto them, "Why are ye troubled? and why do thoughts arise in your hearts ? behold my hands arid my feet, that it is I myself : handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have." And when he had thus spoken, he showed them his hands and his feet. And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, " Have ye here any meat 1 " And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of an honeycomb. And he took it, and did eat before Till* IU.SCiri.KS AT K.MMACS 2f)<S HE APPEARETH AGAIN AND CONVINCE TH THOMAS. them. Then said Jesus to them again, " Peace be unto you: as my Father hath sent me, even so send I you." And when he had said this, he breathed on them, and saitli unto them, " Receive ye the Holy Ghost : whosesoever sins ye remit, they are remitted unto them ; and whosesoever sins ye retain, they are retained." But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Didymus, was not with them when Jesus came. The other disciples therefore said unto him, "We have seen the Lord." But he said unto them, " Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe." And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them : then came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, "Peace be unto you." Then saith he to Thomas, " Reach hither thy finger, and behold my hands ; and reach hither thy hand, and thrust it into my side : and be not faithless, but believing." And Thomas answered and again and con- / / TI r T i T /-N 1 H T i vinceth Thomas. sau [ unto linn, "My .Lord and my (jrou. Jesus saitli unto him, "Thomas, because thou hast seen me, tliou hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed." And he upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart, because they believed not them which had seen him after he was risen. And he said iinto them, " These are the words which I spake unto you, while I was yet with you, that all things must be fulfilled, which were J <J O written in the law of Moses, and in the prophets, and in the psalms, con cerning me." Then opened he their understanding, that they might under stand the scriptures, and said unto them, "Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day : and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem. And ye are witnesses of these things. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the He sends them / name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost : teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved ; but he that believeth not shall be damned. And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you : and these signs shall follow them that believe : In my name shall they cast out devils ; they shall speak with new tongues ; they shall take up serpents ; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them ; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover. But tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high. And, lo, I am witli you alway, even unto the end of the world." JESUS APPEABS TO HIS DISCIPLES. 250 CHAPTER XLTI. LAST APPEARANCES AND ASCENSION. these things Jesus showed himself again to the disciples at the sea of Tiberias ; and on this wise showed lie himself. There Avere together Simon Peter, and Thomas called Didymus, and Natlianael of Cana in Galilee, and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his disciples. Simon Peter saith unto them, " I go a fish ing." They say unto him, "We also go with thee." They went forth, and entered into a ship immediately ; and that night they caught nothing. But when the morning was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus saith unto them, " Chil dren, have ye any meat ? " They answered him, " No." And he said unto them, " Cast the net on the right side of the ship, and ye shall find." They cast therefore, and now they were not able to draw it for the multitude of fishes. Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith unto Peter, " It is He appears to the Lord." Now when Simon Peter heard that it was the Lord, seven of them by i / i i / 1> ^ in\ ITT the sea of Gaiiiee. jig g ir t ] 11S nsliei 1 s coat unto him, (lor he was naked,.) and did cast himself into the sea. And the other disciples came in a little ship ; (for they w r ere not far from land, but as it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with fishes. As soon then as they were come to land, they saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and bread. Jesus saith unto them, " Bring of the fish which ye have now caught." Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three : and for all there were so many, yet w^as not the net broken. Jesus saith unto them, " Come and dine." And none of the disciples durst ask him, Who art tliou ? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus showed himself to his disciples, after that he was risen from the dead. So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, " Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these?" He saith unto him, "Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee." He saith unto him, "Feed my lambs." He saitli to him again the second time, " Simon, son of Jonas, 250 262 THE LAST APPEARANCE OF CHRIST. lovest tbott me?" He saith unto liini, "Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee." He saitli unto him, " Feed my sheep." He saith unto him the third time, "Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me?" Peter was grieved because he said unto him the third time, " Lovest thou me ? " And he said unto him, "Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee." Jesus saith unto him, " Feed my sheep. Verily, verily, I say unto thee, When thou wast young, thou girdedst thyself, and walkedst whither thou wouldest : but when thou shalt be old, thou shalt stretch forth tln r hands, j and another shall gird thee, and carry thee whither thou wouldest not." This spake he, signifying by what death he should glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saitli unto him, "Follow me." Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his breast at supper, and said, "Lord, which is he that betrayeth thee!" Peter seeing him saith to Jesus, "Lord, and what shall this man do?" Jesus saith unto him, "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? follow thou me." Then went this saying 1 abroad among- the */ o o brethren, that that disciple should not die : yet Jesus said not unto him, "He shall not die" ; but, "If I will that he tarry till I come, what is that to thee ? " This is the disciple which testifieth of these things, and wrote these things : and we know that his testimony is true. Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain where He appears to Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw him, they Avor- them in a moun- i i i i 111 ATT i * t tain in Gaiiiee. shiped him: but some doubted. And J csus came and spake unto them, saying, " All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth." He showed himself alive after his passion by many infallible proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things pertaining to the king dom of God : and, being assembled together with them,- commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, "which," saith he, "ye have heard of me." "For John truly bap tized with water ; but ye shall be baptized with the Holy Ghost not many days hence." When they therefore Avere come together, they asked of him, saying, " Lord, Avilt thou at this time restore again the The last appear- J o kingdom to Israel?" And he said unto> them, "It is not for you to know the times or the seasons, which the Father hath put in his own pOAver. But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you : and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all _Judsea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth." And when he had spoken these tilings, he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And. it came to pass, while they beheld, lie was taken up ; and a cloud received him out of their sight. And he Avas receiA~ed up into heaA-en, and sat on the right hand of God. And Avhile they looked steadfastly PETER LEAPS FHOM THE BOAT To MKET JESUS. 264 THE ASCENSION. toward heaven as lie went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel; which also said, "Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven I this same Jesus, which is taken up from you into The ascension. . - heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven." And they worshiped him, and returned to Jerusalem with great joy from the mount called Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a sab bath day s journey, and were continually in the temple, praising and blessing God. And they went forth, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God ; and that believing ye might have life through his name. Amen. ANALYTICAL INDEX. Aaron, Elisabeth a daughter of, 17. Abel, blood of, laid to the Jews, 155, 203. Abut, course of, 17. Abiathar and the shewbread, GO. Abilene, 33. Abraham, being descendants of, boosted of, 135, 137. many from all parts shall sit down with, 80. rejoiced to see the day of Christ, 138. Lazarus in the bosom of, 170. Abundance of the heart causes the mouth to speak, Acceptable year of the Lord, the, 49. [79, 88. Accusation, false, prohibited, 35. sought against Jesus, GO, 135, 155. made against Jesus, 236. of Jesus over the cross, 244. Acquaintance of Jesus at the cross, 248. Adulteries proceed from the heart, 1G6. Adultery in the heart, what is, 72. a woman taken in, brought to Jesus, 135. what amounts to, 170, 180. See Adulteries. Advent. See Second Coming. Adversaries of Jesus put to shame, 161. to be conciliated, 72, 159. jEnon, John bapti/.es at, 45. Affliction, falling away because of, 92. predicted in the last days, 210. Agony of Jesus in Gethsemane, 230. Agreement in prayer promised success, 128. Alabaster box. See Ointment. Alexander, son of Simon of Cyrene, 244. Alms, not to give, ostentatiously, 74. the giving of, enjoined, 153, 157. Aloes used to embalm, 248. Alpheits, father of Matthew, 64. of James, 68. Altar of incense, Zacharias at the, 17. self-examination on going to the, 72. as to swearing by the, 203. Ambition of James and John, 185. See Humility. Andrew follows Jesus, 40, 58. brings Peter to Jesus, 40. call of, 58. Andrew fishing, 58. one of the Twelve, 68. tells Jesus of the lad with five loaves, etc., 108. Greeks desiring to see him, 214. consults Jesus as to the destruction of Jeru- Angel, an, appeal s to Zacharias, 17. [salem, 208. Joseph, 23, 29. shepherds near I ethlchcm, 23. moving the waters of Bethesda, 51. strengthens Jesus in Gethsemane, 23<>. rolls back the stone of the sepulcher, 252. See Gabriel. Angels minister unto Jesus, 38. will ascend and descend on the Son of Man, 4<>. at the last day, 123, 210. of little children, 128. rejoice at the sinner s repentance, 166. in the resurrection, we shall be like, 198. Jesus power to command, 232. at the sepulcher, 254. ascension, 264. See A nyel. Aivjcr of Jesus, 66. without cause, condemned, 72. of the prodigal son s brother, 169. Anise tithed by the Pharisees, 213. Anna the prophetess, 25. Annas, one of the high-priests, 33. Jesus taken to, 234. sends Jesus to Caiaphas, 234. Anointing of Jesus feet, 87. head and feet, 188. the sick with oil, 105. a blind man s eyes with clay, 139. Apostles, ordination of the, 68. sent out to preach, etc., 103. return to Jesus, 106. go with Jesus to eat the passover, 217. See Disciples, Andrew, etc. Appearances of Jesus after his resurrection : to the women at the sepulcher, 254. Mary Magdalene, 254. two disciples going to Emiuaus, 254. Simon, 256. . U, 266 ANAL YTICAL INDEX. Appearances of Jesus after his resurrection : to the disciples, 256. and Thomas, 258. at the sea of Tiberias, 260. all the apostles, 262. Archelaus succeeds Herod, 29. Arimathea, Joseph of, Legs the body of Jesus, wraps [it in linen, and lays it in a sepulcher, 248. Ascension of Jesus, referred to by him, 114. at Bethany, 262. Aser. See Asher. Ashamed of Jesus, those who are, will be disowned, See Shame. [123. Asher (Aser), Anna, of tribe of, 25. Ask, direction to, 78, 148. Asleep, Jesus in a storm, 95. the disciples in Gethsemane, 230. See Sleep. Ass, Jesus enters Jerusalem on an, 190. A ugustus Caesar decrees taxation, 23. Authority, Jesiis teaching as one having, 60, 79. given to Jesus, to execute judgment, 52. to the Twelve over unclean spirits, 103. of Jesus questioned, 196. See Power. Axe laid to the root of the trees, 35. Babes, revelation to, 85, 146. Bag, contents of, borne by Judas, 188. carried by Judas, 188. Band of men sent to take Jesus, 230. soldiers mock Jesus, 240. Baptism of John in Jordan, 33. at ^Enon, 45. that of water, 35, 36, 262. God justified in, 85. whether from heaven or of men, 196. of Jesus, that of the Holy Ghost, 36. of Jesus, in Jordan, 36. by Jesus disciples, 45. John s observations thereon, 45. with which Jesus to be baptized, 158. Baptist, John the. See John the Baptist. Barabbas, 240. Barachiah (Barachias), son of, 203. Barachias. See Barachiah. Bar-jona. See Peter. Barley loaves miraculously increased, 108. Barns, the man who proposed to enlarge his, 157. Barren fig-tree, parable of, 159. Bartholomeiv. See Nathanael. Bartimeus, blind, 187. Baskets of fragments, 108, 119. Bason used by Jesus to wash the disciples feet, Beam and mote in the eye, 78. [217. Beatitudes in the sermon on the mount, 70, 71. See Blessing. Bed let down through a roof, 62. Bed, direction to carry, 62. candle not to be put under a, 93. Beds, the sick brought to Jesus on, 110. Beelzebub, Jesus accused of working by, 87, 101. Beggar. See Lazarus. " Behold the man," 240. Belief and salvation, 15, 43, 52. of Mary praised, 20. in Jesus, of Nathanael, 40. of the disciples at Cana, 41. of many on the feast day, 43. of the men of Sychar, 48. of a nobleman at Capernaum, 49. of many Jews, 137, 173. of several rulers, 206. to follow belief in God, 222. in scripture, of the disciples, 43. in things earthly and heavenly, -^3. resulting from sight, 49, 258.- in the power of Jesus word, 49. of John at the sepulcher, 254. See Faith. Beloved Son. See Son. Bethabara, 38. Bethany, Jesus goes to, 173, 190, 192, 262. Bethesda, pool of, 51. Bethlehem, Joseph and Mary go to, 23. Christ s prophesied birthplace, 27, 133. See Birth, Wise Men, Shepherds. Bethphage, 190. Bethsaida, the city of Philip, 40, 204. Andrew and Peter, 40. upbraided for unbelief, 85, 144. Jesus retires to a desert place near, 106. goes to, 108. Betrayal of Jesus, 230. foretold, 127, 185, 188, 219. plotted, 215. of Jesus disciples foretold, 208. Bewailing at death of ruler s daughter, 99. Binding on earth and in heaven by the disciples, Birds of the air have nests, 95, 131. [123, 128. Birth of John Baptist, 20. foretold, 17. of Jesus, 23. foretold, 18. revealed to shepherds, 24. the new, necessary, 43. of water and of the Spirit, 43. of the flesh and of the Spirit, 43. Blasphemy, Jesus chcirged with, 62, 160, 236. against the Holy Ghost, not forgiven, 88. proceeds from the heart, 116. Blessing on Mary, 20. on the hearing of God s Word, 152. seeing the works of Jesus, 92. of Jesus on the loaves, 108. Peter for his faith, 119. ANA L YTK A L 1XI> A A . 2(57 Blessing of Jesus on children, 182. bread at Einmaus, 25(5. those who Itelieve without seeing, 258. the disciples ut the ascension, 2(52. See Beatitude*, Thanks. Ill i ml, the, Jesus sent to recover sight to, 56. at the pool of Bethesda, 51. leading the Mind, 78, 11(5. . healed, 82, 87, 121, 139, 187. entertaining the, true hospitality, 1(53. See Miracles. Blood, the sons of God not born of, 15. of the prophets required of the Jews, 155, 203. woman with an issue of, healed, 99. of the Son of man, to be drunk, 112. of Jesus typified at the last supper, 219. on the heads of the people, 242. sweat of Jesus, like, 230. the betrayal money, the price of, 242. and water from Jesus side, 248. Boanerges, 68. Boats, the people follow Jesus in, 110. See Ship. Bodies rising after Jesus death, 248. See Resurrection. Bodily shape, the Holy Ghost in a, 36. Body, the temple of Christ s, 43. the eye the light of the, 153. those that only kill the, not to be feared, [105, 156. of Jesus typified at the last supper, 219. begged by Joseph of Arimathea, 248. embalmed and laid in a sepulcher, 250. Bondage, the Jews deny being in, 137. Bone of Jesus not to be broken, 248. Books would not suffice to record the works of Born. See Birth. [Jesus, 264. Bosom of the Father, the Son in, 15. Abraham, Lazarus in. 170. Jesus, the disciple on the, 219. Bottles, old, and uew wine, 64. Box of ointment. See Ointment. Brambles, grapes not gathered of, 79. Branches strewed in Jesus way, 190. unfruitful, taken away, 224. Brass, the Twelve not to provide, 103. Brazen vessels, tradition as to washing, 115. Bread, Jesus tempted to turn stones into, 36. man lives not alone by, 36. a stone not given for, 78, 148. the true, from heaven, 112. of God, 112. the living, 112. of life, 112. the children s, not to be cast to dogs, 116. the disciples forget to take, 121. given by Jesus after his resurrection, 260. See Loaves, Blessing, Thanks. Brethren not to be entertained for a recompense, of Jesus go witli him to Capernaum, 41. [ 1(13. come to him while teaching, 153. the true, 153. urge him to go to Jerusalem, 131. their unbelief, 131. Bridechamhtr, the children of, (54. Bridegroom, voice of the, 45. See Ten Virgins. Broad way to destruction, 78. Broken-hearted, Jesus sent to heal the, 56. Brook Cedron, 230. Brother, causeless anger against, condemned, 72. an offending, how to be treated, 130, 172. Bruised, Jesus sent to set at liberty the, 56. reed not broken, 68. Buffeting of Jesus, 236. Builders, the stone rejected by the, 196. Buildings. See Temple. Burdiii-s laid on men by the law, 155. Burial of Jesus, 250. of John Baptist, 106. a father, not to postpone following Jesus Jesus anointed in view of, 188. [131. Bushel, a candle not put under, 70, 92, 152. Cfrsar Augustus decrees taxation, 23. Tiberias, fifteenth year of. 33. as to giving tribute to, 198. Jesus accused of sjH-aking against, 242. Ciraurea I hilippi, Jesus goes to, 123. Caiaphas, one of the high-priests, 33. prophesies death of Jesus for the people, 176. consultation at palace of, against Jesus, 215. Jesus tried ln fore, 236. sent back to, 234. Calf, fatted, killed for the prodigal, 169. Calling of the twelve Apostles, 68. of Andrew, 38. Simon Peter, 39. Philip, 39. Nathanael (Bartholomew), 39. Matthew (Levi), 64. Calming of the storm, 95. Camel swallowed, and gnat strained at, 203. Camel s hair, raiment of, 33. Cana, marriage at, 41. Jesus returns to, 49. Canaan, the woman of, 1 1 6. Candle to give light, 70, 92, 153. Capernaum, Jesus goes to, 41, 58, 62, 80. nobleman s son healed at, 49, 110, 129. upbraided for unbelief, 85, 144. Jesus teaches at, 114. Captain, Jesus taken by a, 232. Captains, Herod s, 106. Judas goes to, 215. Captires, Jesus to preach deliverance to, 56. 268 ANALYTICAL INDEX. Cares of this world choke the word, 92. of life not to be an over-burden, 210. Carpenter, Jesus despised as a, 101. Casting out. See Devils, Spirits. Cast out, those that come to Jesus not, 112. Cave, the grave of Lazarus, 174. Ccdron, the brook, 230. Centurion, servant of a, healed, 80. at the crucifixion, 248. reports Jesus to be dead, 248. Cephas. See Peter. Chaff to be burnt up, 35. Chains broken by a demoniac, 95. Changers of money driven out of the temple, 41. Charger, John Baptist s head brought in a, 106. Charity enjoined, 35. See Alms, Love. Chief Priests. See Priests. rooms as to choosing out, 161. Child, a, as an example of humility, 127. Children of Bethlehem slain by Herod, 29. Rachel weeping for her, 29. in the market-place, the Jews likened to, 85. of the bridecbambei, 64. to be opposed to their parents, 103, 105, 158. bread of, not to be cast to dogs, 116. of God to be gathered in one, 176. and of the resurrection, 198. of this world and of light, 169. blessed by Jesus, 182. praise Jesus in the Temple, 192. of the Jews, blood of Jesus upon, 242. See Babes. Chorazin upbraided for unbelief, 85, -144. Christ, whether John Baptist was, 38. John Baptist disclaims being, 38. the Messias, 40. Jesus acknowledged to be, 60, 114, 123, 153, proclaims himself to be, 40. [174. pressed to acknowledge himself, 1 60, 236. expulsion from the synagogue for acknowledg- [ment of Jesus as, 141. our only Master, 202. the Gospels written to prove Jesus to be, 264. See Jesus. Christs, false, predicted, 208. Church, the rock foundation of the, 23. the offending brother to be reported to the, Chum, Herod s steward, 87. [128. Circuit of Jesus through Galilee, 87. cities and villages, 161. Circumcision of John Baptist, 20. of Jesus, 24. on the Sabbath day, 132. Cities upbraided for unbelief, 85. City upon a hill, 70. of the great King, Jerusalem, 74. a divided, cannot stand, 87. City, Jesus crucified near to, 244. See Jerusalem, etc. Clay, a blind man s eyes anointed with, 139. Cleansing of a leper, 62. of ten lepers, 178. See Miracles. Cleopas going to Emmaus, 256. Cleophas, 246. Climbing over into the sheepfold, 142. Closet, prayer to be in the, 76. Cloth, new, in an old garment, 64. Clothes, swaddling, Jesus wrapped in, 23. to be shared with the needy, 35. See Garments, Raiment. Cloud at the transfiguration, 124. Clouds, Jesus to come in the, 236. Coals, fire of, 234, 260. Coat taken, cloke to be offered, 74. of Jesus, seamless, 244. See Garment. Coats, two, not to be taken by the Twelve, 103. Colt, foal of an ass, Jesus riding on, 190. Comfort to mourners, 70. Comforter, the, promised, 222, 224. See Holy Ghost. Coming of the Word, 15. of Jesus foretold, 161. See Second Coming. Commandment to love one another, 219, 224. to Jesus to lay down his life, 142. Commandments, breaking of, condemned, 72. superseded by traditions, 115. must be kept to obtain life, 182. the first and second great, 200. See Commission, Law. Commission to the disciples to preach, 258. Common people hear Jesus gladly, 200. Compassion of Jesus, 62, 80, 108. Conception of Elisabeth, 18. of Mary, 23. Condemn, Jesus not come to, 45. injunction not to, 78. Condemnation of the world, 45. those who believe in Christ have not, 52. by thy words, 88. of Jesus by Pilate, 242. See Damnation. Confession of sins at John s baptism, 133. by Jesus of those who confess him, 105, 156. of Christ, expulsion for, 141. Confirmation of the word by signs, 264. Conscience, conviction of the, 135. Contempt for Jesus, 56. for his disciples, blamed, 128. that for Jesus and the Father, 146. Continuance proof of true discipleship, 137. Conversion necessary to salvation, 127. of Peter, his duty after, 220. ANALYTICAL INDEX. 2(1!) Conviction of sin of the Pharisees, 133. Jesus challenges, 137, 138. Corlmn, 115. Cords, scourge of, temple purged with, 41. Corn, disciples pluck on the Sabbath, (5(5. of wheat must die before it produce fruit, 204. Corners of the streets, praying in, 70. Corpse of John Baptist placed in a tomb, 106. See Body. Couch. See Bed. Council of chief priests and Pharisees, 174. Jesu.s before the, 236. Councils, disciples to IH> delivered up to, 103. Counsel of God rejected, 85. taken to put Jesus to death, 188, 192. Countenance not to be sad in fasting, 70. See Tra nsfig it ra t ion . Country, a prophet in his own, not honored, 101. Course of Abia, 17. Cousins, Elisalx-th and Mary, 18. of Elisabeth rejoice at John s birth, 20. Covetousness condemned, 156. proceeds from the heart, 116. Creditor, the, and his two debtors, 87. Crookt d to be made straight, 33. Cross to 1x3 taken up by Jesus disciples, 105, 123, of Jesus, borne by him, 244. [104. by the Cyrenian, 244. Croiring of the cock, 234. Crown of thorns, the, 240. Crumbs asked for by Lazarus, 170. eaten by dogs under children s table, 14G. Crucifixion of Jesus, 244. foretold, 137, 188. Cry in the streets, Jesus did not, 68. "Behold the bridegroom cometh," 211. Cummin tithed, 203. Cup, outside of, cleansed by Pharisees. 153. of water to a disciple rewarded, 128. at the last supper, 219. the, as to disciples drinking of, 185. Jesus prays for removal of, 230. submits to drink, 230. Cups, tradition as to washing, 115. Cursing father or mother prohibited, 115. of the unfruitful fig-tree, 192. and swearing of Peter, 234. Custom, Matthew sitting at receipt of, 64. to release a prisoner at the Passover, 238. Cyrene, Simon of, 244. Cyrenius, governor of Syria, 23. Dalmanutha, Jesus goes to, 119. Damnation, the resurrection of, 52. eternal, to blasphemers of Holy Ghost, 88. See Condemnation. Dancing of Herodias daughter, 106. Darkness, the Light shining in, 15. Darkness preferred to light by the world, 45. the jKiwer of, 233. Daughter of Jairus raised from death, 101. of Jlerodias, 100. a Syrophenician woman healed, 116. See Children. Daughters of Jerusalem, Jesus addresses, 214. David, Joseph of the house of, 18. Jesus to have the throne of, 18. Bethlehem the city of, 23. his eating of the shewbread quoted, 66. the Christ to be of the seed of, 133. son of, Jesus called, 87, 101, 110, 187, 192. as to Christ being, 200. Day of judgment. See Judgment. the evil of each, sutlicient for itself, 78. the last, those that Jesus will raise at, 1 12. Days and nights, Jesus fasts forty, 3(5. Dead, the, raised by the Father, 52. will hear Jesus voice, 52. power to raise given to the Twelve, 103. raised by Jesus, 80, 99, 174. Jesus believed to be John Baptist raised [from. 1<>;>. See Bodies, Death, Resurrection. Deadly things not to harm Apostles, 258. Deaf. See Miracle*. Death, faith in Christ overcoming, 51, 138. in sin, the result of unbelief, 137. Peter professes readiness to follow Jesus to, parents to l>e given up to, 103. (22O. of Herod, 29. John Baptist, 106. Jesus, 248. foretold, 123, 126, 185. discussed at the transfiguration, 124. compassed by the chief priests and Phari- detennincd upon, 230. [sees, 176. La/arus, 173. Judas Iscariot, 242. See Dead, Insurrection. Debtors, the, for five hundred pence and fifty, 87. forgiveness of, 148. Decapods, multitudes from, follow Jesus, OO. fame of Jesus spread through, 97. Jesus passes through, 116. Deceit proceeds from the heart, 116. Deceitfulness of riches choke the word, 92. Declaration of the Father by the Son, 15. Decree to tax the world, 23. Dedication of property, no excuse for not supjxirt- [ing jmrents, 1 15. feast of the, 160. Deeds, for evil, darkness preferred, 45. Deep, devils ask not to be sent into the, 95. Defilement by eating with unwoshen hands, 115. that which produces, 115. avoided at Jesus trial, 236. 270 ANALYTICAL INDEX. Delay in Christ s coming no excuse for presump- [tion, 158. Deliverance to captives preached by Jesus, 56. Demoniac healed, 95, 126. See Devils, Spirits. Den of thieves, the temple made a, 192. Denial of Jesus, denial by him, 105, 156. by Peter, 234. foretold, 220. Denunciation of Scribes and Pharisees, 115, 155, of Sadducees and Pharisees, 121. [202. lawyers, 155. the world, 128. those causing offenses, 172. See Cities, Condemnation, Damnation. Departure of Jesus asked for by Gadarenes, 97. Dependence upon Christ, 224. See Faith, Trust. Desert places, Jesus retires to, 62, 108. the marina in the, 112. Deserts, John Baptist in the, 22. Desolation of Jerusalem foretold, 161, 203. the abomination of, 210. Destruction, the broad way to, 78. of Jerusalem foretold, 192. Devil, the, tempts Jesus, 36, 38. children of, 137. puts into Judas heart to betray Jesus, 215. See Satan. a, cast out, 60, 87, 101. one of the disciples declared to be, 114. Jesus accused of having, 138, 142. See Beelzebub, Demoniac, Devils, Miracles, Spirits. Devils, cast out by Jesus, 60, 95, 87. by the twelve, 105. one who followed not Jesus, 127. out of Mary Magdalene, 87. power to cast out, given, 68, 146, 258. acknowledge Jesus as Christ, 60, 68. casting out, no guaranty of heaven, 79. Jesus accused of casting out, by Beelzebub, [87, 101. See Devil, Demoniac, Miracles, Spirits. Dinner with a Pharisee, 153. Disciple not above his lord, 78, 103. of Jesus, an offense, 141. the, whom Jesus loved. See John, the ylpos^e. See Disciples, Apostles. Disciples of the Pharisees used to fast, 64. of Moses, Pharisees claim to be, 141. of John Baptist, two of, follow Jesus, 38. question about purifying, 45. sent to Jesus to make inquiries, 82. used to fast, 64. taught to pray, 148. bury John Baptist, 106. go to Jesus, 106. of Jesus, believe on him, 43. Disciples of Jesus go to fetch meat at Sychar, 46. pluck ears of corn on Sabbath, 66. distribute bread miraculously increased, offended at Jesus doctrine, 114. [108, 119. some of, go back, 114. forget to provide bread, 121. acknowledge Jesus as Christ, 123. fail to cure a demoniac, 126. glorify Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem, profess faithfulness to Jesus, 220. [190. firm belief in Jesus, 226. told of Jesus resurrection, 254. go to Galilee after resurrection, 260. accompany Jesus, to a marriage at Cana, 41. to Capernaum. 41. Judaea, 45. the sea, 68. across the sea, 95. to Jairus house, 99. his own country, 101. Ephraim, 176. Bethany, 192. Gethsemane, 230. consult Jesus, on the parable of the sower, as to defilement, 115. [91. their failing to cure a demoniac, 126. a form of prayer, 148. sin, and a man born blind, 139. marriage, 180. ask Jesus, to send away the Syrophenician to increase their faith, 172. [woman, 116. as to restoring the kingdom of Israel. 262. pointed out as his brethren, etc., 153. warned against hypocrisy, 156. instructed not to premeditate when accused, as to the meaning of parables, 93. [156. awaken Jesus in a storm, 95. sent over the sea in a ship, 110. informed of his coming passion, 185. sent to fetch the ass and colt, 190. shown the widow s mites, 204. called friends of his, 224. Jesus examined concerning, 236. appears to two, going to Emmaus, 254. censured for eating Avith publicans and sin- with unwashen hands, 115. [ners, 64. of Jesus, benefits to, rewarded, 105. are those who continue in his word, 137. shall know truth and be made free, 137. must deny themselves, 164. See Apostles, Disciples, Peter, etc. Diseased miraculously healed, 60, 66. cured at Bethesda, 51. See Miracles. Disfigurement of face in fasting condemned, 76. Dish, the betrayer s hand in the, 219. Disobedient, conversion of, by John Baptist, 17. Distress of nations foretold, 210. A NA L YTICA L I XI) XX. 271 Ditch, the blind leading the blind into, 11(>. Divider, Jesus declines to IK; n, 15(5. Division, the result of Christ s coining, 158. on Jesus account amongst the people, 133. Pharisees, 139. Jews, 142. Divorce, Jesus concerning, 72, 180. Doctors, Jesus among the, 29. of the law come to hear Jesus, 62. Doctrine of Jesus, astonishment at, (50, 79. that of the Father, 132. of the Pharisees and Sadducees, warning [against, 121. Jesus examined concerning his, 236. See Teaching. Dogs, holy things not to be given to, 78. the children s bread not to be cast to, 11(5. Door-keeper at high-priest s palace, 234. Doors shut for fear of the Jews, 258. Doubts of the Jews, Jesus asked to remove, 1(50. Dove, the Holy Ghost in form of a, 3(5. Doves, sellers of, driven from the temple, 41, 192. the disciples to be harmless iu>, 103. Drag net, parable of, 94. Draught of fishes, the miraculous, 58, 260. Drawing by the Father necessary, 112. Dream, angel appearing in, 23, 29. of Pilate s wife, 240. Drinking. See John Baptist. of Jesus blood necessary to life, 112. See Cup. Dropsy cured, 161. Drought in Elijah s time (piloted, 56. Droicning better than offending a disciple, 128. Drunkenness, warning against, 211. Dumb, Zacharias, 18. and blind devil cast out, 87. man cured, 101. See Miracles. Dust to be shaken off against unbelieving cities, Duty, no more than, to do all, 172. [103, 144. Dwelling of the Word amongst us, 15. of Jesus, 58. Eagles gathered together, 179, 210. Ear of high-priest s servant cut off, 232. Ears of corn eaten by disciples, 66. of the Jews dull, 92. See Miracles. Earth, the meek to inherit the, 70. not to be sworn by, 74. treasures upon, not to be laid up, 7(5. Jesus come to send fire upon the, 158. the disciples witnesses in the, 262. See World. Earthquake at the crucifixion, 248. at the resurrection, 252. Earthquake^ piedicted, 208. Emit, wise men from the, visit Jesus, 27. and west, etc., many to come from, to the [kingdom of heaven, HO, 161. Eating with publicans, etc., Jesus blamed for, (51. with umvashen hands, 115. llesh of Jesus necessary to life, 112. and drinking in Christ s presence no guaranty [of salvation, 161. Egg, a scorpion not given for an, 148. Egypt, Joseph and Mary warned into, 29. their return from, 29. Elders ask Jesus to heal a centurion s servant, 80. tradition of, as to washing, 115. persecution of Jesus by, foretold, 123. question Jesus authority, 196. conspire to put Jesus to death, 215. go to take Jesus, 232. meet to try Jesus, 236. brilni the watch to deny resurrection, 254. Elect, (}od will avenge his, 180. gathering together of the, 210. Eleven, the, assembled, 256. go to Galilee, 2(52. See Apostles, Disciples. Elias. See Elijah. Elijah (Elias), as to John Baptist being, 38, 85, 124. and the widow of Zarephath (Sarepta) quoted, Jesus supposed to be, 105, 123. [56. to call for, on the cross, 246. at the transfiguration, 124. bringing fire from heaven quoted, 131. Elisabeth, wife of Zacharias, 17. promised a son, 17. conception, 18. told to Mary, 18. visited by Mary and blesses her. 20. birth of her son "John," 20. Eli-sha (Eliscus), cleansing of Naaman by, quoted, " Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani," 246. [56. Emmanuel, "God with us," 23. Emmaus, 254. End, endurance to the, promised salvation, 103. of things concerning Christ, 220. See rambles, Prophecies. Endurance commanded, 103. Enemies to be loved, 74. Enemy, power of the, subjected, 146. Entry, public, into Jerusalem, 190. Envy, Jesus delivered for, 240. "Ephphatha" 116. Ephraim, city of, Jesus goes to, 176. Escape of Jesus from the Jews, 160. Estates, chief, of Galilee, entertained, 106. Etenud life. See Life. damnation, for sin against Holy Ghost, 88. Eunuctis, 180. Everlasting life. See Life. Evil, damnation to doers of, 52. 272 ANAL YTICAL INDEX. Evil not to be resisted, 74. God s goodness to the, 74. of each day sufficient for that day, 78. spirits cured by Jesus, 82. thoughts proceed from the heart, 115. eye proceeds from the heart, 116. prayer that disciples be kept from, 228. See Devils, Spirits. Example, Jesus an, 217. Excess of Scribes and Pharisees, 202. Exchange, no, for the soul, 123. Executioner sent to behead John Baptist, 106. Extortion prohibited, 35. Scribes and Pharisees accused of, 202. Eye to be plucked out, 72, 128. the light of the body, 76, 153. the mote and the beam in the, 78. Eyes of the Jews closed, 92. seeing Jesus works, blessed, 146. Face not to be disfigured in fasting, 76. of the sky discerned by the Pharisees, 158. God beheld by angels of children, 128. Faith commended, 62, 80, 87, 99, 101, 116, 187. want of, commented on, 77, 121, 126. reproved, 95, 110. in Jesus, of the man born blind, 139. of Martha, 173. many Jews at the raising of Lazarus, 174. Peter, declaration of, 114, 123. disciples, 226. the work of God, 112. resulting in everlasting life, 112. full flow of the Spirit, 133. life, 174. by reason of his works, 160. is faith in God, 206. power of, 126, 172, 192, 222. enjoined, 180. prayed for, by the Apostles, 172. by Jesus for Peter, 220. on earth at Christ s second coming, 180. disregarded by Pharisees, 203. See Belief. Faithfulness in little and in much, 170. Falling away upon persecution, 92. False accusation. See Accusation. prophets spoken well of, 70. coming in sheep s clothing, 78. predicted in last day, 208. witness proceeds from the heart, 116. witnesses against Jesus, 236. Fame of Jesus spread abroad, 49, 60, 62, 82, 101. reaches Herod, 105. Famine in parable of prodigal son, 166. Famines in the last days predicted, 11, 208. Fan to purge his floor, in Jesus hand, 35. Fashion of Jesus countenance altered, 124. Fasting of Anna, 25. of Jesus in the wilderness, 36. John Baptist, misconstrued, 82. disciples of John and of Pharisees, 64. to be in secret, 76. a devil which would only go out by, 126. Father, the. See God the Father. one only, 202. and mother, as to honoring, 1 15. of the prodigal son, 166. Fathers reconciled to their children, 17. turned against their sons, 105, 158. to deliver up their children to death, 103. Fatted calf killed for prodigal, 157. Favor, Jesus increases in, 31. Fear of Zacharias on seeing an angel, 17. of shepherds at Bethlehem, 24. women at the sepulcher, 252. Herod of John Baptist, 106. Gadarenes, 97. disciples, on Jesus walking on water, 110. at the transfiguration, 124. Peter when walking on water, 110. parents of man born blind, 141. mercy to those who have, of God, 20. not of mere destroyers of body, 105, 156. Fearfulness reproved, 95. Feast of the Passover. See Passover. of tabernacles, Jesus goes to, 131. the dedication, 160. unleavened bread, 188. the Jews, Jesus goes up to a, 51. Galileans go to the, 49. day, many believe on Jesus on the, 43. made by Levi to Jesus, 64. " Feed my lambs," etc., 260. Feeding of five thousand miraculously, 108. of four thousand, 119. Feet of Jesus anointed, 87, 188. Legion sitting at, 95. Mary sitting at, 148. held by women at resurrection, 254. shown to disciples, 256. of disciples washed by Jesus, 217. Fetters broken by demoniacs, 95. Fever, a nobleman s son cured of, 49. Simon s wife s mother cured of, 60. Few saved, Avhether, 161. Field of blood, 242. Fields, shepherds in the, 23. white to harvest, 48. corn, disciples pass through, 66. Figs not gathered of thistles, 79. Fig-tree, Nathanael under the, 40. the barren, parable of, 91. withered, 192. parable of, in spring, 210. Fine linen, body of Jesus wrapped in, 248. ANALYTICAL INDEX. 27 J Fire, un fruitful trees cast into, 35, 79. Jesus to baptize with, 35. unquenchable, 128. the chatf to be burnt in, 35. hell, 72. on the earth, Jesus come to bring, 158. the wicked cast into a furnace of, !)4. demoniac cast into, 120. all to be stilted with, 128. John and James desire to call down, 131. of coals, 234, 260. Firkins, 41. First to be last, 127, 161, 184. commandment, the, 198. day of the week, 252. Fish, the, with tribute money, 127. a serpent not given for a, 78. eaten by Jesus after resurrection, 200. on the fire .on the shore, 2GO. Fisher s coat, Peter s, 200. Fixhers of men, Peter and Andrew to be, 58. Fishes, miraculous draught of, 58, 2(K). miraculously increased, 108, 119. Fishing, 58, 260. Five thousand miraculously fed, 108. loaves miraculously increased, 108. hundred brethren, Jesus appeal s to, 202. Flax, smoking, not quenched, 68. Flesh, the Word made, 15. sons of God not born of, 15. all, to see the salvation of God, 33. that born of flesh is, 43. profiteth nothing, 114. judgment after the, 135. weakness of the, 230. of Jesus given for life of the world, 114. of Jesus, eating of, necessary to life, 114. Fold, Christ s, one, 142. Folk, impotent, at Bethesda, 51. sick, healed, 101. Followers of Jesus, their duty, 123, 104. " Fool" improper term for a brother, 72. Foolish man, who built on sand, 79. Foolishness proceeds from the heart, 116. Fools, Pharisees called, 203. Foot, the offending, to be cut off, 128. Footstool of G<xl, the earth, 74. Forbearance enjoined, 74. Foreknowledge of Jesus, 114. Forgiveness of sins to a palsied man, 62. woman, 87. of trespasses enjoined, 76, 78, 148 172. blasphemies, except against Holy Ghost, crueifiers of Jesus, 246. Fornication only cause for divorce, 72, 180. the Jews claim not to be born of, 137. Fornications proceed from the heart, 116. Forsaking all for Christ s sake, 184. Forsaking of Jesus by his disciples foretold, 2 <l. Forswearing, commandment against, 74. Forty days, Jesus fasts, 3(5. appears after resurrection, 202. Four thousand miraculously fed, 111). Fowls of the air, God s care for, 76. Fox, Herod called a, 161. Foxes have holes, etc., 131. Fragments directed to be saved, 108. baskets of, gathered up, 1O8, 119. referred to by Jesus, 121. Frankincense presented by wise men, 27. Freedom given by the Son, 137. Friend of the bridegroom, 45. borrowing bread at midnight, 148. Friends of Jesus, not to IK; invited for recoiujwiise, of mammon of unrighteousness, 109. [103. Jesus calls his disciples, 225. Fruit, tree not producing, destroyed, 35. shows the nature of tree, 79, 88. Fulfillment of Scripture, 210, 228, 246, 258. concerning Jesus sufferings, 124, 185, 22O. Jesus proclaims, 56. of law and prophets, Jesus came for, 72. of John s prophecies concerning Jesus, 100. of Jesus sayings, 230, 23(5. the times of the Gentiles, 210. Psalm viii. 2, 192. xxii. 18, 244. xxxiv. 20, 248. xli. 9, 217. Ixix. 4, 225. Ixix. 9, 43. Ixxviii. 2, 93. cix. 3, 225. cxviii. 22, 23, 197. Isaiah vi. 9, 10, 91. vi. 10, 204. vii. 14, 23. ix. 1, 2, 58. xxix. 13, 115. xl. 3-5, 33. xlii. 1-3, 08. liii. 1, 204. liii. 2, 29. liii. 4, 00. liii. 12, 246. liv. 13, 112. Ixi. 1,2, 56. Jer. xxxi. 15, 29. Hos. xi. 1, 29. Micah v. 2, 27. Zech. ix. 9, 120. xi. 12, 13, 242. xii. 10, 248. xiii. 7, 220. Mai. iii. 1, 33. Full, woe to the, 70. 274 ANALYTICAL INDEX. Gabbatha, 242. Gabriel sent to Zacharias, 17. Mary, 18. foretells the birth of Jesus, 18. Gadarenes, Jesus goes to country of, 95. ask Jesus to depart, 96. Galilean, Peter accused of being a, 234. Galileans slain by Pilate, 159. Galilee. See Nazareth. Herod tetrarch of, 33. entertains chief men of, 106. Jesus returns to, 49. walks in, 114. passes through, 126, 131. preaches in synagogues of, 60. despised as coming from, 133. fulfillment of prophecies concerning, 58. multitudes from, follow Jesus, 62, 68. Pharisees, etc., from, go to hear Jesus, 62. Apostles sent to, after resurrection, 252, 254. appearances of Jesus in, 260, 262. Gall and vinegar given to Jesus, 244. Garden of Gethsemane, 230. where Jesus crucified, and where sepulcher, Gardener, Jesus mistaken for, 254. [250. Garment, old, not mended with new cloth, 64. hem of Jesus , touched for healing, 99, 1 10. to be sold to buy a sword, 220. See Coat. Garments spread in Jesus way, 190. laid aside to wash disciples feet, 217. of Jesus, lots cast for, 244. See Clothes, Coats, Raiment. Garner, the wheat to be gathered into, 35. Gate, the strait, leading to life, 78, 161. wide, leading to destruction, 78. Gates of hell not to prevail against the church, 123. Generation of vipers, 33, 88, 203. Gennesaret, land of, Jesus goes to, 110. Gentiles, Jesus a light to the. 25. to trust in Jesus, 68. seek after the things of this life, 77. Apostles not to go to the, at first, 103. persecution of disciples, testimony against the, to tread down Jerusalem, 210. [103. Gethsemane, 230. Ghost, Holy. See Holy Ghost. Gift to altar, reconciliation to precede, 72. goods being a, excuse for not supporting par- 4 [ents, 115. on the altar, as to swearing by, 203. Gifts by the wise men to Jesus, 27. good, by a father to his children, 78. cast into the treasury, 204. adorning the temple, 208. Girdle of John Baptist, 33. Give, direction to, 72, 78. Glad tidings to Zacharias, 17. Glad tidings to shepherds at Bethlehem, 23. Glory of the Word, 15. of the Lord shining round shepherds, 24. Father, Jesus seeking, 132. Son, 204, 226. of the kingdoms of the world offered Jesus, 36. of God, death of Lazarus for, 173. caused by good works, 72, 224. by Jesus, 228. of Israel, Jesus the, 25. Solomon not equal to that of a lily, 77. shown forth by Jesus, 41. alms not to be done for, 74. Christ to come in, 123, 212. at the transfiguration, 124. ascribed to God, 24, 52, 62, 82, 178, 187. Gluttonous, Jesus accused of being, 85. Gnashing of teeth, 80, 94, 161, 211. Gnat strained at and camel swallowed, 203. Goats and sheep, parable of, 212. God, identity of Jesus with, 15, 160, 222. the sons of, 15. children of, peacemakers, 70. revealed by the Son, 15, 226. no man hath seen, 15, 112. John Baptist sent from, 15. his holiness, 20. mercy, 20. power, 33, 160. strength, 20. truth, 45, 137. goodness, 74, 182. greatness, 160. throne, heaven, 74. footstool, earth, 74. salvation, all to see, 33. house not a house of merchandise, 41. ample gift of the Spirit to Jesus, 45. kingdom. See Kingdom of God. knowledge of our needs, 76, 157. forgiveness of those who forgive, 76. care for the birds, etc., 76. work, faith, 112. bread, 112. commandments disregarded for tradition, testimony to Jesus, 135. [115. Son. See Son. word comes to John Baptist, 33. man lives by, 36. they that hear, blessed, 152. warns the wise men, 29. alone to be served and worshiped, 38. can forgive sins, 62. sent his Son to save the world, 43. is a Spirit, 48. pure in heart will see, 70. and mammon not served together, 76, 170. gives good gifts to those who ask, 78. AN. 1 LYTK VI L 1XDKX. 275 Corf hoars those that worship and olioy him, 141. equality of Jesus witli, complained of, 52. that Jesus of, denied, 141. Jesus came out from, 226. at the right hand of, 2(52. the. Father, and the Son, 1">. his love to the Son, 43, 52. true worship and worshipers, 48. self-existence, 52. testimony to Jesus, 52. will, doers of, to enter heaven, 79. knowledge of the Son, 85. Spirit speaking in Apostles, 103. face beheld by angels of children, 128. punishment of those who forgive not, house with many mansions, 222. [130. worketh with the Son, 52. sent the Son, 52. confesses of Jesus confessed In-fore, 105. sealed the Son, 112. revealed to Peter, 123. not willing that any should jn-rish, 128. knowledge of, by knowledge of Jesus, 137. baptism in name of, 258. Gold given by wise men to Jesus, 27. * not to be provided, 103. of the temple, swearing by, 203. Golgotha, 244. Gomorrha and the unbelieving cities, 103. Good, doers of, salvation to, 52. Jesus called, by the young ruler, 182. God only is, 182. tree brings forth good fruit, 79, 88. man does good from his heart, 79. ground, seed sown in, 91. heart, receiving the word in a, 92. Samaritan, parable of, 146. part chosen by Mary, 148. shepherd, the, 142. Gospel, beginning of, 15. preached by Jesus, 56, 101, 19G. by the Apostles, 105. salvation, for loss of life for sake of, 123. to be a witness to all nations, 210. See Preaching, Teaching. Governor to come out of Bethlehem, 27. Jesus sought to be delivered to the, 198. See Pilate. Governors, Apostles to be accused before, 103. Grace of God upon Jesus, 31. Grain of mustard-seed, parable of, 93, 150. Grapes not of thorns or a bramble-bush, 79. Grass, God s care for, 76. the multitude sit on, 108. Grave of Lazarus, 174. See Sepulcher. Graveclothes of Lazarus, 1 74. See Linen. Graves, all in the, to hear Christ s voice, 52. unseen, hy|HX-rites likened to, 155. opened ut the crucifixion, 248. Greatest, dispute who should be, 127, 217. Greek, Jesus accusation written in, 244. See Syropht iiirian. Greeks seek to see Jesus, 204. Grief of Jesus at hardness of hearts, 66. See Sorrotc. Gross, the jnrople s heart, 92. Guest-chamber for keeping juissover, 215. Guides, blind, 203. Guile, Nathanael without, 40. Ifairs of the head numlK-n-d, 1O5, 156. Hall of judgment, Jesus led to, 236. Halt, the, at Bethesda, 51. better to be, in heaven, than whole in hell, 128. See Miracle*. Hand of the Lord with John l>aptist, 22. withered, restored, 66, the offending, to be cut off, 72, 128. Hantlitudd of the Lord, Mary, 18. Hands laid on the sick. See Miracles. unwashen, eating with, condemned, 115. Jesus shows his, after resurrection, 258. Hard saying, disciples complain of a, 114. Hani ness. See Heart. Harlots enter heaven before Pharisees, etc., 196. Harmlfss as doves, Jesus disciples to l>e, 103. Harvest, the fields white to, 48. typifying end of the world, 94. plenteous, but laborers few, 101, 144. Hatred of enemies forbidden, 74. of all men to Jesus disciples, 103. the world to Jesus, 131. to Jesus disciples, 225. Head not to be sworn by, 74. of John Baptist given to Hcrodias daughter, Healing. See Miracles. [1O6. on the Sablwith day, as to, 66, 161. Heart, Mary keeps events in her, 24, 31. hardness of, grief of Jesus for, 66. Jesus upbraids disciples for, 258. will be with treasure, 76, 157. good treasure of the, 79. mouth speaks out of the, 88. of earth, Jesus to be three nights in, 153. the word received into an honest, 92. defilement proceeding from, 116. forgiveness to lie from the, 130. Heathen, vain repetitions in prayers of, 76. the implacable brother to be as a, 128. Heaven, kingdom of. See Kingdom. voice from. See Voice. shall be seen opened, 40. no man has ascended up to, 43. Jesua came from, 43, 112. 276 ANALYTICAL INDEX. Heaven not to be sworn by, 74. treasures to be laid up in, 76, 157. sign from, demanded, 152. bread from, 112, 114. joy in, at sinner s repentance, 166. Heavenly host in fields at Bethlehem, 24. things, believing in, 43. Heavens opened at Jesus baptism, 36. See Clouds. Heavy-laden invited by Jesus, 85. Hebrew, accusation of Jews written in, 244. Hell fire, those in danger of, 72. sacrifice of members to escape, 72, 128. Capernaum to be cast down to, 85. he that can cast into, to be feared, 105, [156. gates of, not to prevail against the church, 123. Hen, Jesus care like that of a, 161, 203. Herd. See Sicine. Hem. See Garment. Herod, king of Judaea, 17. and the wise men, 27. slays children of Bethlehem, 29. death of, 29. the tetrarch, of Galilee, 33. imprisons John Baptist, 105. marries Herodias, 105. Chuza, steward of, 87. entertains his officers, 106. executes John Baptist, 106. hears of Jesus, 105. warned against, 119. Jesus taken before, 238. reconciled to Pilate, 238. Herodians consulted as to destroying Jesus, 66. go to Jesus as spies, 198. Herodias quarrels with John Baptist, 106. daughter of, dances before Herod, 106. asks for John Baptist s head, 106. Hi(jh-priest. See Abiathar, Caiaplias, Priest. High-priests. See Priests. Highest, Jesus, Son of the, 18. John Baptist, prophet of the, 22. Hill country of Judaea, Mary goes to, 18. John Baptist s birth reported through, 22. a city set on a, not hid, 70. Hire, the laborer worthy of his, 103, 144. Hireling does not protect the sheep, 142. Holy One of God, Jesus called, 60. things not given to dogs, 78. Holy Ghost in John Baptist, 17. in Zacharias, 22. Jesus, 36. upon Mary, 18. Simeon, 24. Mary with child of, 23. descends on Jesus at baptism, 36. blasphemy against, 88. Holy Ghost given to those who ask, 148. to teach disciples all things, 224. the Comforter, promised, 225. called down on Apostles, 258. speaking in David, 200. in Jesus disciples, 103. baptism with, by Jesus, 36. foretold, 262. " in name of, 258. See Spirit. Honey, food of John Baptist, 33. Honeycomb eaten by Jesus after resurrection, 256. Honor to be given to the Son, 52. not to prophet in his own country. 101. to parents, 115. of the Son by the Father, 138. Hook used to catch fish, 127. " Hosanna to the Son of David," 192. Hospitality, true, 163. House of God, not of merchandise, 41. zeal of, 43. the place of prayer, 192. of Simon, etc., Jesus goes to, 58. Israel, lost sheep of, 103, 116. the Father, with many mansions, 222. Jesus teaches in a, 62, 93. built on rock, and sand, 79. divided against itself, 87. restored demoniac sent back to his, 97. Household, foes in the, 105. Householder, an instructed scribe like a, 94. Houses of widows devoured, 202. Housetop, a man let down through, 62. the gospel to be preached on the, 105. those on, at desolation of Jerusalem, 210. Humility necessary to attain heaven, 127. enjoined, 161, 185, 217. commended, 180. Hundred sheep, parable of, 128, 166. Hunger of Jesus after fasting. 36. on the road to Jerusalem, 192. after righteousness, 70. Husband, woman of Samaria sent for her, 46. Husbandman of true vine, the Father, 224. Husbandmen and the vineyard, parable of, 196. Husks desired by the prodigal, 166. Hypocrisy warned against, 155. See Pharisees. Hypocrite, ruler of synagogue denounced as, 151. Hypocrites, almsgiving by, 74. Pharisees denounced as, 115, 121, 155, 203. Identity of Father, Son, and disciples, 228. Idle words, men to account for, 88. Idumea, multitudes from, follow Jesus, 68. Impediment of speech cured, 116. Importunity will often succeed, 148. Impossible with God, nothing is, 18, 182. ANAL YTICAL 1X1) E Ill Impotent folk at Bethesda, 51. man cured l>y Jesus, 51. See Miracles. Incense burnt by Zacharias, 17. Indignation at healing nu Sabbath, 151. at Jesus being anointeil with spikenard, 188. Infirmities healed by Jesus, 62, 82. See Miracles. Infirmity, a woman with, cured, 148. Iniquity, prophets called workers of, 78. workers of, at the last day, 94. to abound in the last days, 210. Inn at Bethlehem, 23. in parable of good Samaritan, 14G. Inquiry of Herod as to Christ s birthplace, 27. of Jesus, as to opinions about him, 123. See Disciples. Insurrection made by Barahbus, 240. Intercession of Pilate for Jesus, 240. Interpretation of parable of sower, 92. wheat and the tares, 94. that which goeth into the mouth, etc., 115. Invitation of Jesus to the weary, 85. See Calling, Hospitality, Pharisee. Isaiah, Jesus reads, in synagogue, 56. See Fulfillment, Quotation. Israel, land of, Joseph and Mary return to, 29. tribes of, to be judged by Apostles, 182. lost sheep of, Jesus first care, 103, 11(5. works like Jesus not before seen in, 101. Jesus, the glory of, 25. set for fall and rise of many in, 25. the King of, 190. asked to restore kingdom to, 262. See Jacob. Israelite indeed, Xnthanael an, 40. Issue of blood healed, 99. " It is finished," 246. Iturea, Philip tetrarch of, 33. Jacob, Jesus to reign over house of, 18. the well given to Joseph by, 46. Jairus, daughter of, raised from death, 99. James (son of Zebedee), called, 58. one of the Twelve, 68. surnamed, with John, Boanerges, 68. accompanies Jesus into Jairus house-, 99. to Gethsemane, 230. present .it the transfiguration, 124. asks for fire to be brought down, 131. for first place in the kingdom, 185. as to destruction of Jerusalem, 208. fishing after the resurrection, 200. Jesus appears to, 262. See Apostles, Disciples. James (son of Alpheus), one of the Twelve, 68. James (brother of Jesus), 101. James the less, 248. Jeremiah (Jeremias), Jesus supposed to be, 123. Srr Fulfillment. Jeremias. See Jeremiah. Jericho, the man going to, who fell among thieves, Jesus goes to, 187. [14(5. Jerusalem, Joseph and Mary go to, 29. return to, to search for Jesus, 29. inhabitant* of, go out to John K-ipi i-t, 33. where the Jews worship, 48. multitudes from, follow Jesus, (50. G8. Pharisees, etc., from, go to Jesus, (52. Scribes come down from, 87, 115. not to IK- sworn by, 74. the city of the Great King, 74. desolation of, foretold, 208. daughters of, Jesus addresses, 244. gospel to be preached first at, 258. Apostles not to quit, until coming of Holv [(host, 259. to be witnesses to Christ in, 258. Jesus taken to, by the devil, 3(5. laments over, 1(51, 192, 203. goes to, to the Passover, 29, 41. to n feast of the Jews, 51. through Samaria, 131. goes up to, for last time, 185. comes to, 192. persecution of Jesus at, foretold, 123. death of Jesus at, spoken of, 123. Jesus, his birth, 23. foretold, 18. circumcision, 24. presentation in the temple, 24. removal to Egypt, 29. Iwiptism, 36. fasting, 3(5. temptation, 36, 37. transfiguration, 124. public entry into Jerusalem, 190. second coming, 21 1. last snpjK r, 219. agony in Gethsemane, 230. betrayal, 231. trial In fore Caiaphas, 231. Pilate, 23(5. scourging, etc., 238, 239. condemnation, 242. crucifixion, 244. death, 248. burial, 250. resurrection, 252. appearances after resurrection. See Ap- ascension, 2(52. [jxarances. directions to Peter, 262. commissions to the disciples, 262. disciples. See Disciples, Apostles, Peter, etc. miracles. See Miracles. parables. See Parables. ANALYTICAL INDEX. Jesus, his preaching. See Preaching. teaching. See Teaching. denunciation. See Denunciation. prayers. See Prayer. prohecies. See Prophecy. goings of, to Egypt, 29. Nazareth. See Nazareth. Jordan, 36. Jerusalem. See Jerusalem. Cana, 41, 49. Capernaum. See Capernaum. Judaea. See Judcea. Galilee. See Galilee. Sychar, 46. cornfields, 66. the sea. See Sea. the wilderness, 36. the temple. See Temple. a mountain. See Mountain. Bethesda, 51. Nain, 80. a Pharisee s house. See Pharisee. synagogue. See Synagogue. Gadara, 95. Levi s house, 64. Tyre and Sidon, 116. Decapolis, 116. Magdala, in Dalmanutha, 119. Bethsaida, 108, 121. Csesarea Philippi, 123. Samaria, 131. Bethany, 173, 190, 192, 262. "beyond Jordan, 160. Ephraim, 176. Jericho, 187. ZaccheuV house, 187. mount of Olives. See Olives. Gethsemane, 230. Emmaus, 254. discourse of, with Nicodemus, 43, 45. with the woman of Samaria, 46. on the working of the Father and the Son, sermon on the mount, 70, 79. [52. as to the Sabbath, 66. John Baptist, 82. forgiveness of sins, 87. signs, 152. hypocrisy, 156. lasting, 64. the bread of life, 112. defilement, 115. humility, 127. offenses, 128. forgiveness, 130. the true sons of God, 137. prayer, 148. the true sheep, 142. self-exaltation, 161. Jesus, discourse of, as to true hospitality, 163. the coming of the kingdom, 178. divorce, 180. riches, 182. the resurrection, 198. unbelief, 206. the Comforter, 224. love, 224. sorrow and joy, 226. the completed work, 228. visited by shepherds, 24. wise men from the East, 27. Nicodemus, 43. certain Greeks, 204. worshiped. See Worship. and doctors in the temple, 29. testimony of John Baptist to, 33, 35. attends a marriage, 41. drives traders out of the temple, 41, 192. baptizes, 45. and John Baptist s disciples, 82. rejected by the Gadarenes, 97. rejected at Nazareth, 49, 101. sends out the Twelve, 103. Seventy, 144. escapes stoning, 138. receives little children, 180. questioned in the temple, 198. questions as to Christ, 200. laments over Jerusalem, 161, 192, 203. conspiracy against, 215. See Christ, God, Son, etc. Jeimj, Jesus fears to walk in, 114. Jews send to John Baptist, 38. ask Jesus for a sign, 43. question about purifying, 45. have no dealings with Samaritans, 46. salvation is of the, 48. Jesus attends a feast of, 51. reprove for carrying bed on Sabbath, 51. persecute Jesus for healing oil Sabbath, 51. elders of. See Elders. murmur at Jesus, 112. strife of, on Jesus claiming to be the bread of tradition of, as to washing, 115. [life, 112. seek Jesus at feast of tabernacles, 132. accuse Jesus of being a Samaritan, and having [a devil, 138. agree to expel disciples from synagogue, 141. division amongst, as to Jesus, 142. ask Jesus to declare whether he be Christ, 160. attempt to stone Jesus, 173. with Martha and Mary at Lazarus death, 174. ask Pilate to break Jesus legs, 248. Joanna, wife of Chuza, ministers to Jesus, 87. tells disciples of resurrection, 254. John the Baptist a witness of the Light, 15. forbidden wine and strong drink, 17. ANA L YT1CA L INDEX. 27!) John the. Baptist to come in spirit of Elijah (Klia*), mi.-- i"ii of, 17, 22. [17. birth of, 20. foretold, 17. in the deserts, 22. the prophet of the Highest, 22. baptism and preaching of, 33. fulfillment of prophecies concerning, 33. his raiment and meat, 33. his teaching, 33. prophesies of Jesus, 35. baptizes Jesus, 3(5. sees Holy Ghost descend on Jesus, 36. his disciples. See Disciples. asked who he is, and his replies, 38. points out Jesus as Lnmb of G<xl, 38. bapti/.es at .Enon, 45. further testimony to Jesus, 45. imprisoned by Herod, 105. reproves Herod, 106. his testimony quoted by Jesus, 52. testimony of Jesus concerning, 52, 82. head of, demanded by Herodias daughter, 106. executed by Herod, 106 . Jesus supposed to be, 105, 123. Jesus refers to, as Elijah (Elias), 124. testimony of, concerning Jesus, acknowledged [to be true, 160. John, the Apostle, called by Jesus, 58. one of the Twelve, (;8. surnamed with James, Boanerges, 68. accompanies Jesus into Jairus house, 99. Gethsemane, 230. present at transfiguration, 124. rebukes one for casting out devils, 128. asks for fire to be brought down, 131. for first place in kingdom, 185. as to destruction of Jerusalem, 208. Jesus to point out traitor, 218. follows Jesus to high-priest s palace, 234. Jesus commits his mother to, 246. goes to the sepulcher, 252. fishing after resurrection, 262. as to death of, 262. See Apostles, Disciples. Jona, father of Peter, 16. Jonah (Jonas), sign of prophet, 121, 152. Jonas. See Jonah. Jordan, baptism by John Baptist in, 33. Jesus goes to, to be baptized, 36. from beyond, multitudes follow Jesus, 60, 68. Jesus goes beyond, 160. the farther side of, 160. Joseph, husband of Mary, 18. proposes to put away Mary, 23. an angel appears to, 23, 29. goes to Bethlehem to l>e taxed, 23. warned to go, and goes into Egypt, 29. Joseph returns to land of Israel, 29. retires to Nazareth, 29. goes up to Jerusalem, 29. search for Jesus, 29. rt-turns to Nazareth, 31. Jesus despised as son of, 112. See Ji uns, Mary. Joseph (the patriarch), the well given to by Jacob, 46. Joseph of Arimathea In-gs the laxly of Jesus, wraps [it in linen, and lays it in his sopulcher, 248. Jfwcjj, brother of Jesus, 101. Joses, brother of James the less, 248. Jot of the law not to fail, 72. Journey to Egypt, 29. of Jesus through Samaria, 46. provision for, not to l>e made, 103. Sec Jews. Joy promised to Zacharias, 17. of the Seventy at their power, 146. in heaven over the repenting sinner, 166. of the women at resurrection, 252. Apostles after ascension, 264. Juda, brother of Jesus, 1O1. Judith (Jmla), hill country of, 18. Jiulas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, 68. spoken of by Jesus as a devil, 1 14. complains of Mary anointing Jesus, 188. a thief, 188. offers to l>etray Jesus, 215. influenced by Satan, 215. son of Simon, 215. told by Jesus to hasten his work, 219. receives men and goes to Gethsemane, 230. betrays Jesus, 215. returns the betrayal money, 242. hangs himself, 242. Jiulas (Lebbeut Tlinddeus), one of the Twelve, 68. jvsks Jesus as to his manifestation, 224. Jiidtca, Pontius Pilate governor of, 33. inhabitants of, go out to John Baptist, 33. multitudes from, follow Jesus, 60, 68. Pharisees, etc., from, go to hear Jesus, 62. fame of Jesus spread through, 82. brethren of Jesus advise his going to, 131. Jesus conies to coasts of, 176. Apostles to l>e witnesses in, 262. Judge, parable of the unjust, 179. Judgment committed to tin? Son, 52. those in danger of, 72. of one another forbidden, 78. disregarded by Pharisees, 153. and Scribes, 203. according to appearances, forbidden, 132. day, idle words accounted for, in, 88. typified, 212. condemnation of unbelieving cities in, 85, [103, 144. Just man, Jesus called by Pilate s wife, 240. 280 ANALYTICAL INDEX. Just, the wisdom of the, 17. to be severed from the wicked at end of Justification by words, 88. [world, 94. after confession of sins, 180. Keepers of the sepulcher, 252. Key of knowledge taken away, 155. Keys of the kingdom of heaven, 123. Kin of a prophet do not honor him, 101. King going to war with ten thousand, 164. of Jews, wise men seek, 27. Jesus examined as to being, 238. of Israel, Jesus called the, 40, 190. Kingdom, a, divided against itself, 87. appointed to the disciples, 217. of Jesus, to be endless, 18. not of this world, 238. of heaven, proclaimed by John Baptist, 33. to the persecuted for righteousness sake, 70. righteousness required for, 70. not for mere lip worshipers, 79. many from east and west to sit down in, 80. the least in, greater than John, 82. the Father s pleasure to give the, 157. parables illustrating, 93, 94, 150. the keys of, 123. conversion necessary to enter, 127. of God, new birth necessary for, 43. preached by Jesus, 49, 144. the Twelve, 103. the Seventy, 144. to be first object of life, 77, 128. spoken of by Jesus, 262. to be seen by some of disciples, 123. lookers back not fit for, 132. many from east and west, etc., to be in, 161. as to coming of, 178. difficult for the rich to enter, 182. publicans and harlots enter before Scribes [and Pharisees, 196. a certain Scribe not far from, 200. of Israel, Jesus asked to restore, 262. Kingdoms of the world offered to Jesus, 36. to rise against one another, 208. Kings, disciples to be brought before, 103. desired to see what disciples saw, 146. Kinsmen not to be invited for a return, 163. See Kin. Kiss, Jesus betrayed by a, 232. " Knock and it shall be opened," 78. Knowledge, key of, taken away, 155. Jesus , of man, 43. of what he speaks, 43. the Father, 85, 137, 146. thoughts, 87, 114. his sheep, and theirs of him, 142. the Father s, of the Son, 85, 166. of Jesus and of the Father, 137. Labor, those that, invited by Jesus, 85. not for things that perish, 110. Laborer worthy of his hire, 103, 144. Laborers in the harvest, 101, 144. vineyard, parable of, 184. Lake of Gennesaret. See Sea. storm on the, 95. herd of swine choked in the, 97. Lamb of God, Jesus the, 38. Lame, inviting the, true hospitality, 163. Lamentation in Rama, 29. of Jesus over Jerusalem, 161, 192, 203. of women at Jesus condemnation, 244. Lanterns at the betrayal, 232. Latchet of Jesus shoes, John Baptist not worthy to [unloose, 35, 38. Latin, Jesus accusation written in, 244. Lasciviousness proceeds from the heart, 115. Last day, resurrection of the, 112. the first shall be, 127, 161, 184. See Judgment. Laugh, woe to them that, 70. Laughed to scorn, Jesus, in Jairus house, 99. Law, the, given by Moses, 15, 132. Jesus written of in, 40. come to fulfill, 72, 258. doctors of, go to hear Jesus, 62. directed to be observed, 62. prophesied until John, 85. cannot fail, 170. the foundation of, 200. See Commandments. Lawyer, tempting Jesus, 146, 198. Lawyers denounced by Jesus, 155. questioned as to healing on Sabbath, 161. Lazarus of Bethany, his sickness, 173. raised from death, 174. sought to be killed, 189. at supper in Simon s house, 188. and the rich man, parable of, 170. Leaders, blind, of the blind, 116. Leathern girdle, John Baptist s, 33. Leaven of Pharisees, warning against, 121, 156. the kingdom of heaven like, 95, 150. Lebbeus. See Judas. Legion of devils, the man with the, 95. Legions of angels, power of Jesus to obtain, 132. Lending enjoined, 74. Leper, a, cleansed by Jesus, 62. See Naaman. Lepers, ten, cleansed by Jesus, 62, 178. See Miracles. Letters, surprise at Jesus knowing, 132. Levi. See Matthew. Levite in parable of good Samaritan, 146. Levites sent to John Baptist, 38. Liar, the devil a, 138. Liberty to the bruised, Jesus to give, 56. ANALYTICAL IXDKX. 281 Lift in the Wonl, 15. eternal, to l>elievers in Jesus, 43, 4. r >, 52. Jesus asked what necessary for, 1H2. everlasting, to IK- labored for, 110. to believers in Jesus, 112. to those who make sacrifices here, 184. in the Father ami the Son, 52. the resurrection of, 52. carefulness for, not necessary, 70. will result in its loss, 105. narrow way to, 78. of man consists not in possessions, 157. pleasures of, choke the wonl, 92. given to the world ly Jesus, 112. Jesus the bread of, 112. of world, Jesus flesh given for, 1 12. of good Shepherd given for sheep, 142. of Jesus laid down, not taken away, 142. Jesus the, 174, 222. by Jesus, 222. words of Jesus, spirit and, 114. Light, the true, 15. to lighten the Gentiles, 25. darkness preferred to, by world, 45. sought by doers of truth, 45. John Baptist, a shining, 52. of the world, the disciples, 70. Jesus, 135, 139. body, the eye, 76, 152. gospel to be preached in, 105. raiment of Jesus like, 124. followers of Jesus to be as, 135. children of, less wise than of darkness, 1G9. exhortation to be, 204. Lightning, Satan falling from heaven as, 146. Christ s second coming as, 178, 248. countenance of angel like, 252. Lilies, an example of God s care, 76, 157. Linen, body of Jesus wrapped in, 248. clothes found after the resurrection, 252. " Little while," a, 226. Living water, 46. bread, Jesus the, 112. God the God of the, 198. Loares miraculously increased, 108, 119. the friend borrowing, at night, 148. Locusts, John Baptist s food, 33. Lord, the servant not above his, 103. " Lord, Lord," not sufficient to have said, 79. Lords prayer, the, 76, 148. Lord s Supi>er, the, 219. See Jesus, God. Lords of Galilee entertained by Herod, 106. Loss of life to those who seek to save it, 105. Lost sheep of Israel Jesus first care, 103, 116. See Parables. Lot, at Christ s second coming to be as in days of, Lots wife a warning, 179. [178. Lots cast for Jesus runt, 244. Love of God to the world, 43. disciples, 22(5. to G<xl disregarded by Pharisee*, 153. first duty of man, 20O. of the Father to the Son, 43, 52. of Jesus to Martha, Mary, and LazaniH, IT. J. to his own, 217. to Jesus produces olx-dience, 224. to parents to give place to service of Chri-l, enemies enjoined, 74. { H>5. neighW, second great commandment, 2OO. one another enjoined, 219, 224. Lunatic persons healed, (X). See Devilt, Spirits. Lust amounting to adultery, 72. Lusts choke the wonl, 92. of devil done by his children, 137. Mad, Jesus accused of Ix-ing, 142. Mildness of Pharisees at Je.sus, 66. Magdala, Jesus goes to, 119. Maydalenc. See Mary Mmiilidenf. Maitm-d, inviting, true hospitality, 163. Malchus, 232. Malefactor* crucified with Jesus, 246. Mammon not to IH> served, 76, 170. of unrighteousness, friends of, 169. Man hath not seen God, 15. lives by God s word, 36. Jesus knowledge of, 41. as to what defiles, 1 15. Manger, Jesus laid in a, 23. Manna eaten in the desert, 112. Mansions in the Father s house, 222. Market, the sheep, 51. greetings in the, 155. washings on return from, 115. Markft-plat-e, children in the, 85. Marriage at ( ana, 41. of Herod with Herodias denounced, 1O6. Jesus as to, 180. Bupj>er, parable of, 197. Martha cumbered with much serving, 148. meets Jesus after Lazarus death, 173. her faith, 173. at the supper at Bethany, 188. Mary, mother of Jesus, Ciabriel sent to, 18. birth of Jesus foretold, 18, 23. goes to visit Elisabeth, 18. her return home, 20. conception, 23. goes to Bethlehem, 23. birth of Jesus, 23. visited by shepherds, 24. kept events in her heart, 24, 31. her purification, 24. presents Jesus in temple, 24. 282 ANAL YTICAL INDEX. Mary, mother of Jesus, and Simeon, 24. visited by wise men, 27. warned into Egypt, 29. her return to land of Israel, 29. goes to Nazareth in Galilee, 29. Jerusalem, 29. searches for Jesus, and chides him for staying return to Nazareth, 29. [behind, 29. at the marriage at Cana, 41. goes to Capernaum with Jesus, 41. comes to Jesus while teaching, 153. Jesus despised as son of, 101. at the cross, 246. committed to care of John, 246. watches where body of Jesus laid, 250. See Joseph. Mary, of Bethany, at Jesus feet, 148. comes to Jesus after Lazarus death, 174. anoints Jesus head and feet, 188. Mary Magdalene ministers to Jesus, 87, 248. seven devils cast out of, 87. follows Jesus from Galilee, 248. at the cross, 246. watches where body of Jesus laid, 250. goes to sepulcher to embalm body, 252. Jesus appears to, 254. Mary, wife of Cleophas, at the cross, 246. Mary, mother of James, goes to sepulcher, 252. Muster, the disciple not above his, 103. one, Christ, 202. Masters, two, cannot be served, 76, 170. Matthew (Levi), a publican, called, 64. one of the Twelve, 68. makes Jesus a feast, 64. Measure, good, enjoined, 78. Meat, John Baptist s, 33. to be divided with the needy, 35. disciples go to buy, 46. of Jesus to do will of God, 48. not so important as life, 76. workman worthy of his, 103. indeed, Jesus flesh, 114. Meek, the, blessed, 70. Jesus, 85. Men, Jesus knows all, 41. of Sychar believe on Jesus, 48. to be guarded against, 103. traditions of, preferred to God s commandments, of war, Herod s, mock Jesus, 238. [115. Merchantman seeking goodly pearls, 94. Merciful, the, blessed, 70. Mercy shown to those that fear God, 20. preferred to sacrifice, 64, 66. craved of Jesus by blind men, 101. commended, 148. disregarded by Pharisees, 203. rje of Jesus to his disciples after the resur- [rection, 252, 254. Messenger, John Baptist a, 33, 82. Messengers sent by John Baptist to Jesus, 82. sent forward through Samaria, 131. Messias. See Christ, IVoman of Samaria. Mighty works of Jesus wondered at, 101. not done for lack of faith, 101. Millstone round the neck, 128, 172. Minister in the synagogue, 56. Mint tithed by Pharisees, 153, 203. Miracles of Jesus, causing belief, 43. referred to by Nicodemus, 43. evidence of his being Christ, 132. not being a sinner, 141. acknowledged by the Council, 174. message to Herod concerning, 161. performed by some who followed not Jesus, Herod desires to see Jesus perform, 238. [128. power to perform, given to disciples, 103, 146, performed by Jesus : [258. water made wine at Cana, 41. at Jerusalem, 41. healing of a nobleman s son, 49. miraculous draught of fishes, 58, 260. unclean devil cast out, 60. Simon s wife s mother cured of a fever, 60. several sick and diseased healed, 60, 116. devils cast out, 60. persons lunatic and palsied healed, 60. leper cleansed, 62. palsied man let down through a roof cured, impotent man cured, 51. [62. withered hand restored, 66. centurion s servant healed, 80. dead man at Nain raised to life, 80. in presence of John s disciples, 82. demoniacs at Gadara restored, and devils [sent into swine, 95. woman with issue of blood healed, 99. Jairus daughter raised to life, 99. sight of two blind men restored, 101. dumb man with devil cured, 101. five thousand miraculously fed, 108. Jesus walking on the water, 110. by touch of Jesus garments, 110. daughter of Syrophenician woman cured, man deaf, etc., healed, 116. [116. four thousand miraculously fed, 119. demoniac healed, 126. tribute money found in fish s mouth, 127. ten lepers cleansed, 178. woman bowed together cured, 148. man with dropsy healed, 161. sight of one blind man restored, 187. blind and lame healed in temple, 192. Malchus ear healed, 232. Mites, the widow s two, 204. Mocking of Jesus, 236, 238, 240. Money, changers of, driven out of temple, 41, 192. ANALYTICAL IXDKX. Money, the Twelve not to provide, 107. found in fish s mouth, 127. given not to reveal resurrection, 254. Morning, early, Jesus retires to pray in, GO. women go to sepulcher in, 252. Jesus delivered to Pilate* in the, 230. Morroir, not to he careful for the, 78. Muses the giver of the law, 15. wrote of Jesus, 40. lifting up of serpent by, 43. his commandment as to lepers olwerved, 02. accuses Jews by his writings, 54. appears at transfiguration, 124. Jews claim to be disciples of, 141. Scribes and Pharisees sitting in seat of, 202. expounded by Jesus, 258. Mote and beam in the eye, 78. Mother of Jesus. See Mary, mother of Jesus. Simon s wife s, cured of a fever, (50. set against the daughter, 105, 158. See Parents. Mount, sermon on the, 70. of Olives. See Olives. Mountain, Jesus taken to high, by devil, 3(5. where Samaritans worship, 48. to pray, 08, 110, 124. to preach, 70. with his disciples, 108. Jesus appears to his disciples in a, 2(52. to be removed by faith, 120. Mountains to be brought low, 33. demoniacs in the, 95. Mourning in Rama, 29. of children in market-place, 85. blessed, 70. Mouth speaks of abundance of heart, 79. and wisdom given to disciples, 208. not that which goeth into, defiles, 115. Muring of waters of Bethesda, 51. Much required of those who receive much, 158. Multitude prayi ig in the temple, 17. of heavenly host praising God, 24. go out to John Baptist, 33. resort to Jesus, 04, 101, 108, 150. round a demoniac, 120. accompany Jesus on his entry into Jerusalem, come to take Jesus, 232. [190. ask for Barahhas, instead of Jesus, 240. Multitudes follow Jesus, GO, 02, 08, 79, 95, 119, glorify God, 92. [100. sent away by Jesus, 95, 119. throng Jesus, 99. compassion of Jesus on the, 101. Murder, anger without cause is, 72. committed by Barabhas, 240. Murderer, the devil a, 137. Murders proceed from the heart, 110. Murmuring of Pharisees against disciples, 04. Miirmuriinj at Jesus teaching, 112, 1(50. of Jesus disciples at his doctrine, 1 1 1. among people concerning Jesus, 132. at Jesus going to house of Zaccheus, 187. Mustard seed, kingdom of heaven like, 93, lfO. Myrrh given to Jesus by wise men, 27. used to embalm IKM!V of Jesus, 248. Mysteries of kingdom of heaven revealed, 91. X atinmn referred to, 5(5. Nain, a dead man raised at, 8O. Name of John Baptist given by angel, 17. determined by Klizalx-th and /ai;harias, 20. of Jesus given by Gabriel, 18, 23. at his circumcision, 24. of God, holy, 18. prophesying in the Lord s, no guaranty of [heaven, 79. devils cast out in Jesus , 128, 140. Jesus present with those gathered together in given by good Shepherd, 142. [his, 128. of Jesus, prayer to IK- made in, 220. Xamrs written in heaven, 14(5. X aphtali (Ni-fihthalim), Jesus goes to coast* of, 58. fulfillment of prophecy concerning, 58. Xajikin, La/arus head bound with, 174. round Jesus head in the sepulcher, 252. Xarrow way leading to life, 78. See Mrait. I Xathanofl (Bartholomew) brought by Philip to an Israelite without guile, 4O. [Jesus, 4O. his confession of Christ, 40. one of the Twelve, 08. fishing after resurrection, 2(50. See Ajmstlrx, Disciples. Nation, alarm lest Romans should take away, 174. prophecy that Jesus should die for, 170. to rise against nation, 208. Nations, the judgment of the, 212. Jesus to be preached among all, 258. Nazarene, Jesus to IK- called a, 29. Nazareth, a city of Galilee, 18. Joseph and Mary reside at, 18. quit to go to Bethlehem, 23. return to, 29. Jesus goes to, 29, 49, 1O1. quits, 30. 158. "Can any g<xxl thing come out of," 40. people of, attempt to kill Jesus, 50. Needful, the one thing, 148. Xeiyhborto be loved, 140, 182. who is, 146. Xet, the kingdom of heaven like a, 94. Nets, Simon Peter and Andrew washing their, 58. broken by a draught of fishes, 58. James, John, and Zebedee mending, 58. not broken by draught of fishes, 200. Xcic cloth on old garment, 04. 284 ANAL YTICAL INDEX. New wine and old bottles, G4. Nicodemus a Pharisee and Ruler, 43. consults Jesus by night, 43. defends Jesus in Council, 133. provides spices to embalm body of Jesus, [248. Niylit, Joseph and Mary go into Egypt by, 29. Nicodemus visits Jesus by, 43. Jesus in prayer a whole, 68. the, when no man can work, 139. See Darkness. Ninevites, Jonah a sign to, 152. shall judge present generation, 153. Noah (Noe), at second coming world to be as in [days of, 178, 211. Nobleman, son of a, healed 49. who went to receive a kingdom, 187. Oath of Herod to Herodias daughter, 106. of Peter on denial of Jesus, 234. Oaths to be performed, 74. See Swearing. Obedience of unclean spirits to Jesus, GO. of servants quoted by centurion, 80. Observation, kingdom of God not to come by, 178. Offense caused by persecution, 92. by Jesus to his own country, 101. to Pharisees, 115. to least of Christ s disciples denounced, 128. of disciples at Jesus predicted, 220. Offenses to be purged, 72, 94. world denounced because of, 128. he causing, denounced, 172. must come, 172. Offer of Judas to betray Jesus, 215. Offers to follow Jesus, 95, 131. Officers sent to take Jesus, 132. return without him, 133. sent with Judas to Gethsemane, 230. one of the, strikes Jesus, 236. require Jesus to be crucified, 240. Oil, anointing the sick with, 105. and wine administered by good Samaritan, 146. Ointment, Jesus feet anointed with, 87. and head, 188. prepared to embalm Jesus body, 248. Old wine preferred to new, 64. See New. Olives, mount of, Jesus goes to, 133, 230. arrives at, on way to Jerusalem, 190. prophesies from, 208. Omniscience of Jesus acknowledged, 262. One thing needful, the, 148. Open reward for secret alms, etc., 74. Opening of graves at the crucifixion, 248. Oppression by Pharisees denounced, 202. Ordination of the twelve Apostles, 68. Oxen, those that sold, driven out of temple, 41. Palace, the strong man keeping his, 88. of high-priest, 215. Palm branches spread in Jesus way, 190. Palms of hand, Jesus struck with, 238. Palsy cured, 60, 61, 80. See Miracles. Parables, reason for speaking in, 91, 93. sheep fallen into pit, pulled out on sabbath, 66. blind leading the blind, 78. mote and beam in the eye, 78. wise and foolish builders, 79. creditor and his two debtors, 87. city or house divided against itself, 87. strong man keeping his palace, 88. man who took to himself seven spirits, 153. proposed to enlarge his barns, 156, 157. barren fig-tree, 159. the sower, 91. interpretation of, 92. wheat and tares, 93. interpretation of, 94. seed cast into ground, 93. grain of mustard-seed, 93, 150. leaven, 92, 93, 150. hid treasure, 94. pearl of great price, 94. drag-net, 94. new cloth and old garment, and new wine and [old bottles, 64. that which gocth into mouth not defiling, 115. interpretation of, 116. the hundred sheep and one lost, 128, 166. servant and his fellow-servant, 130. man borrowing loaves at midnight, 148. sheep, sheepfold, and good Shepherd, 142. master of house who has shut to door, 161. those bidden to a wedding, 161. the great supper, 163. builder of the tower, 164. king with ten thousand, 164. woman with ten pieces of silver and one prodigal son, 166. [lost, 166. unjust steward, 169. rich man and Lazarus, 170. master and his servant returning from plow- unjust judge, 179. [>"g> 172. Pharisee and publican, 180. laborers in vineyard, 184. ten pounds. 187. two sons, 196. vineyard let out to husbandmen, 196. marriage feast, 197. corn of wheat dying, 204. fig-tree and other trees in spring, 210. servants left in charge, 211. ten virgins, 211. talents, 212. sheep and goats, 212. AXALYTH AL IXDKX. 285 Paradise, Jesus promises thief to IK; in, 246. Barents to be put to death by children, 1O3. of man born blind referred to by the Phari- Part, Mary s good, 148. [sees, 141. Parting of Jesus garments, 244. Partners, James, John, Peter, Andrew, 58. Passorer, Joseph, Mary, and Jesus go to, 29. Jesus goes to Jerusalem to, 29, 1!K>. meets a multitude going to, 108. the twist of unleavened bread, 188. preparation for, 215. custom to release a prisoner at, 24(3. See Supper, Patience, bearing fruit with, 92. enjoined, 208. Pavement, the, 242. Peace, a woman directed to go in, 87, 99. Jesus not come to give, 105, 158. commanded to the sea, 95. salutation of, directed, 103, 144. by Jesus, 256, 258. enjoined, 128. left by Jesus with disciples, 224. Peacemakers blessed, 70. Pearls not to be cast before swine, 78. the merchantman seeking goodly, 9 t. Penny shown to Jesus on question of tribute, 198. People praying in the temple, 17. to be prepared by John Baptist, 17. consult John Baptist, 33. taught by Jesus out of a ship, 58. seek after Jesus, 60. astonished at Jesus doctrine, 60. prophecy that Jesus should die for the, 17(5. the common, hear Jesus gladly, 2OO. feared by chief priests, 215. See Multitude, Multitudes. Perdition, the son of, 232. Perfect, command to be, 74. he that is, is like his Master, 78. requisites to be, 182. Persecution of Jesus by Jews, 66. for righteousness sake, rejoicing at, 70. offense caused by, 92. conduct of disciples under, 103. of Jesus disciples foretold, 184, 203, 208, 225. See Sufferings. Persecutors to be prayed for, 74. Pi.ttilence in last days foretold, 208. Peter, Simon, brought to Jesus by Andrew, 40. named by Jesus Cephas, 40. of Bethsaida, 40. a fisher, 58. Jesus teaches from ship of, 58. made to inclose great multitude of fishes, 58. called as a disciple, 58. one of the Twelve, 68. asks Jesus as to watching, 158. Peter asks Jesus to let him walk on water, 110. as to forgiveness, 13O. disciples reward, 182. destruction of Jerusalem, ijos. whither he is going, 219. wonders at Jesus asking who touched him, 99. accompanies Jesus into J aims house, 99. at transfiguration, 124. to (lethscmanc, 23O. confesses Jesus as Christ, 114, 123. rebukes Jesus, 123. ami is rebuked by him. 123. proposes tabernacles at transfiguration, 124. finds tribute-money in fish s mouth, 127. calls Jesus attention to withered fig-tree, 192. refuses to have feet washed by Jesus, 217. gets John to ascertain traitor, 219. asserts steadfastness to Jesus, 220. upbraided for sleeping in (Jethsemane, 23O. cuts off Malchns ear, 232. follows Jesus to high-priest s palace, 234. denies knowledge of Jesus, 23 4. message sent t ;>, by angels, 252. goes to sepulcher, 252. Jesus apjH ars to, 256. goes fishing after resurrection, 260. directed to feed Christ s sheep and lambs, 260. mode of death foretold, 2(52. See Apostles, J>isciples. Phanitel, father of Anna, 25. 1 harisee, a, asks Jesus to dinner, 85, 15O. Jesus goes to eat bread with, 1(51. prayer of a self-satisfied, 180. warned by John Baptist, 33. boast of being Abraham s children, 35. inquire of John Baptist as to who he was, 38. Nicodemus one of the, 43. come to hear Jesus, 62, 115. complain of Jesus forgiving sins, 62. disciples eating corn on Sabbath, 66. watch Jesus to accuse him, 66, 155. filled with madness against Jesus, (5(5. rejected (Jod s counsel, 85. accuse Jesus of working by Beelxebnb, 87. ask Jesus for a sign, 152. denounced as hypocrites, 115, 121, 155, 2O2. ami for injustice and pride, 153. leaven of, warned against, 121. complain of Jesus eating with publicans and disciples of, used to fast, 64. [sinners, 6-1. traditions of, as to washing, 1 15. offended at Jesus, 116. question with Jesus, 121. send officers to take Jesus, 132. bring to Jesus woman taken in adultery, 135. blame Jesus for bwiring record to himself, 135. man l>orn blind brought to, 139. inquire as to his restoration of sight, 139. 286 ANALYTICAL INDEX. Pharisees refuse to admit evidence of miracles, 139. as to their being blind also, 141. told of raising of Lazarus, 174. warn Jesus that Herod would kill him, 161. accuse Jesus of receiving publicans and sin- deride Jesus, 170. [ners, 166. tempt Jesus, 180. command to deliver up Jesus, 188. consternation of, at Jesus miracles, 192. seek to lay hands on Jesus, 197. to entangle Jesus in his talk, 198. their words but not works to be followed, 202. build tombs of prophets, 203. conspire against Jesus, 215. furnish Judas with men to take Jesus, 232. ask Pilate to secure sepulcher, 250. See Elders, Jews, Scribes. Philip, brother of Herod, tetrarch of Iturea, 33. his wife Herodias married to Herod, 106. Philip, the Apostle, called, 40. one of the Twelve, 68. questioned as to feeding multitude, 108. Greeks ask, to see Jesus, 214. asks Jesus to show the Father, 222. See Apostles, Disciples. Phylacteries of scribes and Pharisees, 202. "Physician, heal thyself," 56. Physician not required by the whole, 64. Pieces of silver, Jesus betrayed for thirty, 215. Pigeons, offering of, on purification, 24. Pilate, Pontius, governor of Judaea, 33. mingles blood of Galileans with sacrifices, 159. Jesus delivered to, 236. intercedes for Jesus, 240. wife of, sends message about Jesus, 240. writes a title over Jesus cross, 244. permits securing of sepulcher, 250. Pillow, Jesus sleeping on a, in a storm, 95. Pinnacle of temple, Jesus set on a, 36. Piping, children, in market-place, 85. Pit, cattle fallen into, on Sabbath, 66, 161. Pitcher, man carrying a, 215. "P/aceofaskull,"244. Plagues cured by Jesus, 82. See Miracles. Plain, Jesus on a, 68. Plant not planted by God rooted up, 116. Pleasure of the Father in giving the kingdom, 157. Pleasures of life choke word, 92. Ploio, he who puts hand to, not to look back, 132. Pool of Bethesda, 51. of Siloam, 139. Poor, the. Jesus sent to preach to, 56. blessed, 70. inviting, true hospitality, 164. charity to, enjoined, 182. dedication to, by Zaccheus, 187. Porch, Solomon s, Jesus in, 160. Porches of Bethesda, 51. Possessed. See Demoniac, Devils, Miracles, Spirits. Possible, all, with faith, 126. with God, 18, 182. Pots, washing of, traditions concerning, 115. Potter s field, bought with betrayal money, 242. Pounds, parable of ten, 187. Power given to become sons of God, 15. of Elijah (Elias), John Baptist endued with, the Highest to overshadow Mary, 18. [17. word of Jesus with, 60. to heal, etc., given to Apostles, 68, 103, 146. of Jesus to lay down and retake his life, 142. faith, 126, 172, 192, 222. darkness, 232. Jesus to be on right hand of, 236. of Pilate only from above, 240. to remit sins given to Apostles, 258. all, given to Jesus, 262. Prcetorium, the, 240. Praise of heavenly host at birth of Jesus, 24. See Glory. Prayer at time of incense, 17. of Zacharias heard, 17. Jesus in, 60, 68, 110, 121. of Jesus for Peter, 220. for the Holy Ghost, 222. with his disciples, the last, 228. in Gethsemane, 230. for those who crucified him, 246. for persecutors, 76. not to be made for show, 76. to be made in secret, 76. with faith, 192. in the name of Jesus, 226. the Lord s, 76, 148. for laborers in the harvest, 101, 144. joint, promised to be heard, 128. temple, the house of, 192. of publican and of Pharisee, 180. enjoined, 78, 148, 211. of obedient will b6 heard, 224. in Jesus name heard, 222, 226. against temptation enjoined, 230. of thief on cross, 246. Preach, the disciples sent forth to, 103, 144. Preaching of John Baptist, 33. of Jesus, 56, 60, 62, 87, 105. Jonah (Jonas), 152. the Twelve, 103. Christ enjoined, 258. the Apostles after ascension, 264. See Sermon, Teaching. Preparation of children of Israel by John Baptist, of ways of the Lord, 22, 33. [17. for the Passover, 215. the, 248. Presentation of Jesus in temple, 24. ANALYTICAL IS It EX. 287 Presumption forbidden, 30. wurni il against, 211. Price of blood, betrayal money the, 242. Pride proceeds from the heart, 11(5. condemned, 161, 180, 185, 202. See Humility. Priest, Zacharias a, 15. Jesus sends a leper to, 62. in parable of good Samaritan, 1-4(5. high, servant of, wounded in Gethsenmne, See Abiathar, Caiaphcu. [232. Priests sent to John Baptist, 38. ten lepers sent to, 178. chief, gathered together by Herod, 27. persecution of Jesus by, foretold, 123. send to take Jesus, 132. conspire against Jesus, 174, 215, 23(i. furnish Judas with men to take Jesus, 232. Jesus tried l>efore, 234, 23(5. require Jesus to be crucified, 240. wish to alter title over cross, 244. ask Pilate to secure sepulcher, 250. bribe watch to conceal resurrection, 254. high, Annas and Cainphiis, 33. Prince of this world, Satan, 30. cast out, 204. coming of, 224. judged, 225. of devils, Jesus accused of working by the, See Beelzebub, Devil. [101. Prison, John Baptist put in, 105. Peter professes willingness to go to, 219. Prisoner, custom to release at Passover, 238. Prodigal son, parable of, 1(50. Profanation of Sabbath by priests, GO. Jesus accused of, GO, 131). Profession of faith, 114, 123, 174, 220. Promise of the Father, disciples to wait for, 258. Proofs, infallible, of resurrection, 258. Prophecy of John Baptist s birth, 17. of Jesus birth, 18. .sufferings, 127. concerning John Baptist, 22. of Simon as to Jesus, 24. Caiaphas as to Jesus dying for people, 176. desolation of Jerusalem, 161. destruction of the temple, 208. troubles, etc., in last days, 208. concerning Peter s mode of death, 202. of second coming, 264. See Fulfillment. Prophesying in Christ s name no guaranty of heav- Propliet of Highest, John Baptist, 22. [en, 79. John Baptist asked whether he was that, 38. consulted as a, 45. more than a, 82. Jesus acknowledged as a, 48, 133, 139, 192, the, 110. [256. Prophf t, a, not honored in his own country, 56, 1O1. receiving a, to bring reward, 105. Prophets, the, wrote of Jesus, 4O. the, wen- persecuted, 70. not destroyed by Jesus, 72. prophesied until John, 85. sepulchers of, built, 155, 2O3. desired to see things seen by disciples, 02, Jesus sup|M>sed to le one of, 105, 123. [146. greater than, 138. killed by Jerusalem, 161. sent by Jesus, 203. expounded by Jesus, 256. to be fulfilled, 258. false, spoken well of, 70. injunction to beware of, 78. Protelytes, Pharisees labor for, 2O2. Proverbs, Jesus speaking in, 226. Psiilms concerning t hrist to be fulfilled, 258. Public entry of Jesus into Jerusalem, 1!K>. I ublican, Levi (Matthew) a, 64. implacable brother to lie as a, 128. prayer of a jtenitent, 180. See Matthew, Zaccheus. Publicans bapti/.ed by and consult John Baptist, justified (!od in John s baptism, 85. [35. Jesus eats with, 64. come to Jesus, 166. Zaccheus chief among, 187. preferred to chief priests, etc., 190. Pure in heart, the, blessed, 70. Puryiiiy of his floor by Jesus, 35. of temple by Jesus, 41, 1O8. Purification of Mary, 24. questions as to, 45. Purple robe, Jesus arrayed in, 240. Purses not to be provided, 103, 144. directed to be provided, 22O. Quaking of earth at crucifixion, 248. See Earthquake, Earthquake*. Quarrel of Herod ios against John iiaptist, K*6. Queen of the South, and Solomon, 153. her judgment of that generation, 153. Question about purifying, 45. as to John s doctrine put by Jesus, 196. chief commandments put to Jesus, 2OO. Questioning with Jesus, 121. between disciples a* to resurrection, 124. of scribes with disciples as to a demoniac, 126. Jesus given up, 2(K). disciples, who should l>etray Jesus, 219. Quickening of the dead by the Father and the Son, of the Spirit, 114. [52. Quotations of Scripture. See Fulfillment. Gen. ii. 24, 180. Ex. iii. 6, 198. xxi. 17, 115. 288 ANALYTICAL INDEX. Quotations of Scripture. Lev. xii. 8, 24. xix. 18, 146, 182, 200. Dent. vi. 4, 5, 146. 198. vi. 13, 38. vi. 16, 36. viii. 3, 36. xix. 15, 135. xix. 21, 72. xxv. 5, 198. Ps. Ixxviii. 24, 112. Ixxxii. 6, 160. xci. 11, 12, 36. ex. 1, 200. Is. xl. 3 - 5, 33. liv. 13, 112. Ivi. 7, 192. Ixi. 1, 2, 56. Hos. vi. 6, 64. 5th commandment, 65, 115, 182. 6th " 32, 72, 182. 7th " 33, 182. 8th " 101, 182. 9th 101, 182. " Rabbi," Jesus addressed as, 38, 40, 43. John Baptist addressed as, 45. disciples not to be called, 202. " Rabboni," 254. " Raca," 72. Rachel weeping for her children, 29. Raiment of John Baptist, 33. carefulness for, not necessary, 76. of Jesus shining at transfiguration, 124. parted, 142. See Garments. Rain sent on the just and the unjust, 74. Raising of dead man at Nain, 80. of Lazarus, 91. See Resurrection. Rama, voice of lamentation in, 29. Ransom for many, Jesus a, 185. Ravens, God s care of, 157. Rebuke of Peter to Jesus, 123. of Jesus to Peter, 124. John and James, 131. Rebuking of storm, 95. Receiving Christ and God in disciples, 105, 219. of a child in Christ s name receiving Christ, Reception of the Word, results of, 15. [127. Recompense not to be sought in hospitality, 163. Reconciliation enjoined, 74. of Pilate and Herod, 238. Record of John Baptist of himself, 38. of Jesus to himself blamed, 135. See Testimony, Witness. Redemption, signs of coming, 210. Reed, a V>ruised, not broken, 68. Reed given to Jesus as mockery, 240. used at crucifixion, 246. Regeneration, the, 182. Rejection of John Baptist censured, 82. of Jesus foretold, 123. Rejoicing at John Baptist s birth, 20. of wise men on seeing star, 27. at bridegroom s voice, 45. of sowers and reapers, 48. for persecution, 70. on finding lost sheep, 128, 166. of Abraham at seeing day of Christ, 138. true cause for, 146. at Jesus miracles, 148. on finding lost piece of money, 166. at return of prodigal. 168. of world at Jesus death, 226. of disciples after ascension, 264. See Joy. Release of Jesus sought by Pilate, 238. Remembrance of Jesus, Lord s Supper in, 219. the Holy Ghost to bring all things to, 224. Remission of sins, salvation by, 22. Jesus blood shed for, 219. to be preached, 258. Rending of rocks at crucifixion, 248. of veil of temple, 248. Repentance preached by John Baptist, 33. fruits worthy of, enjoined, 35. John s baptism unto, 35. of Ninevites at Jonah s preaching, 153. sinners, not righteous, called to, 64. preached by the Twelve, 105. of prodigal, 166. to be preached, 258. Repetitions, vain, in prayers forbidden, 76. Report amongst Jews as to resurrection. 254. that John should not die, 262. Reproach of Elisabeth removed, 18. Rest promised to weary, 85. Jesus advises the Twelve to take, 106. Restoration made by Zaccheus, 187. Resurrection of dead by the Father and Son, 52. of life and of damnation, 52. of Christ s people at last day, 112. of the just, 163. Jesus questioned as to, 198. children of the, 198. Christ is the, 174. of Jesus. 252. foretold by him, 123, 126, 185. referred to by him, 124, 220. announced by angels, 252. necessary, 258. of Lazarus, 1 74. foretold, 174. See Raising. Return of the Twelve, 106. ANALYTICAL INDKX. 289 Return of the Seventy, 14(5. He mint ion to bal>es, 85, 14(5. of Christ to Peter, 123. Reviling of Jesus on cross, 24(5. Reicard in heaven for persecution, 70. for receiving Christ s disciples, 10. r >, 128. of sinners ami of righteous distinguished, 74. Rich, the, woe unto, 70. the, man who proposed to enlarge his barns, and Lazarus, parable of, 170. [155. young ruler, 182. Riches, deceit fulness of, chokes word, 92. a hindrance to kingdom of (iod, 182. Riijht hand of (lod, Jesus at, 2(52. Righteous, Jesus not come to call, (54. man received, reward will follow, 105. tombs of, built, 203. Righteousness of Zacharias and Elisabeth, 17. Jesus to fulfill all, 3(5. hunger and thirst after, blessed, 70. those persecuted for, blessed, 70. must exceed that of scribes and Pharisees, 72. to be first sought after, 77. the Holy Ghost to reprove world of, 22."). Riotous living of prodigal, 16(5. Rivers of living water result of faith, 133. Robber, Barabbas, 240. Robbers, those that climb into sheepfold, 142. Robe, Jesus arrayed in gorgeous, 238. wearing purple (or scarlet), 240. Rock, man that built on a, 79. seed sown on, 91. foundation of church, 123. Rocks rent at crucifixion, 288. Romins feared by Jews because of Jesus, 174. Roof, sick man let down through, 02. Rue tithed by the Pharisees, 153. Rufus, 244. Ruler, watchful servant will IK; made, 158. of synagogue blames Jesus, 148. rich young, 182. belief of, 206. See Joints, Elders. Sabbath, Jesus teaches on, 56, 60, 66, 101. Jesus heals on, 51, 139, 148, 163. eats bread with Pharisee on the, 161. accused of breaking, 51, 139. disciples accused of breaking, 66. profanation of, by priests, 66. was made for man, 66. Jesus lord of, 66. circumcision on, 132. women rest on, 250. Sacrifice, mercy preferred to, 64. Sacrifices, blood of Galileans mingled with, 159. Sad countenance of hypocrites in fasting, 7<>. Sadducees warned by John Baptist, 33. dispute with Jesus, 1 -2 1 MX Sadducees, leaven of, warned against, 121. question Jesus as to marriage of seven lireth- See Elder*, Jnrg. [ren, !!*. Saints, resurrection of, at Jesus resurrection, 248. S<ilim near /Knoll, 45. Salome at crucifixion, 248. at sepulcher, 252. Salt of earth, disciples, 70. to have, in one s self, 128. losing its savor, 128, 1(54. Salutation of Gabriel to Mary, 18. of Mary to Elisaln-th, 20. Salvation of God, all to see the, 33. is of Jews, 48. promised to him that endureth to end, 103. Jesus sent for, 131, 20(5. by strict observance of law, 200. by Jesus only, 142. whether few attain, 161. declared to Zaccheus, 187. Samaria, Jesus passes through, 4(5, 131. woman of, 4(5. Apostles to witness for Christ in, 258. Samaritan, the tenth leper cleansed, 178. Jesus accused of being a, 138. the good, parable of, 146. Samaritans, Jews have no dealings with, 46. the Twelve not to go to, at first, 103. Jesus rejected at village of, 131. Solidification of disciples prayed for, 228. Sand, house built upon, 79. Sandals, the Twelve shod with, 103. Satan tempts Jesus, 36. rebuked by Jesus, 38. is divided, if he cast out Satan, 87. takes away seed sown, 92. Peter addressed as, by Jesus, 123. fell from heaven, as lightning, 156. entered into Judas Iscariot, 215, 219. See Beelzebub, Devil. Saviour, Jesus a, 24. of world, Jesus acknowledged as, 48. Scarlet robe put on Jesus, 240. Scorpion not given for egg, 148. Scorpions, power given to tread on, 148. Scourge, temple purged with, 41. Scourging of disciples foretold, 103. of Jesus, 240. Scribe, the instructed, 94. offers to follow Jesus, 131. Scribes called together by Herod, 27. Jesus teaching not like that of, (JO, 79. object to Jesus forgiving sins, 62. seek occasion to accuse Jesus, 66, 155. righteousness of, insufficient, 72. accuse Jesus of working by Beelzebub, 87. denounced, 115, 155, 202. censure Jesus, 61, 115, 1GC. 290 ANALYTICAL INDEX. Scribes, rejection of Christ by, foretold, 123. bring to Jesus woman taken in adultery, 135. seek to betray Jesus, 192, 215. question Jesus authority, 192. approve of Jesus teaching, 200. their teaching and works, 202. send to take Jesus, 232. assemble to try Jesus, 236. See Elders, Jews, Pharisees. Scrip not to be provided, 103, 144. to be provided, 220. Scripture, the, expounded by Jesus, 256. Scriptures, the, cannot be broken, 160. ignorance of, leading to error, 198. See Fulfillment, Quotations. Sea of Galilee, 58, 116. Jesus returns to the, 68. crosses, 95, 105. walks upon, 110. of Tiberias, Jesus appears at, 260. Seal set to God s truth, 45. Sealed, the Son of man, 112. Scaling of sepulcher, 250. Seaside, Jesus at, 64, 91. Seats, uppermost, sought after, 155. Second coming of Jesus, 178, 179. foretold, 203, 222, 264. parables illustrating, 202. Secrecy sought by Jesus, 116, 126, 131. Secret, alms, etc., to be in, 74. Sedition of Barabbas, 240. Seed, kingdom of heaven like, 93. of David, Christ to be of, 133. Abraham, Jews claim to be, 137. Sending forth of the Twelve, 103. of the Seventy, 144. Sepulcher, Jesus laid in, 250. sealed, 250. Sepulchers of the prophets built, 155. whited, 203. of righteous garnished, 203. See Grave, Tomb. Sermon on mount, 70. Serpent lifted up by Moses, 43. not given when fish asked, 78, 148. Serpents, direction to be wise as, 103. power given to tread on, 146. Pharisees and scribes denounced as, 203. not to hurt Apostles, 258. Servant, the faithful, 158, 211. not above his lord, 103, 217, 225. of sin, the sinner is, 137. Jesus as, 217. of High-Priest, 232. Servants left in charge, parable of, 211. Service of two masters impossible, 76, 170. persecutors believing they do God, 225*. Seven loaves miraculously increased, 119. Seventy, the, 144, 146. Severance of the just from the wicked, 94. Shame, Jesus adversaries put to, 148. See Ashamed. Shape of God never seen, 52. Sheep, those that -sold in temple driven out, 41. market, 51. having no shepherd, multitude like, 101, 108. lost, of house of Israel, 103, 116. in midst of wolves, the Twelve like, 103. one lost, out of a hundred, 128, 166. Sheep/old, Jesus door of, 142. Sheep s clothing, wolves in, 78, 79. Shepherd, Jesus the good, 142. Shepherds of Bethlehem, 23. Shewbread, David and the, 66. Shining garments, 252. Ship, Jesus teaches from a, 58, 68, 91. Jesus crosses lake in, 95, 121. sends disciples away in, 110. Shipping, 110. Shoe s latchet, 35, 38. not to be provided, 103, 144. Sick, miraculously healed. See Miracles. need physician, not the whole, 64. Sickness of Lazarus, .173. Side of Jesus pierced, 248. shown to disciples, 258. Sidon, multitudes from, follow Jesus, 68. compared with unbelieving cities, 85, 144. Jesus goes near to, 116. Siege of Jerusalem foretold, 192. Sighing of Jesus, 116. Sight to blind, Jesus sent to recover, 56. Sign given to shepherds at Bethlehem, 24. Jesus a, 25. a, asked for, of Jesus, 43, 112, 121, 152. a, given by Jesus, 43, 152. the, of Christ s coming, 208. of the last day. 210. given by Judas, 232. Signs, faith only on seeing, 49. of the time, 121, 158. to follow preaching of Apostles, 258. did follow, 264. done by Jesus, 264. Silence imposed by Jesus, 62, 68, 101, 116, 123. Siloam, falling of Tower of, 159. pool of, 139. Silver not to be provided, 103. ten pieces of, parable of, 166. thirty pieces of, betrayal money, 215, 242. Simeon, prophecy of, in temple, 25. Simon Peter. See Peter. Simon the Pharisee, 87. Simon, brother of Jesus, 101. Simon Zelotes the Canaanite, one of the Twelve, 68. See Apostles, Disciples. ANAL YTICAL INUEX. .Simon the leper, 188. Simon of Cyrene, 244. Sin of the world taken away by Jesus, 38. warning against, 52, 137. all, forgiven, except blasphemy against Holy of brother to be forgiven, 130. [Ghost, 88. conviction of, 135. sinner servant of, 137. Jesus challenges conviction of, 138. as to, causing a man to be born blind, 139. unacknowledged, remains. 141. by rejection of Christ s teaching, 225. world reproved of, 225. Single eye, the, 76, 153. Sinner, Jesus called a, 139. joy in heaven over repenting, 10(5. Jesus accused of being guest of, 187. Sinners, Jesus eating with, 64, 166. come to save, 64. blamed for receiving, 166. Sins, Jesus to save from, 23. confessed on baptism, 33. forgiven by Jesus. 62, 87. God alone can forgive, 62. Jews to die in their, 137. blood of Jesus shed for remission of, 219. remission of, to be preached, 258. power to remit, given, 258. Sisters of Jesus, 101. Skull, the place of a, 2 44. Shy, signs of, discerned, 121, 158. Sleep of disciples, 124, 230. of Lazarus, 1 73. Smiting flax not quenched, 68. Snow, angels garments like, 252. Sodom compared with unbelieving cities, 85, 103, Soldiers instructed by John Baptist, 35. [144. mock Jesus, 238, 240. divide and cast lots for Jesus garments, 244. pierce Jesus side, 248. Solomon not arrived like a lily, 76, 157. Jesus greater than, 153. Salomon s porch, 160. Son of God, the only begotten, 15, 43. Jesus the, 18, 36, 40, 68, 95, 1 10, 1 14, 123, [124, 174. asked whether he is, 236. accused of making himself, 240. self-existent, 52. flesh of, to be eaten, 112. of man, angels ascending and descending upon, came down from heaven, 43. [140. to be lifted up, 43. to judge world, 94. destitution of, 95. second coming of, 124. revelation of, 178. the, loved of the Father, 36, 43, 52, 124. Son, the identity of, with the Father, 52. his knowledge of the Father, 85. baptism to l>e in name of, 258. of David. See David. of nobleman healed, 49. the prodigal, HJ6. whose, in Christ, 2(K). S r>; given to Judas, 219. Sorrow of disciples, 127, 219, 225, 230. of Jesus in Oethwraane, 23O. Soul, he who can destroy, only to be feared, 105. value of, 123. South, Queen of the, and Solomon, 153. Sower, parable of the, 91, 92. Sparrows, G<xl s care of, 105, 156. Spear, side of Jesus pierced with, 248. Speech, impediment of, healed, 116. of Peter bewraying him, 234. Spices used to embalm body of Jesus, 248. prepared, 250. Spies sent to Jesus, 198. Sjiikenard, ointment of, 188. Spirit of Elijah (Elias), John Baptist endued with, true worship to be in, 48. [17. GK! is a, 48. poor in, blessed, 70. Jesus supposed to be, 110. words of Jesus are, 1 14. of James and John condemned, 131. of infirmity cured, 148. Jesus not a mere, after resurrection, 256. the, leads Simon into temple, 24. Jesus into wilderness, 36. birth of, 43. not given by measure to Jesus, 45. on Jesus, 56. Jesus casting out devils by, 87. speaking in the Twelve, 103. quirkelieth, 1 14. willing, but flesh weak, 230. who took to himself seven, 153. See Hnly Ghost. Spirits, unclean, cast out, (50, 68. See Demoniac, Devils, Miracles. Spitting in Jesus face, 23(5. Sponge with vinegar at crucifixion, 246. Sta/oii\y to be taken by the Twelve, 103. Star seen by wise men, 27. Stature, Jesus increases in, 31. Steward, the faithful, 158. the unjust, 169. Chuxa. Herod s, 87. Stilling of tempest. 95. Stone, Cephas signifying, 40. not given for bread, 78, 148. over grave of Lazarus, 174. the, rejected by builders, 197. at door of sepulcher, 252. 292 ANALYTICAL INDEX. Stones, raising up children to Abraham of, 35. Jesus tempted to turn, into bread, 36. taken up to cast at Jesus, 138, 160. would cry out if Jesus disciples silenced, 192. ornamenting temple, 208. Stony ground, seed sown on, 91. Storm of wind stilled, 95. Strait gate, 161. Stranger, sheep will not hear, 142. Streets, Jesus voice not heard in, 68. hypocrites giving alms publicly in, 74. sick laid in, to be healed, 110. Stripes, few and many, 158. Strive, Jesus did not, 68. Strong drink forbidden to John Baptist, 17. man keeping his palace, 87. Submission of Mary to God s will, 18. of Jesus, 230. Subtilty, Jesus sought to be taken by, 215. Suddenness of Christ s coming, 1 78. Sufferings of Jesus foretold, 123, 126, 178, 185, 258. necessary, 258. of disciples, foretold, 203. Suicide of Judas Iscariot, 242. Sun, the righteous to shine as the, 94. Jesus face like, at transfiguration, 124. darkening of, foretold, 210. Supper made by Herod, 106. the great, parable of, 163. in house of Simon the leper, 188. the Lord s, 219. Surfeiting, warned against, 211. Susanna, 87. Swaddling clothes, Jesus Avrapped in, 23. Swearing forbidden, 72. as to, 203. of Peter, 234. Sweat of Jesus like blood, 230. Swine, pearls not to be cast before, 78. herd of, possessed by devils and drowned, 95. fed by prodigal, 166. Sword to pierce through Mary s soul, 25. Jesus come to send, on earth, 105. to be provided, 220. used by Peter at betrayal, 232. Sycamore, Zaccheus climbs into, 187. Sychar, 46. Synagogue, a, built by centurion, 80. Jairus ruler of, 99. Synagogues, Jesus teaches in, 56, 60, 66, 101, 114, preaches in, 60. [148. not molested in, 236. chief seats in, sought out, 155, 202. giving alms publicly in, 74. disciples to be scourged in, 103. expelled, 141, 226. Syria, fame of Jesus spread through, 60. Syrophenician woman, daughter of, healed, 116. Tabernacles proposed at transfiguration, 124. Feast of, 131. Tables of money-changers overthrown, 41. tradition as to washing, 115. Talents, parable of the, 212. " Talitha cumi," 101. Tares and wheat, parable of, 93, 94. Taught of God, all to be, 112. Jesus, 137. Taxing, decree for, 23. Teacher from God, Jesus a, 43. Teaching of Jesus, 105, 108, 126, 148. of Jesus in synagogues, 56, 60, 66, 101, 114. temple, 135, 196. a house, 62. by the seaside, 64, 91. See Parables, Preaching. Teeth, gnashing of, 80, 94, 161. Tempest, stilling of a, 95. Temple, Zacharias officiating in, 17. presentation of Jesus in, 24. Jesus placed on pinnacle of, 36. purges, 41, 192. greater than, 66. in the, 51, 132, 135, 160, 196. foretells destruction of, 208. not molested in, 236. accused of saying he would destroy, 236. of Christ s body, 43. as to swearing by, 203. captains of, Judas goes to, 215. betrayal money cast down in, 242. veil of, rent, 248. Apostles resort to, after ascension, 264. Temptation of Jesus by devil, 36. by scribes and Pharisees, 135, 152, 180. by a lawyer, 146. direction to pray against, 230. Tempting God forbidden, 36. Ten pieces of silver, parable of, 166. pounds, parable of, 187. virgins, parable of, 211. Testament, blood of new, 219. Testimony of John Baptist to Jesus, 35, 38, 45, 52. of God to Jesus, 52. Jesus to John Baptist, 82. that which he has seen, 43. of works of Jesus, 52, 60, 225. Scriptures, 52. against unbelieving cities, 103. by persecution of disciples, 208. of the Comforter, 225. Tctrarch of Galilee, Herod, 33. of Iturea and Trachonitis, Philip, 33. Abilene, Lysanias, 33. Tltaddeus. See Judas. Thanlcs before meat, 108, 119, 219. Thanksgiving to the Father, 85, 146, 174. ANALYTICAL INDEX, 21)3 Thi fts proceed from heart, 116. Tftttf guarded against when foreseen, 158, 211. he who enters not by tloor, 142. Judas Isciiriot a, 188. Jesus taken like a, 232. the, on the cross, 24(5. Thieves, the man who fell among, 146. temple made den of, 192. Jesus crucified between two, 246. Thirty pieces of silver, Jesus betrayed for, 215. Thistles, figs not gathered of, 79. Thomas one of the Twelve, 68. pit) poses to follow Jesus to Jerusalem, 173. asks Jesus as to his way, 222. unl>elief of, 258. appearance of Jesus to, 258. goes fishing after resurrection, 2(50. See Apostles, Disciples. Thorns, grapes not gathered of, 79. seed that fell among, 91. crown of, 240. Thought, anxious, unnecessary, 77, 157, KM. Thoughts iH-rceived by Jesus, 62, 66, 87, 127. Throne of David, Jesus to have, 18. of God, heaven, 203. of glory, Son of man on, 212. Thrones, Apostles promised, 182, 217. Tiberias, sea of, 108. Tiberius desar, fifteenth year of, 33. Time, signs of the, 121, 158. Jesus and the world s not the same, 131. Times of Gentiles, 210. Tithing mint, etc., 203. Title over the cross, 244. Tittle of the law not to fail, 72. Tomb, John Baptist laid in, 106. See Sepulcher. Tombs, demoniacs living in, 95. of prophets built, 203. Tongues, speaking with, predicted, 258. Touch, healing by, 68, 99. Tower in Siloam, fall of, 159. builder of, parable of, 164. Town, man led out of, to be healed, 121. Towns, preaching of Apostles in, 103. Trachonitis, 33. Tradition as to washings, 115. of men preferred to God s commandments, 1 15. Transfiguration, the, 124. Travail, 226. Treasure, hid, parable of, 94. Treasures to be in heaven, not upon earth, 76, 157. Treasury, Jesus in, 137. Jesus watching gifts to, 204. betrayal money not put into, 242. Trees, ax laid to root of, 35. unproductive, destroyed, 35. known by their fruits, 79, 88. Trees, men like, to a blind man, 123. Trespasses to lie forgiven, 76, 130, 148. Trial of Jesus. See Jtsus. Tribes of Israel to l>e judged by AjHwlles, 182, 217. Tribulation predicted, 210, 226. Tribute paid by Jesus, 127. to Cawar, as to giving, 198. Jesus accused of forbidding, 238. Trinity, baptism in name of the, 258. Trouble of Zachnrius at seeing ungel, 17. of Mary at Gabriel s salutation, 18. Herod on hearing of Jesus birth, 27. Jesus, 174, 204, 209. See &>rrow, Tribulation. Troubles predicted, 208. Troubling of waters of Bethesda, 51. True braid, Jesus the, 112. Trunijtet sounded in giving alms, 74. Trust in Providence enjoined, 7(5, 1O3, 144, 157. in riches condemned, 182. See Faith. Truth, doers of, come to the light, 43. sealed by belief in Jesus, 45. in true worship, 48. of God, 137, 228. known to Jesus disciples, 137. Jesus the, 222. the Spirit of, 222, 225. Jesus a witness to, 238. Tumult in Jairus house, 99. at Jesus trial, 242. Turtledoves offered on purification, 24. Twelve, the. See Apostles. Two sons, parable of, 196. Tyre, a multitude from, follow Jesus, 68. compared with unbelieving cities, 85, 144. Jesus goes to coasts of, 116. Unbelief of Zacharias, 17. preventing mighty works, 101. healing of demoniac, 12(5. of Jesus brethren, 131. Jews, 137, 204. disciples upbraided with, 258. of Thomas, 258. Unbelievers, jiortion of, 158. Unclean. See Devils, Mirarlfs, Spirits. Understanding, disciples want of, 118. of Apostles oj>ened, 258. Unity of the Father and the Son, 160. and disciples, 230. Unjust and just, God s equal goodness to, 74. steward, parable of, 169. judge, parable of, 179. Unleavened bread, Feast of, 188. Unrighteousness, mammon of, 169. Unthankful, God good to, 74. Upper room prepared for Passover, 215. ANALYTICAL INDEX. Uppermost seats sought after, 155, 202. Uttermost parts of world, Apostles witnesses to, 262. Veil of temple rent, 248. Vengeance of God for his elect, 179. days of, 210. Vessel not to be carried through temple, 192. Vesture of Jesus, lots cast for, 244. Village of Samaritans refuse, to receive Jesus, 131. disciples sent to, to fetch an ass, 190. Vine, Jesus to drink no more of fruit of, until the the true, 219. [kingdom, 217, 219. Vinegar given to Jesus on the cross, 244, 246. Vineyard, laborers in, parable of, 1 84. Violence prohibited by John Baptist, 35. Violent taking the kingdom of heaven, 85. Vipers, generation of, 33, 88. Virgin Mary. See Mary. Virgins, parable of ten, 211. Virtue, healing, emanating from Jesus, 68, 99. Vision. See Angel. Voice in wilderness, John Baptist a, 33, 38. from heaven heard, 36, 124, 204. of Christ to be heard by dead, 52. God not heard, 52. Jesus not heard in street, 68. good Shepherd known by his sheep, 142. Wages, soldiers to be content with their, 35. Wailing. See Gnashing. Walking on water, 110. Wars, and rumors of, predicted, 208. Washing, omitting, blamed, 115, 153. tradition concerning, 115. in Siloam directed to a blind man, 139. of disciples feet by Jesus, 217. of Pilate s hands, 242. Watch, servants who, blessed, 158. direction to, 211, 250. the, set on Jesus sepulcher, 254. report resurrection, and bribed to conceal it, Water, John s baptism that of, 35. [254. made wine, 41. man must be born of, 43. at J^non for baptism, 45. living, 46. of Bethesda, moving of, 51. Jesus and Peter walking on, 110. demoniac cast into, 126. cup of, given to disciples rewarded, 128. and blood out of Jesus side, 248. Watering cattle on Sabbath, 150. Waterpots, 41, 48. Way of the Lord prepared, 33. the narrow, leading to life, 78. Jesus the, 222. of Jesus, 137. Wedding, conduct when invited to a, 161. Weeping in Rama, 29. at Lazarus grave, 1 74. of Peter after his denial, 234. Well at Sychar, 46. Wheat will be gathered in, 35. and tares, parable of, 93. White raiment, 124, 252. Whole need not physician, 64. Wicked, severance of, from the good, 94. Wickedness proceeds from the heart, 116. Widow, Anna, 25. of Zarephath (Sarepta), 56. Nain, 80. a, giving two mites, 204. Widows houses devoured, 202. Wife, as to putting away, 72, 180. of seven brothers. 198. Pilate sends to him, 240. Wilderness, John Baptist in, 33. Jesus tempted in, 36. retires to, 62, 176. demoniacs in, 95. manna eaten in, 112. Will of God, Mary s submission to, 18. performance of, by Jesus, 52, 112. doers of to enter kingdom, 79. heard by God, 142. knowledge of, and punishment, 158. Wind, those born of the Spirit like, 43. storm of, 95, 1 10. Wine forbidden to John Baptist, 17. water turned into, 41. new, and old bottles, 64. new and old, 66. given by good Samaritan, 146. Winter, 160. See Cup, Vine. Wisdom, Jesus filled with, 31. justified of all her children, 85. wonder at Jesus possessing, 101. of children of this world, 169. to be given to disciples, 208. Wise men from East visit Je.sus, 27. things hidden from, 146. man who built on a rock, 79. men sent by Jesus to Jews, 203. Withered, the, at Bethesda, 51. hand restored, 66. fig-tree, 192. Witness, John Baptist a, 15. of Jesus not received, 43. Jews against themselves, 155. the Father to Jesus, 135. to truth, Jesus a, 238. See Testimony. Witnesses to be taken in disputes, 128. to Jesus, Apostles, 258, 262. See False. AXALYTICAL IXltXX. Woe. See Denunciation. ll ofg in the sermon on mount, 70. Wolf, sheep not protected from, by hireling, 142. Wolves in sheep s clothing, 78, 79. disciples as sheep and lambs among, 103, 144. Woman of Samaria, 46. anoints Jesus feet, 87. of Canaan. See Syrophenician, with issue of blond, 99. taken in adultery, 135. bowed together, healed, 148. with ten pieces of silver, 166. Wonifn follow Jesus and minister to him, 87. lament at Jesus condemnation, 244. at crucifixion, 248. at sepulcher, 250, 252. Wonders required before belief, 49. Word, the, 15. of God comes to John liaptist, 33. man lives by, 36. they that hear, blessed, 152. is truth, 228. of Jesus, power of, 60. spirit and life, 114. that of the Father, 224. to judge at lust day, 2O6. cleansing by, 224. ever} idle, to be accounted for, 88. Words, justification by, 88. Work of Jesus finished, 228. of God, faith the, 112. Workman worthy of his meat, 103. See Laborer. Works of Jesus, testimony of, 52, 160, 222. disregarded, 85, 225. heard of by John in prison, 82. Jews wonder at, 101. works of God, 139, 225. good, to glorify God, 72. doing wonderful, no guaranty of heaven, 79. mighty, prevented by unbelief, 101. justification by, 146, 182. of world denounced, 131. scribes and Pharisees condemned, 202. World, decree to tax, 23. the kingdoms of, offered to Jesus, 36. sin of, taken away by Jesus, 38. love of God to, 43. cares of, choke word, 92. life of, Jesus flesh given for, 112. denounced for offenses, 128. World, Jesus urged to show himself unto, 131. hatred of Jesus for his denunciations of it, 132. Jesus light of, 135, 139. wisdom of, 169. hatred of Jesus disciples, 225. judgment of, 204. prince of, 2O4, 224, 225. end of, signs of, 208. cannot receive truth, 222. Jesus jH-nce not that of, 221. disciples in, 225, 226. to be reproved by the Holy Ghost, 225. to rejoice at Jesus death, 226. See Karth. Worm, the undying, 128. Worthip asked of Jesus by Satan, 36. only due to God, 38. in Samaria or at Jerusalem, 48. of the Father to be in spirit and truth, 48. of Jesus, 62, 1)5, 99, 110, 1 16, 141, 262, 264. Jf ordiipers of God heard by him, 141. Worthy, laborer, of his hire, 144, 183. disciples to visit the, 103. of Christ, those not, who do not forsake all Wrath of Herod, 29. [for him, 105. to come, the, 33. of (tod on unbelievers, 45. of people of Nazareth against Jesus, 56. Writing table asked for by Xarharias, 2O. of Jesus on ground, 135. Writings of Moses, Jews accused by, 54. Yea, yea, Nay, nay, sufficient without swearing, 74. Year of the Lord, acceptable, 56. Yoke, Jesus , easy, 85. Young ruler, rich, 182. man who followed Jesus from Gethsemane, 232. man at sepulcher, 252. Zdbnlon. See Zehiilon. Zarchrn$ the publican. 187. Zachariah (Zncharuu), son of Rarachiah, blood of, Zdfharias. See Zachnruth. [155. 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