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36 question, tempting him, 'Master, which is the great 1 Or, Teacher 37 commandment in the law? And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 2 Or, And a second This is the great and first commandment. And a Thou shalt love 39 second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy 40 neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hangeth the whole law, and the prophets.

41 Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, 42 Jesus asked them a question, saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto 43 him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, say

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The Lord said unto my Lord,

Sit thou on my right hand,

Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet? 45 If David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son? 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

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23 Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his 2 disciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit 3 on Moses' seat: all things therefore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after 4 their works; for they say, and do not. Yea, they 3 bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves 5 will not move them with their finger. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of 6 their garments, and love the chief place at feasts, 7 and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, 8 Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your 9 teacher, and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, 10 which is in heaven*. Neither be ye called masters: 4 Gr. the heavenly. 11 for one is your master, even the Christ. But he that 12 is greatest among you shall be your 'servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven

*For "Father, which is in heaven" read "Father, even he who is in heaven."-Am. Com.

5 Gr. greater.

6 Or, minister

1 Gr. before.

1against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither 2 Some authori- suffer ye them that are entering in to enter."

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or after ver. 12, Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 15 ver. 14 Woe unto for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; Pharisees, hypo- and when he is become so, ye make him twofold devour widows more a son of hell than yourselves.

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Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Who- 16 make long pray- soever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but ers; therefore ye whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, greater condem- he is a debtor. Ye fools and blind: for whether is 17 Mark xii. 40; greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified

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Luke xx. 47.

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the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the al- 18 tar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. Ye blind: for 19 5 Or, bound by his Whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? He therefore that sweareth by the 20 altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And 21 he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that swear- 22 eth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

6 Or, dill

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 23 for ye tithe mint and anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, judgement*, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, and swal-24 low the camel.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 25 for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside 26 of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 27 for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so 28 ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 29 for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, and say, If we had 30 been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are 31

*For "judgement" read "justice" So in Luke xi. 42.-Am. Com.

32 sons of them that slew the prophets. Fill ye up then 33 the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye off

spring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgement 34 of 'hell? Therefore, behold, I send unto you proph- 1 Gr. Gehenna. ets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 35 that upon you may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom 36 ye slew between the sanctuary and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her

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38 wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is 2 Some ancient an39 left unto you 'desolate. For I say unto you, Ye thorities shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 24 And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to 2 shew him the buildings of the temple. But he answered and said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

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And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of 4 thy coming, and of the end of the world? And 3 Gr. presence. Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that 4 Or, the consum5 no man lead you astray. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead 6 many astray. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not 7 yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines 8 and earthquakes in divers places. But all these 9 things are the beginning of travail. Then shall they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's 10 sake. And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall arise, and shall lead 12 many astray. And because iniquity shall be multi

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2 Gr. earth.

good

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plied, the love of the many shall wax cold. But he 13 that endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. And 'this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached 14 in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

When therefore ye see the abomination of desola- 15 tion, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, 4 Or, a holy place standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judæa flee unto 16 the mountains: let him that is on the housetop not 17 go down to take out the things that are in his house: and let him that is in the field not return back to 18 take his cloke. But woe unto them that are with 19 child and to them that give suck in those days! And 20 pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath: for then shall be great tribulation, 21 such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be. And except 22 those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, 23 Lo, here is the Christ, or, Here; believe it not. For 24 there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I 25 have told you beforehand. If therefore they shall 26 say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe "it not. For as the lightning cometh forth from the 27 east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the 'coming of the Son of man. Wheresoever the car- 28 case is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

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But immediately, after the tribulation of those 29 days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in 30 heaven: and then shall all the tribes of the earth ancient mourn, and they shall see the Son of man coming on authorities read the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. trumpet, and And he shall send forth his angels 'with a great 31 they shall gather sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her 32 branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh; even so 33 ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that

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34 1he is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto 1 Or, it you, This generation shall not pass away, till all 35 these things be accomplished. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 But of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even 2 Many authorithe angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the Fa37 ther only. And as were the days of Noah, so shall 38 be the coming of the Son of man. For as in those 3 Gr. presence. days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, un39 til the day that Noah entered into the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. 40 Then shall two men be in the field; one is taken, 41 and one is left: two women shall be grinding at the 42 mill; one is taken, and one is left. Watch therefore: for ye know not on what day your Lord com43 eth. But know this, that if the master of the house 4 Or, But this ye had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered 44 his house to be "broken through. Therefore be ye also ready: for in an hour that ye think not the Son 45 of man cometh. Who then is the faithful and wise "servant, whom his lord hath set over his household, 6 Gr. bondservant. 46 to give them their food in due season? Blessed is

that 'servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall 47 find so doing. Verily I say unto you, that he will 48 set him over all that he hath. But if that evil 'ser49 vant shall say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; and

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shall begin to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat 50 and drink with the drunken; the lord of that "servant shall come in a day when he expecteth not, and 51 in an hour when he knoweth not, and shall 'cut him' Or, asunder, and appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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25 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened
unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went 8 Or, torches
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3 were foolish, and five were wise. For the foolish,

when they took their lamps, took no oil with them: 4 but the wise took oil in their vessels with their 5 lamps. Now while the bridegroom tarried, they all 6 slumbered and slept. But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the bridegroom! Come ye forth to 7 meet him. Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed 8 their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are going out.

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