return will repay thee. Which of these three in thy opinion was neighbour to him that fell among the robbers?

But he said, He that showed mercy to him. And Jesus said to him, Go and do thou in like manner.

SECT. LXXIV. JESUS TEACHES THE DISCIPLES TO PRAY. THE PARABLE OF THE FRIEND AT MIDNIGHT.

And it came to pass, that as he was in a certain place praying, when he ceased, one of his disciples said to him, Lord, teach us to pray, as John also taught his disciples.

And he said to them, When ye pray, say, Father, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; give us this 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 temptation.

And he said to them, Which of you shall have a friend, and shall go to him at midnight and shall say to him, Friend, lend me three loaves, because a friend of mine is come off his journey to me, and I have not what to set before him. And he from within should 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. Yet if he shall continue knocking, I say to you, although he will not rise and give him because he is his friend, yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say to you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened to you: for everyone that asketh receiveth, and he that seeketh findeth, and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. And which of you if he ask his father bread, will he give him a stone? or a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent? or if he shall ask an egg, will he reach him a scorpion? If ye then,

being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father from heaven give the good Spirit to them that ask him?

SECT. LXXV. A PHARISEE ASKS JESUS TO DINE. JESUS WARNS THE PHARISEES.

And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee prayed him that he would dine with him; and he went in and sat down to eat. And the Pharisee began to say, thinking within himself, why he had not washed before dinner. And the Lord said to him, Now ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter; but your inside is full of rapine and iniquity. Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make also that which is within? But rather give alms of that which ye have; and behold, all things are clean unto you. But woe to you, Pharisees; because ye tithe mint and rue and every herb, and pass over judgment and the love of God. Now these things ye ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Woe to you, Pharisees; because ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market-place. Woe to you, because ye are as sepulchres that appear not, and men that walk over are not aware of them.

And one of the lawyers answering saith to him, Master, in saying these things thou reproachest us also.

But he said, Woe to you lawyers also; because ye load men with burdens which they cannot bear, and ye yourselves touch them not with one of your fingers. Woe to you who build the monuments of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye consent to the doings of your fathers; for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. Therefore also the wisdom of God

saith, I will send them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will kill 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, who was slain between the altar and the temple, yea I say to you, it shall be required of this generation. Woe to you, lawyers; for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye yourselves have not entered in, and those that were entering in ye have hindered.

And as he was saying these things to them, the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to urge him, and to provoke him to speak about many things, lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might accuse him.

SECT. LXXVI. A MULTITUDE HAVING COLLECTED, JESUS DISCOURSES TO THEM. THE PARABLE OF THE RICH FOOL.

And when great multitudes stood about him, so that they trod one upon another, he began to say to his disciples, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed, nor hidden that shall not be known. For whatsoever things ye have spoken in darkness shall be published in the light, and that which ye have spoken in the ear in the chambers shall be preached on the house-tops.

And I say to you, my friends, Be not afraid of them who kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will show you whom ye shall fear fear ye him who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell. Yea, I say to you, fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? the very hairs of your head are all numbered. not therefore; ye are of more value than

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sparrows. And I say to you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God; but he that shall deny me before men shall be denied before the angels of God. And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but to him that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.

And when they shall bring you into the synagogues, and to magistrates and powers, be not solicitous how or what ye shall answer or what ye shall say; for the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye must say.

And one of the multitude said to him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me. But he said to him, Man, who hath appointed me judge or divider over you? And he said to them, Take heed and beware of all covetousness; for a man's life doth not consist in the abundance of things which he possesseth.

And he spake a parable to them, saying, The land of a certain rich man brought forth plenty of fruits. And he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? And he said, This will I do; I will pull down my barns, and will build greater; and into them will I gather all my produce and my goods. And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thy rest, eat, drink, make good cheer. But God said to him, Thou fool, this night do they require thy soul of thee; and whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

And he said to his disciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not solicitous for your life, what ye shall eat; nor for your body, what ye shall put on. The life is more than the meat, and the body is more than the

raiment. Consider the ravens; for they sow not, neither do they reap, neither have they storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them. How much are ye more valuable than they? And which of you by taking thought can add to his stature one cubit? If then ye be not able to do so much as the least thing, why are ye solicitous for the rest? Consider the lilies, how they grow-they labour not, neither do they spin; but I say unto you, not even Solomon, in all his glory, was clothed like one of these. Now if God clothe in this manner the grass, that is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, how much more you, O ye of little faith? And seek ye not what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink, and be not lifted up on high;* for all these things do the nations of the world seek; but your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his justice, and all these things shall be added unto you. Fear not, little flock; for it hath pleased your Father to give you the kingdom. Sell what ye possess, and give alms. Make to yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in heaven which faileth not, where no thief approacheth nor moth corrupteth for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

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Let your loins be girt, and lamps burning in your hands, and ye yourselves like to men who wait for their lord, when he shall return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately. Blessed are those servants whom the Lord when he cometh shall find watching. Amen I say to you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down to meat, and passing from one to another will minister unto them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so doing, blessed are those servants.

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Or, according to the Greek, "be not tossed about with anxiety."