HIS OWN PUBLIC MINISTRY AND CHARACTER continued. HIS SERMONS AND DISCOURSES, addressed 12 And if a woman shall put away her hus- Mark X. Reproves them for neglecting to repent after repeated Warnings. 29 He answered and said, I will not; but after- 30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir; and went not. 31 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. 32 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. Matt. xxi. He pronounces several awful and heart-rending Denunciations of 1. For their Hypocrisy. 2. 3. Opposition to their own and others' Salvation. 13 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 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. Matt. xxiii. attempting to cover their rapacious Covetousness and Oppression by extraordinary Pretensions to Piety and De votion. 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and Matt. for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye xxiii. shall receive the greater damnation. 4. For their blind and selfish Zeal in making Proselytes who had better have remained Heathens. 15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Matt. hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make xxiii. HIS OWN PUBLIC MINISTRY AND CHARACTER -continued. - make Matt. one proselyte; and when he is made, ye xxiii. 5. For their Love of Power and Popularity, while they were as 44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Luke xi. (The Lawyers, and Scribes and Pharisees, feeling convicted, interrupt him.) 45 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. 53 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: 54 Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. 6. For their false Glosses put upon God's Law. 16 Woe unto 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! 17 Ye fools, and blind! for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 19 Ye fools, and blind! for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Luke xi. Matt. xxiii. HIS OWN PUBLIC MINISTRY AND CHARACTER — continued. HIS SERMONS AND DISCOURSES, addressed 7. For their Inattention to the Substance while they idolize the Shadow and Outside of Religion. 8. 9. 23 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. Matt. xxiii. 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue, and all manner of herbs, and pass Luke over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. xi. rigid Strictness about small and comparatively trifling Matters, while they committed with delight the most gross and scandalous (if pleasing and profitable) Sins. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and ] Matt. swallow a camel. xxiii. neglecting Heart Holiness while they put on the outward Appearance, like whited Sepulchres. 25 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 extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 37 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Matt. xxiii. Luke xi. HIS OWN PUBLIC MINISTRY AND CHARACTER continued. and Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup 40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which 41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. Luke xi. 10. For their Apparent Honour and Respect for the Righteous Dead, while they persecuted the Living who trod in their Steps. 29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 30 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. 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres ye allow the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed killed Matt. xxiii. Luke xi. He concludes, like the bursting forth of a Torrent that had been dammed up for Ages, in the most awful, the most tender, sublime, and terrific Manner. 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 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: 35 That upon you may come all the righteous Matt. xxiii. HIS OWN PUBLIC MINISTRY AND CHARACTER -continued. HIS SERMONS AND DISCOURSES, addressed blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that 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! 38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 39 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. 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute: 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye enter not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! 35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. He weeps over Jerusalem. Matt. xxiii. Luke xi. Luke xiii. 41 And when he was come near, he beheldĮ Luke the city, and wept over it, Ĵ xix. |