and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and 23 be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit 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 indigna- 24 tion against the two brethren. But Jesus called them unto him, 25 and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever 26 will be great among you, let him be your minister: and whoso- 27 ever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: even as 28 the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

AND as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude fol- 29 lowed him. And behold, two blind men sitting by the way-side, 30 when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David! And the multitude 31 rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David! And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What 32 will ye that I shall do unto you? They say unto him, Lord, 33 that our eyes may be opened. So Jesus had compassion on them, 34 and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

AND when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come21 to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 'saying unto them, Go into the village over-against 2 you, and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: loose them, and bring them unto me. And if any man say 3 aught unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. (All this was done, that it might 4 be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying;

'Tell ye the daughter of Zion,
Behold, thy king cometh unto thee,
Meek, and sitting upon an ass,
And a colt the foal of an ass.")

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And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 'and 6,7 brought the ass and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. And a very great multitude spread their 8 garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strewed them in the way. And the multitudes that went 9 before, and that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna to the Son of David! Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the LORD! Hosanna in the highest!

AND when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was 10 moved, saying, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is 11 Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. And Jesus went into 12 the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought

in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves, 'and said unto them, It is 13 written,

My house shall be called the house of prayer,
But ye have made it a den of thieves.

AND the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and 14 he healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw 15 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 16 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 into Bethany, and 17 he lodged there.

NOW, in the morning, as he returned into the city, he hun- 18 gered. And when he saw a fig-tree in the way, he came to it, 19 and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig-tree withered away.

AND when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How 20 soon is the fig-tree withered away! Jesus answered and said 21 unto them, Verily, I say unto you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is done to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. And all things 22 whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

AND when he was come into the temple, the chief priests 23 and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority? And Jesus answered and said unto 24 them, I also will ask you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things. The 25 baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then believe him? But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people: for all hold 26 John as a prophet. And they answered Jesus, and said, We 27 cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

But what think ye? A certain man had two sons; and he 28 came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vineyard. He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented, 29 and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And 30 he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. Whether of 31 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 be- 32 lieved 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, 33 which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: and when the time 34 of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen 35 took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other servants more than the first: and 36 they did unto them likewise. But last of all, he sent unto them 37 his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the 38 husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance. And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, 39 and slew him. When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, 40 what will he do unto those husbandmen? They say unto him, 41 He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons. read in the scriptures,

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never 42

The stone which the builders rejected,
The same is become the head of the corner:
This is the Lord's doing,

And it is marvellous in our eyes?

Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken 43 from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be broken: but on 44 whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

AND when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his para- 45 bles, they perceived that he spake of them. But when they 46 sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

AND Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, 22 and said, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, 2 which made a marriage for his son, 'and sent forth his servants 3 to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them 4 which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, 5 one to his farm, another to his merchandise. And the remnant 6 took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent 7 forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, 8 but they which were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore 9 into the high-ways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the high-ways, and gath- 10 ered together all, as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests. And when the 11 ⚫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 12 camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king to his servants, Bind him 13 hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many 14 are called, but few are chosen.

THEN went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might 15 entangle him in his talk. And they sent out unto him their 16 disciples, with the Herodians, 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 17 tribute unto Cesar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, 18 and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? show me the tribute- 19 money. And they brought unto him a penny. And he saith 20 unto them, Whose is this image, and superscription? They say 21 unto him, Cesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar, the things which are Cesar's; and unto God, the things that are God's. When they had heard these words, they 22 marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that 23 there is no resurrection, and asked him, 'saying, Master, Moses 24 said, "Ifa 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 25 first, when he had married a wife, deceased; and having no issue, left his wife unto his brother. Likewise the second also, 26 and the third, unto the seventh. And last of all the woman 27 died also. Therefore, in the resurrection, whose wife shall she 28 be of the seven? for they all had her. Jesus answered and 29 said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor 30 are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read 31 that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, "I am the 32 God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?" God is not the God of the dead, but of the 33 living. And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine.

BUT when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sad- 34 ducees to silence, they were gathered together. Then one of 35 them which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the 36 law? Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt love the LORD 37 thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind." This is the first and great com- 38 mandment. And the second is like unto it, "Thou shalt 39 love thy neighbor as thyself." On these two command- 40 ments hang all the law and the prophets.

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

The LORD said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,

Till I make thine enemies thy footstool?

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'If David then call him LORD, how is he his son? ! And no man 45 was able to answer him a word; neither durst any man, from that day forth, ask him any more questions.

THEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 'say-23 ing, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat. All there- 3 fore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do: but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. For they 4 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 5 of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the uppermost rooms at 6 feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 'and greetings in 7 the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be 8 not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon the 9 earth: for one is your Father which is in heaven. Neither be 10 ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he 11 that is greatest among you, shall be your servant. And whoso- 12 ever shall exalt himself, shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself, shall be exalted.

BUT woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye 13 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 14 widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation. Woe unto you, scribes 15 and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves. Woe unto you, ye blind 16 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 17 gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And whosoever 18 shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools, and blind! for 19 whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and 20 by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, 21 sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that 22 shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 23 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 24