Concerning the resurrection.

The wedding-garment. S. MATTHEW. given to a nation bringing forth the fruits 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thereof. thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Ce

44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone, sar, or not? shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypo

45 And when the chief priests and Pha-crites? risees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them.

46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

CHAP. XXII.

19 Shew me the tribute-money. And they brought unto him a penny.

20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image, and superscription?

21 They say unto him, Cesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto

AND Jesus answered and spake unto Cesar, the things which are Cesar's; and

a

them again by parables, and said, 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto certain king, which made a marriage for his son,

3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.

unto God, the things that are God's.

22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

23 ¶ The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him,

4 Again, he sent forth other servants. 24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man saying, Tell them which are bidden, Be- die, having no children, his brother shall hold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his and my fatlings are killed, and all things brother. are ready: come unto the marriage.

25 Now there were with us seven bre

5 But they made light of it, and went thren: and the first, when he had married a their ways, one to his farm, another to his wife, deceased; and having no issue, left merchandise. his wife unto his brother.

6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them.

7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city.

26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.

27 And last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore in the resurrection, whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her.

29 Jesus answered and said unto them, 8 Then saith he to his servants, The Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor wedding is ready, but they which were the power of God. bidden were not worthy.

30 For in the resurrection they neither

9 Go ye therefore into the highways, marry, nor are given in marriage, but are and as many as ye shall find, bid to the as the angels of God in heaven. marriage.

10 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.

11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment:

31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,

32 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. 33 And when the multitude heard this they were astonished at his doctrine. 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how 34 But when the Pharisees had heard camest thou in hither, not having a wed- that he had put the Sadducees to silence, ding-garment? And he was speechless. they were gathered together.

13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into utter darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of

teeth.

14 For many are called, but few arc chosen.

15 ¶ Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk.

16 And they sent out unto him their 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.

35 Then one of them which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying,

36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

38 This is the first and great command

ment.

39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.

41 ¶ While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,

CHAP. XXIII.

Destruction of Jerusalem. 42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctiwhose son is he? They say unto him, The fieth the gold? son of David.

23 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you hypocrites for ye pay tithe of mint, and observe, that observe and do: but do not anise, and cummin, and have omitted the ye after their works for they say, and do weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

13 ¶ But wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the king- 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourdom of heaven against men: for ye neither selves, that ye are the children of them go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them which killed the prophets.

14 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, fathers. hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, 33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, and for a pretence make long prayer: how can ye escape the damnation of hell? therefore ye shall receive the greater dam- 34 Wherefore behold, I send unto you nation. prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and 15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land some of them shall ye scourge in your synato make one proselyte; and when he is gogues, and persecute them from city to made, ye make him two-fold more the child city:

35 That upon you may come all the 16 Wo unto you, ye blind guides, which righteous blood shed upon the earth, from say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, the blood of righteous Abel, unto the blood it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. slew between the temple and the altar. 17 Ye fools, and blind! for whether is 36 Verily I say unto you, All these

Christ foretells the

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destruction of the temple. things shall come upon this generation. 19 And wo unto them that are with child, 37 O Jerusalem. Jerusalem, thou that and to them that give suck in those days! killest the prophets, and stonest them 20 But pray ye that your flight be not which are sent unto thee, how often would in the winter, neither on the sabbath-day: 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.

21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be

39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed shortened. is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

CHAP. XXIV.

23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it

ND Jesus went out, and departed from not.

AND an disciples trome 24 For there shall arise false Christs,

to him for to shew him the buildings of the and false prophets, and shall shew great temple. signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it 2 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not were possible, they shall deceive the very all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3 And as he sat upon 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 thy coming, and of the end of the world?

elect.

25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 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.

27 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so 4 And Jesus answered and said unto shall also the coming of the Son of man them, Take heed that no man deceive you. be.

5 For many shall come in my name, 28 For wheresoever the carcass is, there saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive will the eagles be gathered together.

29 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 the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

of

30 And then shall appear the sign 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

8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. clouds of heaven with power and great 9 Then shall they deliver you up to be glory.

afflicted, and shall kill you: and ye shall 31 And he shall send his angels with a be hated of all nations for my name's sake. great sound of a trumpet, and they shall 10 And then shall many be offended, and gather together his elect from the four shall betray one another, and shall hate one winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

another.

11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors.

14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall 34 Verily I say unto you, This genera be preached in all the world, for a witness tion shall not pass, till all these things be unto all nations; and then shall the end fulfilled.

come.

35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, 15 When ye therefore shall see the abo- but my words shall not pass away.

mination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel 36 ¶ But of that day and hour knoweth the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but readeth, let him understand:)

16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the house-top not come down to take any thing out of his house :

18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes.

my Father only.

37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came,

Parable of the ten virgins,

CHAP. XXV. and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 ¶ Watch therefore; for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.

43 But know this, that if the good man 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.

44 Therefore be ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

50 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,

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

THEN

CHAP. XXV.

HEN shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh;] go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone

out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

and of the talents. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.

13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

14 For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had received the five talents, went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.

18 But he that had received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 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.

21 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.

22 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.

23 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.

24 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 strewed:

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

26 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 strewed:

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

10 And while they went to buy, the 29 For unto every one that hath shall be bridegroom came; and they that were given, and he shall have abundance: but ready, went in with him to the marriage: from him that hath not, shall be taken away and the door was shut. even that which he hath.

Description of the last judgment. S. MATTHEW.

30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant priests, and the scribes, and the elders of into utter darkness: there shall be weeping the people, unto the palace of the high and gnashing of teeth. priest, who was called Caiaphas,

34 Then shall the King say unto them 8 But when his disciples saw it, they on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my had indignation, saying, To what purpose Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for is this waste? you from the foundation of the world:

AND it came to pass, when Jesus had ten of him: but wo unto that man by whom