17 SECTION XI.-THE ENTRY INTO JERUSALEM. Lu. 18. 31. & 17.22. WHEN Jesus was on the road to Jerusalem, he took the Mar, 10.32. 18 twelve disciples aside, and said to them: We are now going to ch. 16.21. Jerusalem, where the Son of Man shall be delivered to the 19 chief priests and the scribes, who will condemn him to die and consign him to the Gentiles, to be mocked, and scourged, and crucified but the third day he shall rise again. 20 Then the mother of Zebedee's children came to him with Mar. 10. 35. her sons, prostrating herself, entreated he would grant the re21 quest she had to make. He said to her: What wouldst thou? She answered: That, in thy reign, one of these my two sons 22 may sit on thy right hand, the other at thy left. Jesus replying, said: Ye know not what ye ask. Čan ye drink such a cup as I must drink; or undergo an immersion like that which' 23 1 must undergo? They said unto him: We can. He an 24 swered: Ye shall indeed drink such a cup, and undergo an immersion like that which I must undergo. But to sit at my right hand and at my left I cannot give, unless to those for whom it is prepared by my Father. The ten hearing this were full of indignation against the two Mar. 10. 41. 25 brothers; but Jesus calling them to him, said: Ye know that the princes of the nations domineer over them, and the great 26 exercise their authority upon them. It must not be so amongst you on the contrary, whosoever would become great amongst 27 you, let him be your servant; and whosoever would be chief 28 amongst you, let him be your slave: even as the Son of Man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many. Lu. 22. 24. Phil. 2. 7. Mar. 10. 46. 29 As they left Jericho, followed by a great multitude, two blind 30 men, who sat by the way-side, hearing that Jesus passed by, Lu. 18. 35. 31 cried, saying: Master, Son of David, have pity upon us. The multitude charged them to be silent: but they cried the louder, 32 saying: Master, Son of David, have pity upon us. Then Je sus stopping called them, and said: What do ye want me to 33 do for you? They answered: Sir, to make us see. Jesus 34 had compassion, and touched their eyes. Immediately they received sight, and followed him. Mar. 11. 1. XXI. When they were nigh Jerusalem, being come to Bethpage, Lu. 19. 29. near the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, say2 ing Go to the village opposite to you, where you will find an ass tied, and her colt with her; loose them, and bring them hither. 3 If any man say aught unto you, say, The Master wanteth 4 them,' and he will send them directly. Now all this was done Isa. 62. 11. Ps 118. 25. Jo. 2. 14. Isa. 56. 7. Lu. 19. 38, 39 & 46. Ps. 8. 2. 5 that the words of the prophet may be fulfilled, "Say to the daughter of Zion, Behold thy King cometh to thee lowly, rid6 ing on an ass, even the colt of a laboring beast." According ly the disciples went, and having done as Jesus had commanded 7 them, brought the ass and the colt, and covering them with their 8 mantles, made him ride. Now the greater part spread their mantles in the way; others lopped branches off the trees, and 9 strowed them in the way; while the crowd that went before and that followed, shouted, saying, Hosanna* to the Son of David; blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.t 10 Hosanna in the highest heaven. When he entered Jerusalem, the whole city was in an uproar, every body asking: Who is 11 this? The crowd answered, It is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth in Galilee. 12 Then Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove thence all who sold and who bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money-changers, and the stalls of those who sold 13 doves, and said to them: It is written, My house shall be called a house of prayer, and ye have made it a den of rob14 bers.' Then the blind and the lame came to him in the tem15 ple, and he healed them. But the chief priests and the scribes, seeing the wonders which he performed, and the boys crying in the temple Hosanna to the Son of David, said to him with 16 indignation: Hearest thou what these say? Jesus answered: Yes. Have ye never read,From the mouth of infants and 17 sucklings thou hast procured praise?' Thereupon leaving them, he went out of the city to Bethany, where he remained that night. Mar. 11. 12 18 & 20. Returning to the city in the morning he was hungry, and 19 seeing a single fig-tree by the road, he went to it; but finding only leaves on it, said: Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward. Mar. 11. 22. 20 And the fig-tree withered forthwith. When the disciples saw Lu. 20. 1. it, they said with astonishment: How soon is the fig-tree with21 ered! Jesus answered; Verily I say unto you, if ye have an unshaken faith, ye may not only do as much as is done to the fig-tree, but even if ye should say to this mountain, Be lifted, 22 and thrown into the sea,' it shall be done. Moreover ye shall obtain whatsoever ye shall with faith pray for. Mar. 11. 28. 23 Being come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came near, as he was teaching, and said: By what authority dost thou these things? and who empowered 24 thee? Jesus answering, said to them: I also have a question to propose, which if ye answer me, I will tell you by what author25 ity I do these things. Whence had John authority to baptize? In Heb. Jehovah. * Save now I pray. From heaven; or from men? Then they reasoned thus within themselves, 'If we say, From heaven, he will retort, Why 26 then did ye not believe him? And if we say, From men, we dread the multitude, amongst whom John is universally account27 ed a prophet.' They therefore answered him: We cannot tell. Jesus replied: Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 28 But what think ye of this? A man had two sons, and addressing his elder son, said, 'Son, go work to-day in my vine29 yard.' He answered, 'I will not; but afterwards repented 30 and went. Then addressing the younger, he bade him like31 wise. He answered, Immediately, Sir; but went not. Now, ch. 14. 5. ch. 11. 18. which of the two obeyed his father? They said: The first. Jesus replied: Verily I say unto you, even the publicans and 32 the harlots show you the way into the kingdom of God. For Lu. 7. 33. John came to you in the way of sanctity, and ye believed him not; but the publicans and harlots believed him yet ye who say this, did not afterwards repent and believe him. 33 Lu. 20. 9. Hear another parable: A certain landlord planted a vine- Mar. 12. 1. yard, and hedged it round, and digged a wine-press in it, and 34 built a tower; and having farmed it out, went abroad. When the vintage approached, he sent his servants to the husband35 men, to receive the fruits. But they seized his servants, beat one, drove away with stones another, and killed another. 36 Again, he sent other servants more respectable; but they re37 ceived the same treatment. Finally he sent his son to them; 38 for he said, 'They will reverence my son.' But when the Ps. 118. 22. husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves,' This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and keep possession of his 39 inheritance.' Then they seized him, thrust him out of the 40 vineyard, and killed him. When, therefore, the proprietor of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen? 41 They answered: He will put those wretches to a wretched death, and will let the vineyard to others who will render him the fruits in the season. Jesus replied: Did ye never read in the Scriptures, "A Acts 4. 11. stone which the builders rejected, is made the head of the corner. This the Lord hath effected, and we behold it with ad43 miration." Know, therefore, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation who will produce the 44 fruits thereof. For whosoever shall fall on this stone, shall be bruised; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will crush him to pieces. 42 45 66 The chief priests and the Pharisees hearing his parables, 1 Pet. 2.6. Lu. 14. 16. 46 perceived that he spoke of them; but though they wished to lay hold on him, they were afraid of the populace, who reckoned him a prophet. Rev. 19. 9. XXII. Jesus continuing to discourse to them in parables, said: 2 The administration of heaven resembleth the conduct of a king, 3 who, having made a marriage-feast for his son, sent his servants 4 to call them who had been invited; but they would not come. Then he sent other servants, saying, 'Tell those who are invited, I have prepared my feast, my bullocks and fatlings are 5 slain, and all is ready; come to the marriage.' But they turned away with indifference, one to his farm, another to his mer6 chandise. And the rest, seizing his servants, abused and kill7 ed them. When the king heard this, being enraged, he sent his soldiers, destroyed those murderers, and burnt their city. 8 Then he said to his servants, The entertainment is ready; 9 but they who were invited were not worthy: go, therefore, into ch. 20. 16. the public road, and all that ye find, invite to the marriage.' 10 Accordingly they went into the highways, and assembled ali 11 that they found, good and bad, so that the hall was furnished 12 with guests. When the king came in to see the guests, observing one who had not on a wedding-garment, he said to him, Friend, how camest thou hither without a wedding-garment?' 13 And he was speechless. Then the king said to the attendants, 'Bind him hand and foot, and thrust him out into darkness, 14 where will be weeping and gnashing of teeth' for there are many called, but few chosen. Mar. 12. 13. 15 SECTION XII.- -THE CHARACTER OF THE PHARISEES. THEN the Pharisees retired, and having consulted how 16 they might entrap him in his words, sent to him some of their disciples, and some Herodians,* who being instructed by them, said: Rabbi, we know that thou art sincere, and faithfully teachest the way of God without any partiality, for thou re17 spectest not the person of men: Tell us, therefore, thy opin18 ion, Is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? Jesus per ceiving their malice, said: Dissemblers, why would ye en19 tangle me? Show me the tribute money. And they reached 20 him a denarius.* He asked them: Whose image and inscrip21 tion is this? They answered: Cæsar's. He replied: Render then to Cæsar that which is Cæsar's, and to God that which is God's. 22 And, admiring his answer, they left him and went away. * Partisans of Herod. A Roman coin, value sevenpence halfpenny. Acts 23. 8. 23 The same day came the Sadducees to him, who say that Mar. 12. 18. 24 there is no future life, and thus addressed him: Rabbi, Moses Lu. 20, 27. hath said, "If one die, and have no children, his brother shall Deut. 25.5. 25 marry his widow, and raise issue to the deceased." Now there lived among us seven brothers; the eldest married, and died 26 without issue, leaving his wife to his brother. Thus also the 27 second, and the third and so to the seventh. Last of all the 28 woman died also. Now, at the resurrection, whose wife shall 29 she be of the seven; for they all married her? Jesus answering, said unto them: Ye err, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the 30 power of God; for in that state they neither marry, nor give in 31 marriage; they resemble God's heavenly messengers. But as to the revival of the dead, have ye not read what God declared 32 to you, saying, "I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Ex. 3. 6. Isaac and the God of Jacob?" God is not a God of the dead, 33 but of the living. Now the people who heard this were amazed at his doctrine. 34 Lu. 10. 25. Deut. 6. 5. Meantime, the Pharisees hearing that he had silenced the Mar. 12. 28. 35 Sadducees, flocked about him. Then one of them, a lawyer, 36 trying him, proposed this question: Rabbi, which is the great37 est commandment in the law? Jesus answered: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy 38 soul, and with all thy mind.' This is the first and greatest 39 commandment. The second is like it, 'Thou shalt love thy 40 neighbor as thyself.' On these two commandments the whole Lev. 19.18. Law and the prophets depend. Lu. 20. 41. 41 While the Pharisees were assembled, Jesus asked them, Mar. 12. 35. 42 saying: What think ye of the Messiah? Whose Son should 43 he be? They answered: David's. He replied: How then 44 doth David, speaking by inspiration, call him his Lord? "The Lord," saith he, "said to my Lord, Sit at my right hand, 45 until I make thy foes thy footstool." If the Messiah were 46 David's Son, would David call him his Lord? To this none of them could answer; and from that day nobody presumed to try him with questions. XXIII. Then Jesus addressed the people and his disciples, say2 ing The Scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' chair; there Ps. 110.1. Acts 15. 10. & 22.12. fore observe and do whatsoever they enjoin you: nevertheless Lu. 11. 46. 4 follow not their example; for they say, and do not. Heavy N. 15. 38. and intolerable burdens they prepare for other men's shoulders, Deut. 6.8. 5 Burdens which they themselves will not put a finger to. But Mar. 12. 38. whatever they do, they do to be observed by men. For this they wear broader phylacteries† than others, and larger tufts on 6 their mantles; and affect the uppermost places at entertain- Lu. 11. 43. * Jehovah, + Scrips of parchment, containing sentences of the law. & 20. 46. |