the king came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a 12 wedding-garment: and he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? 13 And he was speechless. Then the king said to the 1 servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few chosen.

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Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might ensnare him in his talk. 16 And they send to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, 2 Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest not the person 17 of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto 18 Cæsar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, 19 ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and 21 superscription? They say unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's; and unto God the things that are 22 God's. And when they heard

it, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

On that day there came to 23 him Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him, saying, 24 2 Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother 5 shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. Now there were with 25 us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother; in like 26 manner the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And after them all the woman 27 died. In the resurrection 28 therefore whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. But Jesus answered 29 and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they 30 neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as angels 7 in heaven. But as touching 31 the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of 32 Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living. And 33 when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

But the Pharisees, when 34 they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence,

gathered themselves together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, tempt36 ing him, 1Master, which is the great commandment in 37 the law? And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, 38 and with all thy mind. This is the great and first com39 mandment. And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40 On these two commandments hangeth the whole law, and the prophets.

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Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus 42 asked them a question, saying, What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. 43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

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The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,
Till I put thine enemies

underneath thy feet? 45 If David then calleth him 46 Lord, how is he his son? And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. 231

Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his dis2 ciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on 3 Moses' seat: all things there

fore whatsoever they bid you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not. Yea, 4 they bind heavy burdens 3 and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. But all their works they do 5 for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and 6 love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and the saluta- 7 tions in the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi. But be not ye called 8 Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. And 9 call no man your father on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: 10 for one is your master, even the Christ. But he that is 11 5 greatest among you shall be your servant. And whoso- 12 ever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

But woe unto you, scribes 13 and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter.8

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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves.

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the 2 temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the 2 temple, he is a debtor. 17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath 13 sanctified the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is 3a 19 debtor. Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and 21 by all things thereon. And he that sweareth by the 2 temple, sweareth by it, and by him 22 that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Woe unto you, scribes and 25 Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and excess. Thou blind Pha- 26 risee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

Woe unto you, scribes and 27 Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even 28 so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Woe unto you, scribes and 29 Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, and 30 say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore ye witness 31 to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure 32 of your fathers. Ye serpents, 33 ye offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the judgement of hell? Therefore, behold, 34 I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes: some of them shall ye kill and crucify; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: that upon you 35 3 Or, bound by his

may come all the righteous blood shed on the earth, from the blood of Abel the righteous unto the blood of Zachariah son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the sanctuary 36 and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! 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 39 unto you 1desolate. 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.

unto them, Take heed that no man lead you astray. For many shall come in my 5 name, saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray. And ye shall hear of wars 6 and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet. For nation shall rise 7 against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places. But 8 all these things are the beginning of travail. Then shall 9 they deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake. And then shall many 10 stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. And many false 11 prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray. And be- 12 cause iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold. But he that 13 endureth to the end, the same shall be saved. And 14 this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole 5 world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

When therefore ye see the 15 abomination of desolation, which was spoken of "by Daniel the prophet, standing in 7the holy place (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in 16

2 Gr. presence. 3 Or, the

5 Gr. inhabited