seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, and having no seed left his wife unto his brother; 26 in like manner the second also, and the third, unto 27 the seventh. 1 And after them all the woman died. 1 Gr. seven. 28 In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of 29 the seven? for they all had her. But Jesus answered

and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scrip30 tures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection

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they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are 31 as angels 2 in heaven. But as touching the resurrec- 2 Many tion of the dead, have ye not read that which was thorities add 32 spoken unto you by God, saying, I am the God of of God. 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 multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

3

3

Teacher.

34 But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves to35 gether. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a 36 question, tempting him, Master, which is the great Or, 37 commandment in the law? And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 38 and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is 39 the great and first commandment. 4 And a second Or, And a like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as like unto it, 40 thyself. On these two commandments hangeth the Thou shalt whole law, and the prophets.

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

44 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 Lord, how is he his son? 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

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Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his

4

second is

love &c.

1 Many ancient authorities omit and grievous to be borne.

2 Gr. the heavenly.

3 Gr. greater.

4 Or, minister.

Gr. before. 6 Some authorities

disciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on 2
Moses' seat all things therefore whatsoever they bid 3
you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their
works; for they say, and do not. Yea, they bind 4
heavy burdens 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 5
they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad
their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their
garments, and love the chief place at feasts, and the 6
chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in the 7
marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi. But 8
be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, and
all ye are brethren. And call no man your father on 9
the earth for one is your Father, 2 which is in heaven.
Neither be ye called masters: for one is your master, 10
even the Christ. But he that is greatest among you 11
shall be your 4 servant. And whosoever shall exalt 12
himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble
himself shall be exalted.

3

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 13 because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: insert here, for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them 12, ver. 14, that are entering in to enter."

or after ver.

Woe unto

you, scribes

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 15 and Phar- for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; isees, hypo- and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more 7 a son of hell than yourselves.

crites! for ye devour widows'

houses, even

prayers:

8

8

Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whoso- 16 while for a ever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but pretence ye make long whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he 9 is a debtor. Ye fools and blind: for whether is 17 therefore ye shall receive greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified greater condemnation. the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it 18 is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that Luke xx. 47. is upon it, he is a debtor. Ye blind for whether is 19 greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

See Mark xii. 40;

7 Gr. Gehenna.

8 Or, sanc

He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by 20 tuary: as in it, and by all things thereon. And he that sweareth 21 Or, bound by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that

ver. 35.

by his oath. dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by the heaven, 22

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sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and 1anise and cummin, and have left 1 Or, dill. undone the weightier matters of the law, judgement, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, 24 and not to have left the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

25

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

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

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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish 30 the tombs of the righteous, and 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. 31 Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons 32 of them that slew the prophets. Fill ye up then the 33 measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye offspring of

Gehenna.

vipers, how shall ye escape the judgement of hell?2 Gr. 34 Therefore, behold, 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 35 synagogues, and persecute from city to city that upon you 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 36 slew between the sanctuary 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

1 Some ancient authorities omit desolate.

2 Gr.

would I have gathered thy children together, even as
a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and
ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you 38
desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me 39
henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh
in the name of the Lord.

And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going 24
on his way; and his disciples came to him to shew him
the buildings of the temple. But he answered and 2
said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I
say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone
upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the disciples 3 came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy 2 coming, and of the end of the world? And Jesus 4 answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man summation lead you astray. For many shall come in my name, 5 of the age. saying, I am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.

presence.

3 Or, the con

And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see 6 that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet. For nation 7 shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be famines and earthquakes in divers places. But all these things are the beginning 8 of travail. Then shall they deliver you up unto tribu- 9 lation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake. And then shall 10 many stumble, and shall deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall 11 arise, and shall lead many astray. And because in- 12 iquity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold. But he that endureth to the end, the same 13 shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall 14 be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto 5 Gr. inhab- all the nations; and then shall the end come.

4 Or, these good tidings.

ited earth.

6 Or, through.

7 Or, a holy place.

When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, 15 which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand), then let them that are in Judæa flee unto the moun- 16 tains: let him that is on the housetop not go down to 17

:

18 take out the things that are in his house and let him that is in the field not return back to take his cloke. 19 But woe unto them that are with child and to them 20 that give suck in those days! And pray ye that your 21 flight be not in the winter, neither on a sabbath: for then shall be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor 22 ever shall be. And except those days had been shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the 23 elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is the Christ, 24 or, Here; believe it not. For there shall arise false 1 Or, him. Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, 25 even the elect. Behold, I have told you beforehand. 26 If therefore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the 27 inner chambers; believe it not. For as the lightning 2 Or, them. cometh forth from the east, and is seen even unto the west; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. Gr. 28 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be presence. gathered together.

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4

4 Or,

vultures.

But immediately, after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, 30 and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken: and then shall appear the sign of 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 on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send forth his angels with a great 5 Many sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together thorities his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven read with a to the other.

32

5

6

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great trumpet, and

gather &c.

sound.

Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her they shall branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its & Or, a trum 33 leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh; even so pet of great ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that 34 he is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto 1 Or, it. you, This generation shall not pass away, till all

35 these things be accomplished. Heaven and earth