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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 23 crites! for ye tithe mint and 'anise and cummin, and have left undone the weightier matters of the law, judgement, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. Ye blind guides, 24 which strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

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

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 27 crites! 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 so ye also outwardly appear 28 righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 29 crites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and garnish the tombs of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our 30 fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets. Wherefore 31 ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. Fill ye up then 32 the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye 33 offspring of vipers, how shall ye escape the 'Gr. Gehenna. judgement of hell? Therefore, behold, I send 34 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 35 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 slew between the sanc36 tuary 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 unto you 'desolate. 'Some ancient 39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me hence- authorities forth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.

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And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to shew him the buildings of the temple. 2 But he answered and 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.

3 And as he sat on 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
4 the world? And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Take heed that no man lead you astray.
5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I
am the Christ; and shall lead many astray.
6 And shall hear of wars and rumours of wars:
ye
see that ye be not troubled: for these things
must needs come to pass; but the end is not
7 yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and
kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be
famines and earthquakes in divers places.
8 But all these things are the beginning of
9 travail.
Then shall they deliver you up
unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye

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omit desolate.

Gr. presence. Or, the conthe age summation of

shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake. And then shall many stumble, and shall 10 deliver up one another, and shall hate one another. And many false prophets shall arise, 11 and shall lead many astray. And because ini- 12 quity shall be multiplied, the love of the many shall wax cold. But he that endureth to the 13 1Or, these good end, the same shall be saved. And 1this gospel 14 tidings of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole 2 Gr. inhabited 2 world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

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earth.

'Or, a holy

place

When therefore ye see the abomination of 15 'Or, through desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand), then let them that 16 are in Judæa flee unto the mountains: let him 17 that is on the housetop not go down to take out the things that are in his house: and let 18 him that is in the field not return back to take his cloke. But woe unto them that are with 19 child and to them that give suck in those days! And pray ye that your flight be not in 20 the winter, neither on a sabbath for then shall 21 be great tribulation, such as hath not been from the beginning of the world until now, no, nor ever shall be. And except those days had been 22 shortened, no flesh would have been saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, 23 here is the Christ, or, Here; believe it not. For there shall arise false Christs, and false pro- 24 phets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; so as to lead astray, if possible, even the elect. Behold, I have told you beforehand. If there- 25, 26 fore they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the wilderness; go not forth: Behold, he is in the inner chambers; believe it not. For as 27 the lightning cometh forth from the east, and

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• Or, them

is seen even unto the west; so shall be the

28 'coming of the Son of man. Wheresoever the 1Gr. presence. carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered *Or, vultures together.

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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, and the powers of the heavens 30 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 sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.

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authorities

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Or, a trumpet of great sound

Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its leaves, ye know that the sum33 mer is nigh; even so ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that he is nigh, even at Or, it 34 the doors. Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all these things 35 be accomplished. Heaven and earth shall pass 36 away, but my words shall not pass away. But

of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, neither the Son, but the 37 Father only. And as were the days of Noah, 38 so shall be the 'coming of the Son of man. For as in those days which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah 39 entered into the ark, and they knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so 40 shall be the 'coming of the Son of man. Then

shall two men be in the field; one is taken, and 41 one is left: two women shall be grinding at the

Many autho ancient, omit neither the

rities, some

Son.

ye know

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3 Gr. bondservant.

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mili; one is taken, and one is left.
therefore for ye know not on what day your

1 Or, But this Lord cometh. 1 But know this, that if the mas- 43
ter of the house had known in what watch the
thief was coming, he would have watched, and
would not have suffered his house to be broken
through. Therefore be ye also ready: for in an 44
hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh.
Who then is the faithful and wise 3servant, 45
whom his lord hath set over his household, to
give them their food in due season? Blessed 46
is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh
shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, 47
that he will set him over all that he hath. But 48
if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My
lord tarrieth; and shall begin to beat his 49
fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with
the drunken; the lord of that servant shall 50
come in a day when he expecteth not, and in
an hour when he knoweth not, and shall cut 51
him asunder, and appoint his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and
gnashing of teeth.

Or, severely Scourge him

Or, torches

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened 1 25 unto ten virgins, which took their 'lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five 2 of them were foolish, and five were wise. For 3 the foolish, when they took their lamps, took no oil with them: but the wise took oil in their 4 vessels with their 'lamps. Now while the bride- 5 groom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the 6 bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him. Then 7 all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of 8 your oil; for our 'lamps are going out. But the 9 wise answered, saying, Peradventure there will not be enough for us and you go ye rather to