42 in their seasons.

Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never

read in the scriptures,

The stone which the builders rejected,

The same was made the head of the corner:
This was from the Lord,

And it is marvellous in our eyes?

43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation 44 bringing forth the fruits thereof. And he that falleth

on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomso45 ever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. And when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, 46 they perceived that he spake of them. And when they sought to lay hold on him, they feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet. 22 And Jesus answered and spake again in parables unto 2 them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a certain king, which made a marriage feast for his son, 3 and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come. 4 Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner. my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are 5 ready: come to the marriage feast. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another 6 to his merchandise: and the rest laid hold on his ser

vants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them. 7 But the king was wroth; and he sent his armies, and 8 destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they 9 that were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore unto the partings of the highways, and as many as ye 10 shall find, bid to the marriage feast. And those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the 11 wedding was filled with guests. But when the king

came in to behold the guests, he saw there a man which 12 had not on a wedding-garment: and he saith unto him,

Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wed13 ding-garment? And he was speechless. Then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the 14 weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, but few chosen.

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Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they 16 might ensnare him in his talk. And they send to him

their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, We know that thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for thou regardest 17 not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cæsar, or 18 not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said,

Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me, the tribute 19 money. And they brought unto him a penny. And 20 he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscrip21 tion? 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 God's. 22 And when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

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On that day there came to him Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him, say24 ing, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no chil

dren, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed 25 unto his brother. Now there were with us seven breth

ren: and the first married and deceased, and having no 26 seed left his wife unto his brother; in like manner the 27 second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And after 28 them all the woman died. In the resurrection therefore

whose wife_shall she be of the seven? for they all had 29 her. But Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do

err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God 30 Fer in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given 31 in marriage, but are as angels in heaven. But as touch

ing the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that 32 which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 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 liv33 ing. And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

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But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves together. 35 And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a question, 36 tempting him, Master, which is the great commandment 37 in 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 com 39 mandment. And a second like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neignbour as thyself. On these two com40 mandments hangeth the 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 him, The

43 son of David. 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 Lord, how is he his son? And 46 no one was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. 23 Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his dis2 ciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on 3 Moses' seat: all things therefore whatsoever they bid

you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their 4 works; for they say, and do not. Yea, they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move 5 them with their finger. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylac6 teries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the syn7 agogues, and the salutations in the marketplaces, and to 8 be called of men, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: 9 for one is your teacher, and all ye are brethren. And

call no man your father on the earth: for one is your 10 Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called mas11 ters:.for one is your master, even the Christ. But he 12 that is greatest among you shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. 13 But woe unto you, scribes 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.

15 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.

16 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. Ye 17 fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the 18 temple that hath 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 a debtor. 19 Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that 20 sanctifieth the gift? He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And

21 he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by 22 him that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by

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

23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 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, 24 and not to have left the other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but 26 within they are full from extortion and excess. 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 par31 takers with them in the blood of the prophets. Where

fore ye witness to yourselves, that ye are sons of 32 them that slew the prophets. Fill ye up then the 33 measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye offspring of

vipers, how shall ye escape the judgement of hell? 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 syn35 agogues, 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 slew between 36 the sanctuary and the altar, Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

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O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I gave gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and 38 ye would not! Behold, your house is left unto you 39 desolate. For I say unto you, ye shall not see me hence

forth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 24 And Jesus went out from the temple, and was going on his way; and his disciples came to him to shew him 2 the buildings of the temple. 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 com4 ing, and of the end of the world? And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man lead you 5 astray. For many shall come in my name, saying, I am 6 the Christ; and shall lead many astray. And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but 7 the end is not yet. For nation shall rise against nation,

and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be fam8 ines and earthquakes in divers places. But all these 9 things are the beginning of travail. Then shall they

deliver you up unto tribulation, and shall kill you: and ye shall be hated of all the nations for my name's sake. 10 And then shall many stumble, and shall deliver up one 11 another, and shall hate one another. And many false 12 prophets shall arise, and shall lead many astray. And

because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of the 13 many shall wax cold. But he that endureth to the end, 14 the same shall be saved. And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in the whole world for a testimony unto all the nations; and then shall the end come.

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When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in the holy place (let him that readeth understand), 16 then let them that are in Judæa flee unto the moun17 tains: let him that is on the housetop not go down to 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 short

ened, 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, or