1 Many ancient authorities omit and grievous to be borne. 1 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 3 Gr. greater. even the Christ. But he that is greatest among you 11 4Or, minister shall be your servant. And whosoever shall exalt 12 himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. 2 Gr. the heavenly. 5 Gr. before. 6 Some authorities 4 3 5 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 13 because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them or after ver. that are entering in to enter." insert here, 12, ver. 14 Woe unto ye Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 15 you, scribes 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. and Pharisees, hypocrites! devour for ye widows' houses, even while for a pretence ye make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive greater con demnation. See Mark xii. 40; Luke xx. 47. 7 Gr. Gehenna. 8 Or, sanc tuary: as in ver. 35. 9 Or, bound by his oath 9 8 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whoso- 16 ever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor. Ye fools and blind: for whether is 17 greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it 18 is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is a debtor. Ye blind: for whether is 19 greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by 20 it, and by all things thereon. And he that sweareth 21 by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by the heaven, 22 8 9 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 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. 27 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. 29 Gehenna. 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 vipers, how shall ye escape the judgement of 2 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 shal 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 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 i desolate. For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me 39 rities omit henceforth, till ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. 1 Some ancient autho desolate, 2 Gr. 3 Or, the con the age 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 ɛaid 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. 2 : 3 And as he sat on the mount of Olives, the 3 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 the world? And 4 presence. Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that summation of 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 and rumours of wars: 6 see that ye be not troubled: for these things must needs come to pass; but the end is not yet. For 7 nation 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 ini- 12 quity 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 all the nations; and then shall the end come. 4 Or, these good tidings 5 Gr. inha bited earth. When therefore ye see the abomination of desolation, 15 6 Or, through which was spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing 7 Or, a holy in the holy place (let him that readeth understand), place 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. presence. 28 Wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be 4 Or, vultures gathered together. 29 : 4 3 Gr. 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 Many sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together authorities his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven read with to the other. 32 5 5 ancient a great trumpet, shall gather 6 Or, a Now from the fig tree learn her parable: when her and they branch is now become tender, and putteth forth its &c. 83 leaves, ye know that the summer is nigh; even so trumpet of ye also, when ye see all these things, know ye that great sound 34 he is nigh, even at the doors. Verily I say unto 7 Or, it you, This generation shall not pass away, till all 35 these things be accomplished. Heaven and earth shall 1 Many authorities, some neither the Son. 3 Or, But this ye know But 36 pass away, but my words shall not pass away. of that day and hour knoweth no one, not even the angels of heaven, 1neither the Son, but the Father only. And as were the days of Noah, so shall be the 37 ancient, omit 2 coming of the Son of man. For as in those days 38 which were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noah entered into the ark, and they knew 39 not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall be the coming of the Son of man. Then shall 40 two men be in the field; one is taken, and one is left: two women shall be grinding at the mill; one 41 is taken, and one is left. Watch therefore for ye 42 know not on what day your Lord cometh. 3 But 43 know this, that if the master of the house had known in what watch the thief was coming, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house 4 Gr. digged to be broken through. Therefore be ye also ready: 44 through. for in an hour that ye think not the Son of man cometh. Who then is the faithful and wise 5 servant, 45 whom his lord hath set over his household, to give them their food in due season? Blessed is that 5 ser- 46 vant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say unto you, that he will set him 47 over all that he hath. But if that evil 5 servant shall 48 say in his heart, My lord tarrieth; and shall begin 49 to beat his fellow-servants, and shall eat and drink with the drunken; the lord of that servant shall come 50 in a day when he expecteth not, and in an hour when 6 Or, severely he knoweth not, and shall cut him asunder, and 51 appoint his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. 5 Gr. bondservant. Scourge him Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto 25 7 Or, torches ten virgins, which took their 'lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. And five of them were 2 foolish, and five were wise. For the foolish, when 3 they took their 'lamps, took no oil with them: but the 4 wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. Now 5 while the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. But at midnight there is a cry, Behold, the 6 bridegroom! Come ye forth to meet him. Then all 7 |