Woes against hypocrisy, &c.

do: but do not ye after their works: for b they say, and do not.

4 c For they bind heavy burdens, and grievous to be horne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.

5 But d all their works they do for to be seen of men: e they make broad their phylacteries, and en-5, large the borders of their garments, 6And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the

ch. 6. 1, 2, 16. e Num. 15. 38. Dent. 6. Prov. 3. 3.

8. & 22. 12.

f Mark 12.

38, 39. Luke! 11. 43. & 20.

46. 3 John 9.

Auno DOMINI 33.

3.

9 And call no man your upon the earth: h for one is your h Mal. 1. 6. Father which is in heaven.

10 Neither be ye called masters:

for one is your Master, even Christ.

11 But i he that is greatest among ch. 20. 26, you, shall be your servant.

27.

12k And whosoever shall exaltk Job 22. 29. himself, shall be abased; and he Prov. 15. 33. that shall humble himself, shall be & 29. 23. exalted.

13 But 1 wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering, to go in.

Luke 14. 11. & 18. 14. Jam. 4. 6.

Pet. 5. 5.
Luke 11.

52.

14 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! in for yen Mark 12. devour widows' houses, and for a 40. Luke 20.1 pretence make long prayer: there- 47. 2 Tim. 3. fore ye shall receive the 6. Tit. 1. 11. greater damnation.

15 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, ye make him two-fold more the child of hell than yourselves.

16 Wo unto you, nye blind n ch. 15. 14. guides which say, o Whosoever ver. 24. shall swear by the temple, it is noo ch. 5. 33, 34. thing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor.

17 Ye fools, and blind! for whether is greater, the gold, Por the p Ex. 30. 29. temple that sanctifieth the gold?

18 And whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

1 Or, debtor, or, bound. q Ex. 29. 37.

19 Ye fools, and blind! for whethers greater, the gift, or a ther1 Kings 8. a'tar that sanctifieth the gift?

20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon.

21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! t for ye pay tithe of mint, and anise, and cummin, and u have omitted the

13. 2 Chr. 6. 2. Ps. 26. 8. & 132. 14.

s ch. 5. 34.
Ps. 11. 4.

Acts 7. 49.
Luke 11.

42.

Gr. avadov, dill.

Sam. 15. Mic. 6. 8. ch. 9. 13. & 12. 7.

22. Hos. 6. 6.

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

29 z Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,

30 And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

31 Wherefore, ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that a ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

32 b Fill yo up then the measure of your fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye c generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?

34d Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes; and e some of them ye shall kill and crucify, and f some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city:

35 g That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, h from the blood of righteous John 3. 12. Abel, unto i the blood of Zacharias, son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar.

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples c Mark 13. 3. came unto him privately, saying,

Signs of Christ's coming.

22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: x but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.

23 y Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there believe it not.

24 For z there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, a if it were possible, they shall deceive the very elect.

25 Behold, I have told you be

fore.

26 Wherefore, if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the de

be? and what shall be the sign of 1. thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, e Take heed that no man deceive you.

e Eph. 5. 6. Col. 2. 8, 18.

my

2 Thess. 2. 3. John 4. 1.

5 For many shall come in name, saying, I am Christ; g and shall deceive many.

6 And ye shall hear of wars, and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

f Jer. 14. 14. & 23. 21, 25. ver. 24. John 5. 43. g ver. 11.

7 For h nation shall rise against h 2 Chr. 15. nation, and kingdom against king-6. Is. 19. 2. dom: and there shall be famines, Hag. 2. 22. and pestilences, and earthquakes in divers places.

8 All these are the beginning of

sorrows.

9 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill you and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.

Zech. 14. 13.

ch. 10. 17. Mark 13. 9. Luke 21. 12.

John 15. 20. & 16. 2.

Acts 4. 2, 3. & 7. 59. & 12. i, &c.

10 And then shall many k be of fended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 11 And many false prophets shall! Pet. 4. 16. rise, and m shall deceive many.

12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.

Rev. 2. 10, 13.

k ch. 11. 6. & 13. 57.

2 Tim. 1. 15. & 4. 10, 16.

1 ch. 7. 15. Acts 20. 29.

2 Pet. 2. 1. m 1 Tim. 4. 1. ver. 5, 24.

n ch. 10. 22. Mark 13.

13 n But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world, for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come. 154 When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination of desolation, spo-6, 14. Rev. ken of by Daniel the prophet, 2. 10. stand in the holy place, (s whoso readeth, let him understand,) 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains:

17 Let him which is on the house-top not come down to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And two unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days!

20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath-day:

13. Heb. 3.

27 b For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

28 For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together.

29 ¶d Immediately after the tribulation of those days, e shall the sun be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:

sign of the Son of man in heaven: 30 f And then shall appear the

g and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, hand they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.

31 And he shall send 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.

32 Now learn ka parable of the and a great fig-tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:

voice.

k Luke 21.
29.

Jam. 5. 9.
Or, he.

in ch. 16. 28. & 23. 36.

Luke 21. 32. Mark 13. 30.

n Ps. 102. 26. Is. 51.6. Jer. 31. 35, 36. ch. 5. 18.

Mark 13. 31. Luke 21. 33. Heb. 1. 11. o Mark 13. 32. Acts 1. 7.

1 Thess. 5. 2. 2 Pet. 3. 10. p Zech. 14.7.

Gen. 6. 3,

4, 5. & 7. 5.

Luke 17. 26. 1 Pet. 3. 20.

r Luke 17. 31, &c.

33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know I that || it is near, even at the doors.

34 Verily I say unto you, m This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.

35 n Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass

away.

36 o But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, Pbut my Father only.

37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

38 q For as in the days that were before the flood, they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 r Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two women shall be grinding

44 u Therefore be ye also ready: ch. 25. 13. Rev. 16. 15. for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

x Luke 12. 42. Acts 20. 28. 1 Cor. 4.

2. Heb. 3. 5.

46 y Blessed is that servant, whom y Rev. 16. his lord, when he cometh, shall find | 15. so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That z he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;

49 And shall begin to smite his fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken;

50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour that he is not aware of,

51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: a there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

CHAPTER XXV.

The parable of the ten virgins, 14 and of the talents. 31 Also the description of the last judgment.

THEN shall the kingdom of

ch. 25. 21,

23. Luke 22. 29.

Or, cut him off. a ch. 8. 12.

& 25. 30.

heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet a the bride-a Eph. 5. 29, 30. Rev. 19. groom.

2b And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.

3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them :

4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, e they all slumbered and slept.

7. & 21. 2, 9.

b ch. 13. 47. & 22. 10.

c 1 Thess. 5.

6 And at midnight d there was a 6. cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and e trimmed their lamps.

d ch. 24. 31. I Thess. 4. 16.

e Luke 12.

8 And the foolish said unto the 35. wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone out.

| Or, going

9 But the wise answered, saying, out. Not so; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready, went in with him

to the marriage; and the door was f Luke 13. shut.

25.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, g Lord, Lord, openg ch. 7. 21, 22, 23. to us. 12 But he answered and said,|

Ich 21. 33. A talent is 1874, 10s.

ch. 18. 24. m Rom.12.6. I Cor. 12. 7, 11, 29. Eph. 4. 11.

n ch. 24. 47. ver. 34, 46.

Luke 12. 44.

& 22. 29, 30.

o Heb. 12. 2.

2 Tim. 2. 12.

1 Pet. 1. 8.

p ver. 21.

q ch. 13. 12. Mark 4. 25.

Luke 8.18.& 19. 26. John 15. 2.

and of the talents. Verily I say unto you, h I know

you not.

13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

14 Tk For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travelling into a far country, who called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; m to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey

16 Then he that had received the five talents, went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents.

17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other

two.

18 But he that had received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

20 And so he that had received five talents, came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained besides them five talents more.

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, n I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into o the joy of thy lord.

22 He also that had received two talents came, and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents besides them.

23 His lord said unto him, p Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 Then he which had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, 1 knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed:

25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.

26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful servant, thou kuewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed:

27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents.

29 q For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath.

The last judgment described.

30 And cast ye the unprofitable

Anno

Christ eateth the passover.

shall be weeping and gnashing of

teeth.

33.

r ch. 8. 12.

& 24. 51. Zech. 14.5. ch. 16. 27. & 8. 38. Acts 1.

19. 28. Mark

31 s When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And t before him shall be ga-11. 1 Thess. thered all nations: and he shall 4. 16. separate them one from another, 2 Thess. 1.7. as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, xinherit the kingdom y prepared for you from the foundation of the world:

35 z For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: 1 was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: a I was a stranger, and ye took me in:

Jude 14.

Rev. 1. 7.

t Rom. 14.10.

2 Cor. 5. 10. Rev. 20. 12.

u Ezek. 20.

38. & 34, 17,

20. ch. 13.

49.

x Rom. 8.17. Pet. 1. 4, 9. & 3. 9. Rev.

21. 7. Mark 10. 40. Cor. 2. 9.

y ch. 20. 23.

Heb. 11. 16. 7. Is. 58. 7.

36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: c Ezek. 18. 7. was in prison, and ye came unto

me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it

unto me.

Jam. 1. 27. a Heb. 13. 2. 3 John 5.

16.

Jam. 2. 15,

c 2 Tim. 1. 16.

Prov. 14. 31. & 19. 17. ch. 10. 42. Mark 9. 41.

Heb. 6. 10.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, e Departe Ps. 6.8. ch. from me, ye cursed, finto ever-7. 23. Luke lasting fire, prepared for g the devil 13. 27. and his angels:

42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: 1 was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink :

43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

f ch. 13. 40, 42.

i ch. 10. 4.

k Zech. 11.

5 But they said, Not on the feastday, lest there be an uproar among the people.

6 Now when Jesus was in d Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,

7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head as he sat at meat.

8 e But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste?

9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor.

10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.

11 fFor ye have the poor always with you; but g me ye have not always.

12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial.

13 Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.

14 Th Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests,

15 And said unto them, k What will ye give me, and I will deliver 12. ch. 27. 3. him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.

16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

17 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread, the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover?

18 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover at thy house with my disciples.

19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover.

20 m Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 21 And as they did eat, he said, John 13. 21. Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me.

22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I?

Christ prayeth in the garden,

23 And he answered and said,| He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray

me.

24 The Son of man goeth, o as it is written of him: but p wo unto that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not been born.

25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it? He said unto him, Thou hast said.

n Ps. 41. 9.

Luke 22. 21. John 13. 18. Ps. 22. Is. 26. Mark 9. 12. Luke 24. 25, 26, 46. Acts 17. 2, 3. & 26. 22, 23. 1 Cor. 15. 3. p John 17. 12.

53. Dan. 9.

Mark 14. 22. Luke 22. r1 Cor. 11. 23, 21, 25.

26 9 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it to the dis-19. ciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.

27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For u this is my blood'x of the new testament, which is shed y for many for the remission of sins.

29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, a until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

30 b And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.

Many Greek copies have, gare

thanks. See

Mark 6. 41.

s 1 Cor. 10.

16.

23.

Mark 14.

See Ex. 24.

8. Lev. 17. 11.

x Jer. 31. 31. y ch. 20. 28.

Rom. 5. 15.
Heb. 9. 22.

7. Mark 14. 25. Luke 22.

18. a Acts 10. 41. Mark 14.

31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall d be offended because of me this night: for it is written,b e I will smite the Shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.

32 But after I am risen again, fI will go before you into Galilee.

26.

Or, psalm. c Mark 14.

Anno DOMINI 33.

q Mark 14. 43. Luke 22. 47. John 18. 3. Acts 1. 16.

and is betrayed with a kiss. spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.

42 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink it, thy will be done.

43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.

44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words.

45 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.

46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.

47 And q while he yet spake, lo, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people.

48 Now he that betrayed him, gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he; hold him fast.

49 And forthwith he came to Jer 2 Sam. 20. sus, and said, Hail, Master; r and kissed him.

9.

s Ps. 41. 9. & 55. 13.

4 ch. 11. 6. e Zech. 13.7.

33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be off ch. 28. 7, fended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.

34 Jesus said unto him, g Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.

35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will not I deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.

10, 16. Mark 14. 28. & 16.

7.

Mark 14. 30. Luke 22. 34. John 13.

38.

36 Then cometh Jesus withh Mark 14. them unto a place called Gethse-32,-35. mane, and saith unto the disciples, Luke 22. 39. Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.

37 And he took with him Peter,

John 18. 1.

and the two sons of Zebedee, and i ch. 4. 21. began to be sorrowful and very

heavy.

38 Then saith he unto them, k Myk John 12. soul is exceeding sorrowful, even 27. unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

33 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless, not as I will, but as thou wilt.

40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What! could ye

not watch with me one hour?
41 p Watch and pray, that ye
not into temptation: the

enter

I Mark 14.

ļu Gen. 9. 6. Rev. 13. 10.

50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him.

51 And behold, t one of them which were with Jesus, stretched out his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest, and smote off his ear.

52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: u for all they that take the sword, shall perish with the sword.

53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he x 2 Kings 6. shall presently give me x more than twelve legions of angels?

7.

58 But Peter followed him afar off, unto the high priest's palace, and went in, and sat with the servants to see the end.

59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to death;

60 But found none: yea, though