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- 17:1 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John
- his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart,
- 17:2 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine
- as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light.
- 17:3 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias
- talking with him.
- 17:4 Then answered Peter, and said unto Jesus, Lord, it is
- good for us to be here: if thou wilt, let us make here three
- tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for
- Elias.
- 17:5 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed
- them: and behold a voice out of the cloud, which said, This is
- my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased; hear ye him.
- 17:6 And when the disciples heard [it], they fell on their
- face, and were sore afraid.
- 17:7 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be
- not afraid.
- 17:8 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man,
- save Jesus only.
- 17:9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged
- them, saying, Tell the vision to no man, until the Son of man
- be risen again from the dead.
- 17:10 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the
- scribes that Elias must first come?
- 17:11 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly
- shall first come, and restore all things.
- 17:12 But I say unto you, That Elias is come already, and
- they knew him not, but have done unto him whatsoever they
- listed. Likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them.
- 17:13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them
- of John the Baptist.
- 17:14 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to
- him a [certain] man, kneeling down to him, and saying,
- 17:15 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is a lunatic, and
- sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into
- the water.
- 17:16 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not
- cure him.
- 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse
- generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I
- suffer you? bring him hither to me.
- 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of
- him: and the child was cured from that very hour.
- 17:19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why
- could not we cast him out?
- 17:20 And Jesus said unto them, Because of your unbelief: for
- verily I say unto you, If ye have faith as a grain of mustard
- seed, ye shall say unto this mountain, Remove hence to yonder
- place; and it shall remove; and nothing shall be impossible
- unto you.
- 17:21 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and
- fasting.
- 17:22 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them,
- The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men:
- 17:23 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be
- raised again. And they were exceeding sorry.
- 17:24 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that
- received tribute [money] came to Peter, and said, Doth not your
- master pay tribute?
- 17:25 He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house,
- Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom
- do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own
- children, or of strangers?
- 17:26 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto
- him, Then are the children free.
- 17:27 Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to
- the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first
- cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find
- a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and
- thee.
- 18:1 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying,
- Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?
- 18:2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in
- the midst of them,
- 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted,
- and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the
- kingdom of heaven.
- 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little
- child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
- 18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name
- receiveth me.
- 18:6 But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which
- believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were
- hanged about his neck, and [that] he were drowned in the depth
- of the sea.
- 18:7 Woe unto the world because of offences! for it must
- needs be that offences come; but woe to that man by whom the
- offence cometh!
- 18:8 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee, cut them
- off, and cast [them] from thee: it is better for thee to enter
- into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two
- feet to be cast into everlasting fire.
- 18:9 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast
- [it] from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with
- one eye, rather than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
- 18:10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones;
- for I say unto you, That in heaven their angels do always
- behold the face of my Father which is in heaven.
- 18:11 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost.
- 18:12 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one
- of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine,
- and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone
- astray?
- 18:13 And if so be that he find it, verily I say unto you, he
- rejoiceth more of that [sheep], than of the ninety and nine
- which went not astray.
- 18:14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in
- heaven, that one of these little ones should perish.
- 18:15 Moreover if thy brother shall trespass against thee, go
- and tell him his fault between thee and him alone: if he shall
- hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother.
- 18:16 But if he will not hear [thee, then] take with thee one
- or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every
- word may be established.
- 18:17 And if he shall neglect to hear them, tell [it] unto
- the church: but if he neglect to hear the church, let him be
- unto thee as a heathen man and a publican.
- 18:18 Verily I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall bind on
- earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose
- on earth shall be loosed in heaven.
- 18:19 Again I say unto you, That if two of you shall agree on
- earth as touching any thing that they shall ask, it shall be
- done for them of my Father which is in heaven.
- 18:20 For where two or three are gathered together in my
- name, there am I in the midst of them.
- 18:21 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall
- my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times?
- 18:22 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven
- times: but, Until seventy times seven.
- 18:23 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a
- certain king, which would take account of his servants.
- 18:24 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto
- him, which owed him ten thousand talents.
- 18:25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay, his lord commanded
- him to be sold, and his wife, and children, and all that he
- had, and payment to be made.
- 18:26 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him,
- saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all.
- 18:27 Then the lord of that servant was moved with
- compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt.
- 18:28 But the same servant went out, and found one of his
- fellowservants, which owed him an hundred pence: and he laid
- hands on him, and took [him] by the throat, saying, Pay me that
- thou owest.
- 18:29 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and
- besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay
- thee all.
- 18:30 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison,
- till he should pay the debt.
- 18:31 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were
- very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was
- done.
- 18:32 Then his lord, after that he had called him, said unto
- him, O thou wicked servant, I forgave thee all that debt,
- because thou desiredst me:
- 18:33 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy
- fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee?
- 18:34 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the
- tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him.
- 18:35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you,
- if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their
- trespasses.
- 19:1 And it came to pass, [that] when Jesus had finished
- these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came into the
- coasts of Judaea beyond Jordan;
- 19:2 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them
- there.
- 19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and
- saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife
- for every cause?
- 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read,
- that he which made [them] at the beginning made them male and
- female,
- 19:5 And said, For this cause shall a man leave father and
- mother, and shall cleave to his wife: and they twain shall be
- one flesh?
- 19:6 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What
- therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.
- 19:7 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a
- writing of divorcement, and to put her away?
- 19:8 He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of
- your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the
- beginning it was not so.
- 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife,
- except [it be] for fornication, and shall marry another,
- committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her which is put away
- doth commit adultery.
- 19:10 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be
- so with [his] wife, it is not good to marry.
- 19:11 But he said unto them, All [men] cannot receive this
- saying, save [they] to whom it is given.
- 19:12 For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from
- [their] mother's womb: and there are some eunuchs, which were
- made eunuchs of men: and there be eunuchs, which have made
- themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is
- able to receive [it], let him receive [it].
- 19:13 Then were there brought unto him little children, that
- he should put [his] hands on them, and pray: and the disciples
- rebuked them.
- 19:14 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them
- not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.
- 19:15 And he laid [his] hands on them, and departed thence.
- 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master,
- what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life?
- 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there
- is] none good but one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter
- into life, keep the commandments.
- 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no
- murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal,
- Thou shalt not bear false witness,
- 19:19 Honour thy father and [thy] mother: and, Thou shalt
- love thy neighbour as thyself.
- 19:20 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I
- kept from my youth up: what lack I yet?
- 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go [and]
- sell that thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have
- treasure in heaven: and come [and] follow me.
- 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away
- sorrowful: for he had great possessions.
- 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto
- you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of
- heaven.
- 19:24 And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to
- go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter
- into the kingdom of God.
- 19:25 When his disciples heard [it], they were exceedingly
- amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?
- 19:26 But Jesus beheld [them], and said unto them, With men
- this is impossible; but with God all things are possible.
- 19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have
- forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore?
- 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That
- ye which have followed me, in the regeneration when the Son of
- man shall sit in the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit
- upon twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel.
- 19:29 And every one that hath forsaken houses, or brethren,
- or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or
- lands, for my name's sake, shall receive an hundredfold, and
- shall inherit everlasting life.
- 19:30 But many [that are] first shall be last; and the last
- [shall be] first.
- 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man [that is]
- an householder, which went out early in the morning to hire
- labourers into his vineyard.
- 20:2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a
- day, he sent them into his vineyard.
- 20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others
- standing idle in the marketplace,
- 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and
- whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.
- 20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and
- did likewise.
- 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found
- others standing idle, and saith unto them, Why stand ye here
- all the day idle?
- 20:7 They say unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He
- saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever
- is right, [that] shall ye receive.
- 20:8 So when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith
- unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them [their]
- hire, beginning from the last unto the first.
- 20:9 And when they came that [were hired] about the eleventh
- hour, they received every man a penny.
- 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed that they should
- have received more; and they likewise received every man a
- penny.
- 20:11 And when they had received [it], they murmured against
- the goodman of the house,
- 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought [but] one hour, and
- thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden
- and heat of the day.
- 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do
- thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?
- 20:14 Take [that] thine [is], and go thy way: I will give
- unto this last, even as unto thee.
- 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine
- own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?
- 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for
- many be called, but few chosen.
- 20:17 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve
- disciples apart in the way, and said unto them,
- 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall
- be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and
- they shall condemn him to death,
- 20:19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to
- scourge, and to crucify [him]: and the third day he shall rise
- again.
- 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with
- her sons, worshipping [him], and desiring a certain thing of
- him.
- 20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto
- him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right
- hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.
- 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask.
- Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to
- be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say
- unto him, We are able.
- 20:23 And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my
- cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with:
- but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to
- give, but [it shall be given to them] for whom it is prepared
- of my Father.
- 20:24 And when the ten heard [it], they were moved with
- indignation against the two brethren.
- 20:25 But Jesus called them [unto him], and said, Ye know
- that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them,
- and they that are great exercise authority upon them.
- 20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be
- great among you, let him be your minister;
- 20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your
- servant:
- 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto,
- but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.
- 20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude
- followed him.
- 20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side,
- when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have
- mercy on us, O Lord, [thou] son of David.
- 20:31 And the multitude rebuked them, because they should
- hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy
- on us, O Lord, [thou] son of David.
- 20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What
- will ye that I shall do unto you?
- 20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
- 20:34 So Jesus had compassion [on them], and touched their
- eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they
- followed him.
- 21:1 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to
- Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two
- disciples,
- 21:2 Saying unto them, Go into the village over against you,
- and straightway ye shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her:
- loose [them], and bring [them] unto me.
- 21:3 And if any [man] say ought unto you, ye shall say, The
- Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them.
- 21:4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was
- spoken by the prophet, saying,
- 21:5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh
- unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal
- of an ass.
- 21:6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them,
- 21:7 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their
- clothes, and they set [him] thereon.
- 21:8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the
- way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strowed
- [them] in the way.
- 21:9 And the multitudes that went before, and that followed,
- cried, saying, Hosanna to the son of David: Blessed [is] he
- that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest.
- 21:10 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was
- moved, saying, Who is this?
- 21:11 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of
- Nazareth of Galilee.
- 21:12 And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all
- them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the
- tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold
- doves,
- 21:13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be
- called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of
- thieves.
- 21:14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple;
- and he healed them.
- 21:15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the
- wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the
- temple, and saying, Hosanna to the son of David; they were sore
- displeased,
- 21:16 And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And
- Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the
- mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise?
- 21:17 And he left them, and went out of the city into
- Bethany; and he lodged there.
- 21:18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he
- hungered.
- 21:19 And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it,
- and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it,
- Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently
- the fig tree withered away.
- 21:20 And when the disciples saw [it], they marvelled,
- saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away!
- 21:21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Verily I say unto
- you, If ye have faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this
- [which is done] to the fig tree, but also if ye shall say unto
- this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea;
- it shall be done.
- 21:22 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer,
- believing, ye shall receive.
- 21:23 And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests
- and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching,
- and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who
- gave thee this authority?
- 21:24 And Jesus answered and said unto them, I also will ask
- you one thing, which if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell
- you by what authority I do these things.
- 21:25 The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of
- men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall
- say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not then
- believe him?
- 21:26 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for
- all hold John as a prophet.
- 21:27 And they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And
- he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do
- these things.
- 21:28 But what think ye? A [certain] man had two sons; and he
- came to the first, and said, Son, go work to day in my
- vineyard.
- 21:29 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he
- repented, and went.
- 21:30 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he
- answered and said, I [go], sir: and went not.
- 21:31 Whether of them twain did the will of [his] father?
- They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I
- say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the
- kingdom of God before you.
- 21:32 For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and
- ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed
- him: and ye, when ye had seen [it], repented not afterward,
- that ye might believe him.
- 21:33 Hear another parable: There was a certain householder,
- which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged
- a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to
- husbandmen, and went into a far country:
- 21:34 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his
- servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits
- of it.
- 21:35 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and
- killed another, and stoned another.
- 21:36 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and
- they did unto them likewise.
- 21:37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They
- will reverence my son.
- 21:38 But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among
- themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us
- seize on his inheritance.
- 21:39 And they caught him, and cast [him] out of the
- vineyard, and slew [him].
- 21:40 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what
- will he do unto those husbandmen?
- 21:41 They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those
- wicked men, and will let out [his] vineyard unto other
- husbandmen, which shall render him the fruits in their seasons.
- 21:42 Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the
- scriptures, The stone which the builders rejected, the same is
- become the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it
- is marvellous in our eyes?
- 21:43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be
- taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits
- thereof.
- 21:44 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken:
- but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
- 21:45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his
- parables, they perceived that he spake of them.
- 21:46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared
- the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.
- 22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by
- parables, and said,
- 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which
- made a marriage for his son,
- 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were
- bidden to the wedding: and they would not come.
- 22:4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them
- which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen
- and [my] fatlings [are] killed, and all things [are] ready:
- come unto the marriage.
- 22:5 But they made light of [it], and went their ways, one to
- his farm, another to his merchandise:
- 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated [them]
- spitefully, and slew [them].
- 22:7 But when the king heard [thereof], he was wroth: and he
- sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and
- burned up their city.
- 22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but
- they which were bidden were not worthy.
- 22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye
- shall find, bid to the marriage.
- 22:10 So those servants went out into the highways, and
- gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good:
- and the wedding was furnished with guests.
- 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw
- there a man which had not on a wedding garment:
- 22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in
- hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless.
- 22:13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and
- foot, and take him away, and cast [him] into outer darkness;
- there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
- 22:14 For many are called, but few [are] chosen.
- 22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they
- might entangle him in [his] talk.
- 22:16 And they sent out unto him their disciples with the
- Herodians, saying, Master, we know that thou art true, and
- teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any
- [man]: for thou regardest not the person of men.
- 22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to
- give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
- 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why
- tempt ye me, [ye] hypocrites?
- 22:19 Show me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a
- penny.
- 22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose [is] this image and
- superscription?
- 22:21 They say unto him, Caesar's. Then saith he unto them,
- Render therefore unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's; and
- unto God the things that are God's.
- 22:22 When they had heard [these words], they marvelled, and
- left him, and went their way.
- 22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that
- there is no resurrection, and asked him,
- 22:24 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no
- children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed
- unto his brother.
- 22:25 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first,
- when he had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue,
- left his wife unto his brother:
- 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the
- seventh.
- 22:27 And last of all the woman died also.
- 22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be
- of the seven? for they all had her.
- 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not
- knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
- 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are
- given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
- 22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye
- not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
- 22:32 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
- living.
- 22:33 And when the multitude heard [this], they were
- astonished at his doctrine.
- 22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the
- Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together.
- 22:35 Then one of them, [which was] a lawyer, asked [him a
- question], tempting him, and saying,
- 22:36 Master, which [is] the great commandment in the law?
- 22:37 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God
- with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy
- mind.
- 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
- 22:39 And the second [is] like unto it, Thou shalt love thy
- neighbour as thyself.
- 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the
- prophets.
- 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked
- them,
- 22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They
- say unto him, [The son] of David.
- 22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call
- him Lord, saying,
- 22:44 The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand,
- till I make thine enemies thy footstool?
- 22:45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
- 22:46 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst
- any [man] from that day forth ask him any more [questions].
- 23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
- 23:2 Saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses'
- seat:
- 23:3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, [that]
- observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say,
- and do not.
- 23:4 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne,
- and lay [them] on men's shoulders; but they [themselves] will
- not move them with one of their fingers.
- 23:5 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they
- make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their
- garments,
- 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief
- seats in the synagogues,
- 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men,
- Rabbi, Rabbi.
- 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master,
- [even] Christ; and all ye are brethren.
- 23:9 And call no [man] your father upon the earth: for one is
- your Father, which is in heaven.
- 23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master,
- [even] Christ.
- 23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your
- servant.
- 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and
- he that shall humble himself shall be exalted.
- 23:13 But woe 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.
- 23:14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
- devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer:
- therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
- 23:15 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
- compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is
- made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
- yourselves.
- 23:16 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!
- 23:17 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold,
- or the temple that sanctifieth the gold?
- 23:18 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing;
- but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is
- guilty.
- 23:19 [Ye] fools and blind: for whether [is] greater, the
- gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift?
- 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by
- it, and by all things thereon.
- 23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it,
- and by him that dwelleth therein.
- 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the
- throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
- 23:23 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
- pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the
- weightier [matters] of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
- these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.
- 23:24 [Ye] blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow
- a camel.
- 23:25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
- make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but
- within they are full of extortion and excess.
- 23:26 [Thou] blind Pharisee, cleanse first that [which is]
- within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be
- clean also.
- 23:27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
- are like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful
- outward, but are within full of dead [men's] bones, and of all
- uncleanness.
- 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men,
- but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
- 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites!
- because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the
- sepulchres of the righteous,
- 23:30 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.
- 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are
- the children of them which killed the prophets.
- 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
- 23:33 [Ye] serpents, [ye] generation of vipers, how can ye
- escape the damnation of hell?
- 23:34 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise
- men, and scribes: and [some] of them ye shall kill and crucify;
- and [some] of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and
- persecute [them] from city to city:
- 23:35 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed
- upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood
- of Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple
- and the altar.
- 23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon
- this generation.
- 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the
- prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often
- would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen
- gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!
- 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
- 23:39 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth,
- till ye shall say, Blessed [is] he that cometh in the name of
- the Lord.
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