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                               CHAPTER 22

 MAT 22:1 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said,
 MAT 22:2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a
marriage for his son,
 MAT 22:3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the
wedding: and they would not come.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 22:5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm,
another to his merchandise:
 MAT 22:6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and
slew them.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 22:8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which
were bidden were not worthy.
 MAT 22:9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid
to the marriage.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 22:11 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which
had not on a wedding garment:
 MAT 22:12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a
wedding garment? And he was speechless.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 22:14 For many are called, but few are chosen.
 MAT 22:15 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him
in his talk.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 22:17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute
unto Caesar, or not?
 MAT 22:18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye
hypocrites?
 MAT 22:19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny.
 MAT 22:20 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription?
 MAT 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.
 MAT 22:22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and
went their way.
 MAT 22:23 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no
resurrection, and asked him,
 MAT 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.
 MAT 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:
 MAT 22:26 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
 MAT 22:27 And last of all the woman died also.
 MAT 22:28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven?
for they all had her.
 MAT 22:29 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of God.
 MAT 22:30 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
 MAT 22:31 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that
which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
 MAT 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.
 MAT 22:33 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his
doctrine.
 MAT 22:34 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to
silence, they were gathered together.
 MAT 22:35 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting
him, and saying,
 MAT 22:36 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
 MAT 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.
 MAT 22:38 This is the first and great commandment.
 MAT 22:39 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself.
 MAT 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
 MAT 22:41 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
 MAT 22:42 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him,
The son of David.
 MAT 22:43 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord,
saying,
 MAT 22:44 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make
thine enemies thy footstool?
 MAT 22:45 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
 MAT 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.


                               CHAPTER 23

 MAT 23:1 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
 MAT 23:2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
 MAT 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.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 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,
 MAT 23:6 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the
synagogues,
 MAT 23:7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi.
 MAT 23:8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and
all ye are brethren.
 MAT 23:9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father,
which is in heaven.
 MAT 23:10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ.
 MAT 23:11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
 MAT 23:12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall
humble himself shall be exalted.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 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!
 MAT 23:17 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple
that sanctifieth the gold?
 MAT 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.
 MAT 23:19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar
that sanctifieth the gift?
 MAT 23:20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all
things thereon.
 MAT 23:21 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that
dwelleth therein.
 MAT 23:22 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and
by him that sitteth thereon.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 23:24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 23:26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and
platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
 MAT 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.
 MAT 23:28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye
are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
 MAT 23:29 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the
tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous,
 MAT 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.
 MAT 23:31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children
of them which killed the prophets.
 MAT 23:32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
 MAT 23:33 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation
of hell?
 MAT 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:
 MAT 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.
 MAT 23:36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation.
 MAT 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!
 MAT 23:38 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
 MAT 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.


                               CHAPTER 24

 MAT 24:1 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples
came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple.
 MAT 24:2 And Jesus 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.
 MAT 24:3 And as he sat upon 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 the world?
 MAT 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive
you.
 MAT 24:5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive
many.
 MAT 24:6 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.
 MAT 24:7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and
there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
 MAT 24:8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
 MAT 24:9 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.
 MAT 24:10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and
shall hate one another.
 MAT 24:11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
 MAT 24:12 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold.
 MAT 24:13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.
 MAT 24:14 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.
 MAT 24:15 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of
by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him
understand:)
 MAT 24:16 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
 MAT 24:17 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out
of his house:
 MAT 24:18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his
clothes.
 MAT 24:19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in
those days!
 MAT 24:20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the
sabbath day:
 MAT 24:21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the
beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
 MAT 24:22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be
saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
 MAT 24:23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there;
believe it not.
 MAT 24:24 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and shall
shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were possible, they shall
deceive the very elect.
 MAT 24:25 Behold, I have told you before.
 MAT 24:26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go
not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe it not.
 MAT 24:27 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.
 MAT 24:28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered
together.
 MAT 24:29 Immediately after the tribulation of those days 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:
 MAT 24:30 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 in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
 MAT 24:31 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.
 MAT 24:32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender,
and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
 MAT 24:33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is
near, even at the doors.
 MAT 24:34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these
things be fulfilled.
 MAT 24:35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.
 MAT 24:36 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of
heaven, but my Father only.
 MAT 24:37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of
man be.
 MAT 24:38 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,
 MAT 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall
also the coming of the Son of man be.
 MAT 24:40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other
left.
 MAT 24:41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
 MAT 24:42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come.
 MAT 24:43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what
watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered
his house to be broken up.
 MAT 24:44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the
Son of man cometh.
 MAT 24:45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made
ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?
 MAT 24:46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so
doing.
 MAT 24:47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his
goods.
 MAT 24:48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth
his coming;
 MAT 24:49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink
with the drunken;
 MAT 24:50 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,
 MAT 24:51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the
hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.


                               CHAPTER 25

 MAT 25:1 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which
took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
 MAT 25:2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
 MAT 25:3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them:
 MAT 25:4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
 MAT 25:5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
 MAT 25:6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh;
go ye out to meet him.
 MAT 25:7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
 MAT 25:8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps
are gone out.
 MAT 25:9 But the wise answered, saying, Not so; lest there be not enough for us
and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.
 MAT 25:10 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 shut.
 MAT 25:11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to
us.
 MAT 25:12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not.
 MAT 25:13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the
Son of man cometh.
 MAT 25:14 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.
 MAT 25:15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another
one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his
journey.
 MAT 25:16 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the
same, and made them other five talents.
 MAT 25:17 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two.
 MAT 25:18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid
his lord's money.
 MAT 25:19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth
with them.
 MAT 25:20 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 beside them five talents more.
 MAT 25:21 His lord said unto him, Well done, thou 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.
 MAT 25:22 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord, thou
deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents beside
them.
 MAT 25:23 His lord said unto him, 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.
 MAT 25:24 Then he which had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I knew
thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering
where thou hast not strawed:
 MAT 25:25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there
thou hast that is thine.
 MAT 25:26 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful
servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not
strawed:
 MAT 25:27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and
then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
 MAT 25:28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath
ten talents.
 MAT 25:29 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.
 MAT 25:30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall
be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
 MAT 25:31 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:
 MAT 25:32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:
 MAT 25:33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the
left.
 MAT 25:34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed
of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the
world:
 MAT 25:35 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave
me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
 MAT 25:36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in
prison, and ye came unto me.
 MAT 25:37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee
an hungred, and fed thee? or       thirsty, and gave thee drink?
 MAT 25:38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed
thee?
 MAT 25:39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
 MAT 25:40 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.
 MAT 25:41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye
cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:
 MAT 25:42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye
gave me no drink:
 MAT 25:43 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.
 MAT 25:44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an
hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not
minister unto thee?
 MAT 25:45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as
ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
 MAT 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal.


                               CHAPTER 26

 MAT 26:1 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he
said unto his disciples,
 MAT 26:2 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son
of man is betrayed to be crucified.
 MAT 26:3 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the
elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called
Caiaphas,
 MAT 26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
 MAT 26:5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the
people.
 MAT 26:6 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper,
 MAT 26:7 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.
 MAT 26:8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what
purpose is this waste?
 MAT 26:9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the
poor.
 MAT 26:10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the
woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
 MAT 26:11 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always.
 MAT 26:12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for
my burial.
 MAT 26:13 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.
 MAT 26:14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief
priests,
 MAT 26:15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto
you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver.
 MAT 26:16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
 MAT 26:17 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?
 MAT 26:18 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.
 MAT 26:19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made
ready the passover.
 MAT 26:20 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
 MAT 26:21 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you
shall betray me.
 MAT 26:22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say
unto him, Lord, is it I?
 MAT 26:23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the
dish, the same shall betray me.
 MAT 26:24 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto that man
by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good for that man if he had not
been born.
 MAT 26:25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I?
He said unto him, Thou hast said.
 MAT 26:26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and brake
it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat; this is my body.
 MAT 26:27 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying,
Drink ye all of it;
 MAT 26:28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for
the remission of sins.
 MAT 26:29 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the
vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.
 MAT 26:30 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of
Olives.
 MAT 26:31 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me
this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the
flock shall be scattered abroad.
 MAT 26:32 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
 MAT 26:33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended
because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
 MAT 26:34 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
 MAT 26:35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not
deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
 MAT 26:36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith
unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder.
 MAT 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to
be sorrowful and very heavy.
 MAT 26:38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto
death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
 MAT 26:39 And he went a little farther, 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.
 MAT 26:40 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith
unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
 MAT 26:41 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit indeed
is willing, but the flesh is weak.
 MAT 26:42 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.
 MAT 26:43 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were heavy.
 MAT 26:44 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time,
saying the same words.
 MAT 26:45 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.
 MAT 26:46 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray me.
 MAT 26:47 And 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.
 MAT 26:48 Now he that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, Whomsoever I shall
kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
 MAT 26:49 And forthwith he came to Jesus, and said, Hail, master; and kissed
him.
 MAT 26:50 And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came
they, and laid hands on Jesus and took him.
 MAT 26:51 And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched out his
hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant of the high priest's, and smote
off his ear.
 MAT 26:52 Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword into his place: for
all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
 MAT 26:53 Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall
presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?
 MAT 26:54 But how then shall the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it must be?
 MAT 26:55 In that same hour said Jesus to the multitudes, Are ye come out as
against a thief with swords and staves for to take me? I sat daily with you
teaching in the temple, and ye laid no hold on me.
 MAT 26:56 But all this was done, that the scriptures of the prophets might be
fulfilled. Then all the disciples forsook him, and fled.
 MAT 26:57 And they that had laid hold on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas the
high priest, where the scribes and the elders were assembled.
 MAT 26:58 But Peter followed him afar off unto the high priest's palace, and
went in, and sat with the servants, to see the end.
 MAT 26:59 Now the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, sought false
witness against Jesus, to put him to death;
 MAT 26:60 But found none: yea, though many false witnesses came, yet found they
none. At the last came two false witnesses,
 MAT 26:61 And said, This fellow said, I am able to destroy the temple of God,
and to build it in three days.
 MAT 26:62 And the high priest arose, and said unto him, Answerest thou nothing?
what is it which these witness against thee?
 MAT 26:63 But Jesus held his peace, And the high priest answered and said unto
him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the
Christ, the Son of God.
 MAT 26:64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou hast said: nevertheless I say unto you,
Hereafter shall ye see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of power, and
coming in the clouds of heaven.
 MAT 26:65 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying, He hath spoken
blasphemy; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his
blasphemy.
 MAT 26:66 What think ye? They answered and said, He is guilty of death.
 MAT 26:67 Then did they spit in his face, and buffeted him; and others smote
him with the palms of their hands,
 MAT 26:68 Saying, Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he that smote thee?
 MAT 26:69 Now Peter sat without in the palace: and a damsel came unto him,
saying, Thou also wast with Jesus of Galilee.
 MAT 26:70 But he denied before them all, saying, I know not what thou sayest.
 MAT 26:71 And when he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw him, and
said unto them that were there, This fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.
 MAT 26:72 And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
 MAT 26:73 And after a while came unto him they that stood by, and said to
Peter, Surely thou also art one of them; for thy speech bewrayeth thee.
 MAT 26:74 Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And
immediately the cock crew.
 MAT 26:75 And Peter remembered the word of Jesus, which said unto him, Before
the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice. And he went out, and wept bitterly.


                              CHAPTER 27

 MAT 27:1 When the morning was come, all the chief priests and elders of the
people took counsel against Jesus to put him to death:
 MAT 27:2 And when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to
Pontius Pilate the governor.
 MAT 27:3 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw that he was condemned,
repented himself, and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief
priests and elders,
 MAT 27:4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed the innocent blood. And
they said, What is that to us? see thou to that.
 MAT 27:5 And he cast down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed, and
went and hanged himself.
 MAT 27:6 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and said, It is not
lawful for to put them into the treasury, because it is the price of blood.
 MAT 27:7 And they took counsel, and bought with them the potter's field, to
bury strangers in.
 MAT 27:8 Wherefore that field was called, The field of blood, unto this day.
 MAT 27:9 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet,
saying, And they took the thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was
valued, whom they of the children of Israel did value;
 MAT 27:10 And gave them for the potter's field, as the Lord appointed me.
 MAT 27:11 And Jesus stood before the governor: and the governor asked him,
saying, Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said unto him, Thou sayest.
 MAT 27:12 And when he was accused of the chief priests and elders, he answered
nothing.
 MAT 27:13 Then said Pilate unto him, Hearest thou not how many things they
witness against thee?
 MAT 27:14 And he answered him to never a word; insomuch that the governor
marvelled greatly.
 MAT 27:15 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release unto the people a
prisoner, whom they would.
 MAT 27:16 And they had then a notable prisoner, called Barabbas.
 MAT 27:17 Therefore when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto them,
Whom will ye that I release unto you? Barabbas, or Jesus which is called Christ?
 MAT 27:18 For he knew that for envy they had delivered him.
 MAT 27:19 When he was set down on the judgment seat, his wife sent unto him,
saying, Have thou nothing to do with that just man: for I have suffered many
things this day in a dream because of him.
 MAT 27:20 But the chief priests and elders persuaded the multitude that they
should ask Barabbas, and destroy Jesus.
 MAT 27:21 The governor answered and said unto them, Whether of the twain will
ye that I release unto you? They said, Barabbas.
 MAT 27:22 Pilate saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus which is
called Christ? They all say unto him, Let him be crucified.
 MAT 27:23 And the governor said, Why, what evil hath he done? But they cried
out the more, saying, Let him be crucified.
 MAT 27:24 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, but that rather a
tumult was made, he took water, and washed his hands before the multitude,
saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person: see ye to it.
 MAT 27:25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us, and on
our children.
 MAT 27:26 Then released he Barabbas unto them: and when he had scourged Jesus,
he delivered him to be crucified.
 MAT 27:27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common hall,
and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers.
 MAT 27:28 And they stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe.
 MAT 27:29 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it upon his
head, and a reed in his right hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and
mocked him, saying, Hail, King of the Jews!
 MAT 27:30 And they spit upon him, and took the reed, and smote him on the head.
 MAT 27:31 And after that they had mocked him, they took the robe off from him,
and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.
 MAT 27:32 And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him
they compelled to bear his cross.
 MAT 27:33 And when they were come unto a place called Golgotha, that is to say,
a place of a skull,
 MAT 27:34 They gave him vinegar to drink mingled with gall: and when he had
tasted thereof, he would not drink.
 MAT 27:35 And they crucified him, and parted his garments, casting lots: that
it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, They parted my garments
among them, and upon my vesture did they cast lots.
 MAT 27:36 And sitting down they watched him there;
 MAT 27:37 And set up over his head his accusation written, THIS IS JESUS THE
KING OF THE JEWS.
 MAT 27:38 Then were there two thieves crucified with him, one on the right
hand, and another on the left.
 MAT 27:39 And they that passed by reviled him, wagging their heads,
 MAT 27:40 And saying, Thou that destroyest the temple, and buildest it in three
days, save thyself. If thou be the Son of God, come down from the cross.
 MAT 27:41 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with the scribes and
elders, said,
 MAT 27:42 He saved others; himself he cannot save. If he be the King of Israel,
let him now come down from the cross, and we will believe him.
 MAT 27:43 He trusted in God; let him deliver him now, if he will have him: for
he said, I am the Son of God.
 MAT 27:44 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, cast the same in his
teeth.
 MAT 27:45 Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the land unto the
ninth hour.
 MAT 27:46 And about the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, Eli,
Eli, lama sabachthani? that is to say, My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken
me?
 MAT 27:47 Some of them that stood there, when they heard that, said, This man
calleth for Elias.
 MAT 27:48 And straightway one of them ran, and took a spunge, and filled it
with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave him to drink.
 MAT 27:49 The rest said, Let be, let us see whether Elias will come to save
him.
 MAT 27:50 Jesus, when he had cried again with a loud voice, yielded up the
ghost.
 MAT 27:51 And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to
the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent;
 MAT 27:52 And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept
arose,
 MAT 27:53 And came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the
holy city, and appeared unto many.
 MAT 27:54 Now when the centurion, and they that were with him, watching Jesus,
saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, they feared greatly,
saying, Truly this was the Son of God.
 MAT 27:55 And many women were there beholding afar off, which followed Jesus
from Galilee, ministering unto him:
 MAT 27:56 Among which was Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and
Joses, and the mother of Zebedees children.
 MAT 27:57 When the even was come, there came a rich man of Arimathaea, named
Joseph, who also himself was Jesus' disciple:
 MAT 27:58 He went to Pilate, and begged the body of Jesus. Then Pilate
commanded the body to be delivered.
 MAT 27:59 And when Joseph had taken the body, he wrapped it in a clean linen
cloth,
 MAT 27:60 And laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn out in the rock:
and he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre, and departed.
 MAT 27:61 And there was Mary Magdalene, and the other Mary, sitting over
against the sepulchre.
 MAT 27:62 Now the next day, that followed the day of the preparation, the chief
priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate,
 MAT 27:63 Saying, Sir, we remember that that deceiver said, while he was yet
alive, After three days I will rise again.
 MAT 27:64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third
day, lest his disciples come by night, and steal him away, and say unto the
people, He is risen from the dead: so the last error shall be worse than the
first.
 MAT 27:65 Pilate said unto them, Ye have a watch: go your way, make it as sure
as ye can.
 MAT 27:66 So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and
setting a watch.


                               CHAPTER 28

 MAT 28:1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of
the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.
 MAT 28:2 And, behold, there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord
descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat
upon it.
 MAT 28:3 His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow:
 MAT 28:4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
 MAT 28:5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I
know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.
 MAT 28:6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where
the Lord lay.
 MAT 28:7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead;
and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I
have told you.
 MAT 28:8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy;
and did run to bring his disciples word.
 MAT 28:9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them,
saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
 MAT 28:10 Then said Jesus unto them, Be not afraid: go tell my brethren that
they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
 MAT 28:11 Now when they were going, behold, some of the watch came into the
city, and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done.
 MAT 28:12 And when they were assembled with the elders, and had taken counsel,
they gave large money unto the soldiers,
 MAT 28:13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while
we slept.
 MAT 28:14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and
secure you.
 MAT 28:15 So they took the money, and did as they were taught: and this saying
is commonly reported among the Jews until this day.
 MAT 28:16 Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, into a mountain
where Jesus had appointed them.
 MAT 28:17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him: but some doubted.
 MAT 28:18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto
me in heaven and in earth.
 MAT 28:19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of
the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:
 MAT 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.