He rideth into Jerusalem. Anno DOMINI 33. e Isai. 62. 11. Zech. 9-9 DOMINI CHAP. XXI. The parable of the vineyard. shall find an ass tied, and a colt with her: 21 Jesus answered and said unto them, Anno loose them, and bring them unto me. Verily I say unto you, "If ye have faith, 33and doubt not, ye shall not only do this u ch. 17.20. which is done to the fig tree, but also if ye Luke 17.6. shall say unto this mountain, Be thou re- y1 Cor. 13-2. moved, and be thou cast into the sea; it shall be done. 3 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 4 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 5 Tell ye the daughter of Sion, BeJohn 12 15 hold, thy King cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the foal of an ass. d Mark 11.4. 6 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, p P's. 8. 2. 14 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 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, 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? a x Jam. 1. 6. Mark 11. 24. ch.77 Luke 11.9. John 3. 22. 514 27. Luke Jam. 5. 16. a Mark 11. 22 And 'all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 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 b Exod. 2. thou these things? and who gave thee 14. Acts 4. this authority? 24 And Jesus answered and said unto 25 The baptism of John, whence was 28¶ But what think ye? A certain man 20. 1. 7.87.2% ch.14.5. Luke 20. 6. Mark 6. 29. 32 For John came unto you in the of righteousness, and ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots be- Luke 3. 12, lieved him: and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him. 33 ¶ Hear another parable: There was 17 And he left them, and went out of a certain housholder, which planted a Mark 11, the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. vineyard, and hedged it round about, and 18 Now in the morning as he return-digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, ed into the city, he hungered. and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country: The marriage of the king's son. Auno DOMINI 33. S. MATTHEW. than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my x Isai. 60. 12. Dan. 2. 44. v ver. 11. Luke 7. 16. John 7. 49. A Luke 14. 16. Rev. 19. 7,9 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because "they took him for a prophet. CHAP. XXII. 1 The parable of the marriage of the king's son. 9 The vocation of the Gentiles. 12 The punishment of him that wanted the wedding garment. 15 Tribute ought to be paid to Cesar. 23 Christ confuteth the Sadducees for the resurrection: 34 answereth the lawyer, which is the first and great commandment: 41 and poseth the Pharisees about the Messias. AND Jesus answered and spake unto 3 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 4 Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Beb Prov. 9. 2. hold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. 5 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: Ange DOMINI Tribute ought to be paid to Cesar. 6 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew 33them. 7 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, D and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 8 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 9 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 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. Luke 19. 11 And when the king came in to see fans the guests, he saw there a man which Caly had not on a wedding garment: 12 And he saith unto him, Friend, how & camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. Rev. & 4 & 16.13 & 19 13 Then said the king to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and take him away, and cast him into outer darkness; 8 ch. 8. 12. there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 14 For many are called, but few are h ch. 20. 16. chosen. 15 Then went the Pharisees, and Mark took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 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. 17 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Cesar, or not? 18 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 13. Luke 22. 19 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a || penny. 20 And he saith unto them, Whose is a this image and || superscription? 21 They say unto him, Cesar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cesar the things which are Cesar's; and unto God the things that are God's 22 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. m 1 Mark 23 The same day came to him the La Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, Acts 24 Saying, Master, "Moses said, If a De man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 25 ° Now there were with us seven bre- *Tak; thren: and the first, when he had married A C Which is the first commandment. Anno DOMINI 33. CHAP. XXIII. The scribes and Pharisees exposed. a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, and to his disciples, HEN spake Jesus to the multitude, left his wife unto his brother: 26 Likewise the second also, and the + Gr. we third, unto the † seventh. 27 And last of all the woman died also. 28 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 29 Jesus answered and said unto them, P John 20.9. Ye do err, "not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 30 For in the resurrection they neither q 1 John 3.2. marry, nor are given in marriage, but ' are as the angels of God in heaven. 2 Saying, "The scribes and the Parisees sit in Moses' seat: 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. Anno DOMINI 33. a Neb. 8. 4. 8. Mal. 2. 7. Mark 12.38. Luke 20. 45 4 For they bind heavy burdens and Luke 11. grievous to be borne, and lay them on 10. Gal. 6. men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. 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, 6 'And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. d 5, 16. ch. 6. 1, 2, Numb. 15. 38. Deut. 6. & 22. 12. Prov. 3-3 Mark 12. 43 & 20. 38, 39. Luke 46. 3 John 9. Jam. 3. 1. 24. 1Pet. 5. See 2 Cor. 1. 3. 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: "for one is your Father, which h Mal. 1. 6. is in heaven. 10 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 11 But he that is greatest among you ich. 20. 26, shall be your servant. 27. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself k Job 22. 29. shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 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. Luke 14. 11. & 18. 14 Jam. 4.6. Lake 11. 1 Pet. 5-5 40. Luke 20 14 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! "for ye devour widows' m Mark 12. houses, and for a pretence make long 47. Tim. prayer: therefore ye shall receive the iii. greater damnation. 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. 3.6. Tit. 16 Woe unto you, "ye blind guides, n 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 ! ch. 15. 14. ch. 5. 33, 11.39. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Lek74 hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. 26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 27 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, Luke 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. 44. Acts 23. 3. 35 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 34 ¶ Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and scribes : Acts 5.40. and some of them ye shall kill and cruci& 22. 19. fy; and some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city: & 7.58, 59. f ch. 10. 17. 2 Cor. 11. 24, 25. g Rev. 18. 24. h Gen. 4. 8. John 3. 12. i 2 Chron. 24. 20, 21. e 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. 36 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that 12 Chron. killest the prophets, and stonest them 24. 21. which are sent unto thee, how often would m.out. 32. mI have gathered thy children together, 2 Esdr. 1.30. even as a hen gathereth her chickens k Luke 13. 34. 11, 12. CHAP. XXIV. Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple: 3 what, and how great calamities shall be before it: 29 the signs of his com ing to judgment. 36 And because that day and hour is unknown, 42 we ought to watch like good servants, expecting every moment our master's coming. ch. 21.9 AND Jesus went out, and departed Lake 51. 5 from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 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 b1 Kings 3 upon another, that shall not be thrown is Mr. down. Jer. S 12. Lake 19. 44 e Mark 13.3 3¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these a 1 Thess. 5things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? e 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not trou- ver. 1. bled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. t Luke 23. 29. u Dan. 9. 26. & 12. 1. Joel 2.2. his house: 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 19 And woe 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: 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. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: x Isai. 65.8, but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 9. Zech. 14. 2,3 31 And he shall send his angels ||with 1 Thess. 4. a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall 16. The parable of the ten virgins. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall Anno also the coming of the Son of man be. 38 DOMINI 33. q Luke 26. For as in the days that were before a Gen. 6. 3, the flood they were eating and drinking, 17:5 marrying and giving in marriage, until the 1 Pet. 3. 20. 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. 34, &c. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the Luke 17. one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. Mark 13. 33, &c. Luke 21. 36. 42 'Watch therefore: for ye know ch. 25. 13. not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the good-Luke 12. man of the house had known in what 39. 1 Thess. watch the thief would come, he would 10. Rev. 3. have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 5. 2. 2 Pet. 3. 3. & 16. 15. 1 Thess. 5. 6. 44 "Therefore be ye also ready for ch. 25-13 in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 42. Acts 20, 45 Who then is a faithful and wise x Luke 12. servant, whom his lord hath made ruler 28. Cor. over his houshold, to give them meat in 3.5. due season? y 4.2. Hebr. 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his y Rev. 16.15. lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That ' 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 fellowservants, 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: "there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAP. XXV. 1 The parable of the ten virgins, 14 and of the talents. 31 Also the description of the last judgment. HEN shall the kingdom of heaven or, with a gather together his elect from the fourbe likened unto ten virgins, which and a great winds, from one end of heaven to the other. ch. 25. 21, 23. Luke 22. 29 Or, cut him off. a ch. 8. 12. & 25.30. a Ephes. 5. 29, 30. Rev. 2 And five of them were wise, and 19.7. &a. 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, they all slumbered and slept. d 2, 9. b ch. 13.47. & 22. 10. 6. 1 Thess. 5 d ch. 24. 31. 6 And at midnight there was a cry Thess.4.16. made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. e Luke 12. 35. |