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and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat. 40:012:002 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 40:012:003 But he said unto them, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; 40:012:004 How he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only for the priests? 40:012:005 Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? 40:012:006 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. 40:012:007 But if ye had known what this meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 40:012:008 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. 40:012:009 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 40:012:010 And, behold, there was a man which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. 40:012:011 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 40:012:012 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath days. 40:012:013 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 40:012:014 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 40:012:015 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all; 40:012:016 And charged them that they should not make him known: 40:012:017 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 40:012:018 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 40:012:019 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 40:012:020 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 40:012:021 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 40:012:022 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 40:012:023 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 40:012:024 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 40:012:025 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 40:012:026 And if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand? 40:012:027 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 40:012:028 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 40:012:029 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. 40:012:030 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 40:012:031 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. 40:012:032 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 40:012:033 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 40:012:034 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 40:012:035 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 40:012:036 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 40:012:037 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned. 40:012:038 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 40:012:039 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas: 40:012:040 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 40:012:041 The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here. 40:012:042 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. 40:012:043 When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 40:012:044 Then he saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and when he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. 40:012:045 Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man is worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation. 40:012:046 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him. 40:012:047 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee. 40:012:048 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? 40:012:049 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 40:012:050 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. 40:013:001 The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side. 40:013:002 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore. 40:013:003 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; 40:013:004 And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: 40:013:005 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: 40:013:006 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. 40:013:007 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: 40:013:008 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold. 40:013:009 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 40:013:010 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 40:013:011 He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 40:013:012 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 40:013:013 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. 40:013:014 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 40:013:015 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 40:013:016 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 40:013:017 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 40:013:018 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 40:013:019 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side. 40:013:020 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 40:013:021 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 40:013:022 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 40:013:023 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 40:013:024 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 40:013:025 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 40:013:026 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 40:013:027 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 40:013:028 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 40:013:029 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 40:013:030 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 40:013:031 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 40:013:032 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 40:013:033 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 40:013:034 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 40:013:035 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. 40:013:036 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 40:013:037 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 40:013:038 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 40:013:039 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 40:013:040 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 40:013:041 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 40:013:042 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 40:013:043 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 40:013:044 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 40:013:045 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls: 40:013:046 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. 40:013:047 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 40:013:048 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 40:013:049 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 40:013:050 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 40:013:051 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 40:013:052 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. 40:013:053 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. 40:013:054 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 40:013:055 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 40:013:056 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 40:013:057 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. 40:013:058 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. 40:014:001 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 40:014:002 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him. 40:014:003 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 40:014:004 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 40:014:005 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. 40:014:006 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 40:014:007 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 40:014:008 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. 40:014:009 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. 40:014:010 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 40:014:011 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. 40:014:012 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. 40:014:013 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 40:014:014 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 40:014:015 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 40:014:016 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. 40:014:017 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 40:014:018 He said, Bring them hither to me. 40:014:019 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 40:014:020 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 40:014:021 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. 40:014:022 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 40:014:023 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray: and when the evening was come, he was there alone. 40:014:024 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 40:014:025 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 40:014:026 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 40:014:027 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 40:014:028 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 40:014:029 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 40:014:030 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 40:014:031 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 40:014:032 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 40:014:033 Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, Of a truth thou art the Son of God. 40:014:034 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 40:014:035 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; 40:014:036 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole. 40:015:001 Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees, which were of Jerusalem, saying, 40:015:002 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 40:015:003 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition? 40:015:004 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 40:015:005 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; 40:015:006 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. 40:015:007 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 40:015:008 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me. 40:015:009 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men. 40:015:010 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 40:015:011 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 40:015:012 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended, after they heard this saying? 40:015:013 But he answered and said, Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 40:015:014 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. 40:015:015 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. 40:015:016 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 40:015:017 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 40:015:018 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 40:015:019 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: 40:015:020 These are the things which defile a man: but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man. 40:015:021 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 40:015:022 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 40:015:023 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away; for she crieth after us. 40:015:024 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 40:015:025 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 40:015:026 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs. 40:015:027 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 40:015:028 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith: be it unto thee even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 40:015:029 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there. 40:015:030 And great multitudes came unto him, having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at Jesus' feet; and he healed them: 40:015:031 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 40:015:032 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way. 40:015:033 And his disciples say unto him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude? 40:015:034 And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes. 40:015:035 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. 40:015:036 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 40:015:037 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. 40:015:038 And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and children. 40:015:039 And he sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the coasts of Magdala. 40:016:001 The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 40:016:002 He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. 40:016:003 And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times? 40:016:004 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed. 40:016:005 And when his disciples were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread. 40:016:006 Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 40:016:007 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have taken no bread. 40:016:008 Which when Jesus perceived, he said unto them, O ye of little faith, why reason ye among yourselves, because ye have brought no bread? 40:016:009 Do ye not yet understand, neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 40:016:010 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up? 40:016:011 How is it that ye do not understand that I spake it not to you concerning bread, that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees? 40:016:012 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 40:016:013 When Jesus came into the coasts of Caesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I the Son of man am? 40:016:014 And they said, Some say that thou art John the Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or one of the prophets. 40:016:015 He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am? 40:016:016 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 40:016:017 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 40:016:018 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. 40:016:019 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 40:016:020 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. 40:016:021 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples, how that he must go unto Jerusalem, and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised again the third day. 40:016:022 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, saying, Be it far from thee, Lord: this shall not be unto thee. 40:016:023 But he turned, and said unto Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art an offence unto me: for thou savourest not the things that be of God, but those that be of men. 40:016:024 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, If any man will come after me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross, and follow me. 40:016:025 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. 40:016:026 For what is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 40:016:027 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of his Father with his angels; and then he shall reward every man according to his works. 40:016:028 Verily I say unto you, There be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom. 40:017:001 And after six days Jesus taketh Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart, 40:017:002 And was transfigured before them: and his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 40:017:003 And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him. 40:017:004 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. 40:017:005 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. 40:017:006 And when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid. 40:017:007 And Jesus came and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid. 40:017:008 And when they had lifted up their eyes, they saw no man, save Jesus only. 40:017:009 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. 40:017:010 And his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come? 40:017:011 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Elias truly shall first come, and restore all things. 40:017:012 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. 40:017:013 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist. 40:017:014 And when they were come to the multitude, there came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, and saying, 40:017:015 Lord, have mercy on my son: for he is lunatick, and sore vexed: for ofttimes he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water. 40:017:016 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not cure him. 40:017:017 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. 40:017:018 And Jesus rebuked the devil; and he departed out of him: and the child was cured from that very hour. 40:017:019 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart, and said, Why could not we cast him out? 40:017:020 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. 40:017:021 Howbeit this kind goeth not out but by prayer and fasting. 40:017:022 And while they abode in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men: 40:017:023 And they shall kill him, and the third day he shall be raised again. And they were exceeding sorry. 40:017:024 And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? 40:017:025 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? 40:017:026 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free. 40:017:027 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. 40:018:001 At the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? 40:018:002 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, 40:018:003 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. 40:018:004 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. 40:018:005 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me. 40:018:006 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. 40:018:007 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! 40:018:008 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. 40:018:009 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. 40:018:010 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. 40:018:011 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost. 40:018:012 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? 40:018:013 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. 40:018:014 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is in heaven, that one of these little ones should perish. 40:018:015 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. 40:018:016 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. 40:018:017 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 an heathen man and a publican. 40:018:018 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. 40:018:019 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. 40:018:020 For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. 40:018:021 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? till seven times? 40:018:022 Jesus saith unto him, I say not unto thee, Until seven times: but, Until seventy times seven. 40:018:023 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king, which would take account of his servants. 40:018:024 And when he had begun to reckon, one was brought unto him, which owed him ten thousand talents. 40:018:025 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. 40:018:026 The servant therefore fell down, and worshipped him, saying, Lord, have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 40:018:027 Then the lord of that servant was moved with compassion, and loosed him, and forgave him the debt. 40:018:028 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. 40:018:029 And his fellowservant fell down at his feet, and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all. 40:018:030 And he would not: but went and cast him into prison, till he should pay the debt. 40:018:031 So when his fellowservants saw what was done, they were very sorry, and came and told unto their lord all that was done. 40:018:032 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: 40:018:033 Shouldest not thou also have had compassion on thy fellowservant, even as I had pity on thee? 40:018:034 And his lord was wroth, and delivered him to the tormentors, till he should pay all that was due unto him. 40:018:035 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses. 40:019:001 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; 40:019:002 And great multitudes followed him; and he healed them there. 40:019:003 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? 40:019:004 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female, 40:019:005 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? 40:019:006 Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 40:019:007 They say unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put her away? 40:019:008 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. 40:019:009 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. 40:019:010 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. 40:019:011 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given. 40:019:012 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. 40:019:013 Then were there brought unto him little children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them. 40:019:014 But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. 40:019:015 And he laid his hands on them, and departed thence. 40:019:016 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? 40:019:017 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. 40:019:018 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, 40:019:019 Honour thy father and thy mother: and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40:019:020 The young man saith unto him, All these things have I kept from my youth up: what lack I yet? 40:019:021 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. 40:019:022 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. 40:019:023 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven. 40:019:024 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. 40:019:025 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved? 40:019:026 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible. 40:019:027 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? 40:019:028 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. 40:019:029 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. 40:019:030 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first. 40:020:001 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. 40:020:002 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard. 40:020:003 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, 40:020:004 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way. 40:020:005 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise. 40:020:006 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? 40:020:007 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. 40:020:008 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. 40:020:009 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny. 40:020:010 But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny. 40:020:011 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman of the house, 40:020:012 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. 40:020:013 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny? 40:020:014 Take that thine is, and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto thee. 40:020:015 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? 40:020:016 So the last shall be first, and the first last: for many be called, but few chosen. 40:020:017 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, 40:020:018 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, 40:020:019 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. 40:020:020 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. 40:020:021 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. 40:020:022 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. 40:020:023 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. 40:020:024 And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. 40:020:025 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. 40:020:026 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; 40:020:027 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: 40:020:028 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. 40:020:029 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. 40:020:030 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. 40:020:031 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. 40:020:032 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? 40:020:033 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. 40:020:034 So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him. 40:021:001 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and were come to Bethphage, unto the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus two disciples, 40:021:002 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. 40:021:003 And if any man say ought unto you, ye shall say, The Lord hath need of them; and straightway he will send them. 40:021:004 All this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, 40:021:005 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. 40:021:006 And the disciples went, and did as Jesus commanded them, 40:021:007 And brought the ass, and the colt, and put on them their clothes, and they set him thereon. 40:021:008 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way; others cut down branches from the trees, and strawed them in the way. 40:021:009 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. 40:021:010 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the city was moved, saying, Who is this? 40:021:011 And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee. 40:021:012 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, 40:021:013 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. 40:021:014 And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. 40:021:015 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, 40:021:016 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? 40:021:017 And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany; and he lodged there. 40:021:018 Now in the morning as he returned into the city, he hungered. 40:021:019 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. 40:021:020 And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig tree withered away! 40:021:021 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. 40:021:022 And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. 40:021:023 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? 40:021:024 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. 40:021:025 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? 40:021:026 But if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet. 40:021:027 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. 40:021:028 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. 40:021:029 He answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented, and went. 40:021:030 And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went not. 40:021:031 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. 40:021:032 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. 40:021:033 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: 40:021:034 And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. 40:021:035 And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. 40:021:036 Again, he sent other servants more than the first: and they did unto them likewise. 40:021:037 But last of all he sent unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. 40:021:038 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. 40:021:039 And they caught him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him. 40:021:040 When the lord therefore of the vineyard cometh, what will he do unto those husbandmen? 40:021:041 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. 40:021:042 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? 40:021:043 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof. 40:021:044 And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder. 40:021:045 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. 40:021:046 But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet. 40:022:001 And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 40:022:002 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son, 40:022:003 And sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding: and they would not come. 40:022:004 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. 40:022:005 But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his farm, another to his merchandise: 40:022:006 And the remnant took his servants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew them. 40:022:007 But when the king heard thereof, he was wroth: and he sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned up their city. 40:022:008 Then saith he to his servants, The wedding is ready, but they which were bidden were not worthy. 40:022:009 Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. 40:022:010 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. 40:022:011 And when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding garment: 40:022:012 And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless. 40:022:013 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. 40:022:014 For many are called, but few are chosen. 40:022:015 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how they might entangle him in his talk. 40:022:016 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. 40:022:017 Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not? 40:022:018 But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 40:022:019 Shew me the tribute money. And they brought unto him a penny. 40:022:020 And he saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? 40:022:021 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. 40:022:022 When they had heard these words, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way. 40:022:023 The same day came to him the Sadducees, which say that there is no resurrection, and asked him, 40:022:024 Saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 40:022:025 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: 40:022:026 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh. 40:022:027 And last of all the woman died also. 40:022:028 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the seven? for they all had her. 40:022:029 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God. 40:022:030 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven. 40:022:031 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken unto you by God, saying, 40:022:032 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. 40:022:033 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his doctrine. 40:022:034 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they were gathered together. 40:022:035 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, 40:022:036 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 40:022:037 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. 40:022:038 This is the first and great commandment. 40:022:039 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40:022:040 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. 40:022:041 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, 40:022:042 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. 40:022:043 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, 40:022:044 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? 40:022:045 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son? 40:022:046 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions. 40:023:001 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 40:023:002 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 40:023:003 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not. 40:023:004 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. 40:023:005 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, 40:023:006 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 40:023:007 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi, Rabbi. 40:023:008 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 40:023:009 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. 40:023:010 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. 40:023:011 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. 40:023:012 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 40:023:013 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. 40:023:014 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. 40:023:015 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. 40:023:016 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! 40:023:017 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 40:023:018 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty. 40:023:019 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 40:023:020 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 40:023:021 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 40:023:022 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 40:023:023 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. 40:023:024 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 40:023:025 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. 40:023:026 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 40:023:027 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. 40:023:028 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. 40:023:029 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous, 40:023:030 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. 40:023:031 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. 40:023:032 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. 40:023:033 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 40:023:034 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: 40:023:035 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. 40:023:036 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. 40:023:037 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! 40:023:038 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate. 40:023:039 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. 40:024:001 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple. 40:024:002 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. 40:024:003 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? 40:024:004 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 40:024:005 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 40:024:006 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. 40:024:007 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 40:024:008 All these are the beginning of sorrows. 40:024:009 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. 40:024:010 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 40:024:011 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 40:024:012 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 40:024:013 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 40:024:014 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. 40:024:015 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:) 40:024:016 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains: 40:024:017 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any thing out of his house: 40:024:018 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes. 40:024:019 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 40:024:020 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 40:024:021 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be. 40:024:022 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 40:024:023 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 40:024:024 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. 40:024:025 Behold, I have told you before. 40:024:026 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. 40:024:027 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. 40:024:028 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 40:024:029 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: 40:024:030 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. 40:024:031 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. 40:024:032 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 40:024:033 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 40:024:034 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 40:024:035 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 40:024:036 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 40:024:037 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40:024:038 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, 40:024:039 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40:024:040 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 40:024:041 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 40:024:042 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 40:024:043 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. 40:024:044 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 40:024:045 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 40:024:046 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 40:024:047 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 40:024:048 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 40:024:049 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 40:024:050 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, 40:024:051 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 40:025:001 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 40:025:002 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 40:025:003 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 40:025:004 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 40:025:005 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 40:025:006 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 40:025:007 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 40:025:008 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for our lamps are gone out. 40:025:009 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. 40:025:010 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. 40:025:011 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 40:025:012 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 40:025:013 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 40:025:014 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. 40:025:015 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. 40:025:016 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded with the same, and made them other five talents. 40:025:017 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other two. 40:025:018 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 40:025:019 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 40:025:020 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. 40:025:021 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. 40:025:022 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. 40:025:023 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. 40:025:024 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: 40:025:025 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 40:025:026 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: 40:025:027 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 40:025:028 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 40:025:029 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. 40:025:030 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 40:025:031 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: 40:025:032 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: 40:025:033 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 40:025:034 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: 40:025:035 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: 40:025:036 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 40:025:037 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 40:025:038 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 40:025:039 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40:025:040 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. 40:025:041 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: 40:025:042 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 40:025:043 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. 40:025:044 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? 40:025:045 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. 40:025:046 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. 40:026:001 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 40:026:002 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 40:026:003 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, 40:026:004 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 40:026:005 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. 40:026:006 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 40:026:007 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. 40:026:008 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 40:026:009 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 40:026:010 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 40:026:011 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not always. 40:026:012 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. 40:026:013 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. 40:026:014 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 40:026:015 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. 40:026:016 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 40:026:017 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? 40:026:018 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. 40:026:019 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the passover. 40:026:020 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve. 40:026:021 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one of you shall betray me. 40:026:022 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 40:026:023 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 40:026:024 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. 40:026:025 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. 40:026:026 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.
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