1642 LUKE XIX-CHRIST CLEANSES THE TEMPLE 39 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 40 And he answered and said unto them, I tell you that, if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry out. 41 ¶ And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. 43 For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, 44 And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation. 45 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein, and them that bought; 46 Saying unto them, It is written, My house is the house of prayer: but ye have made it a den of thieves. 47 And he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him. 48 And could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. Chapter 20 19 Of 41 How Christ is the Son of David 1 Christ avoucheth his authority by a question of John's baptism. 9 The parable of the vineyard. ND it came to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, the chief priests and the scribes came upon him with the elders. 2 And spake unto him, saying, Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee this authority? 3 And he answered and said unto them, I will also ask you one thing; and answer me: 4 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? 5 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? 6 But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. 7 And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. 8 And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things. 9 Then began he to speak to the people this parable; A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time. 10 And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that The Feeding of Five Thousand BY JULIUS SCHNORR VON CAROLSFELD, THE GERMAN MASTER. "Then he took the five loaves and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples to set before the multitude."-Luke, 9, 16. HEN the apostles returned from this first mis WH sionary service, they found the Master still teaching by the lake of Galilee, though it would seem He had been somewhat in retirement for a time because of the excitement roused by the slaying of John, the Forerunner. After listening to the report of the apostles, Jesus took them by boat to a desert region, that they might rest a while. Yet so prodigious had become His popularity, that great multitudes followed Him even here. Indeed, seeing Jesus proceeding over the lake, the throngs ran in haste to reach the desert parts as soon as He. As evening gathered round them all, there in the bare wilderness, Jesus pitied the people; for in their haste they had brought no food. He commanded His disciples to feed them; whereupon the astonished men declared there was no food. Only five coarse loaves of barley bread could be found, and two fishes. Then Jesus, smiling at the disciples' ignorance, which knew not even yet His power, blessed the bread and fishes, and had the scanty fare distributed amid the multitude. Five thousand men besides uncounted women and children filled them selves full upon the food, and the fragments that |