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30 ye tossed about in mind. For after all these things the nations of the world seek; and your Father knoweth that 31 ye have need of these things. But seek the kingdom of God; and [all] these things shall be added unto you.

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"Fear not, little flock: for it is your Father's good 33 pleasure to give you the kingdom. Sell what ye have, and give alms: provide yourselves bags which grow not old, a treasure in the heavens which faileth not, where 34 no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth. For where your treasure is, there will be your heart also.

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"Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burn36 ing; and yourselves like men who are looking for their master, when he will return from the marriage; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him 37 immediately. Happy are those servants, whom their master, when he cometh, shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he will gird himself, and will make them place themselves at meat, and will come and serve 38 them. And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them doing thus; happy 39 are those servants. Now ye know this, that if the mas

ter of the house had known at what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suf40 fered his house to be broken into. Wherefore be ye also ready; for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not."

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Then Peter said unto him, "Master, speakest thou 42 this parable unto us, or unto all likewise?" And the Lord said, "Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his master will place over his household to give them their 43 portion of food in due season? Happy is that servant,

whom his master, when he cometh, shall find doing thus. 44 In truth I say unto you, that he will place him over all 45 that he hath. But if that servant say in his heart,' My

master delayeth his coming;' and begin to strike the menservants and the maid-servants, and to eat and drink and

46 be drunken; the master of that servant will come in day when he looketh not for him, and in an hour of which he is not aware; and having discarded him* will 47 appoint him his portion with the unfaithful. And that servant, who knew his master's will, and prepared not himself, nor did according to his will, shail be beaten with 48 many stripes: but he who knew it not, and committed things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. And to whomsoever much hath been given, of him much shall be required: and to whom men have trusted much, of him they will ask the more.

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"I came to send fire on the earth; and what do I 50 desire? O that it were already kindledt! I have also a baptism to be baptized with and how am I straitened 51 till it be accomplished! Suppose ye that I came to spread

peace on earth? I say unto you, No; but rather‡ divi52 sion. For henceforth five in one house will be divided, 53 three against two, and two against three. The father will be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-inlaw, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law." 54 And he said to the multitudes also: "When ye see a cloud rising out of the west, immediately ye say, 'There 55 cometh a shower;' and so it happeneth: and when ye see

the south wind blow, ye say, 'There will be heat;' and 56 it happeneth. Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the appear

ance of the earth and of the sky but how is it that ye 57 do not discern this time? And why even of yourselves 58 judge ye not what is right? For when thou goest with

thine adversary to the magistrate, while thou art on the way, use thine endeavour to be delivered from him; lest

* Campbell, will cut him asunder, and N.

† and what do I desire, if it be already kindled? Now, N. See Grotius, Pearce, Griesbach, and Newcome's note.

only, N. See Schleusner's Lex.

he drag thee away to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison. 59 I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means depart thence, till thou have paid the very last mite."

CH. XIII. Now there were present at that time some who told Jesus of the Galileans; whose blood Pilate had mixed 2 with their sacrifices. And Jesus answered and said unto them, "Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things? 3 I say unto you, No: but, unless ye repent, ye will all 4 perish in such a manner. Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and killed them; think ye that they were transgressors above all men who dwelt in Jeru5 salem? I say unto you, No; but, unless ye repent, ye 6 will all perish in like manner." He spake also this par

able: "A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came seeking fruit on it, and found none. 7 Then he said to his vine-dresser, · Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: 8 cut it down; why doth it even take up the ground?' And he answered and saith unto him, 'Sir, suffer it to remain 9 this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: and if it bear fruit, well: but if not, afterwards thou mayest cut it down.'

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10 Now he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the 11 sabbath. And, behold, there was a woman that had a

spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed toge12 ther, and could in no wise raise herself up. And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, 13" Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity." And

he put his hands on her and forthwith she was made 14 straight, and glorified God. And the ruler of the synagogue spake, being moved with indignation because Jesus had wrought a cure on the sabbath; and said to the multitude, "There are six days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be cured, and not on

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and said, "Thou hypocrite, doth not every one of you, on the sabbath, loose his ox or his ass from the manger, and 16 lead him away to water him? And ought not this woman, being a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on 17 the sabbath-day?" And as he said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the multitude rejoiced for all the glorious things done by him.

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He said also, "To what is the kingdom of God like? 19 and to what shall I liken it? It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took and put in his garden; and it grew, and became a great tree, and the fowls of the 20 air lodged in its branches." [And] again he said, "To 21 what shall I liken the kingdom of God? It is like leaven, which a woman took and mixed with three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened."

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And he went through the cities and towns, teaching, 23 and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then one said unto him, "Master, are there few who will be saved?" And 24 he said unto them, "Strive to enter in by the narrow doort for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, 25 and will not be able. When once the master of the house hath risen up, and hath shut the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, 'Lord, Lord, open unto us.' But he will

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Then ye will begin in thy presence, and But he will say, I tell depart from me, all ye

27 thou hast taught in our streets.' you, I know not whence ye are; 28 workers of iniquity.' There will be weeping and gnash

* Satan is the personification of the principle of opposition: diseases are attributed to Satan, not because the devil is, or was supposed to be, the author of them; but, be cause they are destructive to health, ease, and enjoyment. See Acts x. 38; 1 Cor. v. 5; 2 Cor. xii. 7; 1 Tim. i. 20.

strait door, N. gate, R. T.

ing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of 29 God, and you yourselves removed out. And men shall come from the east and the west, and [from] the north and the south, and shall be guests in the kingdom of 30 God. And, behold, there are last who will be first, and 31 there are first who will be last."

On the same day some of the Pharisees came near, saying unto him, "Go forth, and depart hence : for 32 Herod desireth to kill thee." And he said unto them, "Go and tell that fox, Behold, I shall cast out demons, and I shall work cures to-day and to-morrow, and the 33 third day I shall be perfected. However, I must needs continue my course to-day, and to-morrow; and depart the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out 34 of Jerusalem. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killest the prophets, and stonest those that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her brood under her wings! but ye would 35 not. Behold, your habitation shall be left by you*. Andf I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, till the time come when ye shall say, Blessed be he that cometh in the name of the Lord.""

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CH. XIV. And it came to pass when Jesus had entered, on the sabbath, into the house of one of the rulers among the 2 Pharisees, to eat bread, that they watched him. And, behold, there was before him a certain man, that had a 3 dropsy. Wherefore Jesus spake to the teachers of the law and Pharisees, saying, "Is it lawful to work a cure 4 on the sabbath?" And they remained silent. Then Je5 sus took him, and cured him, and sent him away; and spake unto them, and said, "Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not immediately And, verily, R. T.

left unto (or by) you desolate. R. T.

Or, Whose ox or ass among you shall fall into a pit, and he will not immediately draw it out, etc.

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