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not. Watch ye therefore; for ye know neither the day nor the hour.

For it is even as a man going into a far country, who called his servants and delivered to them his goods. And to one he gave five talents, and to another two, and to another one, to everyone according to his proper ability; and immediately he took his journey.

And he that had received the five talents went his way and traded with the same, and gained other five. And in like manner he that had received the two gained other two. But he that had received the one went and dug in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

But after a long time the lord of those servants came, and reckoned with them. And he that had received the five talents came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou didst deliver to me five talents; behold I have gained other five. His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. And he also that had received the two talents came and said, Lord, thou deliveredst to me two talents; behold I have gained other two. His lord said to him, Well done, good and faithful servant; because thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will place thee over many things; enter thou into the joy of thy lord. But he that had received the one talent came and said, Lord, I know that thou art a hard man; thou reapest where thou hast not sown, and gatherest where thou hast not strewed; and being afraid I went and hid thy talent in the earth; behold here thou hast that which is thine. And his lord answered and said to him, Wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sow not, and gather where I have not strewed; thou oughtest therefore to

have committed my money to the exchangers, and at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. Take ye therefore the talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents. For to every one that hath shall be given, and he shall abound; but from him that hath not, even that which he seemeth to have shall be taken away. And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness; there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

SECT. CXV. JESUS DESCRIBES THE FINAL JUDGMENT
OF ALL NATIONS.

When the Son of man shall come in his majesty, and all the holy angels with him, then shall The Mount of he sit on the throne of his majesty: and Olives. all nations shall be gathered together before him, and he shall separate them one from another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats; and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on his left.

Then shall the King say to them that shall be on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, possess ye the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me in; naked, and ye covered me; sick, and ye visited me; I was in prison, and ye

came to me.

Then shall the just answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee; thirsty, and gave thee drink; and when saw we thee a stranger and took thee in; or naked, and covered thee; or when saw we thee sick or in prison, and came to thee? And the King shall answer and say unto them, Amen I say to you, forasmuch as ye did it to one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it

unto me.

Then shall he say to them also that shall be on his left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, which was prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat; I was thirsty, and ye gave me not to drink; I was a stranger, and ye took me not in; naked, and ye covered me not; sick and in prison, and ye did not visit me.

Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister to thee?

Then shall he answer them, saying, Amen I say to you, forasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. And these shall go into everlasting punishment; but the just into life everlasting.

SECT. CXVI. JUDAS AGREES TO BETRAY HIS MASTER FOR THIRTY PIECES OF SILVER.

The fourth day of the week, the 13th of Nisan,

And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended all these words, he said to his disciples, Ye know that after two days shall be the pasch, and the Son of man shall be delivered up to be crucified.

Now the feast of unleavened bread, which is called the pasch, drew nigh. Then were gathered together the chief priests and elders of the people into the court of the high-priest, who was called Caiaphas. And they consulted together that by subtilty they might apprehend Jesus, and put him to death. But they said, Not on the festival-day, lest perhaps there should be a tumult among the people; for they feared the people.

Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, being of the number of the twelve. And he went his

way, and communed with the chief priests and captains, and said to them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they were glad, and covenanted to give him thirty pieces of silver. And from thenceforth he sought opportunity to betray him.

SECT. CXVII. THE PREPARATION FOR THE PASCHAL SUPPER. The fifth day of the week, the 14th of Nisan, between 3 and 6 p.m.

And the day of unleavened bread came, on which the pasch must be killed.*

And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare for us the pasch, that we may eat. But they said: Where wilt thou that we prepare? And he said to them, Behold, as ye go into the city, there shall meet you a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in ; and ye shall say to the good man of the house, My time is at hand: the master saith to thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I may eat the passover with my disciples? And he will show you a large upper room furnished, and there prepare. And they went, and found as he said to them, and made ready the pasch.

*The day when the paschal lamb must be slain was the 14th of Nisan, "between the evenings" (Exod. xii. 6; Lev. xxiii. 5; Numb. ix. 3). The expression "between the evenings" was interpreted by the generality of the Jews to mean the interval between the first decline of the sun (3 p.m.) and his setting. The lamb was to be eaten, "roast with fire, and with unleavened bread, and with bitter herbs, in that night" (Exod. xii. 8), i.e. upon the beginning of the 15th of Nisan. The feast of unleavened bread began at the time of eating the Passover, so that the first day of the feast, strictly speaking, was the 15th (Num. xxviii. 17): but as it was customary for the Jews to put away all leaven out of their houses on the 14th, this was popularly called the first day of unleavened bread.

SECT. CXVIII. THE PASCHAL SUPPER.

OUR LORD WASHES THE

APOSTLES' FEET, AND DECLARES THAT ONE OF THEM SHALL BETRAY HIM.

The evening at the beginning of the sixth day of the week, the 15th of Nisan.

And when the hour was come, he sat down, and the twelve apostles with him.

And he said to them, With desire I have desired to eat this pasch with you before I suffer. Jerusalem. For I say to you, that from this time I The guestwill not eat it till it be fulfilled in the chamber. kingdom of God.

And he took the chalice, and gave thanks, and said, Take this and drink it among yourselves. For I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kingdom of God shall come.

And while the supper was now going on, the devil having already put into the heart of Judas Iscariot the son of Simon to betray him, Jesus knowing that his hour was come that he should pass out of this world unto the Father; having loved his own that were in the world, he loved them unto the end; and knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and goeth to God; he riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments, and having taken a towel, girded himself. After that, he putteth water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was girded. He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him, Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus answered and said to him, What I do, thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. Peter saith to him, Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered him, If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me. Simon Peter saith to him, Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head. Jesus saith to him, He that is washed, needeth not but to wash his feet,

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