26 Why then did ye not believe him? But if we shall say, From men; we fear the multitude; for all hold John 27 as a prophet. And they answered Jesus, and said, We know not. He also said unto them, Neither tell I you 28 by what authority I do these things. But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he came to the first, 29 and said, 'Son, go work to-day in the vineyard. And he 1 Gr. Child. answered and said, I will not: but afterward he repented 30 himself, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered and said, I go, sir: and went 31 not. Whether of the twain did the will of his father? They say, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, that the publicans and the harlots go into 32 the kingdom of God before you. 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 saw it, did not even repent yourselves afterward, that ye might believe him.

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8 Or, the fruits

Hear another parable: There was a man that was a householder, which planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into 34 another country. And when the season of the fruits drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, Gr. bondser35 to receive his fruits. And the husbandmen took his wants. *servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned of it 36 another. Again, he sent other servants more than 37 the first: and they did unto them in like manner. But afterward he sent unto them his son, saying, They will 38 reverence my son. But the husbandmen, when they saw the son, said among themselves, This is the heir; 39 come, let us kill him, and take his inheritance. And they took him, and cast him forth out of the vineyard, 40 and killed him. When therefore the lord of the vineyard shall come, what will he do unto those husband41 men? They say unto him, He will miserably destroy those miserable men, and will let out the vineyard unto other husbandmen, which shall render him the 42 fruits in their seasons. Jesus saith unto them, Did ye never read in the scriptures,

The stone which the builders rejected,
The same was made the head of the corner:
This was from the Lord,

authorities omit

ver. 44.

And it is marvellous in our eyes? Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall 43 be taken away from you, and shall be given to a nation 1 Some ancient bringing forth the fruits thereof. And he that falleth 44 on this stone shall be broken to pieces: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will scatter him as dust. And 45 when the chief priests and the Pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them. And when they sought to lay hold on him, they 46 feared the multitudes, because they took him for a prophet.

2 Gr. bondser

vunts.

And Jesus answered and spake again in parables 1 22 unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened 2 unto a certain king, which made a marriage feast for his son, and sent forth his 'servants to call them that 3 were bidden to the marriage feast: and they would not come. Again he sent forth other servants, saying, 4 Tell them that are bidden, Behold, I have made ready my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage feast. But 5 they made light of it, and went their ways, one to his own farm, another to his merchandise: and the rest 6 laid hold on his servants, and entreated them shamefully, and killed them. But the king was wroth; and 7 he sent his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city. Then saith he to his 'servants, 8 The wedding is ready, but they that were bidden were not worthy. Go ye therefore unto the partings of the 9 highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage feast. And those servants went out into 10 the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was filled with guests. But when the king came in to 11 behold the guests, he saw there a man which had not on a wedding-garment: and he saith unto him, Friend, 12 how camest thou in hither not having a wedding-garment? And he was speechless. Then the king said 13

8 Or, ministers to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him out into the outer darkness; there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. For many are called, 14 but few chosen.

Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how 15 they might ensnare him in his talk. And they send 16

to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, 'Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the Or, Teacher way of God in truth, and carest not for any one: for 17 thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give trib18 ute unto Cæsar, or not? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypo19 crites? Shew me the tribute money. And they 20 brought unto him a "penny. And he saith unto them, See marginal 21 Whose is this image and superscription? They say 28. unto him, Cæsar's. Then saith he unto them, Render therefore unto Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's; 22 and unto God the things that are God's. And when they heard it, they marvelled, and left him, and went their way.

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note on ch. xviii,

Gr. shall per

form the duty of a husband's bro

ther to his wife.

On that day there came to him Sadducees, which Gr. saying. say that there is no resurrection: and they asked him, 24 saying, 'Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise 25 up seed unto his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first married and deceased, 26 and having no seed left his wife unto his brother; in xxv. 5. like manner the second also, and the third, unto 27 the seventh. And after them all the woman died. Gr. seven. 28 In the resurrection therefore whose wife shall she be of 29 the seven? for they all had her. But Jesus answered

and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scrip30 tures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are 31 as angels in heaven. But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was 32 spoken unto you by God, saying, 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 33 living. And when the multitudes heard it, they were astonished at his teaching.

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But the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, gathered themselves 35 together. And one of them, a lawyer, asked him a 36 question, tempting him, Master, which is the great 37 commandment in the law? And he said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, 38 and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is

Compare Deut.

Many ancient of God.

authorities add

10r, And a second is like unto it. Thou shalt love &c.

the great and first commandment. And a second 39 like unto it is this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hangeth the 40 whole law, and the prophets.

Now while the Pharisees were gathered together, 41 Jesus asked them a question, saying, What think ye 42 of the Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How 43 then doth David in the Spirit call him Lord, saying,

The Lord said unto my Lord,
Sit thou on my right hand,

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Till I put thine enemies underneath thy feet? If David then calleth him Lord, how is he his son? 45 And no one was able to answer him a word, neither 46 durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

Then spake Jesus to the multitudes and to his dis- 1 23 ciples, saying, The scribes and the Pharisees sit on 2 Moses' seat: all things therefore whatsoever they bid 3 you, these do and observe: but do not ye after their works; for they say, and do not. Yea, they bind 4

2 Many ancient heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay

authorities omit and grievous to be borne.

Gr. the heavenly. 4 Gr. greater.

6 Or, minister

6 Gr. before.

7 Some author

or after ver.

them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger. But all their works 5 they do for to be seen of men: for they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the chief place at feasts, and the 6 chief seats in the synagogues, and the salutations in 7 the marketplaces, and to be called of men, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your teacher, 8 and all ye are brethren. And call no man your father 9 on the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is to

ities insert here, your master, even the Christ. But he that is great- 11 ver. 14 Woe unto est among you shall be your servant. And whoso- 12 you, scribes and ever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and who

Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, even

while forma prelong prayers:

therefore ye shall receive greater condemnation. See Mark xii. 40; Luke xx. 47.

soever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypo- 13 crites! because ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering in to enter."

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! 15 for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte;

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and when he is become so, ye make him twofold more a son of 'hell than yourselves.

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, 17 he is a debtor. Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that hath sanctified 18 the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift 19 that is upon it, he is a debtor. Ye blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the 20 gift ? He therefore that sweareth by the altar, 21 sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by 22 him that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by the heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon.

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1 Gr. Gehenna.

Or, sanctuary:

as in ver. 35.

Or, bound by

his oath

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye tithe mint and 'anise and cummin, and have Or, dill left undone the weightier matters of the law, judgement, and mercy, and faith: but these ye ought to have done, and not to have left the other undone. 24 Ye blind guides, which strain out the gnat, and swallow the camel.

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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full from extortion and 26 excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, that the outside thereof may become clean also.

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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly appear beautiful, but inwardly are full of 28 dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but inwardly ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

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Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and 30 garnish the tombs of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers with them in the blood of the 31 prophets. Wherefore ye witness to yourselves, that 32 ye are sons of them that slew the prophets. Fill ye