Destruction of the temple. S. MATTHEW. The signs of Christ's be left here one stone upon an- 16 Then let them which be in other, that shall not be thrown Judæa flee into the mountains: down. 17 Let him which is on the 3¶ And as he sat upon the housetop not come down to take mount of Olives, the disciples any thing out of his house: came unto him privately, saying, 18 Neither let him which is in Tell us, when shall these things the field return back to take his be? and what shall be the sign clothes. of thy coming, and of the end of the world? 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you. 5 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many. 6 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. 7 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places. 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows. f 9 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. 10 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. 19 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the sabbath day: 21 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the beginning of the world to this [time, no, nor ever shall be. 22 And except those days should be shortened, there should no flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened. 23 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not. 24 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. 25 Behold, I have told you before. 26 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers; believe 11 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many. 12 And because iniquity shall it not. abound, the love of many shall wax cold. 13 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. 2 27 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. 28 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 14 And this Gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all na- 29 Immediately after the tritions; and then shall the end bulation 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: come. 15 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 :) 30 And then shall appear the coming to judgment. CHAP. XXV. ~ Parable of the ten virgins. would not have suffered his house to be broken up. 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. 31 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. 32 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh: 33 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that it is near, even at the doors. 34 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away. 36 ¶ But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of heaven, but my Father only. 37 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his houshold, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 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, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CHAP. XXV. 1 The parable of the ten virgins, 14 and of the talents. 31 Also the description of the last judgment. 38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giv-heaven be likened unto ten HEN shall the kingdom of ing in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth come. 43 But know this, that if the goodman of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.or 2 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish. 3 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them : 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the The parable S. MATTHEW. of the talents. wise, Give us of your oil; for our ler over many things: enter thou lamps are gone out. 9 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. 10 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. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. into the joy of thy lord. 22 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. 23 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. 24 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: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine. 26 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: 14¶ 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. 15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according 27 Thou oughtest therefore to to his several ability; and straight-have put my money to the exway took his journey. changers, and then at my coming 16 Then he that had received I should have received mine own the five talents went and traded with usury. with the same, and made them 28 Take therefore the talent other five talents. from him, and give it unto him 17 And likewise he that had re-which hath ten talents. ceived two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money. 29 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. 19 After a long time the lord of 30 And cast ye the unprofitable those servants cometh, and reck-servant into outer darkness: there oneth with them. shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.. 20 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. : 31 ¶ 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: 32 And before him shall be ga21 His lord said unto him, Well thered all nations: and he shall done, thou good and faithful ser- separate them one from another, vant: thou hast been faithful over as a shepherd divideth his sheep a few things, I will make thee ru-from the goats: Last judgment described. CHAP. XXVI. Christ's head anointed. 33 And he shall set the sheep the least of these, ye did it not to on his right hand, but the goats on me. the left. 46 And these shall go away into 34 Then shall the King say un-everlasting punishment: but the to them on his right hand, Come, righteous into life eternal. ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 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: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 1 CHAP. XXVI. The rulers conspire against Christ. 6 The woman anointeth his feet. 14 Judas selleth him. 17 Christ eateth the Passover: 26 instituteth his holy supper: 36 prayeth in the garden: 47 and being betrayed with a kiss, 57 is carried to Caiaphas, 69 and denied of Peter. AND it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days 37 Then shall the righteous an-is the feast of the Passover, and the swer him, saying, Lord, when saw Son of man is betrayed to be cruwe thee an hungred, and fed thee? cified. or thirsty, and gave thee drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 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. 3 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, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. 5 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar among the people. 6¶ Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, 41 Then shall he say also unto 7 There came unto him a wothem on the left hand, Depart man having an alabaster box of from me, ye cursed, into everlast-very precious ointment, and pouring fire, prepared for the devil and ed it on his head, as he sat at meat. his angels: 42 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 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. 44 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? 8 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? 9 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to the poor. 10 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me. 45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, In-it asmuch as ye did it not to one of 11 For ye have the poor always with you; but ine ye have not always. 12 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did for my burial. 13 Verily I say unto you, Christ eateth the Passover. S. MATTHEW. The Lord's supper instituted. Wheresoever this Gospel shall be and brake it, and gave it to the preached in the whole world, there disciples, and said, Take, eat; this shall also this, that this woman is my body. hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 14 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the Chief Priests, and 27 And he took the cup, gave thanks, and gave it to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; 28 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. 29 But I say unto you, I will 15 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they cove-not drink henceforth of this fruit nanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Fa ther's kingdom. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him. 30 And when they had sung 17 Now the first day of the hymn, they went out into feast of unleavened bread the dis-mount of Olives.. ciples came to Jesus saying unto 31 Then saith Jesus unto them, him, Where wilt thou that we pre- All ye shall be offended because pare for thee to eat the Passover?of me this night: for it is written, 18 And he said, Go into the I will smite the shepherd, and the city to such a man, and say unto sheep of the flock shall be scatterhim, The Master saith, My time ed abroad. is at hand; I will keep the Passover at thy house with my disciples. 19 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they made ready the Passover. I 32 But after I am risen again, go before you into Galilee. will 33 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended. 20 Now when the even was 34 Jesus said unto him, Verily come, he sat down with the twelve. I say unto thee, That this night, 21 And as they did eat, he said, before the cock crow, thou shalt Verily I say unto you, that one of deny me thrice. you shall betray me. 22 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them to say unto him, Lord, is it I? 23 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in the dish, the same shall betray me. 24 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. 25 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said. 26 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, 35 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples. 36 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethse mane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. 37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. 38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me. 39 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be pos |