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36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household.

37 He that 'loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of

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38 And he that taketh not "his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

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39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it.

40 ¶ He that 'receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me.

* Ps. xli. 9: Yea, mine own familiar friend in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. do. lv. 13: But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance. Mic. vii. 6: The words under ver. 21. JOHN, xiii. 18: I speak not of you all; I know whom I have chosen; but that the Scripture may be fulfilled, He that eateth bread with me hath lift up his heel against me.

Y LUKE, xiv. 26: If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and wife, and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life also, he cannot be my disciple. See on MAT. xvi. 24.

a MAT. xvi. 25: For whosoever will save his life shall lose it: and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall find it. LUKE, Xvii. 33: Whosoever shall seek to save his life shall lose it; and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it. JOHN, xii. 25: He that loveth his life shall lose it; and he that hateth his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal.

MAT. xviii. 5: Whoso shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. do. xxv. 40, 45: 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. Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not unto one of the least of these, ye did it not to me. LUKE, ix. 48: And said unto them, Whosoever shall receive this child in my name, receiveth me: and whosoever shall receive me, receiveth him that sent me : for he that is least among you all, the same shall be great. do. x. 16: He that heareth you, heareth me: and he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me. JOHN, xii. 44: Jesus cried and said, He that believeth on me, believeth not on me, but on

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41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man's reward.

42 And whosoever shall 'give to drink unto one of these little ones 15 a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward.

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him that sent me. do. xiii. 20: Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that receiveth whomsoever I send, receiveth me; and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me. 2 Cor. v. 20: We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us, we pray you in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled to God. GAL. iv. 14: And my temptation which was in my flesh, ye despised not, nor rejected; but received me as an angel of God, even as Christ Jesus.

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1 KINGS, Xvii. 10: So he arose and went to Zarephath; and when he came to the gate of the city, behold, the widow woman was there gathering of sticks: and he called to her and said, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that may drink. do. xviii. 4: It was so, when Jezebel cut off the prophets of the LORD, that Obadiah took an hundred pro phets, and hid them by fifty in a cave, and fed them with bread and water. 2 KINGS, iv. 8: And it fell on a day, that Elisha passed to Shunem, where was a great woman; and she constrained him to eat bread. And so it was, that as oft as he passed by, he turned in thither to eat bread.

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4 GEN. XX. 7: He is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee. JAMES, v. 16: The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man, availeth much.

f MAT. xviii. 5, 6: Whoso shall receive one such little child in my name, receiveth me. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me, it were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea. do. xxv. 40: Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me. MARK, ix. 41: Whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward, COR. ix. 10: Now he that ministereth seed to the sower, both minister bread for your food, and multiply your seed

CHAP. XI.

2 John sendeth his disciples to Christ, 7 Christ's testimony concerning John. 18 The opinion of the people, both concerning John and Christ. 20 Christ upbraideth the unthankfulness and unrepentance of Chorazin, Bethsaida, and Capernaum: 25 and praising his Father's wisdom in revealing the Gospel to the simple, 28 he calleth to him all such as feel the burden of their sins.

AND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

2 'Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see:

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sown, and increase the fruits of your righteousness. HEB. vi. 10: God is not unrighteous to forget your work and labour of love, which ye have shewed towards his name, in that ye have ministered to the saints, and do minister.

CHAP. XI.

LUKE, vii. 18, 19, &c: And the disciples of John showed him of all these things. And John calling unto him two of his disciples sent them to Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come, or look we for another? &c.

b MAT. xiv. 3: For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.

GEN. xlix. 10: The sceptre shall not depart from Judah, nor a lawgiver from between his feet, until Shiloh come; and unto him shall the gathering of the people be. NUM. xxiv. 17: I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth. DAN. ix. 24: Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy. JOHN, vi. 14: This is of a truth that Prophet that should come into the world.

MAT. xiii. 16, 17: But blessed are your eyes, for they see,

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5 The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the 'poor have the Gospel preached to them.

and your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

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ISA. xxix. 18: In that day, shall the deaf hear the words of the book, and the eyes of the blind shall see out of obseurity; and out of darkness. do. xxxv. 4-6: Say to them that are of a fearful heart, Be strong, fear not: behold, your God will come with vengeance, even God with a recompense, he will come and save you. Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened, and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped. Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing. do. xlii. 7: To open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners from the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house. JOHN, ii. 23: Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast-day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did. do. iii. 2: The same [Nicodemus] came to Jesus by night, and said unto him, Rabbi, we know that thou art a teacher come from God: for no man can do these miracles that thou doest, except God be with him. do. v. 36: But I have greater witness than that of John for the works which the Father hath given me to finish, the same works that I do, bear witness of me, that the Father hath sent me. do. x. 25, 37, 38: Jesus answered them, I told you, and ye believed not: the works that I do in my Father's name, they bear witness of me.

If I do not the works of my Father, believe me not. But if I do, though ye believe not me, believe the works: that ye may know and believe that the Father is in me, and I in him. do. xiv. 11: Believe me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me; or else believe me for the very work's sake.

f Ps. xxii. 26: The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him; your heart shall live for ever. ISA. Ixi. 1: The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me, because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek, he hath sent me to bind up the broken-hearted. do. lxvi. 2: To this man will I look, even to him that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word. LUKE, iv. 18: The Spirit of the LORD is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor.. JAMES, ii. 5: Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this

6 And blessed' is he, whosoever shall not be "offended in me.

7¶ And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the "multitudes concerning John, What

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world, rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom, which he hath promised to them that love him?

g ISA. viii. 14, 15: And he shall be for a sanctuary; but for a stone of stumbling and for a rock of offence to both the houses of Israel, for a gin and for a snare to the inhabitants of Jerusalem. And many among them shall stumble, and fall, and be broken, and be snared, and be taken. MAT. xiii. 57: And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. do. xxiv. 10: And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another, and shall hate one another. do. xxvi. 31: Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad. Roм. ix. 32, 33: Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law: for they stumbled at that stumbling-stone; as it is written, Behold, I lay in Sion a stumbling-stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed. 1 Cor. i. 22, 23: For the Jews require a sign, and the Greeks seek after wisdom: but we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumbling-block, and unto the Greeks foolishness. do. ii. 14: But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him; neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. GAL. v. 11: And I, brethren, if I yet preach circumcision, why do I yet suffer persecution? then is the offence of the cross ceased. 1 PET. ii. 7,8: Unto you therefore who believe, he is precious; but unto them which be disobedient, the stone which the builders disallowed, the same is made the head of the corner, and a stone of stumbling and a rock of offence.

h LUKE, vii. 24, 30: And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to speak unto the people concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness for to see? A reed shaken with the wind? But the Pharisees and lawyers rejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. JOHN, v. 35: He was a burning and a shining light: and ye were willing for a season to rejoice in his light.

j EPH. iv. 14: That we henceforth be no more children,

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