SECT. XII. CH. 23. in Moses' chair; therefore observe and do what Nu. 15; 38. soever they enjoin you; nevertheless follow not 4 their example; for they say, and do not. Heavy Lu. 11; 46. and intolerable burdens they prepare for other Acts, 15; 10. men's shoulders, burdens which they themselves Deut. 6; 8. 5 will not put a finger to. But whatever they do, Mar. 12; 38 they do to be observed by men. For this they and 20; 46. wear broader phylacteries 38 than others, and lar 6 ger tufts on their mantles; aud affect the uppermost places at entertainments, and the principal seats in the synagogues, and to be saluted in 7 public places; and to hear men addressing them, 8 cry, Rabbi, Rabbi.' But as for you, assume not the title of Rabbi; for ye have only one teacher, 9 the Messiah: and style no man upon the earth your father, for he alone is your father who is in hea10 ven; and all ye are brethren. Neither assume and 22; 12. Lu. 11; 43. the title of leaders, for ye have only one leader, 11 the Messiah. The greatest of you, on the con12 trary, shall be your servant; for whosoever will Lu. 14; 11. exalt himself, shall be humbled; and whosoever will humble himself, shall be exalted. 13 14 and 13; 14. But woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hy- Lu. 11; 52. pocrites, because you shut up the kingdom of heaven against men; and will neither enter yourselves, nor permit others that would, to enter. Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypo- Lu. 20; 47. crites, because ye devour the families of widows; 33 Scrips of parchment, containing sentences of the law. CH. 23. 15 16 nay, and use long prayers for a disguise. This will but aggravate your punishment. Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye traverse sea and land to make one proselyte"; and when he is gained, ye make him a son of hell doubly more than yourselves. Woe unto you, blind guides, who say, ‹ To swear by the temple bindeth not, but to swear 17 by the gold of the temple is binding.' Foolish and blind! which is more sacred, the gold, or the 18 temple that consecrateth the gold? and, 'To swear 'by the altar bindeth not; but to swear by the 19 offering that is upon it is binding.' Foolish and blind! which is more sacred, the offering, or the 20 altar that consecrateth the offering? Whoever, therefore, sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, 21 and by every thing thereon. And whoever swear eth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by Him 22 who dwelleth therein; and whoever sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by Him who sitteth thereon. Lu. 11; 42. 23 Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye pay the tithe of mint, dill, and cummin, and omit the more important articles of the law, justice, humanity and fidelity. These ye ought to have practised, without omitting those. 24 Blind guides! who strain your liquor, to avoid swallowing a gnat; yet swallow a camel. 39 A convert to Judaism. SECT. XII. 25 CH. 23. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo- Lu. 11; 39. crites, because ye cleanse the outside of those cups and platters, which within are laden with rapine 26 and iniquity. Blind Pharisee, begin with cleansing the inside of the cup, and of the platter, if ye would make even the outside clean. 27 Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, because ye resemble whitened sepulchres, which without indeed are beautiful, but within are full of corruption, and of dead men's bones. 28 Thus ye also outwardly appear righteous to men ; but are inwardly fraught with subtilty and injustice. 29 Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo- Lu. 11; 47′ crites, because ye build the sepulchres of the Prophets, and adorn the monuments of the righteous, 30 and say, 'Had we lived in the days of our fa 'thers, we would not have been their accomplices 31 in the slaughter of the Prophets.' Thus ye tes tify against yourselves, that ye are the sons of 32 those who murdered the Prophets. Fill ye up then 33 the measure of your fathers. Ah! serpents! offspring of vipers! How can ye escape the punishment of hell? 34 Therefore, I send you Prophets, and wise men, Lu. 11; 49and Scribes. Some of them ye will kill and crucify; others ye will scourge in your synagogues, 35 and banish from city to city; so that all the innocent blood shed upon the earth shall be charged upon you, from the blood of righteous Abel, to Gen. 4; 8. the blood of Zechariah son of Barachiah, whom ye 36 slew between the altar and the sanctuary. Verily 2 Ch.24; 20. CH. 24. Lu. 13; 34 37 Ps. 118; 26. SECT. XIII. I say unto you, all shall be charged upon this generation. O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! that killest the Prophets, and stonest them whom God sendeth to thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens un38 der her wings! but ye would not. Quickly shall 39 your habitation be transformed into a desert: for know that ye shall not henceforth see me, until say, 'Blessed be he who cometh in the name of 'the Lord 409 ye SECTION XIII. THE PROPHECY ON MOUNT OLIVET. Lu. 21; 5. Lu. 19; 44. Mar. 13; 1 XXIV. AS Jesus walked out of the temple, his diss ciples came and made him observe the buildings of 2 it. Jesus said to them, All this ye see; verily I say unto you, one stone shall not be left here upon another. All shall be razed. Mar. 13; 3. 3 As he sat upon the Mount of Olives, his disciples accosted him privately, saying, Tell us, when will this happen? and what will be the sign of thy 4 coming, and of the conclusion of this state? Jesus answering, said to them, Take heed that no 40 Jehovah. 1 SECT. XIII. CH. 24. 5 man seduce 7 ch. 10; 17. For nation will arise against nation; and king- Mar. 13; 8, dom against kingdom; and there shall be famines Lu. 21; 10. and pestilences, and earthquakes in sundry places, Jo. 16 ; 2. 8 Yet these are but the prelude of woes. For they 11 lows, and hate them. will consign you to torments and to death, and ye 10 shall be hated by all nations on my account. Then many will be ensnared, and will betray their felAnd many false prophets 12 will arise, who will seduce many. And because vice will abound, the love of the greater number But the man who persevereth to the 13 will cool. 14 end shall be saved. And this good tidings of the reign shall be published through all the world, for the information of all nations. And then shall come the end. 15 Dan. 9; 26. When, therefore, ye shall see, on holy ground, Mar. 13; 14. the desolating abomination foretold by the Prophet Lu. 21; 20. 16 Daniel, (Reader attend!) then let those in Judea 17 flee to the mountains; let not him who shall be up on the house-top, come down to carry things out 18 of his house; and let not him who shall be in the 19 field, return to take his mantle, But woe unto the women with child, and unto them that give 20 suck in those days. Pray therefore that your flight 21 happen not in the winter, nor on the Sabbath; be |