they said to him, Grant to us that we may sit, one on 38 thy right hand and one on thy left, in thy glory. But Jesus said to them, Ye know not what ye ask. Can ye drink the cup that I drink, or be baptized with the bap39 tism that I am baptized with? And they said to him, We can. And Jesus said to them, Ye will drink the cup that I drink, and ye will be baptized with the baptism that I 40 am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand or on my left is not mine to give, but it will be given to those for 41 whom it hath been prepared. And the ten hearing it 42 began to be much displeased with James and John. And Jesus, calling them to him, saith to them, Ye know that they who are accounted to rule over the nations lord it over them, and their great men exercise a strict authority 43 over them. But it is not so among you; but whoever de sireth to become great among you, will be your minister; 44 and whoever of you desireth to become first, will be ser45 vant of all; for even the Son of man came not to be served, but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for 46 many. And they come to Jericho; and as he was going out of Jericho with his disciples and a great multitude, the son of Timæus, Bartimæus, a blind beggar, was sitting by 47 the way-side. And hearing that it was Jesus the Nazarene, he began to cry out and say, Son of David, Jesus, 48 have pity on me! And many sharply bade him be silent; but he cried out the more, Son of David, have pity on me! 49 And Jesus stopped, and said, Call him. And they call the blind man, saying to him, Be of good courage, rise, 50 he calleth thee. And throwing off his garment, he leaped 51 up, and came to Jesus. And Jesus answering said to him, What dost thou wish me to do for thee? The blind man 52 said to him, My master, to restore my sight. And Jesus Ver. 46-52. Comp. Matt. xx. 29-34; Luke xviii. 35-43. XI. said to him, Go; thy faith hath saved thee. And he immediately received his sight, and followed him on the road. And when they were drawing near to Jerusalem and to Bethany, at the Mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two 2 of his disciples, and saith to them, Go to the village over against you; and immediately on entering it ye will find a colt tied, on which no man hath yet sat; loose and 3 bring it. And if any one say to you, Why do ye this? say, The Lord hath need of it, and will immediately 4 send it back hither. And they went, and found the colt tied by the door without, on the street; and they 5 loose it. And some of those who were standing there 6 said to them, What are ye about, loosing the colt? And they said to them as Jesus had commanded; and they let 7 them go. And they bring the colt to Jesus, and put their 8 garments on it; and he sat upon it. And many spread their garments on the road; and others boughs, having cut 9 them from the fields. And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, Hosanna! Blessed is he that cometh 10 in the name of the Lord!* Blessed is the coming kingdom of our father David! Hosanna in the highest heavens! 11 12 And he entered Jerusalem, and the temple; and having looked round on all things, the evening being now come, he went out to Bethany, with the twelve. And on the morrow, when they had come from Beth13 any, he was hungry; and seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he went to see whether he might find anything on it; and on coming to it he found nothing but leaves; Chap. XI. 1-11. Comp. Matt. xxi. 1-11, 14-17; Luke xix. 28–44; John xii. 12-19. Ver. 11-14. Comp. Matt. xxi. 17-19. *See Ps. cxviii. 25, 26. 14 for the season of figs had not come. 15 And he answering said to it, Let no one eat fruit from thee henceforth for ever. And his disciples heard him. And they come to Jerusalem. And he went into the temple, and began to cast out those who sold and bought in the temple, and overturned the tables of the money16 changers, and the seats of those who sold the doves; and he suffered no one to carry any vessel through the tem17 ple. And he taught, and said to them, Is it not written, My house shall be called a house of prayer for all the 18 nations ?* but ye have made it a den of robbers."† And the chief priests and the scribes heard it, and sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him; because all 19 the multitude was astonished at his teaching. And when it became late, he went out of the city. 20 64 And in the morning, as they were passing by, they 21 saw the fig-tree withered from the roots. And Peter remembered and said to him, Rabbi, see! the fig-tree which And Jesus answering Truly do I say to you, 22 thou didst curse is withered away. 23 saith to them, Have faith in God. that whoever shall say to this mountain, Be thou taken up, and cast into the sea, and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that what he saith will come to pass, he shall 24 have it. Therefore I say to you, All things whatever ye pray for and ask, believe that ye have obtained, and ye 25 shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any one, that your Father who is in heaven may also forgive you your trespasses. 27 And they come again to Jerusalem. And as he was Ver. 15-18. Comp. Matt. xxi. 12, 13; Luke xix. 45-48; John ii. 13-17. Ver. 19-26. Comp. Matt. xxi. 20–22. Ver. 24. - believe that ye have obtained; i.e. have faith in the Divine determination to bestow them. Chap. XI. 27-Chap. XII. 12. Comp. Matt. xxi. 23-46; Luke xx. 1-19. See Jer. vii. 11. * Isa. lvi. 7. walking in the temple, there come to him the chief priests 28 and the scribes and the elders; and they said to him, By what authority doest thou these things? or who gave thee 29 this authority to do these things? And Jesus said to them, I will ask you one question; and answer me, and I will tell 30 you by what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or from men? Answer me. 31 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why then did ye not believe 32 him? But shall we say, From men? They feared the 33 people; for all regarded John as truly a prophet. And they answered and said to Jesus, We do not know. And Jesus saith to them, Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. XII. And he began to speak to them in parables: A man planted a vineyard, and set a hedge about it, and dug a wine-vat, and built a tower; and let it out to husbandmen, 2 and went abroad. And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husband3 men of the fruits of the vineyard. And they took him, and 4 beat him, and sent him away empty-handed. And again he sent to them another servant; and him they wounded 5 in the head, and treated shamefully. And he sent another; and him they killed; and many others, beating some, and 6 killing some. Still he had one beloved son; he sent him 7 last to them, saying, They will respect my son. But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance will be 8 ours. And they took him and killed him, and cast him 9 out of the vineyard. What will the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, 10 and will give the vineyard to others. And have ye not read this scripture: "The stone which the builders 11 rejected, the same hath become the corner-stone; from 12 13 the Lord did this come, and it is marvellous in our eyes ”?* And they sought to seize him, but feared the multitude; for they knew that he spoke the parable against them. And they left him, and went away. And they send to him some of the Pharisees and of 14 the Herodians, to ensnare him in speech. And they come and say to him, Teacher, we know that thou art true, and carest for no one; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth. Is it law15 ful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, seeing their hypocrisy, said to them, Why are ye trying me? Bring me a denary, that 16 I may see it. And they brought one. And he saith to them, Whose is this image and inscription? And they 17 said to him, Cæsar's. And Jesus said to them, Render to Cæsar the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things that are God's. And they marvelled at him exceedingly. 18 Then come to him Sadducees, who say that there is no 19 resurrection; and they asked him, saying, Teacher, Moses wrote to us, "If a man's brother die, and leave a wife and no child, his brother shall take his wife, and raise up seed 20 to his brother."† There were seven brothers; and the 21 first took a wife, and dying left no seed. And the second took her and died, leaving no seed; and the third likewise. 22 And the seven left no seed. Last of all, the woman also 23 died. In the resurrection, when they have risen, of which of them will she be wife? for the seven had her for a wife. 24 Jesus said to them, Do ye not err on this account, that 25 ye know not the Scriptures, nor the power of God? For when they have risen from the dead, they neither marry, Ver. 13-17. Comp. Matt. xxii. 15–22; Luke xx. 20–26. |