43 and immediately he saw, and followed him, glorifying God and all the people, beholding him, gave praise to God.

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CHAPTER XIX.

ND Jesus entered Jericho, and was passing through it,

2 when, behold, a man named Zaccheus, who was both a chiefpublican, and rich, sought to see Jesus, who he was; but could not for the crowd, because he was short of stature : 3 and he ran forward, and climbed up into a sycamore tree to see him; for he was to pass that way:

4 and when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and said to him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for I must dwell to-day in thy house: 5 and he made haste, and came down, and received him joyfully.

6 And when they saw it, they all murmured, saying, That he was gone in, to lodge with a man that is a sinner:

7 and Zaccheus stood, and said to the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and, if I have taken any thing from any one unjustly, I restore him fourfold: 8 and Jesus said to him, This day is salvation come to this

house, inasmuch as he also is a son of Abraham :

9 for, the Son of man is come

to seek, and to save, that which was lost.

10 And when they had heard these words, he proceeded to speak a parable; because he was near to Jerusalem, and because they thought that the kingdom of God would be immediately manifested :

11 he said therefore, A certain nobleman went to a distant country to receive for himself the sovereignty, and to return : 12 and he called ten of his servants, and delivered to them ten pounds, and said to them, Employ these until I come :

13 but his citizens hated him; and sent an embassy after him, saying, We will not have this man to reign over us.

14 And it came to pass, when he returned after having received the sovereignty, that he ordered those servants to be called to him, to whom he had given the money; that he might know how much each had gained:

15 and the first came, saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained ten pounds:

16 and he said to him, Well, thou good servant; because thou hast been faithful in a very little, have thou authority over ten cities:

17 and the second came,

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saying, Lord, thy pound hath gained five pounds :

18 and he said to him like

wise, Be thou also over five cities:

19 and the next came, saying, Lord, behold, here is thy pound, which I have kept laid up in a napkin :

20 for I feared thee, because thou art an austere man, taking up that which thou layedst not down, and reaping that which thou didst not sow:

21 and he saith to him, Out of thine own mouth I will judge thee, thou wicked servant: knewest thou that I was an austere man, taking up that which I laid not down, and reaping that which I did not sow? 22 why, then, didst thou not put my money into the bank, that at my coming I might have recovered my own with interest?

23 and he said to them that stood by, Take the pound from him, and give it to him that hath ten pounds:

24 and they said to him, Lord, he hath ten pounds: 25 and he said, I tell you, That to every one who hath, shall be given; and from him who hath not, even that he hath shall be taken away: 26 but those my enemies, who would not that I should reign over them, bring hither; and slay them before me.

27 And when he had thus said, he went on before them, going up to Jerusalem.

28 And it came to pass, when he was come near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called, of Olives, he sent two of his disciples,

29 saying, Go ye to the village over against you; in entering which ye will find a colt tied, on which no man ever yet sat: loose it and bring it hither:

30 and if any one ask you, Why loose ye it? ye shall say thus to him, Because the Lord hath need of it.

31 And they that were sent went away, and found even as he had said to them:

32 and as they were loosing the colt, the owners of it said to them, Why loose ye the colt?

33 and they said, The Lord hath need of it:

34 and they brought it to Jesus; and they cast their garments on the colt, and they set Jesus upon it:

35 and as he went along, they spread their garments on the way.

36 And when he was already near the descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and to praise God with a loud voice, for all the mighty works that they had seen;

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37 saying, "Blessed is the King that cometh in the "name of the Lord: peace "in heaven, and glory in the "highest!"

38 And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said the multitude said to him, Master, rebuke thy disciples:

39 and he answered and said to them, I tell you, that if these were silent, the stones would cry out.

40 And as he drew near, and beheld the city, he mourned over it,

41 saying, Would that, even in this day, thou knewest the things which concern thy peace! but now they are hidden from thine eyes!

42 for the days will come on thee, when thine enemies will raise an intrenchment around thee, and will encompass thee about, and close thee in on every side;

43 and will lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knew est not the season of thy visitation!

44 And he went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold therein;

45 saying to them, It is written, "My house shall be a Matt. xxi. 4. "house of prayer:" but ye have made it "a den of thieves."

46 And he taught daily in the temple; and the chief priests, and the scribes, and the chiefs of the people, sought to destroy him;

47 but they found nothing that they could do; for the whole people hung on him to hear him.

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CHAPTER XX.

ND it came to pass on one of the days, as he was teaching and preaching the gospel to the people, in the temple, that the chief priests and the scribes came upon him, with the elders,

2 and spake to him, saying, Tell us, by what authority thou doest these things? or who is he who giveth thee this authority?

3 and he answered and said to them, I also will ask you a question; and do ye answer

me:

4 Was the baptism of John. from heaven, or from men? 5 and they discoursed among themselves, saying, If we say, From heaven; he will say, Why did ye not believe him?

6 but, if we say, From men; all the people will stone us: for they are persuaded that John was a prophet:

7 and they answered, that they knew not from whence

it was:

8 and Jesus said to them, Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things.

9 And he began to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it out to husbandmen, and went to another country for a long time:

10 and, at the season, he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty :

11 and again he sent another servant; and they beat him also, and insulted him, and sent him away empty:

12 and again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast him out:

13 and the lord of the vineyard said, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps they will respect him, when they see him:

14 but when the husbandmen saw him, they discoursed among themselves, saying,This is the heir let us kill him, that the inheritance may be

ours:

15 and they cast him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What, therefore, will the lord of the vineyard do to them? 16 he will come and destroy those husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others:

17 and when they heard this, they said, God forbid!

18 and he looked at them, and said, What, then, is this that is written, "The stone "which the builders rejected, "the same is become the head"stone of the corner?"

19 Every one that falleth against that stone, will be bruised; but, on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

20 And in the same hour, the chief priests and the scribes sought to lay hands on him, but they feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken this parable against them :

21 and they watched him, and sent out spies, who should feign themselves just men, that they might take hold of his words, so as to deliver him to the power and authority of the governor :

22 and they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou speakest and teachest rightly, and regardest not the person of any, but teachest the way of God in truth;

23 is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Cesar, or not? 24 but he perceived their craftiness, and said to them, 25 Shew me a penny: whose image and superscription hath it? they answered and said, Cesar's:

26 and he said to them, Render therefore to Cesar, the dues of Cesar, and to God, those of God:

27 and they could not take hold of the saying before the people; and they wondered at his answer, and were silent.

28 Then some of the Sadducees, who deny that there is any resurrection, came to him and asked him,

29 saying, Master, Moses hath written to us, If any man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother:

30 now,

there were seven bro

thers; and the first took a wife, and died without children:

31 and the second, and the third, took her; and so, also, all the seven, and left no children, and died:

32 last of all, the woman also died:

33 in the resurrection, therefore, of which of them will she be the wife? for the seven had her for a wife:

34 and Jesus said to them, The children of this world marry, and are given in marriage:

35 but they who shall be accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, nor are given in marriage :

36 neither can they die any more for they are equal to the angels; and are children of God, being children of the resurrection :

37 but, that the dead are raised, even Moses shewed at the bush, when he calleth the Lord, the God of Abraham, and God of Isaac, and God of Jacob:

38 for, he is not a God of the dead, but of the living; for all are living to him:

39 and some of the scribes answering, said, Master, thou hast well said;

40 for they durst not ask him any thing more.

41 And he said to them, How say they, that the Christ is the son of David?

42 for, David himself saith in the book of Psalms, "The Ps. cx. 1. "LORD said to my Lord, Sit "thou on my right hand, till "I make thine enemies thy "footstool:"

43 David, therefore, calleth him Lord; how then is he his son?

44 And whilst the people were listening, he said to his disciples,

45 Beware of the scribes, who like to walk in robes, and love salutations in the marketplaces, and the first seats in the synagogues, and the first places at feasts;

46 who devour widows' houses,