Is. v. 7.

Jez. ii. 21.

Luke, xx. 16.

we fear the people; for all hold John as a prophet:

18 and they answered Jesus, and said, We know not: and he said to them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

19 But what think ye? A man had two sons; and he went to the first, and said, Son, go, work to day in my vineyard;

20 and he answered and said, I will, sir; but he went not:

21 and he went to the second, and said in like manner; and he answered and said, I will not, but afterward he repented, and went:

22 which of the two did the will of his father? They say to him, The last.

23 Jesus saith to them, Verily I tell you, that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you : 24 for, John came to you in the way of justification, nevertheless ye believed him not; yet the publicans and the harlots believed him and ye, when ye had seen this, repented not afterward to believe in him.

25 Hear ye another parable: A certain householder planted Mark, xii. 1. a vineyard, and raised a fence round it, and dug a wine-vat in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went to another country:

26 and when the season of the fruit drew near, he sent

29 And last of all he sent to them his son, saying, They will respect my son:

30 but when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and keep his inheritance:

31 and they took him, and cast him out of the vineyard, and slew him.

32 When, therefore, the lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen?

Luke, xiv. 16.

from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruits:

36 and every one that fall

eth against that stone will be bruised; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

37 And when the chief priests and the Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them:

38 but, though they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they held him for a prophet.

CHAPTER XXII.

AND Jesus answered and spake to them again in

parables, saying,

2 The kingdom of heaven is like a king, who made a marriage-feast for his son ;

3 and sent forth his servants to call them that had been invited, to the marriage: but they would not come.

4 Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are invited, Behold I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage :

5 and they gave no attention, but went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise;

6 and the rest took his servants, and treated them injuriously, and slew them.

7 But, when the king heard of it, he was wroth: and sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

8 Then he saith to his servants, The feast is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy of it:

9 go, therefore, into the byways, and as many as ye shall find, invite to the marriage:

10 and those servants went out into the by-ways, and brought together all they found, both bad and good; and the bride-chamber was filled with guests.

11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a marriage-garment :

12 and he saith to him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having on a marriage-garment? and he was speechless:

13 then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outward darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth:

14 for, many are called, but few are chosen.

15 Then the Pharisees went and took counsel how they might insnare him in his speech:

16 and they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that

thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth; and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not the person

of men;

17 tell us, therefore, what thou thinkest: Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Cesar, or not? 18 But Jesus knowing their malice, said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute-money and they brought to him a penny:

19 and he saith to them, Whose image and superscription is this? they say to him, Cesar's:

20 then saith he to them; Render therefore to Cesar the dues of Cesar, and to God, those of God:

21 and when they had heard him, they marvelled, and left him, and went away. Acts, xxiii. 8. 22 The same day the Sadducees came to him, who say, that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, Deut. xxv. 5. 23 saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother:

24 now, there were with us seven brethren and the first, having married, died; and, having no issue, he left his wife to his brother:

25 in like manner, the second and the third also, unto the seventh :

26 and, last of all, the woman also died:

27 in the resurrection, therefore, of which of the seven will she be the wife? for they all had her.

28 Jesus answered and said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God:

29 for, in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

30 But, concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

31 "I am the God of Abra- Exod. iii. 6. "ham, and the God of Isaac, "and the God of Jacob?" He

is not the God of the dead, but of the living:

32 and when the multitude heard him, they were astonished at his doctrine.

33 But, when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they came together to him;

34 and one of them, who was a teacher of the law, questioned him, to try him, saying;

35 Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 36 and Jesus said to him, "Thou shalt love the Lord Deut. vi. 5. thy God with all thy heart, "and with all thy soul, and "with all thy might:"

37 this is the great and first. commandment:

38 and the second is equal to Lev. xix. 18. it, "Thou shalt love thy neigh"bour as thyself:"

Psal. cx. 1.

39 on these two commandments, the whole law and the prophets depend.

40 And while the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, saying,

41 What think ye of the Christ? whose son is he? they say to him, David's:

42 he saith to them, How then doth David, in spirit, call him Lord?

43 saying, "The LORD said. "to my Lord, Sit thou on my "right hand, till I make thine "enemies thy footstool?" 44 if, then, David calleth him Lord, how is he his son?

45 and no one was able to answer him a word: neither did any one dare, from that day, to question him any more.

CHAPTER XXIII.

THEN Jesus spake to the multitude, and to his disciples, saying,

2 The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:

3 all, therefore, that they bid you, do and observe: but do not according to their deeds; for they say, but do not:

4 for they bind up burdens, heavy, and hard to be borne,

Deut. vi. 8. &

5 and they do all their works Num, xv. 38. to be seen by men; they widen xi. 18. their frontlets, and enlarge their fringes :

6 and love the first places at feasts, and the first seats in the synagogues;

7 and salutations in the market-places, and to be called Rabbi by men.

8 But be not ye called Rabbi; for one only is your Master, and all ye are brethren:

9 and call no one your father on the earth for one only is your Father, who is in heaven:

10 neither be ye called leaders for one only is your Leader, even Christ.

11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your ser

vant:

12 and whoever of you exalteth himself, shall be abased; but whosoever humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

13 And wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye lock up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye yourselves go not in, neither do ye suffer those who come to enter, to go in.

14 Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye go round sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is