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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 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

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"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 brothers; 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,

2 Thess. ii. 2.

and for a pretext make long prayers these will receive more abundant condemnation.

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AND he looked, and saw

the rich putting their gifts into the treasury; 2 and he saw a poor widow putting in there, two mites:

3 and he said, Of a truth I tell you, that this poor widow hath put in more than they all:

4 for, all these have put into the gifts from their abundance; but she, from her indigence, hath put in all the living that she had.

5 And as some said of the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts; he said,

6 As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in which not a stone will be left upon another that will not be thrown down:

7 and they asked him, saying, Master, but when will these things be? and what will be the sign when these things shall be about to come to pass?

8 and he said, Take heed that ye be not deceived: for many will come in my name,

Matt. xxiv. 5. saying that I am the Christ, and that the time is at hand : go ye not after them:

9 and when ye hear of wars and commotions, be not terrified; for these things must first come to pass but the end will not presently be:

10 then said he to them, Nation will still rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: 11 and great earthquakes, and famines, and pestilences, will be in divers places; and fearful sights and great signs will be from heaven.

12 But, before all these things, they will lay their hands on you, and persecute you, and deliver you up to synagogues and prisons; being brought before kings and rulers for my name's sake:

13 and this will become a testimony to you:

14 settle it, therefore, in your hearts, not to meditate before- c. xii. 13. hand what ye shall answer:

15 for I will give you a mouth, and wisdom, which all your adversaries will not be able to controvert, nor resist:

16 and ye will be betrayed, both by parents, and brethren, and kindred, and friends; and some of you they will put to death:

17 and ye will be hated by all men for my name's sake: 18 nevertheless, not a hair of your head shall perish :

19 in your patience possess ye your souls.

20 But, when ye shall see

Jerusalem encompassed with armies, then know that its deIsolation is at hand:

21 then, let them who are in Judea, flee to the borders; and let them that are within them, depart out; and let not them that are in the neighbouring countries, enter into it:

22 for, these are the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

23 But, wo to them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there will be great distress on the land, and wrath against this people:

24 and they will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all nations: and Jerusalem will be trodden down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled:

25 and there will be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and on the earth, distress of nations, with perplexity; as the roaring of the sea and waves:

26 men's hearts failing them, through fear and expectation of the things which are coming on the earth; for, the powers of heaven will be shaken:

27 and then will they see the Son of man coming on a cloud, with power and great glory:

28 and when these things

begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption is at hand.

29 And he spake to them a parable: Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees:

30 when they already shoot forth, ye see and know of yourselves that summer is now near at hand :

31 so likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know, that the kingdom of God is near at hand:

32 verily I tell you, This generation will not pass away, till all is fulfilled:

33 heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away.

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come upon you unawares;

35 for it will come, as a snare, on all that dwell on the face of the whole earth:

36 but, watch ye; praying always, that ye may be able to escape all those things that are about to come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

37 And during the days, he was teaching in the temple; but he went out, and passed the night on the mount called, of Olives: