whatever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye will re'ceive.'

And when he was come into the temple, the high 23 priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching and said; 'By what authority doest thou 'these things? and who gave thee this authority?' And 24 Jesus answered and said unto them; ' I also will ask you one word, which if ye tell me, I also will tell you by 'what authority I do these things. The baptism of John, 25 'whence was it? from heaven or from men?' And they reasoned among themselves, saying; 'If we say, From 'heaven, he will say to us, Why then did ye not believe 'him? But if we say, From men, we fear the crowd; for 26 'all men hold John as a prophet.' And they answered 27 Jesus and said; 'We do not know.' And he said unto them; Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things. But what think ye?

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sons; and he came to the first, and said; Son, go and 'work to day in my vineyard. And he answered and 29 said; I will not; but afterwards he repented and went. And he came to the other and said the same. And he 30 'answered and said; I will, lord; and he went not. 'Which of the two did the will of his father?' They 31 say to him; The first.' Jesus saith unto them; 'Verily 'I

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say unto you, that the tax-gatherers and the harlots go 'into the kingdom of God before you. For John came 'unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed 'him not, but the tax-gatherers and the harlots believed 'him; and ye, when ye had seen, repented not afterwards, so as to believe him. Hear another parable; There was 38 ' a certain householder, that planted a vineyard, and put a 'hedge round it, and digged a wine-vat in it, and built a 'tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and left the country. 'And when the time of the fruits drew near, he sent his 34 'slaves to the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it. 'And the husbandmen took his slaves, and beat one, and 35 'killed another, and stoned another. Again he sent other 36 'slaves, more than the first, and they did the same to

'them. And lastly, he sent his son unto them, saying; 37 They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen 38 saw the son, they said to themselves; This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and seize his inheritance. they took him and cast him out of the vineyard, and

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'likened to a certain king who made a wedding for his 3 'son, and sent forth his slaves to call them that were bidden 4 'to the wedding; and they would not come. Again he sent forth other slaves, saying; Tell them that are bidden; 'Behold, I have prepared my dinner, my oxen and fat'lings are killed, and all things are ready; come to the 5 'wedding. But they made light of it, and went their 6 ways, one to his farm and one to his merchandize; and 'the rest seized his slaves, and reviled them, and slew 7 'them. But when the king heard, he was wroth, and 'sent his soldiers, and destroyed those murderers, and 'burnt up their city. Then saith he unto his slaves; The 'marriage indeed is ready, but they that were bidden were 'not worthy. Go therefore into the crossways, and as 10 'many as ye find, bid to the wedding. So those slaves 'went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good, and the 11 'marriage was filled with guests. And when the king 'came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had 12 'not on a wedding garment; and he saith unto him; 'Friend, how camest thou in here, not having a wedding 13 'garment? And he was speechless. Then said the king 'to the servants; Bind his feet and hands, and take him 'and cast him into the outer darkness; there will be the

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Then went the Pharisees and took counsel how they 15 should entangle him in his talk. And they send unto 16 him their disciples with the Herodians, saying; "Teacher, 'we know that thou art to be trusted, and teachest the way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any one; 'for thou regardest not the person of men. Tell us there- 17 'fore, what thinkest thou? Is it lawful to pay Census "[or Tribute] to Cæsar or not? ' But Jesus knowing 18 their wickedness, said; 'Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? 'Show me the money of the Census.' And they brought 19 to him a Denarius [a coin worth eight pence]. And he 20 saith unto them; 'Whose is this image and inscription ?' They say unto him; 'Cæsar's.' Then saith he unto 21 them; Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which 'are Cæsar's, and to God the things which are God's.' And when they heard, they marvelled, and left him, and 22 went their way.

On the same day came to him Sadducees, who say 23 there is no resurrection; and they questioned him, saying; 24 "Teacher, Moses said; If a man die, having no children, 'his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up issue unto 'his brother. Now there were with us seven brethren; 25 and the first, when he had married, died; and having no 'issue, left his wife to his brother. In like wise the 26 'second also, and the third, unto the seventh. And at 27 'last the woman also died. Therefore in the resurrection, 28 'whose wife will she be of the seven? For they all had 'her.' And Jesus answered and said unto them; 'Ye 29 'do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of

God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor 30 are given in marriage, but are as angels of God in 'heaven. But about the resurrection of the dead, have 31 'ye not read what was spoken to you by God, saying; I 32 am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of 'the living.' And the crowds who heard were astonished 33 at his teaching.

And the Pharisees, when they heard that he had put 34 the Sadducees to silence, were gathered together for the same purpose. And one of them, a teacher of the law, 35 tempting him, questioned, saying; "Teacher, which is the 36

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saith unto them; 'How then doth David in spirit call 44 him Lord, saying; The Lord said to my lord; Sit thou

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'serve, observe and do; but do not after their works; for 4 'they say and do not. For they bind burdens heavy and 'grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; 'but they will not move them with a finger of their own. 5 'But all their works they do to be seen by men. They

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'market places, and to be called by men Rabbi, Rabbi. 8 'But be not ye called Rabbi; for One is your master, and 9 all ye are brethren. And call no man your father upon earth; for One is your father, who is in heaven. Neither 'be ye called masters; for one is your master, even the 'Christ. But the greatest among you will be your 'servant. And whoever shall set himself up will be 'humbled, and whoever shall humble himself will be set 13 'up. And alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, ye hypo'crites; for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence 'make long prayers; therefore ye will receive a heavier 14 'judgment. Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, ye hypocrites; for ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men; 'for ye neither go in yourselves, nor suffer those that are 15 'entering to go in. Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees,

ye hypocrites; for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is made, ye make him twofold more a child of Gehenna than yourselves. Alas for you, 16 'ye blind guides, that say, Whoever shall swear by the 'temple, it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the 'gold of the temple, he is a debtor. Ye fools and blind; 17 for which is greater, the gold, or the temple that sancti'fieth the gold? And, Whoever shall swear by the altar, 18 'it is nothing; but whoever shall swear by the gift that 'is upon it, he is a debtor. Ye fools and blind; for which 19 'is greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 'Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, 20 and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by 21 the temple, sweareth by it, and by Him that dwelleth

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of them may be clean also. Alas for you, scribes and 27 Pharisees, ye hypocrites; for ye are like unto whitened sepulchres, which indeed outwardly appear beautiful, but 'within are full of dead bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, 28 'but within ye are full of hypocrisy and of iniquity. Alas for you, scribes and Pharisees, ye hypocrites; because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets and garnish the 'tombs of the righteous, and say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers 'with them in the blood of the prophets. Thus ye bear 31 'witness against yourselves, that ye are sons of them that 'killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of 'your fathers. Ye serpents, ye offspring of vipers, how 23 can ye escape the judgment of the Gehenna? Wherefore, 34 'behold, I send to you prophets, and wise men, and

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