f Lu. 7, 33. His meat was locusts and wild honey. Mat. 3, 4. 9 Ch. 10, 25. Jno. 7, 20. h The Pharisees and Scribes mur mured, saying, "This man re Consequences of neglect. ceiveth sinners, her children.” and eateth with 52 hath | save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."" 16" But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows, 17 and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and have ye not lamented. 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil.9 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man gluttonous, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners. But wisdom is justified of 20 Then began he to 2 upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not: 21 "Woe unto thee, Chorazin! woe unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works, which were done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes 22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you. 23 And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty them." Lu. 15, i Doth not wisdom cry? Now therefore hearken unto me, O ye chil dren; for blessed are they that Pro. 8, 1, and 32. keep my ways. O daughter of my people, gird cloth, and wal toys ashes. Je. 6, 26. 7 Ch. 10, 15. m Though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down. Am. 9, 2. n Lu. 10, 21, &c. things of the found the wise. 1 Co. 1. 27. works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day. 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee." them unto babes." € 53 25 At that time" Jesus answered and said, "I thank thee, O Father, o God hath cho- Lord of heaven and earth, because sen the foolish thou hast hid these things from the world to con-wise and prudent, and hast revealed 26 Even so, Fap The Father lov-ther: for so it seemed good in thy hath given all sight. 27 All things are delivered things into his unto me of my Father: and no man 35; and 6, 46; knoweth the Son, but the Father; and 10, 15; 13,3; neither knoweth any man the Father eth the Son, and hand. Jno. 8, and 17, 2. the corn; and his disciples were an hungered, and began to pluck the ears of corn, and to eat." 2 But when 8 Ma. 2, 23. Lu. the pharisees saw it, they said unto him, "Behold, thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day." 3 But he said unto them, "Have ye not read what David did,' when he was an hungered, and they that were with him; how he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread," which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, but only ly. Le. 24, 8. for the priests? Or have ye not read in the Law, how that on the sabbath days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and are blameless? And on the sab6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple. meaneth, I WILL HAVE MERCY, AND But if ye had known what this Behold,... the NOT SACRIFICE,' ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day." d He took upon him the form of a servant, and was made in the Jesus' first partial circuit by the sea of Tiberias. 45 d 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all: 16 and charged them that they should not make him known: 17 that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18" BEHOLD MY SERVANT, WHOM I HAVE CHOSEN ; MY BELOVED, IN WHOM MY SOUL IS WELL PLEASED: I WILL PUT MY SPIRIT UPON HIM, AND HE SHALL SHEW JUDGMENT TO THE GENTILES. 19 HE SHALL NOT STRIVE, NOR CRY; NEITHER SHALL ANY MAN HEAR HIS VOICE IN THE "Thou art my STREETS. 20 A BRUISED REED SHALL HE NOT BREAK, AND SMOKING FLAX SHALL HE NOT QUENCH, TILL HE SEND FORTH JUDGMENT UNTO VICTORY. 21 AND IN HIS NAME SHALL THE GENTILES TRUST.' likeness of men. Phi. 2, 7. Is. 42, 1; ch. 3, 17, and 17, 5. e There came a voice from heaven saying, beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." Ma. 1, 11. Ma. 3, 11. Lu. 11, 14. CAPERNAUM. Jesus heals a demoniac. The Pharisees blaspheme.56 22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind, and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 3 And all the people were amazed, and said, "Is not this the son of David ?” 24 But when the pharisees heard it, they said, "This 3, 22 Lu. 11, 15. fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils." 25 And Jesus' knew their thoughts, and said unto them, "Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: 26 and if Satan cast out Satan, he is divided against himself; 9 Ch. 9, 34. Ma. 8 Gr. Beelzebul. h Is it not because there is not a God in Israel that ye go to inquire of god of Ekron? Baalzebub, the 2 Ki, 1, 3. i Ps. 139, 2. Jno. 2, 24, 25. k how shall then his kingdom stand? 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 29 Or else how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong house. 30 He that is not with me is man? and then he will spoil his against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men." 32 And whosoever speaketh a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him but whosoever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come." 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 340 generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. 35 A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things : and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."? A.D. 27. The God of hea ven shall set up a kingdomwhich shall never be destroyed. Dan. 2, 44. Ro. 14, 17. The great Dra that old serpent gon was cast out, called the Devil, and Satan...and his angels were cast out with him. Re. 12, 9. m Ma. 3, 28, 29. we have received the after that knowledge of the truth, there remaineth no more sacrifice for sins. Heb. 10, 26. n There is a sin unto death. 1 Jno. 5, 16. Ch. 7, 17. Lu. 6, 43, 44, 45. ch. 3, 8, and 23, 33. pHe that keepeth his mouth keepeth his life; but he that openeth shall have destruction. Pr.13,3. q The Jews re1 Co. 1. 22. 88 Then certain of the scribes and of the pharisees answered, saying, wide his lips "Master, we would see a sign from thee." 39 But he answered and said unto them, "An evil and adulterous quire a sign. generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but 40 for the sign of the prophet Jonas: as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly ;" so shall Now the Lord had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. Jonah 1, 17. A.D. 28. s Lu. 11, 32. Jonah 3, 5. 1 Ki. 10, 1. 2Ch. 9, 1. Lu. 11, 31. the Son of man be three days and were gathered together unto him, so three nights in the heart of the earth. that he went into a ship, and sat; 41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in and the whole multitude stood on the judgment with this generation, and shore. And he spake many things shall condemn it: because they re- unto them in parables, saying, "Bepented at the preaching of Jonas; hold, a sower went forth to sow; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is 4 and when he sowed, some seeds fell here. 42 The queen of the south shall by the way side, and the fowls came rise up in the judgment with this and devoured them up: 5 some fell generation, and shall condemn it: upon stony places, where they had for she came from the uttermost parts not much earth and forthwith they of the earth to hear the wisdom of sprung up, because they had no deepSolomon; and, behold, a greater than ness of earth: and when the sun was Solomon is here. 43 When the un-up, they were scorched; and because clean spirit is gone out of a man, he they had no root, they withered away. walketh through dry places, seeking And some fell among thorns; and rest, and findeth" none. 44 Then he the thorns sprung up, and choked saith, I will return into my house them: 8 but other fell into good ground, from whence I came out; and when and brought forth fruit, some an hunhe is come, he findeth it empty, dredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyswept, and garnished. 45 Then goeth fold. 9 Who hath ears to hear, let he, and taketh with himself seven him hear." other spirits more wicked than himself, and they enter in and dwell have escaped the there: and the last state of that man pollutions of the world, through is worse than the first." Even so the knowledge of shall it be also unto this wicked neration." u And the Lord said unto Satan, Whence comest tan answered the Lord, and said, From going to & fro in the earth, and from walking up and down in it. Job 1, 7. v If after they thou? Then Sa Lu. 11, 24. the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein andovercome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. 2 Pe. 2, 20. Heb. 6, 4, Ma. 3, 31. Lu. 8, 19. and 10, 26. CAPERNAUM.-The true disciples of Jesus ge 57 46 While he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him." 47 Then one said unto him, "Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.” 48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, "Who is my mother? and who are my brethren ?" 49 And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother and my brethren! 50 For whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same cause he is not is my brother, and sister, and mother.' 110 Both he that they who are sanctifieth and sanctified are all of one: for which ashamed to call them brethren. Heb. 2, 11, ch. 7. 20. Jno. 15, 14. Gal. 5, 6. 1 Jno. 2, 17. y Ma. 4, 1. Lu.8,413 THE Why Jesus spake in parables. 59 revealed them unto us by his 10. 1 Jno. 2, 27; ch. 16, 17. 4, 25. Lu. 8, 18; and 19, 26. 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, "Why speakest thou unto them in parables ?" 11 He answered and said unto them, "Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given." 12 For whoso-h But God hath ever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: Spirit. 1 Co. 2, but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he Ch. 25, 29. Ma. hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.* 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, BY HEARING YE SHALL HEAR, AND SHALL NOT UNDERSTAND; AND SEEING YE SHALL SEE, AND SHALL NOT 15 PERCEIVE: THIS PEOPLE'S HEART IS WAXED GROSS, AND their EARS ARE DULL OF HEARING, AND THEIR EYES THEY HAVE CLOSED; LEST AT ANY TIME THEY SHOULD SEE 60 "Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the about all Gali-wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart.P This lee, teaching in their synagog p Ma. 4, 15. Lu. 8, 12. art unto them song of one that ues. Mat. 4, 23. is he which received seed by the way words, but they 33, 32. r At my first an swer no stood with me, but all men for sook me. 2 Ti. 4, 16; ch. 24, 10; and 26, 31. is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hun8 Walk worthy of dredfold, some sixty, some thirty."s the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God. Col. 1, 10. t Being born a gain, not of cor ruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God. 1 Pe. 1, 23. Other parables. 31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, "The kingdom of Ma. 4, 30. Lu. heaven is like to a grain of mustard 13, 18. in his field: 32 which indeed is the seed, which a man took, and sowed least of all seeds: but when it is y He shall grow as a tender plant Is. liii. 2. grown, it is the greatest among herbs, up before m 33 Another parable spake he unto 34 All these things spake Jesus un- z Under it (the Gospel) shall dwell all fowl of every wing; in the shadow of the branches thereof shall they dwell. Ez. 17, 23. e The word in the Greek is a measure containing about a peck and a half, wanting a little more than a pint. The a Ps. 78, 2. revelation of the mystery which was kept secret since the world made manifest. Ro. 16, 25, 26. Col. 1, 26. went into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of theworld. Ro. 10, 18. Col. THE FOUNDATION" OF THE world." 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude 62 away, and went into the house and 24 Another parable put he forth un- his disciples came unto him, saying, began, but now is to them, saying, "The kingdom of "Declare unto us the parable of the heaven is likened unto a man which tares of the field." 37 He answered sowed good seed' in his field: 25 but and said unto them, "He that soweth Their sound while men slept, his enemy came and the good seed is the Son of man; sowed tares among the wheat, and 38 the field is the world; the good went his way. 26 But when the blade seed are the children of the kingwas sprung up, and brought forth dom; but the tares are the children fruit, then appeared the tares also. of the wicked one; 39 the enemy that 27 So the servants of the householder sowed them is the devil; the harvest came and said unto him, Sir, didst is the end of the world; and the not thou sow good seed in thy field? reapers are the angels. 40 As there- 3, 8. from whence then hath it tares?' fore the tares are gathered and burned 28 He said unto them, 'An enemy in the fire; so shall it be in the end hath done this.' The servants said of this world. 41 The Son of man unto him, Wilt thou then that we shall send forth his angels, and they เ 6 1, 6. c Being born a gain, not of cor ruptible seed, but of incorruptible. 1 Pe. 1, 23. d Ge. 3, 15. 1 Jno. e Re. 14, 15, 19. Joel 3, 13. Again, the kingdom of heaven ter than rubies. is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered' of every kind: ther all as many which, when it was full, they drew as they found, to shore, and sat down, and gathered good. Mat. 22, 10 the good into vessels, but cast the 49 So shall it be at the both bad and m Ch. 25, 32. " V. 42. At our gates are all manner of pleasant fruits, new and old, which I have laid up for thee, Cam, beloved. Can. 7, 13. P The lips of the righteous feed many. Pro. 10, 21; 15, 7; and 18, 4. q Ma. 6, 1. Lu. 4, 16. bad away. A.D. 28. this man this wisdom, and these Mar. 6, 4. Lu 4, 24. Jno. 4, 44. carpenter's son? is not his mother 6, 42. AT 72 trarch heard of the fame of To him whom man despiseth. Is. 49, 7; and 53, 3. t Mar. 6, 5. and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be towards this people. Jesus, and said unto his servants, 28 27. JUDEA.-John cast into prison. end of the world: the angels shall by him. Jesus revisits Nazareth and is again rejected. 69 at meat, he commanded it to be given these words, was 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, "Whence hath her. 10 And he sent, and beheaded sore displeased. Then the king commandbrought Daniel, ed, and they and cast him into the den of lions. Da. 6, 14, 16 |