11 He answereth and saith unto them, He that hath two coats, let him 'impart to him that hath none; and he that hath meat, let him do likewise.

12 Then came also Publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? 13 And he said unto them, 'Exact no more than that which is appointed you.

14 And the soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? And he said unto them, "Do violence to no man, neither

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i DEUT. xv. 7: If there be among you a poor man of one of thy brethren, within any of thy gates in thy land which the LORD thy God giveth thee, thou shalt not harden thy heart, nor shut thine hand from thy poor brother. LUKE, xi. 41: But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. 2 COR. viii. 14: But by an equality, that now at this time your abundance may be a supply for their want, that their abundance also may be a supply for your want: that there may be equality. JAMES, ii. 15, 16: If a brother or sister be naked, and destitute of daily food, and one of you say unto them, Depart in peace, be you warmed and filled; notwithstanding ye give them not those things which are needful to the body; what doth it profit? 1 JOHN, ini. 17: Whoso hath this world's good, and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him? do. iv. 20: If a man say I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

* MAT. xxi. 32: John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye believed him not but the publicans and the harlots believed him. LUKE, vii. 29: And all the people that heard him, and the publicans, justified God, being baptized with the baptism of John.

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1 LUKE, xix. 8: And Zaccheus stood, and said unto the Lord; Behold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation, I restore him fourfold. I COR. vi. 10: Nor thieves, nor covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

m EXOD. xxiii. 1: Thou shalt not raise a false report: put

accuse any falsely; and be "content with your wages.10

15 And as the people were in expectation," and all men mused 12 in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;

16 John answered, saying unto them all, 'I indeed baptize you with water; but one mightier than I cometh, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to unloose: he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost and with fire :

17 Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable.

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A. D. 30. 18 And many other things in his

9 neither trouble any man wrongfully. Ma. Cr. 10 allowance. A. V. 11 were in suspense. A. V. 12 reasoned, or, debated. A. V.

not thine hand with the wicked to be an unrighteous witness. LEV. xix. 11, 13: Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob him.

"1 TIM. vi. 8: Having food and raiment let us be therewith content.

• See on MAT. iii. 11.

P JER. XV. 7: And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways. See on MAT. iii. 12.

Mic. iv. 12: But they know not the thoughts of the LORD, neither understand they his counsel: for he shall gather them as the sheaves into the floor. MAT. xiii. 30: Let both grow together until the harvest and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

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Ps. i. 4: The ungodly are not so: but are like the chaff which the wind driveth away.

$ Ps. xxi. 9: Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them. MARK, ix. 44, 48: Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. Ver. 48: The same.

exhortation 13 preached he unto the people. 19 But 'Herod the tetrarch, being reproved by him for Herodias his brother Philip's wife, and for all the evils which Herod had done,

20 Added yet this above all, that he shut up John in prison.

A. D. 27. 21 Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that "Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,

22 And the 'Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape like a dove upon him, and a voice came from heaven, which said, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

23 And Jesus himself began to be about "thirty years of age, being (as was supposed) the *son of Joseph, which was the son of Heli,

24 Which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi, which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Janna, which was the son of Joseph,

25 Which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Amos, which was the son of Naum, which was the son of Esli, which was the son of Nagge,

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t MAT. xiv. 3: Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. MARK, vi. 17: Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold upon John and bound him in prison for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife; for he had married her.

" MAT. iii. 13: Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be baptized of him. JOHN, i. 32: John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

▾ See on MAT. iii. 16, 17.

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NUM. iv. 3: From thirty years old and upward even until fifty years old, all that enter into the host, to do the work in the tabernacle of the congregation. The like words repeated in verses 35, 39, 43, and 47.

* MAT. xiii. 55: Is not this the carpenter's son? JOHN, vi. 42: Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?

26 Which was the son of Maath, which was the son of Mattathias, which was the son of Semei, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Juda,

27 Which was the son of Joanna, which was the son of Rhesa, which was the son of Zorobabel, which was the son of Salathiel, which was the son of Neri,

28 Which was the son of Melchi, which was the son of Addi, which was the son of Cosam, which was the son of Elmodam, which was the son of Er,

29 Which was the son of Jose, which was the son of Eliezer, which was the son of Jorim, which was the son of Matthat, which was the son of Levi,

30 Which was the son of Simeon, which was the son of Juda, which was the son of Joseph, which was the son of Jonan, which was the son of Eliakim,

31 Which was the son of Melea, which was the son of Menan, which was the son of Mattatha, which was the son of 'Nathan, 'which was the son of David,

32 Which was the son of Jesse, which was the son of Obed, which was the son of Booz, which was the son of Salmon, which was the son of Naasson,

33 Which was the son of Aminadab, which was the son of Aram, which was the son of Esrom,

y ZEC. xii. 12: The land shall mourn,―The family of the house of Nathan apart, and their wives apart.

22 SAM. v. 14: These be the names of those that were born unto him [David] in Jerusalem; Shammnah, and Shobab, and Nathan, and Solomon. The same recorded in 1 CHR. iii. 5.

a RUTH, iv. 18: These are the generations of Pharez: Pharez begat Hezron. 1 CHR. ii. 10: Rem begat Aminadab; and Aminadab begat Nahshon, prince of the children of Judah.

which was the son of Phares, which was the son of Juda,

34 Which was the son of Jacob, which was the son of Isaac, which was the son of Abraham, which was the son of Thara, which was the son of Nachor,

35 Which was the son of Saruch, which was the son of Ragau, which was the son of Phalec, which was the son of Heber, which was the son of Sala,

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36 Which was the son of Cainan, which was the son of Arphaxad, which was the son of Sem, which was the son of Noe, which was the son of Lamech,

37 Which was the son of Mathusala, which was the son of Enoch, which was the son of Jared, which was the son of Maleleel, which was the son of Cainan,

38 Which was the son of Enos, which was the son of Seth, which was the son of Adam, 'which was the son of God.

GEN. xi. 24, 26: Nahor

Abram, &c.

begat Terah, Terah begat

GEN. xi. 12: And Arphaxad lived five and thirty years, and begat Salah.

d GEN. v. 6, &c: Seth-begat Enos, Enos-begat Cainan. do. xi. 10, &c: Shem begat Arphaxad.

GEN. v. 28, 29: And Lamech lived an hundred eighty and two years, and begat a son: And he called his name Noah.

GEN. i. 26: And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth. do. ii. 7: And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. do. v. 1, 2: This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, in the likeness of God made he him; Male and female created he them; and blessed them, and called their name Adam, in the day when they were created. ISA. Ixiv. 8: But now, O LORD, thou art our Fa