on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. 34 The light of the body is the eye: : therefore, when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. 35 Take heed, therefore, that the light which is.. thee be not darkness. 36 If thy whole body, therefore, be full of light, having no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, as when the bright shining of a candle doth give thee light. 57 And, as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him and he went in, and sat down to meat. 38 And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. 39 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness. 40 Ye fools! did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also? 41 But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of you fingers. 47 Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds of your fathers : for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres. 49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute; 50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation; 51 From the blood of Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation. 52 Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered. 53 And, as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things; 42 But woe unto you, Pharisees! 54 Laying wait for him, and seekfor ye tithe mint, and rue, and alling to catch something out of his manner of herbs, and pass over mouth, that they might accuse him. judgment and the love of God: CHAP. XII. these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets. 44 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. IN Christ teacheth his disciples, &c. N the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. 2 For there is nothing covered that shall not be revealed; neither 45 Then answered one of the law-hid that shall not be known. yers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying, thou reproachest us also. 46 And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, 3 Therefore, whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the house-tops. 4 And I say unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do: 5 But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear; Fear him which, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you,Fear him. 6 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God? ~~7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore; ye are of more value than many sparrows. 8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God: 9 But he that denieth me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God. 10 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven. 18 And he said, This will I do ; I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be mery. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required ofthee: then whose shall those things be which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 22 ¶ And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens; for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 11 And when they bring you un- 25 And which of you, with tato the synagogues, and unto making thought, can add to his stature gistrates and powers, take ye no one cubit? thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say: 12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say. 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies how they grow they toil not, they spin not; 13 ¶ And one of the company and yet I say unto you, that Solosaid unto him, Master, speak to my mon in all his glory was not arbrother, that he divide the inherit-rayed like one of these. ance with me. 14 And he said unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you? 15 And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things which he possesseth. 16 ¶ And he spake a parable unto them, saying,The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully: 17 And he thought within himself, saying, Whatshall I do,because I have no room where to bestow my fruits? 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind. 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you. to eat and drink, and to be drunken;" 52 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give on the kingdom. 33 Sell that ye have,and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth,neither moth corrupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord,when he will return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh,they may open unto him immediately. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord, when he cometh, shall find watching: verily I say unto you,that he shall gird himself,and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them. 33 And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 And this know,that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come,he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye, therefore, ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 46 The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47 And that servant which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes, Forunto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more. 49 ¶ I am come to send fire on the earth; and what will I, if it be already kindled? 50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened till it be accomplished! 51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52 For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 55 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother-in-law against her daugher-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her motherin-law. 42 And the Lord said, Who then 54 ¶ And he said also to the peois that faithful and wise steward, ple, When ye see a cloud rise out whom his lord shall make ruler over of the west, straightway ye say, his household, to give them their por-There cometh a shower; and so it is. tion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. 44 Of a truth I say unto you, That he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men-servants and maidens, and 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Ye hypocrites! ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? 57 Yea, and why even of your selves judge ye not what is right? 58 When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbathday, and said unto the people, There are six days in which men ought to work; in them,therefore,come and be healed, and not on the sabbath-day 15 The Lord then answered him. and said, T'hou hypocrite! doth not loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering? Christ preacheth repentance. THE HERE were present at that some him the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices. 2 And Jesus, answering, said unto them, Suppose ye that these Gali-ing a daughter of Abraham, whom leans were sinners above all the Ga- Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen lileans, because they suffered such years, be loosed from this bond on things? the sabbath-day? 3 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 4Orthose eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 6 He spake also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted | in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none. 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? 8 And he, answering, said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it 9 And if it bear fruit, well; and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down. 10 ¶ And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath. 16 And ought not this woman, be 17 And, when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. 18 Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19 It is like a grain of mustardseed, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree, and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 20 And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 22 And he went through the cities and villages teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. 23 Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, 24 Strive to enter in at the strait 11 And,behold,there was a woman gate: for many, I say unto you, will which had a spirit of infirmity eigh-seek to enter in, and shall not be able. teen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And, when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity. 18 And he laid his hands on her: 25 When once the Master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand with out, and to knock at the door, say ing, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are; 28 Then shall ye begin to say, We 3 AndJesus,answering,spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day? have eaten and drunkin thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity, 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out. 29 And they shall come from the east, and from the west, and from the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in the kingdom of God. 30 And, behold, there are last which shall be first, and there are first which shall be last. 31 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence for Herod will kill thee. 32 And he said unto them, Go ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day, and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. 33 Nevertheless, I must walk today, and to-morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 4 And they held their peace. And he took him, and healed him, and let him go; 5 And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day? 6 And they could not answer him again to these things. 7 And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding, sit not down in the highest room, lest a more honourable man than thou be bidden of him; 9 And he that bade thee and him come and say to thee, Give this man place; and thou begin with shame to take the lowest room. 10 But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. : 340 Jerusalem, Jerusalem,which killest the prophets,and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often 11 For whosoever exalteth himwould I have gathered thy chil-self shall be abased; and he that dren together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not! 35 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate; and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. CHAP. XIV. AND it came to pass, as he went humbleth himself shall be exalted. 12 T Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours; lest they also bid thee again, and a recompense be made thee. 13 But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: 14 And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. 15 ¶ And when one of them that sat at meat with him heard these things he said unto him, Blessed is |