ear, in closets, will be proclaimed on the housetops. 6 And I say to you, who are my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have nothing more that they can do:

ye

7 but I will forewarn you whom should fear; fear him, who, after he hath killed, hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say to you, Fear him.

8 Are not five sparrows sold for two farthings? yet not one of them is forgotten before God:

9 yea, even the hairs of your head are all numbered: fear v. 26. not, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

c. xxi. 14.

10 And I tell you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will the Son of man, also, confess before the angels of God:

11 but, he who denieth me before men, will be denied by me before the angels of God: 12 and whoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, will be forgiven; but he who blasphemeth against the Holy Spirit, will not be forgiven.

13 And when they bring you before the synagogues, and magistrates, and authorities, be not anxious how or what ye should answer, or what should say ;

ye

14 for, the Holy Spirit will

teach you in that hour, what ye ought to say.

15 And one of the multitude said to him, Master, bid my brother to divide the inheritance with me:

16 and he said to him, "Man, "who made me a judge or a Exod. ii. 1. "divider over you?"

17 and he said to them, Take heed, and keep yourselves from all covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not in the abundance of his possessions.

18 And he spake a parable to them, saying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

19 and he thought within himself, saying, What shall I do, for I have no place where I can store my fruits?

20 and he said, I will do this: I will pull down my barns, and build larger, and I will there store all my fruits and my goods;

21 and I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast many good things laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be joyful:

22 but God said to him, Thou fool, this night thy soul will be required of thee: whose, then, will be the things which thou hast provided?

23 so is he, who layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God.

24 And he said to his dis

ciples, Therefore I say to you, Be not anxious for your life, what ye shall eat; nor for your body, what ye shall put on : 25 for the life is more than the food, and the body than the clothing:

26 consider the ravens, for they neither sow nor reap; which have neither storehouse nor barn, but God feedeth them how much better are ye than the birds?

27 And which of you is able, by anxious thought, to add one cubit to his stature?

28 if, then, ye are not able to do that which is least, why are ye anxious for the rest? 29 Consider the lilies, how they grow they neither toil nor spin; yet I tell you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these:

30 but, if God so clothe the grass, which to day is in the field, and to-morrow is cast into the oven; how much rather will he clothe you, 0 ye of little

faith?

31 And question not what ye shall eat, and what ye shall drink, neither perplex ye yourselves;

32 for, all the nations of the world require these things; and your Father knoweth that ye also have need of them : 33 but, seek ye his kingdom, and these things will be added

to you.

34 Fear not, little flock; for your Father is well pleased to give you that kingdom.

35 Sell the things that ye have, and give them in alms; provide for yourselves purses which grow not old; a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, nor moth corrupteth:

36 for, where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 37 Let your loins be girded about, and your lamps burning;

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38 and ye yourselves like men waiting for their lord, when he shall return from the mar- Matt. xxv. riage; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open to him immediately:

39 blessed are those servants whom the Lord, when he cometh, shall find watching: verily I tell you, that he will gird himself, and make them sit down, and will come to them and serve them:

40 and if he come in the second, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are they :

41 and this ye know, that if the master of the house knew in what hour the thief would come, he would watch, and not suffer his house to be broken into:

42 and so ye, be ye ready; for, in the hour that ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

43 And Peter said, Lord, speakest thou this parable to us only, or likewise to all? 44 and the Lord said, Who is the faithful and wise steward, whom his lord will set over his household, to give out their measures of food at the due season?

45 blessed is that servant whom

his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing:

46 of a truth I tell you, that he will set him over all that he hath.

47 But, if that servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the men servants and maid servants, and to eat and drink, and be drunken;

48 the lord of that servant will come in a day when he expecteth him not, and at an hour that he knoweth not, and will cut him in sunder, and appoint him his portion with the unfaithful:

49 and that servant, who knew his lord's will, yet neither prepared nor did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes;

50 but he that knew it not, yet did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes: for, from every one to whom much is given, much will be required; and to whom men have committed

much, of him they will demand the more.

51 I am come to set fire to the earth; and how I would it were already kindled !

52 but I have first a baptism to be baptized with; and how am I straitened until it be accomplished!

53 Think ye that I came to Matt. x. 38. give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but division:

54 for, from henceforth, five in one house will be divided, three against two, and two against three:

55 the father will 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 daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

56 And he said moreover to the multitude, When ye see a cloud rising from the west, ye straightway say, A shower is coming; and it is so:

57 and when ye see the south wind blowing, ye say, There will be heat; and it so cometh to pass:

58 ye hypocrites, ye know how to judge of the face of the sky, and of the earth; but how is it, that ye know not how to judge of this time?

59 and why, even of yourselves, judge ye not what is right?

60 When thou art going with thine adversary to the magistrate, use thy endeavour to be released from him on the way; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison:

61 I tell thee, thou wilt not come out from thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

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CHAPTER XIII.

ND there were present, at that same time, some who told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices :

2 and he answered and said to them, Think ye that those Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

3 I tell you, Nay: but, unless

ye repent, ye will all likewise perish :

4 or, those eighteen, on whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all the men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

5 I tell you, Nay: but, un

less ye repent, ye will all like

wise perish.

6 And he spake also this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit on it, but found none:

7 and he said to his vine

dresser, Behold, these three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig-tree, and find none: cut it down; why encumbereth it the ground?

8 and he answered and said to him, Lord, let it alone this year also, until I have dug, and thrown dung around it: 9 and if it afterward bear fruit, well: but if not, thou shalt cut it down.

10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath:

11 and, behold, there was a woman that had had a spirit of infirmity for eighteen years, and was bent together, and wholly unable to lift herself up: 12 and when Jesus saw her, he called to her, and said to her, Woman, thou art loosed from thy infirmity :

13 and he laid his hands on her; and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God.

14 And the ruler of the synagogue (moved with indignation, because Jesus had healed on the sabbath day,) answered and said to the multitude;

15 There are six days in which men ought to work; on those, therefore, come and be healed, and not on the sabbath day:

16 then the Lord answered him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth not each of you, on the sabbath, loose his ox or his ass

from the stall, and lead it away to watering?

17 and ought not this woman, who is a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this bond on the day of the sabbath?

18 and when he had said these words, all his adversaries were confounded: but all the people rejoiced at all the glorious things that were done by him.

19 And he said, To what is the kingdom of God like? and to what shall I resemble it?

20 It is like a mustard-seed, which a man took and cast into his garden; and it grew up, and became as a tree, and the birds of the air lodged on its branches.

21 And again he said, To what shall I liken the kingdom of God?

22 it is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

23 And he went through the cities and villages, teaching; and making his progress toward Jerusalem.

24 And one said to him, Lord, are they few that are saved? and he said to them,

25 Strive to enter in through the narrow gate; for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, but will not be able:

26 when once the master of the house hath risen up, and locked the door; and ye begin to stand without and knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, Matt. xxv. 11. open to us; and he answereth and saith to you, I know you not whence ye are;

27 then ye will begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets:

28 but he will say, I tell you, I know not from whence ye are; depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity:

29 there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but yourselves cast out;

30 and when they come from east and west, and from north and south, and sit down in the kingdom of God:

31 for, behold, there are some last who will be first, and there are some first who will be last.

32 The same day, certain Pharisees came to him, saying, Go out, and depart from hence; for Herod wisheth to kill thee:

33 and he said to them, Go ye, and tell that fox, Behold, I cast out devils, and perform cures, to-day and to-morrow, and on the third day I shall have finished: