from you, and given to a nation bringing forth its fruits:

36 and every one that fall

eth against that stone will be bruised; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

37 And when the chief priests and the Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of them:

38 but, though they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they held him for a prophet.

CHAPTER XXII.

AND Jesus answered and spake to them again in

parables, saying,

2 The kingdom of heaven is like a king, who made a marriage-feast for his son;

3 and sent forth his servants to call them that had been invited, to the marriage: but they would not come.

4 Again he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them that are invited, Behold I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come to the marriage :

5 and they gave no attention, but went away, one to his farm, another to his merchandise;

6 and the rest took his servants, and treated them injuriously, and slew them.

7 But, when the king heard of it, he was wroth and sent forth his armies, and destroyed those murderers, and burned their city.

8 Then he saith to his servants, The feast is ready, but they who were invited were not worthy of it:

9 go, therefore, into the byways, and as many as ye shall find, invite to the marriage :

10 and those servants went out into the by-ways, and brought together all they found, both bad and good; and the bride-chamber was filled with guests.

11 But when the king came in to see the guests, he saw there a man who had not on a marriage-garment:

12 and he saith to him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having on a marriage-garment? and he was speechless:

13 then the king said to the servants, Bind him hand and foot, and cast him into the outward darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth: 14 for, many are called, but few are chosen.

15 Then the Pharisees went

and took counsel how they might insnare him in his speech:

16 and they sent to him their disciples, with the Herodians, saying, Master, we know that

Acts, xxiii. 8.

thou art true, and teachest the way of God in truth; and carest not for any one, for thou regardest not the person of men;

17 tell us, therefore, what thou thinkest: Is it lawful for us to pay tribute to Cesar, or not?

18 But Jesus knowing their malice, said, Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites? Shew me the tribute-money and they brought to him a penny:

19 and he saith to them, Whose image and superscription is this? they say to him, Cesar's:

20 then saith he to them; Render therefore to Cesar the dues of Cesar, and to God, those of God:

21 and when they had heard him, they marvelled, and left him, and went away.

22 The same day the Sadducees came to him, who say, that there is no resurrection; and they asked him, Deut. xxv. 5. 23 saying, Master, Moses said, If a man die, having no children, his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed to his brother:

26 and, last of all, the woman also died:

27 in the resurrection, therefore, of which of the seven will she be the wife? for they all had her.

28 Jesus answered and said to them, Ye err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God:

29 for, in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.

30 But, concerning the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,

31"I am the God of Abra- Exod. iii. 6. "ham, and the God of Isaac, " and the God of Jacob?" He is not the God of the dead, but of the living:

32 and when the multitude heard him, they were astonished at his doctrine.

33 But, when the Pharisees heard that he had put the Sadducees to silence, they came together to him;

34 and one of them, who was a teacher of the law, questioned him, to try him, saying;

35 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?

36 and Jesus said to him, "Thou shalt love the Lord Deut. vi. 5. "thy God with all thy heart, "and with all thy soul, and "with all thy might:"

and lay them on men's shoul- Luke, xi. 46. ders; but they themselves will not move them with their finger:

Deut. vi. 8. &

5 and they do all their works Num. xv. 38. to be seen by men; they widen xi. 18. their frontlets, and enlarge their fringes:

6 and love the first places at feasts, and the first seats in the synagogues;

7 and salutations in the market-places, and to be called Rabbi by men.

8 But be not ye called Rabbi; for one only is your Master, and all ye are brethren :

9 and call no one your father on the earth for one only is your Father, who is in heaven:

10 neither be ye called leaders for one only is your Leader, even Christ.

11 But he that is greatest among you shall be your ser

vant:

12 and whoever of you exalteth himself, shall be abased; but whosoever humbleth himself, shall be exalted.

13 And wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye lock up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye yourselves go not in, neither do ye suffer those who come to enter, to go in.

14 Wo to you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye go round sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he is

32 Wherefore, behold, I will send to you prophets, and wise men, and scribes and some of them ye will kill and crucify; and some of them ye will scourge in your synagogues, and persecute from city to city: 33 that upon you may come all the just blood shed on the earth, from the blood of just Abel to the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye will slay between the sanctuary and the altar:

34 verily I tell you, all these things will come on this generation.

CHAPTER XXIV.

AND as Jesus went out and

was departing from the temple, his disciples came to him, to point out to him the buildings of the temple :

2 but he answered and said to them, See ye not all these things? verily I tell you, Not one stone will be left here upon another, that will not be thrown down.

3 And as he sat on the Mount of Olives, the disciples came to him privately, saying, Tell us, when will these things be? and what will be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?

4 And Jesus answered and said to them, See that no one deceive you;

my Mark, xiii. 6. Luke, xxi. 8.

5 for many will come, in name, saying, that I am the Christ; and will deceive many:

6 and ye will presently hear of wars, and rumours of wars : see that ye be not troubled, for these things must come to pass; but the end is not yet:

7 for, nation will still rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom; and there will be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places:

8 but, all these are only the beginning of sorrows.

9 Then will they deliver you up to affliction, and will kill you and ye will be hated by all nations for my name's sake: 10 and then will many be caused to stumble; and they will betray one another, and hate one another.

11 And many false prophets will arise, and deceive many : 12 and because iniquity will abound, the love of the many will grow cold:

13 but, he that patiently endureth to the end, will be saved: 14 and this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the earth, for a testimony to all the nations; and then will the end come.

15 When, therefore, ye see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, Dan. ix. 27. standing in the holy place, (let him who readeth it attend :)