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LUKE XIX.

And some of the Pharisees from among the multitude said unto him, 40 Master, rebuke thy disciples. And he answered and said unto them, I tell you, that if these should hold their peace, the stones would immediately cry 41 out. And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, 42 1 'saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things 43 which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, and shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee: and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another: because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

And Jesus entered into Jerusalem,

and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things,

10 And when he was come into Jeru- " salem, all the city was moved, say11 ing, Who is this? And the multitude said, This is Jesus the prophet 14 of Nazareth of Galilee.-And the 15 blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of 16 David; they were sore displeased, and said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea: have ye never read," Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings

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thou hast perfected praise?

And he left them, and went out of the city into Bethany, and he lodged there.

§ 113. The barren Fig-tree.

18

MARK XI.

and now the even-tide was come, he went out unto Bethany, with the twelve.

The cleansing of the Temple.-BETHANY, JERU

SALEM.

Third Day of the Week.

18, 19.

12

MARK XI. 12-19.

And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry. And seeing a fig-tree afar off, having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time

MATTH. XXI. 12, 13. Now in the morning, as he returned into the city, he hungered. 19 And when he saw a fig-tree in the 13 way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever. And presently the fig-tree withered 14 of figs was not yet. And Jesus

MATTH. XXI.

threw the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves.

13 And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves.

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MARK XI.

LUKE XIX.

and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of 16 them that sold doves; ' and would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. " And he taught, saying "6 Saying unto them, It unto them, Is it not is written, My house written, My house is the house of prayer, shall be called, of all but ye have made it a nations, the house of " den of thieves. And prayer? but ye have he taught daily in the And the temple. But the chief priests, and the scribes, and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, and could not find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

18 made it a den of thieves.
scribes and chief priests heard it,
and sought how they might destroy
him for they feared him, because
all the people was astonished at his
19 doctrine. And when even was come,
he went out of the city.

37

LUKE XXI. 37, 38.

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And in the day-time he was teaching in the temple; and at night he 88 went out, and abode in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. And all the people came early in the morning to him in the temple, for to hear him.

§ 114. The barren Fig-tree withers away.-BETWEEN BETHANY AND JERU

And when the disciples saw it, they marvelled, saying, How soon is the fig-tree withered away!

20

MARK XI. 20-26.

And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree 21 dried up from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance, saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered

21 Jesus answered and said unto them, 22 away. And Jesus answering, saith Verily I say unto you, If ye have 23 unto them, Have faith in God. For

faith, and doubt not, ye shall not only do this which is donc to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the 22 sea; it shall be done. And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive.

verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he 24 saith. Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. And when ye stand praying, forgive, if ye have aught against any: that your Father 26 also which is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive you your trespasses.

25

13 etc. Is. 56, 7. Comp. Jer. 7, 11.

§115. Christ's authority questioned. Parable of the Two Sons.—JERUSALEM.

23

MATTH. XXI. 23-32.

27

Fourth Day of the Week.

MARK XI. 27-33.

And they come again
to Jerusalem: and as
he was walking in the
temple, there come to
him the chief priests,
and the scribes, and
28 the elders,
and say

And when he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching, and said, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this 24 authority? And Jesus 29 answered and said unto them, I also will ask you one thing, which, if ye tell me, I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do 25 these things. The bap- 30 tism of John, whence was it? from heaven,

unto him, By what au-
thority doest thou these
things? and who gave
thee this authority to
do these things? And
Jesus answered and
said unto them, I will
also ask of you one
question, and answer
me, and I will tell you
by what authority I do
these things. The bap-
tism of John, was it
from heaven, or of

or of men? And they 31 men? answer me. And reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say unto us, Why did ye not 26 then believe him? But 32 if we shall say, Of men; we fear the people: for all hold John as a prophet.

27

28

they reasoned with
themselves, saying, If
we shall say, From
heaven; he will say,
Why then did ye not
believe him?
But if
we shall say, Of men;
they feared the people :
for all men counted
John, that he was a
And 33 prophet indeed. And
they answered and said
unto Jesus, We cannot
tell. And Jesus an-
swering saith unto
them, Neither do I tell
you by what authority
I do these things.

they answered Jesus, and said, We cannot tell. And he said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

But what think ye? A certain man had two

The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then believed ye him not? But and if we say, Of men; all the people will stone us: for they be persuaded that John was a prophet. And they answered, that they could not tell whence it was. And Jesus said unto them, Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things.

sons; and he came to the first, and said, Son, go work to-day in my vine29 yard. He answered and said, I will not; but afterward he repented, and went. And he came to the second, and said likewise. And he answered 3 and said, I go, sir: and went not. Whether of them twain did the will of his father? They say unto him, The first. Jesus saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of "God before you. For John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and

MATTH. XXI.

ye believed him not: but the publicans and the harlots believed him and ye, when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, that ye might believe him.

§ 116. Parable of the wicked Husbandmen —JERUSALEM.

MATTH. XXI. 33-46.

Hear another parable: There was a certain householder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far country. And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits 35 of it. And the hus

bandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and 96 stoned another. Again

1

Fourth Day of the Week.

MARK XII. 1—12.

9

10

And he began to
speak unto them by
parables: A certain
man planted a vine-
yard, and set an hedge
about it, and digged a
place for the wine-fat,
and built a tower, and
let it out to husband-
men, and went into a
far country. And at.
the season he sent to
the husbandmen a ser-
vant, that he might re-
ceive from the hus--
bandmen of the fruit
of the vineyard. And
they caught him, and
beat him, and sent
him away empty. And "1
again he sent unto
them another servant:
and at him they cast
stones, and wounded
him in the head, and
sent him away shamefully handled.
And again he sent another; and him
they killed, and many others; beating
some, and killing some.
Having yet therefore
one son, his well-belov-
ed, he sent him also
last unto them, saying,
They will reverence
my son. But those hus-
bandmen said among
themselves, This is the
heir; come, let us kill
him, and the inherit-
ance shall be ours.

he sent other servants
more than the first:
and they did unto them
likewise.

87 But last of all, he sent

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unto them his son, saying, They will reverence my son. But when the husbandmen saw the son, they said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and let us seize on his inheritance.

99 And they caught him,

and cast him out of

6

7

And they took him,
and killed him, and

LUKE XX. 9-19.

Then began he to speak to the people this parable: A certain man planted a vineyard, and let it forth to husbandmen, and went into a far country for a long time.

And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him away empty.

And again

he sent another servant and they beat him also, and entreated him shamefully, and sent him away empty. And again he sent a third: and they wounded him also, and cast 13 him out. Then said the lord of the vineyard, What shall I do? I will send my beloved son: it may be they will reverence him when they see him. But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, This is the heir come, let us kill him, that the inheritance may be ours. 16 So they cast him out of the vineyard, and

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43 Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof.

44 And whosoever shall fall on this

45

stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will 'grind him to powder. And when the chief priests

LUKE XX.

18 Whosoever shall fall upon that stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.b

and Pharisees had "And they sought to lay 19 And the chief priests

heard his parables,

they perceived that he 46 spake of them. But when they sought to lay hands on him, they feared the multitude, because they took him for a prophet.

hold on him, but feared
the people; for they
knew that he had
spoken the parable a-
gainst them: and they
left him, and went their
way.

and the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands on him; and they feared the people : for they perceived that he had spoken this parable against them.

§ 117. Parable of the Marriage of the King's Son.-JERUSALEM.

Fourth Day of the Week.

MATTH. XXII. 1-14.

And Jesus answered and spake unto them again by parables, and said, 2 The kingdom of heaven is like unto a certain king, which made a marriage for his son,' and sent forth his servants to call them that were bidden to the wedding and they would not come. Again, he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my dinner: my oxen and my fatlings are killed, and all things are ready: come unto the marriage. But they made light of it, and went their ways, one to ⚫ his farm, another to his merchandise. And the remnant took his servants,

42 etc. Ps. 118, 22.

b. 44 etc. Comp. Is. 8, 14 sq Zech. 12, 3. Dan. 2, 34 sq. 44 sq.