38 ¶ And John answered him, say-| ing, Master, we saw one casting out 1 devils in thy name, and he followeth not us; and we forbade him, because he followeth not us.

39 But Jesus said, Forbid him not; for there is no man which shall do a miracle in my name, that can lightly speak evil of me.

40 For he that is not against us is on our part.

41 For whosoever shall give you a cup of water to drink in my name, because ye belong to Christ, verily I say unto you, He shall not lose his reward.

42 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that believe in me, it is better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the sea.

43 And if thy hand offend thee, cut it off;10 it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched;

44 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

45 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it off; it is better for thee to enter halt into life, than having two feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched.

46 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

47 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out; it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire;

48 Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.

49 For every one shall be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt.

50 Salt is good; but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have sait in yourselves, and have peace one with another.

Questions. Who witnessed the transfigura

tion of Jesus?

Who appeared to talk with Jesus?
What did the voice from the cloud say?
Who is signified in this chapter by Elias?
What miracle is here recorded?
Repeat the 35th verse.

9 Offend thee, occasion to sin.

CHAP. X. Touching divorcement. 13 Little children brought to Jesus. 23 The danger of riches.

AND he arose from thence, and cometh into the coasts of Judea, by the farther side of Jordan; and the he was wont,' he taught them again. people resort unto him again; and, as

2 ¶ And the Pharisees came to him, and asked him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting him.

3 And he answered, and said unto them, What did Moses command you?

write a bill of divorcement, and to 4 And they said, Moses suffered to put her away.

5 And Jesus answered, and said unto them, For the hardness of your hearts he wrote you this precept:

6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female.

7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to his wife;

8 And they twain shall be one flesh, so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

9 What, therefore, God hath joined together let no man put asunder.

10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter

11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

12 And if a woman shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery.

13¶ And they brought young children to him, that he should touch them; and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

14 But when Jesus saw it he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not; for of such is the kingdom of God.

15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not enter therein.

16 And he took them up in his arms, put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

10 Cut it off. Jesus did not intend that we should in reality cut off our hands, feet, &c. for this would disqualify us for the discharge 17 ¶ And, when he was gone forth of those active duties, which the Gospel every into the way, there came one running, where enjoins; but by the figurative expres- and kneeled to him, and asked him, sions in verses 43, 45. and 47, our Saviour most Good Master, what shall I do that Í solemnly commands his disciples to abandon

or forsake those darling sins, which are as may inherit eternal life?

dear to them, and as hard to part with, as a right hand, a foot, or an eye.

1 As he was wont, as he was accustomed

18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none ing up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went good but one, that is, God.

29 And Jesus answered, and said, 42 But Jesus called them to him and Verily I say unto you, There is no saith unto them, Ye know that they man that hath left house, or brethren, which are accounted to rule over the or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, Gentiles exercise lordship over them; or children, or lands, for my sake and and their great ones exercise authorithe Gospel's, ty upon them:

30 But he shall receive an hundred- 43 But so shall it not be among you; fold now in this time, houses, and but whosoever will be great among brethren, and sisters, and mothers, you shall be your minister; and children, and lands, with persecu- 44 And whosoever of you will be tions; and in the world to come eter-the chiefest shall be servant of all. nal life.

31 But many that are first shall be not to be ministered unto, but to milast; and the last first. nister and to give his life a ransom for

people, blind Bartime'us, the son of 7 And they brought the colt to JeTime'us, sat by the highway-side beg-sus, and cast their garments on him ; ging. and he sat upon him.

47 And when he heard that it was 8 And many spread their garments Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry in the way; and others cut down out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, branches off the trees, and strewed have mercy on me. them in the way.

48 And many charged him that he should hold his peace; but he cried the more a great deal, Thou son of David, have mercy on me.

9 And they that went before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna;3 Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord;

10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the high

49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth est. thee.

11 And Jesus entered into Jerusa50 And he, casting away his gar- lem, and into the temple; and when ment, rose, and came to Jesus. he had looked round about upon all 51 And Jesus answered, and said things, and now the even-tide was unto him, What wilt thou that I should come, he went out unto Beth'any with do unto thee? The blind man said the twelve. unto him, Lord, that I might receive my sight.

12 T And on the_morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry:

13 And seeing a fig-tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon; and

52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And immediately he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way. Questions. What did our Lord say of lit-when he came to it he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet.4

tle children?

For whom is it difficult to enter into the kingdom of heaven?

Whom did our Lord cure of blindness?

CHAP. XI.

1 Jesus rideth with triumph into Jerusalem; 12 he curseth the fruitless fig-tree.

AND when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage1 and Beth'any, at the mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples,

14 And Jesus answered, and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever. And his disciples heard

it.

15 ¶ And they came to Jerusalem; and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves;

16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through

2 And saith unto them, Go your the temple. way into the village over against you; 17 And he taught, saying unto them, and as soon as ye be entered into it ye Is it not written, My house shall be shall find a colt2 tied, whereon never called of all nations the house of prayman sat; loose him, and bring him. er? but ye have made it a den of 3 And if any man say unto you, thieves. Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and straightway he will send him hither.

18 And the scribes and chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy him; for they feared him, 4 And they went their way, and because all the people was astonished found the colt tied by the door with- at his doctrine. out, in a place where two ways met; and they loose him.

5 And certain of them that stood there said unto them, What do ye, loosing the colt?

6 And they said unto them even as Jesus had commanded; and they let them go.

1 Beth'-fa-je. 2 Colt. This was a young ass. It was the custom of kings in ancient times to ride upon

asses.

3 Hosanna, an exclamation of praise to God.

4 In order to understand either the literal or figurative meaning of this verse, it is necessary to know that certain days of the year that previous to these days it was unlawful to were appointed by law for gathering figs; and gather them. These days were called "the time of figs," or the season of figs. When our Lord went to the fig-tree, the time of gathering figs had not come; and, therefore, if it had not been a barren tree, it must have had figs upon it.

19 And when even was come he went out of the city.

20 T And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.

21 And Peter, calling to remembrance, saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig-tree which thou cursedst is withered away.

22 And Jesus answering, saith unto them, Have faith in God.

AND he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the wine-fat, and built a tower, and let it out to 23 For verily I say unto you, That husbandmen, and went into a far counwhosoever shall say unto this moun- try. tain, Be thou removed, and be thou 2 And at the season he sent to the cast into the sea; and shall not doubt husbandmen a servant, that he might in his heart, but shall believe that receive from the husbandmen of the those things which he saith shall come fruit of the vineyard. to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.

24 Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

25 And when ye stand praying forgive, if ye have ought against any; that your father also which is in heaven may forgive your trespasses.

3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty.

4 And 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.

5 And again he sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some.

26 But if ye do not forgive, neither 6 Having yet, therefore, one son, will your Father which is in heaven his well-beloved, he sent him also last forgive your trespasses. unto them, saying, They will reve27 1 And they come again to Jeru-rence my son. salem; and, as he was walking in the 7 But those husbandmen said among temple, there come to him the chief themselves, This is the heir; come, priests, and the scribes, and the el- let us kill him, and the inheritance ders, shall be ours.

28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these things?

29 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.

30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me.

8 And they took him, and killed him, and cast him out of the vineyard.

9 What shall therefore the lord of the vineyard do? He will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others.

10 And have ye not read this scripture, The stone which the builders rejected is become the head of the cor

ner:

31 And they reasoned with them-it selves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why then did ye not believe him?

32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people; for all men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed.

33 And they answered, and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Je8 answering, saith unto them, Neiher do I tell you by what authority do these things..

I

11 This was the Lord's doing, and is marvellous in our eyes?

12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people; for they knew that he had spoken the parable against them; and they left him, and went their way..

13 T And they send unto him certain of the Pharisees, and of the Herodians, to catch him in his words.

14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man; for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in Questions. Upon what did Jesus ride to truth; Is it lawful to give tribute to

Jerusalem?

What did the multitude say?

What was done to the unfruitful fig-tree?
Whom did Jesus cast out of the temple?
What must we do when we pray?

Cesar or not?

15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? But he, knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye

me? bring me a penny, that I may thy soul, and with all thy mind, and see it. with all thy strength. This is the first 16 And they brought it. And he commandment. saith unto them, Whose is this image and superscription ? And they said unto him, Cesar's.

31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these.

17 And Jesus answering, said unto them, Render to Cesar the things that 32 And the scribe said unto him, are Cesar's, and to God the things Well, Master, thou hast said the truth; that are God's. And they marvelled for there is one God; and there is at him. none other but he :

18 Then come unto him the Sad'-] ducees, which say there is no resurrection; and they asked him, saying, 19 Master, Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother.

20 Now, there were seven brethren; and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed.

21 And the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed; and the third likewise.

22 And the seven had her, and left no seed; last of all the woman died also.

23 In the resurrection, therefore, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife.

24 And Jesus answering, said unto them, Do ye not, therefore, err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?

25 For when they shall rise from the dead they neither marry nor are given in marriage; but are as the angels which are in heaven.

26 And as touching2 the dead, that they rise; have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob?

27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living; ye, therefore, do greatly err.

28 T And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all?

29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord:

30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all

20.

1 Whose is this image, &c. See Matt. xxii.

33 And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burntofferings and sacrifices.3

34 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, he said unto him, Thou art not far from the kingdom of God. And no man after that durst ask him any question.

35 And Jesus answered, and said, while he taught in the temple, How say the scribes that Christ is the son of David?

36 For David himself said by the Holy Ghost, The LORD said to my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.

37 David, therefore, himself calleth him Lord; and whence is he then his son? And the common people heard him gladly.

38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in long clothing, and love salutations in the market-places,

39 And the chief seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts;

40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers; these shall receive greater damnation.

41 ¶ And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury; and many that were rich cast in much.

42 And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing.

43, And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in than all they which have cast into the treasury:

44 For all they did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all that she had, even all her living.

3 Offerings, sacrifices and oblations consist2 Touching, concerning. For an explana-ed in whatever was devoted or given to God. tion of the 26 and 27th verses, see Matt. xxii. 4 Salutations. Tokens of respect and ho31, 32.

nour.