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: 18 but are as the angels which are in heaven.

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26 And as touching 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 ?

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27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the living: ye therefore do greatly err. 28 ¶ 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 19 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:

18 neither men marry, nor wives are married. Gen. 19 chief. Co.

P1 COR. XV. 42, 49, 52: So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption : And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.And we shall be changed. ¶ See on MAT. xxii. 32.

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Ver. 24.

MAT. xxii. 35: Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him.

DEUT. iv. 39: Know therefore this day, thine heart, that the LORD he is God in upon the earth beneath: there is none else. Israel; the LORD our God is one LORD.

and consider it in heaven above, and do. vi. 4: Hear, O do. xxxii. 39: See

30 And thou shalt "love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength;20 this is the first commandment.

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

32 And the Scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he :

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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 burnt offerings and sacrifices.23

20 power. Rh. might. Pu. 21 mind. Ma. We. 22 power. Wh. 23 burnt sacrifices and all offerings. Co.

now that I, even I, am he, and there is no God with me. ISA. xxxvii. 16: O LORD of hosts, God of Israel, that dwellest between the cherubims, Thou art the God, even thou alone. do. xliv. 6: Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God. MAL. ii. 10: Have we not all one father? hath not one God created us? JOHN, xvii. 3: This is life eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. 1 COR. xii. 6: There are diversities of operations, but it is the same God, which worketh all in all. EPH. iv. 6: One God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all. 1 TIM. ii. 5: There is one God, and one mediator.

"See on MAT. xxii. 37.

See on JOHN, xiii. 34.

W DEUT. iv. 39: The words under ver. 29. ISA. xlv. 5, 6: I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me:-that they may know from the rising of the sun, and from the west, that there is none beside me, I am the LORD, and there is none else. do. xlvi. 9: I am God, and there is none else; I am God, and there is none like me.

ISA. i. 11-17: To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? saith the LORD: I am full of the burntofferings of rams, and the fat of fed beasts; and I delight not in the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, or of he-goats, &c. JER.

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 24 heard him gladly.

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38 And he said unto them in his doctrine, Beware of the Scribes, which love to go in long

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vi. 20: Your burnt-offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet unto me. do. vii. 22, 23: I spake not unto your fathers, nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices. But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people. AMOS, v. 21, 24: I hate, I despise your feast-days, and I will not smell in your solemn assemblies. But let judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream. Hos. vi. 6: I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings. See on MAT. ix. 13.

Y MAT. xxii. 46; And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth ask him any more questions.

2 MAT. xxii. 41: While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them. LUKE, XX. 41: He said unto them, How say they that Christ is David's son?

a2 SAM. xxiii. 2: The Spirit of the LORD spake by me, and his word was in my tongue.

b Ps. cx. 1: The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool. See MAT. xxii. 44.

MARK, iv. 2: He taught them many things by parables, and said unto them in his doctrine.

d See on MAT. xxiii, 1–6.

clothing,25 and love salutations in the marketplaces,

39 And the chief seats 26 in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms 27 at feasts.28

40 Which devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these shall receive greater damnation.29

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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,31 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:

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44 For all they did cast in of their 'abun

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26 first chairs. Wi. Rh. 27 uppermost seats. Wh. 29 far greater judgment. Wh. a piece of brass 29. A. V. 31 the seventh part of one piece of that

suppers. Wi. Pu. money. See MAT. x. brass money. A. V.

• See on MAT. xxiii. 14.

LUKE, xxi. 1: He looked up, and saw the rich men casting their gifts into the treasury.

82 KINGS, xii. 9: Jehoiada the priest took a chest, and bored a hole in the lid of it, and set it beside the altar, on the right side, as one cometh into the house of the LORD, and the priests that kept the door put therein all the money that was brought into the house of the LORD.

h2 COR. viii. 2, 12: How that in a great trial of affliction the abundance of their joy and their deep poverty abounded unto the riches of their liberality. If there be first a willing mind, it is accepted according to that a man hath, and not according to that he hath not.

i1 CHR. xxix. 3, 17: Moreover, because I have set my affection to the house of my God, I have of mine own proper good, of gold and silver, which I have given to the house of my God, over and above all that I have prepared for the holy house.As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly

dance;32 but she of her want 33 did cast in all that she had, even all her living.34

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CHAP. XIII.

1 Christ foretelleth the destruction of the temple: 9 the persecutions for the Gospel: 10 that the Gospel must be preached to all nations: 14 that great calamities shall happen to the Jews: 24 and the manner of his coming to judgment: 32 the hour whereof being known to none, every man is to watch and pray, that we be not found unprovided, when he cometh to each one particularly by death.

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AND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here!

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2 And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.

3 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and John and Andrew asked him privately,

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4 Tell us, when shall these things be? and

penury. Ham.

33 superfluity. Co. Ma. Cr. Bi. Gen. hood. Pu.

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offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy thy people, which are present here, to offer willingly unto thee. 2 CHR. xxiv. 10: And all the princes and all the people rejoiced, and brought in, and cast into the chest, until they had made an end.

* DEUT. XXIV. 6: No man shall take the nether or the upper millstone to pledge: for he taketh a man's life to pledge. 1 JOHN, iii. 17: Whoso hath this world's good and seeth his brother have need, and shutteth up his bowels of compassion from him, how dwelleth the love of God in him?

CHAP. XIII.

a MAT. xxiv. 1: Jesus went out, and departed from the temple; and his disciples came to him for to show him the buildings of the temple. LUKE, xxi. 5: As some spake of the temple, how it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts.

See on LUKE, xix. 44.

MAT. xxiv. 3: Tell us when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?