Luke xv. 8.

Luke xv. 9.

Luke xv. 10.

Luke xv. 11.

Luke xv. 12,

Luke xv. 13.

Luke xv. 14.

Luke xv, 15.

Luke xv. 16.

Luke xv. 17.

Luke xv. 18.

Luke xv. 19.

Luke xv. 20.

Luke xv. 21.

VOL. I.

Either what woman having ten pieces of silver, On a tour, if she lose one piece, doth not light a candle, and Drachma, sweep the house, and seek diligently till she find

it?

here translat

ed a piece of

silver, is the eighth part of an ounce,

her

Re

which cometh halfpenny,

to seven pence

I

and is equal to the Roman

And when she hath found it, she calleth friends and her neighbours together, saying, joice with me; for I have found the piece which had lost.

Likewise, I say unto you, there is joy in the presence of the angels of God over one sinner that repenteth.

SECTION XXVII.

Parable of the Prodigal Son.

LUKE XV. 11, to the end.

And he said, A certain man had two sons:
And the younger of them said to his father,
Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth
to me. And he divided unto them his living.

And not many days after the younger son ga-
thered all together, and took his journey into a far
country, and there wasted his substance with riot-
ous living.

And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land; and he began to be

in want.

And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he sent him into his fields to feed swine.

And he would fain have filled his belly with the
husks that the swine did eat and no man gave
unto him.

And when he came to himself, he said, How
many hired servants of my father's have bread
enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger?
I will arise and go to my father, and will say
unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven,
and before thee,

And am no more worthy to be called thy son :
make me as one of thy hired servants.

And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his neck, and kissed him.

And the son said unto him, Father, I have sin

A a

penny, Matt. xviii. 28.

On a tour.

ned against heaven, and in thy sight, and am no
more worthy to be called thy son.

But the father said to his servants, Bring forth Luke xv. 22.
the best robe, and put it on him; and put a ring
on his hand, and shoes on his feet:

And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; Luke xv. 23. and let us eat, and be merry:

For this my son was dead, and is alive again; Luke xv. 24. he was lost, and is found. And they began to be

merry.

Now his elder son was in the field: and as he Luke xv. 25. came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

And he called one of the servants, and asked Luke xv. 26. what these things meant.

And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; Luke xv. 27. and thy father hath killed the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.

And he was angry, and would not go in; there- Luke xv. 28. fore came his father out, and intreated him.

And he answering said to his father, Lo, these Luke xv. 29. many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:

But as soon as this thy son was come, which Luke xv. 30. hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.

And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with Luke xv. 31. me, and all that I have is thine.

It was meet that we should make merry, and Luke xv. 32. be glad for this thy brother was dead, and is

:

alive again; and was lost, and is found.

SECTION XXVIII.

Parable of the unjust Steward.

LUKE Xvi. 1—14.

And he said also unto his disciples, There was Luke xvi. 1.

a certain rich man, which had a steward; and the

same was accused unto him that he had wasted
his goods.

And he called him, and said unto him, How Luke xvi. 2. is it that I hear this of thee? give an account of

Luke xvi. 3.

thy stewardship; for thou mayest be no longer On a tour. steward.

Then the steward said within himself, What shall I do? for my lord taketh away from me the stewardship: I cannot dig; to beg I am

ashamed.

Luke xvi. 4. I am resolved what to do, that, when I am put out of the stewardship, they may receive me into their houses.

Luke xvi. 5.

Luke xvi. 6.

Luke xvi. 7.

Luke xvi. 8.

Luke xvi. 9.

Luke xvi. 10.

Luke xvi. 11.

Luke xvi. 12.

Luke xvi. 13.

So he called every one of his lord's debtors unto him, and said unto the first, How much owest thou unto my lord?

Batus in the

sit

The word original con

And he said, An hundred * measures of oil. And he said unto him, Take thy bill, and down quickly, and write fifty.

thou?
wheat.

taineth nine gallons three

Ezek. xlv. 10,

+ The word

preted a mea sure in the original con

Then said he to another, And how much owest quarts: See And he said, An hundred measures of 11,14 And he said unto him, Take thy bill, here interand write fourscore. And the lord commended the unjust steward, taineth about because he had done wisely for the children of shels and a this world are in their generation wiser than the pottle. children of light.

fourteen bu

And I say unto you, Make to yourselves friends of the mammon of unrighteousness; that, when tor, riches. ye fail, they may receive you into everlasting habitations.

He that is faithful in that which is least is faithful also in much and he that is unjust in the least is unjust also in much.

If therefore ye have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your ◊ Or, riches. trust the true riches?

And if ye have not been faithful in that which is another man's, who shall give you that which is your own?

No servant can serve two masters: for either a Matt. vi. 24. he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

On a tour.

e Matt. xi. 12 13.

f Matt. v. 18.

SECTION XXIX.

Christ reproves the Pharisees.

LUKE xvi. 14-18.

And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, Luke xvi. 14. heard all these things: and they derided him.

And he said unto them, Ye are they which Luke xvi. 15. justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed

among men is abomination in the sight of God.

e

The Law and the Prophets were until John : Luke xvi. 16. since that time the kingdom of God is preached,

and every man presseth into it.

f

And it is easier for heaven and earth to

than one tittle of the law to fail.

pass,

Luke xvi. 17.

SECTION XXX.

Christ answers the Question concerning Divorce and Marriage".
MATT. xix. 3—13. MARK X. 2-13. LUKE XVI. 18.
The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting Matt. xix. 3.
him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man

to put away

his wife for every cause?

23 The arguments which induced Pilkington to place this section in its present position appear to me sufficiently weighty to induce me to reject the authority of the other four, who would insert it elsewhere. Lightfoot places the conversation respecting divorce after Luke xviii. 30. as he will not break in upon the supplementary chapters of St. Luke. Newcome, upon very insufficient grounds, has placed this conversation after the account of the resurrection of Lazarus separating the passages Matt. xix. 3-12. and Mark x. 2-12. from Luke xvi. 18. Newcome's note. His argument from Matthew xix. 1. and Mark x. 1. proves nothing, as these passages are the connecting links between the former and the latter parts of Christ's life. Doddridge and Michaelis also consider the passages as distinct.

I have adopted Pilkington's arrangement, because the order of the other Evangelists is not thereby disturbed; and a reason is given for the conversation itself; which would otherwise, if confined to the account in Luke xvi. 18. appear to be strangely abrupt. "In the present order," says Pilkington, "the reason is evident why the Pharisees came and tempted Christ with this question. He had just before declared that it was easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for one tittle of the law to fail. Upon which they put the case of divorces to him; concluding that he would resolve it contrary to the then existing law; or more properly, as Doddridge observes, (note to sect. 135, Family Expositor,)

Mark x. 3.

Mark x. 4.

Mark x. 5.

And he answered and said unto them, What on a tour. did Moses command you?

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

And Jesus answered and said unto them, For

the hardness of your heart he wrote you this pre-
cept:

Matt. xix. 4. Have ye not read, that he which made them at 8 Gen. i, 27. the beginning

Mark x. 6.

of the creation,

Matt. xix. 4. made them male and female.

Matt. xix. 5.

Matt. xix. 6.

Matt. xix. 7.

Matt. xix. 8.

Matt. xix. 9.

Mark x. 10.

Mark x. 11.

Mark x. 12.

Matt. xix. 10.

Matt. xix. 11.

Matt. xix. 12.

And said, For this cause shall a man leave h Gen. ii. 24. father and mother, and shall cleave to his wife: Eph. v. 31. and they twain shall be one flesh?

Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder.

i1 Cor. vi. 16.

1.

They say unto him, Why did Moses then Deut. xxiv command to give a writing of divorcement, and to put away?

He saith unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives but from the beginning it was not

so.

Luke xvi. 18.

And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put 1 ch. v. 32. away his wife, except it be for fornication, and Mark x. 11. shall marry another, committeth adultery; and 1 Cor. vii. 10, whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery.

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

11.

And he saith unto them, m Whosoever shall put m Matt. v. 32. away his wife, and marry another, committeth adultery against her.

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

His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man be so with his wife, it is not good to marry. But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

For there are some eunuchs, which were so born from their mother's womb: and there are

contrary to the received interpretation of the law by the school of Hillel, who had taught the people that divorces might be permitted for comparatively trivial causes."