you to observe, observe and do; but do not according to their works for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves are not willing to move them with one of their fingers.

Now all their works And they make broad

they do in order to be seen by men. their phylacteries, desire to walk in long robes, and enlarge the borders 1 of their garments, and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, and salutations in the market places, and to be called of men, Rabbi! Rabbi! But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Leader; 2 and all ye are brethren. And call not any one your Father upon the earth: for one is your Father, who is in heaven. be ye called Leaders; for one is your Leader, even the Christ. But the greatest among you shall be your servant.

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And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted.

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"But woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive the greater condemnation. Woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut the kingdom of heaven against 2 men: for ye enter not yourselves; nor do ye suffer them that are entering to enter. Woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he hath become so, ye make him twofold more a son of hell than yourselves. Woe for you, blind guides! who say, 'Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' Foolish and blind! for which is greater?

the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? And, 'Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound by his oath.' Foolish and blind! for which is greater? the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and omit the weightier matters of the law-justice, mercy, and faithfulness: but these things ye ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone. Blind guides! who strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the dish, but within they are full of plunder and injustice. Blind Pharisee ! cleanse first the inside of the cup and the dish, that the outside also of them may be clean. Woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited sepulchres, which outwardly indeed appear beautiful, but within are full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men; but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. Woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the sepulchres of the prophets, and adorn the tombs of the righteous, and say, 'If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.' Wherefore ye bear testimony unto yourselves, that ye are sons of them that killed the

prophets.1 And fill ye up the measure of your fathers! Ye serpents, ye broods of vipers, how can ye escape the condemnation of hell? Wherefore, behold, I send unto 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: so that upon you will come all the righteous blood shed upon the earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of Zachariah, son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation.

“O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that have been sent unto thee! how often would I have gathered thy children together unto me, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Behold, your house is left by you desolate. For I say unto you, Ye will not see me henceforth, until ye shall say, 'Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord." "3 §. 12. On leaving the Temple, Christ foretells its Utter Destruction. And Jesus went forth, and was departing from the temple. And his disciples came to him, to show him the buildings of the temple and some spake concerning the temple, that it was adorned with goodly stones and gifts and one of his disciples saith unto him, "Rabbi! behold! what stones and what buildings!" And Jesus answered, and said unto him, "Seest thou these great buildings? These things which ye behold-Verily I say unto you, the days will come, in which there will not be left one stone upon another, that will not be thrown down."

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1 v. L. xi. 47, 48: p. 109. 2 v. L. xi. 49-51: p. 109. 3 v. L. xiii. 34, 35: p. 159.

SECT. VI.

DISCOURSES ON the Mount of OLIVES: Part I. Prophecy respecting the Destruction of Jerusalem: Exhortations to Watchfulness.

MATT. XXIV. 3-51. MARK xiii. 3-37. LUKE xxi. 7-36.

AND as he was sitting upon the mount of Olives, over against the temple, the disciples, Peter and James and John and Andrew, came unto him privately, saying, "Rabbi! tell us, when therefore shall these things be? and what will be the sign when all these things are about to be fulfilled ?the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world? But Jesus answering them began to say, "Take heed lest any one deceive you for many will come in my name, saying, 'I am the Christ,' and 'The time draweth near,' and will deceive many go ye not therefore after them. But when shall hear of wars, ye and rumours of wars, and commotions, be not terrified :-see that ye be not troubled: for these things must first come to pass; but the end is not straightway." Then said he unto them, "Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there will be great earthquakes in divers places, and famines, and pestilences, and tumults: and there will be fearful sights and great signs from heaven: but all these things are the beginnings of sorrows.4

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But take heed to yourselves: for before all these things, they will lay their hands upon you, and will persecute you, delivering you up to councils, and to synagogues, and prisons: will be beaten, and ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake.5 And this will befall you for a testimony

ye

1 Or, of the termination of this age, (i. e. dispensation.) M.: 'I am he,' Mk., L. 3 L.: yet, M., Mk. 4 Lit., pangs of labour. 5 Mk.: my name's sake, L.

unto them. But when they shall bring you, and deliver you up, take no anxious thought beforehand what ye shall speak, nor meditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the holy spirit. Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to premeditate what defence ye shall make. For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which not all your adversaries shall be able to gainsay or resist.

“But ye will be delivered up both by parents, and brethren, and kindred, and friends; and some of you they will cause to be put to death. And then will many be caused to fall away, and they will deliver up one another, and hate one another brother will deliver up brother to death; and father, his child; and children will rise up against their parents, and will cause them to be put to death. And many false prophets will arise, and will deceive many. And because iniquity shall be multiplied, the love of many will wax cold. And ye will be hated by all men for my name's sake; yet a hair of your head shall not perish; but he that endureth unto the end, the same will be preserved.1 And this gospel of the kingdom must first be published in all the world, for a testimony unto all the nations; and then will the end come.

"But when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed by armies, then know that its desolation draweth near. When therefore ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, standing in a holy place, where it ought not," (let him that readeth consider,) "then let those that are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let those that are in the midst of it depart out; and let not those that are in

1 M., Mk. By your endurance ye will maintain your lives, L.: v. H. n.