The Apostles for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death. 22 And hye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved. 23 But when they persecute you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come. 24 m The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. 1f n they have. called the master of the house † Beelzebub, how much more MATT. X. e Ex. 4. 12. Je. 1. 7. f2 Sa. 23. 2. Lu. 21. 16. are comforted. shall they call them of his houshold? 26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. 27 What I tell you darkness, that h Lu. 21. 17. k Mar. 13.13. & 4. 12. + Or, end, m Lu. 6. 40. n Jno. 13. 16. ch. 12. 24. zebul. speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. 28 P And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. a 29 Are not two Sparrows sold for farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many spar rows. value half t Mar. 8. 38. 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also Christ's charge deny before my Father which is in hea ven. MATT. XI. A. D. 31. u Lu. 12. 49. z Mic. 7. 6. & 55. 13. a ch. 16. 24. 34 uThink*not that x I am come to send y peace on earth I same not to send peace, but a sword. 35 For I am come to set a man at variance x against father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. his 36 And ya man's foes shall be they of his own houshold. 37 He that loveth father or mothermore, than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. 38 a And he that taketh not his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me. b c Mar. 8. 34. Lu. 9. 23. & 14. 27. ch. 16. 25. Lu. 17. 33. & 10. 16. Jno. 12. 44. & 13. 20. Ga. 4. 14. d1 Ki.17.10. 2 Ki. 4. 8. e ch. 18.5,6. & 25. 40. Mar. 9. 41. He. 6. 10. Lu.7.18,19. a b ch. 14. 3. o Ge. 49. 10. Nu. 24. 17. Da. 9. 24. Jno. 6. 14. ver. 34 It is not 39 He that findeth the genuine his life shall lose it: of the comconsequence and he that loseth his ing of Christ, life for my sake shall nor of his find it. Gospel, to 40 cHe that receiv-sentions; breed diseth you receiveth me, but they and he that receiveth arise from me receiveth him that sent me. 41 dHe that receiveth a prophet in the the perversity of men, the Gospel. in opposing to his disciples. name of a prophet shall receive a probe that receiveth a phet's reward; and righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 e And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward. CHAP. XI. 1 AND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities. 2 a Now when John had heard bin the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples, 3 And said unto him, Art thou che that should come, or do we look for another? 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, again those things go and shew John which ye do hear and see: Christ's testimony MATT. XI. 5 d The blind re-1 ceive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them. 6 And blessed is he, whosoever shall not be f offended in me. 7 g And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what went ye out for to see? A man clothed in soft raiment behold,they k that wear soft clothing are in kings' houses. & 21. 26. Mal. 3. 1. concerning John. risen a greater than John the Baptist : notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heavent suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force. 13 m For all the prophets law prophesied until John. and the Elias, which was for to come. 15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. shall I liken this ge16 PBut whereunto Mar. 1. 2. Lu. 1. 76. neration? It is like & 7.27. unto children sitting 9 But what went Lu. 16. 16. in the markets, and ye out for to see? At Or, is got-calling prophet? yea, I say ten by force, fellows, unto you, i and more than a prophet. and they men. 10 For this is he, of m Mal. 4. 6. whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall pre-o pare thy way before thee. 11 Verily I say unto you, Among Lu. 1. 17. Lu. 8. 8. 17. 29. unto their 17 And saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented. 18 For John came Re. 2.7.11. neither eating nor & 3. 6. 13. drinking, and they 22. say, He hath a dethem that are born of p Lu. 7. 31. vil. women there hath not. 19 The son of man MATT. XII. A. D. 31. Christ upbraideth came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a man Lu. 7. 35. gluttonous, and as Lu. 10. 13. winebibber, a friend t Jo. 3. 7, 8. of Publicans and sin-u ch. 10. 15 ners. But wisdom & 11. 24, is justified of her x Is. 14. 13. children. Chorazin, &c. more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment than for thee. 25 zAt that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because a thou hast hid these things from the wise and 9 prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes. 26 Even so, Father: for so it seemed good in thy sight. 27 All things are 2 But when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto him, Behold, thy disciples doe Nu. 28. 9. that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. 3 But he said unto them, Have ye not read bwhat David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; & 24.9. Jno. 7. 22. f2 Ch. 6. 18. Mal. 3.1. g Ho. 6.6. Mi. 6. 6, 7. ch.9. 13. i h Mar 3. 1. Lu. 6. 6. Lu. 13. 14. & 14. 3. Jno. 9. 16. k Ex.23.4,5. De. 22. 4. ch. 27. 1. Mar. 3. 6. Lu. 6. 11. Jno, 5. 18. 4 How he entered into the house of God, and did ceat the shew-bread, which was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them which were with him, Or, took butd only for the Priests? & 10.39. & 11.53. counsel. ver. 4 the Pharisees. have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath day. 9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue: 10 And, behold, there which had his hand withered. And they asked him, saying, Isi it lawful to heal on the sabbath days? that they might accuse him. was a man 11 And he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and k if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? 12 How much then 5 Or have ye not* Tous agrors is a man better than read in the law, s poteσews a sheep? Wherefore how that on the sab- Heb. Dit is lawful to do well bath days the Priests on the sabbath days. in the temple profane the sabbath, and bread of the chem panim, are blameless? -le פנים faces, or pre the face of 6 But I say unto sence, beyou, That in this cause it was place is fone greater set continually before than the temple. 7 But if ye had Jehovah. known what this meaneth, g1 will have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not ver. 5 Slaying the sacrifices, &c. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 14 Then the Pharisees went out and heldt a council a gainst him, how they might destroy him. |