Chrit preacheth, and S. LUKE. reprehendeth the Pharifees. return unto my houfe whence I 35 Take heed therefore, that the light which is in thee be not

came out.

25 And when he cometh he find- darkness. eth i wept and garnished.

36 If thy whole body, therefore, 26 Then goeth he, and taketh to be full of light, having no part dark, bim feven other spirits more wicked the whole shall be full of light, as than himself; and they enter in, when the bright fhining of a candle and well there: and the laft ftate doth give thee light.

of that man is worse than the firft. 57 And, as he fpake, a certain 27 And it came to país, as he Pharifee befought him to dine with 1 fpake these things, a certain wo- him: and he went in, and fat down man of the company lifted up her to meat.

voice, and laid unta him, Bleffed 38. And when the Pharifee faw is the womb that bare thee, and it, ho marvelled that he had not the paps which thou haft fucked. firft walled before dinner. But he faid, Yea rather, blefsed are they that hear the word of God, and keep it.

29 And, when the people were gathered thick together, he began to fay, This is an evil generation: they feek a fign; and there fhall no hign be given it, but the fign of Jonas the prophet.

30 For as Jonas was a fign unto the Ninevites, fofhall alfo the Son of man be to this generation.

31 The queen of the louth fhall rife up in the judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them: for fhe came from the utmoft parts of the earth to hear the wifdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

32 The men of Nineve fhall life up in the judgment with this generation, and thall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jours; and, behold, agreater than Jolas is here.

39 And the Lord faid unto him, Now do ye Pharifees make clean the outfide of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

40 re fools! did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within alfo!

41 But rather give alms of fuch things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

42 But woe unto you, Pharifees! for ye tithe mint, and rue, and all manner of herbs, and pafs over judgment and the love of God: theie ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

43 Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the fynagogues, and greetings in the markets.

44 Woe unto you, fcribes and Pharifèes, hypocrites! for ye are 28 graves which appear not, and the

men that walk over them are not aware of them.

33 No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a fecret 45 Then answered one of the place, neither under a buthel, but lawyers, and laid unto him, Maon a candleftick, that they which fer, thus faying thou reproachest come ia may tee the light. us alío.

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34 The light of the body is the eye therefore when thine eye is fingle, thy whole body alto is full eight; but when thine eye is evil, thy body alfo is full of darkness.

46 And he faid, Wee unto you alfo, ye lawyersitete lade men with burdens grous to be borne, and ye your feives touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

The lawyers reprebended. CHA P. XII.

Love to God en oinét.

47 We unto you! for ye build fhall be proclaimed upon the house the fepulchres of the prophets, and your father killed hem.

48 Truly year witnels that ye allow the de is of your fathers: for they indee killed them, and ye build their fepulchres.

49 Ther fore alfo faid the wif dom of Go, I will fend them prophets and ap fties, and fome of them they thall flay and perfecute;

So That the blood of all the prophets, which was fhed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

51 From the blood of Abel, unto the blood of Zacharias, which perihed between the altar and the temple: verily I fay unto you, It hall be required fthis generation.

2 Wee unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of Knowledge: yeentered not in yourTelves, and them that were enterng in ye hindered.

53 And, as he faid these things into them, the fc ibes and the Pharifees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to peak of many things:

54 Laving wait for him, and feckng to catch fomething out of his mouth, that they might accufe him. CHA P. XII. Chrift preach th to bis difciples. N the mean there

were gathered together an ine umerable multitude of people, fomuch that they trode one upanother, he began to fay unto s difciples first of all, Beware ye E the leaven of the Pharifees, hich is hypocrify.

2 For there is nothing covered at fhall not be revealed; neither d, that fhall not be known.

3 Therefore, whatfoever ye have oken in darknefs fhall be heard the light; and that which ye ve fpoken in the car in clofets

tops.

4 And Ifay unto you, my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

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But I will forewarn you whom ye fhall fear; Fear him which, af ter he hath killed, hath power to caft into hell, yea, I fay unto you, Fear him.

6 Are not five tparrows fold for two farthings, and not one of them is forgotten before God?

7 But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; ye are of more value than many fparrows.

8 Alfo I fay unto you, Whofoever fhall confefs me before men, him fhall the Son of man alio confefs before the angels of God.

9 But he that denieth me before men, fhall be denied before the angels of God.

Io And whofoever fhall fpeak a word against the Son of man, it fhall be forgiven him: but unto him that blafphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

II And when they bring you unto the fynagogues, and unto magiftrates and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye fhall anfwer, or what ye thall fay: teach you in the fame out what Holy Ghoft fhall ye ought to say.

13 And one of the company faid unto him, Mafter, fpeak to my brother, that he divide the in heritance with me.

14 And he laid unto him, Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

r5 And he laid unto them, Take heed, and beware of covetoutnefsts for a man's life confteth not in the abundance of the things which he poffeffeth.

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Of over-carefulness. S. LUKE. Of giving alms, &c.

169 And he spake a parable unto them, faying, The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

17 And he thought within himfelf, faying, What thall I do, becaufe I have no room where to beftow my fruits?

18 And he faid, This will I do I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I beftow all my fruits and my goods.

19 And I will fay to my foul, Soul, thou haft much goods laid up for many years; take thine cafe, eat, drink, and be merry.

20 But God faid unto him, Thou fool, this night thy foul fhall be equired of thee: then whofe fhall thote things be which thou haft provided?

21 So is he that layeth up treafure for himself, and is not rich towards God.

22 And he faid unto his difciples, Therefore I fay unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye hall eat; neither for the body, what ye fhall put on.

23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens ; for they neither fow nor, reap; which neither have florehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls? 25 And which of you, with taking thought can add to his Aature one cubit

26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is leaf, why take ye thought for the reft?

27 Confider the lilies how they Prow: they toil not, they pin not; and yet ay unto you, That Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of theic.

28 It then God fo clothe the grus which is to-day in the field, and to-morrow is caft into the

oven; how much more will be clothe you, O ye of little faith?

29 And feek not ye what ye thall eat, or what ye fhall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

30 For all these things do the nations of the world feek after: and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

31 But rather feek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things fhall be added unto you.

32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

33 Sell that ye have, and give alms: provide your felves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

34 For where your treafure is, there will your heart be alfo.

35 Let your loins be girded a bout, and your lights burning;

36 And ye yourfelves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that, when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

37 Bleffed are thofe fervants, whom the lord, when he cometh, fhall find watching: verily Ifay unto you, That he fhall gird himself, and make them to fit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

38 And if he fhall come in the fecond watch, or come in the third watch, and find them fo, bleffed are thofe fervants.

39 And this know, that if the good man of the house had known what hour the thief would come he would have watched, and not have fuffered his houfe to be broken through.

40 Be ye, therefore, ready alfog for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

Of minifters duty. CHA P. XII, XIII. Of reconciliation, &c. 41 Then Peter faid unto him, three against two, and two against Lord, fpeakeft thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

42 And the Lord faid, Who then is that faithful and wife fteward, whom his lord fhall make ruler over his houthold, to give them their portion of meat in due feafon?

43 Bleffed is that fervant, whom his lord, when he cometh, fhat find fo doing.

44 Of a truth I fay unto you, That he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

45 But and if that fervant fay in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and fhall begin to beat the men-fervants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;

46 The lord of that fervant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in funder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers.

47 And that tervant which knew his lord's will, and prepared not bimfelf, neither did according to his will, fhall be beaten with many Stripes.

48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of ftripes, fhall be beaten with few ripes. For unto whomfoever much is given, of him thall be much required; and to whom men have committed much, of him they will alk the more.

49 I am come to fend fire on the earth; and what will I if it be already kindled?

50 But I have a baptifm to be baptized with; and how am I trait ened till it be accomplished!

51 Suppofe ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay;

but rather divifion:

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53 The father fhall be divided againft the fon, and the fon againft the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter againt the mother; the mother-in-law against her daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law against ker mother-in-law.

54 And he faid alfo to the people, When ye fee a cloud rife out of the west, straightway ye fay, There cometh afhower; and fo it is.

55 And when ye fee the fouth wind blow, ye fay, There will be heat; and it cometh to pafs.

56 Yehypocrites! ye can difcern the face of the fky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not difcern this time?

57 Yea, and why even of yourfelves judge ye not what is right?

58 When thou goeft with thine adverfary to the magiftrate, as thou art in the way give diligence that. thou mayeft be delivered from him; left he bale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer caft thee into prifon.

59 I tell thee, Thou shalt not depart thence till thou haft paid the very lait mite.

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Chrift preacbeth repentance.
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the Galileans, whofe blood Pilate
had mingled with their facrifices.

2 And Jefus anfwering, faid unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were finners above all the Galileans, because they fuffered fuch things?

3 I tell you, Nay: but,except ye repent, ye thall all likewife perifh. 4 Or thofe eighteen upon whom 52 For from henceforth there the tower in Siloam fell, and flew fhall be five in one houfe divided, them, think ye that they were fin

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Parables of the fig tree, ners above all men that dwelt in Jerufalem?

8. LUKE. and the muflard-feed. eighteen years, be loofed from this bond on the fabbath-day?

5 I tell you, Nay; but, except ye repent, ye fhall all likewife perish. 61 He fpake alfo this parable: A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and fought fruit thereon, and found none.

7 Then faid he unto the dreffer of his vineyard, Behold, thefe three years I come feeking fruit on this g-tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?

8 And he answering, faid unt him, Lord, letit alone this year alfe, till I fhall dig about it, and dung it: 9 And if it bear fruit, veli; and If not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

to And he was teaching in one of the fynagogues on the fabbath. 11 And, behold, there was a wongan which had a fpirit of inFimity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wife lift up herself.

12 And, when Jefus faw her, be called her to him, and faid unto her, Woman, thou art loofed from thine infirmity.

13 And he laid his hands on her: and immediately the was made ftraight, and glorified God.

14 And the ruler of the fynagogue anfwered with indignation, becaufe that Jefus had healed on the fabbath-day, and faid unto the people, There are fix days in which men ought to work; in them, therefore, come and be healed, and not on the fabbath-day.

15 The Lord then anfwered him, and faid, Thou hypocrite, doth not each one of you on the fabbath 1e his ox or bis afs from the fall, and lead him away to watering ?

16 and ought not this woman, beg a daughter of Abraham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, thefe

17 And, when he had faid these things, all his adverfaries were afhamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.

18¶ Then faid he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto thall I refemble it

19 It is like a grain of mustardfeed, which a man took and caft into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it.

20 Andagain he faid, Whereunto fhali i liken the kingdom of God?

21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three mea. fures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

22 And he went through the cities and villages teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem.

23 T Then faid one unto him, Lord, are there few that be faved? 'And he said unto them,

24 Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I fay unto you, will feek to enter in, and fhall not be able.

25 When once the Mafter of the house is rifen up, and hath fhut to the door, and ye begin to ftand without, and to knock at the door faying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he fhall answer and fay unto you, I know you not whence ye are:

26 Then shall ye begin to say, We have caten and drunk in thy prefence, and thou haft taught in our streets.

27 But he fhall fay, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are: depart from me, all ye workers of iniquity.

28 There fhall be weeping and gnashing of teeth, when ye fhall fee Abraham