An Examination of the Testimony of the Four Evangelists Part 38

37 But as the days of Noe 33 Take ye heed, watch and _were_, so shall also the pray: for ye know not when the coming of the Son of man be. time is.

38 For as in the days that 34 _For the Son of man is_ as were before the flood, they a man taking a far journey, were eating and drinking, who left his house, and gave marrying and giving in authority to his servants, and marriage, until the day that to every man his work; and Noe entered into the ark,(255) commanded the porter to watch.

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two _women shall be_ grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 Watch therefore; for ye 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord know not when the master of doth come. the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the c.o.c.k-crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.

37 And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch.

Luke.

CH. XXI. 20-36.

20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compa.s.sed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

23 But wo unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your ownselves that summer is now nigh at hand.

31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pa.s.s, know ye that the kingdom of G.o.d is nigh at hand.

32 Verily, I say unto you, This generation shall not pa.s.s away, till all be fulfilled.

33 Heaven and earth shall pa.s.s away: but my words shall not pa.s.s away.

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and _so_ that day come upon you unawares.

35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pa.s.s, and to stand before the Son of man.

-- 129. Transition to Christ's final coming. Exhortation. Parables. (Third Day Of The Week.) _Mount of Olives_.

Matthew.

CH. XXIV. 43-51. CH. XXV.

1-30.

43 But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46 Blessed _is_ that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite _his_ fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for _him_, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint _him_ his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnas.h.i.+ng of teeth.

CH. XXV.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five _were_ foolish.

3 They that _were_ foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh: go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, _Not so_; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.

12 But he answered and said, Verily, I say unto you, I know you not.

13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh.

14 For _the kingdom of heaven is_ as a man travelling into a far country, _who_ called his own servants, and delivered unto them his goods.

15 And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several ability; and straightway took his journey.

16 Then he that had received the five talents, went and traded with the same, and made _them_ other five talents.

17 And likewise he that _had received_ two, he also gained other two.

18 But he that had received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord's money.

19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them.

20 And so he that had received five talents, came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me five talents: behold, I have gained besides them five talents more.

21 His lord said unto him, Well done, _thou_ good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

22 He also that had received two talents came, and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents besides them.

23 His lord said unto him, Well done, good and faithful servant; thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of thy lord.

24 Then he which had received the one talent came, and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast not strewed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, _there_ thou hast _that is_ thine.

26 His lord answered and said unto him, _Thou_ wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest(256) that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.

28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give _it_ unto him which hath ten talents.

29 For unto every one that hath shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not, shall be taken away even that which he hath.

30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnas.h.i.+ng of teeth.

-- 130. Scenes of the Judgment Day. (Third Day Of The Week.) _Mount of Olives_.

Matthew.

CH. XXV. 31-46.

31 When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: 32 And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth _his_ sheep from the goats: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

34 Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: 35 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.

37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed _thee_? or thirsty, and gave _thee_ drink?

38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took _thee_ in?

or naked, and clothed _thee_?

39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?

40 And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done _it_ unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done _it_ unto me.

41 Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: 42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.

44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?

45 Then shall he answer them, saying, Verily, I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did _it_ not to me.

46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

-- 131. The Rulers conspire. The Supper at Bethany. Treachery of Judas.

(Fourth Day Of The Week.) _Jerusalem. Bethany_.

Matthew. Mark.

CH. XXVI. 1-16. CH. XIV. 1-11.

And it came to pa.s.s, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days After two days was _the feast_ is _the feast of_ the of the pa.s.sover, and of pa.s.sover, and the Son of man unleavened bread: and the is betrayed to be crucified. chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might take him by craft, and put _him_ to death.

3 Then a.s.sembled together the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill _him_.

5 But they said, Not on the 2 But they said, Not on the _feast-day_, lest there be an _feast-day_, lest there be an uproar among the people. uproar of the people.

6 Now when Jesus was in 3 And being in Bethany, in the Bethany, in the house of Simon house of Simon the leper, as the leper, he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster-box of ointment of spikenard, very precious; and she brake the box, and poured _it_ on his head.

7 There came unto him a woman having an alabaster-box of very precious ointment, and poured _it_ on his head as he sat _at meat_.

8 But when his disciples(257) 4 And there were some that had saw _it_, they had indignation within themselves, indignation, saying, To what and said, Why was this waste purpose _is_ this waste? of the ointment made?