186. If any man come to me, and hate not his father, and mother, and
wife and children, and brethren, and sisters, yea, and his own life
also, _he cannot be my disciple_. Luke xiv. 26.
187. _I am come to send fire on the earth_, and what will I if it be
already kindled. Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? _I
tell you nay; but rather division._ Luke xii. 49; 51.
188. Think not that I come to send peace on earth; _I come not to send
peace, but a sword_. For I am come to set a man at variance against his
father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law
against her mother-in-law. Matt. x. 34, 35.
189. Then said he unto them, But now he that hath a purse, let him take
it, and likewise his scrip; and he that hath no sword, _let him sell his
garment and buy one_. Luke xxii. 36.
190. But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over
them bring hither, _and slay them before me_, Luke xix. 27.
191. He that believeth and is baptised shall be saved; but he that
believeth not shall be _damned._ Mark xvi. 16.
192. And he said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of
the kingdom of God, but unto them that are without, all these things are
done in _parables_; That seeing they may see, _and not perceive_, and
hearing they may hear, _and not understand; lest at any time they should
be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them_. Mark iv. 11, 12.
193. And when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage, and Bethany,
at the Mount of Olives, he sendeth forth two of his disciples, and saith
unto them, Go your way into the village over against you; and as soon
as ye enter into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never mam sat;
_loose him and bring him_; and if any man say unto you, Why do you this?
_Say ye that the Lord hath need of him_; and straightway he will send
him hither. Mark xi. 1 to 3.
194. And it came to pass that he went through the corn-fields on the
Sabbath-day, and his disciples began as they went, _to pluck the ears
of corn_. And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, _why do they on the
Sabbath-day that which is not lawful?_ And he said unto them, have ye
never read what David did when he had need, and was a hungered, he and
they that were with him? How he went into the house of God in the days
of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the show-bread, which is not
lawful to eat, but for the priests, and gave also to them which were
with him! Mark ii. 23 to 26.
195. Now there was there, nigh unto the mountain, a great herd of swine
feeding. And all the devils besought him saying, Send us into the swine,
that we may enter into them. _And forthwith Jesus gave them leave_, and
the unclean spirits went out, and entered into the swine; and the herd
ran violently down a steep place into the sea (they were about _two
thousand_) and were choked in the sea. Mark v. 11, 12.
196. And on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, he was hungry,
and seeing a fig-tree afar off, having leaves, he came, if haply he
might find any thing thereon; and when he came to it he found nothing
but leaves; _for the time of figs was not yet_. And Jesus answered
and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever: and his
disciples heard it. And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw
the fig-tree dried up from the roots; and Peter calling to remembrance,
saith unto him, Master, _behold the fig-tree which thou cursedest is
withered away_. Mark xi. 12? 13, 14, 20, 21.
[In the four preceding notes Christ is represented, both as taking or
destroying other people's property himself, as well as allowing others
to do it, _which of course is eminently moral_. ]