his brother shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his
brother.
40:022:025 Now there were with us seven brethren: and the first, when he
had married a wife, deceased, and, having no issue, left his
wife unto his brother:
40:022:026 Likewise the second also, and the third, unto the seventh.
40:022:027 And last of all the woman died also.
40:022:028 Therefore in the resurrection whose wife shall she be of the
seven? for they all had her.
40:022:029 Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures, nor the power of God.
40:022:030 For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in
marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven.
40:022:031 But as touching the resurrection of the dead, have ye not read
that which was spoken unto you by God, saying,
40:022:032 I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of
Jacob? God is not the God of the dead, but of the living.
40:022:033 And when the multitude heard this, they were astonished at his
doctrine.
40:022:034 But when the Pharisees had heard that he had put the Sadducees
to silence, they were gathered together.
40:022:035 Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question,
tempting him, and saying,
40:022:036 Master, which is the great commandment in the law?
40:022:037 Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all
thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
40:022:038 This is the first and great commandment.
40:022:039 And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour
as thyself.
40:022:040 On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.
40:022:041 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them,
40:022:042 Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say
unto him, The son of David.
40:022:043 He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him
Lord, saying,
40:022:044 The LORD said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I
make thine enemies thy footstool?
40:022:045 If David then call him Lord, how is he his son?
40:022:046 And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any
man from that day forth ask him any more questions.
40:023:001 Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples,
40:023:002 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat:
40:023:003 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe
and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do
not.
40:023:004 For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay
them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move
them with one of their fingers.
40:023:005 But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make
broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their
garments,
40:023:006 And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in
the synagogues,
40:023:007 And greetings in the markets, and to be called of men, Rabbi,
Rabbi.
40:023:008 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even
Christ; and all ye are brethren.
40:023:009 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your
Father, which is in heaven.
40:023:010 Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even
Christ.
40:023:011 But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant.
40:023:012 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that
shall humble himself shall be exalted.
40:023:013 But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go
in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go
in.
40:023:014 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour
widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore
ye shall receive the greater damnation.
40:023:015 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye
compass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is
made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than
yourselves.
40:023:016 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall
swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear
by the gold of the temple, he is a debtor!
40:023:017 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the
temple that sanctifieth the gold?
40:023:018 And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but
whosoever sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is guilty.
40:023:019 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift, or the
altar that sanctifieth the gift?
40:023:020 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and
by all things thereon.
40:023:021 And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by
him that dwelleth therein.
40:023:022 And he that shall swear by heaven, sweareth by the throne of
God, and by him that sitteth thereon.
40:023:023 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay
tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the
weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith:
these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other
undone.
40:023:024 Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel.
40:023:025 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make
clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within
they are full of extortion and excess.
40:023:026 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the
cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.
40:023:027 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are
like unto whited sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful
outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all
uncleanness.
40:023:028 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but
within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.
40:023:029 Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye
build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of
the righteous,
40:023:030 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.
40:023:031 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the
children of them which killed the prophets.
40:023:032 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers.
40:023:033 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the
damnation of hell?
40:023:034 Wherefore, behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and
scribes: and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some
of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and persecute
them from city to city:
40:023:035 That upon you may come all the righteous blood shed upon the
earth, from the blood of righteous Abel unto the blood of
Zacharias son of Barachias, whom ye slew between the temple
and the altar.
40:023:036 Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this
generation.
40:023:037 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and
stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have
gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her
chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
40:023:038 Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
40:023:039 For I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye
shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
40:024:001 And Jesus went out, and departed from the temple: and his
disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the
temple.
40:024:002 And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily
I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon
another, that shall not be thrown down.
40:024:003 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, the disciples came
unto him privately, saying, Tell us, when shall these things
be? and what shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end
of the world?
40:024:004 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man
deceive you.
40:024:005 For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall
deceive many.
40:024:006 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be
not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the
end is not yet.
40:024:007 For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against
kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and
earthquakes, in divers places.
40:024:008 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
40:024:009 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted, and shall kill
you: and ye shall be hated of all nations for my name's sake.
40:024:010 And then shall many be offended, and shall betray one another,
and shall hate one another.
40:024:011 And many false prophets shall rise, and shall deceive many.
40:024:012 And because iniquity shall abound, the love of many shall wax
cold.
40:024:013 But he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved.
40:024:014 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the
world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end
come.
40:024:015 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation,
spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place,
(whoso readeth, let him understand:)
40:024:016 Then let them which be in Judaea flee into the mountains:
40:024:017 Let him which is on the housetop not come down to take any
thing out of his house:
40:024:018 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his
clothes.
40:024:019 And woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give
suck in those days!
40:024:020 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on
the sabbath day:
40:024:021 For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not since the
beginning of the world to this time, no, nor ever shall be.
40:024:022 And except those days should be shortened, there should no
flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be
shortened.
40:024:023 Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or
there; believe it not.
40:024:024 For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and
shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if it were
possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
40:024:025 Behold, I have told you before.
40:024:026 Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the
desert; go not forth: behold, he is in the secret chambers;
believe it not.
40:024:027 For as the lightning cometh out of the east, and shineth even
unto the west; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40:024:028 For wheresoever the carcase is, there will the eagles be
gathered together.
40:024:029 Immediately after the tribulation of those days shall the sun
be darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, and the
stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens
shall be shaken:
40:024:030 And then shall appear the sign of the Son of man in heaven:
and then shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, and they
shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with
power and great glory.
40:024:031 And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet,
and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds,
from one end of heaven to the other.
40:024:032 Now learn a parable of the fig tree; When his branch is yet
tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is nigh:
40:024:033 So likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things, know that
it is near, even at the doors.
40:024:034 Verily I say unto you, This generation shall not pass, till
all these things be fulfilled.
40:024:035 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass
away.
40:024:036 But of that day and hour knoweth no man, no, not the angels of
heaven, but my Father only.
40:024:037 But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the
Son of man be.
40:024:038 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating
and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day
that Noe entered into the ark,
40:024:039 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so
shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
40:024:040 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and
the other left.
40:024:041 Two women shall be grinding at the mill; the one shall be
taken, and the other left.
40:024:042 Watch therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord doth
come.
40:024:043 But know this, that if the goodman 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.
40:024:044 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think
not the Son of man cometh.
40:024:045 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath
made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due
season?
40:024:046 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall
find so doing.
40:024:047 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all
his goods.
40:024:048 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord
delayeth his coming;
40:024:049 And shall begin to smite his fellowservants, and to eat and
drink with the drunken;
40:024:050 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,
40:024:051 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with
the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
40:025:001 Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins,
which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.
40:025:002 And five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
40:025:003 They that were foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with
them:
40:025:004 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.
40:025:005 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.
40:025:006 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom
cometh; go ye out to meet him.
40:025:007 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.
40:025:008 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for
our lamps are gone out.
40:025:009 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.
40:025:010 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.
40:025:011 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord,
open to us.
40:025:012 But he answered and said, Verily I say unto you, I know you
not.
40:025:013 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour
wherein the Son of man cometh.
40:025:014 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.
40:025:015 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.
40:025:016 Then he that had received the five talents went and traded
with the same, and made them other five talents.
40:025:017 And likewise he that had received two, he also gained other
two.
40:025:018 But he that had received one went and digged in the earth, and
hid his lord's money.
40:025:019 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and
reckoneth with them.
40:025:020 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 beside them five talents
more.
40:025:021 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.
40:025:022 He also that had received two talents came and said, Lord,
thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained
two other talents beside them.
40:025:023 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.
40:025:024 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 strawed:
40:025:025 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth:
lo, there thou hast that is thine.
40:025:026 His lord answered and said unto him, Thou wicked and slothful
servant, thou knewest that I reap where I sowed not, and
gather where I have not strawed:
40:025:027 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the
exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine
own with usury.
40:025:028 Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which
hath ten talents.
40:025:029 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.
40:025:030 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness:
there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
40:025:031 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:
40:025:032 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:
40:025:033 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on
the left.
40:025:034 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:
40:025:035 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirsty, and
ye gave me drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me in:
40:025:036 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was
in prison, and ye came unto me.
40:025:037 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee
drink?
40:025:038 When saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and
clothed thee?
40:025:039 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?
40:025:040 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.
40:025:041 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:
40:025:042 For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty,
and ye gave me no drink:
40:025:043 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.
40:025:044 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we
thee an hungred, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick,
or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?
40:025:045 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.
40:025:046 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the
righteous into life eternal.
40:026:001 And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these
sayings, he said unto his disciples,
40:026:002 Ye know that after two days is the feast of the passover, and
the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified.
40:026:003 Then assembled together the chief priests, and the scribes,
and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high
priest, who was called Caiaphas,
40:026:004 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill
him.
40:026:005 But they said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an uproar
among the people.
40:026:006 Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the
leper,
40:026:007 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.
40:026:008 But when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying,
To what purpose is this waste?
40:026:009 For this ointment might have been sold for much, and given to
the poor.
40:026:010 When Jesus understood it, he said unto them, Why trouble ye
the woman? for she hath wrought a good work upon me.
40:026:011 For ye have the poor always with you; but me ye have not
always.
40:026:012 For in that she hath poured this ointment on my body, she did
it for my burial.
40:026:013 Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be
preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this
woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
40:026:014 Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto the
chief priests,
40:026:015 And said unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver
him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces
of silver.
40:026:016 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.
40:026:017 Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the
disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, Where wilt thou that
we prepare for thee to eat the passover?
40:026:018 And he said, Go into the city to such a man, and say unto him,
The Master saith, My time is at hand; I will keep the passover
at thy house with my disciples.
40:026:019 And the disciples did as Jesus had appointed them; and they
made ready the passover.
40:026:020 Now when the even was come, he sat down with the twelve.
40:026:021 And as they did eat, he said, Verily I say unto you, that one
of you shall betray me.
40:026:022 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began every one of them
to say unto him, Lord, is it I?
40:026:023 And he answered and said, He that dippeth his hand with me in
the dish, the same shall betray me.
40:026:024 The Son of man goeth as it is written of him: but woe unto
that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! it had been good
for that man if he had not been born.
40:026:025 Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered and said, Master, is
it I? He said unto him, Thou hast said.
40:026:026 And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and blessed it, and
brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take, eat;
this is my body.
40:026:027 And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,
saying, Drink ye all of it;
40:026:028 For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for
many for the remission of sins.
40:026:029 But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit
of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my
Father's kingdom.
40:026:030 And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount
of Olives.
40:026:031 Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because
of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the
shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered
abroad.
40:026:032 But after I am risen again, I will go before you into Galilee.
40:026:033 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all men shall be
offended because of thee, yet will I never be offended.
40:026:034 Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night,
before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice.
40:026:035 Peter said unto him, Though I should die with thee, yet will I
not deny thee. Likewise also said all the disciples.
40:026:036 Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane,
and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray
yonder.
40:026:037 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and
began to be sorrowful and very heavy.
40:026:038 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even
unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
40:026:039 And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and
prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup
pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
40:026:040 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and
saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
40:026:041 Watch and pray, that ye enter not into temptation: the spirit
indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.
40:026:042 He went away again the second time, and prayed, saying, O my
Father, if this cup may not pass away from me, except I drink
it, thy will be done.
40:026:043 And he came and found them asleep again: for their eyes were
heavy.
40:026:044 And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third
time, saying the same words.
40:026:045 Then cometh he to his disciples, and saith unto them, Sleep on
now, and take your rest: behold, the hour is at hand, and the
Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners.
40:026:046 Rise, let us be going: behold, he is at hand that doth betray
me.