1 AND a when they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount of Olives, hec sendeth forth two of his disciples, A. D. 33. into Jerusalem. ed: and they let them a Ma. 21. 1. 7 And they brought Jno. 12.12, 13. Ps. 118. 26. Jno. 12.13. Ps. 148. 1. Lu. 2. 14. & 19. 38. Mal. 3. 1. Ma. 21. 12. 2 And saith unto them, Go your way into the village over against you and as soon as ye be entered into it, ye shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him. 3 And if any man f say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that the Lord hath need of him; and ver. 10— straightway he will Lu. 19.41. Ma. 21. 18. many gar spread their 9 And they that 45. 10 Blessed be the kingdom of our father David, that cometh in the name of the Lord: d Hosanna in the highest. g Ma. 21. 19. Lu. 13.6.9. Whitby "Let the send him hither. observes- according to his promise 11 e And Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into the temple: and when he had looked round about upon all things, and now the eventide was come, he went out unto Bethany with 5 And certain of to our father the twelve. them that stood there David. Let 12 f And on the said unto them, What prosperity morrow, when they do ye, loosing the be from hea-were come from Be colt? ven to the king Messiah 6 And they said and to his unto them even as kingdom." Jesus had command thany, he was hun He purgeth 46. Lu. 19.47. m ch. 1. 22. Ma. 7. 28. Lu. 4. 32. n Ma. 21. 19. Or, Have the faith of God. 15 h And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, p and the seats of them that sold doves; 16 And would not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. o Ma. 17.20. La. 17. 6. & 15. 7. ver. 13 The fruit appears first, 17 And he taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, iMy house shall be called i. e. The of all nations the house of prayer? but yek have made it a den of thieves. season for 18 And the Scribes and 'Chief Priests Twv kaprav heard it, and sought so that the how they might de- been taken fruit had not stroy him for they off the tree. feared him, mbecause astonished at his 19 And when even was come, he went out of the city. 20 n And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. 21 And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 22 And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God." 23 For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24 Therefore I say unto you, P What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them. 25 And when ye Parable of MARK XII. stand praying, a for- A. D. 33. your 9 Ma. 6. 14. Lu. 6. 37. Col. 3. 13. r Ma. 18. 35. if ye do Mal. 3. 1. may forgive you your 27 And they come again to Jerusalem: and as he was walking in the temple, there come to him the Chief Priests, and the Scribes, and the elders, Ma. 21. 23. + Or, thing. t ch. 6. 20. 29. & 20. 6. 8. Jno. 10.41. a Ma. 21.33. Lu. 20.9. 28 And say unto him, By what authority doest thou these ver. 25things? and who gave was the cusStanding thee this authority to tomary posdo these things? ture of the 29 And Jesus an-Jews while swered and said unto in the act of them, I will also ask Prayer; though of you one + question, kneeling and answer me, and appears geI will tell you by nerally to what authority I do have been adopted by these things. Christ and his apostles. 30 The baptism of John, was it from heaven, or of men? answer me. We are not hence to infer, that will entitle 31 And they rea- forgiveness soned with them- of injuries selves, saying, If we shall say, From hea- &c. ven; he will say, the vineyard. Why then did ye not believe him? 32 But if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for tall men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. 33 And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do 1 tell you by what authority I do these things. CHAP. XII. 1 AND a he began to speak unto them by parables. A certain man planted a vineyard, and set an hedge about it, and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and went into a far coun try. 2 And at the season he sent to the husbandmen a servant, that he might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the vineyard. 3 And they caught him, and beat him, and sent him away empty. 4 And again he sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones, p and wounded him in the head, and sent b him away shamefully handled. 5 And again hec sent another; and him they killed, and many others; beating some, and killing some. Ps. 118.22. Ma. 21. 42. to Casar. 12 And they sought to lay hold on him, but feared the people: for they knew that he had spoken ch. 11. 19. Ma. 21.45, the parable against 46. them and they left La. 20. 6. him, and went their 19. Jno. 7. 25. 30. 44. way. 13 And they send 6 Having yet there-d Ma. 22. 15. unto him certain of Lu. 20. 20. † Valuing of our money fore one son, his well- Ma. 19. 28. ver. 9 reverence my son. this parable pear obvious the the Pharisees and of Herodians, to him in his catch 14 And when they were come, they say unto him, Master, we know that thou art true, and carest for no man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but teachest the way of God in truth is it lawful to give tribute to Cæsar, or not? 15 Shall we give, or shall we not give? vineyard do? he will it strikingly But he, knowing exhibited to their hypocrisy, said loved Son, come and destroy the low. unto them, Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto him, Cæsar's. 17 And Jesus answering said unto Question of MARK XII. them, Render to Cæ- 19 Master, s Moses wrote unto us, If a man's brother die, and leave his wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20 Now there were seven brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left nok Ma. 22.35. seed. Ma.10. 37 21 And the second 1 De. 6. 4. took her, and died, neither left he any seed and the third likewise. the Sadducees. therefore err, because ye know not the Scriptures, neither the power of God? 25 For when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage; but hare as the angels which are in heaven. 26 And as touching the dead, that they rise have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake unto him, saying, i I am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob? 27 He is not the God of the dead, but the God of the liv ing: ye therefore do greatly err. 28 k And one of 1 T. 1. 5. the Scribes ver. 28 * came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving 22 And the seven St. Mathad her, and left no thew in the that he had answered seed: last of all the parallel pas-them woman died also. sage calls him a law23 In the resurrecyer. Both tion therefore, when names were they shall rise, whose applied to wife shall she be of the same them for the seven persons; behad her to wife. ing transcribers and 24 And Jesus an- teachers of swering said unto the law. them, Do ye not well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, 1 Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt |