Against worldly room where to bestow my fruits? 18 And he said, This will I do : I will pull down my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods. LUKE XII. 19 And I will say to my soul, Soul, † Or, do they thou hast much goods require thy laid up for many years; take ease, eat, drink, and be merry. thinem Job 20.22. 20 But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night +mthy soul shall be required of theen then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided? 21 So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, and is not rich toward God. 22 And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say unto you, Take P no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on. 23 The life is more than meat, and the body is more than raiment. 24 Consider the ravens: for they nei & 27. 8. Ja. 4. 14. n Ps. 39. 6. Je. 17. 11. ver. 33. Ma. 6. 20. ITi. 6. 18, o Ja. 2.5. 19. p Ma. 6. 25. 1 Co. 7.32. Ph. 4. 6. He. 13. 5. a Job 38. 41. Ps. 147.9. † Or,live not in careful suspence. Ma. 6. 33. Jno. 6. 27. ver. 29 Μη μετ τεωρίζεσθε, Be not as the clouds, or meteors, tossed about with the ther sow nor reap; wind. which neither have carefulness. storehouse nor barn; and 4 God feedeth them : how much more are ye better than the fowls ? 25 And which of you with taking thought can add to his stature One cubit? 26 If ye then be not able to do that thing which is least, why take ye thought for the rest? 27 Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 28 If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith? 29 And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.* 30 For all these things do the nations of the world seek after and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things. 31 But rather seek ye the kingdom of To watch for God; and all these things shall be added unto you. 32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom. LUKE XII. 33 Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither. moth corrupteth. 34 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 35 Let your loins be girded about, and your y lights burning; yourselves v y z 36 And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wed-a ding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately. Ac. 2. 45. & 4. 34. 2 Co. 8. 2. ch. 16. 9. Ma. 6. 20. 1 Ti. 6. 19. 1K18.46. Is. 5. 27. & 11. 5. Ep. 6. 14. 1 Pe. 1.13. Ma. 25. 1, &c. Ph. 2. 15. Ma. 24. 46. Ph. 1. 21. 23. 2 Ti. 4. 7. 1 Pe. 5. 1. 4. 2 Pe. 3.14. Re. 14. 13. Ma. 24.43. 1 Th.5.2. 2Pe. 3. 10. Re. 3. 3. & 16. 15. b ch. 21. 34. 36. Ma. 24.44. & 25. 13. Mar. 13.33 1 Th. 5. 6. 2 Pe. 3. 12. Ma 24. 45. 37 Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching verily I say unto you, that heo shall gird himself, & 25. 21. and make them to Co. 4. 2. sit down to meat, and a Ma. 24. 47. will come forth and e Ma. 24. 48. serve them. 2 Pe. 2. 3. 38 And if he shall the Lord's coming. come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants. 39 a And this know, that if the goodman Of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through. 40 Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not. 41 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all? 42 And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his houshold, to give them their por tion of meat in due season? 43 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing. 44 dOf a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath. 45 e But and if that servant say in Lis heart, My lord delay. To expect LUKE XII. A. D. 33. eth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and + Or,cut him maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; 46 The lord of that servant 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 sunder, and will appoint him his portion with the unbelievers. 47 And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. off f g i Ma 24.51. Nu. 15. 30. Du. 25. 2. Jno. 9. 41. & 15. 22. Ac. 17. 30. Ja. 4. 17. Le. 5. 17. Ro. 2. 12. 16. 1 Ti. 1. 13. ver. 51. Is. 11. 4. Joel 2. 30. & 9. 16. 48 g But he that knew not, and did commit things wor- m Ma 10.35. thy of stripes, shall a Ma. 16, 2. be beaten with few stripes. For unto ver. 49whomsoever much is "Not that given, of him shall this is the be much required: tendency of Christianity; and to whom men which is most have committed pure, peacemuch, of him they ble, and lovwill ask the more. ing: but it 49 h I am come to effect of the send fire on the earth; opposition and what will I, if it raised abe already kindled?gainst it, by the pride 50 But I have a and lusts of baptism to be bap- men."Scott. tized with; and how! would be the persecution. am I straitened till it be accomplished! 51 Suppose ye that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, Nay; but rather division: 52 m For from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided, three against two, and two against three. 53 The father shall be divided against the son, and the son against the father; the mother against the daughter, and the daughter against the mother; the mother in law against her daughter in law, and the daughter in law against her mother in law. 54 And he said also to the people, "When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a show. er; and so it is. 55 And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pass. 56 Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time? LUKE XIII. Parable of o Pr. 25. 8. Ma. 5. 25. p Ps. 32. 6. Is. 55. 6. 10r,debtors. 58 When thou goest with thine adver-† Mar. 12.42. sary to the magistrate, P as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou a Is. 5. 2. mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, Ma. 21. 19. ver. 59- mercy, and thus conti nue to make and the officer cast posals of thee into prison. the fig tree. upon whom the tower of Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were I sinthat dwelt in Jerusaners above all men lem? 5 I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish. 6 He spake also this parable; a A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came on, and found none. and sought fruit there7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, from the tri- these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find why cumbereth it the none: cut it down; ground? adversary, 59 I tell thee, thou shalt not depart Him your thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.t CHAP. XIII. 1 THERE were present at that season some that told him of the Galilæans, whose blood Pilate had min gled with their sacrifices.* unto nothing is to bunal of His justice but a will end in have been 2 And Jesus an- supposed to swering said them, Suppose concerned ye with Judas that these Galilæans Gaulonites, were sinners above who refused all the Galilæans, be- to pay tricause they suffered bute to Cæsuch things? sar, and to submit to the 3 I tell you, Nay: Roman aubut, except ye repent, thority. See ye shall all likewise perish. 4 Or those eighteen, 8 And he answering let it alone this year said unto him, Lord, about it, and dung also, till I shall dig it: fruit, well: and if not, Ac. 5. 37. & 11 And, Ant. 18. 1. the on behold, there was a woman which had a spirit of 181 LUKE XIII. Parable of the infirmity eighteen years, and was bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 12 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and said unto her, Woman, thou art loosed from thine infirmity, A. D. 33. bch. 4. 40. e Mar. 6. 5. & 23. 12. & 14. 3. 13 bAnd he laid his d ch. 6. 7. hands on her and immediately she was made straight, and glorified God. Mar. 3. 2. 12. 6. Juo. 9. 14. e ch. 14. 5. Jno.7.21. 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day, and said unto the people,f ch. 3. 8. There are six days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be healed, and d not on the sabbath day. 15 The Lord then answered him, and & 16. 24. & 19. 9. mustard seed. loosed from this bond on the sabbath day? 17 And when he had said these things, all his adversaries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him. 18 g Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his garden; and it grew, and waxed a great tree; and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. 20 And again he Ac. 13. 26. said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? Ro. 4. 12. 16. g ch. 17.21. Ma. 13.31. Mar. 4. 30. 21 It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three said, Thou hypocrite, + See Ma. 13. measures of meal, |