Ελεγε δέ· Τίνι ὁμοία ἐστὶν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ Θεοῦ ; καὶ τίνι ὁμοιώσω αὐτήν; pa Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God like? and whereunto shall I resemble it? a See on Mark iv. ver. 30. VER. 19. a Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean [And he said, Whereunto shall we the outside of the cup and of the plat-liken the kingdom of God, or with ter, but within they are full of extor- what comparison shall we compare it? tion and excess. Thou blind Phari- Mark iv. 30.] see! cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 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. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity, Matt. xxiii. 25-28. VER. 15. ̓Απεκρίθη οὖν αὐτῷ ὁ Κύριος, καὶ εἶπεν· Ὑποκριτὰ, ἕκαστος ὑμῶν τῷ σαββάτῳ οὐ λύει τὸν βοῦν αὐτοῦ, ἡ τὸν ὄνον ἀπὸ τῆς φάτνης, καὶ ἀπαγαγὼν ποτίζει; The Lord then answered him, and said, a Thou hypocrite, b doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall, and lead him away to watering ? a See on Matt. vi. ver. 2. clause 2. b See on Matt. xii. ver. 11. VER. 16. Ταύτην δὲ, θυγατέρα ̓Αβραὰμ οὖσαν, ἣν ἔδησεν ὁ Σατανᾶς ἰδοὺ δέκα καὶ ὀκτὼ Ὁμοία ἐστὶ κόκκω σινάπεως, ὃν λαβὼν ἄνθρωπος ἔβαλεν εἰς κῆπον ἑαυτοῦ· καὶ ἤυξησε, καὶ ἐγένετο εἰς δένδρον μέγα, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατεσκήνωσεν ἐν τοῖς κλάδοις αὐτοῦ, a 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. [Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven Which a man took and sowed in his is like to a grain of mustard-seed, field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds : but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof, Matt. xiii. 31, 32. It is like a grain of mustard-seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the seeds that be in the earth: But when it is sown, it groweth up, and becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches ; so that the fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it, Mark iv. 31, 32.] a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 31, 32. A. D. 33. set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof; I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh. When your fear cometh as desolation, and Kal wáñiv elwe• Tín iμvidow Thy Ca-wind; when distress and anguish your destruction cometh as a whirlσιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ ; VER. 20. And again he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God? VER. 21. Ομοία ἐστὶ ζύμῃ, ἣν λαβοῦσα γυνὴ ἐνέκρυψεν εἰς ἀλεύρου σάτα τρία, ἕως οὗ ἐζυμώθη ὅλον. a It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid in three * measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. * See Matt. xiii. ver. 35. margin. [Another parable spake he unto them: The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened, Matt. xiii. 33.] a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 35. VER. 22. Καὶ διεπορεύετο κατὰ πόλεις καὶ κώμας διδάσκων, καὶ πορείαν ποιούμενος εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ. : Behold, cometh upon you; Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me, Prov. i. 24-28. And when ye spread forth your hands I will hide mine eyes from you ; yea, when ye make many prayers I will not hear your hands are full of blood, and delight to know my ways, as a Isa. i. 15. Yet they seek me daily, nation that did righteousness, and forsook not the ordinance of their God: they ask of me the ordinances of justice; they take delight in approaching to God. Wherefore have we fasted, say they, and thou seest not? wherefore have we afflicted our soul, and thou takest no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find pleasure, and exact all your labours. ye fast for strife and 'debate, and to shall not fast as ye do this day, to make smite with the fist of wickedness: ye your voice to be heard on high, Isa. Iviii. 2-4. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and where I am, thither ye cannot come, John vii. 34. Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and οἱ shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come, viii. 21. But Israel, which followed after the law of righof righteousness. Wherefore? Beteousness, hath not attained to the law cause they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law?" for they stumbled at that stumbling stone; As it is written, Behold, Ilay in Sion a stumbling-stone and rock of offence: and whosoever believeth on And he went through the cities and villages, teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. VER. 23. Εἶπε δέ τις αὐτῷ· Κύριε, εἰ ὀλίγοι σωζόμενοι ; 'Ο δὲ εἶπε πρὸς αὐτούς· Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that be saved? And he said unto them, VER. 24. ̓Αγωνίζεσθε εἰσελθεῖν διὰ τῆς στενῆς | πύλης· ὅτι πολλοί, λέγω ὑμῖν, ζητήσουσιν εἰσελθεῖν, καὶ οὐκ ἰσχύσουσιν. a Strive to enter in at the strait gate:him shall not be ashamed, Rom. ix. b for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able. a And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven sufereth violence, and the violent take it by force, Matt. xi. 12. See also on Matt. vii. ver. 13. clause 1. and ver. 14. b Because I have called, and ye refused, I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; But ye have 31-33. VER. 25. ̓Αφ ̓ οὗ ἂν ἐγερθῇ ὁ οἰκοδεσπότης, καὶ αποκλείσῃ τὴν θύραν, καὶ ἄρξησθε ἔξω εστάναι, καὶ κρούειν τὴν θύραν, λέγοντες· Κύριε, κύριε, ἄνοιξον ἡμῖν· καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ἐρεῖ ὑμῖν· Οὐκ οἶδα ὑμᾶς πόθεν ἐστέ. a When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and VER. 31. A. D. 33. Ἐν αὐτῇ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ προσῆλθόν τινες Φασ say unto you, I know you not whence ye ρισαῖοι, λέγοντες αὐτῷ· Εξελθε, καὶ που are: ρεύου ἐντεῦθεν· ὅτι Ηρώδης θέλει σε αποκ τεῖναι. The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, saying unto him, Get thee out, and depart hence: for Herod will kill thee. VER. 32. Καὶ εἶπεν αὐτοῖς· Πορευθέντες εἴπατε τῇ ἀλώπεκι ταύτῃ· ἰδοὺ, ἐκβάλλω δαιμόνια, καὶ ἰάσεις ἐπιτελῶ σήμερον καὶ αὔριον, καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ τελειοῦμαι. And he said unto them, Go ye, and tell that a for, Behold, b I cast out devils, and I do cures to-day and to-morrow, and the third day I shall be perfected. a See on Matt. iii. ver. 7. clause 2. b See on Matt. iv. ver. 24. clause 4. c See on Matt. iv. ver. 23. clause 4. VER. 33. Πλὴν δεῖ με σήμερον καὶ αὔριον καὶ τῇ ἐχομένη πορεύεσθαι· ὅτι οὐκ ἐνδέχεται προ φήτην ἀπολέσθαι ἔξω Ἱερουσαλήμ. Nevertheless I must walk to-day and to-morrow, and the day following: for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. There a Jesus saith unto them, My meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work. Say not ye, are yet four months, and then cometh harvest? behold, I say unto you, Lift up your eyes, and look on the fields; for they are white already to harvest, John iv. 34, 35. I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work, ix. 4. A. D. 33. LUKE XIII. 34, 35.—χιν. 111. would I have gathered thy children | together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! Matt. xxiii. 37.] a See on Matt. xxiii. ver. 37. VER. 35. Ἰδοὺ, ἀφίεται ὑμῖν ὁ οἶκος ὑμῶν ἔρημος· ἀμὴν δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν, ὅτι οὐ μή με ἴδητε ἕως ἂν ἔξῃ ὅτε εἴπητε· Εὐλογημένος ὁ ἐρχόμενος ἐν ὀνόματι Κυρίου. a Behold, your house is left unto you desolate: and verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me, until the time come when ye shall say, Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. [Behold your house is left unto you | desolate. 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, Matt. xxiii. 38, 39.] a See on Matt. xxiii. ver. 38, 39. A. D. 33. οὐκ εὐθέως ἀνασπάσει αὐτὸν, ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ του σαββάτου; a And answered them, saying, Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit, and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath day? a See on Matt. xii. ver. 11. VER. 6. Καὶ οὐκ ἴσχυσαν ἀνταποκριθῆναι αὐτῷ πρὸς ταῦτα. And they could not answer him again to these things. VER. 7. Ελεγε δὲ πρὸς τοὺς κεκλημένους παρα βολὴν, ἐπέχων πῶς τὰς πρωτοκλισίας ἐξελέγοντο, λέγων πρὸς αὐτούς, a And he put forth a a parable to those which were bidden, when he marked how b they chose out the chief rooms; saying unto them, a See on Matt. xiii. ver. 3. clause 1. b See on Matt. xxiii. ver. 6. a For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted. a See on Matt. xxiii. ver. 12. VER. 12. Ελεγε δὲ καὶ τῷ κεκληκότι αὐτὸν Οταν ποιῆς ἄριστον ἢ δεῖπνον, μὴ φώνει τοὺς φίλους σου, μηδὲ τοὺς ἀδελφούς σου, μηδὲ τοὺς συγγενεῖς σου, μηδὲ γείτονας πλουσίους, μήποτε καὶ αὐτοί σε ἀντικαλέσωσι, καὶ γένηταί σοι ἀνταπόδομα, Then said he also to him that bade him, When thou makest a dinner or a supper, call not thy friends, nor thy brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbours, lest they also bid thee again, and a recompence be made thee. VER. 13. ̓Αλλ ̓ ὅταν ποιῇς δοχὴν, κάλει πτωχούς, ἀναπήρους, χωλοὺς, τυφλούς. But when thou makest a feast, a call the poor, the maimed, the lame, the blind: a See on Matt. v. ver. 42. clause 1. VER.. 14. Καὶ μακάριος ἔση· ὅτι οὐκ ἔχουσιν ἀνταποδοῦναί σοι· ἀνταποδοθήσεται γάρ σοι ἐν τῇ ἀναστάσει τῶν δικαίων. a And thou shalt be blessed; for they cannot recompense thee: for thou shalt be recompensed at the resurrection of the just. a Thou shalt surely give him, and thine heart shall not be grieved when thou givest unto him: because that for this thing the LORD thy God shall bless thee in all thy works, and in all that thou puttest thine hand unto, Deut. xv. 10. Blessed is he that considereth the poor: the LORD will deliver him in time of trouble. The LORD will preserve him, and keep him alive; and he shall be blessed upon the earth and thou wilt not deliver him unto the will of his enemies. The LORD will strengthen him upon the bed of languishing: thou wilt make all his bed in his sickness, Psal. xli. 1-3. A good man sheweth favour, and lendeth: he will guide his affairs with discretion. Surely he shall not be moved for ever: the righteous shall be in everlasting remembrance. He shall not be afraid of evil tidings: his heart is fixed, trusting in the LORD. His heart is established, he shall not A. D. 33. be afraid, until he see his desire upon his enemies. He hath dispersed: he hath given to the poor; his righteousness endureth for ever: his horn shall be exalted with honour, cxii. 5-9. He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lonp, and that which he hath given will he pay him again, Prov. xix. 17. He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed ; for he giveth of his bread to the poor, xxii. 9, Is not this the fast that I have chosen? to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye break every yoke? Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring the poor that are cast out to thy house? when thou seest the naked, that thou cover him; and that thou hide not thyself from thine own flesh ? Then shall thy light break forth as the morning, and thine health shall spring forth speedily; and thy righteousness shall go before thee: the glory of the LORD shall be thy rere-ward. Then shalt thou call, and the LORD shall answer: thou shalt cry, and he shall say, Here I am. If thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke, the putting forth of the finger, and speaking vanity: and if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon-day: and the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not, Isa. lviii. 6-11. And whosoever shall give to drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in no wise lose his reward, Matt. x. 42. 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: 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: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hun |