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" shall be your servant. And whosoever shall " exalt himself shall be abased; and he that "shall humble himself shall be exalted. But "woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo"crites! for ye shut up the kingdom of hea

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ven against men; for ye neither go in your"selves, neither suffer ye them that are entering "to go in. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pha"risees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' "houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: " therefore ye shall receive the greater damna"tion. 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. 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! Ye fools and blind: for whether is " greater, the gold, or the temple that sancti" fieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear

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by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever "sweareth by the gift that is upon it, he is " guilty. Ye fools and blind: for whether is "greater, the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth "the gift? whoso therefore shall swear by the "altar, sweareth by it, and by all things "thereon. And whoso shall swear by the "temple, sweareth by it, and by him that "dwelleth therein. And he that shall swear

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" by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, " and by him that sitteth thereon. 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. Ye blind guides, which strain " at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and "the platter, but within they are full of extor"tion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee! 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, hypo"crites! for ye are like unto whited sepul"chres, which indeed appear beautiful out"ward, 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. "Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo"crites! because ye build the tombs of the " prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the " righteous, 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 pro"phets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto "yourselves, that ye are the children of them

* A proverbial expression. Ye are exact in small things, but neglect the most important.

► See Note (*) page 79.

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" which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then "the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents,

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ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape "the damnation of hell? 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

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city to city: 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. Ve"rily I say unto you, all these things shall

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come upon this generation. O Jerusalem, "Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and " stonest them which are sent unto thee, how " often would I have gathered thy chil"dren together, even as a hen gathereth her " chickens under her wings, and ye would not! "Behold, your house is left unto you deso"late. 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!"*

a Till ye are convinced by the signal punishments which shall be inflicted, that I am the Messiah, whom ye ought to have received with joy.

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117. Jesus prefers the widow's offering to the gift of the rich.

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AND Jesus sat over against the Place. treasury, and beheld how the people The treacast money into the treasury: and sury in the many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make a farthing." And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, "Verily I say unto you, That this

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poor widow hath cast more in, than all they " which have cast into the treasury: for all "they did cast in of their abundance; but she " of her want did cast in all that she had, even "all her living!"

118. Jesus foretels the destruction of the temple, as he takes his final leave of it : and, on the mount of Olives, teaches four of his apostles what were the signs of his coming, to destroy the Jews, and to close the Mosaic dispensation.

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AND as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Jerusalem.

a The chest, in which were kept all contributions for the use of the temple.

► The fourth part of a Roman penny, not quite two-pence English money.

All that she had to live upon.

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Master, see what manner of stones and what buildings are here! And Jesus answering said unto him, " Seest thou these great buildings? "the days will come, in the which there shall " not be left one stone upon another, that shall "not be thrown down." And as he Place. sat upon the mount of Olives over against the temple, Peter, and James, Olivet, and John, and Andrew, asked him privately, Tell us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when all these things shall be fulfilled? And Jesus answering them began to say, "Take heed lest any man de"ceive you: for many shall come in my " name, saying, I am Christ; and shall de"ceive many: and the time draweth near:

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go ye not therefore after them. But when ye shall hear of wars and commotions, be "not terrified: for these things must first " come to pass; but the end is not by and by. "Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise

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against nation, and kingdom against king"dom: and great earthquakes shall be in di"vers places, and famines, and pestilences;

a There was scarcely any thing more remarkable in this celebrated temple, than the stupendous size of the stones, that composed this edifice, which the Jews flattered themselves was built for eternity.

The very foundations of the temple were ploughed up by the Romans.

• Not long after our Lord's ascension, several impostors appeared, some pretending to be the Messsah, and others to foretel future events.

The end and destruction of the Jewish state shall not be immediately.

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