Chapter XXII: Part VII: Our Lord’s Public Entry Into Jerusalem, And The Subsequent (2)

Matthew. Mark. CH. XXIV. 15-42. CH. XXIII. 14-37. 15 When ye, therefore, shall 14 But when ye shall see the see the abomination of abomination of desolation, desolation, spoken of by spoken of by Daniel the Daniel the prophet,(253) stand prophet, standing where it in the holy place, (whoso ought not, (let him that readeth, let him understand,) readeth understand) then let them that be in Judea flee to the mountains: 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains: 17 Let him which is on the 15 And let him that is on the housetop not come down to take housetop not go down into the any thing out of his house: house, neither enter _therein_, to take any thing out of his house: 18 Neither let him which is in 16 And let him that is in the the field return back to take field not turn back again for his clothes. to take up his garment. 19 And wo unto them that are 17 But wo to them that are with child, and to them that with child, and to them that give suck in those days! give suck in those days! 20 But pray ye that your 18 And pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, flight be not in the winter. neither on the sabbath-day: 21 For then shall be great 19 For _in_ those days shall tribulation, such as was not be affliction, such as was not since the beginning of the from the beginning of the world to this time, no, nor creation which God created ever shall be. unto this time, neither shall be. 22 And except those days 20 And except that the Lord should be shortened, there had shortened these days, no should no flesh be saved: but flesh should be saved: but for for the elect’s sake those the elect’s sake, whom he hath days shall be shortened. chosen, he hath shortened the days. 23 Then if any man shall say 21 And then, if any man shall unto you, Lo, here _is_ say to you, Lo, here _is_ Christ, or there; believe _it_ Christ; or lo, _he is_ there; not. believe _him_ not. 24 For there shall arise false 22 For false Christs, and Christs, and false prophets, false prophets shall rise, and and shall shew great signs and shall shew signs and wonders, wonders; insomuch that, if _it to seduce, if _it were_ were_ possible, they shall possible, even the elect. deceive the very elect. 25 Behold, I have told you 23 But take ye heed: behold, I before. have foretold you all things. 26 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. 27 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. 28 For wheresoever the carcass is, there will the eagles be gathered together. 29 Immediately after the 24 But in those days, after tribulation of those days, that tribulation, the sun shall the sun be darkened, and shall be darkened, and the the moon shall not give her moon shall not give her light, light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken:(254) 25 And the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 30 And then shall appear the 26 And then shall they see the sign of the Son of man in Son of man coming in the heaven: and then shall all the clouds with great power and tribes of the earth mourn, and glory. they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. 31 And he shall send his 27 And then shall he send his angels with a great sound of a angels, and shall gather trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost four winds, from one end of part of the earth to the heaven to the other. uttermost part of heaven. 32 Now learn a parable of the 28 Now learn a parable of the fig-tree; When his branch is fig-tree: When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer leaves, ye know that summer is _is_ nigh: near: 33 So likewise ye, when ye 29 So ye in like manner, when shall see all these things, ye shall see these things come know that it is near, _even_ to pass, know that it is nigh, at the doors. _even_ at the doors. 34 Verily, I say unto you, 30 Verily, I say unto you, This generation shall not That this generation shall not pass, till all these things be pass, till all these things be fulfilled. done. 35 Heaven and earth shall pass 31 Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not away: but my words shall not pass away. pass away. 36 But of that day and hour 32 But of that day and _that_ knoweth no _man_, no, not the hour knoweth no man, no, not angels of heaven, but my the angels which are in Father only. heaven, neither the Son, but the Father. 37 But as the days of Noe 33 Take ye heed, watch and _were_, so shall also the pray: for ye know not when the coming of the Son of man be. time is. 38 For as in the days that 34 _For the Son of man is_ as were before the flood, they a man taking a far journey, were eating and drinking, who left his house, and gave marrying and giving in authority to his servants, and marriage, until the day that to every man his work; and Noe entered into the ark,(255) commanded the porter to watch. 39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. 40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 41 Two _women shall be_ grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left. 42 Watch therefore; for ye 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord know not when the master of doth come. the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the cock-crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping. 37 And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch.

Luke. CH. XXI. 20-36. 20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. 21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. 22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. 23 But wo unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring; 26 Men’s hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken. 29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your ownselves that summer is now nigh at hand. 31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pass, know ye that the kingdom of God is nigh at hand. 32 Verily, I say unto you, This generation shall not pass away, till all be fulfilled. 33 Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away. 34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and _so_ that day come upon you unawares. 35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth. 36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pass, and to stand before the Son of man.

§ 129. Transition to Christ’s final coming. Exhortation. Parables. (Third Day Of The Week.) _Mount of Olives_.

Matthew. CH. XXIV. 43-51. CH. XXV. 1-30. 43 But know this, that if the good man 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. 44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh. 45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season? 46 Blessed _is_ that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing. 47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods. 48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite _his_ fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 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, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint _him_ his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. CH. XXV. Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom. 2 And five of them were wise, and five _were_ foolish. 3 They that _were_ foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps. 5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept. 6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh: go ye out to meet him. 7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps. 8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone out. 9 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. 10 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. 11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us. 12 But he answered and said, Verily, I say unto you, I know you not. 13 Watch therefore, for ye know neither the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man cometh. 14 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. 15 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. 16 Then he that had received the five talents, went and traded with the same, and made _them_ other five talents. 17 And likewise he that _had received_ two, he also gained other two. 18 But he that had received one, went and digged in the earth, and hid his lord’s money. 19 After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them. 20 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 besides them five talents more. 21 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. 22 He also that had received two talents came, and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents besides them. 23 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. 24 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 strewed: 25 And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth: lo, _there_ thou hast _that is_ thine. 26 His lord answered and said unto him, _Thou_ wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest(256) that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not strewed: 27 Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers, and then at my coming I should have received mine own with usury. 28 Take therefore the talent from him, and give _it_ unto him which hath ten talents. 29 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. 30 And cast ye the unprofitable servant into outer darkness: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

§ 130. Scenes of the Judgment Day. (Third Day Of The Week.) _Mount of Olives_.

Matthew. CH. XXV. 31-46. 31 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: 32 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: 33 And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 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: 35 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: 36 Naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me. 37 Then shall the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and fed _thee_? or thirsty, and gave _thee_ drink? 38 When saw we thee a stranger, and took _thee_ in? or naked, and clothed _thee_? 39 Or when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee? 40 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. 41 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: 42 For I was an hungered, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: 43 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. 44 Then shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee? 45 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. 46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

§ 131. The Rulers conspire. The Supper at Bethany. Treachery of Judas. (Fourth Day Of The Week.) _Jerusalem. Bethany_.

Matthew. Mark. CH. XXVI. 1-16. CH. XIV. 1-11. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said| unto his disciples, 2 Ye know that after two days After two days was _the feast_ is _the feast of_ the of the passover, and of passover, and the Son of man unleavened bread: and the is betrayed to be crucified. chief priests, and the scribes, sought how they might take him by craft, and put _him_ to death. 3 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, 4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill _him_. 5 But they said, Not on the 2 But they said, Not on the _feast-day_, lest there be an _feast-day_, lest there be an uproar among the people. uproar of the people. 6 Now when Jesus was in 3 And being in Bethany, in the Bethany, in the house of Simon house of Simon the leper, as the leper, he sat at meat, there came a woman having an alabaster-box of ointment of spikenard, very precious; and she brake the box, and poured _it_ on his head. 7 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_. 8 But when his disciples(257) 4 And there were some that had saw _it_, they had indignation within themselves, indignation, saying, To what and said, Why was this waste purpose _is_ this waste? of the ointment made? 9 For this ointment might have 5 For it might have been sold been sold for much, and given for more than three hundred to the poor. pence, and have been given to the poor. And they murmured against her. 10 When Jesus understood _it_, 6 And Jesus said, Let her he said unto them, Why trouble alone: why trouble ye her? she ye the woman? for she hath hath wrought a good work on wrought a good work upon me. me. 11 For ye have the poor always 7 For ye have the poor with with you; but me ye have not you always, and whensoever ye always. will ye may do them good: but me ye have not always. 12 For in that she hath poured 8 She hath done what she this ointment on my body, she could: she is come aforehand did _it_ for my burial. to anoint my body to the burying. 13 Verily, I say unto you, 9 Verily, I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole be preached throughout the world, _there_ shall also whole world, _this_ also that this, that this woman hath she hath done shall be spoken done, be told for a memorial of, for a memorial of her. of her. 14 Then one of the twelve, 10 And Judas Iscariot, one of called Judas Iscariot, went the twelve, went unto the unto the chief priests, chief priests, to betray him unto them. 15 And said _unto them_, What 11 And when they heard _it_, will ye give me, and I will they were glad, and promised deliver him unto you? And they to give him money. And he covenanted with him for thirty sought how he might pieces of silver. conveniently betray him. 16 And from that time he sought opportunity to betray him.

Luke. John.
CH. XXII. 1-6. CH. XII. 2-8.
Now the feast of unleavened
bread drew nigh, which is
called the Passover.
2 And the chief priests and
scribes sought how they might
kill him: for they feared the
people.
2 There they made him a
supper; and Martha served: but
Lazarus was one of them that
sat at the table with him.
3 Then took Mary a pound of
ointment of spikenard, very
costly, and anointed the
feet(258) of Jesus, and wiped
his feet with her hair: and
the house was filled with the
odour of the ointment.
4 Then saith one of his
disciples, Judas
Iscariot,(259) Simon’s _son_,
which should betray him,
5 Why was not this ointment
sold for three hundred pence,
and given to the poor?
6 This he said, not that he
cared for the poor, but
because he was a thief, and
had the bag, and bare what was
put therein.
7 Then said Jesus, Let her
alone: against the day of my
burying hath she kept this.
8 For the poor always ye have
with you; but me ye have not
always.
3 Then entered Satan into
Judas, surnamed Iscariot,
being of the number of the
twelve.
4 And he went his way, and
communed with the chief
priests and captains, how he
might betray him unto them.
5 And they were glad, and
covenanted to give him money.
6 And he promised, and sought
opportunity to betray him unto
them in the absence of the
multitude.

§ 132. Preparation for the Passover. (Fifth Day Of The Week.) _Jerusalem. Bethany_.

Matthew. Mark. CH. XXVI. 17-19. CH. XIV. 12-16. 17 Now the first _day_ of the 12 And the first day of _feast of_ unleavened bread, unleavened bread, when they the disciples came to Jesus, killed the passover, his saying unto him, Where wilt disciples said unto him, Where thou that we prepare for thee wilt thou that we go and to eat the passover? prepare, that thou mayest eat the passover? 18 And he said, Go into the 13 And he sendeth forth two of city to such a man, and say his disciples, and saith unto unto him, The Master saith, My them, Go ye into the city, and time is at hand; I will keep there shall meet you a man the passover at thy house with bearing a pitcher of water: my disciples.(260) follow him. 14 And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the good man of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 15 And he will shew you a large upper room furnished _and_ prepared: there make ready for us. 19 And the disciples did as 16 And his disciples when Jesus had appointed them; and forth, and came into the city, they made ready the passover. and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.

Luke. CH. XXII. 7-13. 7 Thence came the day of unleavened bread, when the passover must be killed. 8 And he sent Peter and John, saying, Go and prepare us the passover, that we may eat. 9 And they said unto him, Where wilt thou that we prepare? 10 And he said unto them, Behold, when ye are entered into the city, there shall a man meet you, bearing a pitcher of water; follow him into the house where he entereth in. 11 And ye shall say unto the good man of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guest-chamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples? 12 And he shall shew you a large upper room furnished: there make ready. 13 And they went and found as he had said unto them: and they made ready the passover.