thee over many: enter into the joy of thy lord. And 24 he also who had received the one talent came up to him and said, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou didst not sow, and gathering whence thou didst not scatter: and I was afraid and went away 25 and hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine

But his lord answered and said unto him, Evil 26 servant and slothful, didst thou know that I reap where I sowed not, and gather whence I did not scatter? Thou 27 oughtest therefore to have put my money to the bankers, and when I came I should have received mine own with interest. Take therefore the talent from him, and give 28 it unto him who has the ten talents. For unto every one 29 that has will be given and he will have abundance: but from him that has not, even what he has will be taken. And cast out the unprofitable servant into the outer dark- 30 ness; there will be the weeping, and the gnashing of teeth.

But when the Son of man shall have come in his glory, 31 and all the angels with him, then will he sit upon the throne of his glory: and before him will be gathered 32 together all the nations; and he will separate them one from another, as the shepherd separates the sheep from the goats, and will set the sheep on his right hand, but 33 the goats on the left. Then will the King say unto them 34 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 hungry and ye gave me to eat: I was 35 thirsty and ye gave me drink: I was a stranger and ye received me: naked and ye clothed me: I was sick and 36 ye visited me: I was in prison and ye came unto me. Then will the righteous answer him, saying, Lord, when 37 saw we thee hungry and fed thee? or thirsty and gave thee drink? when saw we thee a stranger and received thee? 38 or naked and clothed thee? and when saw we thee sick or 39 in prison and came unto thee? And the king will answer 40 and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye did it unto me. Then will he say also unto them on the left 41

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hand, Depart from me, accursed, into the everlasting fire 42 prepared for the devil and his angels. For I was hungry and ye gave me not to eat: I was thirsty and ye gave me 43 not drink: I was a stranger and ye received me not : naked and ye clothed me not: sick and in prison and 44 ye visited me not. Then will they also answer, saying, Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister 45 unto thee? Then will he answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, inasmuch as ye did it not to one of these 46 the least, neither did ye it to me. And these will go away into everlasting punishment; but the righteous into everlasting life.

CH. XXVI.

AND it came to pass when Jesus finished all these 2 sayings, he said unto his disciples, Ye know that after two days is the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified.

3 Then were gathered together the chief priests and the elders of the people unto the court of the high priest 4 called Kaiaphas; and they consulted that they might lay 5 hold of Jesus by craft, and kill him. But they said, Not at the feast, lest there be an uproar among the people.

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Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon 7 the leper, there came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it down 8 on his head, as he sat at table. And when his disciples saw, they were indignant, saying, To what purpose is this 9 destruction? for this could have been sold for much and 10 given to the poor. But when Jesus knew, he said unto them,

Why trouble ye the woman? for she wrought a good work 11 upon me. For the poor ye have always with yourselves, 12 but me ye have not always. For in that she cast this 13 ointment on my body, she did it for my burial. Verily I

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say unto you, wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, what this woman did will also be told for a memorial of her.

Then one of the twelve, called Judas Iscariot, went unto 15 the chief priests and said, What will ye give me, and I

will deliver him up unto you? And they weighed unto him thirty shekel-pieces. And from that time he was 16 seeking a good opportunity to deliver him up.

Now at the first day of the unleavened bread the dis- 17 ciples came to Jesus, saying, Where wilt thou that we prepare for thee to eat the passover? And he said, Go 18 into the city to such a man and say unto him, The Teacher says, My time is at hand; I keep the passover at thy house with my disciples. And the disciples did as Jesus com- 19 manded them, and prepared the passover.

Now when evening was come he sat down with the 20 twelve disciples. And as they did eat, he said, Verily 21 I say unto you that one of you will deliver me up. And 22 they were exceeding sorry, and began each one of them to say unto him, Is it I, Lord? And he answered and 23 said, He that dipped with me his hand in the dish, the same will deliver me up. The Son of man goes even as it 24 is written of him. But woe unto that man by whom the Son of man is delivered up! it were good for him if that man had not been born. Then Judas, he that delivers him 25 up, answered and said, Is it I, Rabbi ? He says unto him, Thou saidst it. And as they were eating, Jesus took a loaf 26 and blessed and brake, and gave to the disciples and said, Take, eat; this is my body. And he took a cup 27 and gave thanks, and gave to them, saying, Drink ye all of it; for this is my blood of the covenant, which 28 is shed for many for remission of sins. But I say unto 29 you, I will not drink henceforth of this the produce of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom.

And when they sang the hymn they went out to the 30 mount of Olives. Then says Jesus unto them, All ye will 31 be offended at me this night. For it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock will be scattered abroad. But after I shall have been raised, I will go before you into 32 Galilee. But Peter answered and said unto him, Though 33 all shall be offended at thee, I will never be offended. Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this 34

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35 night, before a cock crow, thou wilt deny me thrice. Peter says unto him, Though I should even die with thee, I will not deny thee. In like manner also said all the disciples. Then comes Jesus with them into an enclosure called Gethsemane, and says unto the disciples, Sit ye here till 37 I shall have gone away yonder and prayed. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to 38 be sorrowful and dejected. Then says he unto them, My soul is exceedingly sorrowful even unto death: abide here and 39 watch with me. And he approached a little nearer, and fell on his face praying and saying, O Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but 40 as thou. And he comes unto the disciples and finds them asleep, and says unto Peter, So ye were not able to 41 watch with me one hour? Watch and pray, that ye enter

not into temptation: the spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh 42 weak. Again he went away a second time and prayed

saying, O my Father, if it is not possible that this pass 43 except I drink it, thy will be done. And he came again and 44 found them asleep; for their eyes were heavy. And he left

them, and went away again and prayed a third time, saying 45 the same words again. Then comes he to the disciples and says unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest. Behold, the hour is at hand, and the Son of man is de46 livered up into sinners' hands. Rise, let us be going: behold, he that delivers me up is at hand.

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And while he was yet speaking, behold, Judas, one of the twelve, came, and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief priests and elders of the people. 48 Now he that delivers him up gave them a sign, saying, 49 Whomsoever I shall kiss, that is he: lay hold of him. And immediately he came up to Jesus and said, Hail, Rabbi, and 50 kissed him tenderly. But Jesus said unto him, Friend,

wherefore art thou come? Then they came up and laid hands. 51 on Jesus, and took hold of him. And, behold, one of them. with Jesus stretched out his hand and drew his sword, and smote the servant of the high priest and took off his ear. 52 Then says Jesus unto him, Return thy sword into its place:

for all they that take a sword will perish by a sword. Or 53 thinkest thou that I cannot entreat my Father, and he will furnish me now with more than twelve legions of angels? How then should the scriptures be fulfilled, that it must be 54 so? In that hour Jesus said to the multitudes, Ye came out 55 as against a robber with swords and staves to take me: I was sitting daily in the temple teaching, and ye did not lay hold of me. But all this is come to pass that the scriptures 56 of the prophets may be fulfilled. Then all the disciples left him and fled.

And they that laid hold of Jesus led him away to 57 Kaiaphas the high priest, where the scribes and the elders were gathered together. But Peter was following him 58 afar off unto the high priest's court, and went in, and was sitting with the attendants to see the end.

Now the chief priests and all the sanhedrim were seek- 59 ing false witness against Jesus, that they might put him to death, and found none, though many false witnesses came 60 up. But at last two came up and said, This one said, I am 61 able to destroy the temple of God and to build it within three days. And the high priest arose and said unto him, 62 Answerest thou nothing to what these witness against thee? But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest 63 answered and said unto him, I adjure thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou art the Christ, the Son of God. Jesus says unto him, Thou saidst it; never- 64 theless I say unto you, henceforth ye will see the Son of man sitting on the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven. Then the high priest rent his 65 garments, saying, He blasphemed; what further need have we of witnesses? behold, now ye heard the blasphemy. What think ye? They answered and said, He is liable 66 to death. Then did they spit in his face, and smote him 67 with their fists; and others smote him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy unto us, O Christ, who is he 68 that struck thee?

But Peter was sitting without in the court; and a maid 69 came up to him, saying, And thou wast with Jesus the