22 Render therefore unto Cæsar the things which are Cæsar's ; LESSON CCLXXI. The two great Commandments, etc. - Tuesday before the Cruci 35 36 37 88 89 40 41 42 43 fixion, continued. Then one of them, which was a lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him, and saying, Master, which is the great commandment in the law? Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. This is the first and great commandment. And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets. While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus asked them, Saying, What think ye of Christ? whose son is he? They say unto him, The son of David. He saith unto them, How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, 4 saying, The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool? If David 46 then call him Lord, how is he his son? And no man was able to answer him a word, neither durst any man from that day forth, ask him any more questions. 45 LESSON CCLXXII. Warning against the Scribes and Pharisees.-Tuesday before the MATT. XXIII. Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his dis- V. 1-2. 3 Moses' seat: All therefore whatsoever they bid you ob- 10 burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers. But all their works they do for to be seen of men: they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, And love the uppermost rooms at feasts, and the chief seats in the syna7 gogues, And greetings in the markets, and to be called of 8 men, Rabbi, Rabbi. But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Master, even Christ; and all ye are brethren. 9 And call no man your father upon the earth: for one is your Father, which is in heaven. Neither be ye called masters: for one is your Master, even Christ. But he that is greatest among you shall be your servant. whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and he that shall humble himself shall be exalted. 12 LESSON CCLXXIII. And Woes against the Scribes and Pharisees, continued.—Tuesday before the Crucifixion, continued. 18 But wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are 14 entering to go in. Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the 15 greater damnation. Wo 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 16 more the child of hell than yourselves. Wo unto you, ye blind guides which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the 17 gold of the temple, he is a debtor. Ye fools, and blind: for whether is greater, the gold, or the temple that sancti18 fieth the gold? And, Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gift that is 19 upon it, he is guilty. Ye fools, and blind: for whether 20 21 22 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 by heaven, sweareth by the 23 throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. Wo 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 24 other undone. Ye blind guides, which strain at a gnat, and swallow a camel. Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess. Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also. 25 28 LESSON CCLXXIV. Woes against the Scribes and Pharisees, continued, etc.-Tuesday before the Crucifixion, continued. 27 Wo 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, 28 and of all uncleanness. Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypoc29 risy and iniquity. Wo unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, 80 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 prophets. Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets. Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers. Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation of hell? 81 82 83 84 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 syna85 gogues, and persecute them from 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 8 temple and the altar. Verily I say unto you, All these things shall 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 children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! 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. 88 89 V. 41. 42 MARK XII. And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in much. And there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which 43 make a farthing. And he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, Verily I say unto you, That this poor widow hath cast more in, than all they which 44 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. LESSON CCLXXV. Our Lord, taking final Leave of the Temple, foretells its Destruction, etc.-Tuesday before the Crucifixion, continued. MARK XIII. And as he went out of the temple, one of his disciples saith unto him, Master, see what manner of V. 1. ด stones and what buildings are here! And Jesus answering said unto him, Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall 8 not be thrown down. And as he sat upon the mount of 6 Olives over against the temple, Peter and James and 4 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 deceive you : For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; 7 and shall deceive many. And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such ⚫ things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet. For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles: these are the beginnings of sorrows. : But take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten : and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my 10 sake, for a testimony against them. And the gospel must 11 first be published among all nations. 12 But when they shall lead you, and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak, neither do ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that speak ye: for it is not ye that speak, but the Holy Ghost. Now the brother shall betray the brother to death, and the father the son and children shall rise up against their parents, 18 and shall cause them to be put to death. And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved. LESSON CCLXXVI. The signs of Christ's Coming-Tuesday before the Crucifixion, V. 25. continued. LUKE XXI. | And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon. and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of na tions, 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 pow |