ત a cometh. 14. For the kingdom of heaven is as a man travel- that had received two talents, came and faid, Lord, thou deliveredft unto me two talents: behold, I have gained two other talents befides them. 23. His lord faid unto him, Well done, good and faithful fervant, thou haft 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 faid, Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard man, reaping where thou haft not fown, and gathering where thou haft not ftrawed: 25. And I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in the earth lo, there thou haft that is thine. 26. His lord an fwered and faid unto him, Thou wicked and flothful fervant, thou knewest that I reap where I fowed not, and gather where I have not ftrawed: 27. Thou oughteft therefore to have put my money to the Exchangers, and then at my coming I thould have received mine own with ufury. 28. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. 29. For unto every one that hath fhall be given, and he fhall have abundance: but from him that hath not, fhall be taken away even that which he hath. 30. And caft ye the unprofitable fervant into outer darkness: there fhall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 31. When T the Son of man fhall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then fhall he fit upon the throne of his glory. 32. And before him fhall be gathered all nations; and he fhall feparate them one from another, as a fhepherd divideth his fheep from the goats. 33. And he fhall fet the fheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left. 34 • + Zech, 14: 5. Mat 16 27. ti Thef. 4. 16. 2. Thef. 1. 7. 'n Then venant. Ez. 34. 17, 20. As for you, O my Flock, thus faith the Lord God, Behold, I judge between Cattle and Cattle, between the Rams s and the He-goats. -Behold, I, even I will judge between the fat Cattle, and between the lean Cattle. Mal. 3. 18. Then fhall ye return and difcern between the Righ 5 † Jude ver. 12. † Rev. 1. 7. See 10 teous and the Wicked; between on A&t. I. H. Pt Rom. 14. 10. 10. See on A&t. 10. 42. + 2 Cor. 5. 9 † Ez. 20. 37. I will caufe you him that ferveth God, and him that ferveth him not. †Mat 13. 49. The Angels fhall come forth, and fever the Wicked from a to pals under the Rod, and I will 15 mong the Juft. bring you into the Bond of the Co e 36. Then fhall the King fay unto them on his right hand, Come, ye bleffed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me meat: I was thirty, and ye gave me drink I was a cftranger, and ye took me in: Naked, and ye clothed me: I was fick, and ye vifited me: I was in prifon, and ye came unto me. 37. Then fhall the righteous anfwer him, faying, Lord, when faw we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or thirfty, and gave thee drink? 38. When faw we thee a ftranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? 39. Or when faw we thee fick, or in prifon, and came unto thee? 40. And the King fhall anfwer, and fay unto them, Verily I fay unto you, In as much as ye have done it unto one of the leaft of thefe my brethren, ye have done it unto me. 41. Then fhall he fay alfo unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye curfed, into everlafting fire, prepared for the Devil and his angels. 42. For I was an hungred, and ye gave me no meat: I was thirfty, and ye gave me no drink: 43. I was a ftranger, and ye took me not in naked, and ye clothed me not: fick, and in prifon, and ye vifited me not. 44. Then fhall they alfo anfwer him, him, faying, Lord, when faw we thee an hungred, or athift, or a stranger, or naked, or fick, or in prifon, and did not minifter unto thee? 45. Then thall he anfwer them, faying, Verily I fay unto you, In as much as ye did it not to one of the leaft of thefe, ye did it not to me. 46. And these fhall k go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. AND CHA P. XXVI. ND it came to pafs, when Jefus had finished all these fayings, he faid unto his difciples, 2. Ye know that I after two days is the Feast of the paifover, and the Son of man is betrayed to be crucified. 3. Then affembled together the chief priests, and the fcribes, and the elders of the people, unto the palace of the high prieft, who was called Caiaphas, 4. And confulted that they might take Jefus by fubtilty, and kill him. 5. But they faid, Not on the feaftday, left there be an uprore among the people. 6. ¶ Now when Jefus was in n Bethany, in the houfe of Simon the leper. 7. There came unto him a woman having an alabafter 5 it Prov. 14. 31. He that oppreffeth the Poor, reproacheth his Maker: but he that honoureth him, hath mercy on the Poor. † Prov. 17. 5. Whofo mocketh the Poor, reproacheth his Maker. + Zech. 2. 8. Thus faith the Lord of Hofts, after the Glory hath he fent me to the Nations which fpoiled you, for he that toucheth you, toucheth 10 the Apple of his Eye. k * Dan. 12. 2. 28.29. See on Joh. 5. *Luk. 22. 1. * Joh. 13. 1. See box gathered together against the Lord, and against his Christ. * n Mar. 14. 3. And being in Bethany, in the Houfe of Simon the Leper, as he fat at Meat, there came a Woman, having an Alabafterbox of Ointment of Spikenard very precious; and the brake the Box, and poured it on his Head. Joh. 11. 1, 2. Now a certain Man was Sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the Town of Mary and her Sifter Martha. It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with Ointment; and wiped his Feet with her Hair, whofe Brother Lazarus was fick. Joh.12 3.Then tookMary a Pound of Ointment of Spikenard, very coftly and anointed the Feet of Jefus, and wiped his Feet with her Hair: and the Houfe was filled with the Odour of the Ointment. † Mat. 21. 17. He left them, and went A&. 4. 26. The Kings of the out of the City into Bethany, Earth food up, and the Rulers were 25 lodged there. * on Mar. 14. I. ກາ mt Pfal. 2. 2. The Kings of the Earth fer themselves, and the Rulers take Counfel together, against the Lord, and against his anointed. Joh. 11. 47. Then gathered the Chief Priests and the Pharifees a Council, and faid, What do we? for this man deth many Miracles. 15 20 and he fat at meat. box of very precious Ointment, and poured it on his head, as 8. But when his difciples faw it, they had indignation, faying, To what purpofe is this wafte? 9. For this ointment might have been fold for much, and given to the poor. 10. When Jefus understood it, he faid unto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for fhe hath wrought a good work upon me. 11. For ye have the P Poor always with you, but (1) me ye have not always. 12. For in that the hath poured this ointment on my body, fhe did it for my burial. 13. Verily I fay unto you, Wherefoever this gofpel fhall be preached in the whole world, there fhall alfo this that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her. 14. T Then one of the twelve, called ' Judas Iscariot, went unto the chief priests, 15. And faid unto them, What will ye give me, and I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of filver. 16. And from that time he fought opportunity to betray him. the "firft day of the feast of unleavened bread, the difciples 0.. Joh. 12. 4. Then faith one of his Difciples, Judas Iscariot, Simons fon, which fhould betray him. *Deut. 15. 11. The Poor fhall never cease out of the Land: therefore I command thee, faying, Thou fhalt open thine Hand wide unto thy Brother, to thy Poor, and to thy Needy in thy Land. Joh. 12.8. L See Mat. 18. 20. Where two or three are gathered together in my Name, there am I in the midst of them. Mat. 28. 20. -Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the World. Joh. 14. 19. Yet a little while and the World feeth me Joh. 16.28. I leave the World, and go to the Father. Act. 3.21. Whom the Heaven muft receive until the Times of Reftitution of all things. no more. f 17. Now came * Mar. 14. 10. Judas Iscariot, one of the Twelve, went unto the Chief Priests to betray him unto them. * Luk. 22. 3. Then entred Satan into Judas, firnamed fcariot, being of the Number of the Twelve. f Mat. 10. 4. Judas Iscariot, who alfo betrayed him. S+ Zech. 11. 12. If ye think 15 good, give me my Price: and if not, forbear: fo they weighed for my Price thirty Pieces of Silver. * Mat 27.3. 15 20 Mar. 14. 12. The First Day of unleavened Bread, when they killed the Paffover, his Difciples faid unto him, Where wilt thou that we go and prepare, that thou mayft eat the Paffover ? Luk. 22. 7. Then came the Day of unleavened Bread, when the Paffover must be kil led. (1) The References on this Verfe will be eafily reconciled, by diftinguishing between our Lord's Divine and Humane Nature. As Man, he Was to leave them, and go to the Father; but as God, he would be always prefent with them; or our Lord may be faid to be prefent by the Holy Spirit's being with them, whom he promifed to fend to supply his Abfence. ' |