47 Woe unto you! for ye "build the sepulchres of the prophets, and your fathers killed them. 48 Truly ye bear witness that ye allow 21 the deeds of your fathers: for they indeed 'killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

49 Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will 'send them 'prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

50 That the blood of all the prophets, which was shed from the foundation of the world, may be "required of this generation;

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P MAT. xxiii. 29: Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous.

9 EZEK. xviii. 19: Yet say ye, Why? doth not the son bear the iniquity of the father? When the son hath done that which is lawful and right, and hath kept all my statutes, and hath done them, he shall surely live.

HEB. xi. 35, 37: Others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection: They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheep-skins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented.

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MAT. xxiii. 34: Behold, I send unto you prophets, and wise men, and Scribes; and some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and some of them ye shall scourge in your synagogues, and persecute them from city to city.

t2 CHR. XXXVI. 15, 16: The LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets. 1 ESD. i. 51: They had his messengers in derision, and look, when the LORD spake unto them, they made a sport of his prophets. 2 do. i. 32: I sent unto you my servants the prophets, whom ye have taken and slain, and torn their bodies in pieces, whose blood I will require of your hands, saith the LORD. See on MAT. xxiii. 34.

GEN. ix. 5: Surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man. EXOD. xx. 5: I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and

51 From the 'blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias,22 which perished23 between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

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52 Woe unto you, Lawyers! for ye have taken away 24 the key of knowledge: ye enter not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.25

53 And as he said these things unto them, the Scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently,26 and to provoke him to speak of many things:

54 'Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.27

CHAP. XII.

1 Christ preacheth to his disciples to avoid hypocrisy, and fearfulness in publishing his doctrine: 13 warneth the people to beware of covetousness, by the parable of the rich man who set up greater barns: 22 we must not be over careful of earthly things, 31 but seek the kingdom of God, 33 give alms, 36 be ready at a knock to open to our Lord whensoever he cometh: 41 Christ's ministers are to see to

22 Zacharias, the son of Barachias. Wh. 23 whom they slew. Wh. 24 hidden. Wh. 25 forbad. A. V. 26 be starply angry with him. Ham. 27 seeking to obtain some occasion against him, that they might have wherewith to accuse him. Wh.

fourth generation of them that hate me. Ps. ix. 12: When he maketh inquisition for blood, he remembereth them. JER. li. 56: The spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite. REV. xviii. 24: In her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

▾ See on MAT. xxiii. 34.

MAT. xxiii. 13: Woe 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 entering to go in.

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their charge, 49 and look for persecution: 54 the people must take this time of grace, 58 because it is a fearful thing to die without reconciliation.

IN the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode2 one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, 'Beware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.

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2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known. 3 Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

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a MAT. xvi. 6: Then Jesus said unto them, Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. MARK, viii. 16: They reasoned among themselves, saying, It is because we have no bread.

b MAT. xvi. 12: Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.

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JOB, xii. 22: He discovereth deep things out of darkness. ECCLES. xii. 14: God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing. MAT. X. 26, MARK, iv. 22: There is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. LUKE, viii. 17: Nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad. 1COR. iv. 5: Therefore judge nothing before the time, until the Lord come, who both will bring to light the hidden things of darkness, and will make manifest the counsels of the hearts: and then shall every man have praise of God.

JOHN, xv. 14, 15: Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you. Henceforth I call you not servants; for the servant knoweth not what his lord doeth: but I have called you friends; for all things that I have heard of my Father I have made known unto you.

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8 Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

9 But he that denieth me before men shall be denied before the angels of God.

10 And 'whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven.'

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able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. See on Mat. x. 26, 28. 'MAT. x. 29: Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

8 Ps. xxxvi. 6: O LORD, thou preservest man and beast, do. cxlv. 15: The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their meat in due season.

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* MAT. x. 32: Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven. MARK, viii. 38: Whosoever shall be ashamed of me, and of my words, in this adulterous and sinful generation; of him also shall the Son of man be ashamed, when he cometh in the glory of the Father with the holy angels. 2 TIM. ii. 12: If we suffer, we shall also reign with him; if we deny him, he also will deny See on MAT. x. 32, 33. 'See on MAT. xii. 31.

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11 And when they "bring you unto the synagogues, and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

12 For the Holy Ghost shall "teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

13 ¶ And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

14 And he said unto him, 'Man, who made me a judge or a divider over you?

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JOHN, xviii. 36: Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.

PEXOD. XX. 17: The tenth commandment. Jos. vii. 21: When I saw among the spoils a goodly Babylonish garment, and two hundred shekels of silver, and a wedge of gold of fifty shekels weight, then I coveted them. Ps. cxix. 36: Incline my heart unto thy testimonies, and not to covetousness. PRO. xxi. 6: The getting of treasures by a lying tongue is a vanity tossed to and fro of them that seek death. do. xxviii. 16: The prince that wanteth understanding is also a great oppressor; but he that hateth covetousness shall prolong his days. Isa. lvii. 17: For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him. EZEK. Xxxiii. 31: They come unto thee as the people cometh, and they sit before thee as my people, and they hear thy words, but they will not do them: for with their mouth they show much love, but their heart goeth after their covetousness. Mic. ii. 2: They covet fields, and take them by violence; and houses, and take them away: so they oppress a man and his house, even a man and his heritage. MARK, vii. 21, 22: From within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, -covetousness. Rom. i. 29: Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness. 1 COR. vi. 10: Nor thieves, nor covetous, shall inherit the kingdom of