Part 2 (2/2)

[48] Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

[49] Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

[50] For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

[51] Let your loins be girded about, and your lights burning; [52] And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding feast; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

[53] Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

[54] And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

[55] And this know, that if the goodman of the house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

[56] Be ye therefore ready also: for the Son of man cometh at an hour when ye think not.

[57] Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou this parable unto us, or even to all?

[58] And the Lord said, Who then is that faithful and wise steward, whom his lord shall make ruler over his household, to give them their portion of meat in due season?

[59] Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when he cometh shall find so doing.

[60] Of a truth I say unto you, that he will make him ruler over all that he hath.

[61] But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken; [62] The lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him, and at an hour when he is not aware, and will cut him in sunder.

[63] And that servant, which knew his lord's will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes.

[64] But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.

[65] And he said also to the people, When ye see a cloud rise out of the west, straightway ye say, There cometh a shower; and so it is.

[66] And when ye see the south wind blow, ye say, There will be heat; and it cometh to pa.s.s.

[67] Ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky and of the earth; but how is it that ye do not discern this time?

[68] Yea, and why even of yourselves judge ye not what is right?

[69] When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.

[70] I tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, till thou hast paid the very last mite.

CHAPTER 5.

[1] There were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices.

[2] And Jesus answering said unto them, Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans, because they suffered such things?

[3] I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

[4] Or those eighteen, upon whom the tower in Siloam fell, and slew them, think ye that they were sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem?

[5] I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.

[6] He spake also this parable; A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard; and he came and sought fruit thereon, and found none.

[7] Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why c.u.mbereth it the ground?

[8] And he answering said unto him, Lord, let it alone this year also, till I shall dig about it, and dung it: [9] And if it bear fruit, well: and if not, then after that thou shalt cut it down.

[10] And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat.

[11] And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

[12] And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

[13] Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

[14] But rather give alms of such things as ye have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you.

[15] But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye t.i.the mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pa.s.s over judgment and the love of G.o.d: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

[16] Woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in the markets.

[17] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them.

[18] Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also.

[19] And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

[20] Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye hindered.

[21] And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: [22] Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

[23] The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

[24] And great mult.i.tudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a s.h.i.+p, and sat; and the whole mult.i.tude stood on the sh.o.r.e.

[25] And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to sow; [26] And when he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the fowls came and devoured them up: [27] Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth: [28] And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

[29] And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them: [30] But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixtyfold, some thirtyfold.

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