Part 38 (1/2)

37 But as the days of Noe 33 Take ye heed, watch and _were_, so shall also the pray: for ye know not when the coming of the Son of man be. time is.

38 For as in the days that 34 _For the Son of man is_ as were before the flood, they a man taking a far journey, were eating and drinking, who left his house, and gave marrying and giving in authority to his servants, and marriage, until the day that to every man his work; and Noe entered into the ark,(255) commanded the porter to watch.

39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away: so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.

40 Then shall two be in the field; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

41 Two _women shall be_ grinding at the mill; the one shall be taken, and the other left.

42 Watch therefore; for ye 35 Watch ye therefore: for ye know not what hour your Lord know not when the master of doth come. the house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or at the c.o.c.k-crowing, or in the morning: 36 Lest coming suddenly, he find you sleeping.

37 And what I say unto you, I say unto all, Watch.

Luke.

CH. XXI. 20-36.

20 And when ye shall see Jerusalem compa.s.sed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh.

21 Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto.

22 For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.

23 But wo unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people.

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, 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 powers of heaven shall be shaken.

29 And he spake to them a parable; Behold the fig-tree, and all the trees; 30 When they now shoot forth, ye see and know of your ownselves that summer is now nigh at hand.

31 So likewise ye, when ye see these things come to pa.s.s, know ye that the kingdom of G.o.d is nigh at hand.

32 Verily, I say unto you, This generation shall not pa.s.s away, till all be fulfilled.

33 Heaven and earth shall pa.s.s away: but my words shall not pa.s.s away.

34 And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and _so_ that day come upon you unawares.

35 For as a snare shall it come on all them that dwell on the face of the whole earth.

36 Watch ye therefore, and pray always, that ye may be accounted worthy to escape all these things that shall come to pa.s.s, and to stand before the Son of man.

-- 129. Transition to Christ's final coming. Exhortation. Parables. (Third Day Of The Week.) _Mount of Olives_.

Matthew.

CH. XXIV. 43-51. CH. XXV.

1-30.

43 But know this, that if the good man of the house had known in what watch the thief would come, he would have watched, and would not have suffered his house to be broken up.

44 Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not, the Son of man cometh.

45 Who then is a faithful and wise servant, whom his lord hath made ruler over his household, to give them meat in due season?

46 Blessed _is_ that servant, whom his lord, when he cometh, shall find so doing.

47 Verily I say unto you, That he shall make him ruler over all his goods.

48 But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; 49 And shall begin to smite _his_ fellow-servants, and to eat and drink with the drunken; 50 The lord of that servant shall come in a day when he looketh not for _him_, and in an hour that he is not aware of, 51 And shall cut him asunder, and appoint _him_ his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnas.h.i.+ng of teeth.

CH. XXV.

Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.

2 And five of them were wise, and five _were_ foolish.

3 They that _were_ foolish took their lamps, and took no oil with them: 4 But the wise took oil in their vessels with their lamps.

5 While the bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered and slept.

6 And at midnight there was a cry made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh: go ye out to meet him.

7 Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lamps.

8 And the foolish said unto the wise, Give us of your oil: for our lamps are gone out.

9 But the wise answered, saying, _Not so_; lest there be not enough for us and you: but go ye rather to them that sell, and buy for yourselves.

10 And while they went to buy, the bridegroom came; and they that were ready, went in with him to the marriage: and the door was shut.

11 Afterward came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to us.