MATT. X. than me, is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me: 38 and he that doth not take up his cross, and follow after me, is not worthy of me. 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it and he that loseth his life for my sake shall find it. 40 "He that receiveth you receiveth me, and he that receiveth me receiveth him that sent me. 41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's reward; and he that receiveth a righteous man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward. 42 And whosoever shall give unto one of these little ones* a cup of cold water only to drink in the name of a disciple, verily I say unto you, he shall in nowise lose his reward." CH. XI. And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence, to teach and to preach in their cities. MARK VI. LUKE IX. JOHN and preached that all should repent. 13 And they cast out many demons, and anointed with oil many sick persons, and healed them. 12 And they went forth, • And they went forth, and went through the villages, publishing their glad tidings, and healing every where. • Or, these my followers (or, servants). Kuinoel (from Boltenius) observes that little, denotes also attendant, follower, disciple. It is opposed to רב great, which also signifies master. RECORDS OF CHRIST'S MINISTRY. PART V. TRANSACTIONS OF CHRIST AFTER SENDING FORTH THE APOSTLES SHORTLY BEFORE THE FEAST OF DEDICATION, TILL ALL OF THEM HAD COLLECTED TO HIM AFTER THE DEATH OF THE BAPTIST. 2 SECT. I. The Message of the Baptist, and our Lord's Reply. MATT. XI. Now John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent two of his disciples, 18 AND the disciples of John told him concerning all these things. 19 And John, having called unto him certain two of his disciples, sent them to Jesus, saying, "Art thou he that cometh, or do we look for another?" 20 Now when the men came unto him, they said, "John the Baptist hath sent us unto thee, saying, Art thou he that cometh, or do we look for another?" 21 (Now in the same hour he healed many of diseases and grievous disorders and evil spirits; and to many blind he 22 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, "Go and tell John what things ye hear and see: 5 the blind receive sight, and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the granted sight). And Jesus JOHN dead are raised, and the poor deaf hear, the dead are raised, * Μαστιγων, scourges. In the Gospels, the original word occurs only in Mark iii. 10. v. 29, 34. Luke vii. 21. N 10 For this is he, concerning Mal. 3; 1. phet. 27 This is he, concerning whom it is written, 'Behold, I whom it is written, 'Behold, I send my messenger before thy αγγελον send my messenger before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.' 11 Verily I say unto you, Among those born of women there hath not been raised up a greater than John the Baptist: yet the least in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. 12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent take it by force.t 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. 1" And if ye are willing to receive it, he is Elijah, that was about to come. 15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.' 28 For I say unto you, Among those born of women, there is no greater prophet than John the Baptist: yet the least in the kingdom of God is greater than he." JOHN * σκανδαλίσθη εν εμοι. See Note on Matt. v. 29, p. 62. + Or, the kingdom of heaven is entered with eagerness, and the eager seize it with avidity. The days of John the Baptist' refers to the commencement of his public preaching; about fourteen months before the present period. MATT. XI. 16 "Now to what shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in market-places, and calling unto their companions, 17 and saying, 'We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not lamented.' 18 For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, 'He hath a demon.' 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, 'Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And yet wisdom is justified by her children." justified God, having been baptized with the baptism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and the lawyers rejected the counsel of God in relation to themselves, not having been baptized by him). 31 "To what, therefore, shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like? 32 They are like unto children sitting in the market-place, and calling one to another, and saying, 'We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned unto you, and ye have not wept.' 33 For John the Baptist came neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, 'He hath a demon.' 34 The Son of man hath come eating and drinking; and ye say, 'Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!' 35 And yet wisdom is justified by all her children," JOHN SECT. II. Jesus, at the House of Simon the Pharisee, receives the grateful Services of the Woman who had been a Sinner. LUKE VII. 36 Now one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him; and he entered into the Pharisee's house, and placed himself at table. 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, who had been a sinner, when she knew that Jesus was at table in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster vase of balsam, 38 and stood behind at his feet weeping, and began to wet his feet with tears; and she wiped them with the hair of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the balsam.* 39 But when the Pharisee JOHN • Or, (following the pecullar force of the Greek imperfect), and she kept wiping them with the hair of her head, and kissing his feet, and anointing them with the balsam.-Campbell well renders μυρον balsam, |