35 § 8. not God of the dead, but said well." § 8. 34 But when the 28 And one of the 39 And certain of the Pharisees heard that he Scribes came, and having Scribes answered and had put the Sadducees heard them reasoning said, "Rabbi! thou hast to silence, they were ga- together, and perceiving thered together for the that he had answered same purpose. And them well, asked him this one of them, a lawyer, question, "Which is the asked him a question, first commandment of trying him, and saying, all?" 29 And Jesus an"Rabbi! which is the swered him, "The first great commandment in commandment of all is, the law?" 37 Jesus said Hear, O Israel, The unto him, ""Thou shalt Lord our God is one love the Lord thy God Lord: * 30 and thou shalt with all thy heart, and love the Lord thy God with all thy soul, and with all thy heart, and with all thy mind: with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength:' this is the first 38 this is the first and great com commandment. mandment. 31 And the 39 And the second is like second is like it, namely it, 'Thou shalt love thy this, 'Thou shalt love neighbour as thyself. thy neighbour as thy 40 On these two com- self. There is no other Deut. 6; 4,3. • Or, The Lord, our God, the Lord is one, Κυριος, ὁ Θεος ήμων, Κυριος εις εστι. + Or, Well, Rabbi, thou hast said with truth, He is one'; (or, 'The Lord is one';) and there is no other except him. Griesbach reads, ότι είς εστι, και ουκ &c. 41 And he said unto Now the Pharisees 35 And Jesus answerbeing gathered together, ed and said, as he them, Jesus questioned them, was teaching in the 42 saying, "What think ye temple, "Why say the concerning the Christ? Scribes, The Christ is whose son is he?" They the son of David? 36 For say unto him, "The son David himself said by the holy spirit, 'The Lord saith to my lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' 37 Therefore David himself calleth him his lord; and whence is he his son?" And the great multitude heard him gladly. of David." 43 He saith unto them, "Why therefore doth David by the spirit call him his lord, saying, "The Lord said unto my lord, Sit thou on my right hand, till I make thine enemies thy footstool?' 45 If David therefore call him his lord, how is he his son?" 46 And no one was able to answer him a word, nor did any one dare from that day* to question him any more. § 10. 41 And Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the multitude cast money into the treasury. And many rich men cast in much. 42 And "Why say they that the Christ is the son of David? 43 Yet David himself saith in the book of Psalms, 'The Ps, 110; 1, Lord said unto my lord, Sit thou on my right hand, 43 till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' 44 David therefore calleth him his lord, and how is he his son? " • Or, from that time--since the next discourse of our Lord (Matt. xxiii.) was obviously delivered just before he finally left the Temple; (probably, like those preceding, in the Outer Court-say in Solomon's Portico). For the same reason, the record respecting the Widow is here placed before that discourse. MATT. XXIII. MARK XII. LUKE XΧΙ. ΧΧ. §11. Then spake Jesus to the multitudes, and to his disciples, 2 saying, "The Scribes and the Phariseessit in the seat of Moses: all things therefore, whatsoever they tell you to observe, observe and do; but do not according to their works: for they say, and do not. For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves are not willing to move them with one of their fingers. • Now all their works they do in order to be seen by men. And they make broad their phylacteries, and enlarge the borders of their garments, and love the chief place at feasts, and the chief seats in the synagogues, 7 and salutations in the market JOHN MATT. XXIII. places, and to be called of men, Rabbi! Rabbi! 8 But be not ye called Rabbi: for one is your Leader; * and all ye are brethren. And call not any one your Father upon the earth: for one is your Father, who is in heaven. 10 Nor be ye called Leaders; for one is your Leader, even the Christ. 11 But the greatest among you shall be your servant. 12 And whosoever shall exalt himself shall be humbled; and whosoever shall humble himself shall be exalted. + 14 "But woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses, and for widows' houses, and for widows' houses, and for a pretence make long a pretence make long prayers: therefore ye shall receive the greater condemnation. 13 Woe for you Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye enter not yourselves; nor do ye suffer them that are entering to enter. 15 Woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte; and when he hath become so, ye make him twofold more prayers: these will re- a pretence make long • Or, Guide, or Teacher, καθηγητης. In ver. 16, όδηγοι is properly rendered guide; otherwise that word might be employed here. + Griesbach places ver. 14 before ver. 13; and from the word "hypocrites" in ver. 14, to the same word in ver. 13, the last inclusive, he prefixes the mark of probable omission. † Or, before, εμπροσθεν : the word here denotes an impediment thrown before any one. MATT. XXIII. a son of hell than your. selves. 16 Woe 'for you, blind guides! who say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.' 17 Foolish and blind! for which is greater? the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? 18 And Whosoever shall swear by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gift that is upon it, he is bound by his oath.' 19 Foolish and blind! for which is greater? the gift, or the altar that sanctifieth the gift? 20 He therefore that sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. 21 And he that sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. 22 And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. 23 Woe for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and omit the weightier matters of the law-justice, mercy, and faithfulness : but these things ye ought to have done, and not to leave the other undone. 24 Blind guides! who strain out agnat, and swallow a camel. 25 Woe for you, Scribes and |