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that hath shall be given; and from him that hath not, even what he hath shall be taken away.

But those my enemies, who would not that 1 should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me.

28 And when he had spoken these things, he went 29 before, going up to Jerusalem. And it came to pass, as he drew near to Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount called Olivet, that he sent two of his dis30 ciples, saying: Go into the opposite village, in which as ye are entering ye shall find a colt tied, whereon 31 no man ever sat; loose and bring him. And if any one ask you, why do ye loose him? thus shall ye say 32 to him, Because the Lord has need of him. And they that were sent forth departed, and found even 33 as he had said to them. And as they were loosing the colt, its owners said to them, Why loose ye the 34 colt? And they said, The Lord has need of him. 35 And they brought him to Jesus; and having cast

their garments upon the colt, they set Jesus thereon. 36 And as he went, they spread their garments in the 37 way. And as he was drawing near, just at the descent of the mount of the Olives, the whole multitude of the disciples began to rejoice, and praise God with a loud voice for all the miracles which they had 38 seen; saying: Blessed be the King that comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest !

39 And some of the Pharisees from the multitude

said to him: Teacher, rebuke thy disciples. And 40 he answered and said to them: I tell you that if these shall hold their peace, the stones will cry out.

And when he was come near, as he saw the city, 41 he wept over it, saying: If even thou hadst known, 42 at least in this thy day, the things that belong to thy peace! But now they are hidden from thine eyes. For days shall come upon thee, that thine 43 enemies will cast up a mound about thee, and compass thee round, and shut thee in on every side, and 44 will level thee with the ground, and thy children within thee, and will not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.

And entering into the temple, he began to cast 45 out those that sold; saying to them: It is written, 46 And my house shall be a house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of robbers.

And he was teaching daily in the temple; and the 47 chief priests and the, scribes and the chief of the people were seeking to destroy him, and could not 48 find what they might do; for all the people were very attentive to hear him.

XX. AND it came to pass, that on one of the 1 days, as he taught the people in the temple, and published the good news, the chief priests and the scribes came to him with the elders, and spake to 2

V. 48. Gr. hung, listening, upon him.

him, saying: Tell us, by what authority doest thou these things? Or who is he that gave thee this au

3 thority? And he answering said to them: I also 4 will ask you one thing; and tell it me. John's im5 mersion, was it from heaven, or from men? And they reasoned with themselves, saying: If we say, From heaven, he will say, Why then did ye not be6 lieve him? But if we say, From men, all the peo

ple will stone us; for they are persuaded that John 7 was a prophet. And they answered, that they knew 8 not whence it was. And Jesus said to them: Neither do I tell you by what authority I do these things.

9 And he began to speak to the people this parable: A man planted a vineyard, and let it out to 10 husbandmen, and went abroad for a long time. And at the season he sent a servant to the husbandmen, that they should give him of the fruit of the vineyard; but the husbandmen beat him, and sent him 11 away empty. And again he sent another servant'; and him also, having beaten and treated him shame12 fully, they sent away empty. And again he sent a third; and they wounded him also, and cast him out.

13 And the lord of the vineyard said: What shall I do? I will send my beloved son; perhaps, seeing 14 him, they will reverence him. But when the husbandmen saw him, they reasoned among themselves, saying: This is the heir; come, let us kill him, that

the inheritance may become ours. So they cast nim 15 out of the vineyard, and killed him. What therefore will the lord of the vineyard do to them? He 16 will come and destroy these husbandmen, and will give the vineyard to others. And when they heard it, they said, God forbid! And he, looking on them, 1 said: What then is this that is written, The stone which the builders disallowed, the same is become the head of the corner? Every one that falls upon 18 that stone shall be broken; but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.

And the scribes and the chief priests sought to 19 lay lands on him in that hour; and they feared the people; for they knew that he spake this parable against them.

And watching him, they sent forth spies, feigning 20 themselves to be just men, that they might take hold of his words, in order to deliver him up to the power, and to the authority of the governor. And they 21 asked him, saying: Teacher, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, and regardest not the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly. Is it lawful that we should give tribute to Cæsar, 22 or not? And perceiving their craftiness, he said to 23 them, Show me a denáry. Whose image and in- 24 scription has it? They answered and said, Cæsar's.

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25 And he said to them: Render therefore to Cæsar

the things that are Cæsar's, and to God the things 26 that are God's. And they could not take hold of his words before the people; and they marvelled at his answer, and held their peace.

27 Then came to him some of the Sadducees, who

deny that there is a resurrection; and they asked 28 him, saying: Teacher, Moses wrote to us, If a man's brother die, having a wife, and he die without children, that his brother should take his wife, and raise up seed to his brother.

29 There were therefore seven brothers; and the first 30 took a wife, and died without children; and the 31 second and the third took her; and in like manner 32 also the seven left no children, and died. At last 33 the woman also died. In the resurrection, therefore, of which of them is she wife? For the seven had her for a wife.

34 And Jesus answering said to them: The sons of 35 this world marry, and are given in marriage. But they who are accounted worthy to obtain that world, and the resurrection from the dead, neither marry, 36 nor are given in marriage; for neither can they die any more; for they are equal to the angels, and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.

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Now that the dead are raised, even Moses showed, at The Bush, when he calls the Lord the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Ja

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