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M". 12.“ how shall then his kingdom stand? and if I A. D. 31. 27 “ by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do

your children cast them out ? therefore they 28 “ shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils “ by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of Dan.244.

& 7.14. 29 “ God is come unto you. «Or else how can one Is 49. 24. “ enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his

goods, except he first bind the strong man? 30“ and then he will spoil his house. He that “ is not with me is against me; and he that

gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 31 “ Wherefore I say unto you,

d All manner of a Heb.6.4, “ sin and ? blasphemy shall be forgiven unto 26, 29.

men: ° but the blasphemy against the Holy 1 John 5. 32 “ Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And

e Acts 7.51. “ whosoever speaketh a word against the Son “ of man, 'it shall be forgiven him: but who-1 Tim. 1. “ soever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it

“ shall not be forgiven him, neither in this Mk.3.30 “ world, neither in the world to come: because M". 12.“ they said, He hath an unclean spirit. Either

33 “ make the tree good, and his fruit good; or
66 else make the tree : corrupt, and his fruit

corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit.
34 “ ( * generation of vipers, how can ye, being

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evil, speak good things ? for out of the abund35 “ ance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good

man out of the good treasure of the heart

bringeth forth good things: and an evil man “ out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil 36 “ things. But I say unto you, That every idle

“ word that men shall speak, they shall give
37 “ account thereof in the day of judgment. For

by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by
thy words thou shalt be condemned.”

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d 3. 11. Ezek. 16.

51, 52.

Rom. 2.27. 66 e Jonah 3. 5.

1.

43. The scribes and Pharisees are rebuked for
seeking after a sign.

MW. 12. a THEN certain of the scribes and of the Pha

38 * 1 Cor. l. risees answered, saying, Master, we would see

a sign from thee. But he answered and said 39 • Is. 57.3. unto them, “ An evil and adulterous genera

“ tion seeketh after a sign; and there shall no

sign be given to it, but the sign of the proJonah 1. “ phet Jonas : 'for as Jonas was three days and 40

“ three nights in the ? whale's belly; so shall
“ the Son of man be three days and three nights
“ in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh 41

“ shall rise in judgment with this generation, See Jer." and shall condemn it : e because they re

pented at the preaching of Jonas; and, be“ hold, a greater than Jonas is here.

f The 42 queen of the south shall rise up in the judg

“ment with this generation, and shall condemn 1 Kin. 10. « it: for she came from the uttermost parts of 2 Chr. 9.1. “ the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon;

“and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.
“ No man, when he hath lighted a candle, L. 11.

putteth it in a secret place, neither under a 33
“ bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which

come in may see the light. The light of the 34

body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is
“ single, thy whole body also is full of light;
“ but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full
“ of darkness. Take heed therefore that the 35

light which is in thee be not darkness. If thy 36
“ whole body therefore be full of light, having

no part dark, the whole shall be full of light,
as when the bright shining of a candle doth

give thee light. When the unclean spirit is M". 12. 8 Job 1.7. “ gone out of a man, 8 he walketh through dry 43 1 Pet. 6. 8. « places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then 44

“ he saith, I will return into my house from
“ whence I came out; and when he is come, he

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Who are truly blessed.

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M". 12.“ findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then A. D. 31. 45“ goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other

spirits more wicked than himself, and they 6 enter in and dwell there: hand the last state h Heb. 6.4. “ of that man is worse than the first. Even so

2 Pet.2.20, “ shall it be also unto this wicked generation.” 21, 22.

h

& 10.26.

44. Christ declareth who are truly blessed. L. 11.

AND it came to pass, as he spake these
27

things, a certain woman of the company lifted
up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the

womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou
28 hast sucked. But he said, “Yea a rather, blessed - James 1.

are they that hear the word of God, and keep

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46

45. And who are his brethren. M". 12.

WHILE he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, de- *Acts 1.14.

1 Cor. 9. 5. L. 8. 19. siring to speak with him. And they could not

Gal. 1. 19. M". 12. come at him for the press. Then one said unto

47 him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand
48 without, desiring to speak with thee. But he
answered and said unto him that told him,

Who is my mother? and who are my bre-
" thren?” And he stretched forth his hand to-

ward his disciples, and said, “Behold my mother
50 " and my brethren! For whosoever shall do Gal. 5.6.

“ the will of my Father which is in heaven, the
“same is my brother, and sister, and mother.” Heb. 2. 11.

49

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& 6. 15. Col. 3.11.

A. D. 31.

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46. Reproveth the outward shew of holiness in
the Pharisees, scribes, and lawyers.

L. 11.
AND as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought

37 him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat down to meat. And when the Pharisee saw it, 38 he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner. And the Lord said unto him, “Now 39

“ do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the a Tit. 1.15. cup and the platter; but your inward part

“ is full of ravening and wickedness. Ye : fools, 40

“ did not he that made that which is without Is. 58. 7. “ make that which is within also ? b but rather 41 Dan. 4.27.

give alms * of such things as ye have; and,

behold, all things are clean unto you. But 42
“ woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye tithe mint
6 and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass

over judgment and the love of God: these

ought ye to have done, and not to leave the
“ other undone. Woe unto you, Pharisees ! for 43

ye love the uppermost seats in the synagogues,
" and greetings in the markets. Woe unto 44

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.” Then answered one of the lawyers, 45
and said unto him, Master, thus saying thou
reproachest us also. And he said, “Woe unto 46

you also, ye lawyers ! for ye lade men with
“ burdens grievous to be borne, and ye your-
“ selves touch not the burdens with one of your

fingers. Woe unto you! for ye build the se- 47

pulchres of the prophets, and your fathers
“ killed them. Truly ye bear witness that ye 48
“ allow the deeds of your fathers : for they in-
“ deed killed them, and ye build their sepul-
“ chres. Therefore also said the wisdom of God, 49
“I will send them prophets and apostles, and

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Against hypocrisy.

'63 L. 11.“ some of them they shall slay and persecute : A. D. 31. 50 “ that the blood of all the prophets, which was

“shed from the foundation of the world, may 51 “ be required of this generation ; d from the Gen. 4. 8.

“ blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, e 2 Chron. “ which perished between the altar and the 24. 20, 21.

, temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be re52“ quired of this generation. Woe unto you,

“ lawyers ! for ye have taken away the key of

“ knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and
53 “ them that were entering in ye hindered.” And

as he said these things unto them, the scribes
and the Pharisees began to urge him vehement-

ly, and to provoke him to speak of many things:
54 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch some-

thing out of his mouth, that they might accuse
him.

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47. Christ preacheth to his disciples and the pec

ple against hypocrisy, covetousness, &c. L. 12.

In the mean time, when there were gathered together an innumerable multitude of people, insomuch that they trode one upon another, he began to say unto his disciples first of all, “Be“ ware ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which 2“ is hypocrisy. For there is nothing covered,

" that shall not be revealed; neither hid, that 3“ shall not be known. Therefore whatsoever ye

have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the

light; and that which ye have spoken in the “ ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the 4." housetops. And I say unto you my friends, * Is. 51.7,

a “ Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and 8, 12, 13.

“ after that have no more that they can do. 5" But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: “ Fear him, which after he hath killed hath

power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, 6“ Fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two

farthings, and not one of them is forgotten 7“ before God? but even the very hairs of your

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Jer, 1. &

,