164

Parable of the ten virgins,

5. 6.

P Acts 20.66
28.
1 Cor. 4. 2.

15.

A. D. 33. “ in what watch the thief would come, he would M". 24.

“ have watched, and would not have suffered
• 1 Thess. “ his house to be broken up. Therefore be ye 44

“ also ready: for in such an hour as ye think
“ not the Son of man cometh.

“ For the Son of man is as a man taking a Mk. 13. “ far journey, who left his house, and gave 34

authority to his servants, and to every man “ his work, and commanded the porter to watch.

Who then is a faithful and ? wise servant, M". 24.

66 whom his lord hath made ruler over his hous- 45
Heb. 3. 5. “ hold, to give them meat in due season?
9 Rev. 16. “ 9 Blessed is that servant, whom his lord when 46

“ he cometh shall find so doing. Verily I say 47
“ unto you, That he shall make him ruler over
“ all his goods. But and if that evil servant 48
“ shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his

coming; and shall begin to smite his fel- 49
“ lowservants, and to eat and drink with the

drunken; the lord of that servant shall come 50 “ in a day when he looketh not for him, and in

an hour that he is not aware of, and shall cut 51 “ him asunder, and appoint him his portion “ with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping “ and gnashing of teeth. Watch ye therefore: Mk 13. “ for ye know not when the master of the 35 “house cometh, at even, or at midnight, or " at the cockcrowing, or in the morning : lest 36

coming suddenly he find you sleeping. And 37 6

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

“ Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened MW. 25.

“ unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and 1 r Eph. 5. “ went forth to meet 'the bridegroom. And 2

“ five of them were wise, and five were foolish.
& 21.2, 9.“ They that were foolish took their lamps, and 3

“ took no oil with them: but the wise took oil 4
“ in their vessels with their lamps. While the 5
bridegroom tarried, s they all slumbered and
slept. And at midnight there was a cry 6

3

29, 30.

Rev. 19.7.

s1 Thess.
5. 6.
t 1 Thess.

66

t

66

9

u

13

* 1 Cor. 16.

1 Thes. 5. 6. 1 Pet.

14

M". 25.“ made, Behold, the bridegroom cometh; go ye A. D. 33.

7" out to meet him. Then all those virgins arose,
8" and trimmed their lamps. And the foolish
" said unto the wise, Give us of your oil; for

our lamps are gone out. But the wise an-
swered, saying, Not so; lest there be not

enough for us and you: but go ye rather to
10 “ them that sell, and buy for yourselves. 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, say-
12“ ing, Lord, Lord, open to us. But he answered
“ and said, Verily I say unto you, "I know you " Ps. 5. 5.

Hab. 1. 13. not. * Watch therefore, for ye know neither “ the day nor the hour wherein the Son of man 13. “ cometh."

" For the kingdom of heaven is as a man 5. 8. Rev. “ ? travelling into a far country, who called his 16. 15.

own servants, and delivered unto them his 15 “ goods. And unto one he gave five talents,

“ to another two, and to another one; y to y Ro. 12.6.

“ every man according to his several ability; 7,11,29. 16 “ and straightway took his journey. Then he Eph. 4. 11.

" that had received the five talents went and

“ traded with the same, and made them other 17 “ five talents. And likewise he that had received 18“ two, he also gained other two. But he that

“ had received one went and digged in the 19 “ earth, and hid his lord's money. After a long

“ time the lord of those servants cometh, and 20 “ reckoneth with them. And so he that had

received five talents came and brought other “ five talents, saying, Lord, thou deliveredst

“ unto me five talents: behold, I have gained
21 “ beside them five talents more. His lord said

“ unto him, Well done, thou good and faithful
“ servant: thou hast been faithful over a few
things, I will make thee ruler over many

2 intending to travel.

Cor. .

C.

166

Parable of the talents.

2. 2 Tim. 2. 12.

66

A. D. 33. “ things: enter thou into "the joy of thy lord. M". 25. * Heb. 12. “ He also that had received two talents came 22

“ and said, Lord, thou deliveredst unto me two 1 Pet. 1. 8. “ talents : behold, I have gained two other

“ talents beside them. His lord said unto him, 23
“ Well done, good and faithful servant; thou
“ hast been faithful over a few things, I will
“ make thee ruler over many things : enter
“ thou into the joy of thy lord. Then he which 24
“ had received the one talent came and said,
“ Lord, I knew thee that thou art an hard

man, reaping where thou hast not sown, and
gathering where thou hast not strawed: and 25
“ I was afraid, and went and hid thy talent in
“ the earth: lo, there thou hast that is thine.
“ His lord answered and said unto him, Thou 26
“ wicked and slothful servant, thou knewest
“ that I reap where I sowed not, and gather
“ where I have not strawed: thou oughtest 27
“ therefore to have put my money to the ex-

changers, and then at my coming I should
“ have received mine own 2 with usury. Take 28
“ therefore the talent from him, and give it
“ unto him which hath ten talents. For unto 29

every one that hath shall be given, and he
“ shall have abundance : but from him that
“ hath not shall be taken away even that which
“ he hath. And cast ye the unprofitable servant 30
“ into outer darkness: there shall be weeping
“ and gnashing of teeth.”

31

66

a

11. Thes

с

2 Thes.1.7.

b Rom. 14

Rev. 20.12.

с

d Rom. 8.

9. & 3.9.

h

36

el Cor. 2.9. ? Heb.11.16.

119. The description of the last judgment. M". 25.

6 a WHEN the Son of man shall come in his A. D. 33.

glory, and all the holy angels with him, then • Zech. 14. 32" shall he sit upon the throne of his glory: and 5. Act5.2

“ bbefore him shall be gathered all nations: and 4. 16.
“ he shall separate them one from another, as Jude 14.

“ a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats: Rev. 1. 7.
33 “ and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, 10.
34“ but the goats on the left. Then shall the King 2Cor. 5.10.

“say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye Ezek. 20. “ blessed of my Father, dinherit the kingdom 38. & 34.

17, 20. prepared for you from the foundation of the 35" world : *for I was an hungred, and ye gave 17. me meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me

1 Pet. 1.4, “ drink: I was a stranger, and ye ? took me Rev. 21.7.

%
“ in: "naked, and ye clothed me: I was sick,
and
ye

3 visited me: I was in prison, and * Is. 58. 7. 37 “ ye came unto me. Then shall the righteous Fam. 1.27.

answer him, saying, Lord, when saw we thee & Heb.13.2. “ an hungred, and fed thee ?. or thirsty, and gave James. 38 “ thee drink? when saw we thee a stranger, and 15, 16. 39 “ took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? or

“ when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came
40“ unto thee? And the King shall answer and

“say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inas- * Prov. 14.
“ much as ye have done it unto one of the least
“ of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Heb. 6. 10.

me. Then shall he say also unto them on the
“ left hand, 'Depart from me, ye cursed, into ' Ps. 6. &

“ everlasting fire, prepared for in the devil and m 2 Pet. 2 . 42“ his angels : for I was an hungred, and ye gave

“me no meat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me 43 “ no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me

“ not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick,
44 “ and in prison, and ye visited me not. Then
“shall they also answer him, saying, Lord, when

saw we thee an hungred, or athirst, or a
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and

lodged me. 3 looked after me. D.

3 John 5

n Prov. 14. 66 n 31. & 17.5. Zech. 2. 8.

o Dan. 12. 2. Rom. 2.

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Mary anointeth Christ's feet. A. D. 33. “ did not minister unto thee? Then shall he M". 25.

answer them, saying, Verily I say unto you, 45

Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least “ of these, ye did it not to me.

And these 46 Acts 9, 5. “ shall go away into everlasting punishment :

“ but the righteous into life eternal.” 7, &c.

And in the day time he was teaching in the L. 21. temple; and at night he went out, and abode 37 in the mount that is called the mount of Olives. And all the people came early in the morning 38 to him in the temple, for to hear him. 120. The rulers conspire against Christ. Mary

anointeth his feet. Satan prepares Judas to

betray him.
And it came to pass, when Jesus had finish-MW. 26.
ed all these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 1
“ Ye know that after two days is the feast 2

of the passover, and the Son of man is be-
trayed to be crucified.”

a Then assembled together the chief priests, 3 Acts 4.25,

and the scribes, and the elders of the people,
unto the palace of the high priest, who was
called Caiaphas, and consulted that they might 4
take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him. But they 5
said, Not on the feast day, lest there be an
uproar among the people.

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the 6
house of Simon the leper, there they made him J. 12.
a supper; and Martha served: but Lazarus was 2
one of them that sat at the table with him.
Then took Mary a pound of? ointment of spike- 3
nard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus,
and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house
was filled with the odour of the ointment. But Mo. 26.
when his disciples saw it, they had indignation. 8
Then saith one of his disciples, Judas Iscariot, J. 12. 4
Simon's son, which should betray him, Why was 5
not this ointment sold for three hundred pence,

a Ps. 2. 2.

&c.