in Daniel before the king in haste and said thus unto him †Cald. 〈…〉 â—ave â—ound I have found a man of the †Cald. children of clecaptivity of â—udah captives of Judah that will make known unto the king the interpretation 26 The king answered and said to Daniel whose name was Belteshazzar Art thou able to make known unto me the dream which I have seen and the interpretation thereof 27 Daniel answered in the presence of the king and said The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wis men the astrologers the magicians the soothsayers shew unto the king 28 But there is a God in heaven that revealeth secrets and †Cald. â—ath made known maketh known to the king Nebuchadnezzar what shall be in the latter days Thy dream and the visions of thy head upon thy bed are these 29 As for thee O king thy thoughts †Cald. came up came into thy mindes upon thy bed what should come to pass hereafter and he that revealeth secrets maketh known unto thee what shall come to pass 30 But as for me this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more then any living but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart 31 ¶ Thou O king †Cald. wast sâ—ting sawest and behold a great image this great image whose brightness was excellent stood before thee and the form thereof was terrible 32 This images head was of fine gold his breast and his arms of silver his belly and his ‖ Or sides thighs of brass 33 His legs of iron his feet part of iron and part of clay 34 Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out ‖ Or which was not in bands as ver 45. without hands which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay and brake them to pieces 35 Then was the iron the clay the brass the silver and the gold broken to pieces together and became like the chaff of the summer-threshing-floors and the wind carried them away that no place was found for them and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain and filled the whole earth 36 ¶ This is the dream and we will tell the interpretation thereof before the king 37 Thou O king art a king of kings for the God of heaven hath given thee a kingdom power and strength and glory 38 And wheresoever the children of men dwell the beasts of the field and the fowls of the heaven hath he given into thine hand and hath made thee ruler over them all thou art this head of gold 39 And after thee shall arise another kingdom inferiour to thee and another third kingdom of brass which shall bear rule over all the earth 40 And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things and as iron that breaketh all these shall it break in pieces and bruise 41 And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes part of potters clay and part of iron the kingdom shall be divided but there shall be in it of the strength of the iron forasmuch as thou sawest the iron mixed with miry clay 42 And as the toes of the feet were part of iron and part of clay so the kingdom shall be partly strong and partly ‖ Or brieâ—â— broken 43 And whereas thou sawest iron mixâ— with miry clay they shall mingle themselves with the seed of men but they shall not cleave †Cald. 〈◊〉 with this one to another even as iron is not mixed with clay 44 And in †Cald. their days the days of these kings shall the God of heaven set up a kingdom * Ch. 4. â— â—4 6.26 7.14 27. Mic 4.7 Lu. 1.33 which shall never be destroyed and the †Cald. kingdom thereof kingdom shall not be left to other people but it shall break in pieces and consume all these kingdom and it shall stand for ever 45 Forasmuch as thou sawest that the stone was cut out of the mountain ‖ Or which was not in band without hands and that it brake in pieces the iron the brass the clay the silver and the gold the great God hath made known to the king what shall come to pass †Cald. â—fter this hereafter and the dream is certain and the interpretation thereof sure 46 ¶ Then the king Nebuchadnezzar fell upon his face and worshipped Daniel and commanded that they should offer an oblation and sweet odours unto him 47 The king answered unto Daniel and said Of a truth it is that your God is a God of gods and a Lord of kings and a revealer of secrets seeing thou couldest reveal this secret 48 Then the king made Daniel a great man and gave him many great gifts and made him ruler over the whose province of Babylon and * Ch. â— 9 chief of the governours over all the wise men of Babylon 49 Then Daniel requested of the king and he set Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego over the affairs of the province of Babylon but Daniel sat in the gate of the king CHAP. III. 1 Nebuchadnezzar dedicateth a god â—en image in Dura 8 Sâ—adraâ—h Mesâ—ach and Abed-nego are accused for 〈◊〉 â—â—rshipping the image 13 They being threatned make a good consâ—sâ—on 19 God deliversseth them out of the furnace 2. Nebuchadnezzar sâ—me the miracle blesseth God NEbuchadnezzar the king made an image of gold whose height was threescore cubits and the breadth thereof six cubits he set it up in the plain of Dura in the province of Babylon 2 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king sent to gather together the princes the governours and the captains the judges the treasurers the counsellours the sheriffs and all the rulers of the provinces to come to the dedication of the image which Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up 3 Then the princes the governours and captains the judges the treasurers the counsellours the sheriffs and all the rulers of the provinces were gathered together unto the dedication of the image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up and they stood before the image that Nebuchadnezzar had set up 4 Then an herauld cried †Cald. with miâ—â—â— aloud To you †Cald. they command it is commanded O people nations and languages 5 That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet flute harp sackbut psaltery ‖ Or sining †Cald. sympâ—oâ—â— dulcimer and all kinds of musick ye fall down and worship the golden image that Nebuchadnezzar the king hath set up 6 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth shall the same hour be cast into the midst of a burning fiery furnace 7 Therefore at that time when all the people heard the sound of the cornet flute harp sackbut psaltery and all kinds of musick all the people the nations and the languages fell down and worshipped the golden
of the field had shadow under it and the fowls of the heaven dwelt in the boughs thereof and all flesh was fâ—d of it 13 I saw in the visions of my head upon my bed and behold a watcher and an holy one came down from heaven 14 He cried †Cald. with might aloud and faid thus How down the tree and cut off his branches shake off his leaves and scatter his fruit let the beasts get away from under it and the fowls from his branches 15 Nevertheless leave the stump of his roots in the earth even with a band of iron and brass in the tender grass of the field and let it be wet with the dew of heaven and let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the earth 16 Let his heart be changed from mans and let a beasts heart be given unto him and let seven times pass over him 17 This matter is by the decree of the watchers and the demand by the word of the holy ones to the intent that the living may know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will and setteth up over it the basest of men 18 This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen now thou O Belteshazzar declare the interpretation thereof forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not able to make known unto me the interpretation but thou art able for the spirit of the holy gods is in thee 19 ¶ Then Daniel whose name was Belteshazzar was astonied for one hour and his thoughts troubled him the king spake and said Belteshazzar let not the dream or the interpretation thereof trouble thee Belteshazzar answered and said My lord the dream be to them that hate thee and the interpretation thereof to thine enemies 20 The tree that thou sawest which grew was strong whose height reached unto the heaven and the â—ight thereof to all the earth 21 Whose leaves were fair and the fruit thereof much and in it was meat for all under which the beasts of the field dwelt and upon whose branches the fowls of the heaven had their habitation 22 It is thou O king that art grown and become strong for thy greatness is grown and reacheth unto heaven and thy dominion to the end of the earth 23 And whereas the king saw a watcher and an holy one coming down from heaven and saying Hew the tree down and destroy it yet leave the stump of the roots thereof in the earth even with a band of iron and brass in the tender grass of the field and let it be wet with the dew of heaven and let his portion be with the beasts of the field till seven times pass over him 24 This is the interpretation O king and this is the decree of the most High which is come upon my lord the king 25 That they shall * Ch. 5.21 c. drive thee from men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field and they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen and they shall wet thee with the dew of heaven and seven times shall pass over thee till thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will 26 And whereas they commanded to leave the stump of the tree-roots thy kingdom shall be sure unto thee after that thou shalt have known that the heavens do rule 27 Wherefore O king let my counsel be acceptable unto thee and break off thy sins by righteousness and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor if it may be ‖ Or an beaâ—ing of thineerroâ—â— a lengthning of thy tranquillity 28 ¶ All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar 29 At the end of twelve moneths he walked ‖ Or upon in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon 30 The king spake and said Is not this great Babylon that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power and for the honour of my majesty 31 While the word was in the kings mouth there fell a voice from heaven saying O king Nebuchadnezzar to thee it is spoken The kingdom is departed from thee 32 And they shall drive thee from men and thy dwelling shall be with the beasts of the field they shall make thee to eat grass as oxen and seven times shall pass over thee until thou know that the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men and giveth it to whomsoever he will 33 The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar and he was driven from men and did eat grass as oxen and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till his hairs were grown like eagles feathers and his nails like birds claws 34 And at the end of the days I Nebuchadnezzar lift up mine eyes unto heaven and mine understanding returned unto me and I blessed the most High and I praised and honoured him that liveth for ever whose dominion is * Ch. 7.14 Mic. 4.7 Lu. 1.33 an everlasting dominion and his kingdom is from generation to generation 35 And all the inhabitants of the earth are reputed as nothing and he doeth according to his will in the army of heaven and among the inhabitants of the earth and none can stay his hand or say unto him * Job 9.12 If. 45.9 What doest thou 36 At the same time my reason returned unto me and for the glory of my kingdom mine honour and brightness returned unto me and my counsellours and my lords sought unto me and I was established in my kingdom and excellent majesty was added unto me 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven all whose works are truth and his ways judgement and those that walk in pride he is able to abase CHAP. V. 1 Belshazzars impious â—east 5 A â—and-writing unknown to the magicians troubleth the king 10 At the commendation of the queen Daniel is brought 17 He reproving the king of pride and idolatry 25 readeth and interpreteth the writing 30 The monarchy is translated to the Medes BElshazzar the king made a great feast to a thousand of his lords and drank wine before the thousand 2 Belshazzar whiles he tasted the wine commanded to bring the golden and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had †Cald. brought forth taken out of the temple which was in Jerusalem that the king and his princes his wives and his concubines might drink therein 3 Then they brought the golden vessels that were taken out of the temple of the house of God which was at Jerusalem and the king and his princes his wives and his concubines drank in them 4 They drunk wine and praised the gods of gold and of silver of brass of iron of wood and of stone 5 ¶ In the same hour came forth fingers of a mans hand and wrote over against the candlestick upon the plaister of the wall of the kings palace and the king saw the
you * Luk. 6.27 Love your enemies bless them that curse you do good to them that hate you and pray * Luk. 23.34 Acts 7. â—â— for them which despightfully use you and persecute you 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven for he maketh the sun to rise on the evil and on the good and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust 46 * Luk. 6.32 For if ye love them which love you what reward have ye do not even the publicans the same 47 And if ye salute your brethren onely what do you more then others do not even the publicans so 48 Be ye therefore perfect even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect CHAP. VI. 1 Christ continueth his sermon in the mount speaking of alms 5 prayer 14 forgiving our brethren 16 fasting 19 where our treasure is to be laid up 24 of serving God and mammon 25 exhorteth not to be careful for wordly things 33 but to seek Gods kingdom TAke heed that ye do not your alms before men to be seen of them otherwise ye have no reward ‖ Or with of your Father which is in heaven 2 Therefore * Rom. 12.8 when thou doest thine alms ‖ Or cause not a trumpet to be sounded do not sound a trumpet before thee as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets that they may have glory of men Verily I say unto you they have their reward 3 But when thou doest alms let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth 4 That thine alms may be in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly 5 ¶ And when thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men Verily I say unto you they have their reward 6 But thou when thou prayest enter into thy closet and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father which is in secret and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly 7 But when ye pray use not vain * Ecclus 7.14 repetitions as the heathen do for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them for your father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him 9 After this manner therefore pray ye * Luk. 11. â— Our Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name 10 Thy kingdom come Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven 11 Give us this day our daily bread 12 And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debters 13 And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever Amen 14 * Mark 11.25 For if ye forgive men their trespasses your heavenly Father will also forgive you 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses neither will your Father forgive your trespasses 16 ¶ Moreover when ye fast be not as the hypocrites of a sad countenance for they disfigure their faces that they may appear unto men to fast Verily I say unto you they have their reward 17 But thou when thou fastest anoint thine head and wash thy face 18 That thou appear not unto men to fast but unto thy Father which is in secret thy father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly 19 ¶ Lay not up for your selves treasures upon earth where moth and rust doth corrupt and where theeves break through and steal 20 * Luke 12.32 1 Tim. 6.19 But lay up for your selves treasures in heaven where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt and where theeves do not break through nor steal 21 For where your treasure is there will your heart be also 22 * Luke 11.34 The light of the body is the eye if therefore thine eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light 23 But if thine eye be evil thy whole body shall be full of darkness If therefore the light that is in thee be darkness how great is that darkness 24 ¶ * Luke 16.13 No man can serve two masters for either he will hate the one and love the other or else he will hold to the one and despise the other Ye cannot serve God and mammon 25 Therefore I say unto you * Ps 55.22 Luk 12.22 1 Pet. 5.7 Take no thought for your life what ye shall eat or what ye shall drink nor yet for your body what ye shall put on Is not the life more then meat and the body then raiment 26 Behold the fowls of the air for they sowe not neither do they reap nor gather into barns yet your heavenly Father feedeth them Are ye not much better then they 27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature 28 And why take ye thought for raiment Consider the lillies of the field how they grow they toil not neither do they spin 29 And yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arayed like one of these 30 Wherefore if God so clothe the grass of the field which to day is and to morrow is cast into the oven shall be not much more clothe you O ye of little faith 31 Therefore take no thought saying What shall we eat or what shall we drink or wherewithal shall we be clothed 32 For after all these things do the Gentiles seek for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow for the morrow shall take thought for the things of it self sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof CHAP. VII 1 Christ ending his sermon in the mount reproveth rash judgement 6 forbiddeth to cast holy things to dogs 7 exhorteth to prayer 13 to enter in at the strait gate 15 to beware of false prophets 21 not to be hearers but doâ—rs of the word 24 like houses builded on a rock 26 and not on the sand * Luk. 6.37 Rom. 2.1 JUdge not that ye be not judged 2 For with what judgement ye judge ye shall be judged * Mar. 4.24 Luk. 6.38 and with what measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again 3 * Luk. 6.41 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brothers eye but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye and behold a beam is in thine own eye 5 Thou hypocrite first cast out the beam out of thine own eye and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brothers eye 6 ¶ Give not that which is holy
Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ he sent two of his disciples 3 And said unto him Art thou he that should come or do we look for another 4 Jesus answered and said unto them Go and shew John again those things which ye do hear and see 5 * 〈◊〉 35.6 The blinde receive their sight and the lame walk the lepers are cleansed and the deal hear the dead are raised up and * Isa 61.1 the poor have the gospel preached to them 6 And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me 7 ¶ And as they departed Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John What went ye out into the wilderness to see A reed shaken with the wind 8 But what went ye out for to see A man clothed in soft raiment behold they that wear soft clothing are in kings houses 9 But what went ye out for to see A prophet yea I say unto you and more then a prophet 10 For this is he of whom it is written * Mal. 3. â— Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall prepare thy way before thee 11 Verily I say unto you among them that are born of women there hath not risen a greater then John the Baptist notwithstanding he that is least in the kingdom of heaven is greater then he 12 * Luke 16.16 And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven ‖ Or is gotten by force and they that thrust men suffereth violence and the violent take it by force 13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John 14 And if ye will receive it this is * Mal. 4.5 Elias which was for to come 15 He that hath ears to hear let him hear 16 ¶ * Luke 7.31 But whereunto shall I liken this generation It is like unto children sitting in the markets and calling unto their fellows 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 devil 19 The Son of man came eating and drinking and they say Behold a man gluttonous and a wine-bibber a friend of publicans and sinners but wisdom is justified of her children 20 ¶ * Luke 10.13 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done because they repented not 21 Wo unto thee Chorazin wo unto thee Bethsaida for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes 22 But I say unto you It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgement then for you 23 And thou Capernaum which art exalted unto heaven shalt be brought down to hell for if the mighty works which have been done in thee had been done in Sodom it would have remained until this day 24 But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgement then for thee 25 ¶ * Luke 10.21 At that time Jesus answered and said I thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes 26 Even so Father for so it seemed good in thy fight 27 * Joh. 3.35 All things are delivered unto me of my Father and no man knoweth the Son but the Father * Joh. 6.46 neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him 28 ¶ Come unto me all ye that labour and are heavy laden and I will give you rest 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn of me for I am meek and lowly in heart * Jer. 6.16 and ye shall finde rest unto your souls 30 * 1 Joh. 5.3 For my yoke is easie and my burden is light CHAP. XII 1 Christ reproveth the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the breach of the sabbath 3 by scriptures 9 by reason 13 and by a miracle 22 He healeth the man possessed that was blinde and dumb 31 Blasphemy against the holy Ghost shall never be forgiven 36 Account shall be made of idle words 38 He rebuketh the unfaithful who seâ—k after 〈◊〉 sigue 49 and sheweth who is his brother sister and mother AT that time * Deut. 23.25 Mar. 2.23 Luke 6.1 Jesus went on the sabbath day through the corn and his disciples were an hungred and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat 2 But when the Pharisees saw it they said unto him Behold thy disciples do that which is not lawful to do upon the sabbath-day 3 But he said unto them Have ye not read * 1 Sam. 21.6 what David did when he was an hungred and they that were with him 4 How he entred into the house of God and did eat the shew-bread which was not lawful for him to eat neither for them which were with him * Exod. 29.32 33. Lev. 8.31 and 24.9 but onely for the priests 5 Or have ye not read in the * Numb 28.9 law how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the temple profane the sabbath and are blameless 6 But I say unto you that in this place is one greater then the temple 7 But if ye had known what this meaneth * Hos 6.6 Chap. 9 1â— I will have mercy and not sacrifice ye would not have condemned the guiltless 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath-day 9 * Mar. â— 1 Luke 6.6 And when he was departed thence he went into the synagogue 10 ¶ And behold there was a man which had his hand withered and they asked him saying Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-days that they might accuse him 11 And he said unto them What man shall there be among you that shall have one sheep and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath-day will he not lay hold on it and lift it out 12 How much then is a man better then a sheep wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath-days 13 Then saith he to the man Stretch forth thine hand he stretched it forth and it was restored whole like as the other 14 ¶ Then the Pharisees went out and ‖ Or took counsel held a counsel against him how they might destroy him 15 But when Jesus knew it he withdrew himself from thence and great multitudes followed him and he healed them all 16 And charged them that they should not make him known 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet saying 18 * Isa 42.1 Behold my servant whom I have chosen my beloved in whom my soul is well pleased I will put my spirit upon him and he shall shew judgement to the Gentiles 19 He shall not strive
straightway ye shall finde an ass tied and a colt with her loose them and bring them unto me 3 And if any man say ought unto you ye shall say the Lord hath need of them and straightway he will send them 4 All this was done that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying 5 * Isa 62.11 Zech. 99. Joh. 12.15 Tell ye the daughter of Sion Behold thy king cometh unto thee meek and sitting upon an ass and a colt the fole of an ass 6 * Mat. 11.2 And the disciples went and did as Jesus commanded them 7 And brought the ass and the colt and put on them their clothes and they set him thereon 8 And a very great multitude spread their garments in the way others cut down branches from the trees and strawed them in the way 9 And the multitudes that went before and that followed cried saying Hosanna to the son of David blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord Hosanna in the highest 10 * Mat. 11.15 Luk. 19.45 Joh. 2.13 And when he was come into Jerusalem all the city was moved saying Who is this 11 And the multitude said This is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth of Galilee 12 ¶ And Jesus went into the temple of God and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple and overthrew the tables of the money-changers and the seats of them that sold doves 13 And said unto them It is written * Isa 35.7 My house shall be called the house of prayer * Jer 7.11 Mar. 11.17 Luk. 19.46 but ye have made it a den of theeves 14 And the blinde and the lame came to him in the temple and he healed them 15 And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did and the children crying in the temple and saying Hosanna to the son of David they were sore displeased 16 And said unto him Hearest thou what these say And Jesus saith unto them Yea have ye never read * Psal 3.2 Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise 17 ¶ And he left them and went out of the city into Bethany and he lodged there 18 Now in the morning as he returned into the city he hungred 19 * Mark 11.13 And when he saw a fig-tree in the way he came to it and found nothing thereon but leaves onely and said unto it Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever And presently the fig-tree withered away 20 And when the disciples saw it they marvelled saying How soon is the fig-tree withered away 21 Jesus answered and said unto them Verily I say unto you If ye have faith and doubt not ye shall not onely do this which is done to the fig-tree but also if ye shall say unto this mountain Be thou removed and be thou cast into the sea it shall be done 22 And all things whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer beleeving ye shall receive 23 ¶ * Mark 11.27 Luke 20.1 And when he was come into the temple the chief priests and the elders of the people came unto him as he was teaching and said By what authority doest thou these things and who gave thee thus authority 24 And Jesus answered and said unto them I also will ask you one thing which if ye tell me I in like wise will tell you by what authority I do these things 25 The baptism of John whence was it from heaven or of men And they reasoned with themselves saying If we shall say From heaven he will say unto us Why did ye not then beleeve him 26 But if we shall say Of men we fear the people * Chap. 14.5 for all hold John as a prophet 27 And they answered Jesus and said We cannot tell And he said unto them Neither tell I you by what authority I do these things 28 ¶ But what think you A certain man had two sons and he came to the first and said Son go work to day in my vineyard 29 He answered and said I will not but afterward he repented and went 30 And he came to the second and said likewise And he answered and said I go sir and went not 31 Whether of them twain did the will of his father They say unto him The first Jesus saith unto them Verily I say unto you that the publicans and the harlots go into the kingdom of God before you 32 For * Chap. 3.8 John came unto you in the way of righteousness and ye beleeved him not but the publicans and the harlots beleeved him And ye when ye had seen it repented not afterward that ye might beleeve him 33 ¶ Hear another parable There was a certain housholder * Isa 5.1 Jes 2.21 Mar. 12.1 Luk. 20.9 which planted a vineyard and hedged it round about and digged a wine-press in it and built a tower and let it out to husbandmen and went into a far countrey 34 And when the time of the fruit drew near he sent his servants to the husbandmen that they might receive the fruits of it 35 And the husbandmen took his servants and beat one and killed another and stoned another 36 Again he sent other servants mo then the first and they did unto them likewise 37 But last of all he sent unto them his son saying They will reverence my son 38 But when the husbandmen saw the son they said among themselves This is the heir * Ch. 26.3 Joh. 11.53 come let us kill him and let us seise on his inheritance 39 And they caught him cast him out of the vineyard and slew him 40 When the Lord therefore of the vineyard cometh what will he do unto those husbandmen 41 They say unto him He will miserably destroy those wicked men and will let out his vineyard unto other husbandmen which shall render him the fruits in their seasons 42 Jesus saith unto them * Ps 118.22 Act. 4.11 Did ye never read in the Scriptures The stone which the builders rejected the same is become the head of the corner this is the Lords doing and it is marvellous in our eyes 43 Therefore say I unto you The kingdom of God shall be taken from you and given to a nation bringing forth the fruits thereof 44 And whosoever * Isa 8.14 13. Rom. 9.33 1 Pâ—t 2.7 shall fall on this stone shall be broken but on whomsoever it shall fall in will grinde him to powder 45 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables they perceived that he spake of them 46 But when they sought to lay hands on him they feared the multitude because they took him for a prophet CHAP. XXII 1 The parable of the marriage of the kings son 9 The vocation of the Gentiles 12 The punishments of him that wanted the wedding-garment 15 Tribute ought to be paid to Cesar 23 Christ confuteth the Sadducees for the resurrection 34
nothing shall by any means hurt you 20 Notwithstanding in this rejoyce not that the spirits are subject unto you but rather rejoyce because your names are written in heaven 21 ¶ In that hour Jesus rejoyced in spirit and said I thank thee O Father Lord of heaven and earth that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent and hast revealed them unto babes even so Father for so it seemed good in thy light 22 ‖ Many ancient copies add these words And turning to his disciples be said All things are delivered to me of my Father and no man knoweth who the Son is but the Father and who the Father is but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal him 23 ¶ And he turned him unto his disciples and said privately * Mat. 13.16 Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see 24 For I tell you that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye see and have not seen them and to hear those things which ye hear and have not heard them 25 ¶ And behold a certain lawyer stood up and tempted him saying * Mat. 22.35 Master what shall I do to inherit eternal life 26 He said unto him What is written in the law how readest thou 27 And he answering said Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul and with all thy strength and with all thy minde and thy neighbour as thy self 28 And he said unto him Thou hast answered right this do and thou shalt live 29 But he willing to justifie himself said unto Jesus And who is my neighbour 30 And Jesus answering said A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho and fell among theeves which stripped him of his raiment and wounded him and departed leaving him half-dead 31 And by chance there came down a certain priest that way and when he saw him he passed by on the other side 32 And likewise a Levite when he was at the place came and looked on him and passed by on the other side 33 But a certain Samaritan as he journeyed came where he was and when he saw him he had compassion on him 34 And went to him bound up his wounds pouring in oyl wine set him on his own beast brought him to an inn took care of him 35 And on the morrow when he departed he took out two ‖ See Mat. 2◠2 pence and gave them to the host said unto him Take care of him whatsoever thou spendest more when I come again I will repay thee 36 Which now of these three thinkest thou was neighbour unto him that fell among the theeves 37 And he said He that shewed mercy on him Then said Jesus unto him Go and do thou likewise 38 ¶ Now it came to pass as they went that he entred into a certain village a certain woman named Martha received him into her house 39 And she had a sister called Mary which also sat at Jesus feet and heard his word 40 But Martha was cumbred about much serving and came to him and said Lord dost thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve alone bid her therefore that she help me 41 And Jesus answered and said unto her Martha Martha thou art careful and troubled about many things 42 But one thing is needful And Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her CHAP. XI 3 Christ teacheth to pray and that instantly 11 assuring that God so will give us good things 14 He casting out a dumb devil rebuketh the blasphemous Pharisees 28 and sheweth who are blessed 29 preacheth to the people 37 and reprehendeth the outward shew of holiness in the Pharisees scribes and lawyers ANd it came to pass that as he was praying in a certain place when he ceased one of his disciples said unto him Lord teach us to pray as John also taught his disciples 2 And he said unto them When ye pray say * Mat. 6.9 Our Father which art in heaven Hallowed be thy name Thy kingdom come Thy will be done as in heaven so in earth 3 Give us ‖ Or for the day day by day our daily bread 4 And forgive us our sins for we also forgive every one that is indebted to us And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil 5 And he said unto them Which of you shall have a friend and shall go unto him at mid-night say unto him Friend lend me three loaves 6 For a friend of mine ‖ Or out of his way in his journey is come to me and I have nothing to set before him 7 And he from within shall answer and say Trouble me not the door is now shut and my children are with me in bed I cannot rise and give thee 8 I say unto you Though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth 9 * Mat. 7.7 And I say unto you Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall finde knock and it shall be opened unto you 10 For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened 11 * Mat. 7.9 If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father will he give him a stone or if he ask a fish will he for a fish give him a serpent 12 Or if he shall ask an egg will he offer him a scorpion 13 If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your heavenly Father give the holy Spirit to them that ask him 14 ¶ And he was calling out a devil and it was dumb And it came to pass when the devil was gone out the dumb spake and the people wondred 15 But some of them said * Mat. 9.34 〈◊〉 12.24 He casteth out devils through Beelzebub the chief of the devils 16 And others tempting him sought of him a signe from heaven 17 But he knowing their thoughts said unto them Every kingdom divided against it self is brought to desolation and a house divided against a house falleth 18 If Satan also be divided against himself how shall his kingdom stand because ye say that I cast out devils through Beelzebub 19 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils by whom do your sons cast them out therefore shall they be your judges 20 But if I with the finger of God cast out devils no doubt the kingdom of God is come upon you 21 When a strong man armed keepeth his palace his goods are in peace 22 But when a stronger then he shall come upon him and over come him he taketh from him all his armour wherein he trusted and divideth his spoils 23 He that is not with me is against me and he
some evil take me I die 20 Behold now this city is near to flee unto and it is a little one Oh let me escape thither is it not a little one and my soul shall live 21 And he said unto him See I have accepted †Heb. thy face thee concerning this thing also that I will not overthrow this city for the which thou hast spoken 22 Haste thee escape thither for I cannot do any thing till thou be come thither therefore the name of the city was called Zoar. 23 ¶ The sun was †Heb. gone forth risen upon the earth when Lot entred into Zoar. 24 Then * Deut. 29.23 Luk. 17.29 Isa 13.19 Jer. 50.40 Amos 4.11 Jude 7. the LORD rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from the LORD out of heaven 25 And he overthrew those cities and all the plain and all the inhabitants of the cities and that which grew upon the ground 26 ¶ But his wife looked back from behinde him and she became a pillar of salt 27 ¶ And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD 28 And he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah and toward all the land of the plain and beheld and lo the smoke of the countrey went up as the smoke of a furnace 29 ¶ And it came to pass when God destroyed the cities of the plain that God remembred Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow when he overthrew the cities in the which Lot dwelt 30 ¶ And Lot went up out of Zoar and dwelt in the mountain and his two daughters with him for he feared to dwell in Zoar and he dwelt in a cave he and his two daughters 31 ¶ And the first-born said unto the younger Our father is old and there is not a man in the earth to come in unto us after the manner of all the earth 32 Come let us make our father drink wine and we will lie with him that we may preserve seed of our father 33 And they made their father drink wine that night and the first-born went in and lay with her father and he perceived not when she lay down nor when she arose 34 And it came to pass on the morrow that the first-born said unto the younger Behold I lay yesternight with my father let us make him drink wine this night also and go thou in and he with him that we may preserve seed of our father 35 And they made their father drink wine that night also and the younger arose and lay with him and he perceived not when she lay down nor when she arose 36 Thus were both the daughters of Lot with childe by their father 37 And the first-born bare a son and called his name Moab the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day 38 And the younger she also bare a son and called his name Ben-ammi the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day CHAP. XX. 1 Abraham sojourneth at Gerar 2 denieth his wife and loseth her 3 Abimelech is reproved for her in a dream 9 He rebuketh Abraham 14 restoreth Sarah 16 and reproveth her 17 He is healed by Abrahams prayer ANd Abraham journeyed from thence toward the south-countrey and dwelled between Kadesh and Shur and sojourned in Gerar. 2 And Abraham said of Sarah his wife She is my sister And Abimelech king of Gerar sent and took Sarah 3 But God came to Abimelech in a dream by night and said to him Behold thou art but a dead man for the woman which thou hast taken for she is †Heb. married to an husband a mans wife 4 But Abimelech had not come near her and he said LORD wilt thou slay also a righteous nation 5 Said he not unto me She is my sister and she even she her self said He is my brother in the ‖ Or simplicity or sincerity integrity of my heart and innocency of my hands have I done this 6 And God said unto him in a dream Yea I know that thou didst this in the integrity of thy heart for I also withheld thee from sinning against me therefore suffered I thee not to touch her 7 Now therefore restore the man his wife for he is a prophet and he shall pray for thee and thou shalt live and it thou restore her not know thou that thou shalt surely die thou and all that are thine 8 Therefore Abimelech rose early in the morning and called all his servants and told all these things in their ears and the men were sore afraid 9 Then Abimelech called Abraham and said unto him What hast thou done unto us and what have I offended thee that thou hast brought on me and on my kingdom a great sin thou hast done deeds unto me that ought not to be done 10 And Abimelech said unto Abraham What sawest thou that thou hast done this thing 11 And Abraham said because I thought Surely the fear of God is not in this place and they will slay me for my wives sake 12 And yet indeed she is my sister she is the daughter of my father but not the daughter of my mother and she became my wife 13 And it came to pass when God caused me to wander from my fathers house that I said unto her This is thy kindness which thou shalt shew unto me At every place whither we shall come * Chap. 12.13 say of me He is my brother 14 And Abimelech took sheep and oxen and men-servants and women-servants and gave them unto Abraham and restored him Sarah his wife 15 And Abimelech said Behold my land is before thee dwell †Heb. as is good in thine eyes where it pleaseth thee 16 And unto Sarah he said Behold I have given thy brother a thousand pieces of silver behold he is to thee a covering of the eyes unto all that are with thee and with all other thus she was reproved 17 ¶ So Abraham prayed unto God and God healed Abimelech and his wife and his maid servants and they bare children 18 For the LORD had fast closed up all the wombs of the house of Abimelech because of Sarah Abrahams wife CHAP. XXI 1 Isaac is born 4 He is creumerâ—ed 6 Sarahs joy 9 Hagar and Ishmael are cast forth 15 Hagar in distress 17 The angel comforteth her 22 Abimelechs covenant with Abraham at Beer-sheba ANd the LORD visited Sarah as he had said and the LORD did unto Sarah * Chap. 17.19 18.10 as he had spoken 2 For Sarah * Acts 7.8 Gal. 4.22 Heb. 11.11 conceived and bare Abraham a son in his old age at the set time of which God had spoken to him 3 And Abraham called the name of his son that was born unto him whom Sarah bare to him Isaac 4 And Abraham circumcised his son Isaac being eight days old * Chap. 17.12 as God had commanded him 5 And Abraham was an
the daughter of his father or the daughter of his mother and all the people shall say Amen 23 Cursed be he that lieth with his mother in law and all the people shall say Amen 24 Cursed be he that smiteth his neighbour secretly and all the people shall say Amen 25 * Ezek 22.12 Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person and all the people shall say Amen 26 * Gal. 3.10 Cursed be he that confirmeth not all the words of this law to do them and all the people shall say Amen CHAP. XXVIII 1 The blessings for obedience 15 The curses for disobedience ANd it shall come to pass * Levit 26.3 if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth 2 And all these blessings shall come on thee and overtake thee if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God 3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city blessed shalt thou be in the field 4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy ground and the fruit of thy cattel the increase of thy kine and the flocks of thy sheep 5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy ‖ Or dough or kneading-troughs store 6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out 7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face they shall come out against thee one way and flee before thee seven ways 8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy ‖ Or barâ—s store-houses and in all that thou settest thine hand unto and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee 9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself as he hath sworn unto thee if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God and walk in his ways 10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD and they shall be afraid of thee 11 And * Chaâ— 30.9 c. the LORD shall make thee plentâ—â—us ‖ Or for good in goods in the fruit of thy †Heb. belly body and in the fruit of thy cattel and in the fruit of thy ground in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee 12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season and to bless all the work of thine hand and * Chap. 15.6 thou shalt lend unto many nations and thou shalt not borrow 13 And the LORD shall make thee the head and not the tail and thou shalt be above onely and thou shalt not be beneath if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God which I command thee this day to observe and to do them 14 And thou shalt not go aâ—ide from any of the words which I command thee this day to the right hand or to the left to go after other gods to serve them 15 ¶ But it shall come to pass * Levit. 26.14 Lam. 2.17 Mal. 2.2 Bar. 1.20 if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD the God to observe to do all his commandements and his statutes which I command thee this day that all these curses shall come upon thee and overtake thee 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city and cursed shalt thou be in the field 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body and the fruit of thy land the increase of thy kine and the floâ—ks of thy sheep 19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out 20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing vexation and rebuke in all that thou settest thine hand unto †Heb. whith thou wousdest do for to do until thou be destroyed and untâ—â—l thou perish quickly because of the wickedness of thy doings whereby thou hast forsâ—kâ—n me 21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it 22 * Levit 26.16 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption and with a feaver and with an inflammation and with an extreme burning and with the ‖ Or drought sword and with blasting and with mildew and they shall pursue thee until thou perish 23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass and the earth that is under thee shall be iroâ— 24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust from heaven shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed 25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies thou shalt go out one way against them and flee seven waâ—s before them and shalt be †Heb. for a removing removed into all the kingdoms of the earth 26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air and unto the beasts of the earth and no man shall fray them away 27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt and with the emerods and with the scab and with the itch whereof thou canst not be healed 28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness and blindness and astonishment of heart 29 And thou shalt grope at noon-days as the blind gropeth in darkness and thou shalt net prosper in thy ways and thou shalt be onely oppressed and spoiled evermore and no man shall save thee 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife and another man shall lie with her thou shalt build an house and thou shalt not dwell therein * Chap. 20.6 thou shalt plant a vineyard and shalt not †Heb. profane or use it as common meat gather the grapes thereof 31 Thine ox shall be slain â—â—â—ore thine eyes and thou shalt not eat thereof thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face and †Heb. shall not return to thee shall not be restored to thee thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies and thou shalt have none to rescue them 32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people and thine eyes sâ—all look and fail with longing for them all the day long and there shall be no might in thine hand 33 The fruit of thy land and all thy labours shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up and thou shalt be onely oppressed and crushed alway 34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see 35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees and in the legs with a sore botch that cannot be healed from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head 36 The LORD shall
the LORD 6 ¶ Then the chief of the fathers and princes of the tribes of Israel and the captains of thousands and of hundreds with the rulers over the kings work offered willingly 7 And gave for the service of the house of God of gold five thousand talents and ten thousand drams and of silver ten thousand talents and of brass eighteen thousand talents and one hundred thousand talents of iron 8 And they with whom precious stones were found gave them to the treasure of the house of the LORD by the hand of Jehiel the Gershonite 9 Then the people rejoyced for that they offered willingly because with perfect heart they offered willingly to the LORD and David the king also rejoyced with great joy 10 ¶ Wherefore David blessed the LORD before all the congregation and David said Blessed be thou LORD God of Israel our father for ever and ever 11 * â—â—â—t 6.13 1 Tim. 1 1â— Rev. 5.13 Thine O LORD is the greatness and the power and the glory and the victory and the majesty for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine thine is the kingdom O LORD and thou art exalted as head above all 12 Both riches and honour come of thee and thou reignest over all and in thine hand is power and might and in thine hand it is to make great and to give strength unto all 13 Now therefore our God we thank thee and praise thy glorious name 14 But who am I and what is my people that we should †Heb. retain or obtain strength be able to offer so willingly after this sort for all things come of thee and †Heb. of thine hand of thine own have we given thee 15 For * Ps 39.12 Heb. 11.13 1 Pet. 2.11 we are strangers before thee and sojourners as were all our fathers * Ps 90.9 our days on the earth are as a shadow and there is none †Heb. expectation abiding 16 O LORD our God all this store that we have prepared to build thee an house for thine holy name cometh of thine hand and is all thine own 17 I know also my God that thou * 1 Sam. 16.7 Ch. 28.9 triest the heart and hast pleasure in uprightness As for me in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things and now have I seen with joy thy people which are ‖ Or found present here to offer willingly unto thee 18 O LORD God of Abraham Isaac and of Israel our fathers keep this for ever in the imagination of the thoughts of the heart of thy people and ‖ Or. stablish prepare their heart unto thee 19 And give unto Solomon my son a perfect heart to keep thy commandments thy testimonies and thy statutes and to do all these things and to build the palace for the which I have made provision 20 ¶ And David said to all the congregation Now bless the LORD your God And all the congregation blessed the LORD God or their fathers and bowed down their heads and worshipped the LORD and the king 21 And they sacrificed sacrifices unto the LORD and offered burnt-offerings unto the LORD on the morrow after that day even a thousand bullocks a thousand rams and a thousand lambs with their drink-offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel 22 And did eat and drink before the LORD on that day with great gladness and they made Solomon the son of David king the second time and * 1 Kin. 1.39 anointed him unto the LORD to be the chief governour and Zadok to be priest 23 Then Solomon sat on the throne of the LORD as king in stead of David his father and prospered and all Israel obeyed him 24 And all the princes and the mighty men and all the sons likewise of king David †Heb. gave the hand under Solomon submitted themselves unto Solomon the king 25 And the LORD magnified Solomon exceedingly in the sight of all Israel and * 1 Kin. 3.13 2 Chr. 1.12 Eccles 2.9 bestowed upon him such royal majesty as had not been on any king before him in Israel 26 ¶ Thus David the son of Jesse reigned over all Israel 27 And the time that he reigned over Israel was fourty years seven years reigned he in Hebron and thirty and three years reigned he in Jerusalem 28 And he died in a good old age full of days riches and honour and Solomon his son reigned in his stead 29 Now the acts of David the king first and last behold they are written in the ‖ Or history †Heb. words book of Samuel the seer and in the book of Nathan the prophet and in the book of Gad the seer 30 With all his reign and his might and the times that went over him and over Israel and over all the kingdoms of the countreys ¶ The second book of the CHRONICLES CHAP. I. 1 The solemn offering of Solomon at Gibeon 7 Solomons choice of wisdom is blessed by God 13 Solomons strength and wealth ANd * 1 King 1.46 Solomon the son of David was strengthned in his kingdom and the LORD his God was with him and magnified him exceedingly 2 Then Solomon spake unto all Israel to the captains of thousands and of hundreds and to the judges and to every governour in all Israel the chief of the fathers 3 So Solomon and all the congregation with him went to the high place that was at * 1 Kin. 3.4 1 Chr. 16.39 21.29 Gibeon for there was the tabernacle of the congregation of God which Moses the servant of the LORD had made in the wilderness 4 * 2 Sam. 6.2 â—â— But the ark of God had David brought up from Kirjath-jearim to the place which David had prepared for it for he had pitched a tent for it at Jerusalem 5 Moreover * Ex. 38.1 the brasen altar that Bezaleel the son of Uri the son of Hur had made ‖ Or â—â—s there he put before the tabernacle of the LORD and Solomon and the congregation sought unto it 6 And Solomon went up thither to the brasen altar before the LORD which was at the tabernacle of the congregation and offered a thousand burnt-offerings upon it 7 ¶ In that night did God appear unto Solomon and said unto him Ask what I shall give thee 8 And Solomon said unto God Thou hast shewed great mercy unto David my father and hast made me * 1 Chr. 28. â— to reign in his stead 9 Now O LORD God let thy promise unto David my father be established * 1 King 3. â— for thou hast made me king over a people †Heb. much as the dust of the â—â—â—th like the dust of the earth in multitude 10 * 1 King 3.9 Give me now wisdom and knowledge that I may * Numb 27.17 go out and come in before this people for who can judge this thy people that is
so great 11 And God said to Solomon Because this was in thine heart and thou hast not asked riches wealth or honour nor the life of thine enemies neither yet hast asked long life but hast asked wisdom and knowledge for thy self that thou mayest judge my people over whom I have made thee king 12 Wisdom and knowledge is granted unto thee and I will give thee riches and wealth and honour such as * 1 Chr. 29.25 Ch. 9.22 Eccles 2.9 none of the kings have had that have been before thâ—e neither shall there any after thee have the like 13 ¶ Then Solomon came from his journey to the high place that was at Gibeon to Jerusalem from before the tabernacle of the congregation and reigned over Israel 14 * 1 Kin. â— 16 10 â—6 c. And Solomon gathered chariots and hors-men and he had a thousand and four hundred chariots and twelve thousand hors-men which he placed in the chariot-cities and with the king at Jerusalem 15 * 1 King 12.27 Chap. 9.27 And the king †Heb. 〈◊〉 made silver and gold at Jerusalem as plenteous as stones and cedar-trees made he as the sycomore-trees that are in the vale for abundance 16 * 1 King 10.28 Chap. 9.28 And †Heb. the â—oing forth of the horses which was Solomons Solomon had horses brought out of Egypt and linen yarn the kings merchants received the linen yarn at a price 17 And they fetcht up and brought forth out of Egypt a chariot for six hundred shekels of silver and an horse for an hundred and fifty and so brought they out horses for all the kings of the Hittites and for the kings of Syria †Heb. by their hand by their means CHAP. II. 1 17 Solomons labourers for the building of the temple 3 His embassage to Huram for workmen and provision of stuff 11 Huram sendeth him a kinde answer ANd Solomon determined to build an house for the name of the LORD and an house for his kingdom 2 And Solomon told out threescore and ten thousand men to bear burdens and fourscore thousand to hew in the mountain and three thousand and six hundred to oversee them 3 ¶ And Solomon sent to ‖ Or Hiram 1 Kin. 5.1 Huram the king of Tyre saying As thou didst deal with David my father and didst send him cedars to build him an house to dwell therein even so deal with me 4 Behold I build an house to the name of the LORD my God to dedicate it to him and to burn before him †Heb. incâ—use of spices sweet incense and for the continual shew-bread and for the burnt-offerings morning and evening on the sabbaths and on the new moons and on the solemn feasts of the LORD our God This is an ordinance for ever to Israel 5 And the house which I build is great for great is our God above all gods 6 * 1 King 8.27 Chap. 6.18 But who †Heb. hath retained or obtained strength is able to build him an house seeing the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain him who am I then that I should build him an house save onely to burn sacrifice before him 7 Send me now therefore a man cunning to work in gold and in silver and in brass and in iron and in purple and crimson and blue and that can skill †Heb. to grave gravings to grave with the cunning men that are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem whom David my father did provide 8 Send me also cedar-trees fir-trees and ‖ Or almuggim 1 Kings 10.11 algum-trees out of Lebanon for I know that thy servants can skill to out timber in Lebanon and behold my servants shall be with thy servants 9 Even to prepare me timber in abundance for the house which I am about to build shall be †Heb. great and wonderful wonderful great 10 And behold I will give to thy servants the hewers that cut timber twenty thousand measures of beaten wheat and twenty thousand measures of barley and twenty thousand baths of wine and twenty thousand baths oâ—oyl 11 ¶ Then Huram the king of Tyre answered in writing which he sent to Solomon Because the LORD hath loved his people he hath made thee king over them 12 Huram said moreover Blessed be the LORD-God of Israel that made heaven and earth who hath given to David the king a wise son †Heb knowing prudence and understanding eâ—dued with prudence and understanding that might build an house for the LORD and an house for his kingdom 13 And now I have sent a cunning man endued with understanding of Huram my fathers 14 The son of a woman of the daughters of Dan and his father was a man of Tyre skilful to work in gold and in silver in brass in iron in stone and in timber in purple in blue and in fine linen and in crimson also to grave any manner of graving and to finde out every device which shall be put to him with thy cunning men and with the cunning men of my lord David thy father 15 Now therefore the wheat and the barley the oyl and the wine which my lord hath spoken of let him send unto his servants 16 And we will cut wood out of Lebanon †Heb. according to all thy need as much as thou shalt need and we will bring it to thee in flotes by sea to †Heb. Japho Joppa and thou shalt carry it up to Jerusalem 17 ¶ * As vers 2. And Solomon numbred all †Heb. the men the strangers the strangers that were in the land of Israel after the numbring wherewith David his father had numbred them and they were found an hundred and fifty thousand and three thousand and six hundred 18 And he set * As it is verser threescore and ten thousand of them to be bearers of burdens and fourscore thousand to be hewers in the mountain and three thousand and six hundred over-seers to set the people a work CHAP. III. 1 The place and time of building the temple 3 The measure and ornaments of the house 11 The cherubims 14 The vail and pillars THen * 1 King 6.1 c. Solomon began to build the house of the LORD at Jerusalem in mount Morsah ‖ Or which was seen of David his father where the LORD appeared unto David his father in the place that David had prepared in the threshing-floor of * 1 Chr. 21.18 ‖ Or Aâ—â—â—nah 2 Sam. 24.18 Ornan the Jebusite 2 And he began to build in the second day of the second moneth in the fourth year of his reign 3 ¶ Now these are the things * 1 King 6.2 wherein Solomon was †Heb. founded instructed for the building of the house of God The length by cubits after the first measure was threescore cubits and the breadth twenty cubits 4 And the * 1 King 6.3 porch
of Judah for all the kings matters also the Levites shall be officers before you †Heb. take couâ—â—â— iâ— do Deal couragiously and the LORD shall be with the good CHAP. XX. 1 Jehoshaphat in his fear proclaimeth a fast 5 His prayer 14 The prophesie of Jahaziel 20 Jehoshaphat exhorteth the people and setteth singers to praise the Lord. 22 The great overthrow of the enemies 26 The people having blessed God at Berachah return in triumph 31 Jehoshaphats reign 35 His convoy of ships which he made with Ahaziah according to the prophesie of Eliezer unhappily perished IT came to pass after this also that the children of Moab and the children of Ammon and with them other beside the Ammonites came against Jehoshaphat to battel 2 Then there came some that told Jehoshaphat saying There cometh a great multitude against thee from beyond the sea on this side Syria and behold they be in Hazazon-tamar which is En-gedi 3 And Jehoshaphat feared and set †Heb. â—â—jaâ—â— himself to seek the LORD and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah 4 And Judah gathered themselves together to ask help of the LORD even out of all the cities of Judah they came to seek the LORD 5 ¶ And Jehoshaphat stood in the congregation of Judah and Jerusalem in the house of the LORD before the new court 6 And said O LORD God of our fathers art not thou God in heaven and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen and in thine hand is there not power and might so that none is able to withstand thee 7 Art not thou our God †Heb. tâ—â— who didst drive out the inhabitants of this land before thy people Israel and gavest it to the seed of Abraham thy friend for ever 8 And they dwelt therein and have built thee a sanctuary therein for thy name saying 9 * 1 Kin. 8.17 Câ—ap 6.28 If when evil cometh upon us as the sword judgement or pestilence or famine we stand before this house and in thy presence for thy name is in this house and cry unto thee in our affliction then thou wilt hear and help 10 And now behold the children of Ammon and Moab and mount Seir whom thou * Deu. 2.9 wouldest not let Israel invade when they came out of the land of Egypt but they turned from them destroyed them not 11 Behold I say how they reward us to come to cast us out of thy possession which thou hast given us to inherit 12 O our God wilt thou not judge them for we have no might against this great company that conieth against us neither know we what to do but our eyes are upon thee 13 And all Judah stood before the LORD with their little ones their wives and their children 14 ¶ Then upon Jahaziel the son of Zechariah the son of Benaiah the son of Jeiel the son of Mattaniah a Levite of the sons of Asaph came the spirit of the LORD in the midst of the congregation 15 And he said Hearken ye all Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem and thou king Jehoshaphat Thus saith the LORD unto you Be not afraid nor dismayed by reason of this great multitude for the battel is not yours but Gods 16 To morrow go ye down against them behold they come up by the †Heb. â—sâ—ent cliff of Ziz and ye shall finde them at the end of the ‖ Or â—liâ— brook before the wilderness of Jeruel 17 Ye shall not need to fight in this battel set your selves stand ye still and see the salvation of the LORD with you O Judah and Jerusalem fear not nor be dismayed to morrow go out against them for the LORD will be with you 18 And Jehoshaphat bowed his head with his face to the ground and all Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem fell before the LORD worshipping the LORD 19 And the Levites of the children of the Kohathites and of the children of the Korhites stood up to praise the LORD God of Israel with a loud voice on high 20 ¶ And they rose early in the morning and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa and as they went forth Jehoshaphat stood and said Hear me O Judah and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem * Isa 7.9 Beleeve in the LORD your God so shall you be established beleeve his prophets so shall ye prosper 21 And when he had consulted with the people he appointed singers unto the LORD and †Heb. praisers that should praise the beauty of holiness as they went out before the army and to say Praise the LORD for his mercy endureth for ever 22 ¶ †Heb. and in the time that they c. And when they began †Heb. in singing and praise to sing and to praise the LORD set ambushments against the children of Ammon Moab and mount Seir which were come against Judah and ‖ Or they smote one another they were smitten 23 For the children of Ammon and Moab stood up against the inhabitants of mount Seir utterly to slay and destroy them and when they had made an end of the inhabitants of Seir every one helped †Heb. for the destruction to destroy another 24 And when Judah came toward the watch-tower in the wilderness they looked unto the multitude and behold they were dead bodies fain to the earth and †Heb. there was not an escaping none escaped 25 And when Jehoshaphat and his people came to take away the spoil of them they found among them in abundance both riches with the dead bodies and precious jewels which they stript off for themselves more then they could carry away and they were three days in gathering of the spoil it was so much 26 ¶ And on the fourth day they assembled themselves in the valley of ‖ That is blessing Berachah for there they blessed the LORD therefore the name of the same place was called the valley of Berachah unto this day 27 Then they returned every man of Judah and Jerusalem and Jehoshaphat in the †Heb. bead forefront of them to go again to Jerusalem with joy for the LORD had made them to rejoyce over their enemies 28 And they came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets unto the house of the LORD 29 And the fear of God was on all the kingdoms of those countreys when they had heard that the LORD fought against the enemies of Israel 30 So the realm of Jehoshaphat was quiet for his God gave him rest round about 31 ¶ * 1 Kin. 22 41 c. And Jehoshaphat reigned over Judah he was thirty and five years old when he began to reign and he reigned twenty and five years in Jerusalem his mothers name was Azubah the daughter of Shilhi 32 And he walked in the way of Asa his father and departed not from it doing that which was right in the sight of the LORD 33 Howbeit the high places were not taken away
of Ahab and found the princes of Judah and the sons of the brethren of Ahaziah that ministred to Ahaziah he slew them 9 * 2 Kin. 9.27 And he fought Ahaziah and they caught him for he was hid in Samaria and brought him to Jehu and when they had slain him they buried him because said they he is the son of Jehoshaphat who fought the LORD with all his heart So the house of Ahaziah had no power to keep still the kingdom 10 ¶ * 2 Kin. 11. â— But when Athaliah the mother of Ahaziah saw that her son was dead she arose destroyed all the seed royal of the house of Judah 11 But Jehoshabeath the daughter of the king took Joash the son of Ahaziah and stole him from among the kings sons that were slain and put him and his nurse in a bed-chamber So Jehoshabeath the daughter of King Jehoram the wife of Jehoiada the priest for she was the sister of Ahaziah hid him from Athaliah so that she slew him not 12 And he was with them hid in the house of God six years and Athaliah reigned over the land CHAP. XXIII 1 Jehoiada having sit things in order maketh Joash king 12 Athaliah is slain 16. Jehoiada restoreth the worship of God ANd * 2 Kin. 11.4 c. in the seventh year Jehoiada strengthned himself and took the captains of hundreds Azariah the son of Jeroham and Ishmael the son of Jehohanan and Azar ah the son of Obed and Maaseiah the son of Adaiah and Elishaphat the son of Zichri into covenant with him 2 And they went about in Judah and gathered the Levites out of all the cities of Judah and the chief of the fathers of Israel and they came to Jerusalem 3 And all the congregation made a covenant with the king in the house of God and he said unto them Behold the kings son shall reign as the LORD hath * 2 Sam. 7.12 1 Kin. 2 4. and 9.5 Châ—â— 16. and 7.18 said of the sons of David 4 This is the thing that ye shall do A third part of you entring on the sabbath of the priests and of the Levites shali be porters of the †Heb. â—tresâ—olds doors 5 And a third part shall be at the kings house and a third part at the gate of the foundation and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD 6 But let none come into the house of the LORD save the priests and they that minister of the Levites they shall go in for they are holy but all the people shall keep the watch of the LORD 7 And the Levites shall compass the king round about every man with his weapons in his hand and whosoever else cometh into the house he shall be put to death but be you with the king when he cometh in and when he goeth out 8 So the Levites and all Judah did according to all things that Jehoiada the priest had commanded and took every man his men that were to come in on the saboath with them that were to go out on the sabbath for Jehoiada the priest dismissed not the courses 9 Moreover Jehoiada the priest delivered to the captains of hundreds spears and bucklers and shields that had been king Davids which were in the house of God 10 And he set all the people every man having his weapon in his hand from the right †Heb. shoulder side of the †Heb. house temple to the left side of the temple along by the altar and the temple by the king round about 11 Then they brought out the kings son and put upon him the crown and * Deu. 17.18 gave him the testimony and made him king and Jehoiada and his sons anointed him and said †Heb. Let the king live God save the king 12 ¶ Now when Athaliah heard the noise of the people running and praising the king she came to the people into the house of the LORD 13 And she looked and behold the king stood at his pillar at the entring in and the princes and the trumpets by the king and all the people of the land rejoyced and sounded with trumpets also the singers with instruments of musick and such as taught to sing praise Then Athaliah rent her clothes and said †Heb. conspiracy Treason treason 14 Then Jehoiada the priest brought out the captains of hundreds that were set over the host and said unto them Have her forth of the ranges and whoso followeth her let him be slain with the sword For the priest said Slay her not in the house of the LORD 15 So they laid hands on her and when she was come to the entring of the hors gate by the kings house they slew her there 16 ¶ And Jehoiada made a covenant between him and between all the people and between the king that they should be the LORDS people 17 Then all the people went to the house of Baal and brakeit down and brake his altars and his images in pieces and * Deu. 13.9 slew Mattan the priest of Baal before the altars 18 Also Jehoiada appointed the offices of the house of the LORD by the hand of the priests the Levites whom David had * 1 Chr. 24.1 distributed in the house of the LORD to offer the burnt-offerings of the LORD as it is written in the * Na. 28.2 law of Moses with rejoyting and with singing as it was ordained †Heb. by the hands of David by David 19 And he set the * 1 Chr 26 1 c. porters at the gates of the house of the LORD that none which was unclean in any thing should enter in 20 And he took the captains of hundreds and the nobles and the governours of the people and all the people of the land and brought down the king from the house of the LORD and they came through the high gate into the kings house and set the king upon the throne of the kingdom 21 And all the people of the land rejoyced and the city was quiet after that they had slain Athaliah with the sword CHAP. XXIV 1 Joash reigneth well all the days of Jehoiada 4 He giveth order for the repair of the temple 15 Jehoiada his death and honourable burial 17 Joash falling to idolatry slayeth Zechariah the son of Jehoiada 23 Joash is spoiled by the Syrians and slain by Zabad and Jehozabad 37 Amaziah succeedeth him JOash * 2 Kin. 12 1 c was seven years old when he began to reign and he reigned fourty years in Jerusalem his mothers name also was Zibeah of Beer-sheba 2 And Joash did that which was right in the sight of the LORD all the days of Jehoiada the priest 3 And Jehoiada took for him two wives and he begat sons and daughters 4 ¶ And it came to pass after this that Joash was minded †Heb. to renew to repair the house of the LORD 5 And
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign and he reigned three moneths in Jerusalem 3 And the king of Egypt †Heb. removed him put him down at Jerusalem and †Heb. muâ—cted condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem and turned his name to Jehoiakim And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt 5 ¶ Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and bound him in ‖ Or chains fetters to carry him to Babylon 7 * 2 Kin. 24.13 Dan. 1.1 2. Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and his abominations which he did and that which was found in him behold they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah and ‖ Or Jeconiah 1 Chr. 3.16 or Coniah Jer. 22.24 Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead 9 ¶ * 2 Kin. 24.8 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign and he reigned three moneths and ten days in Jerusalem and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD 10 And †Heb. at the return of the year when the year was expired king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the †Heb. vâ—ssels of desire goodly vessels of the house of the LORD and made ‖ Or. Mattaniah 2 King 24.17 * Jer. 37.1 Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem 11 ¶ * 2 Kin. 24.18 Jer. 52.1 c. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear by God but he stiffned his neck and hardned his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel 14 ¶ Moreover all the chief of the priests and the people transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem 15 * Jer. 25.2 4. and 35.15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them †Heb. by the hand of his messengers by his messengers rising up ‖ That is continually and carefully betimes and sending because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place 16 But they mocked the messengers of God and despised his words and misused his prophets until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people till there was no †Heb. healing remedy 17 * 2 Kin. 25.1 c. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Caldees who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion upon young man or maiden old man or him that stooped for age he gave them all into his hand 18 And all the vessels of the house of God great and small and the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king and of his princes all these he brought to Babylon 19 And they burnt the house of God and brake down the wall of Jerusalem and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof 20 And †Heb. the remainder from the sword them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Perâ—ia 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of * Jer. 25 9 12. 29.10 Jeremiah until the land * Lev. 26.34 35 43. had enjoyed her sabbaths for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath to fulfil threescore and ten years 22 ¶ * Ezra 1.1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of * Jer. 25.12.13 29.10 Jeremiah might be acomplished the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing saying 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Pesia All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem which is in Judah who is there among you of all his people the LORD his God be with him and let him go up ¶ EZRA CHAP. I. 1 The proclamation of Cyrus for the building of the temple 5 The people provide for the return 7 Cyrus restoreth the vessels of the temple to Sheshbazzar NOw in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia that the word of the LORD * 2 Chr. 36.22 Jer. 25.12 29.10 by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia that he †Heb. caused a vâ—â—ce to â—ass made a Proclamation throughout all his kingdom and put it also in writing saying 2 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia The LORD God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he hath * Isa 44.28 45.13 charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem which is in Judah 3 Who is there among you of all his people his God be with him and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah and build the house of the LORD God of Israel he is the God which is in Jerusalem 4 And whosoever remaineth in any place where he sojourneth let the men of his place †Heb. lift him up help him with silver and with gold and with goods and with beasts besides the free-will-offering for the house of God that is in Jerusalem 5 ¶ Then rose up the chief of the fathers of Judah and Benjamin and the priests and the Levites with all them whose spirit God had raised to go up to build the house of the LORD which is in Jerusalem 6 And all they that were about them ‖ This is helped them strengthned their hands with vessels of silver with gold with goods and with beasts and with precious things besides all that was willingly offered 7 ¶ Also Cyrus the king brought forth the vessels of the house of the LORD * 2 King 24.12 2 Chr. â—6 â— which Nebuchadnezzar had brought forth out of Jerusalem and had put them in the house of his gods 8 Even those did Cyrus king of Persia bring sorth by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer and numbred them unto
deceit shall not dwell within my house he that telleth lies †Heb. shall not be established shall not tarry in my sight 8 I will early destroy all the wicked of the land that I may cut off all wicked doers from the city of the LORD PSâ—L CII 1 The prophet in his prayer maketh a grievous complaint 12 He taketh comfort in the eternity and mercy of God 18 The mercies of God are to be recorded 23 He sustaineth his weakness by the unchangeableness of God ¶ A prayer ‖ Or for of the afflicted when he is over whelmed and poureth out his complaint before the LORD HEar my prayer O LORD and let my cry come unto thee 2 Hide not thy face from me in the day when I am in trouble incline thine ear unto me in the day when I call answer me speedily 3 For my days are consumed ‖ Or as some read into smoke like smoke and my bones are burnt as an hearth 4 My heart is smitten and withered like grass so that I forget to eat my bread 5 By reason of the voice of my groaning my bones cleave to my ‖ Or flesh skin 6 I am like a pelican of the wilderness I am like an owl of the desert 7 I watch and am as a sparrow alone upon the house-top 8 Mine enemies reproach me all the day and they that are mad against me are sworn against me 9 For I have eaten ashes like bread and mingled my drink with weeping 10 Because of thine indignation and thy wrath for thou hast lifted me up and cast me down 11 * Isa 40.6 Jam. 1.10 My days are like a shadow that declineth and I am withered like grass 12 But thou O LORD shalt endure for ever and thy remembrance unto all generations 13 Thou shalt arise and have mercy upon Zion for the time to favour her yea the set time is come 14 For thy servants take pleasure in her stones and favour the dust thereof 15 So the heathen shall fear the name of the LORD and all the kings of the earth thy glory 16 When the LORD shall build up Zion he shall appear in his glory 17 He will regard the prayer of the destitute and not despise their prayer 18 This shall be written for the generation to come and the people which shall be created shall praise the LORD 19 For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary from heaven did the LORD behold the earth 20 To hear the groaning of the prisoner to loose †Heb. the children of death those that are appointed to death 21 To declare the name of the LORD in Zion and his praise in Jerusalem 22 When the people are gathered together and the kingdoms to serve the LORD 23 He †Heb. afflicted weakned my strength in the way he shortned my days 24 I said O my God take me not away in the midst of my days thy years are throughout all generations 25 †Heb. 1.10 Of old hast thou laid the foundation of the earth and the heavens are the work of thy hands 26 They shall perish but thou shalt †Heb. stanâ— endure yea all of them shall wax old like a garment as a vesture shalt thou change them and they shall be changed 27 But thou art the same and thy years shall have no end 28 The children of thy servants shall continue and their seed shall be established before thee PSAL. CIII 1 An exhortation to bless God for his mercy 15 and for the constancy thereof ¶ A psalm of David BLess the LORD O my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name 2 Bless the LORD O my soul and forget not all his benefits 3 Who forgiveth all thine iniquities who healeth all thy diseases 4 Who redeemeth thy life from destruction who crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies 5 Who satisfieth thy mouth with good things so that thy youth is renewed like the eagles 6 The LORD executeth righteousness and judgement for all that are oppressed 7 He made known his ways unto Moses his acts unto the children of Israel 8 * Exod 34.6 7. Num. 14.18 Deut. 5.10 Neh. 9.17 Psal 86.15 Jer. 32.18 The LORD is merciful and gracious slow to anger and †Heb. great of mercy plenteous in mercy 9 He will not always chide neither will he keep his anger for ever 10 He hath not dealt with us after our sins nor rewarded us according to our iniquities 11 For †Heb. according to the height of the heaven as the heaven is high above the earth so great is his mercy toward them that fear him 12 As far as the east is from the west so far hath he removed our transgressions from us 13 Like as a father pitieth his children so the LORD pitieth them that fear him 14 For he knoweth our frame he remembreth that we are dust 15 As for man his days are as grass as a flower of the field so he flourisheth 16 For the wind passeth over it and †Heb. it is not it is gone and the place thereof shall know it no more 17 But the mercy of the LORD is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him his righteousness unto childrens children 18 * Deut. 7.9 To such as keep his covenant and to those that remember his commandments to do them 19 The LORD hath prepared his throne in the heavens and his kingdom ruleth over all 20 Bless the LORD ye his angels †Heb. mighty in strength that excel in strength that do his commandments hearkning unto the voice of his word 21 Bless ye the LORD all ye his hosts ye ministers of his that do his pleasure 22 Bless the LORD all his works in all places of his dominion bless the LORD O my soul PSAL. CIV 1 A meditation upon the mighty power 7 and wonderful providence of God 31 Gods glory is eternal 33 The prophet voweth perpetually to praise God BLess the LORD O my soul O LORD my God thou art very great thou art clothed with honour and majesty 2 Who coverest thy self with light as with a garment who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain 3 Who layeth the beams of his chambers in the waters who maketh the clouds his chariot who walketh upon the wings of the wind 4 * Hebr. 1.7 Who maketh his angels spirits his ministers a flaming fire 5 †Heb. he hath founded the earth upon her bases Who laid the foundations of the earth that it should not be removed for ever 6 Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment the waters stood above the mountains 7 At thy rebuke they fled at the voice of thy thunder they hasted away 8 ‖ Or the mountains ascend the valleys descend They go up by the mountains they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them 9 Thou hast set a bound
Ch. 59.3 †Heb. blouds bloud 16 ¶ Wash ye make you clean put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes * 1 Pet. 3.11 cease to do evil 17 Learn to do well seek judgement ‖ Or rightâ—â—â— relieve the oppressed judge the fatherless plead for the widow 18 Come now and let us reason together saith the LORD though your sins be as scarlet they shall be as white as snow though they be red like crimson they shall be as wool 19 If ye be willing and obedient ye shall eat the good of the land 20 But if ye refuse and rebel ye shall be devoured with the sword for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken it 21 ¶ How is the faithful city become an harlot it was full of judgement righteousness lodged in it but now murderers 22 Thy silver is become dross thy wine mixt with water 23 Thy princes are rebellious and companions of theeves every one loveth gifts and followeth after rewards they * Jer. 5.28 Zech. 7 1â— judge not the fatherless neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them 24 Therefore saith the Lord the LORD of hosts the mighty One of Israel Ah I will ease me of mine adversaries and avenge me of mine enemies 25 ¶ And I will turn my hand upon thee and †Heb. according to pureness purely purge away thy dross and take away all thy tin 26 And I will restore thy judges as at the first and thy counsellours as at the beginning afterward thou shalt be called The city of righteousnes the faithful city 27 Zion shall be redeemed with judgement and ‖ Or they that return of her her converts with righteousness 28 ¶ And the * Job 31.3 Ps 1.6 5.6 73.27 92.9 and 104.35 †Heb. breaking destruction of the transgressours and of the sinners shall be together and they that forsake the LORD shall be consumed 29 For they shall be ashamed of the oaks which ye have desired and ye shall be confounded for the gardens that ye have chosen 30 For ye shall be as an oak whose leaf fadeth and as a garden that hath no water 31 And the strong shall be as tow ‖ Or and his work and the maker of it as a spark and they shall both burn together and none shall quench them CHAP. II. 1 Isaiah prophesieth the coming of Christs kingdom â— Wickedness is the cause of Gods forsaking 10 He exhorteth to fear because of the powerful effect of Gods majesty THe word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem 2 And * Mic. 4 â— c. it shall come to pass in the last days that the mountain of the LORD house shall be ‖ Or prepared established in the top of the mountains and shall be exalted above the hills and all nations shall flow unto it 3 And many people shall go and say Come ye and let us go up to the mountain of the LORD to the house of the God of Jacob and he will teach us of his ways and we will walk in his paths for out of Zion shall go forth the law and the word of the LORD from Jerusalem 4 And he shall judge among the nations and shall rebuke many people and they shall beat their swords into plow-shares and their spears into ‖ Or sithes pruning-hooks nation shall not lift up sword against nation neither shall they learn war any more 5 O house of Jacob come ye and let us walk in the light of the LORD 6 Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob because they be replenished ‖ Or more then the east from the east and are sooth-sayers like the Philistines and they ‖ Or abound with the children c. please themselves in the children of strangers 7 Their land also is full of silver and gold neither is there any end of their treasures their land is also full of horses neither is there any end of their chariots 8 Their land also is full of idols they worship the work of their own hands that which their own fingers have made 9 And the mean man boweth down and the great man humbleth himself therefore forgive them not 10 ¶ Enter into the rock and hide thee in the dust for fear of the LORD and for the glory of his majesty 11 The * Chap. 5.15 lofty looks of man shall be humbled and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day 12 For the day of the LORD of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty and upon every one that is lifted up and he shall be brought low 13 And upon all the cedars of Lebanon that are high and lifted up and upon all the oaks of Bashan 14 And upon all the high mountains and upon all the hills that are lifted up 15 And upon every high towre and upon every senced wall 16 And upon all the ships of Tarthish and upâ—n all †Heb. pictures of dâ—sire pleasant pictures 17 And the loftiness of man shall be bowed down and the haughtiness of men shall be made low and the LORD alone shall be exalted in that day 18 And ‖ Or the idols shall utterly pass away the idols he shall utterly abolish 19 And they shall go into the * Hoâ— 10.8 Lu. 23.30 Rev. 6.16 9.6 holes of the rocks and into the caves of †Heb. the â—ust the earth for fear of the LORD and for the glory of his majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth 20 In that day a man shall cast †Heb. the idols of his silvâ—r c. his idols of silver and his idols of gold ‖ Or which they made for him which they made each one for himself to worship to the moles and to the bats 21 To go into the clefts of the rocks and into the tops of the ragged rocks for fear of the LORD and for the glory of his majesty when he ariseth to shake terribly the earth 22 Cease ye from man whose breath is in his nostrils for wherein is he to be accounted of CHAP. III. 1 The great confusion which cometh by sin 9 The impudeney of the people 12 The oppression and covetousâ—â—es of the culers 16 The judgements which shall be joy the pride of the women FOr behold the LORD the LORD of hosts doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff the whole stay of bread and the whole stay of water 2 The mighty man and the man of war the judge and the prophet and the prudent and the ancient 3 The captain of fifty and †Heb. amâ—â— emiâ—eâ—t in counterance the honourable man and the counsellour and the cunning artificer and ‖ Or skilful of speâ—ck the eloquent oratour 4 And I will give * â—â—â—â—es 1â— 16 children to be their
for he had heard that he was departed from Lachish 9 And he heard say concerning Tirhakah king of Ethiopia He is come forth to make war with thee and when he heard it he sent messengers to Hezekiah saying 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee saying Jerusalem shall not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria 11 Behold thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly and shalt thou be delivered 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed as Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Telassar 13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arphad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim Hena and Ivah 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter from the hand of the messengers and read it and Hezekiah went up unto the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD 15 And Hezekiah prayed unto the LORD saying 16 O LORD of hosts God of Israel that dwellest between the cherubims thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the earth thou hast made heaven and earth 17 Incline thine ear O LORD and hear open thine eyes O LORD and see and hear all the words of Sennacherib which hath sent to reproach the living God 18 Of a truth LORD the kings of Assyria have laid waste all the †Heb. lands nations and their countreys 19 And have †Heb. given cast their gods into the fire for they were no gods but the work of mens hands wood and stone therefore they have destroyed them 20 Now therefore O LORD our God save us from his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD even thou onely 21 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amòz sent unto Hezekiah saying Thus saith the LORD God of Israel Whereas thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria 22 This is the word which the LORD hath spoken concerning him The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee 23 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lifted up thine eyes on high even against the holy One of Israel 24 †Heb. By the hand of thy servants By thy servants hast thou reproached the Lord and hast said By the multitude of my chariots am I come up to the height of the mountains to the sides of Lebanon and I will cut down †Heb. the talness of the cedars thereof and the choice of the fir trees thereof the tall cedars thereof and the choice fir-trees thereof and I will enter into the height of his border and ‖ Or the forest and his fruitful field the forest of his Carmel 25 I have dâ—gged and drunk water and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of the ‖ Or fineed and closed besieged places 26 ‖ Or Hast thou not beard how I have made it long ago and formed it of ancient times should I now bring it to be laid waste and defenced cities to be ruinous heaps Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it and of ancient times that I have formed it now have I brought it to pass that thou shouldest be to lay waste defenced cities into ruinous heaps 27 Therefore their inhabitants were †Heb. short of hand of small power they were dismayed and confounded they were as the grass of the field and as the green herb as the grass on the hous-tops and as corn blasted before it be grown up 28 But I know thy ‖ Or sitting abode and thy going out and thy coming in and thy rage against me 29 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears therefore will I put my book in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest 30 And this shall be a signe unto thee Ye shall eat this year such as groweth of itself and the second year that which springeth of the same and in the third year sowe ye and reap and plant vineyards and eat the fruit thereof 31 And †Heb. the escaping of the house of Judah that remaineth the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall again take root downward and bear fruit upward 32 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant and †Heb. the escaping they that escape out of mount Zion the * 2 Kin. 19.31 Ch. 9.7 zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this 33 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria He shall not come into this city nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shields nor cast a bank against it 34 By the way that he came by the same shall he return and shall not come into this city saith the LORD 35 For I will * 2 Kin. 20.6 defend this city to save it for mine own sake and for my servant Davids sake 36 Then the * 2 Kin 19.35 angel of the LORD went forth and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred and fourscore and five thousand and when they arose early in the morning behold they were all dead corpses 37 ¶ So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh 38 And it came to pass as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god that Adrammelech and Sharezer his sons smote him with the sword and they escaped into the land of †Heb. Ararat Armenia and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XXXVIII 1 Hezekiah having received a messave of death by prayer hath his life lengthned 8 The sun goeth ten degrees backward for a signe of that promise 9 His song of thanksgiving IN * 2 Kin. 20.1 2 Chr. 32.24 those days was Hezekiah sick unto death and Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz came unto him and said unto him Thus saith the LORD †Heb. Give charge concerning thy house Set thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live 2 Then Hezekiah turned his face toward the wall and prayed unto the LORD 3 And said Remember now O LORD I beseech thee how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight and Hezekiah wept †Heb. with great weeping sore 4 ¶ Then came the word of the LORD to Isaian saying 5 Go and say to Hezekiah Thus saith the LORD the God of David thy father I have heard thy prayer I have seen thy tears behold I will add unto thy days fifteen years 6 And I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of
Judah unto the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah king of Judah unto the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth moneth 4 Then the word of the LORD came unto me saying 5 Before I * Isa 49.1 5. formed thee in the belly I knew thee and before thou camest forth out of the womb I * Gal. 1.15 16. sanctified thee and I †Heb. save ordained thee a prophet unto the nations 6 Then said I Ah * Exod. 4.10 Lord GOD behold I cannot speak for I am a childe 7 ¶ But the LORD said unto me Say not I am a childe for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak 8 * Ezek. 3.9 Be not afraid of their faces for * Ex. 3.12 Deut. 31.6 8. Josh 1.5 Hebt 13.6 I am with thee to deliver thee saith the LORD 9 Then the LORD put forth his hand and * Isa 6.7 touched my mouth and the LORD said unto me Behold I have * Ch. 5.14 put my words in thy mouth 10 See I have this day set thee over the nations and over the kingdoms to * Ch. 18.7 2 Cor. 10.4 â— root out and to pull down and to destroy and to throw down to build and to plant 11 ¶ Moreover the word of the LORD came unto me saying Jeremiah what seest thou and I said I see a rod of an almond-tree 12 Then said the LORD unto me Thou hast well seen for I will hasten my word to perform it 13 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time saying What seest thou and I said I see a seething pot and the face thereof was †Heb. from the face of the norte towards the north 14 The the LORD said unto me Out of the * Chap. 4.6 north an evil †Heb. shall be opened shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land 15 For so I will * Chap. 5.15 6.22 10.22 call all the families of the kingdoms of the north saith the LORD and they shall come and they shall set every one his throne at the entring of the gates of Jerusalem and against all the walls thereof round about and against all the cities of Judah 16 And I will utter my judgements against them touching all their wickedness who have forsaken me and have burnt incense unto other gods and worshipped the works of their own hands 17 ¶ Thou therefore gird up thy joyns and arise and speak unto them all that I command thee be not dismayed at their faces left I ‖ Or break to pieces confound thee before them 18 For behold I have made thee this day * Isa 50.7 Chap. 6.27 and 15.20 a defenced city and an iron pillar and brasen walls against the whole land against the kings of Judah against the princes thereof against the priests thereof and against the people of the land 19 And they shall fight against thee but they shall not prevail against thee for I am with thee saith the LORD to deliver thee CHAP. II. 1 God having shewed his former kindness expostulateth with the Jews their causless revolt 9 beyond any example 14 They are the causes of their own calamities 20 The sins of Judah 31 Her confidence is rejected MOreover the word of the LORD came to me saying 2 Go and cry in the ears of Jerusalem saying Thus saith the LORD I remember ‖ Or. for thy sake thee the kindness of thy * Ezek. 16.8 youth the love of thine espousals when thou wentest after me in the wilderness in a land that was not sown 3 Israel was holiness unto the LORD and the first-fruits of his increase * Chap. 12.14 all that devour him shall offend evil shall come upon them saith the LORD 4 Hear ye the word of the LORD O house of Jacob and all the families of the house of Israel 5 ¶ Thus saith the LORD What iniquity have your fathers found in me that they are gone far from me and have walked after vanity and are become vain 6 Neither said they Where is the LORD that * Isa 63.9 11 13. Hos 13.4 brought us up out of the land of Egypt that led us through the wilderness through a land of deserts and of pits through a land of drought and of the shadow of death through a land that no man passed through and where no man dwelt 7 And I brought you into a plentiful countrey to eat the fruit thereof and the goodness thereof but when ye entred ye * Psal 78.58 and 106.38 defiled my land and made mine heritage an abomination 8 The priests said not Where is the LORD and they that handle the * Rom. 2.20 law knew me not the pastours also transgressed against me and the prophets prophesied by Baal and walked after things that do not profit 9 ¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you saith the LORD and with your childrens children will I plead 10 For pass ‖ Or over to over the isles of Chittim and see and send unto Kedar and consider diligently and see if there be such a thing 11 Hath a nation changed their gods which are * Chap. 16.20 yet no gods but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit 12 Beastonished O ye heavens at this and be horribly afraid be ye very desolate saith the LORD 13 For my people have committed two evils they have forsaken me the * Ps 36.9 Chap. 17.13 18.14 fountain of living waters and hewed them out cisterns broken cisterns that can hold no water 14 ¶ Is Israel a servant is he a home-born slave why is he †Heb. become a spoil spoiled 15 The young lions roared upon him and †Heb. gave out their voice yelled and they made his land waste his cities are burnt without inhabitant 16 Also the children of Noph and Tahapanes ‖ Or feed on thy crown Deut. 33.12 Isa 8.8 have broken the crown of thy head 17 Hast thou not procured this unto thy self in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God when he led thee by the way 18 And now what hast thou to do in the way of Egypt to drink the waters of Sihor or what hast thou to do in the way of Assyria to drink the waters of the river 19 Thine own * Isa 3. â— Hos 5.5 wickedness shall correct thee and thy backslidings shall reprove thee know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God and that my fear is not in thee saith the Lord GOD of hosts 20 ¶ For of old time I have broken thy yoke and burst thy bands and thou saidst I will not ‖ Or sâ—â—ve transgress when * 11.57.5 7. Chap. 3.6 upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest playing the harlot
like dragons their eyes did fail because there was no grass 7 ¶ O LORD though our iniquities testifie against us do thou it for thy names sake for our backslidings are many we have sinned against thee 8 O the hope of Israel the saviour thereof in time of trouble why shouldest thou be as a stranger in the land and as a way-faring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night 9 Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied as a mighty man that cannot save †Heb taâ— name 〈◊〉 upon 〈◊〉 yet thou O LORD art in the midst of us and ‖ 〈…〉 we are called by thy name leave us not 10 ¶ Thus saith the LORD unto this people Thus have they loved to wander they have not refrained their feet therefore the LORD doth not accept them he will now remember their iniquity and visit their sirâ— 11 Then saâ—d the LORD unto me * 〈…〉 Pray not for this people for their good 12 * Pr 1 2â— Isa 1.15 Ch. 11.11 Ezek. 8 1â— Mic. 3.4 When they fast I will not hear their cry and when they offer burnt-offering and an oblation I will not accept them but I will consume them by the sword and by the famine and by the pestilence 13 ¶ Then said I Ah Lord GOD behold the prophets say unto them Ye shall not see the sword neither shall ye have famine but I will give you †Heb. peace of truth assured peace in this place 14 Then the LORD said unto me The prophets prophesie lies in my name * Ch. 22.21 and 27.15 and 29.8 9. I sent them not neither have I commanded them neither spake unto them they prophesie unto you a false vision and divination and a thing of nought and the deceit of their heart 15 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the prophets that prophesie in my name and I sent them not yet they say Sword and famine shall not be in this land By sword and famine shall those prophets be consumed 16 And the people to whom they prophesie shall be cast out in the streeâ—s of Jerusalem because of the famine and the sword and they shall have none to bury them them their wives nor their sons nor their daughters for I will pour their wickedness upon them 17 ¶ Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them * Ch. 13.17 La. 1.16 and 2.18 Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day and let them not cease for the virgin-daughter of my people is broken with a great breach with a very grievous blow 18 If I go forth into the field then behold the slain with the sword and it I enter into the city then behold them that are sick with famine yea both the prophet and the priest ‖ Or make merâ—bandise against a land and men acknowledge it not Ch. 5.31 go about into a land that they know not 19. Hast thou utterly rejected Judah hath thy soul loathed Zion why hast thou smitten us and there is no healing for us * Ch. 8.15 we looked for peace and there is no good and for the time of healing and behold trouble 20 We acknowledge O LORD out wickedness and the iniquity of our fathers for * Ps 106.6 Dan. 9.8 we have sinned against thee 21 Do not abhor us for thy names sake do not disgrace the throne of thy glory remember break not thy covenant with us 22 Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain or can the heavens give showres art not thou he O LORD our God therefore we will wait upon thee for thou hast made all these things CHAP. XV. 1 The utter rejection and manifold judgements of the Jews 10 Jeremiah complaining of their spite receiveth a promise for himself 12 a threatning for them 15 He prayeth 19 and receiveth a gracious promise THen said the LORD unto me * Ezek. 11.14 Though * Ex. 32.11 14. Moses and * 1 Sa. 7.9 Samuel stood before me yet my minde could not be toward this people cast them out of my sight and let them go forth 2 And it shall come to pass if they say unto thee Whither shall we go forth then thou shalt tell them Thus saith the LORD * Ch. 42.11 Zec. 11.9 Such as are for death to death and such as are for the sword to the sword and such as are for the famine to the famine and such as are for the captivity to the captivity 3 And I will * Le. 26.16 c. appoint over them four †Heb. famines kinds saith the LORD the sword to slay and the dogs to tear and the fowls of the heaven and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy 4 And †Heb. I will give them for a removine I will cause them to be * Deu. 28.25 Ch. 24.9 removed into all kingdoms of the earth because of * 2 Kin. 21.11 Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah for that which he did in Jerusalem 5 For who shall have pity upon thee O Jerusalem or who shall bemoan thee or who shall go aside †Heb. to ask of thy peace to ask how thou doest 6 Thou hast forsaken me saith the LORD thou art gone backward therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee and destroy thee I am weary with repenting 7 And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land I will bereave them of ‖ Or whatsoever is dear children I will destroy my people sith they return not from their ways 8 Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas I have brought upon them ‖ Or against the mother-â—â—ty a young man spoiling c. or against the mother and the young men against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noon-day I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly and terrours upon the city 9 She that hath born seven languisheth she hath given up the ghost * Am. 8 9. her sun is gone down while it was yet day she hath been ashamed and confounded and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies faith the LORD 10 ¶ * Job 3.1 c. Ch. 20.14 Wo is me my mother that thou hast born me a man of strise a man of contention to the whole earth I have neither lent on usury nor men have lent to me on usury yet every one of them doth curse me 11 The LORD said Verily it shall be well with thy remnant verily ‖ Or I will intreat the enemy for thee I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil and in the time of affliction 12 Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel 13 Thy substance and thy treasures will I give to the * Ch. 1â— 3 spoil without price and that for all thy sins even in all thy borders 14 And I will
image that Nebuchadnezzar the king had set up 8 ¶ Wherefore at that time certain Caldeans came â—â—â—r and accused the Jews 9 They spake and said to the king Nebuchadnezzar O king live for ever 10 Thou O king hast made a decree that every man that shall hear the sound of the cornet flute harp sackbut psaltery and dulcimer and all kinds of musick shall fall down and worship the golden image 11 And whoso falleth not down and worshippeth that he should be cast into the midst of a burning fierâ— furnace 12 There are certain Jews whom thou hast set over the affairs of the province of Babylon Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego these men O king †Cald. have sâ—t never and upon thâ—s have not regarded thee they serve not thy gods nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up 13 ¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar in his rage and fury commanded to bring Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego then they brought these men before the king 14 Nebuchadnezzar spake and said unto them Is it ‖ Or of purpose at Ex. 21.23 true O Shadrath Meshach and Abed-nego do not ye serve my gods nor worship the golden image which I have set up 15 Now if ye be ready that at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet flute harp sackbut psaltery and dulcimer and all kinds of musick ye fall down and worship the image which I have made well but if ye worship not ye shall be cast the same hour into the midst of a burning fiery furnace and who is that God that shall deliver you out of my hands 16 Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego answered and said to the king O Nebuchadnezzar we are not careful to answer thee in this matter 17 If it be so our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burning fiery furnace and he will deliver us out of thine hand O king 18 But if not be it known unto thee O king that we will not serve thy gods nor worship the golden image which thou hast set up 19 ¶ Then was Nebuchadnezzar †Cald. filled full of fury and the form of his visage was changed against Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego therefore he spake and commanded that they should hear the furnace one seven times more then it was wont to be heat 20 And he commanded the †Cald. mighty of strengh most mighty men that were in his army to binde Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego and to cast them into the burning fiery furnace 21 Then these men were bound in their ‖ Or mantles coats their hosen and their ‖ Or turbants hats and their other garments and were cast into the midst of the burning fiery furnace 22 Therefore because the kings †Cald. word commandment was urgent and the furnace exceeding hot the ‖ Or spark flame of the fire slew those men that took up Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego 23 And these three men Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego fell down bound into the midst of the burning fiery furnace 24 Then Nebuchadnezzar the king was astonied and rose up in haste and spake and said unto his ‖ Or governours counsellours Did not we cast three men bound into the midst of the fire They answered and said unto the king True O king 25 He answered and said Lo I see four men loose walking in the midst of the fire and †Cald. â—oâ—re is no â—urt in â—com they have no hurt and the form of the fourth is like the son of God 26 ¶ Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the †Cald. 〈◊〉 mouth of the burning fiery furnace and spake and said Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego ye servants of the most high God come forth and come hither Then Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego came forth of the midst of the fire 27 And the princes governours and captains and the kings counsellours being gathered together saw these men upon whose bodies the fire had no power nor was an hair of their head singed neither were their coats changed nor the smell of fire had passed on them 28 Then Nebuchadnezzar spake and said Blessed be the God of Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego who hath sent his angel and delivered his servants that trusted in him and have changed the kings word and yeelded their bodies that they might not serve nor worship any god except their own God 29 Therefore †Gold a decree is made by me I make a decree That every people nation and language which speak †Cald. â—â—our â— any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego shall be * Ch. 2.5 †Cald. made pieces cut in pieces and their houses shall be made a dunghil because there is no other god that can deliver after this sort 30 Then the king †Cald. made to prosper promoted Shadrach Meshach and Abed-nego in the province of Babylon CHAP. IV. 1 Nebuchadnezzar confesseth Gods kingdom 4 maketh relation of his dream which the Magitians could not interpret 8 Daniel beareth the dream 19 He interprets it 28 The story of the event NEbuchadnezzar the king unto all people nations and languages that dwell in all the earth Peace be multiplied unto you 2 †Cald. It was feemly before me I thought it good to shew the signs and wonders that the high God hath wrought toward me 3 How great are his signs and how mighty are his wonders his kingdom is * Ch. 2.44 an everlasting kingdom and his dominion is from generation to generation 4 ¶ I Nebuchadnezzar was at rest in mine house and flourishing in my palace 5 I saw a dream which made me afraid and the thoughts upon my bed and the visions of my head troubled me 6 Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream 7 Then came in the magicians the astrologers the Caldeans and the soothsayers and I told the dream before them but they did not make known unto me the interpretation thereof 8 ¶ But at the last Daniel came in before me whose name was Belteshazzar according to the name of my God and in whom is the spirit of the holy gods and before him I told the dream saying 9 O Belteshazzar * Ch. 2.48 master of the magicians Because I know that the spirit of the holy gods is in thee and no secret troubleth thee tell me the visions of my dream that I have seen and the interpretation thereof 10 Thus were the visions of mine head in my bed †Cald. I was seeing I saw and behold a tree in the midst of the earth and the height thereof was great 11 The tree grew and was strong and the height thereof reached unto heaven and the sight thereof to the end of all the earth 12 The leaves thereof were fair and the fruit thereof much and in it was meat for all the beasts
part of the hand that wrote 6 Then the kings †Cald. brightnessâ—â— countenance †Cald. changed iâ— was changed and his thoughts troubled him so that the ‖ Or girdles †Cald. bindings oâ— knots joynts of his loyns were loosed and his knees smote one against another 7 The king cried †Cald. with might aloud to bring in the astrologers the Caldeans and the soothsayers and the king spake and said to the wise men of Babylon Whosoever shall read this writing and shew me the interpretation thereof shall be clothed with ‖ Or purpâ—â— scarlet and have a chain of gold about his neck and shall be the third ruler in the kingdom 8 Then came in all the kings wise men but they could not read the writing nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof 9 Then was king Belshazzar greatly troubled and his †Cald. brightnesses countenance was changed in him and his lords were astonied 10 ¶ Now the queen by reason of the words of the king and his lords came into the banquet-house and the queen spake and said O king live for ever let not thy thoughts trouble thee nor let thy countenance be changed 11 * Ch. 2.48 There is a man in thy kingdom in whom is the spirit of the holy gods and in the days of thy ‖ Or grandfather father light and understanding and wisdom like the wisdom of the gods was found in him whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy ‖ Or grandfather father the king I say thy father made * Ch. 4.9 master of the magicians astrologers Caldeans and soothsayers 12 Forasmuch as an excellent spirit and knowledge and understanding ‖ Or of an interpreter c. interpreting of dreams and shewing of hard sentences and ‖ Or of a dissolver dissolving of †Cald. knots doubts were found in the same Daniel whom the king named Belteshazzar now let Daniel be called and he will shew the interpretation 13 Then was Daniel brought in before the king and the king spake and said unto Daniel Art thou that Daniel which art of the children of the captivity of Judah whom the king my ‖ Or grandfather father brought out of Jewry 14 I have even heard of thee that the spirit of the gods is in thee and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee 15 And now the wise men the astrologers have been brought in before me that they should read this writing and make known unto me the interpretation thereof but they could not shew the interpretation of the thing 16 And I have heard of thee that thou canst †Cald. interpret make interpretations and dissolve doubts now if thou canst read the writing and make known to me the interpretation thereof thou shalt be clothed with scarlet and have a chain of gold about thy neck and shalt be the third ruler in the kingdom 17 ¶ Then Daniel answered and said before the king Let thy gifts be to thy self and give thy ‖ Or feâ— as Ch. 2.6 rewards to another yet I will read the writing unto the king and make known to him the interpretation 18 O thou king the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom and majesty and glory and honour 19 And for the majesty that he gave him all people nations and languages trembled and feared before him whom he would be slew and whom he would he kept alive and whom he would he set up and whom he would he put down ‖ Or to dead proudly 20 But when his heart was lifted up and his minde hardned in pride he was †Cald. made to come down deposed from his kingly throne and they took his glory from him 21 And he was * Ch. 4.22 driven from the sons of men and ‖ Or he made his heart equal c. his heart was made like the beasts and his dwelling was with the wilde asses they fed him with grass like oxen and his body was wet with the dew of heaven till he knew that the most high God ruled in the kingdom of men and that he appointeth over it whomsoever he will 22 And thou his son O Belshazzar hast not humbled thine heart though thou knewest all this 23 But hast lifted up thy self against the Lord of heaven and they have brought the vessels of his house before thee and thou and thy lords thy wives and thy concubines have drunk wine in them and thou hast praised the gods of silver and gold of brass iron wood and stone which see not nor hear nor know and the God in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways hast thou not glorified 24 Then was the part of the hand sent from him and this writing was written 25 ¶ And this is the writing that was written MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN 26 This is the interpretation of the thing MENE God hath numbred thy kingdom and finished it 27 TEKEL thou art weighed in the balances and art found wanting 28 PERES thy kingdom is divided and given to the Medes and Persians 29 Then commanded Belshazzar and they clothed Daniel with scarlet and put a chain of gold about his neck and made a proclamation concerning him that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom 30 ¶ In that night was Belshazzar the king of the Caldeans slain 31 And Darius the Median took the kingdom †Cald. he as the son of c. being ‖ Or now about threescore and two year old CHAP. VI. 1 Daniel is made chief of the presidents 4 They couspiring against him obtain an idolatrous decree 10 Daniel accused of the breach thereof is cast into the lions den 18 Daniel is saved 24 his adversaries devoured 25 and God magnified by a decree IT pleased Darius to set over the kingdom an hundred and twenty princes which should be over the whole kingdom 2 And over these three presidents of whom Daniel was first that the princes might give accounts unto them and the king should have no damage 3 Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes because an excellent spirit was in him and the king thought to set him over the whole realm 4 ¶ Then the presidents and princes sought to finde occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom but they could finde none occasion nor fault forasmuch as he was faithful neither was there any errour or fault found in him 5 Then said these men We shall not finde any occasion against this Daniel except we finde it against him concerning the law of his God 6 Then these presidents and princes †Or came â—â—multâ—â—ously assembled together to the king and said thus unto him King Darius live for ever 7 All the presidents of the kingdom the governours and the princes the counsellours and the captains have consulted together to establish a royal statute and to make a firm ‖
†Cald. a prolonging in life was given them their lives were prolonged for a season and time 13 I saw in the night-visions and behold one like the son of man came with the clouds of heaven and came to the Ancient of days and they brought him near before him 14 And there was given him dominion and glory and a kingdom that all people nations and languages should serve him his dominion is * Ch. 2.44 Mic. 4.7 Luk. 1.33 an everlasting dominion which shall not pass away and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed 15 ¶ I Daniel was grieved in my spirit in the midst of my †Cald. sheath body and the visions of my head troubled me 16 I came near unto one of them that stood by and asked him the truth of all this so he told me and made me know the interpretation of the things 17 These great beasts which are four are four kings which shall arise out of the earth 18 But the saints of the †Cald. bâ—â—â—enes that is saints or places most High shall take the kingdom and possess the kingdom for ever even for ever and ever 19 Then I would know the truth of the fourth beast which was diverse †Cald. from all these from all the others exceeding dreadful whose teeth were of iron and his nails of brass which devoured brake in pieces and stamped the residue with his feet 20 And of the ten horns that were in his head and of the other which came up and before whom three fell even of that horn that had eyes and a mouth that spake very great things whose look was more stout then his fellows 21 I beheld and the same horn made war with the saints and prevailed against them 22 Until the Ancient of days came and judgement was given to the saints of the most High and the time came that the saints possessed the kingdom 23 Thus he said The fourth beast shall be the fourth kingdom upon earth which shall be diverse from all kingdoms and shall devour the whole earth and shall tread it down and break it in pieces 24 And the ten horns out of this kingdom are ten kings that shall arise and another shall rise after them and he shall be diverse from the first and he shall subdue three kings 25 And he shall speak great words against the most High and shall wear out the saints of the most High and think to change times and laws and they shall be given into his hand until a time and times and the dividing of time 26 But the judgement shall sit and they shall take away his dominion to consume and to destroy it unto the end 27 And the * Luk. 1.33 kingdom and dominion and the greatness of the kingdom under the whole heaven shall be given to the people of the saints of the most High whose kingdom is an everlasting kingdom and all ‖ Or rulers dominions shall serve and obey him 28 Hitherto is the end of the matter As for me Daniel my cogitations much troubled me and my countenance changed in me but I kept the matter in my heart CHAP. VIII 1 Daniels vision of the ram and he-goat 13 The two thousand three hundred days of sacrifice 15 Gabriel comforteth Daniel and interpreteth the vision IN the third year of the reign of king Belshazzar a vision appeared unto me even unto me Daniel after that which appeared unto me at the first 2 And I saw in a vision and it came to pass when I saw that I was at Shushan in the palace which is in the province of Elam and I saw in a vision and I was by the river of Ulai 3 Then I lifted up mine eyes and saw and behold there stood before the river a ram which had two horns and the two horns were high but one was higher then †Heb. the second the other and the higher came up last 4 I saw the ram pushing west-ward and north-ward and southward so that no beasts might stand before him neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand but he did according to his will and became great 5 And as I was considering behold an he-goat came from the west on the face of the whole earth and ‖ Or none touched him in the earth touched not the ground and the goat had †Heb. a horn of sight a notable horn between his eyes 6 And he came to the ram that had two horns which I had seen standing before the river and ran unto him in the fury of his power 7 And I saw him come close unto the ram and he was moved with choler against him and smote the ram and brake his two horns and there was no power in the ram to stand before him but he cast him down to the ground and stamped upon him and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand 8 Therefore the he-goat waxed very great and when he was strong the great horn was broken and for it came up four notable ones * Ch. 23.4 toward the four winds of heaven 9 And out of one of them came forth a little horn which waxed exceeding great toward the south and toward the east and toward the * Ps 48.2 Ezek. 20.2 Ezek. 20. â— pleasant land 10 And it waxed great even ‖ Or against the host to the host of heaven and it cast down some of the host and of the stars to the ground and stamped upon them 11 Yea he magnified himself even ‖ Or against to the prince of the host and ‖ Or from him by him the daily sacrifice was taken away and the place of his sanctuary was cast down 12 And ‖ Or the host was given over for the transgression against the daily sacrifice an host was given him against the daily sacrifice by reason of transgression and it cast down the truth to the ground and it practised and prospered 13 ¶ Then I heard one saint speaking and another saint said unto ‖ The numberer of secrets or the wonderful numberer †Heb. Pâ—lmoni that certain saint which spake How long shall be the vision concerning the daily sacrifice and the transgression ‖ Or making desolate of desolation to give both the sanctuary and the host to be troden under foot 14 And he said unto me Unto two thousand and three hundred †Heb. evening morning days then shall the sanctuary be †Heb. Justified cleansed 15 ¶ And it came to pass when I even I Dniel had seen the vision and sought for the meaning then behold there stood before me as the appearance of a man 16 And I heard a mans voice between the banks of Ulai which called and said * Ch. 9.21 Gabriel make this man to understand the vision 17 So he came near where I stood and when he came I was afraid and fell upon my
and understanding 23 At the beginning of thy supplications the †Heb. word commandment came forth and I am come to shew thee for thou art †Heb. a man of dâ—sires greatly beloved therefore understand the matter and consider the vision 24 Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city ‖ Or to refrain to finish the transgression and ‖ Or to seal up to make an end of sins and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness and to seal up the vision and †Heb. prophet prophesie and to anoint the most Holy 25 Know therefore and understand that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the prince shall be seven weeks and threescore and two weeks the street †Heb. shall return and be built shall be built again and the ‖ Or breach or ditch wall even †Heb. in strait of times in troublous times 26 And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off ‖ Or and shall have nothing but not for himself and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary and the end thereof shall be with a floud and unto the end of the war ‖ Or it shall be 〈◊〉 off by desolations desolations are determined 27 And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease and ‖ Or with the abominable armies for the overspreading of * Matth. 24.15 Mark 13.14 Luke 21. â—0 abominations he shall make it desolate even until the consummâ—tion and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate CHAP. X. 1 Daniel having humbled himself seeth a vision 1â— Being troubled with fear he is comforted by the angel IN the third year of Cyrus king of Persia a thing was revealed unto Daniel whose name was called Belteshazzar and the thing was true but the time appointed was †Heb. greaâ— long and he understood the thing and had understanding of the vision 2 In those days I Daniel was mourning three †Heb. weeks of days full weeks 3 I ate no †Heb. â—â—ead of â—esires pleasant bread neither came flesh nor wine in my mouth neither did I anoint my sell at all till chree whole weeks were fulfilled 4 And in the four and twenfieth day of the first moneth as I was by the side of the great river which is * Gâ—n 2.14 Hiddekel 5 Then I lift up mine eyes and looked and behold †Heb. one man a certain man clothed in linen whose loyns were * Rev. 1.23 14 15. girded with fine gold of Uphaz 6 His body also was like the beryl and his face as the appearance of lightning and his eyes as lamps of fire and his arms and his feet like in colour to polished brass and the voice of his words like the voice of a multitude 7 And I Daniel alone saw the vision for the men that were with me saw not the vision but a great quaking fell upon them so that they fled to hide themselves 8 Therefore I was left alone and saw this great vision and there remained no strength in me for my ‖ Or vigour * Ch. 7.28 comeliness was turned in me into corruption and I retained no strength 9 Yet heard I the voice of his words and when I heard the voice of his words then was I in a deep sleep on my face and my face toward the ground 10 ¶ And behold an hand touched me which †Heb. moved set me upon my knees and upon the palms of my hands 11 And he said unto me O Daniel †Heb. a man of desires a man greatly beloved understand the words that I speak unto thee and †Heb. stand upon thy standing stand upright for unto thee am I now sent And when he had spoken this word unto me I stood trembling 12 Then said he unto me Fear not Daniel for from the first day that thou didst set thine heart to understand and to chasten thy self before thy God thy words were heard and I am come for thy words 13 But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days but lo Michael ‖ Or the first one of the chief princes came to help me and I remained there with the kings of Persia 14 Now I am come to make thee understand what shall befall thy people in the latter days for yet the vision is for many days 15 And when he had spoken such words unto me I set my face toward the ground and I became dumb 16 And behold one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips then I opened my mouth and spake and said unto him that stood before me O my lord by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me and I have retained no strength 17 For how can ‖ Or this servant of my lord the servant of this my lord talk with this my lord for as for me straightway there remained no strength in me neither is there breath left in me 18 Then there came again and touched me one like the appearance of a man and he strengthned me 19 And said O man greatly beloved fear not peace be unto thee be strong yea be strong And when he had spoken unto me I was strengthned and said Let my lord speak for thou hast strengthned me 20 Then said he Knowest thou wherefore I come unto thee and now will I return to sight with the prince of Persia and when I am gone forth lo the prince of Grecia shall come 21 But I will shew thee that which is noted in the scripture of truth and there is none that †Heb. strengthneth himself holdeth with me in these things but Michael your prince CHAP. XI 1 The overthrow of Persia by the king of Grecia 5 Leagues and conflicts between the kings of the south and of the north 30 The invasion and tyranny of the Romans ALso I in the first year of Darius the Mede even I stood to confirm and to strengthen him 2 And now will I shew thee the truth Behold there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia and the fourth shall be far richer then they all and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia 3 And a mighty king shall stand up that shall rule with great dominion and do according to his will 4 And when he shall stand up his kingdom shall be broken and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven and not to his posterity nor according to his dominion which he ruled for his kingdom shall be pluckt up even for others besides those 5 ¶ And the king of the south shall be strong and one of his princes and he
with you saith the LORD of hosts 5 According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt so my spirit remaineth among you fear ye not 6 For thus saith the LORD of hosts * Heb. 12 26. Yet once it is a little while and I will shake the heavens and the earth and the sea and the dry land 7 And I will shake all nations and the desire of all nations shall come and I will fill this house with glory saith the LORD of hosts 8 The silver is mine and the gold is mine saith the LORD of hosts 9 The glory of this latter house shall be greater then of the former saith the LORD of hosts and in this place will I give peace saith the LORD of hosts 10 ¶ In the four and twentieth day of the ninth moneth in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD by Haggai the prophet saying 11 Thus saith the LORD of hosts Ask now the priests concerning the law saying 12 It one bear holy flesh in the skirt of his garment and with his skirt do touch bread or pottage or wine or oyl or any meat shall it be holy And the priests answered and said No. 13 Then said Haggai Is one that is unclean by a dead body touch any of these shall it be unclean And the priests answered and said It shall be unclean 14 Then answered Haggai and said So is this people and so is this nation before me saith the LORD and so is every work of their hands and that which they offer there is unclean 15 And now I pray you consider from this day and upward from before a stone was laid upon a stone in the temple of the LORD 16 Since those days were when one came to an heap of twenty measures there were but ten when one came to the press-fat for to draw out fifty vessels out of the press there were but twenty 17 ¶ I smote you * Am. 4.9 with blasting and with mildew and with hail in all the labours of your hands yet ye turned not to me saith the LORD 18 Consider now from this day and upward from the four and twentieth day of the ninth moneth even from the day that the foundation of the LORDs temple was laid consider it 19 Is the seed yet in the barn yea as yet the vine and the fig-tree and the pomegranate and the olive-tree hath not brought forth from this day will I bless you 20 ¶ And again the word of the LORD came unto Haggai in the four and twentieth day of the moneth saying 21 Speak to Zerubbabel governour of Judah saying I will shake the heavens and the earth 22 And I will overthrow the throne of kingdoms and I will destroy the strength of the kingdoms of the heathen and I will overthrow the chariots and those that ride in them and the horses and their riders shall come down every one by the sword of his brother 23 In that day saith the LORD of hosts will I take thee O Zerubbabel my servant the son of Shealtiel saith the LORD and will make thee as a signet for I have chosen thee saith the LORD of hosts ¶ ZECHARIAH CHAP. I. 1 Zechariah exhorteth to repentance 7 The vision of the horses 12 At the prayer of the angel comfortable promises are made to Jerusalem 18 The vision of the four horns and the four carpenters IN the eighth moneth in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah the son of Iddo the prophet saying 2 The LORD hath been †Heb. with displeasure sore displeased with your fathers 3 Therefore say thou unto them Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Mal. 3.7 Turn ye unto me saith the LORD of hosts and I will turn unto you saith the LORD of hosts 4 Be ye not as your fathers unto whom the former prophets have cried saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts * Is 31.6 Jer. 3.12 18.11 Ezek. 18.30 Hos 14 1◠Turn ye now from your evil ways and from your evil doings but they did not hear nor hearken unto me saith the LORD 5 Your fathers where are they and the prophets do they live for ever 6 But my words and my statutes which I commanded my servants the prophets did they not ‖ Or overtake take hold of your fathers and they returned and said * L◠1.18 Like as the LORD of hosts thought to do unto us according to our ways and according to our doings so hath he dealt with us 7 ¶ Upon the four and twentieth day of the eleventh moneth which is the moneth Sebat in the second year of Darius came the word of the LORD unto Zechariah the son of Barachiah the son of Iddo the prophet saying 8 I saw by night and behold a man riding upon a red horse and he stood among the myrtle-trees that were in the bottom and behinde him were there red horses ‖ Or hay speckled and white 9 Then said I O my Lord what are these And the angel that talked with me said unto me I will shew thee what these be 10 And the man that stood among the myrtle-trees answered and said These are they whom the LORD hath sent to walk to and fro through the earth 11 And they answered the angel of the LORD that stood among the myrtle-trees and said We have walked to and fro through the earth and behold all the earth sitteth still and is at rest 12 ¶ Then the angel of the LORD answered and said O LORD of hosts how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years 13 And the LORD answered the angel that talked with me with good words and comfortable words 14 So the angel that communed with me said unto me Cry thou saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts I am * Ch. 8.2 jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousie 15 And I am very sore displeased with the heathen that are at case for I was but a little displeased and they helped forward the affliction 16 Therefore thus saith the LORD I am returned to Jerusalem with mercies my house shall be built in it saith the LORD of hosts and a line shall be stretched forth upon Jerusalem 17 Cry yet saying Thus saith the LORD of hosts My cities through †Hēb good prosperity shall yet be spread abroad and the LORD shall yet comfort Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem 18 ¶ Then lift I up mine eyes and saw and behold four horns 19 And I said unto the angel that talked with me What be these And he answered me These are the horns which have scattered Judah Israel and Jerusalem 20 And the LORD shewed me four carpenters 21 Then said I What come these to do And he spake saying These are the horns which have scattered Judah
last things high things which the most High will do unto them that dwell upon earth in the last days So I slept that night and another like as he commanded me CHAP. XI 1 He seeth in his dream an eagle coming out of the sea 37 and a lion out of a wood talking to the eagle THen saw I a dream and behold there came up from the sea an eagle which had twelve feathered wings and three heads 2 And I saw and behold she spread her wings over all the earth and all the winds of the air blew on her and were gathered together 3 And I beheld and out of her feathers there grew other contrary feathers and they became little feathers and small 4 But her heads were at rest the head in the midst was greater then the other yet rested †Lat. sa it with the residue 5 Moreover I beheld and so the eagle flew with her feathers and reigned upon earth and over them that dwelt therein 6 And I saw that all things under heaven were subject unto her and no man spake against her no not one creature upon earth 7 And I beheld and so the eagle rose upon her talons and spake to her feathers saying 8 Watch not all at once sleep every one in his own place and watch by course 9 But set the heads be preserved for the last 10 And I beheld and so the voice went not out of her heads but from the midst of her body 11 And I numbred her contrary feathers and behold there were eight of them 12 And I looked and behold on the right side there arose one feather and reigned over all the earth 13 And so it was that when it reigned the end of it came and the place thereof appeared no more so the next following stood up and reigned and had a great time 14 And it hapned that when it reigned the end of it came also like as the first so that it appeared no more 15 Then came there a voice unto it and said 16 Hear thou that hast born rule over the earth so long this I say unto thee before thou beginnest to appear no more 17 There shall none after thee attain unto thy time neither unto the half thereof 18 Then arose the third and reigned as the other before and appeared no more also 19 So went it with all the residue one after another as that every one reigned and then appeared no more 20 Then I beheld and so in process of time the feathers that followed stood up upon the right side that they might rule also and some of them ruled but within a whise they appeared no more 21 For some of them were set up but ruled not 22 After this I looked and behold the twelve feathers appeared no more nor the two little feathers 23 And there was no more upon the eagles body but three heads that rested and six little wings 24 Then saw I also that two little feathers divided themselves from the six and remained under the head that was upon the right side for the four continued in their place 25 And I beheld and so the feathers that were under the wing thought to set up themselves and to have the rule 26 And I beheld and so there was one set up but shortly it appeared no more 27 And the second was sooner away then the first 28 And I beheld and so the two that remained thought also in themselves to reign 29 And when they so thought behold there awaked one of the heads that were at rest namely it that was in the midst for that was greater then the two other heads 30 And then I saw that the two other heads were joyned with it 31 And behold the head was turned with them that were with it and did eat up the two feathers under the wing that would have reigned 32 But this head put the whole earth in fear and bare rule in it over all those that dwelt upon the earth with much oppression and it had the governance of the world more then all the wings that had been 33 And after this I beheld and so the head that was in the midst suddenly appeared no more like as the wings 34 But there remained the two heads which also in like sort ruled upon the earth and over those that dwelt therein 35 And I beheld and so the head upon the right side devoured it that was upon the left side 36 Then I heard a voice which said unto me Look before thee and consider the thing that thou seest 37 And I beheld and so as it were a roaring lion chased out of the wood and I saw that he sent out a mans voice unto the eagle and said 38 Hear thou I will talk with thee and the Highest shall say unto thee 39 Art not thou it that remainest of the four beasts whom I made to reign in my world that the end of their times might come through them 40 And the fourth came and over came all the beasts that were past and had power over the world with great fearfulness and over the whole compass of the earth with much wicked oppression and so long time dwelt he upon the earth with deceit 41 For the earth hast thou not judged with truth 42 For thou hast afflicted the meek thou hast hurt the peaceable thou hast loved liars and destroyed the dwellings of them that brought forth fruit and hast cast down the walls of such as did thee no harm 43 Therefore is thy wrongful dealing come up unto the Highest and thy pride unto the Mighty 44 The Highest also hath looked upon the proud times and behold they are ended and his abominations are fulfilled 45 And therefore appear no more thou eagle nor thy horrible wings nor thy wicked feathers nor thy malicious heads nor thy hurtful claws nor all thy vain body 46 That all the earth may be refreshed and may return being delivered from thy violence and that she may hope for the judgment and mercy of him that made her CHAP. XII 1 The eacle which be saw is destroyed 10 The vision is interpreted 37 He is bid to write his visions 39 and to fast that he may see more 46 He doth comfort those that were grieved for his absence ANd it came to pass whiles the lion spake these words unto the eagle I saw 2 And behold the head that remained and the four wings appeared no more and the two went unto it and set themselves up to reign and their kingdom was small and full of uproar 3 And I saw and behold they appeared no more and the whole body of the eagle was burnt so that the earth was in great fear then awaked I out of the trouble and trance of my minde and from great fear and said unto my spirit 4 Lo this hast thou done unto me in that thou searchest out the ways of the Highest 5 Lo yet am I weary in my minde and very weak in
my spirit and little strength is there in me for the great fear wherewith I was affrighted this night 6 Therefore will I now beseech the Highest that he will comfort me unto the end 7 And I said Lord that bearest rule if I have found grace before thy sight and if I am justified with thee before many others and if my prayer indeed be come up before thy face 8 Comfort me then and shew me thy servant the interpretation and plain difference of this fearful vision that thou mayest perfecty comfors my soul 9 For thou hast judged me worthy to shew me the last times 10 And he said unto me This is the interpretation of the vision 11 The eagle whom thou sawest come up from the sea is the kingdom which was seen in the * Dan. 7.7 vision of thy brother Daniel 12 But it was not expounded unto him therefore now I declare it unto thee 13 Behold the days will come that there shall rise up a kingdom upon earth and it shall be feared above all the kingdoms that were before it 14 In the same shall twelve kings reign one after another 15 Whereof the second shall begin to reign and shall have more time then any of the twelve 16 And this do the twelve wings signifie which thou sawest 17 As for the voice which thou heardest speak and that thou sawest not to go out from the heads but from the mids of the body thereof this is the interpretation 18 That after the time of that kingdom there shall arise great strivings and it shall stand in peril of falling nevertheless it shall not then fall but shall be restored again to his beginning 19 And whereas thou sawest the eight small under-feathers sticking to her wings this is the interpretation 20 That in him there shall arise eight kings whose time shall be but small and their years swift 21 And two of them shall perish the middle time approaching four shall be kept until their end begin to approach but two shall be kept unto the end 22 And whereas thou sawest three heads resting this is the interpretation 23 In his last days shall the most High raise up three kingdoms and renew many things therein they shall have the dominion of the earth 24 And of those that dwell therein with much oppression above all those that were before them therefore are they called the heads of the eagle 25 For these are they that shall accomplish his wickedness and that shall finish his last end 26 And whereas thou sawest that the great head appeared no more it signifieth that one of them shall die upon his bed and yet with pain 27 For the two that remain shall be slain with the sword 28 For the sword of the one shall devour the other but at the last shall he fall through the sword himself 29 And whereas thou sawest two feathers under the wings passing over the head that is on the right side 30 It signifieth that these are they whom the Highest hath kept unto their end this is the small kingdom and full of trouble as thou sawest 31 And the lion whom thou sawest rising up out of the wood and roaring and speaking to the eagle and rebuking her for her unrighteousness with all the words which thou hast heard 32 This is the anointed which the Highest hath kept for them and for their wickedness unto the end he shall reprove them and shall upbraind them with their cruelty 33 For he shall set them before him alive in judgement and shall rebuke them and correct them 34 For the rest of my people shall he deliver with mercy those that have be in preserved upon my borders and he shall make them joyful until the coming of the day of judgement whereof I have spoken unto thee from the beginning 35 This is the dream that thou sawest and these are the interpretations 36 Thou onely hast been meet to know this secret of the Highest 37 Therefore write all these things that thou hast seen in a book and hide them 38 And teach them to the wise of the people whose hearts thou knowest may comprehend and keep these secrets 39 But wait thou here thy self yet seven days more that it may be shewed thee whatsoever it pleaseth the Highest to declare unto thee And with that he went his way 40 And it came to pass when all the people saw that the seven days were past and I not come again into the city they gathered them all together from the least unto the greatest and came unto me and said 41 What have we offended thee and what evil have we done against thee that thou forsakest us and sittest here in this place 42 For of all the | Oâ— people prophets thou onely art left us as a cluster of the vintage and as a candle in a dark place and as a haven or ship preserved from the tempest 43 Are not the evils which are come to us sufficient 44 If thou shalt forsake us how much better had it been for us if we also had been burnt in the midst of Sion 45 For we are not better then they that died there And they wept with a load voice Then answered I them and said 46 Be of good comfort O Israel and be not heavie thou house of Jacob 47 For the Highest hath you in remembrance and the Mighty hath not forgotten you in temptation 48 As for me I have not forsaken you neither am I departed from you but am come into this place to pray for the desolation of Sion and that I might seek mercy for the low estate of your sanctuary 49 And now go your way home every man and after these days will I come unto you 50 So the people went their way into the city like as I commanded them 51 But I remained still in the field seven days as the angel commanded me and did eat onely in those days of the flowers of the field and had my meat of the herbs CHAP. XIII 1 He seethin bis dream a man coming out of the sea 25 The declaration of â—is dream 54 He is praised and promised to see more ANd it came to pass after seven days I dreamed a dream by night 2 And so there arose | 〈◊〉 man as the wind Junius a wind from the sea that it moved all the waves thereof 3 And I beheld and so that man waxed strong with the | clouâ—s thousands of heaven and when he turned his countenance to look all the things trembled that were seen under him 4 And whensoever the voice went out of his mouth all they burnt that heard his voice like as the earth faileth when it feeleth the fire 5 And after this I beheld and so there was gathered together a multitude of men out of number from the four winds of the heaven to subdue the man that came out of the sea 6 But I beheld and so he had graved himself a great
and the kings forces are defeated by Judas 49 The day of this victory is kept holy every year IN the hundred and one and fiftieth year Demetrius the son of Seleucus departed from Rome and came up with a few men unto ‖ Triposts Joseph Antiq lib. 12. â— 16 a city of the sea-coast and reigned there 2 And as he entred into the †Gr. house of the kingdom of his 〈◊〉 palace of his ancestours so it was that his forces had taken Antiochus and Lysias to bring them unto him 3 Wherefore when he knew it he said Let me not see their faces 4 So his host slew them Now when Demetrius was set upon the throne of his kingdom 5 There came unto him all the wicked and ungodly men of Israel having Alcimus who was desirous to be high priest for their captain 6 And they accused the people to the king saying Judas and his brethren have slain all thy friends and driven us out of our own land 7 Now therefore send some man whom thou trustest and let him go and see what havock he hath made amongst us and in the kings land and let him punish them with all them that aid them 8 Then the king chose Bacchides a friend of the king who ruled beyond the floud and was a great man in the kingdom and faithful to the king 9 And him he sent with the wicked Alcimus whom he made high priest commanded that he should take vengeance of the children of Israel 10 So they departed and came with a great power into the land of Judea where they sent messengers to Judas and his brethren with peaceable words deceitfully 11 But they gave no heed to their words for they saw that they were come with a great power 12 Then did there assemble unto Alcimus and Bacchides a company of ‖ Or officers governours chiefmen or men in authority scribes to require justice 13 Now the Assideans were the first among the children of Israel that sought peace of them 14 For said they One that is a priest of the seed of Aaron is come with this army and he will do us no wrong 15 So he spake unto them peaceably and sware unto them saying We will procure the harm neither of you nor your friends 16 Whereupon they beleeved him howbeit he took of them threescore men and slew them in one day according to the words which he wrote 17 * Ps 79.2 3. The flesh of thy saints have they cast out their bloud have they shed round about Jerusalem and there was none to bury them 18 Wherefore the fear and dread of them fell upon all the people who said There is neither truth nor †Gr. judgement righteousness in them for they have broken the covenant and oath that they made 19 After this removed Bacchides from Jerusalem and pitched his tents in Bezeth where he sent and took many of the men that had forsaken him and certain of the people also and when he had slain them he cast them into the great pit 20 Then committed he the countrey to Alcimus and left with him a power to aid him so Bacchides went to the king 21 But Alcimus ‖ Or laboured to defend his high priesthood contended for the high priesthood 22 And unto him resorted all such as troubled the people who after they had gotten the land of Juda into their power did much hurt in Israel 23 Now when Judas saw all the mischief that Alcimus and his company had done among the Israelites even above the heathen 24 He went out into all the coasts of Judea round about and took vengeance of them that had ‖ Or fled from him to the enemy revolted from him so that they durst no more ‖ Or invade the countrey go forth into the countrey 25 On the other side when Alcimus saw that Judas and his company ‖ Or was groan â—ny strong had gotten the upper hand and knew that he was not able †Gr. to abide them to abide their force he went again to the king and said all the worst of them that he could 26 Then the king sent Nicanor one of his honourable princes a man that bare deadly hate unto Israel with commandment to destroy the people 27 So Nicanor came to Jerusalem with a great force and sent unto Judas and his brethren deceitfully with †Gr. peaceable friendly words saying 28 Let there be no battel between me and you I will come with a few men that I may †Gr. see your faces see you in peace 29 He came therefore to Judas they saluted one another peaceably Howbeit the enemies were prepared to take away Judas by violence 30 Which thing after it was known to Judas to wit that he came unto him with deceit he was sore afraid of him would see his face no more 31 Nicanor also when he saw that his counsel was discovered went out to †Gr. meet Judas in battel fight against Judas besides ‖ Or Carphasalama Capharsalama 32 Where there were slain of Nicanors side about five thousand men and the rest fled into the city of David 33 After this went Nicanor up to mount Sion and there came out of the sanctuary certain of the priests and certain of the elders of the people to salute him peaceably and to shew him the burnt-sacrifice that was offered for the king 34 But he mocked them and laughed at them and †Gr. defiled them abused them shamefully and spake proudly 35 And swore in his wrath saying Unless Judas and his host be now delivered into my hands if ever I come again †Gr. in peace in safety I will burn up this house and with that he went out in a great rage 36 Then the priests entred in and stood before the altar and the temple weeping and saying 37 Thou O Lord didst choose this house to be called by thy name and to be a house of prayer and petition for thy people 38 Be avenged of this man his host and let them fall by the sword remember their blasphemies and suffer them not to continue any longer 39 So Nicanor went out of Jerusalem and pitched his tents in Bethoron where an host out of Syria met him 40 But Judas pitched in Adasa with three thousand men and there he prayed saying 41 * 2 Kin. 19.35 O Lord when they that were sent from the king of the Assyrians blasphemed thine angel went out and smote an hundred fourscore and five thousand of them 〈◊〉 37.26 Ecclus 4â— 21 2 Mac. 8.19 42 Even so destroy thou this host before us this day that the rest may know that he hath spoken blasphemously against thy sanctuary and judge thou him according to his wickedness 43 So the thirteenth day of the moneth Adar the hosts joyned battel but Nicanors host was discomfitted and he himself was first slain in the battel 44
a letter and sent it unto him according to these words saying 18 King Alexander to his brother Jonathan sendeth greeting 19 We have heard of thee that thou art a man of great power and meet to be our friend 20 Wherefore now this day we ordain thee to be the high priest of thy nation and to be called the kings friend and there withal he sent him a purple robe and a crown of gold and require thee to take our part and keep friendship with us 21 So in the seventh moneth of the hundred and sixtieth year at the feast of the tabernacles Jonathan put on the holy robe and gathered together forces and provided much armour 22 Whereof when Demetrius heard he was very sorry and said 23 What have we done that Alexander hath prevented us in making amity with the Jews to strengthen himself 24 I also will write unto them words of encouragement and promise them dignities and gifts that I may have their aid 25 He sent unto them therefore to this effect King Demetrius unto the people of the Jews sendeth greeting 26 Whereas you have kept covenants with us and continued in our friendship not joyning your selves with our enemies we have heard hereof and are glad 27 Wherefore now continue ye still to be faithful unto us and we will well recompense you for all things you do in our behalf 28 And will grant you many immunities and give you rewards 29 And now do I free you for your sake I release all the Jews from tributes and from the customs of salt and from crown taxes 30 And from that which appertaineth unto me to receive for the third part of the seed and the half of the fruit of the trees I release it from this day forth so that they shall not be taken of the land of Judea nor of the three governments which are added thereunto out of the countrey of Samaria and Galilee from this day forth for evermore 31 Let Jerusalem also be holy and free with the burders thereof both from tenths and tributes 32 And as for the towre which is at Jerusalem I yeeld up my authority over it and give it to the high priest that he may set in it such men as he shall choose to keep it 33 Moreover I freely set at liberty every one of the Jews that were carried captives out of the land of Judea into any part of my kingdom and I will that all my officersremit their tributes even of their cattel 34 Furthermore I will that all the feasts and sabbaths and new-moons and solemn days and the three days before the feast and the three days after the feast shall be all days of immunity and freedom for all the Jews in my realm 35 Also no man shall have authority to meddle with them or to molest any of them in any matter 36 I will further that there be enrolled amongst the kings forces about thirty thousand men of the Jews unto whom pay shall be given as belongeth to all the kings forces 37 And of them some shall be placed in the kings strong holds of whom also some shall be set over the affairs of the kingdom which are of trust and I will that their overseers and governours be of themselves and that they †Gr. walk live after their own laws even as the king hath commanded in the land of Judea 38 And concerning the three governments that are added to Judea from the countrey of Samaria let them be joyned with Judea that they may be reckoned to be under one nor bound to obey other authority then the high priests 39 As for Ptolemais and the land pertaining thereto I give it as a free gift to the sanctuary at Jerusalem for the necessary expenses ‖ Or of the holy thing◠of the sanctuary 40 Moreover I give every year fifteen thousand shekels of silver out of the kings accounts from the places appertaining 41 And all the overplus which the officers payed not in as in former time from henceforth shall be given towards the works of the temple 42 And besides this the five thousand shekels of silver which they took from the uses of the temple out of the accounts year by year even those things shall be released because they appertain to the priests that minister 43 And whosoever they be that flee unto the temple at Jerusalem or be within the liberties thereof being indebted unto the king or for any other matter let them be at liberty and all that they have in my realm 44 For the building also and repairing of the works of the sanctuary expenses shall be given of the kings accounts 45 Yea and for the building of the walls of Jerusalem and the fortifying thereof round about expenses shall be given out of the kings accounts as also for the building of the walls in Judea 46 Now when Jonathan and the people heard these word◠they gave no credit unto them nor received them because they remembred the great evil that he had done in Israel for he had afflicted them very fore 47 But with Alexander they were well pleased because he was the first that entreateth of true peace with them and they were confederate with him always 48 Then gathered king Alexander great forces and camped over against Demetrius 49 And after the two kings had joyned battel Demetrius host fled but Alexander followed after him and prevaised against them 50 And he continued the battel very fore until the fun went down and that day was Demetrius flain 51 Afterward Alexander sent ambassadours to Ptolemee king of Egypt with a message to this effect 52 Forasmuch as I am come again to my realm and am set in the throne of my progenitours and have gotten the dominion and overthrown Demetrius and recovered our countrey 53 For after I had joyned battel with him both he and his host was discomfited by us so that we sit in the throne of his kingdom 54 Now therefore set us make a league of amity together and give me now thy daughter to wife and I will be thy son in law and will give both thee and her gifts according to thy dignity 55 Then Ptolemee the king gave answer saying Happy be the day wherein thou didst return into the land of thy fathers and satest in the throne of their kingdom 56 And now will I do to thee as thou hast written meet me therefore at Ptolemais that we may see one another for I will marry my daughter to thee according to thy desire 57 So Ptolemee went out of Egypt with his daughter Cleopatra and they came unto Ptolemais in the hundred threescore and second year 58 Where king Alexander meeting him gave unto him his daughter Cleopatra and celebrated her matriage at Ptolemais with great glory as the manner of kings is 59 Now king Alexander had written unto Jonathan that he should come and meet him 60 Who thereupon went honourably to Ptolemais where he met the two
killeth those that sought for him THen came up John from Gazara and told Simon his father what Cendebeus had done 2 Wherefore Simon called his two eldest sons Judas and John said unto them I my brethren and my fathers house have ever from our youth unto this day fought against the enemies of Israel things have prospered so well in our hands that we have delivered Israel oftentimes 3 But now I am old and ye by Gods mercy are of a sufficient age be ye in stead of me and my brother and go and fight for our nation and the help from heaven be with you 4 So he chose out of the countrey twenty thousand men of war with horsmen who went out against Cendebeus rested that night at Modin 5 And when as they rose in the morning and went into the plain behold a mighty great host both of footmen and hors-men came against them howbeit there was a water-brook betwixt them 6 So he and his people pitched over against them and when he saw that the people were afraid to go over the water-brook he went first over himself and then the men seeing him passed through after him 7 That done he divided his men and set the hors-men in the midst of the footmen for the enemies hors-men were very many 8 Then sounded they with the holy trumpets whereupon Cendebeus and his host were put to flight so that many of them were slain and the remnant gat them to the strong hold 9 At that time was Judas Johns brother wounded but John still followed after them until he came to Cedron which Cendebeus had built 10 ‖ Or Which when be bad set on fire they fled unto the towres in the fields of Azotus and there were slain c. So they fled even unto the towres in the fields of Azotus wherefore he burnt it with fire so that there were slain of them about two thousand men Afterward he returned into the land of Judea in peace 11 Moreover in the plain of Jericho was Ptolemeus the son of Abubus made captain and he had abundance of silver and gold 12 For he was the high priests son in law 13 Wherefore his heart being lifted up he thought to get the countrey to himself and thereupon consulted deceitfully against Simon and his sons to destroy them 14 Now Simon was visiting the cities that were in the countrey and taking care for the good ordering of them at which time he came down himself to Jericho with his sons Mattathias and Judas in the hundred threescore and seventh year in the eleventh moneth called Sabat 15 Where the son of Abubus receiving them deceitfully into a little hold called Ducus which he had built made them a great banquet howbeit he had hid men there 16 So when Simon and his sons had drunk largely Ptolemee and his men rose up and took their weapons and came upon Simon into the banqueting-place and slew him and his two sons and certain of his servants 17 In which doing he committed a great treachery and recompensed evil for good 18 Then Ptolemee wrote these things and sent to the king that he should send him an host to aid him and he would deliver him the countrey and cities 19 He sent others also to Gazara to kill John and unto the †Gr. captains of thousands tribunes he sent letters to come unto him that he might give them silver and gold and rewards 20 And others he sent to take Jerusalem and the mountain of the temple 21 Now one had run afore to Gazara and told John that his father brethren were slain quoth he Ptolemee hath sent to slay thee also 22 Hereof when he heard he was sore astonished So he laid hands on them that were come to destroy him and slew them for he knew that they sought to make him away 23 As concerning the rest of the acts of John and his wars and worthy deeds which he did and the building of the walls which he made and his doings 24 Behold these are written in the Chronicles of his priesthood from the time he was made high priest after his father ¶ The second Book of MACCABEES CHAP. I. 1 A letter of the Jews from Jerusalem to them of Egypt to thank God for the death of Antiochus 19 Of the fire that was bidden in the pit 24 The trayer of Neemias THe brethren the Jews that be at Jerusalem and in the land of Judea wish unto the brethren the Jews that are throughout Egypt health and peace 2 God be gracious unto you and remember his covenant that he made with Abraham Isaac and Jacob his faithful servants 3 And give you all an heart to serve him and to do his will with a good courage and a willing minde 4 And open your hearts in his law and commandments and send you peace 5 And hear your prayers and he at one with you and never forsake you in time of trouble 6 And now we be here praying for you 7 What time as Demetrius reigned in the hundred threescore and ninth year we the Jews wrote unto you in the extremity of trouble that came upon us in those years from the time that Jason and his company revolted from the holy land and kingdom 8 And burnt the porch and shed innocent bloud then we prayed unto the Lord and were heard we offered also sacrifices and fine flour and lighted the lamps and set forth the loaves 9 And now see that ye keep the feast of * Lev. 23. â—â— tabernacles in the moneth Casleu 10 In the hundred fourscore and eighth year the people that were at Jerusalem and in Judea and the council and Judas sent greeting and health unto Aristobulus king Ptolemeus master who was of the stock of the anointed priests and to the Jews that were in Egypt 11 Insomuch as God hath delivered us from great perils we thank him highly as having been in battel against a king 12 For he cast them out that fought within the holy city 13 For when the leader was come into Persia and the army with him that seemed invincible they were slain in the temple of Nanea by the deceit of Naneas priests 14 For Antiochus as though he would marry her came into the place and his friends that were with him to receive money in name of a dowry 15 Which when the priests of Nanea had set forth and he was entred with a small company into the compass of the temple they shut the temple as soon as Antiochus was come in 16 And opening a privie door of the roof they threw stones like thunderbolts and stroke down the captain hewed them in pieces smote off their heads and cast them to those that were without 17 Blessed be our God in all things who hath delivered up the ungodly 18 Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the moneth * Lev.
would not be comforted because they are not 19 ¶ But when Herod was dead behold an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt 20 Saying Arise and take the young childe and his mother and go into the land of Israel for they are dead which sought the young childes life 21 And he arose and took the young childe and his mother and came into the land of Israel 22 But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea in the room of his father Herod he was afraid to go thither notwithstanding being warned of God in a dream he turned aside into the parts of Galilee 23 And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets He shall be called a Nazarene CHAP. III. 1 John preacheth his office life and baptism 7 Here reprebendeth the Pharisees 13 and baptizeth Christ in Jordan IN those days came * Mar. 1.4 Luk. 3.2 John the Baptists preaching in the wilderness of Judea 2 And saying Repent ye for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 3 For this is he that was spoken of by the prophet Esaias saying * Isa 40. â— Mar. 1.3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths strait 4 And the same John had his raiment of camels hair and a leathern girdle about his loyns and his meat was locusts and wilde honey 5 Then went out to him Jerusalem and all Judea and all the region round about Jordan 6 And were baptized of him in Jordan confessing their sins 7 ¶ But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism he said unto them * Chap. 12.34 O generation of vipers who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come 8 Bring forth therefore fruits ‖ Or answerable to amendment of life meet for repentance 9 And think not to say within your selves * Joh. 8.39 We have Abraham to our father for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham 10 And now also the ax is laid unto the root of the trees * Chap. 7.19 therefore every tree which bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire 11 * Mar. 1.8 Luke 3.16 John 1.26 I indeed baptize you with water unto repentance but he that cometh after me is mightier then I whose shoes I am not worthy to bear he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost and with fire 12 Whose fan is in his hand and he will throughly purge his floor and gather his wheat into the garner but he will burn up the chaff with unquenchable fire 13 ¶ * Mar. 1.9 Luk. 3.21 Then cometh Jesus from Galilee to Jordan unto John to be baptized of him 14 But John forbad him saying I have need to be baptized of thee and comest thou to me 15 And Jesus answering said unto him Suffer it to be so now for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness Then he suffered him 16 And Jesus when he was baptized went up straightway out of the water and lo the heavens were opened unto him and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and lighting upon him 17 And lo a voice from heaven saying This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased CHAP. IV. 1 Christ fasteth and is tempted 11 The angels minister unto him 13 He dwelleth in Capernaum 17 beginneth to preach 18 calleth Peter and Andrew 21 James and John 23 and healeth all the diseased THen was * Mar. 1 1â— Luk. 4.1 Jesus led up of the spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil 2 And when he had fasted fourty days and fourty nights he was afterward an hungred 3 And when the tempter came to him he said If thou be the Son of God command that these stones be made bread 4 But he answered and said It is written * Deut. 8.3 Man shall not live by bread alone but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God 5 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city and setteth him on a pinacle of the temple 6 And saith unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thy self down for it is written * Ps 91.11 He shall give his angels charge concerning thee and in their hands they shall bear thee up lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone 7 Jesus said unto him It is written again * Deut. 6.16 Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God 8 Again the devil taketh him up into an exceeding high mountain and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world and the glory of them 9 And saith unto him All these things will I give thee if thou wilt fall down and worship me 10 Then saith Jesus unto him Get thee hence Satan for it is written * Deut. 6.13 10.20 Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him onely shalt thou serve 11 Then the devil leaveth him and behold angels came and ministred unto him 12 ¶ * Mar. 1.14 Luk. 4.14 Joh 4.43 Now when Jesus had heard that John was ‖ Or dâ—livered up cast into prison he departed into Galilee 13 And leaving Nazareth he came and dwelt in Capernaum which is upon the sea-coast in the borders of Zabulon and Nephthalim 14 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet saying 15 * Isa 9.1 The land of Zabulon and the land of Nephthalim by the way of the sea beyond Jordan Galilee of the Gentiles 16 The people which sat in darkness saw great light and to them which sat in the region and shadow of death light is sprung up 17 ¶ * Mar. 1.14 From that time Jesus began to preach and to say Repent for the kingdom of heaven is at hand 18 ¶ * Mar. 1.16 And Jesus walking by the sea of Galilee saw two brethren Simon called Peter and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishers 19 And he saith unto them Follow me and I will make you fishers of men 20 And they straightway left their nets and followed him 21 And going on from thence he saw other two brethren James the son of Zebedee and John his brother in a ship with Zebedee their father mending their nets and he called them 22 And they immediatly left the ship their father followed him 23 ¶ And Jesus went about all Galilee teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people 24 And his fame went throughout all Syria and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments and those which were possessed with devils and those which were lunatick and those that had the palsie and he healed them 25 And there
followed him great multitudes of people from Galilee and from Decapolis and from Jerusalem and from Judea and from beyond Jordan CHAP. V. 1 Christ beginneth his sâ—rmon in the mount 3 declaring who are blessed 13 who are the salt of the earth 14 the light of the world the city on an hill 15 the candle 17 that he came to fulfil the law 21 What it is to kill 27 to commit adultery 33 to swear 38 exhorteth to suffer wrong 44 to love even one enâ—mies 48 and to labour after perfectness ANd seeing the multitudes he went up into a mountain and when he was set his disciples came unto him 2 And he opened his mouth and taught them saying 3 * Luk. 6.20 Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven 4 Blessed are they that mourn for they shall be comforted 5 * Ps 37.11 Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth 6 Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness * Isa 65.13 for they shall be filled 7 Blessed are the merciful for they shall obtain mercy 8 * Psal 24.4 Blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see God 9 Blessed are the peace-makers for they shall be called the children of God 10 * 1 Pet. 3.14 Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness sake for theirs is the kingdom of heaven 11 Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you and shall say all manner of * 1 Pet. 4.14 evil against you †Gr. lying falsly for my sake 12 Rejoyce and be exceeding glad for great is your reward in heaven for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you 13 ¶ Ye are the salt of the earth * Mar. 9.50 Luk. 14.34 but if the salt have lost his savour wherewith shall it be salted it is thenceforth good for nothing but to be cast out and to be trodden under foot of men 14 Ye are the light of the world A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid 15 Neither do men * Mar. 4.21 Luk. 8.16 and 11.33 light a candle and put it under ‖ The word in the original signifieth a measure containing about a pinte less then a peck a bushel but on a candlestick and it giveth light unto all that are in the house 16 Let your light so shine before men * 1 Pet. 2.12 that they may see your good works and glorifie your Father which is in heaven 17 ¶ Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the prophets I am not come to destroy but to fulfil 18 For verily I say unto you * Luk. 16.17 Till heaven and earth pass one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law till all be fulfilled 19 * James 2.10 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments and shall teach men so he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven but whosoever shall do and teach them the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven 20 For I say unto you That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven 21 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said ‖ Or to them by them of old time * Exod. 20.13 Deut. 5.17 Thou shalt not kill whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgement 22 But I say unto you That whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause shall be in danger of the judgement and whosoever shall say to his brother Raca shall be in danger of the council but whosoever shall say Thou fool shall be in danger of hell fire 23 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to the altar and there remembrest that thy brother hath ought against thee 24 Leave there thy gift before the altar and go thy way first be reconcilâ—d to thy brother and then come and offer thy gift 25 * Luke 12.58 Agree with thine adversary quickly whiles thou art in the way with him lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge and the judge deliver thee to the officer and thou be cast into prison 26 Verily I say unto thee thou shalt by no means come out thence till thou hast paid the uttermost farthing 27 ¶ Ye have heard that it was said by them of old time * Exod. â—0 14 Thou shalt not commit adultery 28 But I say unto you That whosoever looketh on a woman to lust after her hath committed adultery with her already in his heart 29 * Ch. 18.8 Mar. 9.47 And if thy right eye ‖ Or. do cause thee do offend offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and not that thy whole body should be cast into hell 30 And if thy right hand offend thee cut it off and cast it from thee for it is profitable for thee that one of thy members should perish and â—ot that thy whole body should be cast into hell 31 It hath been said * Deut. 24.1 Whosoever shall put away his wife let him give her a writing of divorcement 32 But I say unto you that * Luk. 16 1â— whosoever shall put away his wife saving for the cause of fortification causeth her to commit adultery and whosoever shâ—ll marry her that is divorced 1 Cor. 7.10 committeth adultery 33 ¶ Again ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time * Exo. 20.7 Lev. 19.12 Deut. 5.11 Thou shalt not forswear thy self but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths 34 But I say unto you Swear not at all neither by heaven for it is Gods throne 35 Nor by the earth for it is his footstool neither by Jerusalem for it is the city of the great King 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head because thou canst not make one hair white or black 37 * James 5.12 But let your communication be Yea yea Nay nay for whatsoever is more then these cometh of evil 38 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said * Exod. 21.24 An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth 39 But I say unto you * Lev. 24.20 Deu. 19.21 that ye resist not evil but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek turn to him the other also 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law and take away thy coat let him have thy cloke also 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile go with him twain 42 Give to him that asketh thee and * Luk. 6.20 Rom. 12.17 1 Cor. 6.7 from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away 43 ¶ Ye have heard that it hath been said * Deut. 15.8 Thou shalt love thy neighbour and hate thine enemy 44 But I say unto
unto the dogs neither cast ye your pearls before swine lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rent you 7 ¶ * Ch. 21.22 Mar. 11.24 Luk. 11.9 Joh. 16.24 Jam. 1.6 Ask and it shall be given you seek and ye shall finde knock and it shall be opened unto you 8 For every one that asketh receiveth and he that seeketh findeth and to him that knocketh it shall be opened 9 Or what man is there of you whom if his son ask bread will he give him a stone 10 Or if he ask a fish will he give him a serpent 11 If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him 12 Therefore all things * Luke 6.31 whatsoever ye would that men should do to you do ye even so to them for this is the law and the prophets 13 ¶ * Luke 13.24 Enter ye in at the strait gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth to destruction many there be which go in thereat 14 ‖ Or bow Because strait is the gate and narrow is the way which leadeth unto life and few there be that finde it 15 ¶ Beware of false prophets which come to you in sheeps clothing but inwardly they are ravening wolves 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits * Luk. 6.43 Do men gather grapes of thorns or figs of thistles 17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit 19 * Ch. 3.10 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down and cast into the fire 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them 21 ¶ Not every one that saith unto me * Rom. 2.12 Jam. 1.22 Lord Lord shall enter into the kingdom of heaven but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven 22 Many will say to me in that day Lord Lord have we not prophesied in thy name and in thy name have cast out devils and in thy name done many wonderful works 23 And then will I profess unto them * Luke 13.27 I never knew you * Psal 6 8. depart from me ye that work iniquity 24 ¶ Therefore * Luk. 6.47 whosoever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them I will liken him unto a wise man which built his house upon a rock 25 And the rain descended and the flouds came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell not for it was founded upon a rock 26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them not shall be likened unto a foolish man which built his house upon the sand 27 And the rain descended and the flouds came and the winds blew and beat upon that house and it fell and great was the fall of it 28 And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings * Mar. 1.22 Luk. 4.32 the people were astonished at his doctrine 29 For he taught them as one having authority not as the scribes CHAP. VIII 1 Christ cleanseth the lâ—per 5 healeth the centurions servant 14 Peters mother in law 16 and many other diseased 18 sâ—â—weth how â—e is to be followed 23 stilleth the tempest on the sea 28 driveth the devils out of two men possessed 31 and suffereth them to go into the swine WHen he was come down from the mountain great multitudes followed him 2 * Mar. 1.40 Luk. 5.12 And behold there came a leper and worshipped him saying Lord if thou wilt thou canst make me clean 3 And Jesus put forth his hand and touched him saying I will be thou clean And immediately his leprosie was cleansed 4 And Jesus saith unto him See thou tell no man but go thy way shew thy self to the priest and offer the gift that * Lev. 14.4 Moses commanded for a testimony unto them 5 ¶ * Luk. 7.1 And when Jesus was entred into Capernaum there came unto him a centurion beseeching him 6 And saying Lord my servant lieth at home sick of the palsie grievously tormented 7 And Jesus saith unto him I will come and heal him 8 The centurion answered and said Lord I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof but speak the word onely and my servant shall be healed 9 For I am a man under authority having souldiers under me and I say to this man Go and he goeth and to another Come and he cometh and to my servant Do this and he doeth it 10 When Jesus heard it he marvelled and said to them that followed Verily I say unto you I have not found so great faith no not in Israel 11 And I say unto you that many shall come from the east west and shall sit down with Abraham Isaac Jacob in the kingdom of heaven 12 But the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion Go thy way and as thou hast beleeved so be it done unto thee And his servant was healed in the self-same hour 14 ¶ * Mar. 1.29 Luke 4 3â— And when Jesus was come into Peters house he saw his wives mother laid and sick of a fever 15 And he touched her hand and the fever left her and she arose and ministred unto them 16 ¶ * Mar. 1. â—1 Luk. 4.40 When the even was come they brought unto him many that were possessed with devils and he cast out the spirits with his word and healed all that were sick 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet saying * Isa 52.4 1 Pet. 2.24 Himself took our infirmities and bare our sicknesses 18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him he gave commandment to depart unto the other side 19 * Luk. 9 5â— And a certain scribe came and said unto him Master I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest 20 And Jesus saith unto him The foxes have holes and the birds of the air have nests but the son of man hath not where to lay his head 21 And another of his disciples said unto him Lord suffer me first to go and bury my father 22 But Jesus said unto him Follow me let the dead bury their dead 23 ¶ And when he was entred into a ship his disciples followed him 24 * Mar. 4.37 Luke 8.23 And behold there arose a great tempest in the sea insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves but he was asleep 25 And his disciples came to him and awoke him saying Lord save us we perish 26 And he saith unto them Why are ye fearful O ye of little faith Then he arose and rebuked the winds and the sea and
there was a great calm 27 But the men marvelled saying What manner of man is this that even the winds and the sea obey him 28 ¶ * Mar. 5.1 Luk. 8.26 And when he was come to the other side into the countrey of the Gergesenes there met him two possessed with devils coming out of the tombs exceeding fierce so that no man might pass by that way 29 And behold they cryed out saying What have we to do with thee Jesus thou Son of God art thou come hither to torment us before the time 30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding 31 So the devils besought him saying If thou cast us out suffer us to go away into the herd of swine 32 And he said unto them Go. And when they were come out they went into the herd of swine and behold the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea and perished in the waters 33 And they that kept them fled and went their ways into the city told everything and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils 34 And behold the whole city came out to meet Jesus and when they saw him they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts CHAP. IX 2 Christ curinâ— one sick of the palsie 9 calleth Matthew from the receipt of custom 10 eateth with publicans and sinners 14 defendeth his disciples for not fasting 20 cureth the bloudy issue 23 raiseth from death Jairus daughter 2â— giveth sight to two blinde mâ—n 32 healeth a dumb man possessed of a devil 36 and hath compassion of the multitude ANd he entred into a ship and passed over and came into his own city 2 * Mar. 2. â— Luk. 5 1â— And behold they brought to him a man sick of the palsie lying on a bed and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsie Son be of good cheer thy sins be forgiven thee 3 And behold certain of the scribes said within themselves This man blasphemeth 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts said Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts 5 For whether is easier to say Thy sins be forgiven thee or to say Arise and walk 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins then saith he to the sick of the palsie Arise take up thy bed and go unto thine house 7 And he arose and departed to his house 8 But when the multitude saw it they marvelled and glorified God which had given such power unto men 9 ¶ * Mar. 2.14 Luk. 5.27 And as Jesus passed forth from thence he saw a man named Matthew sitting at the receipt of custom and he faith unto him Follow me And he arose and followed him 10 ¶ And it came to pass as Jesus sat at meat in the house behold many publicans sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples 11 And when the Pharisees saw it they said unto his disciples Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners 12 But when Jesus heard that he said unto them They that be whole need not a physician but they that are sick 13 But go ye learn what that meaneth * Hos 6.6 Chap. 12.7 I will have mercy not sacrifice for I am not come to call the righteous * 1 Tim. 1.15 but sinners to repentance 14 ¶ Then came to him the disciples of John saying * Mar. 2.18 Luk. 5.33 Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft but thy disciples fast not 15 And Jesus said unto them Can the children of the bride-chamber mourn as long as the bridegroom is with them but the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them then shall they fast 16 No man putteth a piece of ‖ Or raw or unwrought cloth new cloth unto an old garment for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment and the rent is made worse 17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles else the bottles break and the wine runneth out and the bottles perish but they put new wine into new bottles and both are preserved 18 ¶ * Mar 5.22 Lâ—k 8.41 While he spake these things unto them behold there came a certain ruler and worshipped him saying My daughter is even now dead but come and lay thy hand upon her and she shall live 19 And Jesus arose and followed him and so did his disciâ—les 20 ¶ And behold a woman which was diseased with an issâ—â— of bloud twelve years came behinde him and touched the hem of his garment 21 For she said within her self If I may but touch his garment I shall be whole 22 But Jesus turned him about and when he saw her he said Daughter be of good comfort thy faith hath made thee whole And the woman was made whole from that hour 23 And when Jesus came into the rulers house and saw the minstreâ—s and the people making a noise 24 He said unto them Give place for the maid is not dead but sleepeth And they laughed him to scorn 25 But when the people were put forth he went in and took her by the hand and the maid arose 26 And ‖ Or this 〈◊〉 the same hereof went abroad into all that land 27 ¶ And when Jesus departed thence two blinde men followed him crying and saying Thou son of David have mercy on us 28 And when he was come into the house the blinde men came to him and Jesus saith unto them Beleeve ye that I am able to do this They said unto him Yea Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes saying According to your faith be it unto you 30 And their eyes were opened and Jesus straitly charged them saying See that no man know it 31 But they when they were departed spread abroad his same in all that countrey 32 ¶ * Luke 11.14 As they went out behold they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil 33 And when the devil was cast out the dumb spake and the multitudes marvelled saying It was never so seen in Israel 34 But the Pharisees said * Chap. 12.24 Mar. 3.22 Luk. 11.15 He casteth out the devils through the prince of the devils 35 * Mar. 6.6 Luk. 13.22 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages teaching in their synagogues and preaching the gospel of the kingdom and healing every sickness and every disease among the people 36 ¶ * Mar. 6.34 But when he saw the multitudes he was moved with compassion on them because they ‖ Or were tired and laâ—d â—wn fainted and were scattered abroad * Numb 27.17 as sheep having no shepherd 37 Then saith he unto his disciples * Luk. 10.2 The harvest truly is plenteous but the labourers are few 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that he will send forth labourers into his harvest CHAP. X. 1 Christ
they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears and should understand with their heart and should be converted and I should heal them 16 But blessed are your eyes for they see and your ears for they hear 17 For verily I say unto you * Luke 10,24 that many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see and have not seen them and to hear those things which ye hear and have not heard them 18 ¶ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom understandeth it not then cometh the wicked one and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart this is he which received seed by the way-side 20 But he that received the seed into stony places the same is he that heareth the word and anon with joy receiveth it 21 Yet hath he not root in himself but dureth for a while for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word by and by he is offended 22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word and the care of this world and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word and he becometh unfruitful 23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word and understandeth it which also beareth fruit and bringeth forth some an hundred-fold some sixty some thirty 24 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them saying The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field 25 But while men slept his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat and went his way 26 But when the blade was sprung up and brought forth fruit then appeared the tares also 27 So the servants of the housholder came and said unto him Sir didst not thou sowe good seed in thy field from whence then hath it tares 28 He said unto them An enemy hath done this The servant said unto him Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up 29 But he said Nay lest while ye gather up the tares ye root up also the wheat with them 30 Let both grow together until the harvest and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers Gather ye together first the tares and binde them in bundles to burn them but gather the wheat into my barn 31 ¶ Another parable put he forth unto them saying * Mark 4.30 Luke 13.19 The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed which a man took and sowed in his field 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds but when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs and becometh a tree so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof 33 ¶ * Luke 13.20 Another parable spake he unto them the kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven which a woman took and hid in three †The word in the Gr. is a measure containing about a peck and a half wanting little more then a pinte measures of meal till the whole was leavened 34 * Mark 4.33 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables and without a parable spake he not unto them 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying * Psal 78.2 I will open my mouth in parables I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away and went into the house and his disciples came unto him saying Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field 37 He answered and said unto them He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man 38 The field is the world the good seed are the children of the kingdom but the tares are the children of the wicked one 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil * Joel 3.13 Rev. 14.15 the harvest is the end of the world and the reapers are the angels 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burnt in the fire so shall it be in the end of this world 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels and they shall gather out of his kingdom all ‖ Or scandals things that offend and them which do iniquity 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth 43 * Dan. 12 3. Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father Who hath ears to hear let him hear 44 ¶ Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field the which when a man hath found he hideth and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that field 45 ¶ Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant-man seeking goodly pearls 46 Who when he had found one pearl of great price he went and sold all that he had and bought it 47 ¶ Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea and gathered of every kinde 48 Which when it was full they drew to shore and sat down and gathered the good into vessels but cast the bad away 49 So shall it be at the end of the world the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth 51 Jesus saith unto them Have ye understood all these things They say unto him Yea Lord. 52 Then said he unto them Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an housholder which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new old 53 ¶ And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these parables he departed thence 54 * Mar. 6.1 Luk. 4.16 And when he was come into his own countrey he taught them in their synagogue insomuch that they were astonished and said Whence hath this man this wisdom and these mighty works 55 * Joh. 6.42 Is not this the carpenters son is not his mother called Mary and his brethren James and Joses and Simon and Judas 56 And his sisters are they not all with us whence then hath this man all there things 57 And they were offended in him But Jesus said unto them * Mar. 6.4 Luk. 4.24 Joh. 4.44 A prophet is not without honour save in his own countrey and in his own house 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief CHAP. XIV 1 Herods opinion of Christ 3 Wherefore John Baptist was beheaded 13 Jesus departeth into a desert place 15 where he feeleth five thousand men with five loaves and two fishes 22 He walketh on the sea to his disciples 34 and landing at Gennesaret healeth the sick by the touch of the hem of his garment AT that time * Mar. 6.14 Luk. 9.7 Herod the tetrarch
proceed evil thoughts murders adulteries fornications thefts false witness blasphemies 20 These are the things which defile a man but to eat with unwashen hands defileth not a man 21 ¶ * Mark 7.24 Then Jesus went thence and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon 22 And behold a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts and cried unto him saying Have mercy on me O Lord thou son of David my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil 23 But he answered her not a word And his disciples came and besought him saying Send her away for she crieth after us 24 But he answered and said * Chap 10.6 I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel 25 Then came she and worshipped him saying Lord help me 26 But he answered and said It is not meet to take the childrens bread and to cast it to dogs 27 And she said Truth Lord yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters table 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her O woman great is thy saith be it unto thee even as thou wilt And her daughter was made whole from that very hour 29 * Mark 7.31 And Jesus departed from thence and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee and went up into a mountain and sat down there 30 * Is 35.5 6. And great multitudes came unto him having with them those that were lame blinde dumb maimed and many others and cast them down at Jesus feet and he healed them 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondred when they saw the dumb to speak the maimed to be whole the lame to walk and the blinde to see and they glorified the God of Israel 32 ¶ * Mar. 8.1 Then Jesus called his disciples unto him and said I have compassion on the multitude because they continue with me now three days and have nothing to eat and I will not send them away fasting lest they faint in the way 33 And his disciples say unto him Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness as to fill so great a multitude 34 And Jesus saith unto them How many loaves have ye and they said Seven and a few little fishes 35 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground 36 And he took the seven loaves and the fishes and gave thanks and brake them and gave to his disciples and the disciples to the multitude 37 And they did all eat and were filled and they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full 38 And they that did eat were four thousand men beside women and children 39 And he sent away the multitude and took ship and came into the coasts of Magdala CHAP. XVI 1 The Pharisees require a signe 6 Jesus warneth his disciples of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees 13 The peoples opinion of Christ 16 and Peters confession of him 21 Jesus foresheweth his death 23 reproving Peter for disâ—waâ—ing him from it 24 And admonisheth those that will follow him to bear the cross THe * Mar. 8.11 Luk. 12.54 Pharisees also with the Sadducees came and tempting desired him that he would shew them a signe from heaven 2 He answered and said unto them When it is evening ye say It will be fair weather for the skie is red 3 And in the morning It will be soul weather to day for the skie is read and lowring O ye hypocrites ye can discern the face of the skie but can ye not discern the signes of the times 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a signe and there shall no signe be given unto it but the signe of the prophet Jonas And he lef them and departed 5 And when his disciples were come to the other side they had forgotten to take bread 6 ¶ Then Jesus said unto them Take heed and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees 7 And they reasoned among themselves saying It is because we have taken no bread 8 Which when Jesus perceived he said unto them O ye of little faith why reason ye among your selves because ye have brought no bread 9 * Chap. 14.17 Do ye not yet understand neither remember the five loaves of the five thousand and how many baskets ye took up 10 * Chap. 15.34 Neither the seven loaves of the four thousand and how many baskets ye took up 11 How is it that ye do not understand that I speak it not to you concerning bread that ye should beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees 12 Then understood they how that he bade them not beware of the leaven of bread but of the doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees 13 ¶ When Jesus came into the coasts of Cesarea Philippi he asked his disciples saying * 〈◊〉 8.27 Luk 9.18 Whom do men say that I the Son of man am 14 And they said Some say that thou art John the Baptist some Elias and others Jeremias or one of the prophets 15 He saith unto them But whom say ye that I am 16 And Simon Peter answered and said * Joh. 6.69 thou art Christ the Son of the living God 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him Blessed art thou Simon Bar-jona for flesh and bloud hath not revealed it unto thee but my Father which is in heaven 18 And I say also unto thee that * Joh. 1.42 thou art Peter and upon this rock I will build my church and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it 19 * Joh. 20.23 And I will give unto thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven and whatsoever thou shalt binde on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven 20 Then charged he his disciples that they should tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ 21 ¶ Fom that time forth began Jesus to shew unto his disciples how that he must go unto Jerusalem and suffer many things of the elders and chief priests scribes and be killed and be raised again the third day 22 Then Peter took him and began to rebuke him saying Be it far from thee Lord this shall not be unto thee 23 But he turned and said unto Peter Get thee behinde me Satan thou art an offence unto me for thou savourest not the things that be of God but those that be of men 24 ¶ * Ch. 10.38 Mark 8.34 Then said Jesus unto his disciples If any man will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me 25 For whosoever will save his life shall lose it and whosoever will lose his life for my sake shall finde it 26 For what is a man profited if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul 27 For the Son of man shall come in the glory of
his Father with his angels * Ps 62.12 Rom. 2.6 and then he shall reward every man according to his works 28 Verily I say unto you * Mar. 9.1 Luk. 9.27 There be some standing here which shall not taste of death till they see the son of man coming in his kingdom CHAP. XVII 1 The transfiguration of Christ 14 He healeth the lunatick 22 foretelleth his own passion 24 and payeth tribute ANd * Mar. 9.2 Luk. 9.28 after six days Jesus taketh Peter James and John his brother and bringeth them up into an high mountain apart 2 And was transfigured before them and his face did shine as the sun and his raiment was white as the light 3 And behold there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him 4 Then answered Peter and said unto Jesus Lord it is good for us to be here if thou wilt let us make here three tabernacles one for thee and one for Moses and one for Elias 5 * 2 Pet. 1.17 While he yet spake behold a bright cloud overshadowed them and behold a voice out of the cloud which said This is my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased hear ye him 6 And when the disciples heard it they fell on their face and were sore afraid 7 And Jesus came touched them and said Arise and be not afraid 8 And when they had lift up their eyes they saw no man save Jesus onely 9 And as they came down from the mountain Jesus charged them saying Tell the vision to no man until the Son of man be risen again from the dead 10 And his disciples asked him saying * Ch. 11.14 Mar. 9.11 Why then say the scribes that Elias must first come 11 And Jesus answered and said unto them Elias truly shall first come and restore all things 12 But I say unto you that Elias is come already and they knew him not but have done unto him whatsoever they listed likewise shall also the Son of man suffer of them 13 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto them of John the Baptist 14 ¶ * Mar. 9.17 Luk. 9.38 And when they were come to the multitude there came to him a certain man kneeling down to him and saying 15 Lord have mercy on my son for he is lunatick and sore vexed for oft-times he falleth into the fire and oft into the water 16 And I brought him to thy disciples and they could not cure him 17 Then Jesus answered and said O faithless and perverse generation how long shall I be with you how long shall I suffer you bring him hither to me 18 And Jesus rebuked the devil and he departed out of him and the childe was cured from that very hour 19 Then came the disciples to Jesus apart and said Why could not we cast him out 20 And Jesus said unto them Because of your unbelief for verily I say unto you * Luk. 17.6 If ye have faith as a grain of mustard-seed ye shall say unto this mountain Remove hence to yonder place and it shall remove and nothing shall be unpossible unto you 21 Howbeit this kinde goeth not out but by prayer and fasting 22 ¶ * Ch. 20.17 Mar. 9.31 Luk. 9.44 And while they abode in Galilee Jesus said unto them The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men 23 And they shall kill him and the third day he shall be raised again and they were exceeding sorry 24 ¶ And when they were come to Capernaum they that received ‖ Called in the original didrachma being in value fifteen pence tribute money came to Peter and said Doth not your master pay tribute 25 He saith Yes And when he was come into the house Jesus prevented him saying What thinkest thou Simon of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute of their own children or of strangers 26 Peter saith unto him Of strangers Jesus saith unto him Then are the children free 27 Notwithstanding lest we should offend them go thou to the sea and cast an hook and take up the fish that first cometh up and when thou hast opened his mouth thou shalt finde ‖ Or a stater It is half an ounce of silver in value two shillings six pence after five shillings the ounce a piece of money that take and give unto them for me and thee CHAP. XVIII 1 Christ warneth his disciples to be humble and harmless 7 to avoid offences and not to despise the little ones 15 teacheth how we are to deal with our brethren when they offend us 21 and how oft to forgive them 23 which he setteth forth by a parable of the king that took account of his servants 32 and punished him who shewed no mercy to his fellow AT * Mar. 9. â—â— Luk. 9.46 the same time cause the disciples unto Jesus saying Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven 2 And Jesus called a little childe unto him and set him in the midst of them 3 And said Verily I say unto you * Ch. 19.14 1 Cor. 14.20 Except ye be converted and become as little children ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven 4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little childe the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven 5 And whoso shall receive one such little childe in my name receiveth me 6 * Mar 9.42 Luke 17.1 2. But whoso shall offend one of these little ones which believe in me it were better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and that he were drowned in the depth of the sea 7 ¶ Wo unto the world because of offences for it must needs be that offences come but wo to that man by whom the offence cometh 8 * Ch. 5.30 Mar. 9.45 Wherefore if thy hand or thy foot offend thee cut them off and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed rather then having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire 9 And if thine eye offend thee pluck it out and cast it from thee it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye rather then having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire 10 Take heed that ye despise not one of these little ones for I say unto you that in heaven their angels do always behold the face of my Father which is in heaven 11 * Luke 19.10 For the Son of man is come to save that which was lost 12 * Luk. 15.4 How think ye if a man have an hundred sheep and one of them be gone astray doth he not leave the ninety and nine and goeth into the mountains and seeketh that which is gone astray 13 And if so be that he finde it verily I say unto you he rejoyceth more of that sheep then of the ninety and nine which went not astray 14 Even so it is not the will of your Father which is
22 But when the young man heard that saying he went away sorrowful for he had great possessions 23 ¶ Then said Jesus unto his disciples Verily I say unto you that a rich man shall hardly enter into the kingdom of heaven 24 And again I say unto you It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God 25 When his disciples heard it they were exceedingly amazed saying Who then can be saved 26 But Jesus beheld them and said unto them With men this is impossible but with God all things are possible 27 ¶ * Mat. 10.28 Luk. 18.28 Then answered Peter and said unto him Behold we have forsaken all and followed thee what shall we have therefore 28 And Jesus said unto them Verily I say unto you that ye which have followed me in the regeneration when the Son of man shall sit in the throne of his glory * Luke 22.30 ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones judging the twelve tribes of Israel 29 And every one that hath forsaken houses or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my names sake shall receive an hundred fold and shall inherit everlasting life 30 * Ch. 20.16 Mar. 10.31 Luk. 13.30 But many that are first shall be last and the last shall be first CHAP. XX. 1 Christ by the similitude of the labourers in the vineyard sheweth that God is debter unto no man 17 foretelleth his passion 20 by answering the mother of Zebedees children teacheth his disciples to be lowly 30 and giveth two blinde men their sight FOr the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an housholder which went out early in the morning to hire labourers into his vineyard 2 And when he had agreed with the labourers for a ‖ The Remane peny is the eighth part of an ounce which after five shâ—llings the ounce is seven pence half-peny peny a day he sent them into his vineyard 3 And he went out about the third hour and saw others standing idle in the market place 4 And said unto them Go ye also into the vineyard and whatsoever is right I will give you And they went their way 5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour did likewise 6 And about the eleventh hour he went out and found others standing idle and saith unto them Why stand ye here all the day idle 7 They say unto him Because no man hath hired us He saith unto them Go ye also into the vineyard and whatsoever is right that shall ye receive 8 So when even was come the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward Call the labourers and give them their hire beginning from the last unto the first 9 And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour they received every man a peny 10 But when the first came they supposed that they should have received more and they likewise received every man a peny 11 And when they had received it they muimured against the goodman of the house 12 Saying These last ‖ Or have â—utiâ—â—ed â—â—e 〈…〉 have wrought but one hour and thou hast made them equal unto us which have born the burden and heat of the day 13 But he answered one of them and said Friend I do thee no wrong didst not thou agree with me for a peny 14 Take that thine is and go thy way I will give unto this last even as unto thee 15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own is thine eye evil because I am good 16 * Ch. 19.30 So the last shall be first and the first last for many be called but few chosen 17 ¶ * Mat. 10.22 Luk. 18.31 And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way and said unto them 18 Behold we go up to Jerusalem and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes and they shall condemn him to death 19 * John 18.32 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock and to scourge and to crucifie him and the third day he shall rise again 20 ¶ * Mark 10.35 Then came to him the mother of Zebedees children with her sons worshipping him and desiring a certain thing of him 21 And he said unto her What wilt thou She saith unto him Grant that these my two sons may sit the one on thy right hand and the other on the left in thy kingdom 22 But Jesus answered and said Ye know not what ye ask Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with They say unto him We are able 23 And he saith unto them Ye shall drink indeed of my cup and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father 24 And when the ten heard it they were moved with indignation against the two brethren 25 But Jesus called them unto him and said * Luke 22.25 Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them and they that are great exercise authority upon them 26 But it shall not be so among you but whosoever will be great among you let him be your minister 27 And whosoever will be chief among you let him be your servant 28 Even as the * Phil. 27. Son of man came not to be ministred unto but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many 29 * Mark 10.46 Luk. 18.35 And as they departed from Jericho a great multitude followed him 30 ¶ And behold two blinde men sitting by the way-side when they heard that Jesus passed by cried out saying Have mercy on us O Lord thou son of David 31 And the multitude rebuked them because they should hold their peace but they cried the more saying Have mercy on us O Lord thou son of David 32 And Jesus stood still and called them and said What will ye that I shall do unto you 33 They say unto him Lord that our eyes may be opened 34 So Jesus had compassion on them and touched their eyes and immediately their eyes received sight and they followed him CHAP. XXI 1 Christ rideth into Jerusalem upon an ass 12 driveth the buyers and sollers out of the temple 17 curseth the fig-tree 23 putteth to silence the priests and elders 28 and rebuketh them by the similitude of the two sons 33 and the husbandmen who shew such as were sent unto them ANd * Mar. 11.1 Luk. 19.29 when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage unto the mount of Olives then sent Jesus two disciples 2 Saying unto them Go into the village over against you and
* Luk. 11.52 wo unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men for ye neither go in your selves neither suffer ye them that are entring to go in 14 Wo unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites * Mar. 12.40 Luk. 20 4â— for ye devour widows houses and for a pretence make long prayer therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation 15 Wo unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye compass sea and land to make one proselyte and when he is made ye make him two fold more the childe of hell then your selves 16 Wo unto you ye blinde guides which say Whosoever shall swear by the temple it is nothing but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple he is a debter 17 Ye fools and blinde for whether is greater the gold or the temple that sanctifieth the gold 18 And whosoever shall swear by the altar it is nothing but whosoever sweareth by the gilt that is upon it he is ‖ Or debter or bound guilty 19 Ye sools and blinde for whether is greater the gift or the altar that sanctifieth the gift 20 Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar sweareth by it and by all things thereon 21 And whoso shall swear by the temple sweareth by it and by him that dwelleth therein 22 And he that shall swear by heaven sweareth by the throne of God and by him that sitteth thereon 23 Wo unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites * Luk. â—â— 42 for ye pay tâ—the of mint and anise and cummin and have omitted the weightier matters of the law judgement mercy and faith these ought ye to have done and not to leave the other undone 24 Ye blinde guides which strain at a gnat and swallow a camel 25 Wo unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites * Luke 11.39 for ye make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter but within they are full of extortion and excess 26 Thou blinde Pharisee cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter that the outside of them may be clean also 27 Wo unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites for ye are like unto whitâ—d sepulchres which indeed appear beautiful outward but are within full of dead mens bones and of all uncleanness 28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men but within ye are full of hypocrisie and iniquity 29 Wo unto you scribes and Pharisees hypocrites because ye build the tombs of the prophets and garnish the sepulchres of the righteous 30 And say If we had been in the days of our fathers we would not have been partakers with them in the bloud of the prophets 31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto your selves that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets 32 Fill ye up then the measure of your fathers 33 Ye serpents ye generation of vipers how can ye escape the damnation of hell 34 ¶ Wherefore behold I send unto you prophets and wise men and scribes and some of them ye shall kill and crucifie some of them shal ye scourge in your synagogues and persecute them from city to city 35 That upon you may come all the righteous bloud shed upon the earth * Gen. 4.8 from the bloud of righteous Abel unto the bloud of Zacharias son of Barachias whom ye slew between the temple and the altar 36 Verily I say unto you All these things shall come upon this generation 37 * Luke 13.34 O Jerusalem Jerusalem thou that killest the prophets * 2 Chr. 24.21 and stonest them which are sent unto thee how often would * 2 Esdr 1.30 I have gathered thy children together even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings and ye would not 38 Behold your house is left unto you desolate 39 For I say unto you Ye shall not see me henceforth till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. CHAP. XXIV 1 Christ foretelleth the destruction oâ— the temple what and how â—reat calamities shall be before it 29 The signs of his coming to judgement 36 And because that day and hour is unknown 42 we ought to watch like good servants expecting every moment our masters coming ANd * Mar. 13.1 Luke 21.5 Jesus went out and departed from the temple and his disciples came to him for to shew him the buildings of the temple 2 And Jesus said unto them See ye not all these things verily I say unto you * Luke 19.44 There shall not be left here one stone upon another that shall not be thrown down 3 ¶ And as he sat upon the mount of Olives the disciples came unto him privately saying Tell us when shall these things be and what shall be the signe of thy coming and of the end of the world 4 And Jesus answered and said unto them Take heed that no man deceive you 5 For many shall come in my name saying I am Christ and shall deceive many 6 And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars see that ye be not troubled for all these things must come to pass but the end is not yet 7 For nation shall rise against nation and kingdom against kingdom and there shall be samines and pestilences and earthquakes in divers places 8 All these are the beginning of sorrows 9 * Câ— 10.17 Luk. 21.12 Joh. 16.2 Then shall they deliver you up to be afflicted and shall kill you and ye shall be hated of all nations for my names sake 10 And then shall many be offended and shall betray one another and shall hate one another 11 And many false prophets shall rise and shall deceive many 12 And because iniquity shall abound the love of many shall wax cold 13 But he that shall endure unto the end the same shall be saved 14 And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations and then shall the end come 15 * Mark 2â— 14 When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation spoken of by * Dan. 9.27 Daniel the prophet stand in the holy place whoso readeth let him understand 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains 17 Let him which is on the house-top not come down to take any thing out of his house 18 Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his clothes 19 And wo unto them that are with childe and to them that give suck in those days 20 But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter neither on the â—â—â—â—ath day 21 For then shall be great tribulation such as was not since the beginning of the world to this time no nor ever shall be 22 And except those days should be shortned there should no flesh be saved but for the elects sake those days shall be shortned 23 * Maâ—k â—3 21 Luk. 17.23 Then if any man shall say unto
named Joseph who also himself was Jesus disciple 58 He went to Pilate and begged the body of Jesus then Pilate commanded the body to be delivered 59 And when Joseph had taken the body he wrapped it in a clean linen colth 60 And laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn out in the rock he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre departed 61 And there was Mary Magdalene and the other Mary sitting over against the sepulchre 62 ¶ Now the next day that followed the day of the preparation the chief priests and Pharisees came together unto Pilate 63 Saying Sir we remember that that deceiver said while he was yet alive After three days I will rise again 64 Command therefore that the sepulchre be made sure until the third day lest his disciples come by night and steal him away and say unto the people He is risen from the dead so the last errour shall be worse then the first 65 Pilate said unto them Ye have a watch go your way make it as sure as you can 66 So they went and made the sepulchre sure sealing the stone and setting a watch CHAP. XXVIII 1 Christs resurrection is declared by an angel to the women 9 He himself appeareth unto them 11 The high priests give the souldiers money to say that he was stolen out of his sepulchre 16 Christ appeareth to his disciples 19 and sendeth them to baptize and teach all nations IN the * Mark 16.1 Joh. 20.1 end of the sabbath as it began to dawn towards the first day of the week came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre 2 And behold there ‖ Or had been was a great earthquake for the angel of the Lord descended from heaven and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it 3 His countenance was like lightning his raiment white as snow 4 And for fear of him the keepers did shake became as dead men 5 And the angel answered and said unto the women Fear not ye for I know that ye seek Jesus which was crucified 6 He is not here for he is risen as he said come see the place where the Lord lay 7 And go quickly tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead and behold he goeth before you into Galilee there shall ye see him lo I have told you 8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy and did run to bring his disciples word 9 ¶ And as they went to tell his disciples behold Jesus met them saying All hail And they came and held him by the feet and worshipped him 10 Then said Jesus unto them Be not afraid go tell my brethren that they go into Galilee and there shall they see me 11 ¶ Now when they were going behold some of the watch came into the city and shewed unto the chief priests all the things that were done 12 And when they were assembled with the elders and had taken counsel they gave large money unto the souldiers 13 Saying Say ye His disciples came by night and stole him away while we slept 14 And if this come to the governours ears we will perswade him and secure you 15 So they took the money and did as they were taught and this saying is commonly reported among the Jews until this day 16 ¶ Then the eleven disciples went away into Galilee into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them 17 And when they saw him they worshipped him but some doubted 18 And Jesus came and spake unto them saying All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth 19 ¶ * Mark 16.15 Go ye therefore and teach all nations baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the holy Ghost 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you and lo I am with you alway even unto the end of the world Amen ¶ The Gospel according to S. MARK CHAP. I. 1 The office of John the Baptist 9 Jesus is baptized 12 tempted 14 he preacheth 16 calleth Peter Andrew James and John 23 healeth one that had a devil 29 Peters mother in law 32 many diseased persons 41 and cleanseth the leper THe beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ the Son of God 2 As it is written in the prophets * Mat. 3.1 Behold I send my messenger before thy face which shall preprae thy way before thee 3 * Isa 40.3 Luke 3.4 Joh. 1.23 The voice of one crying in the wilderness Prepare ye the way of the Lord make his paths straight 4 * Mat. 3.1 John did baptize in the wilderness and preach the baptism of repentance ‖ Or unto for the remission of sins 5 * Matt. 3.5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judea and they of Jerusalem and were all baptized of him in the river of Jordan confessing their sins 6 And John was * Mat. 3.4 clothed with camels hair and with a girdle of a skin about his loyns and he did eat locusts and wilde honey 7 And preached saying There cometh one mightier then I after me the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down unloose 8 I indeed have baptized you with water but he shall baptize you with the holy Ghost 9 * Matth. 3.13 And it came to pass in those days that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee and was baptized of John in Jordan 10 And straightway coming up out of the water he saw the heavens ‖ Or eleven or rent opened and the Spirit like a dove descending upon him 11 And there came a voice from heaven saying Thou art my beloved Son in whom I am well pleased 12 * Matth. 4.1 And immediately the spirit driveth him into the wilderness 13 And he was there in the wilderness fourty days tempted of Satan and was with wilde beasts and the angels ministred unto him 14 Now after that John was put in prison * Matth. 4.12 Jesus came into Galilee preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God 15 And saying The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand repent ye and beleeve the gospel 16 * Matth. 4.18 Now as he walked by the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the sea for they were fishers 17 And Jesus said unto them Come ye after me and I will make you to become fishers of men 18 And straightway they forsook their nets and followed him 19 And when he had gone a little further thence he saw James the son of Zebedee and John his brother who also were in the ship mending their nets 20 And straightway he called them and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants and went after him 21 * Matth. 4.13 And they went into Capernaum and straightway on the sabbath-day he
they went to pluck the ears of corn 24 And the Pharisees said unto him Behold why do they on the sabbath-day that which is not lawful 25 And he said unto them Have ye never read what David did when he had need and was an hungred he and they that were with him 26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest and did eat the shew-bread which is not lawful to eat but for the priests and gave also to them which were with him 27 And he said unto them The sabbath was made for man and not man for the sabbath 28 Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath CHAP. III. 1 Christ healeth the withered hand to and many other infirmities 11 rebuketh the unclean spirits 13 chooseth his twelve apostles 22 couvinceth the blasphemy of casting out devils by Beelzebub 31 and sheweth who are his brother sister and mother ANd * Matth. 12.9 he entred again into the synagogue and there was a man there which had a withered hand 2 And they watched him whether he would heal him on the sabbath-day that they might accuse him 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand Stand forth 4 And he saith unto them Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath-days or to do evil to save life or to kill but they held their peace 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger being grieved for the ‖ Or blindness hardness of their hearts he saith unto the man Stretch forth thine hand And he stretched it out and his hand was restored whole as the other 6 And the Pharisees went forth and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him how they might destroy him 7 But Jesus withdrew himself with his disciples to the sea and a great multitude from Galilee followed him and from Judea 8 And from Jerusalem and from Idumea and from beyond Jordan and they about Tyre and Sidon a great multitude when they had heard what great things he did came unto him 9 And he spake to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude lest they should throng him 10 For he had healed many insomuch that they ‖ Or rushed preassed upon him for to touch him as many as had plagues 11 And unclean spirits when they saw him fell down before him and cried saying Thou art the Son of God 12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known 13 * Matth. 10.1 And he goeth up into a mountain and calleth unto him whom he would and they came unto him 14 And he ordained twelve that they should be with him and that he might send them forth to preach 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses and to cast out devils 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter 17 And James the son of Zebedee John the brother of James and he surnamed them Boanerges which is The sons of thunder 18 And Andrew and Philip and Bartholomew and Matthew and Thomas and James the son of Alpheus and Thaddeus and Simon the Canaanite 19 And Judas Iscariot which also betrayed him and they went ‖ Or â—eâ—â— into an house 20 And the multitude cometh together again so that they could not so much as eat bread 21 And when his ‖ Or kinsmen friends heards of it they went out to lay hold on him for they said He is beside himself 22 ¶ And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said * Matth. 9.34 He hath Beelzebub and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils 23 And he called them unto him and said unto them in parables How can Satan cast out Satan 24 And if a kingdom be divided against it self that kingdom cannot stand 25 And if a house be divided against itself that house cannot stand 26 And if Satan rise up against himself and be divided he cannot stand but hath an end 27 No man can enter into a strong mans house and spoil his goods except he will first binde the strong man and then he will spoil his house 28 * Matth. 12 31. Verily I say unto you All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the holy Ghost hath never forgiveness but is in danger of eternal damnation 30 Because they said He hath an unclean spirit 31 ¶ * Matth. 12.46 There came then his brethren and his mother and standing without sent unto him calling him 32 And the multitude sat about him and they said unto him Behold thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee 33 And he answered them saying Who is my mother or my brethren 34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him and said Behold my mother and my brethren 35 For whosoever shall do the will of God the same is my brother and my sister and mother CHAP. IV. 1 Thâ— parable of the sower 14 and the meaning thereof 21 We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others 26 The parable of the seed growing secretly 30 and of the mustardâ—sied 35 Christ stilleth the tempest on the sea ANd * Matth. 13.1 he began again to teach by the sea-side and there was gathered unto him a great multitude so that he entred into a ship and sat in the sea and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land 2 And he taught them many things by parables and said unto them in his doctrine 3 Hearken Behold there went out a sower to sowe 4 And it came to pass as he sowed some fell by the way-side and the â—owls of the air came and devoured it up 5 And some fell on stony ground where it had not much earth and immediately it sprang up because it had no depth or earth 6 But when the sun was up it was scorched and because it had no root it withered away 7 And some fell among thorns and the thorns grew up and choked it and it yeelded no fruit 8 And other fell on good ground and did yeeld fruit that sprang up and increased and brought forth some thirty and some sixty and some on hundred 9 And he said unto them He that hath ears to hear let him hear 10 And when he was alone they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable 11 And he said unto them unto you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God but unto them that are without all these things are done in parables 12 * Matth. 13 14. That seeing they may see and not perceive and hearing they may hear and not understand lest at any time they should be converted and their sins should be forgiven them 13 And he said unto them Know ye not this parable and how then will you know all parables 14 ¶ The sower soweth the word
I say unto you He shall not lose his reward 42 * Mat. 18.5 And whosoever shall offend one of these little ones that beleeve in me it is better for him that a milstone were hanged about his neck and he were cast into the sea 43 * Mat. 5.27 18.8 And if thy hand ‖ Or cause thee to offend offend thee cut it off it is better for thee to enter into life maimed then having two hands to go into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched 44 * Isa 66.24 Where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched 45 And if thy foot offend thee cut it off it is better for thee to enter halt into life then having two feet to be cast into hell into the fire that never shall be quenched 46 Where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched 47 And if thine eye ‖ Or cause tâ—â—e to offend offend thee pluck it out it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye then having two eyes to be cast into hell fire 48 Where their worm dieth not and the fire is not quenched 49 For every one shall be salted with sire * Lev. 2.13 and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt 50 * Mat. 5.13 Salt is good but if the salt have lost his saltness wherewith will you leason it Have salt in your seâ—â—es have peace one with another CHAP. X. 2 Christ disputeth with the Pharisees touching divorcement 13 blesseth the children that are brought unto him 17 resolveth a rich man how he may inherit â—â—fe everlasting 23 telleth his disciples of the danger of riches 28 promiseth rewards to them that forsake any thing for the gospel 32 foretelleth his death and resurrection 35 biddeth the two ambitious suiters to think rather of suffering with him 45 and restoreth to Bartimeus his sight ANd * Mat. 19.1 he arose from thence and cometh into the coasts of Judea by the farther side of Jordan and the people resort unto him again and as he was wont he taught them again 2 ¶ And the Pharisees came to him and asked him Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife tempting him 3 And he answered said unto them What did Moses command you 4 And they said Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement and to put her away 5 And Jesus answered and said unto them For the hardness of your heart he wrote you this precept 6 But from the beginning of the creation God made them male and female 7 For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother and cleave to his wife 8 And they twain shall be one flesh so then they are no more twain but one flesh 9 What therefore God hath joyned together let no man put asunder 10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same matter 11 And he said unto them * Mat. 5.32 19.9 Whosoever shall put away his wife and marry another committeth adultery against her 12 And if a woman shall put away her husband and be married to another she committeth adultery 13 ¶ * Mat. 19.13 And they brought young children to him that he should touch them and his disciples rebuked those that brought them 14 But when Jesus saw it he was much displeased and said unto them Suffer the little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of God 15 Verily I say unto you Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little childe he shall not enter therein 16 And he took them up in his arms put his hands upon them and blessed them 17 ¶ * Mat. 19.15 And when he was gone forth into the way there came one running and kneeled to him and asked him Good Master what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life 18 And Jesus said unto him Why callest thou me good there is none good but one that is God 19 Thou knowest the commandments Do not commit adultery Do not kill Do not steal Do not bear false witness Defraud not Honour thy father and mother 20 And he answered and said unto him Master all these have I observed from my youth 21 Then Jesus beholding him loved him and said unto him One thing thou lackest go thy way sell whatsoever thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come take up the cross and follow me 22 And he was sad at that saying and went away grieved for he had great possessions 23 ¶ And Jesus looked round about and saith unto his disciples How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 24 And the disciples were astonished at his words But Jesus answereth again and saith unto them Children how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God 26 And they were astonished out of measure saying among themselves Who then can be saved 27 And Jesus looking upon them saith With men it is impossible but not with God for with God all things are possible 28 ¶ * Mat. 19.27 Then Peter began to say unto him Lo we have left all and have followed thee 29 And Jesus answered and said Verily I say unto you There is no man that hath left house or brethren or sisters or father or mother or wife or children or lands for my sake and the gospels 30 But he shall receive an hundred-sold now in this time houses and brethren and sisters and mothers and children and lands with persecutions and in the world to come eternal life 31 * Mat. 19.30 But many that are first shall be last and the last first 32 ¶ * Mat. 20.17 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem and Jesus went before them and they were amazed and as they followed they were afraid And he took again the twelve and began to tell them what things should happen unto him 33 Saying Behold we go up to Jerusalem and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests and unto the scribes and they shall condemn him to death and shall deliver him to the Gentiles 34 And they shall mock him and shall scourge him and shall spit upon him and shall kill him and the third day he shall rise again 35 ¶ * Mat. 20 2â— And James and John the sons of Zebedee come unto him saying Master we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall desire 36 And he said unto them What would ye that I should do for you 37 They said unto him Grant unto us that we may sit one on thy right hand and the other on thy left hand in thy glory 38 But Jesus said unto them Ye know not
am sent to speak unto thee and to shew thee these glad tidings 20 And behold thou shalt be dumb and not able to speak until the day that these things shall be performed because thou beleevest not my words which shall be fulfilled in their season 21 And the people waited for Zacharias and marvelled that he tarried so long in the temple 22 And when he came out he could not speak unto them and they perceived that he had seen a vision in the temple for he beckned unto them and remained speechless 23 And it came to pass that aâ—soon as the days of his ministration were accomplished he departed to his own house 24 And after those days his wife Elisabeth conceived and hid her self five moneths saying 25 Thus hath the Lord dealt with me in the days wherein he looked on me to take away my reproach among men 26 And in the sixth moneths the angel Gabriel was sent from God unto a city of Galilee named Nazareth 27 To a virgin espoused to a man whose name was Joseph of the house of David and the virgins name was Mary 28 And the angel came in unto her and said Hail thou that art ‖ Or graciously accepted or much graced See ver 30. highly favoured the Lord is with thee blessed art thou among women 29 And when she saw him she was troubled at his saying and cast in her minde what manner of salutation this should be 30 And the angel said unto her Fear not Mary for thou hast found favour with God 31 * Isa 7.14 Mat. 1.21 And behold thou shalt conceive in thy womb and bring forth a son and shalt call his name Jesus 32 He shall be great and shall be called the Son of the Highest and the Lord God shall give unto him the throne of his father David 33 * Dan. 7.14 Mic. 4.7 And he shall reign over the house of Jacob for ever and of his kingdom there shall be no end 34 Then said Mary unto the angel How shall this be seeing I know not a man 35 And the angel answered and said unto her The holy Ghost shall come upon thee and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God 36 And behold thy cousin Elisabeth she hath also conceived a son in her old age this is the sixth moneth with her who was called barren 37 For with God nothing shall be unpossible 38 And Mary said Behold the handmaid of the Lord be it unto me according to thy word And the angel departed from her 39 And Mary arose in those days and went into the hill-countrey with haste into a city of Judah 40 And entred into the house of Zacharias and saluted Elisabeth 41 And it came to pass that when Elisabeth heard the salutation of Mary the babe leaped in her womb Elisabeth was filled with the holy Ghost 42 And she spake out with a loud voice and said Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb 43 And whence is this to me that the mother of my Lord should come to me 44 For lo assoon as the voice of thy salutation sounded in mine ears the babe leaped in my womb for joy 45 And blessed is she ‖ Or which beleeved that there that beleeved for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. 46 And Mary said My soul doth magnifie the Lord. 47 And my spirit hath rejoyced in God my Saviour 48 For he hath regarded the low estate of his hand-maiden for behold from henceforth all generations shall call me blessed 49 For he that is mighty hath done to me great things and holy is his name 50 And his mercy is on them that fear him from generation to generation 51 * Isa 51. â— He hath shewed strength with his arm * Ps 33.10 he hath scattered the proud in the imagination of their hearts 52 * 1 Sam. 2.6 He hath put down the mighty from their seats and exalted them of low degree 53 * Psa 34.10 He hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away 54 He hath holpen his servant Israel * Jer. 31.3 20. in remembrance of his mercy 55 * Gen. 17.19 Ps 132.12 As he spake to our fathers to Abraham to his seed for ever 56 And Mary abode with her about three moneths and returned to her own house 57 Now Elisabeths full time came that she should be delivered and she brought forth a son 58 And her neighbours and her cousins heard how the Lord had shewed great mercy upon her and they rejoyced with her 59 And it came to pass that on the eighth day they came to circumcise the childe they called him Zacharias after the name of his father 60 And his mother answered said Not so but he shall be called John 61 And they said unto her There is none of thy kindred that is called by this name 62 And they made signs to his father how he would have him called 63 And he asked for a writing-table and wrote saying His name is John And they marvelled all 64 And his mouth was opened immediately and his tongue loosed and he spake and praised God 65 And fear came on all that dwelt round about them all these ‖ Or things sayings were noised abroad throughout all the hill countrey of Judea 66 And all they that had heard them laid them up in their hearts saying What manner of childe shall this be And the hand of the Lord was with him 67 And his father Zacharias was filled with the holy Ghost and prophesied saying 68 Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for he hath visited and redeemed his people 69 * Psal 132.17 And hath raised up an horn of salvation for us in the house of his servant David 70 * Jer. 23.6 30.10 As he spake by the mouth of his holy prophets which have been since the world began 71 That we should be saved from our enemies and from the hand of all that hate us 72 To perform the mercy promised to our fathers and to remember his holy covenant 73 * Gen. 22.16 The oath which he sware to our father Abraham 74 That he would grant unto us that we being delivered out of the hands of our enemies might serve him without fear 75 In holiness and righteousness before him all the days of our life 76 And thou childe shalt be called the pâ—ophâ—t of the Highest for thou shalt go before the face of the Lord to prepare his ways 77 To give knowledge of salvation unto his people ‖ Or for by the remission of their sins 78 Through the ‖ Or towels of the mercy tender mercy of our God whereby the ‖ Or sun-rising or â—ranâ—â— Num. 24.17 Isa 11.1 Zec. 3.8 Mal.
to place attended with his apostles propoundeth the parable of the sower 1â— and of the caudle 21 declareth who are his mother and brethren 12 rebuketh the winds 26 casteth the leâ—â—â—â— of devils out of the man into the 〈◊〉 of swene 37 is rejected of the Gadarens 43 healâ—th the woman of her blouâ—â—y issue 4â— and raiseth from death Jairus daughter ANd I came to pass afterward that he went throughout every city and village preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God and the twelve were with him 2 And certain women which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities Mary called Magdalene * Mar. 16.9 out of whom went seven devils 3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza Herods steward and Susanna and many others which ministred unto him of their substance 4 ¶ * Mat. 13.2 And when much people were gathered together and were come to him out of every city he spake by a parable 5 A sower went out to sowe his seed and as he sowed some fell by the way-side and it was troden down and the fowls of the air devoured it 6 And some tell upon a rock and assoon as it was sprung up it withered away because it lacked motiture 7 And some fell among thorns and the thorns sprang up with it and choked it 8 And other fell on good ground and sprang up and bare fruit an hundred fold And when he had said these things he cried He that hath ears to hear let him hear 9 And his disciples asked him saying What might this parable be 10 And he said Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of God but to others in parables that seeing they might not see and hearing they might not understand 11 * Matth. 3â— 18 Now the parable is this The seed is the word of God 12 These by the way-side are they that hear then cometh the devil and taketh away the word out of their hearts left they should beleeve and be saved 13 They on the rock are they which when they hear receive the word with joy and these have no root which for a while beleeve and in time of temptation fall away 14 And that which fell among thorns are they which when they have heard go forth and are choked with cares and riches and pleasures of this use and bring no fruit to perfection 15 But that on the good ground are they which in an honest and good heart having heard the word keep it and bring forth fruit with patience 16 ¶ * Mat. 8.15 No man when he hath lighted a candle covereth it with a vessel or putteth it under a bed but setteth it on a candlestick that they which enter in may see the light 17 * Mat. 10.26 For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest neither any thing hid that shall not be known and come abroad 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear * Mat. 13.12 for whosoever hath to him shall be given and whosoever hath not from him shall be taken even that which he ‖ Or thinketh that be bate seemeth to have 19 ¶ * Mat. 12. â—6 Then came to him his mother and his brethren and could not come at him for the preass 20 And it was told him by certain which said Thy mother and thy brethren stand without desiring to see thee 21 And he answered and said unto them My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God and do it 22 ¶ * Mat. 8.23 Now it came to pass on a certain day that he went into a ship with his disciples and he said unto them Let us go over unto the other side of the lake And they laâ—ched forth 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep and there came down a storm of wind on the lake they were filled with water were in jeopardy 24 And they came to him and awoke him saying Master master we perish Then he arose and rebuked the wind and the raging of the water and they ceased and there was a calm 25 And he said unto them Where is your faith And they being afraid wondred saying one to another What manner of man is this for he commandeth even the winds and water and they obey him 26 ¶ * Ma 28. And they arrived at the countrey of the Gadarens which is over against Galilee 27 And when he went forth to land there met him out of the city a certain man which had devils long time and ware no clothes neither abode in any house but in the tombs 28 When he saw Jesus he cried out and fell down before him and with a loud voice said What have I to do with thee Jesus thou Son of God most high I beseech thee torment me not 29 For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man For oftentimes it had caught him and he was kept bound with chains and in fetters and he brake the bands and was driven of the devil into the wilderness 30 And Jesus asked him saying What is thy name And he said Legion because many devils were entred into him 31 And they besought him that he would not command them to go out into the deep 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them And he suffered them 33 Then went the devils out of the man entred into the swine the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake were choked 34 When they that fed them saw what was done they fled and went and told it in the city and in the countrey 35 Then they went out to see what was done and came to Jesus and found the man out of whom the devils were departed sitting at the feet of Jesus clothed and in his right minde and they were afraid 36 They also which saw it told them by what means he that was possessed of the devils was healed 37 ¶ Then the whole multitude of the countrey of the Gadarens round about besought him to depart from them for they were taken with great fear and he went up into the ship and returned back again 38 Now the man out of whom the devils were departed besought him that he might be with him but Jesus sent him away saying 39 Return to thine own house and shew how great things God hath done unto thee And he went his way and published throughout the whole city how great things Jesus had done unto him 40 And it came to pass that when Jesus was returned the people gladly received him for they were all waiting for him 41 ¶ * Mat. 9.18 And behold there came a man named Jairus and he was a ruler of the synagogue and he fell down at Jesus feet and besought him that he would come into his house 42 For he had one onely daughter about twelve years
prison 59 I tell thee thou shalt not depart thence till thou hast payed the very last ‖ See Mark 12.42 mite CHAP. XIII 1 Christ preacheth repentance upon the punishment of the Galileans and others 6 The fruitless fig-tree may not stand 11 He healeth the crocked woman 18 sheweth the powerful working of the word in the hearts of his chosen by the parable of the grain of mustard-seed and of leaven 24 exhorteth to enter in at the strait gate 31 and reproveth Herod and Jerusalem THere were present at that season some that told him of the Galileans whose bloud Pilate had mingled with their sacrifices 2 And Jesus answering said unto them Suppose ye that these Galileans were sinners above all the Galileans because they suffered such things 3 I tell you Nay but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish 4 Or those eighteen upon whom the tower in Siloam fell and slew them think ye that they were ‖ Or debtors sinners above all men that dwelt in Jerusalem 5 I tell you Nay but except ye repent ye shall all likewise perish 6 ¶ He spake also this parable A certain man had a fig-tree planted in his vineyard and he came and sought fruit thereon and found none 7 Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard Behold these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig-tree and finde none cut it down why cumbreth it the ground 8 And he answering said unto him Lord let it alone this year also till I shall dig about it and dung it 9 And if it bear fruit well and it not then after that thou shalt cut it down 10 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on the sabbath 11 ¶ And behold there was a woman which had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years and was bowed together and could in no wise lift up her self 12 And when Jesus saw her he called her to him and said unto her Woman thou art loosed from thine infirmity 13 And he laid his hands on her and immediately she was made straight and glorified God 14 And the ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day and said unto the people There are six days in which men ought to work in them therefore come and be healed and not on the sabbath day 15 The Lord then answered him and said Thou hypocrite doth not each one of you on the sabbath loose his ox or his ass from the stall and lead him away to watering 16 And ought not this woman being a daughter of Abraham whom Satan hath bound lo these eighteen years be loosed from this bond on the sabbath day 17 And when he had said these things all his adversaries were ashamed and all the people rejoyced for all the glorious things that were done by him 18 ¶ * Matth. 13.31 Then said he Unto what is the kingdom of God like and whereunto shall I resemble it 19 It is like a grain of mustard seed which a man took and cast into his garden and it grew and waxed a great tree and the fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it 20 And again he said Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God 21 It is like leaven which a woman took and hid in three ‖ See Matth. 13.23 measures of meal till the whole was leavened 22 * Matth. 9.25 And he went through the cities and viliages teaching and journeying towards Jerusalem 23 Then said one unto him Lord are there few that be saved And he said unto them 24 ¶ * Matth. 7.13 Strive to enter in at the strait gate for many I say unto you will seek to enter in and shall not be able 25 When once the master of the house is risen up and hath shut to the door and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the door saying Lord Lord open unto us and he shall answer and say unto you I know you not whence you are 26 Then shall ye begin to say We have eaten and drunk in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streets 27 * Matth. 7.23 But he shall say I tell you I know you not whence you are depart from me all ye workers of iniquity 28 There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the prophets in the kingdom of God and you your selves thrust out 29 And they shall come from the east and from the west and from the north and from the south and shall sit down in the kingdom of God 30 * Matth. 19.30 And behold there are last which shall be first and there are first which shall be last 31 ¶ The same day there came certain of the Pharisees saying unto him Get the out and depart hence for Herod will kill thee 32 And he said unto them Go ye and tell that fox Behold I cast out devils and I do cures to day and to morrow and the third day I shall be perfected 33 Nevertheless I must walk to day and to morrow and the day following for it cannot be that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem 34 * Matth. 23.37 O Jerusalem Jerusalem which killest the prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thy children together as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings and ye would not 35 Behold your house is left unto you desolate And verily I say unto you Ye shall not see me until the time come when ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord. CHAP. XIV 2 Christ healeth the dropsie on the sabbath 17 teacheth humility 12 to feast the poor 17 under the parable of the great supper â—hewith how worldly minded men who contemn the word of God shall be shut out of heaven 25 Those who will be his disciples to bear their cross must make their accounts aforehand lest with shame they revolt from him afterward 34 and become altogether unprofitable like salt that hath lost his savour ANd it came to pass as he went into the house of one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the sabbath-day that they watched him 2 And behold there was a certain man before him which had the dropsie 3 And Jesus answering spake unto the lawyers and Pharisees saying Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-day 4 And they held their peace And he took him and healed him and let him go 5 And answered them saying Which of you shall have an ass or an ox fallen into a pit and will not straightway pull him out on the sabbath-day 6 And they could not answer him again to these things 7 ¶ And he put forth a parable to those which were bidden when he marked how they chose out the chief rooms saying unto them 8 When thou art bidden of any man to a wedding sit not down in the highest room lest
turn again to thee saying I repent thou shalt forgive him 5 And the apostles said unto the Lord Increase our faith 6 * Matth. 1â— â—0 And the Lord said If ye had faith as a grain of mustard-seed ye might say unto this sycamine-tree Be thou plucked up by the root and be thou planted in the sea and it should obey you 7 But which of you having a servant plowing or feeding cattle will lay unto him by and by when he is come from the field Go and sit down to meat 8 And will not rather say unto him Make ready wherewith I may sup and gird thy self and serve me till I have eaten and drunken and afterward thou shalt eat and drink 9 Doth he thank that servant because he did the things that were commanded him I trow not 10 So likewise ye when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you say We are unprofitable servants we have done that which was our duty to do 11 ¶ And it came to pass as he went to Jerusalem that he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee 12 And as he entred into a certain village there met him ten men that were lepers which stood afar off 13 And they lifted up their voices and said Jesus Master have mercy on us 14 And when he saw them he said unto them * Levit 14.2 Go shew your selves unto the priests And it came to pass that as they went they were cleansed 15 And one of them when he saw that he was healed turned back and with a loud voice glorified God 16 And fell down on his face at his feet giving him thanks and he was a Samaritan 17 And Jesus answering said Were there not ten cleansed but where are the nine 18 There are not found that returned to give glory to God save this stranger 19 And he said unto him Arise go thy way thy faith hath made thee whole 20 ¶ And when he was demanded of the Pharisees when the kingdom of God should come he answered them and said The kingdom of God cometh not ‖ Or with outward soew with observation 21 Neither shall they say Lo here or lo there for behold the kingdom of God is ‖ Or among you within you 22 And he said unto his disciples The days will come when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man and ye shall not see it 23 * Matth. 24.23 And they shall say to you See here or see there go not after them nor follow them 24 For as the lightning that lightneth out of the one part under heaven shineth unto the other part under heaven so shall also the Son of man be in his day 25 But first must he suffer many things and be rejected of this generation 26 * Gen. 7. And as it was in the days of Noe so shall it be also in the days of the Son of man 27 They did eat they drank they married wives they were given in marriage until the day that Noe entred into the ark and the floud came and destroyed them all 28 * Gen. 19. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot they did eat they drank they bought they sold they planted they builded 29 But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven and destroyed them all 30 Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed 31 In that day he which shall be upon the house-top and his stull in the house let him not come down to take it away and he that is in the field let him likewise not return back 32 * Gen. 19. â—6 Remember Lots wife 33 * Matth. 16.25 Whosoever shall seek to save his lise shall lose it and whosoever shall lofe his life shall preserve it 34 * Matth. 24.40 I tell you in that night there shall be two men in one bed the one shall be taken and the other shall be left 35 Two women shall be grinding together the one shall be taken and the other left 36 ‖ This 35 verse is wanting in most of the Greek Copies Two men shall be in the field the one shall be taken and the other left 37 And they answered and said unto him * Matth. 24.28 Where Lord And he said unto them Wheresoever the body is thither will the eagles be gathered together CHAP. XVIII 3 Of the importunate widow 9 Of the Pharisee and the publican 15 Children brought to Christ 18 A ruler that would follow Christ but is bindred by his riches 28 The reward of them that leave all for his sake 31 He foresheweth â—is death 35 and restoreth a blinde man to his sight ANd he spake a parable unto them to this end that men onght * 1 Thes 5.17 always to pray and not to saint 2 Saying There was in a city a judge which feared not God neither regarded man 3 And there was a widow in that city and she came unto him saying Avenge me of mine adversary 4 And he would not for a while but afterward he said within himself Though I fear not God nor regard man 5 Yet because this widow troubleth me I will avenge her lest by her continual coming the weary me 6 And the Lord said Hear what the unjust judge saith 7 And shall not God avenge his own elect which cry day and night unto him though he bear long with them 8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh shall he finde faith on the earth 9 And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves ‖ Or as being righteous that they were righteous and despised others 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray the one a Pharisee and the other a publican 11 The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself God I thank thee that I am not as other men are extortioners unjust adulterers or even as this publican 12 I fast twice in the week I give tithes of all that I possess 13 And the publican standing afar off would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven but smote upon his breast saying God be merciful to me a sinner 14 I tell you this man went down to his house justified rather then the other * Matth. 23.12 for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted 15 And they brought unto him also infants that he would touch them but when his disciples saw it they rebuked them 16 But Jesus called them unto him and said Suffer little children to come unto me and forbid them not for of such is the kingdom of God 17 Verily I say unto you Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little childe shall in no wise enter therein 18 * Matth. 19. â—â— And a certain ruler
asked him saying Good Master what shall I do to inherit eternal life 19 And Jesus said unto him Why callest thou me good none is good save one that is God 20 Thou knowest the commandments Do not commit adultery Do not kill Do not steal Do not bear false witness Honour thy father and thy mother 21 And he said All these have I kept from my youth up 22 Now when Jesus heard these things he said unto him Yet lackest thou one thing Sell all that thou hast and distribute unto the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come follow me 23 And when he heard this he was very sorrowful for he was very rich 24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful he said How hardly shall they that have riches enter into the kingdom of God! 25 For it is easier for a camel to go through a needles eye then for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God 26 And they that heard it said Who then can be saved 27 And he said The things which are impossible with men are possible with God 28 * Matth. 19.27 Then Peter said Lo we have left all and followed thee 29 And he said unto them Verily I say unto you there is no man that hath lest house or parents or brethren or wife or children for the kingdom of Gods sake 30 Who shall not receive manifold more in this present time and in the world to come life everlasting 31 ¶ * Matth. 20.17 Then he took unto him the twelve and said unto them Behold we go up to Jerusalem and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished 32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles and shall be mocked and spitefully entreated and spitted on 33 And they shall scourge him and put him to death and the third day he shall rise again 34 And they understood none of these things and this saying was hid from them neither knew they the things which were spoken 35 ¶ * Matth 20.29 And it came to pass that as he was come nigh unto Jericho a certain blinde man lat by the way-side begging 36 And hearing the multitude pass by he asked what it meant 37 And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth passeth by 38 And he cried saying Jesus thou son of David have mercy on me 39 And they which went before rebuked him that he should hold his peace but he cried so much the more Thou son of David have mercy on me 40 And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto him and when he was come near he asked him 41 Saying What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee And he said Lord that I may receive my sight 42 And Jesus said unto him Receive thy sight thy faith hath saved thee 43 And immediately he received his sight and followed him glorifying God and all the people when they saw it gave praise unto God CHAP. XIX 1 Of Zacheus a publican 11 The ten pieces of money 28 Christ rideth into Jerusalem with triumph 41 weepeth over it 45 driveth the buyers and sellers out of the temple 47 teaching daily in it The rulers would have destroyed him but for fear of the people ANd Jesus entred and passed through Jericho 2 And behold there was a man named Zacheus which was the chief among the publicans and he was rich 3 And he sought to see Jesus who he was and could not for the preass because he was little of stature 4 And he ran before and climbed up into a sycomore-tree to see him for he was to pass that way 5 And when Jesus came to the place he looked up and saw him and said unto him Zacheus make haste and come down for to day I must abide at thy house 6 And he made haste and came down and received him joyfully 7 And when they saw it they all murmured saying That he was gone to be guest with a man that is a sinner 8 And Zacheus stood and said unto the Lord behold Lord the half of my goods I give to the poor and if I have taken any thing from any man by false accusation I restore him four-fold 9 And Jesus said unto him This day is salvation come to this house forsomuch as he also is the son of Abraham 10 * Matth. 18.11 For the son of man is come to seek to save that which was lost 11 And as they heard these things he added and spake a parable because he was nigh to Jerusalem and because they thought that the kingdom of God should immediately appear 12 * Matth. 25.14 He said therefore A certain noble man went into a far countrey to receive for himself a kingdom and to return 13 And he called his ten servants and delivered them ten ‖ Mina here translated a pound is twelve ounces and an half which according to five shillings the ounce is three pounds two shillings six pence pounds and said unto them Occupy till I come 14 But his citizens hated him and sent a message after him saying We will not have this man to reign over us 15 And it came to pass that when he was returned having received the kingdom then he commanded these servants to be called unto him to whom he had given the money that he might know how much every man had gained by trading 16 Then came the first saying Lord thy pound hath gained ten pounds 17 And he said unto him Well thou good servant because thou hast been faithful in a very little have thou authority over ten cities 18 And the second came saying Lord thy pound hath gained five pounds 19 And he said likewise to him Be thou also over five cities 20 And another came saying Lord behold here is thy pound which I have kept laid up in a napkin 21 For I feared thee because thou art an austere man thou takest up that thou layedst not down and reapest that thou didst not sow 22 And he saith unto him Out of thine own mouth will I judge thee thou wicked servant Thou knewest that I was an austere man taking up that I laid not down and reaping that I did not sow 23 Wherefore then gavest not thou my money into the bank that at my coming I might have required mine own with usury 24 And he said unto them that stood by Take from him the pound and give it to him that hath ten pounds 25 And they said unto him Lord he hath ten pounds 26 For I say unto you * Matth. 13.12 That unto every one which hath shall be given and from him that hath not even that he hath shall be taken away from him 27 But those mine enemies which would not that I should reign over them bring hither and slay them before me 28 ¶ And when he had thus spoken he went before ascending up to Jerusalem 29 * Matth. 21.1 And it came to pass when
supper and preacheth 9 Eutychus having faln down dead 10 is raised to life 17 At Miletus he calleth the elders together telleth them what shall befal to himself 28 committeth Gods flock to them 29 warneth them of false teachers 22 commendeth them to God 36 prayeth with them and goeth his way ANd after the uproar was ceased Paul called unto him the disciples and embraced them and departed for to go into Macedonia 2 And when he had gone over those parts and had given them much exhortation he came into Greece 3 And there abode three moneths when the Jews laid wait for him as he was about to sail into Syria he purposed to return through Macedonia 4 And there accompanied him into Asia Sopater of Berea and of the Thessalonians Aristarchus and Secundus and Gaius of Derbe and Timotheus and of Asia Tychicus and Trophimus 5 These going before tarried for us at Troas 6 And we sailed away from Philippi after the days of unleavened bread and came unto them to Troas in five days where we abode seven days 7 And upon the first day of the week when the disciples came together * Chap. 2.45 to break bread Paul preached unto them ready to depart on the morrow and continued his speech until midnight 8 And there were many lights in the upper chamber where they were gathered together 9 And there sat in a window a certain young man named Eutychus being faln into a deep sleep and as Paul was long preaching he sunk down with sleep fell down from the third loft was taken up dead 10 And Paul went down and fell on him and embracing him said Trouble not your selves for his life is in him 11 When he therefore was come up again and had broken bread eaten and talked a long while even till break of day so he departed 12 And they brought the young man alive and were not a little comforted 13 ¶ And we went before to ship and sailed unto Assos there intending to take in Paul for so had he appointed minding himself to go a foot 14 And when he met with us at Assos we took him in and came to Mytilene 15 And we sailed thence and came the next day over against Chios and the next day we arrived at Samos and tarried at Trogyllium and the next day we came to Miletus 16 For Paul had determined to sail by Ephesus because he would not spend the time in Asia for he halted if it were possible for him to be at Jerusalem the day of Pentecost 17 ¶ And from Miletus he sent to Ephesus and called the elders of the church 18 And when they were come to him he said unto them Ye know from the first day that I came into Asia after what manner I have been with you at all seasons 19 Serving the Lord with all humility of minde with many tears and temptations which befel me by the lying in wait of the Jews 20 And how I kept back nothing the was profitable unto you but have shewed you and have taught you publickly and from house to house 21 Testifying both to the Jews and also to the Greeks repentance toward God and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ 22 And now behold I go bound in the spirit unto Jerusalem not knowing the things that shall befal me there 23 Save that the holy Ghost witnesseth in every city saying that bonds and afflictions ‖ Or wait for me abide me 24 But none of these things move me neither count I my life dear unto my self so that I might finish my course with joy and the ministery which I have received of the Lord Jesus to testifie the gospel of the grace of God 25 And now behold I know that ye all among whom I have gone preaching the kingdom of God shall see my face no more 26 Wherefore I take you to record this day that I am pure from the bloud of all men 27 For I have not shunned to declare unto you all the counsel of God 28 ¶ Take heed therefore unto your selves and to all the flock over the which the holy Ghost hath made you overseers to feed the church of God which he hath purchased with his own bloud 29 For I know this that after my departing shall grievous wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock 30 Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them 31 Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears 32 And now brethren I commend you to God and to the word of his grace which is able to build you up and to give you an inheritance among all them which are sanctified 33 I have coveted no mans silver or gold or apparel 34 Yea you yourselves know * 1 Cor. 4.12 1 Thes 2.9 2 Thes 2.8 that these hands have ministred unto my necessities and to them that were with me 35 I have shewed you all things how that so labouring ye ought to support the weak and to remember the words of the Lord Jesus how he said It is more blessed to give then to receive 36 ¶ And when he had thus spoken he kneeled down and prayed with them all 37 And they all wept sore and fell on Pauls neck and kissed him 38 Sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake that they should see his face no more And they accompanied him unto the ship CHAP. XXI Paul will not by any means be disswaded from going to Jerusalem 9 Philips daughters prophetesses 17 Paul cometh to Jerusalem 27 where he is apprehended and in great danger 31 but by the chief captain is rescued and permitted to speak to the people ANd it came to pass that after we were gotten from them and had lauched we came with a straight course unto â—oâ—s and the day following unto Rhodes and from thence unto Patara 2 And finding a ship salling over unto Phenicia we went aboard and set forth 3 Now when we had discovered Cyprus we left it on the left hand and sailed into Syria and landed at Tyre for there the ship was to unlade her burden 4 And finding disciples we tarried there seven days who said to Paul through the Spirit that he should not go up to Jerusalem 5 And when we had accomplished those days we departed and went our way and they all brought us on our way with wives and children till we were out of the city we kneeled down on the shore prayed 6 And when we had taken our leave one of another we took ship and they returned home again 7 And when we had finished our course from Tyre we came to Ptolemais and sluted the brethren and abode with them one day 8 And the next day we that were of Pauls company departed and came unto Cesarea and we entred into the house of Philip the evangelist * Chaâ—
for their works sake And be at peace among your selves 14 Now we ‖ Or beseech exhort you brethren warn them that are ‖ Or disorderly unruly comfort the feeble minded support the weak be patient toward all men 15 * Pro. 17.13 20.22 Mat. 5.44 Rom. 12.17 1 Pet. 3.8 See that none render evil for evil unto any man but ever follow that which is good both among your selves and to all men 16 Rejoyce evermore 17 * Luk. 18.1 Col. 4. â— Pray without ceasing 18 In every thing give thanks for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you 19 Quench not the Spirit 20 Despise not prophesyings 21 Prove all things hold fast that which is good 22 Abstain from all appearance of evil 23 And the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ 24 Faithful is he that calleth you who also will do it 25 Brethren pray for us 26 Greet all the brethren with an holy kiss 27 I ‖ Or adjurt charge you by the Lord that this epistle be read unto all the holy brethren 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you Amen ¶ The first epistle unto the Thessalonians was written from Athens ¶ The second epistle of PAUL the Apostle to the THESSALONIANS CHAP. I. 1 S Paul certifieth them of the good opinion which he had of their faith love and patience 11 and therewithal useth divers reasons for the comforting of them in persecution whereof the châ—efest is taken from the righteous judgement of God PAul and Silvanus and Timotheus unto the church of the Thessalonians in God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 2 Grace unto you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ 3 * â— Thes 3.2 3. We are bound to thank God always for you brethren as it is meet because that your faith groweth exceedingly and the charity of every one of you all towards each other aboundeth 4 So that we our selves glory in you in the churches of God for your patience faith in all your persecutions tribulations that ye endure 5 Which is a manifest token of the righteous judgement of God that ye may be counted worthy of the kingdom of God for which ye also suffer 6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you 7 And to you who are troubled rest with us when * 1 Th. 4. â—6 the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with †Gr. the angels of his power his mighty angels 8 In flaming fire ‖ Or yeelding taking vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ 9 Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his power 10 When he shall come to be glorified in his saints and to be admired in all them that beleeve because our testimony among you was beleeved in that day 11 Wherefore also we pray always for you that our God would ‖ Or woâ—hsafâ— count you worthy of this calling and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of faith with power 12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and ye in him according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ CHAP. II. 1 He willeth them to continue stedfast in the truth received 3 sheweth that there shall â—e a departure from the faith 9 and a discovery of Antichrist before the day of the Lord come 15 and thereupon repeateth his former exhortation and praâ—eth for them NOw we beseech you brethren by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and by our gathering together unto him 2 That ye be not soon shaken in minde or be troubled neither by spirit nor by word nor by letter as from us as that the day of Christ is at hand 3 Let no man deceive you by any means for that day shall not come except there come a falling away first and that man of sin be revealed the son of perdition 4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God or that is worshipped so that he as God sitteth in the temple of God shewing himself that he is God 5 Remember ye not that when I was yet with you I told you these things 6 And now ye know what ‖ Or â—â—â—â—eth withholdeth that he might be revealed in his time 7 For the mystery of iniquity doth already work onely he who now letteth will let until he be taken out of the way 8 And then shall that wicked be revealed whom the Lord shall consume * Isa 11.4 Hos 6.5 Rev. 2 16. with the spirit of his mouth and shall destroy with the brightness of his coming 9 Even him whose coming is after the working of Satan with all power and signs and lying wonders 10 And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish because they received not the love of the truth that they might be saved 11 And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion that they should beleeve a lie 12 That they all might be damned who beleeved not the truth but had pleasure in unrighteousness 13 But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you brethren beloved of the Lord because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit belief of the truth 14 Whereunto he called you by our gospel to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ 15 Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our epistle 16 Now our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God even our Father which hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace 17 Comfort your hearts and stablish you in every good word work CHAP. III. 1 He craveth their prayers for himself 3 testifieth what confidence he hath in them 5 maketh request to God in their beâ—asf 6 giveth them divers precepts especially to shun idleness and ill company 16 and last of all concludeth with prayer and salutation FInally brethren * Eph. 6.17 Col. 4.3 pray for us that the word of the Lord †Gr. may run may have free course and be glorified even as it is with you 2 And that we may be dâ—livered from †Gr. absurd unreasonable and wicked men for all men have not faith 3 But the Lord is faithful who shall stablish you and keep you from evil 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you that ye both do and will do the things which we command you 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into ‖ Or the patience of Christ the patient waiting for
Ex. 12.21 c. he kept the pass-over and the sprinkling of bloud lest he that destroyed the first-born should touch them 29 By faith * Ex. 14.22 they passed through the Red sea as by dry land which the Egyptians assaying to do were drowned 30 By faith * Josh 6.20 the walls of Jericho fell down after they were compassed about seven days 31 By faith * Josh 6.23 the harlot Rahab perished not with them ‖ Or that were disobedient that beleeved not when * Josh 2. 〈◊〉 she had received the spies with peace 32 And what shall I more say for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon and of Barak and of Sampson and of Jephthae of David also and Samuel and of the prophets 33 Who through faith subdued kingdoms wrought righteousness obtained promises stopped the mouths of lions 34 Quenched the violence of fire escaped the edge of the sword out of weakness were made strong waxed valiant in fight turned to flight the armies of the aliens 35 Women received their dead raised to life again and others were * 2 Macc 7.7 tortured not accepting deliverance that they might obtain a better resurrection 36 And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings yea moreover of bonds and imprisonment 37 They were stoned they were sawn asunder were tempted were slain with the sword they wandred about in sheep-skins and goat-skins being destitute afflicted tormented 38 Of whom the world was not worthy they wandred in deserts and in mountains and in dens and caves of the earth 39 And these all having obtained a good report through faith received not the promise 40 God having ‖ Or for seer provided some better thing for us that they without us should not be made perfect CHAP. XII 1 An exhortation to constant faith patience and godliness 22 A commendation of the new testament above the old WHerefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses let us lay aside every weight the sin which doth so easily beset us let us run with patience the race that is set before us 2 Looking unto Jesus the ‖ Or beginner authour and finisher of our faith who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross despising the shame and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God 3 For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto bloud striving against sin 5 And ye have forgotten the exhortation which speaketh unto you as unto children * Job 5.17 Prov. 3.11 My son despise not thou the chastening of the Lord nor faint when thou art rebuked of him 6 For * Rev. 3.19 whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom he receiveth 7 If ye endure chastening God dealeth with you as with sons for what son is he whom the father chasteneth not 8 But if ye be without chastisement whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sons 9 Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh which corrected us and we gave them reverence shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits and live 10 For they verily for a few days chastened us after their own pleasure but he for our profit that we might be partakers of his holiness 11 Now no chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous but grievous nevertheless afterward it yeeldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness unto them which are exercised thereby 12 Wherefore * Isa 35. â— lift up the hands which hang down and the feeble knees 13 And make ‖ Or evâ—n strait paths for your feet lest that which is lame be turned out of the way but let it rather be healed 14 * Rom. 12.18 Follow peace with all men and holiness without which no man shall see the Lord 15 Looking diligently lest any man ‖ Or fall from fail of the grace of God lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you thereby many be defiled 16 Lest there be any fornicatour or profane person as Esau * Gen. 25.33 who for one morsel of meat sold his birth right 17 For ye know how that afterward * Gen. 27.28 when he would have inherited the blessing he was rejected for he found no ‖ Or way to change his minde place of repentance though he sought it carefully with tears 18 For ye are not come unto * Exod. 19.12 18 19. the mount that might be touched and that burned with fire nor unto blackness and darkness tempest 19 And the sound of a trumpet and the voice of words which voice they that heard * Exod. 20.19 intreated that the word should not be spoken to them any more 20 For they could not endure that which was commanded * Exod. 19.13 And if so much as a beast touch the mountain it shall be stoned or thrust through with a dart 21 And so terrible was the sight that Moses said I exceedingly fear and quake 22 But ye are come unto mount Sion and unto the city of the living God the heavenly Jerusalem to an innumerable company of angels 23 To the general assembly and church of the first-born which are ‖ Or enrolled written in heaven and to God the judge of all and to the spirits of just men made perfect 24 And to Jesus the mediatour of the new ‖ Or testament covenant and to * 1 Pet. 1.2 the bloud of sprinkling that speaketh better things then that of Abel 25 Se that ye refuse not him that speaketh for if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth much more shall not we escape if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven 26 Whos 's voice then shook the earth but now he hath promised saying * Hag. 2.6 Yet once more I shake not the earth onely but also heaven 27 And this word Yet once more signifieth the removing of those things that ‖ Or may be shaken are shaken as of things that are made that those things which cannot be shaken may remain 28 Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved ‖ Or let us hold fast let us have grace whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear 29 For * Deut. 4.24 9.3 our God is a consuming fire CHAP. XIII 1 Divers admonitions as to charity 4 to honest life 5 to avoid coveteousness 7 to regard Gods preachers 9 to take heed of strange doctrines 10 to confess Christ 16 to give alms 17 to obey governours 18 to pray for the apostle 20 The conclusion LEt * Rom. 12.10 brotherly love continue 2 * Rom. 12.13 1 Pet. 4.9 Be not forgetful to entertain strangers for thereby * Gen. 18.3 19.2 some have entertained angess unawares 3 Remember
roareth and when he had cried seven thunders uttered their voices 4 And when the seven thunders had uttered their voices I was about to write and I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me Seal up those things which the seven thunders uttered and write them not 5 And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth * Dan. 12.7 lifted up his hand to heaven 6 And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever who created heaven and the things that therein are and the earth and the things that therein are and the sea and the things which are therein that there should be time no longer 7 But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel when he shall begin to sound the mystery of God should be finished as he hath declared to his servants the prophets 8 And the voice which I heard from heaven spake unto me again and said Go and take the little book which is open in the hand of the angel which standeth upon the sea and upon the earth 9 And I went unto the angel and said unto him Give me the little book And he said unto me * Ezek. 2.8 and 3.3 Take it and eat it up and it shall make thy belly bitter but it shall be in thy mouth sweet as honey 10 And I took the little book out of the angels hand and ate it up and it was in my mouth sweet as honey and assâ—on as I had eaten it my belly was bitter 11 And he said unto me Thou must prophesie again before many peoples and nations and tongues and kings CHAP. XI 3 The two witnesses prophesie 6 They have power to shut heaven that it ram not 7 The beast shall fight against them and kill them 8 They lie unburied 11 and after three days and an half rise again 14 The second wo is past 15 The seventh trumpet soundeth ANd there was given me a reed like unto a rod and the angel stood saying Rise and measure the temple of God and the altar and them that worship therein 2 But the court which is without the temple †Gr. cast out leave out and measure it not for it is given unto the Gentiles and the holy city shall they tread under foot fourty and two moneths 3 And ‖ Or I will give unto my two witnesses that they may prophesie I will give power unto my two witnesses and they shall prophesie a thousand two hundred and threescore days clothed in sackcloth 4 These are the * Zech. 4.3.11.14 two olive trees and the two candlesticks standing before the God of the earth 5 And if any man will hurt them fire proceedeth out of their mouth and devoureth their enemies and if any man will hurt them he must in this manner be killed 6 These have power to shut heaven that it rain not in the days of their prophesie and have power over waters to turn them to bloud and to smite the earth with all plagues as often as they will 7 And when they shall have finished their testimony the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomless pit shall make war against them and shall overcome them and kill them 8 And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt where also our Lord was crucified 9 And they of the people and kindreds and tongues and nations shall see their dead bodies three days and an hall and shall not suffer their dead bodies to be put in graves 10 And they that dwell upon the earn shall rejoyce over them and make merry and shall send gifts one to another because these two prophets tormented them that dwelt on the earth 11 And after three days and an half the Spirit of life from God entred into them and they stood upon their feet and great fear fell upon them which saw them 12 And they heard a great voice from heaven saying unto them Come up hither And they ascended up to heaven in a cloud and their enemies beheld them 13 And the same hour was there a great earthquake and the tenth part of the city fell and in the earthquake ware slain †Gr. names of men of men seven thousand and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to the God of heaven 14 The second wo is past and behold the third wo cometh quickly 15 And the seventh angel sounded and there were great voices in heaven saying The kingdoms of this world are become the kingdoms of our Lord and of his Christ and he shall reign for ever and ever 16 And the four and twenty elders which sat before God on their seats fell upon their faces and worshipped God 17 Saying We give thee thanks O Lord God Almighty which art and wast and art to come because thou hast taken to thee thy great power and hast reigned 18 And the nations were angry and thy wrath is come and the time of the dead that they should be judged and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets and to the saints and them that fear thy name small and great and shouldest destroy them which ‖ Or corrupt destroy the earth 19 And the temple of God was opened in heaven and there was seen in his temple the ark of his testament and there were lightnings and voices and thundrings and an earthquake and great hail CHAP. XII 1 A woman clothed with the sun travaileth 4 The great red dragon standeth before her ready to devour her childe 6 when she was delivered she fleeth into the wilderness 7 Michael and his angels fight with the dragon and prevail 13 The dragon being cast down into the earth persecuteth the woman ANd there appeared a great ‖ Or signe wonder in heaven a woman clothed with the sun and the moon under her feet and upon her head a crown of twelve stars 2 And she being with childe cried travailing in birth and pained to be delivered 3 And there appeared another ‖ Or signe wonder in heaven and behold a great red dragon having seven heads and ten horns and seven crowns upon his heads 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven and did cast them to the earth and the dragon stood before the woman which was ready to be delivered for to devour her childe assoon as it was born 5 And she brought forth a man-childe who was to rule all nations with a rod of iron and her childe was caught up unto God and to his throne 6 And the woman fled into the wilderness where she hath a place prepared of God that they should feed her there a thousand two hundred and threescore days 7 And there was war in heaven Michael and his angels fought against the dragon and the dragon fought and his angels 8 And prevailed not neither was there place found any more in heaven 9 And the great dragon was cast out that
old serpent called the devil and Satan which deceiveth the whole world he was cast out into the earth and his angels were cast out with him 10 And I heard a loud voice saying in heaven Now is come salvation and strength and the kingdom of our God and the power of his Christ for the accuser of our brethren is cast down which accused them before our God day and night 11 And they overcame him by the bloud of the Lamb and by the word of their testimony and they loved not their lives unto the death 12 Therefore rejoyce ye heavens and ye that dwell in them Wo to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea for the devil is come down unto you having great wrath because he knoweth that he hath but a short time 13 And when the dragon saw that he was cast unto the earth he persecuted the woman which brought forth the man childe 14 And to the woman were given two wings of a great eagle that she might flie into the wilderness into her place where she is nourished for a time and times and half a time from the face of the serpent 15 And the serpent cast out of his mouth water as a flood after the woman that he might cause her to be carried away of the flood 16 And the earth helped the woman and the earth opened her mouth and swallowed up the flood which the dragon cast out of his mouth 17 And the dragon was wroth with the woman and went to make war with the remnant of her seed which keep the commandments of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ CHAP. XIII 1 A beast riseth out of the sea with seven heads and ten borns to whom the dragon giveth his power 11 Another beast cometh up out of the earth 14 causeth an image to be made of the former beast 15 and that men should worship it 16 and receive his mark ANd I stood upon the sand of the sea and saw a beast rise up out of the sea having seven heads and ten horns and upon his horns ten crowns and upon his heads the ‖ Or names name of blasphemy 2 And the beast which I saw was like unto a leopard and his feet were as the feet of a bear and his mouth as the mouth of a lion and the dragon gave him his power and his seat and great authority 3 And I saw one of his heads as it were †Gr slain wounded to death and his deadly wound was healed and all the world wondred after the beast 4 And they worshipped the dragon which gave power unto the beast and they worshipped the beast saying Who is like unto the beast who is able to make war with him 5 And there was given unto him a mouth speaking great things and blasphemies and power was given unto him ‖ Or to make war to continue fourty and two moneths 6 And he opened his mouth in blasphemy against God to blaspheme his name and his tabernacle and them that dwell in heaven 7 And it was given unto him to make war with the saints and to overcome them and power was given him over all kindreds and tongues and nations 8 And all that dwell upon the earth shall worship him whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world 9 If any man have an ear let him hear 10 He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity * Matth. 16.52 He that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword Here is the patience and the faith of the saints 11 And I behold another beast coming up out of the earth and he had two horns like a lamb and he spake as a dragon 12 And he exerciseth all the power of the first beast before him and causeth the earth and them which dwell therein to worship the first beast whose deadly wound was healed 13 And he doeth great wonders so that he maketh fire come down from heaven on the earth in the sight of men 14 And deceiveth them that dwell on the earth by the means of those miracles which he had power to do in the sight of the beast saying to them that dwell on the earth that they should make an image to the beast which had the wound by a sword and did live 15 And he had power to give †Gr. treath life unto the image of the beast that the image of the beast should both speak and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the beast should be killed 16 And he causeth all both small and great rich and poor free and bond †Gr. to give to receive a mark in their right hand or in their foreheads 17 And that no man might buy or sell save he that had the mark or the name of the beast or the number of his name 18 Here is wisdom Let him that hath understanding count the number of the beast for it is the number of a man and his number is six hundred threescore and six CHAP. XIV 1 The Lamb standing on mount Sion with his company 6 an angel preacheth the gospel 8 The fall of Babylon 15 The harvest of the world and putting in of the sickle 20 The vintage and winepress of the wrath of God ANd I looked and lo a Lamb stood on the mount Sion and with him an hundred fourty and four thousand having his Fathers name written in their foreheads 2 And I heard a voice from heaven as the voice of many waters and as the voice of a great thunder and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps 3 And they sung as it were a new song before the throne and before the four beasts and the elders and no man could learn that song but the hundred and fourty and four thousand which were redeemed from the earth 4 These are they which were not defiled with women for they are virgins these are they which follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth these †Gr. were bought were redeemed from among men being the first-fruits unto God and to the Lamb. 5 And in their mouth was found no guile for they are without fault before the throne of God 6 And I saw another angel flie in the midst of heaven having the everlasting gospel to preach unto them that dwell on the earth and to every nation and kindred and tongue and people 7 Saying with a loud voice Fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgement is come * Psal 146.5.6 Act. 14.15 and worship him that made heaven and earth and the sea and the fountains of waters 8 And there followed another angel saying * Isa 21.9 Jer. 51.8 Chap. 18.2 Babylon is faln is faln that great city because she made all nations drink of the wine of the wrath of her fornication 9 And the third angel followed them saying with a loud voice
Babylon came in remembrane before God * Jer. 25.15 to give unto her the cup of the wine of the fierceness of his wrath 20 And every island fled away and the moutains were not found 21 And there fell upon men a great hail out of heaven every stone about the weight of a talent and men blasphemed God because of the plague of the hail for the plague thereof was exceeding great CHAP. XVII 3 4 A woman arayed in purple and scarlet with a golden cup in her band sitteth upon the beast 5 which is great Babylon the mother of all abominations 9 The interpretation of the seven heads 12 and the ten horns 14 The victory of the Lamb. 16 The punishment of the whore ANd there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials and talked with me saying unto me Come hither I will shew unto thee the judgement of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication and the inhabiters of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication 3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet-coloured beast full of names of blasphemy having seven heads and ten horns 4 And the woman was arayed in purple and scarlet colour †Gr. guilded decked with gold and precious stone and pearls having a golden cup in her hand full or abominations and silthiness of her fornication 5 And upon her forehead was a name written MYSTERY BABYLON THE GREAT THE MOTHER OF ‖ Or fornications HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH 6 And I saw the woman drunken with the bloud of the saints and with the bloud of the martyrs of Jesus and when I saw her I wondred with great admitation 7 And the angel said unto me Wherefore didst thou marvel I will tell thee the mystery of the woman and of the beast that carrieth her which hath the seven heads and ten horns 8 The beast that thou sawest was and is not and shall ascend out of the bottom less pit and go into perdition and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world when they behold the beast that was and is not and yet is 9 And here is the minde which hath wisdom The seven heads are seven mountains on which the woman sitteth 10 And there are seven kings five are fain and one is and the other is not yet come and when he cometh he must continue a short space 11 And the beast that was and is not even he is the eighth and is of the seven and goeth into perdition 12 And the ten horns which thou sawest are ten kings which have received no kingdom as yet but receive power as kings one hour with the beast 13 These have one minde and shall give their power and strength unto the beast 14 These shall make war with the Lamb and the Lamb shall overcome them * 1 Tim. 6.15 Chap. 19 16 for he is Lord of lords and King of kings and they that are with him are called and chosen and faithful 15 And he saith unto me The waters which thou sawest where the whore sitteth are peoples and multitudes and nations and tongues 16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast these shall hate the whore and shall make her desolate and naked and shall eat her flesh and burn her with fire 17 For God hath put in their hearts to fulfil his will and to agree and give their kingdom unto the beast until the words of God shall be fulfilled 18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city which reigneth over the kings of the earth CHAP. XVIII 2 Babylon is faln 4 The people of God commanded to depart out of her 9 The kings of the earth 11 with the merchants and mariners lament over her 20 The saints rejoyce for the judgements of God upon her ANd after these things I saw another angel come down from heaven having great power and the earth was lightned with his glory 2 And he cried mightily with a strong voice saying * Cha. 14.8 Babylon the great is fain is fain and is become the habitation of devils and the hold of every foul spirit and a cage of every unclean and hateful bird 3 For all nations have drunk of the wine of the wrath of her fornication and the kings of the earth have committed fornication with her and the merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the ‖ Or power abundance of her delicacies 4 And I heard another voice from heaven saying * Jer. 51.6 Come out of her my people that ye be not partakers of her sins and that ye receive not of her plagues 5 For her sins have reached unto heaven and God hath remembred her iniquities 6 Reward her even as she rewarded you and double unto her double according to her works in the cup which she hath filled fill to her double 7 How much she hath glorified her self and lived deliciously so much torment and sorrow give her for she saith in her heart I sit a * Isa 47.8 queen and am no widow and shall see no sorrow 8 Therefore shall her plagues come in one day death and mourning and samine and she shall be utterly burnt with fire for strong is the Lord God who judgeth her 9 And the kings of the earth who have committed fornication and lived deliciously with her * Ezek. 26. â—7 shall bewail her and lament for her when they shall see the smoke of her burning 10 Standing afar off for the fear of her torment saying Alas alas that great city Babylon that mighty city for in one hour is thy judgement come 11 And the merchants of the earth shall weep and mourn over her for no man buyeth * Ezek. 27.27 her merchandise any more 12 The merchandise of gold and silver and precious stones and of pearls and fine linen and purple and silk and scarlet and all ‖ Or sweet thyine wood and all manner vessels of ivory and all manner vessels of most precious wood and of brass and iron and marble 13 And cinnamon and odours and ointments and frankincense and wine and oyl and fine flour and wheat and beasts and sheep and horses and chariots and ‖ Or. bodies slaves and souls of men 14 And the fruits that thy soul lusted after are departed from thee and all things which were dainty and goodly are dâ—parted from thee and thou shalt finde them no more at all 15 The merchants of these things which were made rich by her shall stand afar off for the fear of her torment weeping and wailing 16 And saying Alas alas that great city that was clothed in fine linen and purple and searlet and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls 17 For in one
said unto them Speak ye now to Hezekiah Thus saith the great king the king of Assyria What confidence is this wherein thou trustest 20 Thou ‖ Or talkest sayest but they are but †Heb. word of the lips vain words ‖ Or but counsel and strength are for the war I have counsel and strength for the war now on whom doest thou trust that thou rebellest against me 21 Now behold thou †Heb. trustest this trustest upon the staff of this bruised reed even upon Egypt on which if a man lean it will go into his hand and pierce it so is Pharaoh king of Egypt unto all that trust on him 22 But if ye say unto me We trust in the LORD our God is not that he whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem 23 Now therefore I pray thee gâ—ve ‖ Or bostageâ— pledges to my lord the king of Assyria and I will deliver thee two thousand horses if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them 24 How then wilt thou turn away the face of one captain of the least of my masters servants and put thy trust on Egypt for chariots and for hors-men 25 Am I now come up without the LORD against this place to destroy it The LORD said to me Go up against this land and destroy it 26 Then said Eliakin the son of Hilkiah and Shebna and Joah unto Rab-shakeh Speak I pray thee to thy servants in the Syrian language for we understand it and talk not with us in the Jews language in the ears of the people that are on the wall 27 But Rab-shakeh said unto them Hath my master sent me to thy master and to thee to speak these words hath he not sent me to the men which sit on the wall that they may eat their own dung and drink †Heb. the water of their feet their own piss with you 28 Then Rab-shakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in the Jews language and spake saying Hear the word of the great king the king of Assyria 29 Thus saith the king Let not Hezekiah deceive you for he shall not be able to deliver you out of his hand 30 Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD saying The LORD will surely deliver us and this city shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria 31 Hearken not unto Hezekiah for thus saith the king of Assyria ‖ Or Seek my favour †Heb. Make with me a blessing Make an agreement with me by a present and come out to me and then eat ye every man of his own vine and every one of his fig-tree and drink ye every one the waters of his ‖ Or pit cistern 32 Until I come and take you away to a land like your own land a land of corn and wine a land of bread vineyards a land of oyl-olive and of honey that ye may live and not die and hearken not unto Hezekiah when he ‖ Or deceiveth perswadeth you saying The LORD will deliver us 33 Hath any of the gods of the nations delivered at all his land out of the hand of the king of Assyria 34 Where are the gods of Hamath and of Arpad where are the gods of Sepharvaim Hena and Ivah have they delivered Samaria out of mine hand 35 Who are they among all the gods of the countreys that have delivered their countrey out of mine hand that the LORD should deliver Jerusalem out of mine hand 36 But the people held their peace and answered him not a word for the kings commandment was saying Answer him not 37 Then came Eliakim the son of Hilkiah which was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and Joah the son of Asaph the recorder to Hezekiah with their clothes rent and told him the words of Rab-shakeh CHAP. XIX 1 Hezekiâ—h mourning sendeth to Isaiah to pray for them 6 Isaiah comforteth them 8 Sennacherib going to encounter Tirhakah sendeth a blasphemous letter to Hezekiah 14 Hezekiah his prayer 20 Isaiah his prophesie of the pride and destruction of Sennacherib and the good of Zion 35 An angel slayeth the Assyrians 36 Sennacherib is slain at Nineveh by his own sons ANd * Isai 37.1 it came to pass when king Hezekiah heard it that he rent his clothes and covered himself with sackcloth and went into the house of the LORD 2 And he sent Eliakim which was over the houshold and Shebna the scribe and the elders of the priests covered with sackcloth to * Luke 3.4 called Esaias Isaiah the prophet the son of Amoz 3 And they said unto him Thus saith Hezekiah This day is a day of trouble and of rebuke and ‖ Or provocation blasphemy for the children are come to the birth and there is not strength to bring forth 4 It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of Rab-shakeh whom the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach the living God and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God hath heard wherefore lift up thy prayer for the remnant that are †Heb. found left 5 So the servants of king Hezekiah came to Isaiah 6 ¶ And Isaiah said unto them Thus shall ye say to your master Thus saith the LORD Be not afraid of the words which thou hast heard with which the servants of the king of Assyria have blasphemed me 7 Behold I will send a blast upon him and he shall hear a rumour and shall return to his own land and I will cause him to fall by the sword in his own land 8 ¶ So Rab-shakeh returned and found the king of Assyria warring against Libnah for he had heard that he was departed from Zachish 9 And when he heard say of Tirhakah king of Ethiopia Behold he is come out to fight against thee he sent messengers again unto Hezekiah saying 10 Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah saying Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee saying Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria 11 Behold thou hast heard what the kings of Assyria have done to all lands by destroying them utterly and shalt thou be delivered 12 Have the gods of the nations delivered them which my fathers have destroyed as Gozan and Haran and Rezeph and the children of Eden which were in Thelasar 13 Where is the king of Hamath and the king of Arpad and the king of the city of Sepharvaim of Henah and Ivah 14 ¶ And Hezekiah received the letter of the hand of the messengers and read it and Hezekiah went up into the house of the LORD and spread it before the LORD 15 And Hezekiah prayed before the LORD said O LORD God of Israel which dwellest between the cherubims thou art the God even thou alone of all the kingdoms of the
earth thou hast made heaven earth 16 LORD bow down thine ear and hear open LORD thine eyes and see and hear the words of Sennacherib which hath sent him to reproach the living God 17 Of a truth LORD the kings of Assyria have destroyed the nations and their lands 18 And have †Heb. given cast their gods into the fire for they were no gods but the work of mens hands wood and stone therefore they have destroyed them 19 Now therefore O LORD our God I beseech thee save thou us out of his hand that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art the LORD God even thou onely 20 ¶ Then Isaiah the son of Amoz sent to Hezekiah saying Thus saith the LORD God of Israel That which thou hast prayed to me against Sennacherib king of Assyria I have heard 21 This is the word that the LORD hath spoken concerning him The virgin the daughter of Zion hath despised thee and laughed thee to scorn the daughter of Jerusalem hath shaken her head at thee 22 Whom hast thou reproached and blasphemed and against whom hast thou exalted thy voice and lift up thine eyes on high even against the holy One of Israel 23 †Heb. by the hand of By thy messengers thou hast reproached the LORD and hast said With the multâ—tude of my chariots I am come up to the height of the mountains to the sides of Lehanon and will cut down †Heb. the tainess c. the tall cedar trees thereof and the choice fir-trees thereof and I will enter into the lodgings of his borders and into ‖ Or the forest and his fruitful field the forest of his Carmel 24 I have digged and drunk strange waters and with the sole of my feet have I dried up all the rivers of ‖ Or fentel besieged places 25 ‖ Or Hast thou not heard how I have made it long ago and formed it of ancient times should I now bring it to be laid waste and senced cities to be ruinous heaps Hast thou not heard long ago how I have done it and of ancient times that I have formed it now have I brought it to pass that thou shouldest be to lay waste tenced cities into ruinous heaps 26 Therefore their inhabitants were †Heb. short of cand of small power they were dismayed and confounded they were as the grass of the field and as the green herb as the grass on the hous-tops and as corn blasted before it be grown up 27 But I know thy ‖ Or sitting abode and thy going out and thy coming in and thy rage against me 28 Because thy rage against me and thy tumult is come up into mine ears therefore I will put my hook in thy nose and my bridle in thy lips and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest 29 And this shall be a signe unto thee Ye shall eat this year such things as grow of themselves and in the second year that which springeth of the same and in the third year sowe ye and reap and plant vineyards and eat the fruits thereof 30 And †Heb. the escapinâ— of the house of Judah that remaineth the remnant that is escaped of the house of Judah shall yet again take root downward and bear fruit upward 31 For out of Jerusalem shall go forth a remnant and †Heb. the escaping they that escape out of mount Zion the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall do this 32 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the king of Assyria He shall not come into this city nor shoot an arrow there nor come before it with shield nor cast a bank against it 33 By the way that he came by the same shall he return and shall not come into this city saith the LORD 34 For I will defend this city to save it for mine own sake and for my servant Davids sake 35 ¶ And * Isa 37.36 Ecclus 48.21 1 Mac. â— 41 2 Mac. 8.19 it came to pass that night that the angel of the LORD went out and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand and when they arose early in the morning behold they were all dead corpses 36 So Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went and returned and dwelt at Nineveh 37 And it came to pass as he was worshipping in the house of Nisroch his god that Adrammelech and Sharezer * Tob. 1.21 his sons smote him with the sword and they escaped into the land of †Heb. Aâ—â—rat Armenia and Esarhaddon his son reigned in his stead CHAP. XX. 1 Hezekiah having received a message of death by prayer hath his life lengthned 8 The sun â—oeth ten degrees backward for a signe of that promise 12 Berodach-baladan sending to visit Hezekiah because of the wonder hath notice of his treasures 14 Isaiah understanding thereof foretelleth the Babylonian captivity 20 Manasseh succeedeth Hezekiah IN * 2 Chr. 32.24 Isa 3â— 1 those days was Hezekiah sick unto death and the prophet Isaiah the son of Amoz came to him and said unto him Thus saith the LORD †Heb. give charge concerning thine house Set thine house in order for thou shalt die and not live 2 Then he turned his face to the wall and prayed unto the LORD saying 3 I beseech thee O LORD remember now how I have walked before thee in truth and with a perfect heart and have done that which is good in thy sight and Hezekiah wept †Heb. with a great weeping sore 4 And it came to pass afore Isaiah was gone out into the middle ‖ Or city court that the word of the LORD came to him saying 5 Turn again and tell Hezekiah the captain of my people Thus saith the LORD the God of David thy father I have heard thy prayer I have seen thy tears behold I will heal thee on the third day thou shalt go up unto the house of the LORD 6 And I will add unto thy days fifteen years and I will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of Assyria and I will defend this city for mine own sake and for my servant Davids sake 7 And Isaiah said Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boyl and he recovered 8 ¶ And Hezekiah said unto Isaiah What shall be the signe that the LORD will heal me and that I shall go up into the house of the LORD the third day 9 And Isaiah said This signe shalt thou have of the LORD that the LORD will do the thing that he hath spoken shall the shadow go forward ten degrees or go back ten degrees 10 And Hezekiah answered It is a light thing for the shadow to go down ten degrees nay but let the shadow return backward ten degrees 11 And Isaiah the prophet cried unto the LORD and * Isa 28.8 Ecclus 48.23 he brought the shadow ten
in heaven that one of these little ones should perish 15 ¶ Moreover * Levit. 19.17 Luk. 17.3 if thy brother shall trespass against thee go and tell him his fault between thee and him alone if he shall hear thee thou hast gained thy brother 16 But if he will not hear thee then take with thee one or two more that in * Deut. 19.15 Joh. 8.17 2 Cor. 13.1 Heb. 10 28. the moâ—th of two or three witnesses every word may be established 17 And if he shall neglect to hear them tell it unto the church but if he neglect to hear the church let him be unto thee as an * 1 Cor. 5.9 2 Thess 3.14 heathen man and a publican 18 Verily I say unto you * John 20.23 1 Cor. 5.4 Whatsoever ye shall binde on earth shall be bound in heaven and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven 19 Again I say unto you that if two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing that they shall ask it shall be done for them of my Father which is in heaven 20 For where two or three are gathered together in my name there am I in the midst of them 21 ¶ Then came Peter to him and said Lord how oft shall my brother sin against me and I forgive him * Luk. 17.4 till seven times 22 Jesus saith unto him I say not unto thee Until seven times but until seventy times seven 23 ¶ Therefore is the kingdom of heaven likened unto a certain king which would take account of his servants 24 And when he had begun to reckon one was brought unto him which ought him ten thousand ‖ A talent is 750 ounces of silver which after five shillings the ounce is 187 pounds 10 shillings talents 25 But forasmuch as he had not to pay his lord commanded him to be sold his wife children all that he had and paiment to be made 26 The servant therefore fell down and ‖ Or besought him worshipped him saying Lord have patience with me and I will pay thee all 27 Then the Lord of that servant was moved with compassion and loosed him and forgave him the debt 28 But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants which ought him an hundred ‖ The Romane peny is the eighth part of an ounce which after five shillings the ounce is seven pence half-peny pence and he laid hands on him and took him by the throat saying Pay me that thou owest 29 And his fellow servant fell down at his feet and besought him saying Have patience with me and I will pay thee all 30 And he would not but went and cast him into prison till he should pay the debt 31 So when his fellow-servants saw what was done they were very sorry and came and told unto their lord all that was done 32 Then his lord after that he had called him said unto him O thou wicked servant I forgave thee all that debt because thou desiredst me 33 Shouldst not thou also have had compassion on thy fellow-servant even as I had pity on thee 34 And his lord was wroth and delivered him to the tormentors till he should pay all that was due unto him 35 So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses CHAP. XIX 2 Christ healeth the sick 3 answereth the Pharisees concerning divorcement 10 sheweth when marriage is necessary 13 receiveth little children 16 instructeth the young man how to attain eternal life 20 and how to he perfect 23 telleth his disciples how hard it is for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God 27 and promiseth reward to those that forsake any thing to follow him ANd it came to pass * Mar. 10.1 that when Jesus had finished these sayings he departed from Galilee and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan 2 And great multitudes followed him and he healed them there 3 ¶ The Pharisees also came unto him tempting him and saying unto him Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause 4 And he answered and said unto them Have ye not read * Gen. 1.27 that he which made them at the beginning made them male and female 5 And said * Gen. 2.24 Eph. 5.31 For this cause shall a man leave father and mother and shall cleave to his wife and * 1 Cor. 6.16 they twain shall be one flesh 6 Wherefore they are no more twain but one flesh What therefore God hath joyned together let no man put asunder 7 They say unto him * Deut. 24.1 Why did Moses then command to give a writing of divorcement and to put her away 8 He saith unto them Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives but from the beginning it was not so 9 * Ch. 5.32 Mar. 10.11 Luk. 16.18 1 Cor. 7.11 And I say unto you Whosoever shall put away his wife except it be for fornication and shall marry another committeth adultery and whoso marrieth her which is put away doth commit adultery 10 ¶ His disciples say unto him If the case of the man be so with his wife it is not good to marry 11 But he said unto them All men cannot receive this saying save they to whom it is given 12 For there are some eunuchs which were so born from their mothers womb and there are some eunuchs which were made eunuchs of men and there be eunuchs which have made themselves eunuchs for the kingdom of heavens sake He that is able to receive it let him receive it 13 ¶ * Mar. 10.13 Luk. 18.15 Then were there brought unto him little children that he should put his hands on them and pray and the disciples rebuked them 14 But Jesus said Suffer little children and forbid them not to come unto me for of such is the kingdom of heaven 15 And he laid his hands on them and departed thence 16 ¶ * Mat. 10.17 Luk. 18.18 And behold one came and said unto him Good master what good thing shall I do that I may have eternal life 17 And he said unto him Why callest thou me good there is none good but one that is God but if thou wilt enter into life keep the commandments 18 He saith unto him Which Jesus said * Exod. â—â— 13 Thou shalt do no murder Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steal Thou shalt not bear false witness 19 Honour thy father and thy mother and Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself 20 The young man saith unto him All these things have I kept from my youth up what lack I yet 21 Jesus said unto him If thou wilt be perfect go and sell that thou hast and give to the poor and thou shalt have treasure in heaven and come and follow me