Luke xi. 8.

Luke xi. 9.

Luke xi. 10.

Luke xi. 11.

Luke xi. 12.

Luke xi. 13.

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Trouble me not: the door is now shut, and my Uncertain, children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and a tour. give thee.

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.

i And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be i Matt. vii. 7. given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.

For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened.

* If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is k Matt. vii. 9. a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?

Or if he shall ask an egg, will he* offer him a Gr. give. scorpion?

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?

Luke xi. 37.

Luke xi. 38.

Luke xi. 39.

Luke xi. 40.

Luke xi. 41.

Luke xi. 42.

SECTION XII.

Christ reproaches the Pharisees and Lawyers.

LUKE Xi. 37, to the end.

And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him to dine with him; and he went in, and sat down to meat.

And when the Pharisee saw it, he marvelled that he had not first washed before dinner.

1 And the Lord said unto him, Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and the platter; but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?

1 Matt. xxiii.

35.

are able.

But rather give alms +of such things as ye + Or, as you have; and, behold, all things are clean unto you. But woe unto you, Pharisees! for ye tithe mint and rue and all manner of herbs, and pass over judgment and the love of God: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

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"Woe unto you, Pharisees! for permost seats in the synagogues, and greetings in m Matt. xxiii. the markets.

6.

4.

Luke xi. 49.

Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo- Luke xi. 44. crites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and

the men that walk over them are not aware of
them.

Then answered one of the lawyers, and said Luke xi, 45.
unto him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest
us also.

And he said, Woe unto you also, ye lawyers! Luke xi. 46. n Matt. xxiii. n for ye lade men with burdens grievous to be borne, and ye yourselves touch not the burdens with one of your fingers.

o Matt. xxiii. 9.

p Gen. iv. 8.

9 Matt. xxiii.

13.

Woe unto you! for ye build the sepulchres Luke xi. 47. of the prophets, and your fathers killed them.

Truly ye bear witness that ye allow the deeds Luke xi. 48. of your fathers for they indeed killed them, and ye build their sepulchres.

Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will Luke xi. 49. send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

That the blood of all the prophets, which was Luke xi. 50. shed from the foundation of the world, may be required of this generation;

P From the blood of Abel unto the blood of Luke xi. 51. Zacharias, which perished between the altar and the temple: verily, I say unto you, It shall be required of this generation.

Woe unto you, lawyers! for ye have taken Luke xi, 52. away the key of knowledge: ye enter not in yourselves, and them that were entering in ye *Or, forbad. * hindered.

And as he said these things unto them, the Luke xi, 53. Scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things:

Laying wait for him, and seeking to catch Luke xi. 54. something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him.

r Matt. xvi. 6.

SECTION XIII.

Christ cautions his Disciples against Hypocrisy.

LUKE xii. 1-13.

In the mean time, when there were gathered Luke xii. 1.

Luke xii. 2.

Luke xii. 3.

Luke xii. 4.

Luke xii. 5.

Luke xii. 6.

Luke xii. 7.

Luke xii. 8.

Luke xii. 9.

Luke xii, 10.

Luke xii. 11.

Luke xii. 12.

together an innumerable multitude of people, in- Uncertain,
somuch that they trode one upon another, he probably on a
began to say unto his disciples first of all, Beware
ye of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypo-

crisy.

S

s For there is nothing covered, that shall not be s Matt. x. 26. revealed; neither hid, that shall not be known.

Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.

And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid t Matt. x. 28. of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do.

But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.

u

Are not five sparrows sold for two " farthings? u Matt. x. 29. and not one of them is forgotten before God.

But even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not therefore: ye are of more value than many sparrows.

2 Tim. ii. 12.

* Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess x Matt. x. 32. me before men, him shall the Son of man also confess before the angels of God:

But he that denieth me before men, shall be denied before the angels of God.

And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but unto him that blasphemeth against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven.

"And when they bring you unto the synagogues, y Matt. x. 19. and unto magistrates, and powers, take ye no thought how or what thing ye shall answer, or what ye shall say:

For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

Luke xii. 13.

SECTION XIV.

Christ refuses to act as Judge.

LUKE Xii. 13, 14.

And one of the company said unto him, Master, speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance with me.

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And he said unto him, Man, who made me a Luke xii. 14. judge or divider over you?

SECTION XV.

Christ cautions the Multitude against Worldly-mindedness.

LUKE xii. 15-35.

And he said unto them, Take heed, and beware Luke xii. 15. of covetousness: for a man's life consisteth not

in the abundance of the things which he pos

sesseth.

And he spake a parable unto them, saying, Luke xii. 16. The ground of a certain rich man brought forth plentifully:

And he thought within himself, saying, What Luke xii. 17. shall I do, because I have no room where to be

stow my

fruits?

And he said, This will I do: I will pull down Luke xii. 18. my barns, and build greater; and there will I bestow all my fruits and my goods.

And I will say to my soul, Soul, thou hast Luke xii. 19. much goods laid up for many years: take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.

*

But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night Luke xii. 20. Or, do they thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast pro

require thy

soul.

vided?

So is he that layeth up treasure for himself, Luke xii. 21. and is not rich toward God.

And he said unto his disciples, Therefore I say Luke xii. 22. z Matt. vi.25. unto you, "Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat; neither for the body, what ye shall put on.

The life is more than meat, and the body is Luke xii. 29. more than raiment.

Consider the ravens for they neither sow nor Luke xii. 24. reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn ; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

And which of you with taking thought can add Luke xii. 25. to his stature one cubit?

If ye then be not able to do that thing which is Luke xii, 26. least, why take ye thought for the rest?

Consider the lilies how they grow: they toil Luke xii, 27. not, they spin not; and yet I say unto you, that

Luke xii. 28.

Luke xii. 29.

Luke xii. 30.

Luke xii. 31.

Luke xii. 32.

Luke xii. 33.

Luke xii. 34.

Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one Uncertain, of these.

If then God so clothe the grass, which is to day in the field, and to morrow is cast into the oven; how much more will he clothe you, O ye of little faith?

And seek not ye what ye shall cat, or what ye shall drink, neither be ye of doubtful mind.

For all these things do the nations of the world seek after and your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.

But rather seek ye the kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

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*Or, live not in careful sus

pense.

Sell that ye have, and give alms; provide a Matt. vi. 20. yourselves bags which wax not old, a treasure in the heavens that faileth not, where no thief approacheth, neither moth corrupteth.

For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

SECTION XVI.

Christ exhorts to Watchfulness, Fidelity, and Repentance.

LUKE Xii. 35, to the end, and LUKE xiii. 1-10.

Luke xii. 35.

Luke xii. 36.

Luke xii. 37.

Luke xii. 38.

Luke xii. 39.

VOL. I.

Let your loins be girded about, and your b1 Pet. i. 13. lights burning;

And ye yourselves like unto men that wait for their lord, when he will return from the wedding; that when he cometh and knocketh, they may open unto him immediately.

Blessed are those servants, whom the lord when he cometh shall find watching: verily I say unto you, that he shall gird himself, and make them to sit down to meat, and will come forth and serve them.

And if he shall come in the second watch, or come in the third watch, and find them so, blessed are those servants.

43.

And this know, that if the goodman of the c Matt. xxiv. house had known what hour the thief would come, he would have watched, and not have suffered his house to be broken through.

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