pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.*

15 Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye ocompass sea and land to make one proselyte, and when he is made, ye make him twofold more the child of hell than yourselves.

16 Woe unto you, ye "blind 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 debtor!

17 Ye fools and blind: 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 gift that is upon it, he is guilty.

19 Ye fools and blind: for whether is greater, the gift,' or 'the altar that sanctifieth the gift?

*ye shall receive the greater judgment. Rh. 5 to bring one into your belief. Ma. is debtor, or, bound. A. V. offering. Co. Ma.

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damnation. 2 TIM. 3, 6: Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women laden with sins, led away with divers lusts. Trr. i. 11: Whose mouths must be stopped, who subvert whole houses, teaching things which they ought not, for filthy lucre's sake.

JOHN, viii. 44: Ye are of your father the devil, and the lusts of your father ye will do. Acrs, xiii. 10: And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord? GAL. iv. 17: They zealously affect you, but not well.

PISA. v. 6, 10: His watchmen are blind, they are all ignorant. See on MAT. XV. 14.

MAT. v. 33, 34: Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the LORD thy oaths. But I say unto you, Swear not at all.

Ps. xciv. 8: Understand, ye brutish among the people: and ye fools, when will ye be wise?

EXOD. XXX. 29: Thou shalt sanctify them, that they may be most holy, whatsoever toucheth them, shall be holy.

'EXOD. xxix.37: Whatsoever toucheth the altar shall be holy.

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.

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23 Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye "pay tithe of mint and anise and cummin, and have omitted the weightier matters of the law, judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to leave the other undone.

24 Ye blind guides, which strain at 10 a gnat, and swallow a camel.

25 Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypo

Gr. dill. A. V. 9 fidelity. Gen. 10 strain out. Ma. Cr. Ud. Bi. Gen. Pu.

u 1 KINGS, viii. 13: I have surely built thee an house to dwell in, a settled place for thee to abide in for ever. 2 CHR. vi. 2: I have built an house of habitation for thee, and a place for thy dwelling for ever. Ps. xxvi. 8: LORD, I have loved the habitation of thine house, and the place where thine honour dwelleth. do. cxxxii. 13, 14: The LORD hath chosen Zion : he hath desired it for his habitation. This is my rest for ever: here will I dwell, for I have desired it.

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▾ Ps. xi. 4: The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven, his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men. ISA. lxvi. 1: Thus saith the LORD, The heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool. MAT. v. 34: Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne. ACTS, vii. 49: Heaven is my throne, and earth is my footstool.

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w LUKE, Xi. 42: 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.

* JER. xxii. 15, 16: Did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? He judged the cause of the poor and needy, then it was well with him; was not this to know me? saith the LORD. See on MAT. ix. 13.

crites! for ye 'make clean the outside of the cup and of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and excess.12

26 Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first that which is within the cup and platter, that the outside of them may be clean also.

27 "Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are like unto whited 13 sepulchres, which indeed appear beautiful outward, but are within full of dead men's bones, and of all uncleanness.

28 Even so ye also outwardly appear righteous unto men, but within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

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29 Woe 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 blood of the prophets.

11 rapine. Rh. 12 uncleanness. Wi. Rh. 13 painted. Co. Ma. Cr. Ud. Bi.

Y MARK, Vii. 4: Many other things there be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and pots, and brazen vessels, and of tables. LUKE, xi. 39: Now do ye Pharisees make clean the outside of the cup and platter: but your inward part is full of ravening and wickedness.

2 JER. iv. 14: O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?

a TIT. i. 15: Unto the pure all things are pure, but unto them that are defiled and unbelieving is nothing pure; but even their mind and conscience is defiled.

" LUKE, xi. 44: Woe unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye are as graves which appear not, and the men that walk over them are not aware of them. ACTs, xxiii. 3: Then said Paul unto him, God shall smite thee, thou whited wall: for sittest thou to judge me after the law, and commandest me to be smitten contrary to the law?

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

31 Wherefore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, that ye are the children of them which killed the prophets.

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32 Fill ye up then 14 the measure of your

fathers.

33 Ye serpents, ye 'generation of vipers, how can ye escape the damnation 15 of hell?

34¶ Wherefore, behold, I 'send unto you prophets, and wise men, and Scribes and "some of them ye shall kill and crucify; and 'some of them shall ye scourge in your synagogues, and perse

cute them from city to city:

35 That upon you may come all the righteous will fill up. Wh. 15 judgment. Wh. Pu.

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d See on MAT. xxi. 35.

GEN. XV. 16: The iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full. WISD. xix. 4: The destiny, whereof they were worthy, drew them unto this end, and made them forget the things that had already happened, that they night fulfil the punishment which was wanting to their torments. 1 THES. ii. 16: To fill up their [the Jews] sins alway.

f See on MAT. iii. 7.

8 MAT. xxi. 34, 35: And when the time of the fruit drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, that they might receive the fruits of it. And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. LUKE, Xi. 49: Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute.

ACTs, v. 40: When they had called the apostles, and beaten them, they commanded that they should not speak in the name of Jesus, and let them go. do. xii. 2: He killed James, the brother of John, with the sword. do. xxii. 19: I said, Lord, they know that I imprisoned and beat in every synagogue them that believed on thee. See on MAT. xxi. 35.

iMAT. X. 17: Beware of men; for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues. 2 Cor. xi. 24, 25: Of the Jews five times received I forty stripes save one. Thrice was I beaten with rods, once was I stoned.

*REV, xviii. 24: And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

blood shed upon the earth, 'from the blood of righteous Abel unto "the blood 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 O "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would 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

IGEN. iv. 8: And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him. 1 JoHN, iii. 12: Not as Cain, who was of that wicked one, and slew his brother, and wherefore slew he him? because his own works were evil, and his brother's righteous.

m 2 CHRON. XXIV. 20, 21: The Spirit of God came upon Zechariah, the son of Jehoida, the priest, which stood above the people, and said unto them, Thus saith God, Why transgress ye the commandments of the LORD, that ye cannot prosper? because ye have forsaken the LORD, he hath also forsaken you. And they conspired against him, and stoned him with stones at the commandment of the king, in the court of the house of the LORD.

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LUKE, Xiii. 34: The same lamentation as here.

"2 CHRON. Xxiv. 21: The words under ver. 35. See on MAT. xxi. 35.

P DEUT. xxxii. 11, 12: As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings, so the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him. Ps. xvii. 8: Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings. do. xci. 4: He shall cover thee with his feathers, and under his wings shalt thou trust: his truth shall be thy shield and buckler. 2 ESD. i. 30: I gathered you together as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings: but now what shall I do unto you ? I will cast you out from my face.

ZEC. xi. 6: For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the LORD; but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and