Many chief rulers believe. 149 J. 12. hath blinded their eyes, and hardened their A. D. 33. heart; that they should not see with their eyes, nor understand with their heart, and be con41 verted, and I should heal them. These things Is. 6.1. said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and spake 42 of him. Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they 43 should be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the praise of men more than the praise of God. 44 66 21. Jesus cried and said, ""He that believeth on 1 Pet. 1. me, believeth not on me, but on him that sent 45 " me. And he that seeth me seeth him that 46 "sent me. I am come a light into the world, "that whosoever believeth on me should not 47 " abide in darkness. And if any man hear my " words, and believe not, I judge him not: for "I came not to judge the world, but to save 48 "the world. He that rejecteth me, and receiv"eth not my words, hath one that judgeth him : "a the word that I have spoken, the same shall Deut. 18. 49 "judge him in the last day. For I have not spoken of myself; but the Father which sent 66 66 19. me, he gave me a commandment, what I Deut. 18. 50 " should say, and what I should speak. And I 18 "know that his commandment is life everlast 66 ing: whatsoever I speak therefore, even as "the Father said unto me, so I speak." 2 what I should enjoin, and what I should teach. C. 112. Christ curseth the barren fig tree: purgeth A. D. 33. AND on the morrow, when they were come M*. 11. from Bethany, he was hungry: and seeing a fig 12, 13 tree afar off having leaves, he came, if haply he might find any thing thereon: and when he came to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. And Jesus an-14 swered and said unto it, "No man eat fruit "of thee hereafter for ever." And his disci ples heard it. And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus 15 went into the temple, and began to cast out them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves; and would 16 not suffer that any man should carry any vessel through the temple. And he taught, saying 17 Jer. 7.11. " b * Is. 56. 7. unto them, "Is it not written, a My house shall " be called of all nations the house of prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves." And L. 19. he taught daily in the temple. But the chief 47 priests and the scribes and the chief of the people sought to destroy him, and could not 48 find what they might do: for all the people were very attentive to hear him. And when M. 11. even was come, he went out of the city. 19 2 for. C. 3 robbers. C. M. 11. 113. He exhorteth his disciples to stedfastness of AND in the morning, as they passed by, they A. D. 33. 20, 21 saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter calling to remembrance saith unto him, Master, behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst 22 is withered away. And Jesus answering saith 23 unto them, "Have faith in God. For verily I 66 say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto "this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou "cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his "heart, but shall believe that those things which " he saith shall come to pass; he shall have 24 "whatsoever he saith. Therefore I say unto 66 66 you, a What things soever ye desire, when yea James 1. pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall 5, 6. 25" have them. And when ye stand praying, for- Col.3.13. 66 give, if ye have ought against any: that your "Father also which is in heaven may forgive 26" you your trespasses. But if ye do not forgive, " neither will your Father which is in heaven forgive your trespasses." M*. 11. 27 M. 11. 66 114. Parable of the vineyard; of the wicked hus- AND they come again to Jerusalem: as he L. 20.1 taught the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, there come to him the chief priests, and the scribes, and the elders, and say unto him, By what authority doest thou these things? and who gave thee this authority to do these 29 things? And Jesus answered and said unto them, "I will also ask of you one question, and 27, 28 66 answer me, and I will tell you by what autho30 "rity I do these things. The baptism of John, " was it from heaven, or of men? answer me." 31 And they reasoned with themselves, saying, If we shall say, From heaven; he will say, Why 2 hast devoted. C. 152 Parable of the vineyard, A. D. 33. then did ye not believe him? But if we shall M. 11. say, Of men; they feared the people: for all 32 men counted John, that he was a prophet indeed. And they answered and said unto Jesus, We 33 cannot tell. And Jesus answering saith unto them, "Neither do I tell you by what authority " I do these things." M. 12. And he began to speak unto them by para-1 bles. "A certain man had two sons; and he MTM. 21. 66 came to the first, and said, Son, go work to 28 66 66 ness, and ye believed him not: but the pub"licans and the harlots believed him: and ye, "when ye had seen it, repented not afterward, "that ye might believe him. Cant.8.11. ،، Jer. 2.21. “ "Hear another parable: There was a certain 33 a * Ps. 80.9. " housholder, which planted a vineyard, and hedged it round about, and digged a winepress in it, and built a tower, and let it out " to husbandmen, and went into a far country. "And at the season he sent a servant to the L. 20. " husbandmen, that they should give him of the 10 "fruit of the vineyard: but the husbandmen "beat him, and sent him away empty. And 11 66 again he sent another servant: and they beat 2 used. C. of the wicked husbandmen, &c. 153 L. 20. " it may be they will reverence him when they A. D. 33. 14 "see him. But when the husbandmen saw " him, they reasoned among themselves, saying, "This is the heir: come, let us kill him, that 15 "the inheritance may be our's. So they cast " him out of the vineyard, and killed him. What "therefore shall the lord of the vineyard do 16 " unto them? he shall come and destroy these "husbandmen, and shall give the vineyard to "others. And when they heard it, they said, .17 "God forbid. And he beheld them, and said, "What is this then that is written, The stone Ps. 118. " which the builders rejected, the same is be-22. MTM. 21. " come the head of the corner? this is the Lord's 42, 43 " doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes? There"fore say I unto you, The kingdom of God shall "be taken from you, and given to a nation 44 " bringing forth the fruits thereof. And whoso"ever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: Is. 8. 14, " but on whomsoever it shall fall, dit will grind Zech.12.3. L. 20. "him to powder." And the chief priests and Rom.9.33. 19 the scribes the same hour sought to lay hands 1 Pet. 2. & on him; and they feared the people: for they Dan. 2. 44. perceived that he had spoken this parable against them. MTM. 22. 15. d Is. 60.12. And Jesus answered and spake unto them. Rev. 19. 1, 2 again by parables, and said, "The kingdom of 7, 9. " heaven is like unto a certain king, which made 3" a marriage for his son, and sent forth his ser"vants to call them that were bidden to the 4" wedding: and they would not come. Again, " he sent forth other servants, saying, Tell them " which are bidden, Behold, I have prepared my "dinner: 'my oxen and my fatlings are killed, Prov.9.2. " and all things are ready: come unto the mar5 "riage. But they made light of it, and went "their ways, one to his farm, another to his 6" merchandise: and the remnant took his ser 66 f vants, and entreated them spitefully, and slew 7 "them. But when the king heard thereof, he |