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wmth@Matthew:2:5 @ »At Bethlehem in Judaea,« they replied; »for so it stands written in the words of the Prophet,
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wmth@Matthew:2:7 @ Thereupon Herod sent privately for the Magi and ascertained from them the exact time of the star's appearing.
wmth@Matthew:2:8 @ He then directed them to go to Bethlehem, adding, »Go and make careful inquiry about the child, and when you have found him, bring me word, that I too may come and do him homage.«
wmth@Matthew:2:9 @ After hearing what the king said, they went to Bethlehem, while, strange to say, the star they had seen in the east led them on until it came and stood over the place where the babe was.
wmth@Matthew:2:10 @ When they saw the star, the sight filled them with intense joy.
wmth@Matthew:2:11 @ So they entered the house; and when they saw the babe with His mother Mary, they prostrated themselves and did Him homage, and opening their treasure-chests offered gifts to Him–gold, frankincense, and myrrh.
wmth@Matthew:2:12 @ But being forbidden by God in a dream to return to Herod, they went back to their own country by a different route.
wmth@Matthew:2:13 @ When they were gone, and angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream and said, »Rise: take the babe and His mother and escape to Egypt, and remain there till I bring you word. For Herod is about to make search for the child in order to destroy Him.«
wmth@Matthew:2:14 @ So Joseph roused himself and took the babe and His mother by night and departed into Egypt.
wmth@Matthew:2:15 @ There he remained till Herod's death, that what the Lord had said through the Prophet might be fulfilled,
wmth@Matthew:2:16 @ Then Herod, finding that the Magi had trifled with him, was furious, and sent and massacred all the boys under two years of age, in Bethlehem and all its neighbourhood, according to the date he had so carefully ascertained from the Magi.
wmth@Matthew:2:17 @ Then were these words, spoken by the Prophet Jeremiah, fulfilled,
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wmth@Matthew:2:19 @ But after Herod's death an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, and said to him,
wmth@Matthew:2:20 @ »Rise from sleep, and take the child and His mother, and go into the land of Israel, for those who were seeking the child's life are dead.«
wmth@Matthew:2:21 @ So he roused himself and took the child and His mother and came into the land of Israel.
wmth@Matthew:2:22 @ But hearing that Archelaus had succeeded his father Herod on the throne of Judaea, he was afraid to go there; and being instructed by God in a dream he withdrew into Galilee,
wmth@Matthew:2:23 @ and went and settled in a town called Nazareth, in order that these words spoken through the Prophets might be fulfilled,
wmth@Matthew:20:1 @ »For the Kingdom of the Heavens is like an employer who went out early in the morning to hire men to work in his vineyard,«
wmth@Matthew:20:2 @ and having made an agreement with them for a shilling a day, sent them into his vineyard.
wmth@Matthew:20:3 @ About nine o'clock he went out and saw others loitering in the market-place.
wmth@Matthew:20:4 @ To these also he said, »`You also, go into the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.'
wmth@Matthew:20:5 @ »So they went. Again about twelve, and about three o'clock, he went out and did the same.«
wmth@Matthew:20:6 @ And going out about five o'clock he found others loitering, and he asked them, »`Why have you been standing here all day long, doing nothing?'
wmth@Matthew:20:7 @ `Because no one has hired us,' they replied. »`You also, go into the vineyard,' he said.
wmth@Matthew:20:8 @ When evening came, the master said to his steward, »`Call the men and pay them their wages. Begin with the last set and finish with the first.'
wmth@Matthew:20:9 @ »When those came who had begun at five o'clock, they received a shilling apiece;«
wmth@Matthew:20:10 @ and when the first came, they expected to get more, but they also each got the shilling.
wmth@Matthew:20:11 @ So when they had received it, they grumbled against the employer, saying,
wmth@Matthew:20:12 @ »`These who came last have done only one hour's work, and you have put them on a level with us who have worked the whole day and have borne the scorching heat.'«
wmth@Matthew:20:13 @ »`My friend,' he answered to one of them, `I am doing you no injustice. Did you not agree with me for a shilling?«
wmth@Matthew:20:14 @ Take your money and go. I choose to give this last comer just as much as I give you.
wmth@Matthew:20:15 @ Have I not a right to do what I choose with my own property? Or are you envious because I am generous?'
wmth@Matthew:20:16 @ »So the last shall be first, and the first last.«
wmth@Matthew:20:17 @ Jesus was now going up to Jerusalem, and He took the twelve disciples aside by themselves, and on the way He said to them,
wmth@Matthew:20:18 @ »We are going up to Jerusalem, and there the Son of Man will be betrayed to the High Priests and Scribes. They will condemn Him to death,«
wmth@Matthew:20:19 @ and hand Him over to the Gentiles to be made sport of and scourged and crucified; and on the third day He will be raised to life.«
wmth@Matthew:20:20 @ Then the mother of the sons of Zabdi came to Him with her sons, and knelt before Him to make a request of Him.
wmth@Matthew:20:21 @ »What is it you desire?« He asked. »Command,« she replied, »that these my two sons may sit one at your right hand and one at your left in your Kingdom.«
wmth@Matthew:20:22 @ »None of you know what you are asking for,« said Jesus; »can you drink out of the cup from which I am about to drink?«»We can,« they replied.
wmth@Matthew:20:23 @ »You shall drink out of my cup,« He said, »but a seat at my right hand or at my left it is not for me to allot, but it belongs to those for whom it has been prepared by my Father.«
wmth@Matthew:20:24 @ The other ten heard of this, and their indignation was aroused against the two brothers.
wmth@Matthew:20:25 @ But Jesus called them to Him, and said, »You know that the rulers of the Gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority over them.
wmth@Matthew:20:26 @ Not so shall it be among you; but whoever desires to be great among you shall be your servant,
wmth@Matthew:20:27 @ and whoever desires to be first among you shall be your bondservant;
wmth@Matthew:20:28 @ just as the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give His life as the redemption-price for many.«
wmth@Matthew:20:29 @ As they were leaving Jericho, an immense crowd following Him,
wmth@Matthew:20:30 @ two blind men sitting by the roadside heard that it was Jesus who was passing by, and cried aloud, »Sir, Son of David, pity us.«
wmth@Matthew:20:31 @ The people angrily tried to silence them, but they cried all the louder. »O Sir, Son of David, pity us,« they said.
wmth@Matthew:20:32 @ So Jesus stood still and called to them. »What shall I do for you?« He asked.
wmth@Matthew:20:33 @ »Sir, let our eyes be opened,« they replied.
wmth@Matthew:20:34 @ Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes, and immediately they regained their sight and followed Him.
wmth@Matthew:21:1 @ When they were come near Jerusalem and had arrived at Bethphage and the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of the disciples on in front,
wmth@Matthew:21:2 @ saying to them, »Go to the village you see facing you, and as you enter it you will find a she-ass tied up and a foal with her. Untie her and bring them to me.
wmth@Matthew:21:3 @ And if any one says anything to you, say, `The Master needs them,' and he will at once send them.«
wmth@Matthew:21:4 @ This took place in order that the Prophet's prediction might be fulfilled:
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wmth@Matthew:21:6 @ So the disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them:
wmth@Matthew:21:7 @ they brought the she-ass and the foal, and threw their outer garments on them. So He sat on them;
wmth@Matthew:21:8 @ and most of the crowd kept spreading their garments along the road, while others cut branches from the trees and carpeted the road with them,
wmth@Matthew:21:9 @ and the multitudes –some of the people preceding Him and some following– sang aloud,
wmth@Matthew:21:10 @ When He thus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was thrown into commotion, every one inquiring, »Who is this?«
wmth@Matthew:21:11 @ »This is Jesus, the Prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee,« replied the crowds.
wmth@Matthew:21:12 @ Entering the Temple, Jesus drove out all who were buying and selling there, and overturned the money-changers' tables and the seats of the pigeon-dealers.
wmth@Matthew:21:13 @ »It is written,« He said, but you are making it
wmth@Matthew:21:14 @ And the blind and the lame came to Him in the Temple, and He cured them.
wmth@Matthew:21:15 @ But when the High Priests and the Scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done and the children who were crying aloud in the Temple, they were filled with indignation.
wmth@Matthew:21:16 @ »Do you hear,« they asked Him, »what these children are saying?«»Yes,« He replied; »have you never read,
wmth@Matthew:21:17 @ So He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and passed the night there.
wmth@Matthew:21:18 @ Early in the morning as He was on His way to return to the city He was hungry,
wmth@Matthew:21:19 @ and seeing a fig-tree on the road-side He went up to it, but found nothing on it but leaves. »On you,« He said, »no fruit shall ever again grow.« And immediately the fig-tree withered away.
wmth@Matthew:21:20 @ When the disciples saw it they exclaimed in astonishment, »How instantaneously the fig-tree has withered away!«
wmth@Matthew:21:21 @ »I solemnly tell you,« said Jesus, »that if you have an unwavering faith, you shall not only perform such a miracle as this of the fig-tree, but that even if you say to this mountain, `Be thou lifted up and hurled into the sea,' it shall be done;
wmth@Matthew:21:22 @ and everything, whatever it be, that you ask for in your prayers, if you have faith, you shall obtain.«
wmth@Matthew:21:23 @ He entered the Temple; and while He was teaching, the High Priests and the Elders of the people came to Him and asked Him, »By what authority are you doing these things? and who gave you this authority?«
wmth@Matthew:21:24 @ »And I also have a question to ask,« replied Jesus, »and if you answer me, I in turn will tell you by what authority I do these things.
wmth@Matthew:21:25 @ John's Baptism, whence was it? –had it a heavenly or a human origin?« So they debated the matter among themselves. »If we say `a heavenly origin,'« they argued, »he will say, `Why then did you not believe him?'
wmth@Matthew:21:26 @ and if we say `a human origin' we have the people to fear, for they all hold John to have been a Prophet.«
wmth@Matthew:21:27 @ So they answered Jesus, »We do not know.« »Nor do I tell you,« He replied, »by what authority I do these things.«
wmth@Matthew:21:28 @ »But give me your judgement. There was a man who had two sons. He came to the elder of them, and said,« `My son, go and work in the vineyard to-day.'
wmth@Matthew:21:29 @ »`I will not,' he replied.« But afterwards he was sorry, and went.
wmth@Matthew:21:30 @ He came to the second and spoke in the same manner. His answer was, »`I will go, Sir.' «But he did not go.
wmth@Matthew:21:31 @ Which of the two did as his father desired?« »The first,« they said. `I solemnly tell you,' replied Jesus, «that the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners are entering the Kingdom of God in front of you.
wmth@Matthew:21:32 @ For John came to you observing all sorts of ritual, and you put no faith in him: the tax-gatherers and the notorious sinners did put faith in him, and you, though you saw this example set you, were not even afterwards sorry so as to believe him.
wmth@Matthew:21:33 @ »Listen to another parable. There was a householder who planted a vineyard, made a fence round it, dug a wine-tank in it, and built a strong lodge; then let the place to vine-dressers, and went abroad.«
wmth@Matthew:21:34 @ When vintage-time approached, he sent his servants to the vine-dressers to receive his share of the grapes;
wmth@Matthew:21:35 @ but the vine-dressers seized the servants, and one they cruelly beat, one they killed, one they pelted with stones.
wmth@Matthew:21:36 @ Again he sent another party of servants more numerous than the first; and these they treated in the same manner.
wmth@Matthew:21:37 @ Later still he sent to them his son, saying, »`They will respect my son.'
wmth@Matthew:21:38 @ »But the vine-dressers, when they saw the son, said to one another,« `Here is the heir: come, let us kill him and get his inheritance.'
wmth@Matthew:21:39 @ »So they seized him, dragged him out of the vineyard, and killed him.
wmth@Matthew:21:40 @ When then the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those vine-dressers?«
wmth@Matthew:21:41 @ »He will put the wretches to a wretched death,« was the reply, »and will entrust the vineyard to other vine-dressers who will render the produce to him at the vintage season.«
wmth@Matthew:21:42 @ »Have you never read in the Scriptures,« said Jesus, «
wmth@Matthew:21:43 @ »That, I tell you, is the reason why the Kingdom of God will be taken away from you, and given to a nation that will exhibit the power of it.
wmth@Matthew:21:44 @ He who falls on this stone will be severely hurt; but he on whom it falls will be utterly crushed.«
wmth@Matthew:21:45 @ After listening to His parables the High Priests and the Pharisees perceived that He was speaking about them;
wmth@Matthew:21:46 @ but though they were eager to lay hands upon Him, they were afraid of the people, for by them He was regarded as a Prophet.
wmth@Matthew:22:1 @ Again Jesus spoke to them in figurative language.
wmth@Matthew:22:2 @ »The Kingdom of the Heavens,« He said, »may be compared to a king who celebrated the marriage of his son,
wmth@Matthew:22:3 @ and sent his servants to call the invited guests to the wedding, but they were unwilling to come.
wmth@Matthew:22:4 @ »Again he sent other servants with a message to those who were invited.« `My breakfast is now ready,' he said, `my bullocks and fat cattle are killed, and every preparation is made: come to the wedding.'
wmth@Matthew:22:5 @ »They however gave no heed, but went, one to his home in the country, another to his business;«
wmth@Matthew:22:6 @ and the rest seized the king's servants, maltreated them, and murdered them.
wmth@Matthew:22:7 @ So the king's anger was stirred, and he sent his troops and destroyed those murderers and burnt their city.
wmth@Matthew:22:8 @ Then he said to his servants, »`The wedding banquet is ready, but those who were invited were unworthy of it.
wmth@Matthew:22:9 @ Go out therefore to the crossroads, and everybody you meet invite to the wedding.'
wmth@Matthew:22:10 @ »So they went out into the roads and gathered together all they could find, both bad and good, and the banqueting hall was filled with guests.«
wmth@Matthew:22:11 @ »Now the king came in to see the guests; and among them he discovered one who was not wearing a wedding-robe.«
wmth@Matthew:22:12 @ »`My friend,' he said, `how is it that you came in here without a wedding robe?'«
wmth@Matthew:22:13 @ »The man stood speechless. Then the king said to the servants,« `Bind him hand and foot and fling him into the darkness outside: there will be the weeping aloud and the gnashing of teeth.'
wmth@Matthew:22:14 @ »For there are many called, but few chosen.«
wmth@Matthew:22:15 @ Then the Pharisees went and consulted together how they might entrap Him in His conversation.
wmth@Matthew:22:16 @ So they sent to Him their disciples together with the Herodians; who said, »Teacher, we know that you are truthful and that you faithfully teach God's truth; and that no fear of man misleads you, for you are not biased by men's wealth or rank.
wmth@Matthew:22:17 @ Give us your judgement therefore: is it allowable for us to pay a poll-tax to Caesar, or not?«
wmth@Matthew:22:18 @ Perceiving their wickedness, Jesus replied, »Why are you hypocrites trying to ensnare me?
wmth@Matthew:22:19 @ Show me the tribute coin.« And they brought Him a shilling.
wmth@Matthew:22:20 @ »Whose likeness and inscription,« He asked, »is this?«
wmth@Matthew:22:21 @ »Caesar's,« they replied. »Pay therefore,« He rejoined, »what is Caesar's to Caesar; and what is God's to God.«
wmth@Matthew:22:22 @ They heard this, and were astonished; then left Him, and went their way.
wmth@Matthew:22:23 @ On the same day a party of Sadducees came to Him, contending that there is no resurrection. And they put this case to Him.
wmth@Matthew:22:24 @ »Teacher,« they said, »Moses enjoined,
wmth@Matthew:22:25 @ Now we had among us seven brothers. The eldest of them married, but died childless, leaving his wife to his brother.
wmth@Matthew:22:26 @ So also did the second and the third, down to the seventh,
wmth@Matthew:22:27 @ till the woman also died, after surviving them all.
wmth@Matthew:22:28 @ At the Resurrection, therefore, whose wife of the seven will she be? for they all married her.«
wmth@Matthew:22:29 @ The reply of Jesus was, »You are in error, through ignorance of the Scriptures and of the power of God.
wmth@Matthew:22:30 @ For in the Resurrection, men neither marry nor are women given in marriage, but they are like angels in Heaven.
wmth@Matthew:22:31 @ But as to the Resurrection of the dead, have you never read what God says to you,
wmth@Matthew:22:32 @ He is not the God of dead, but of living men.«
wmth@Matthew:22:33 @ All the crowd heard this, and were filled with amazement at His teaching.
wmth@Matthew:22:34 @ Now the Pharisees came up when they heard that He had silenced the Sadducees,
wmth@Matthew:22:35 @ and one of them, an expounder of the Law, asked Him as a test question,
wmth@Matthew:22:36 @ »Teacher, which is the greatest Commandment in the Law?«
wmth@Matthew:22:37 @ He answered,
wmth@Matthew:22:38 @ This is the greatest and foremost Commandment.
wmth@Matthew:22:39 @ And the second is similar to it:
wmth@Matthew:22:40 @ The whole of the Law and the Prophets is summed up in these two Commandments.«
wmth@Matthew:22:41 @ While the Pharisees were still assembled there, Jesus put a question to them.
wmth@Matthew:22:42 @ »What think you about the Christ,« He said, »whose son is He?«»David's,« they replied.
wmth@Matthew:22:43 @ »How then,« He asked, »does David, taught by the Spirit, call Him Lord, when he says,
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wmth@Matthew:22:45 @ »If therefore David calls Him Lord, how can He be his son?«
wmth@Matthew:22:46 @ No one could say a word in reply, nor from that day did any one venture again to put a question to Him.
wmth@Matthew:23:1 @ Then Jesus addressed the crowds and His disciples.
wmth@Matthew:23:2 @ »The Scribes,« He said, »and the Pharisees sit in the chair of Moses.
wmth@Matthew:23:3 @ Therefore do and observe everything that they command you; but do not imitate their lives, for though they tell others what to do, they do not do it themselves.
wmth@Matthew:23:4 @ Heavy and cumbrous burdens they bind together and load men's shoulders with them, while as for themselves, not with one finger do they choose to lift them.
wmth@Matthew:23:5 @ And everything they do they do with a view to being observed by men; for they widen their phylacteries and make the tassels large,
wmth@Matthew:23:6 @ and love the best seats at a dinner party or in the synagogues,
wmth@Matthew:23:7 @ and like to be bowed to in places of public resort, and to be addressed by men as `Rabbi.'
wmth@Matthew:23:8 @ »As for you, do not accept the title of `Rabbi,' for one alone is your Teacher, and you are all brothers.«
wmth@Matthew:23:9 @ And call no one on earth your Father, for One alone is your Father–the Heavenly Father.
wmth@Matthew:23:10 @ And do not accept the name of `leader,' for your Leader is one alone–the Christ.
wmth@Matthew:23:11 @ He who is the greatest among you shall be your servant;
wmth@Matthew:23:12 @ and one who exalts himself shall be abased, while one who abases himself shall be exalted.
wmth@Matthew:23:13 @ »But alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you lock the door of the Kingdom of the Heavens against men; you yourselves do not enter, nor do you allow those to enter who are seeking to do so.«
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wmth@Matthew:23:15 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you scour sea and land in order to win one convert–and when he is gained, you make him twice as much a son of Gehenna as yourselves.«
wmth@Matthew:23:16 @ »Alas for you, you blind guides, who say,« `Whoever swears by the Sanctuary it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the Sanctuary, is bound by the oath.'
wmth@Matthew:23:17 @ »Blind fools! Why, which is greater? –the gold, or the Sanctuary which has made the gold holy?«
wmth@Matthew:23:18 @ And you say, »`Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the offering lying on it is bound by the oath.'
wmth@Matthew:23:19 @ »You are blind! Why, which is greater? –the offering, or the altar which makes the offering holy?«
wmth@Matthew:23:20 @ He who swears by the altar swears both by it and by everything on it;
wmth@Matthew:23:21 @ he who swears by the Sanctuary swears both by it and by Him who dwells in it;
wmth@Matthew:23:22 @ and he who swears by Heaven swears both by the throne of God and by Him who sits upon it.
wmth@Matthew:23:23 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you pay the tithe on mint, dill, and cumin, while you have neglected the weightier requirements of the Law–just judgement, mercy, and faithful dealing. These things you ought to have done, and yet you ought not to have left the others undone.«
wmth@Matthew:23:24 @ You blind guides, straining out the gnat while you gulp down the camel!
wmth@Matthew:23:25 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you wash clean the outside of the cup or dish, while within they are full of greed and self-indulgence.«
wmth@Matthew:23:26 @ Blind Pharisee, first wash clean the inside of the cup or dish, and then the outside will be clean also.
wmth@Matthew:23:27 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you are just like whitewashed sepulchres, the outside of which pleases the eye, though inside they are full of dead men's bones and of all that is unclean.«
wmth@Matthew:23:28 @ The same is true of you: outwardly you seem to the human eye to be good and honest men, but, within, you are full of insincerity and disregard of God's Law.
wmth@Matthew:23:29 @ »Alas for you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for you repair the sepulchres of the Prophets and keep in order the tombs of the righteous,«
wmth@Matthew:23:30 @ and your boast is, »`If we had lived in the time of our forefathers, we should not have been implicated with them in the murder of the Prophets.'
wmth@Matthew:23:31 @ »So that you bear witness against yourselves that you are descendants of those who murdered the Prophets.«
wmth@Matthew:23:32 @ Fill up the measure of your forefathers' guilt.
wmth@Matthew:23:33 @ O serpents, O vipers' brood, how are you to escape condemnation to Gehenna?
wmth@Matthew:23:34 @ »For this reason I am sending to you Prophets and wise men and Scribes. Some of them you will put to death–nay, crucify; some of them you will flog in your synagogues and chase from town to town;«
wmth@Matthew:23:35 @ that all the innocent blood shed upon earth may come on you, from the blood of righteous Abel to the blood of Zechariah the son of Berechiah whom you murdered between the Sanctuary and the altar.
wmth@Matthew:23:36 @ I tell you in solemn truth that all these things will come upon the present generation.
wmth@Matthew:23:37 @ »O Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou who murderest the Prophets and stonest those who have been sent to thee! how often have I desired to gather thy children to me, just as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, and you would not come!
wmth@Matthew:23:38 @ See, your house will now be left to you desolate!
wmth@Matthew:23:39 @ For I tell you that you will never see me again until you say,
wmth@Matthew:24:1 @ Jesus had left the Temple and was going on His way, when His disciples came and called His attention to the Temple buildings.
wmth@Matthew:24:2 @ »You see all these?« He replied; »in solemn truth I tell you that there will not be left here one stone upon another that will not be pulled down.«
wmth@Matthew:24:3 @ Afterwards He was on the Mount of Olives and was seated there when the disciples came to Him, apart from the others, and said, »Tell us when this will be; and what will be the sign of your Coming and of the Close of the Age?«
wmth@Matthew:24:4 @ »Take care that no one misleads you,« answered Jesus;
wmth@Matthew:24:5 @ »for many will come assuming my name and saying `I am the Christ;' and they will mislead many.«
wmth@Matthew:24:6 @ And before long you will hear of wars and rumours of wars. Do not be alarmed, for such things must be; but the End is not yet.
wmth@Matthew:24:7 @ and there will be famines and earthquakes in various places;
wmth@Matthew:24:8 @ but all these miseries are but like the early pains of childbirth.
wmth@Matthew:24:9 @ »At that time they will deliver you up to punishment and will put you to death; and you will be objects of hatred to all the nations because you are called by my name.«
wmth@Matthew:24:10 @ Then and they will betray one another and hate one another.
wmth@Matthew:24:11 @ Many false prophets will rise up and lead multitudes astray;
wmth@Matthew:24:12 @ and because of the prevalent disregard of God's law the love of the great majority will grow cold;
wmth@Matthew:24:13 @ but those who stand firm to the End shall be saved.
wmth@Matthew:24:14 @ And this Good News of the Kingdom shall be proclaimed throughout the whole world to set the evidence before all the Gentiles; and then the End will come.
wmth@Matthew:24:15 @ »When you have seen (to use the language of the Prophet Daniel) the standing in the Holy Place« –let the reader observe those words–
wmth@Matthew:24:16 @ »then let those who are in Judaea escape to the hills;«
wmth@Matthew:24:17 @ let him who is on the roof not go down to fetch what is in his house;
wmth@Matthew:24:18 @ nor let him who is outside the city stay to pick up his outer garment.
wmth@Matthew:24:19 @ And alas for the women who at that time are with child or have infants!
wmth@Matthew:24:20 @ »But pray that your flight may not be in winter, nor on the Sabbath;«
wmth@Matthew:24:21 @ for it a time of great and assuredly never will be again.
wmth@Matthew:24:22 @ And if those days had not been cut short, no one would escape; but for the sake of God's own People those days will be cut short.
wmth@Matthew:24:23 @ »If at that time any one should say to you, `See, here is the Christ!' or `Here!' give no credence to it.«
wmth@Matthew:24:24 @ For there will rise up false Christs and false prophets, displaying wonderful signs and prodigies, so as to deceive, were it possible, even God's own People.
wmth@Matthew:24:25 @ Remember, I have forewarned you.
wmth@Matthew:24:26 @ If therefore they should say to you, `See, He is in the Desert!' do not go out there: or `See, He is indoors in the room!' do not believe it.
wmth@Matthew:24:27 @ For just as the lightning flashes in the east and is seen to the very west, so will be the Coming of the Son of Man.
wmth@Matthew:24:28 @ Wherever the dead body is, there will the vultures flock together.
wmth@Matthew:24:29 @ »But immediately after those times of distress «
wmth@Matthew:24:30 @ Then will appear the Sign of the Son of Man in the sky; and when they see the Son of Man with great power and glory.
wmth@Matthew:24:31 @ And He will send out His angels and
wmth@Matthew:24:32 @ »Now learn from the fig-tree the lesson it teaches. As soon as its branches have now become soft and it is bursting into leaf, you all know that summer is near.«
wmth@Matthew:24:33 @ So you also, when you see all these signs, may be sure that He is near–at your very door.
wmth@Matthew:24:34 @ I tell you in solemn truth that the present generation will certainly not pass away without all these things having first taken place.
wmth@Matthew:24:35 @ Earth and sky will pass away, but it is certain that my words will not pass away.
wmth@Matthew:24:36 @ »But as to that day and the exact time no one knows–not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone.«
wmth@Matthew:24:37 @ `For as it was in the time of Noah, so it will be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
wmth@Matthew:24:38 @ At that time, before the Deluge, men were busy eating and drinking, taking wives or giving them, up to the very day when Noah entered the Ark,
wmth@Matthew:24:39 @ nor did they realise any danger till the Deluge came and swept them all away; so will it be at the Coming of the Son of Man.
wmth@Matthew:24:40 @ Then will two men be in the open country: one will be taken away, and one left behind.
wmth@Matthew:24:41 @ Two women will be grinding at the mill: one will be taken away, and one left behind.
wmth@Matthew:24:42 @ Be on the alert therefore, for you do not know the day on which your Lord is coming.
wmth@Matthew:24:43 @ But of this be assured, that if the master of the house had known the hour at which the robber was coming, he would have kept awake, and not have allowed his house to be broken into.
wmth@Matthew:24:44 @ Therefore you also must be ready; for it is at a time when you do not expect Him that the Son of Man will come.
wmth@Matthew:24:45 @ »Who therefore is the loyal and intelligent servant to whom his master has entrusted the control of his household to give them their rations at the appointed time?«
wmth@Matthew:24:46 @ Blessed is that servant whom his master when he comes shall find so doing!
wmth@Matthew:24:47 @ In solemn truth I tell you that he will give him the management of all his wealth.
wmth@Matthew:24:48 @ But if the man, being a bad servant, should say in his heart, `My master is a long time in coming,'
wmth@Matthew:24:49 @ and should begin to beat his fellow servants, while he eats and drinks with drunkards;
wmth@Matthew:24:50 @ the master of that servant will arrive on a day when he is not expecting him and at an hour of which he has not been informed;
wmth@Matthew:24:51 @ he will treat him with the utmost severity and assign him a place among the hypocrites: there will be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth.
wmth@Matthew:25:1 @ »Then will the Kingdom of the Heavens be found to be like ten bridesmaids who took their torches and went out to meet the bridegroom.«
wmth@Matthew:25:2 @ Five of them were foolish and five were wise.
wmth@Matthew:25:3 @ For the foolish, when they took their torches, did not provide themselves with oil;
wmth@Matthew:25:4 @ but the wise, besides their torches, took oil in their flasks.
wmth@Matthew:25:5 @ The bridegroom was a long time in coming, so that meanwhile they all became drowsy and fell asleep.
wmth@Matthew:25:6 @ But at midnight there is a loud cry, »`The bridegroom! Go out and meet him!'
wmth@Matthew:25:7 @ »Then all those bridesmaids roused themselves and trimmed their torches.«
wmth@Matthew:25:8 @ »`Give us some of your oil,' said the foolish ones to the wise, `for our torches are going out.'«
wmth@Matthew:25:9 @ »`But perhaps,' replied the wise, `there will not be enough for all of us. Go to the shops rather, and buy some for yourselves.'«
wmth@Matthew:25:10 @ »So they went to buy. But meanwhile the bridegroom came; those bridesmaids who were ready went in with him to the wedding banquet; and the door was shut.«
wmth@Matthew:25:11 @ »Afterwards the other bridesmaids came and cried,« `Sir, Sir, open the door to us.'
wmth@Matthew:25:12 @ »`In solemn truth I tell you,' he replied, `I do not know you.'«
wmth@Matthew:25:13 @ »Keep awake therefore; for you know neither the day nor the hour.«
wmth@Matthew:25:14 @ »Why, it is like a man who, when going on his travels, called his bondservants and entrusted his property to their care.«
wmth@Matthew:25:15 @ To one he gave five talents, to another two, to another one–to each according to his individual capacity; and then started from home.
wmth@Matthew:25:16 @ Without delay the one who had received the five talents went and employed them in business, and gained five more.
wmth@Matthew:25:17 @ In the same way he who had the two gained two more.
wmth@Matthew:25:18 @ But the man who had received the one went and dug a hole and buried his master's money.
wmth@Matthew:25:19 @ »After a long lapse of time the master of those servants returned, and had a reckoning with them.«
wmth@Matthew:25:20 @ The one who had received the five talents came and brought five more, and said, »`Sir, it was five talents that you entrusted to me: see, I have gained five more.'
wmth@Matthew:25:21 @ »`You have done well, good and trustworthy servant,' replied his master; `you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'«
wmth@Matthew:25:22 @ »The second, who had received the two talents, came and said,« `Sir, it was two talents you entrusted to me: see, I have gained two more.'
wmth@Matthew:25:23 @ »`Good and trustworthy servant, you have done well,' his master replied; `you have been trustworthy in the management of a little, I will put you in charge of much: share your master's joy.'«