geneva Matthew:24:1-26:2
geneva@Matthew:24:1 @ And Iesus went out, and departed from the Temple, and his disciples came to him, to shewe him the building of the Temple.
geneva@Matthew:24:2 @
geneva@Matthew:24:3 @ And as he sate vpon the mount of Oliues, his disciples came vnto him apart, saying, Tell vs when these things shall be, and what signe shalbe of thy coming, and of the ende of the world.
geneva@Matthew:24:4 @
geneva@Matthew:24:5 @ For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceiue many.
geneva@Matthew:24:6 @ 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 (note:)That is, when those things are fulfilled, yet the end will not come.(:note) end is not yet.
geneva@Matthew:24:7 @ For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in (note:)Everywhere.(:note) divers places.
geneva@Matthew:24:8 @ All these [are] the beginning of (note:)Literally, «of great torments», just like women in childbirth.(:note) sorrows.
geneva@Matthew:24:9 @ Then shal they deliuer you vp to be afflicted, and shall kill you, and ye shall be hated of all nations for my Names sake.
geneva@Matthew:24:10 @ And then shall many be offended, and shal betray one another, and shall hate one another.
geneva@Matthew:24:11 @ And many false prophets shall arise, & shall deceiue many.
geneva@Matthew:24:12 @ And because iniquitie shalbe increased, the loue of many shalbe colde.
geneva@Matthew:24:13 @
geneva@Matthew:24:14 @ And this (note:)Joyful tidings of the kingdom of heaven.(:note) gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the Through all that part of the world that people live in. world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
geneva@Matthew:24:15 @
geneva@Matthew:24:16 @ Then let them which be in Iudea, flee into the mountaines.
geneva@Matthew:24:17 @ Let him which is on the house top, not come downe to fetch any thing out of his house.
geneva@Matthew:24:18 @ Neither let him which is in the field return back to take his (note:)This is a sign of how great the fear will be.(:note) clothes.
geneva@Matthew:24:19 @ And woe shalbe to them that are with childe, and to them that giue sucke in those dayes.
geneva@Matthew:24:20 @ But pray ye that your flight be not in the winter, neither on the (note:)It was not lawful to take a journey on the sabbath day; Josephus, book 13.(:note) sabbath day:
geneva@Matthew:24:21 @ For then shall be great tribulation, such as was not from the beginning of the worlde to this time, nor shalbe.
geneva@Matthew:24:22 @ And except (note:)Those things which befell the people of the Jews in the thirty-four years, when the whole land was wasted, and at length the city of Jerusalem was taken, and both it and their temple destroyed, are mixed with those things which will come to pass before the last coming of the Lord.(:note) those days should be shortened, there should no The whole nation would utterly be destroyed: and this word «flesh» is a figurative word for «man», as the Hebrews used to say. flesh be saved: but for the elect's sake those days shall be shortened.
geneva@Matthew:24:23 @ Then if any shall say vnto you, Loe, here is Christ, or there, beleeue it not.
geneva@Matthew:24:24 @ For there shall arise false Christs, and false prophets, and (note:)Will openly set forth great signs for men to behold.(:note) shall shew great signs and wonders; insomuch that, if [it were] possible, they shall deceive the very elect.
geneva@Matthew:24:25 @ Beholde, I haue tolde you before.
geneva@Matthew:24:26 @ Wherefore if they shall say vnto you, Beholde, he is in the desert, goe not forth: Beholde, he is in the secret places, beleeue it not.
geneva@Matthew:24:27 @ For as the lightning commeth out of the East, and is seene into the West, so shall also the coming of the Sonne of man be.
geneva@Matthew:24:28 @
geneva@Matthew:24:29 @
geneva@Matthew:24:30 @ And then shall appear the (note:)The exceeding glory and majesty, which will bear witness that Christ the Lord of heaven and earth draws near to judge the world.(:note) sign of the Son of man in heaven: and then shall all the All nations, and he alludes to the dispersion which we read of in (Genesis 10-11), or to the dividing of the people of Israel. tribes of the earth They will be in such sorrow, that they will strike themselves: and it is transferred to the mourning. mourn, and they shall see the Son of man Sitting upon the clouds, as he was taken up into heaven. coming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory.
geneva@Matthew:24:31 @ And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the (note:)From the four corners of the world.(:note) four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
geneva@Matthew:24:32 @
geneva@Matthew:24:33 @ So likewise ye, when ye see all these things, know that the kingdom of God is nere, eue at ye doores.
geneva@Matthew:24:34 @ Verily I say unto you, This (note:)This age: the word «generation» or «age» is here being used for the men of this age.(:note) generation shall not pass, till all these things be fulfilled.
geneva@Matthew:24:35 @
geneva@Matthew:24:36 @
geneva@Matthew:24:37 @ But as the dayes of Noe were, so likewise shall the coming of the Sonne of man be.
geneva@Matthew:24:38 @ For as in the days that were before the flood they were (note:)The word which the evangelist uses expresses the matter more fully then ours does: for it is a word which is used of brute beasts: and his meaning is that in those days men will pay attention to their appetites just like brute beasts: for otherwise there is nothing wrong with eating and drinking.(:note) eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
geneva@Matthew:24:39 @ And knewe nothing, till the flood came, and tooke them all away, so shall also the comming of the Sonne of man be.
geneva@Matthew:24:40 @
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geneva@Matthew:24:43 @ Of this be sure, that if the good man of the house knewe at what watch the thiefe would come, he woulde surely watch, and not suffer his house to be digged through.
geneva@Matthew:24:44 @ Therefore be ye also ready: for in the houre that ye thinke not, will the Sonne of man come.
geneva@Matthew:24:45 @ Who then is a faithfull seruaunt and wise, whom his master hath made ruler ouer his household, to giue them meate in season?
geneva@Matthew:24:46 @ Blessed is that seruant, whom his master when he commeth, shall finde so doing.
geneva@Matthew:24:47 @ Verely I say vnto you, he shall make him ruler ouer all his goods.
geneva@Matthew:24:48 @ But if that euil seruant shal say in his heart, My master doth deferre his comming,
geneva@Matthew:24:49 @ And begin to smite his fellowes, & to eate, and to drinke with the drunken,
geneva@Matthew:24:50 @ That seruaunts master will come in a day, when he looketh not for him, and in an houre that he is not ware of,
geneva@Matthew:24:51 @ And shall (note:)That is, from the rest, or will cut him into two pieces, which was a most cruel kind of punishment: with which, as Justin Martyr witnesses, Isaiah the Prophet was executed by the Jews: the same kind of punishment we read of in (1Sa_15:33) and (Dan_3:29).(:note) cut him asunder, and appoint [him] his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.
geneva@Matthew:25:1 @ Then (note:)We must desire strength from God's hand which may serve us as a torch while we walk through this darkness, to bring us to our desired end: otherwise, if we become slothful and negligent because we are weary of our pains and travail, we shall be kept from entering the doors.(:note) shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and The pomp of weddings was usually preferred to be done at night, and that by young unmarried women. went forth to meet the bridegroom.
geneva@Matthew:25:2 @ And fiue of them were wise, & fiue foolish.
geneva@Matthew:25:3 @ The foolish tooke their lampes, but tooke none oyle with them.
geneva@Matthew:25:4 @ But the wise tooke oyle in their vessels with their lampes.
geneva@Matthew:25:5 @ While the bridegroom tarried, they all (note:)Their eyes being heavy with sleep.(:note) slumbered and slept.
geneva@Matthew:25:6 @ And at midnight there was a crie made, Behold, the bridegrome commeth: goe out to meete him.
geneva@Matthew:25:7 @ Then all those virgins arose, and trimmed their lampes.
geneva@Matthew:25:8 @ And the foolish said to the wise, Giue vs of your oyle, for our lampes are out.
geneva@Matthew:25:9 @ But the wise answered, saying, Not so, lest there will not be ynough for vs and you: but goe ye rather to them that sell, and bye for your selues.
geneva@Matthew:25:10 @ And while they went to bye, the bridegrome came: and they that were readie, went in with him to the wedding, and the gate was shut.
geneva@Matthew:25:11 @ Afterwards came also the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, open to vs.
geneva@Matthew:25:12 @ But he answered, and said, Verely I say vnto you, I knowe you not.
geneva@Matthew:25:13 @ Watch therfore: for ye know neither the day, nor the houre, when the sonne of man will come.
geneva@Matthew:25:14 @
geneva@Matthew:25:15 @ And unto one he gave five talents, to another two, and to another one; to every man according to his several (note:)According to the wisdom and skill in dealing which was given to them.(:note) ability; and straightway took his journey.
geneva@Matthew:25:16 @ Then he that had receiued the fiue talents, went and occupied with them, and gained other fiue talents.
geneva@Matthew:25:17 @ Likewise also, he that receiued two, he also gained other two.
geneva@Matthew:25:18 @ But he that receiued that one, went & digged it in the earth, and hid his masters money.
geneva@Matthew:25:19 @ But after a long season, the master of those seruants came, and reckoned with them.
geneva@Matthew:25:20 @ Then came he that had receiued fiue talents, and brought other fiue talents, saying, Master, thou deliueredst vnto me fiue talents: behold, I haue gained with them other fiue talents.
geneva@Matthew:25:21 @ His lord said unto him, Well done, [thou] good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: (note:)Come and receive the fruit of my goodness: now the Lord's joy is doubled; see (Joh_15:11): that my joy may remain in you, and your joy be fulfilled.(:note) enter thou into the joy of thy lord.
geneva@Matthew:25:22 @ Also he that had receiued two talents, came, and said, Master, thou deliueredst vnto me two talents: behold, I haue gained two other talets more.
geneva@Matthew:25:23 @ His master saide vnto him, It is well done good seruant, and faithfull, Thou hast bene faithfull in litle, I will make thee ruler ouer much: enter into thy masters ioy.
geneva@Matthew:25:24 @ Then he which had receiued the one talent, came, & said, Master, I knewe that thou wast an hard man, which reapest where thou sowedst not, and gatherest where thou strawedst not:
geneva@Matthew:25:25 @ I was therefore afraide, and went, & hid thy talent in the earth: behold, thou hast thine owne.
geneva@Matthew:25:26 @ And his master answered, & said vnto him, Thou euill seruant, and slouthfull, thou knewest that I reape where I sowed not, and gather where I strawed not.
geneva@Matthew:25:27 @ Thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the (note:)Bankers who have their shops or tables set up abroad, where they lend money at interest. Usury or loaning money at interest is strictly forbidden by the Bible, (Exo_22:25-27; Deu_23:19-20). Even a rate as low as one per cent interest was disallowed, (Neh_5:11). This servant had already told two lies. First he said the master was an austere or harsh man. This is a lie for the Lord is merciful and gracious. Next he called his master a thief because he reaped where he did not sow. Finally the master said to him sarcastically why did you not add insult to injury and loan the money out at interest so you could call your master a «usurer» too! If the servant had done this, his master would have been responsible for his servant's actions and guilty of usury.(:note) exchangers, and [then] at my coming I should have received mine own with usury.
geneva@Matthew:25:28 @ Take therefore the talent from him, and giue it vnto him which hath tenne talents.
geneva@Matthew:25:29 @ For vnto euery man that hath, it shall be giuen, and he shall haue abundance, and from him that hath not, euen that he hath, shalbe taken away.
geneva@Matthew:25:30 @ Cast therefore that vnprofitable seruant into vtter darkenes: there shalbe weeping and gnasshing of teeth.
geneva@Matthew:25:31 @
geneva@Matthew:25:32 @ And before him shalbe gathered all nations, & he shal seperate them one from another, as a shepheard separateth the sheepe from ye goates.
geneva@Matthew:25:33 @ And he shall set the sheepe on his right hand, and the goates on the left.
geneva@Matthew:25:34 @ Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand, Come, ye (note:)Blessed and happy, upon whom my Father has most abundantly bestowed his benefits.(:note) blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world:
geneva@Matthew:25:35 @ For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me drinke: I was a stranger, and ye tooke me in vnto you.
geneva@Matthew:25:36 @ I was naked, & ye clothed me: I was sicke, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came vnto me.
geneva@Matthew:25:37 @ Then shall the righteous answere him, saying, Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, and fed thee? or a thirst, and gaue thee drinke?
geneva@Matthew:25:38 @ And when sawe we thee a stranger, and tooke thee in vnto vs? or naked, & clothed thee?
geneva@Matthew:25:39 @ Or when sawe we thee sicke, or in prison, and came vnto thee?
geneva@Matthew:25:40 @ And the King shall answere, and say vnto them, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye haue done it vnto one of the least of these my brethre, ye haue done it to me.
geneva@Matthew:25:41 @ Then shal he say vnto them on ye left hand, Depart from me ye cursed, into euerlasting fire, which is prepared for the deuill and his angels.
geneva@Matthew:25:42 @ For I was an hungred, and ye gaue me no meate: I thirsted, and ye gaue me no drinke:
geneva@Matthew:25:43 @ I was a stranger, & ye tooke me not in vnto you: I was naked, & ye clothed me not: sicke, and in prison, and ye visited me not.
geneva@Matthew:25:44 @ Then shall they also answere him, saying, Lord, when sawe we thee an hungred, or a thirst, or a stranger, or naked, or sicke, or in prison, and did not minister vnto thee?
geneva@Matthew:25:45 @ Then shall he answere them, and say, Verely I say vnto you, in as much as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.
geneva@Matthew:25:46 @ And these shall goe into euerlasting paine, and the righteous into life eternall.
geneva@Matthew:26:1 @ And (note:)Christ witnesses by his going to death voluntarily, that he will make full satisfaction for the sin of Adam by his obedience.(:note) it came to pass, when Jesus had finished all these sayings, he said unto his disciples,
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