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rather say unto him; Make ready wherewith I may sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, till I have eaten and drunken; and afterward thou shall eat and drink? Doth he thank that servant, because he did the things that were commanded? I 10 trow not. So likewise ye, when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you, say; We are unprofitable servants; we have done that which was our duty to do. 20 And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said; 21 The kingdom of God cometh not with observation; neither shall they say; Lo here, or, lo there; for behold, the 22 kingdom of God is within you. And he said unto

the disciples; The days will come, when ye shall desire to see one of the days of the Son of man; and ye shall not 23 see it. And they shall say to you; See here, or, see there; 24 go not after them, nor follow them. For as the lightning that lighteneth out of the one part under heaven, shineth unto the other part under heaven; so shall the Son of man be in his 25 day. But first must he suffer many things, and be rejected 26 of this generation. And as it was in the days of Noe, so 27 shall it be also in the days of the Son of man. They did eat, they drank, they married wives, they were given in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark; and the 28 flood came, and destroyed them all. Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they 29 bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom, it rained fire and brimstone 30 from heaven, and destroyed them all; even thus shall it be 31 in the day when the Son of man is revealed. In that day, he which shall be upon the house-top, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away; and he that 32 is in the field, let him likewise not return back. Remember 33 Lot's wife. Whosoever shall seek to save his life, shall lose 34 it; and whosoever shall lose his life, shall preserve it. I tell you; In that night there shall be two men in one bed; 35 one shall be taken, and the other shall be left. Two women shall be grinding together; the one shall be taken and the 37 other left. And they answered and said unto him; Where, Lord? And he said unto them; Wheresoever the body is, thither will the eagles be gathered togeth18 er. And he spake a parable unto them to this 2 end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint, saying; There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither

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3 regarded man. And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying; Avenge me of mine adversary. 4 And he would not for a while. But afterward he said within 5 himself; Though I fear not God, nor regard man; yet, because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her; lest by 6 her continual coming she weary me. And the Lord said; 7 Hear what the unjust judge saith. And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he 8 bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

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And he spake this parable unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others; 10 Two men went up into the temple to pray; the one a Phar11 isee, and the other a publican. The Pharisee stood by himself, and prayed thus; God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as 12 this publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all 13 that I possess. And the publican, standing afar off, would not lift up so much as his eyes unto heaven; but smote upon 14 his breast, saying; God, be merciful to me a sinner. I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other; for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

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CALENDAR OF OUR LORD'S MINISTRY.

Jan.

A. D. 29.*

20. Jesus is BAPTIZED and retires to the desert.

Mar.

2. The Priests and Levites come to the Baptist.

3. Christ returns to him, at Bethabara.

4. John and Andrew follow Jesus.

5. Our Lord calls Philip and Nathanael.

6-8. The marriage festival at Cana. Our Lord's FIRST MIRACLE.

9. Jesus goes to Capernaum.

19-25. First Passover. Christ drives the traders from the Temple;

converses with Nicodemus.

26. Our Lord goes into the neighbouring country. Apr.

9.f The walk through the corn-fields.

20. Conference at Sychar with the Samaritan woman. 27. Jesus at Cana cures the sick youth at Capernaum.

May.

8-14. Pentecost. Jesus at Jerusalem.

14.f Cure of the infirm man at Bethesda.

"* The reader is requested to observe, that the dates in this Calendar are, to a considerable degree, conjectural; but that the order of the events does not depend upon the correctness of them. The dates of the Passover (and consequently of the other Festivals) have been ascertained by calculation; and admitting their accuracy, sufficient accuracy may have been obtained in adapting English dates to the following arrangement. In a few cases, besides the Festivals, this adaptation is founded on express testimony; but more usually it is founded on a calculation of the time necessary for the several events. Hence the dates can only be an approximation to the truth; but if they prove consistent with internal evidence, and with what external evidence we possess, they will materially assist the mind in forming a distinct view of the order of events, and in retracing the several parts of it."

† Jewish Sabbaths.

May.

A. D. 29.

15. Christ departs into Galilee, spending the time during Herod's residing in Galilee, and during the intense heat of the summer months, in comparative retirement, till the Feast of Tabernacles.

Sept.

13-19. Feast of Tabernacles; a little before which the Baptist was im

prisoned by Herod.

16. Jesus reaches Jerusalem.

19. The Great Day of the Feast.

20.† Restoration of the blind man. (N. B. This day was a Sabbath by

Lev. xxiii. 39.) After this miracle Christ immediately returned to Galilee, and BEGINS HIS PUBLIC FREACHING there.

Mar.

A. D. 30.

6. Jesus discourses in Capernaum; and works miracles in Gennesaret. He afterwards goes to the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon, and returns through the Decapolis to the eastern shore of the Lake.

14. The miracle of the Four Thousand.

15. Jesus crosses from the neighbourhood of Magdala to Bethsaida in Galilee, and restores sight to the blind man.

18. Peter's avowal of the Messiahship of Jesus, near Cæsarea Philippi. 25. The Transfiguration.

27. The tribute-moncy demanded at Capernaum.

28. Our Lord's DEPARTURE FROM GALILEE: he enters Samaria, and

passes over into the Peræa.

31. The visit of Zacchæus at Jericho.

April.

1.f Our Lord arrives at Bethany.

2. Sunday. Entry into Jerusalem. Voice in the Temple.

3. Monday. The barren fig-tree. The Temple again cleared.

4. Tuesday. Discourses with the Rulers, Herodians, Sadducees, &c.

5. Wednesday. On the Mount of Olives, Christ foretells the destruction

of the Temple. Supper at Bethany.

6. Thursday. Jesus eats the Passover.

7. Friday. The Crucifixion.

8.† Saturday. The Jews seal the sepulchre and set a watch.

9. Lord's Day.

The RESURRECTION. Jesus goes to Emmaus.

16. Lord's Day.

Our Lord appears to Thomas, &c.