"Thou wicked and slothful servant! thou knewest that I reap where I have not sown, and gather where I have not scattered? thou oughtest therefore to have put my money to the exchangers,1 and then at my coming I should have received mine own with interest. Take therefore the talent from him, and give it unto him which hath ten talents. For unto every one that hath 2 shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but from him that hath not shall be taken away even that which he hath. And cast out the unprofitable servant into the outer darkness: there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

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"But when the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the angels with him, then will he sit upon the throne of his glory and before him will be gathered all nations : and he will separate them from one another, as the shepherd separateth the sheep from the goats: and he will set the sheep on his right hand, and the goats on the left. Then will the King say unto them on his right hand, 'Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world: for I was hungry, and ye gave me to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : I was a stranger, and ye took me in: naked, and ye clothed me I was sick, and ye visited me: I was in prison, and ye came unto me.' Then will the righteous answer him, saying, 'Lord, when saw we thee hungry, and fed thee? or thirsty, and gave thee drink? when saw we thee a stranger, and took thee in? or naked, and clothed thee? and when saw we thee sick, or in prison, and came unto thee?' And the King will answer and say unto them, 'Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it unto one of the least of these

1 Or, the bankers: v. H. n. more-(i. e. than was given him.)

2 Or, hath acquired more-hath not acquired 3 Or, received me as your guest: v. H. n.

my brethren, ye did it unto me.' Then will he say also unto them on the left hand, 'Depart from me, ye cursed, into the everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels: for I was hungry, and ye gave me not to eat: I was thirsty, and ye gave me no drink: I was a stranger, and ye took me not in: naked, and ye clothed me not: sick, and in prison, and ye visited me not.' Then will they also answer, saying, 'Lord, when saw we thee hungry, or thirsty, or a stranger, or naked, or sick, or in prison, and did not minister unto thee?' Then will he answer them, saying, 'Verily say unto you, Inasmuch as ye did it not to one of the least of these, ye did it not to me.' And these will go away into everlasting punishment, but the righteous into everlasting life."

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SECT. VIII.

The Sanhedrim consult how to put Jesus to death: Judas offers to deliver him up to them.

MATT. xxvi. 1-5, 14-16. MARK xiv. 1, 2, 10, 11. LUKE xxi. 37—xxii. 6.

AND it came to pass, when Jesus ended all these words, he said unto his disciples, "Ye know that after 1 two days is the passover, and the Son of man is delivered up to be crucified."

(Now in the day time he had been teaching in the temple; and at night he had gone out and passed the night at the mount that is called the mount of Olives. And all the people came to him in the temple early in the morning, to hear him.)

But the feast of unleavened bread drew nigh, which is called the Passover. Then the Chief Priests, and the Scribes, the Elders of the people, were gathered together at the

1 Or, within.

palace of the High Priest, who was called Caiaphas; and they consulted that they might take Jesus by craft, and put him to death. But they said, "Not during the feast, lest there should be a tumult among the people."1

Then Satan entered into Judas surnamed Iscariot, who was of the number of the twelve. And he went and con

ferred with the Chief Priests and the Prefects of the temple, how he might deliver him up unto them, and said, "What are ye willing to give me, and I will deliver him up unto you?" And when they heard it, they were glad, and covenanted to give him money. And they paid him 2 thirty pieces of silver. And he promised; and, from that time, he sought opportunity to deliver him up unto them, apart from the multitude.

PART IX.

THE LAST DAY OF THE SAVIOUR'S MORTAL LIFE.

SECT. I.

Peter and John commissioned to prepare for the Paschal

Supper.

MATT. XXVI. 17-19. MARK xiv. 12-16. LUKE Xxii. 7-13.

Now the first day of unleavened bread came, when it was necessary for the passover to be killed. And he sent two of his disciples, Peter and John, saying, "Go and make ready for us the passover, that we may eat it." And they said unto him, "Where wilt thou that we make ready?”1 And he said unto them, "Go ye into the city, and, behold, when ye have entered it, there will meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water follow him. And wheresoever he shall enter in, say ye to the master of the house, The Teacher saith, My time is near, I keep the passover at thy house: where is the guestchamber, in which I may eat the passover with my disciples ? And he will show you a large upper room furnished and ready there make ready for us." And his disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as he said unto them and they made ready the passover.

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1 L. the disciples came to Jesus, saying unto him, "Where wilt thou that we make ready for thee to eat the passover ?" M., 80 Mk.

SECT. II.

Circumstances at the Paschal Table before the Institution of the Lord's Supper.1

MATT. xxvi. 20-25. MARK xiv. 17-21. LUKE Xxii. 14-18, 21-38. JOHN xiii.

Now when evening came, he goeth with the twelve. And when the hour came, he placed himself at table,1 and the twelve apostles with him. And he said unto them, "With desire I have desired 2 to eat this passover with you

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I suffer for I say unto you, I shall not any more eat of it, until it be fulfilled in the kingdom of God."

And he took the cup,1 and gave thanks, and said, “Take this, and divide it among yourselves: for I say unto you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine, until the kingdom of God shall have come."

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Now there was even a strife among them, which of them seemed to be greatest. And he said unto them, "The kings of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them; and they that exercise authority over them are called benefactors. But ye shall not act thus: but let the greater among you the younger; and him that leadeth as he that serveth. which is greater, he that is at table, or he that serveth? is not he that is at table? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth. Now ye are they who have continued with me in my trials: and, since my Father hath appointed unto me a kingdom, I promise unto you, that ye shall eat and drink at my table in my kingdom; and ye shall sit on thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel."

Now before the feast of the passover, Jesus knowing that his hour had come, that he should depart out of this world,

1 v. H. n. 2 Or, I have earnestly desired.