M". 12. "how shall then his kingdom stand? and if I A. D. 31. 27" by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do 66 your children cast them out? therefore they 28" shall be your judges. But if I cast out devils 66 66 66 66 e 2 b d b C & 7.14. d &c. & 10. 26, 29. 16. eActs 7.51. by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of Dan.2.44. 29 "God is come unto you. Or else how can one & Is. 49. 24. "enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? 30" and then he will spoil his house. He that "is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth abroad. 31" Wherefore I say unto you, All manner of Heb. 6.4, "sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Holy 1 John 5. 32" Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. And "whosoever speaketh a word against the Son "of man, it shall be forgiven him: but who- 1 Tim. l. "soever speaketh against the Holy Ghost, it "shall not be forgiven him, neither in this Mk.3.30" world, neither in the world to come: because M". 12." they said, He hath an unclean spirit. Either 33" make the tree good, and his fruit good; or "else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit "corrupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34" Ogeneration of vipers, how can ye, being " evil, speak good things? for out of the abund35" ance of the heart the mouth speaketh. A good “man out of the good treasure of the heart 66 66 3 bringeth forth good things: and an evil man "out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil 36" things. But I say unto you, That every idle "word that men shall speak, they shall give 37 account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned." 66 66 66 13. A. D. 31. 43. The scribes and Pharisees are rebuked for seeking after a sign. M". 12. 38 a THEN certain of the scribes and of the Phaa 1 Cor. 1. risees answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said 39 Is. 57.3. unto them, "An evil and 22. 17. d "tion seeketh after a sign; 66 c 2 b adulterous genera and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the proJonah 1. "phet Jonas: for as Jonas was three days and 40 "three nights in the whale's belly; so shall "the Son of man be three days and three nights "in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh 41 "shall rise in judgment with this generation, 3. 11. Ezek. 16. 51, 52. See Jer." and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, be"hold, a greater than Jonas is here. The 42 queen of the south shall rise up in the judg"ment with this generation, and shall condemn f1 Kin. 10. it: for she came from the uttermost parts of Rom. 2.27. e Jonah 3. 5. 1. 2 Chr. 9.1."the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; 66 and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here. "No man, when he hath lighted a candle, L. 11. putteth it in a secret place, neither under a 33 66 66 66 66 66 bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the 34 body is the eye: therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; 66 66 no part dark, the whole shall be full of light, "as when the bright shining of a candle doth 66 g give thee light. When the unclean spirit is M". 12. Job 1.7." gone out of a man, he walketh through dry 43 1 Pet. 5.8.❝ places, seeking rest, and findeth none. Then 44 "he saith, I will return into my house from "whence I came out; and when he is come, he 2 great fish. C. D. Who are truly blessed. 61 M". 12. " findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then A. D. 31. 45" goeth he, and taketh with himself seven other L. 11. 27 66 spirits more wicked than himself, and they "enter in and dwell there: hand the last state h Heb. 6.4. & 10.26. "of that man is worse than the first. Even so 2 Pet. 2.20, "shall it be also unto this wicked generation." 21, 22. 44. Christ declareth who are truly blessed. AND it came to pass, as he spake these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and said unto him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which thou 66 a 28 hast sucked. But he said, "Yea a rather, blessed James 1. M". 12. 46 45. And who are his brethren. a 1 Cor. 9. 5. Gal. 1. 19. WHILE he yet talked to the people, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, de- Acts 1.14. L. 8. 19. siring to speak with him. And they could not M". 12. come at him for the press. Then one said unto 47 him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand 48 without, desiring to speak with thee. But he answered and said unto him that told him, "Who is my mother? and who are my bre49" thren?" And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, "Behold my mother 50" and my brethren! For whosoever shall do Gal. 5. 6. "the will of my Father which is in heaven, the 66 b b & 6. 15. Col. 3. 11. same is my brother, and sister, and mother." Heb. 2.11. A. D. 31. a Tit. 1.15. 46. Reproveth the outward shew of holiness in L. 11. AND as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought 37 him to dine with him: and he went in, and sat 66 a b b Is. 58.7.“make that which is within also? but rather 41 Dan. 4.27. c Ps. 5. 9. 66 66 66 66 66 give alms of such things as ye have; and, 66 66 66 66 66 66 C you also, ye lawyers! for ye lade men with 2 dish. D. stance. D. 3 thoughtless. D. 4 in proportion to your sub L. 11. " some of them they shall slay and persecute: A. D. 31. 50" that the blood of all the prophets, which was "shed from the foundation of the world, may 51" be required of this generation; 66 66 e from the Gen. 4.8. "blood of Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, e 2 Chron. 24. 20, 21. "which perished between the altar and the temple: verily I say unto you, It shall be re52 “quired of this generation. Woe unto you, "lawyers! for ye have taken away the key of knowledge: ye entered not in yourselves, and 53" them that were entering in ye hindered." And as he said these things unto them, the scribes and the Pharisees began to urge him vehemently, and to provoke him to speak of many things: 54 laying wait for him, and seeking to catch something out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. L. 12. 1 47. Christ preacheth to his disciples and the pec- In the mean time, when there were gathered 66 66 66 a light; and that which ye have spoken in the 5 "But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: 66 66 power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, 6" Fear him. Are not five sparrows sold for two "farthings, and not one of them is forgotten 7" before God? but even the very hairs of your Jer. 1. 8. |