Then let them which be in Judæa flee into the mountains.

And let him that is on the housetop not come down to

take any thing out of his house. Neither let him which

is in his field return back to take his clothes.

HOMILY LXXVII.

Page 1020.

Matt. xxiv. 32, 33.

Now learn a parable of the fig tree; when his branch is yet

tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that summer is

nigh: so likewise ye, when ye shall see all these things,

know that it is near, even at the doors.

HOMILY LXXVIII.

Page 1035.

Matt. xxv. 1-30.

Then shall the kingdom of Heaven, He saith, be likened

unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth

to meet the Bridegroom. But five of them were wise,

and the other five foolish, which took not, He saith, oil.

Then, while the Bridegroom tarried, they all slumbered

and slept. And at midnight there was a cry made,

Behold, the Bridegroom cometh; go ye out to meet Him.

And the five arose, and being in perplexity, said to the

wise, Give us of your oil. But they consented not, saying,

Not so, lest there be not enough for us and you; go to

them that sell, and buy.

And while they were gone for this, the Bridegroom came,

and those went in; but these came afterwards, saying,

Lord, Lord, open to us. But He answered and said, Verily

I say unto you, I know you not.
Watch therefore, for ye

know not the day, nor the hour.

Then He spake again another parable. A man tra-

velling into a far country, called his own servants, and

delivered unto them his goods; to one five talents, to

another two, to another one, to every man according to

his several ability, and took his journey. Then, when

the two had brought him the double, he that had been

entrusted with the one talent brought it alone, and being

blamed saith, I knew that thou art a hard man, reaping

where thou hast not sown, and gathering where thou hast

not strawed; and I was afraid, and hid thy talent; lo!

there thou hast that is thine. His Lord answered and

said, Thou wicked servant, thou knewest that I reap

where I have not sown, and gather where I have not

strawed thou oughtest therefore to have put my money

to the exchangers, and then at my coming I might have

received mine own with usury. Take therefore the

talent from him, and give it to him that hath ten talents.

For to him that hath shall be given, and he shall have

more abundantly; but from him that hath not, shall be

taken away even that which he hath. And cast ye the

unprofitable servant into outer darkness, there shall be

weeping and gnashing of teeth.

HOMILY LXXIX.

Page 1046.

Matt. xxv. 31—41.

When the Son of Man shall come in the glory of His Father,

and all the holy Angels with Him, then shall He sit, saith

He, upon the throne of His glory, and He shall divide the

sheep from the kids; and the one He will accept, because

they fed Him, when an hungred, and gave Him drink when

thirsty, and took Him in when a stranger, and clothed Him

when naked, and visited Him when sick, and came to see

Him when in prison: and He will give the kingdom to

them. But the others, accusing them for the opposite

things, He will send into the eternal fire, prepared for the

devil and his angels.

Page 1058.

Matt. xxvi. 6, 7.

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon the

leper, there came unto Him a woman having an alabaster

box of very precious ointment, and poured it on His Head,

as He sat at meat.

HOMILY LXXXI.

Page 1069.

Matt. xxvi. 17, 18.

Now the first day of the feast of unleavened bread the disciples

came to Jesus, saying, Where will Thou that we prepare

for Thee to eat the Passover? And He said, Go into the

city to such a man, and say unto him, The Master saith,

My time is at hand; I will keep the Passover at thy house

with My disciples.

HOMILY LXXXII.

Page 1082.

Matt. xxvi. 26-28.

And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and gave thanks,

and brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, Take,

eat; This is My Body.

And He took a cup, and gave thanks, and gave it to them,

saying, Drink ye all of it; This is My Blood of the New

Testament, Which is shed for many, for the remission of

sins.

CONTENTS.

HOMILY LXXXIII.

Page 1095.

Matt. xxvi. 36-38.

Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Geih-

semane, and saith unto the Disciples, Sit ye here, while I

go and pray yonder. And He took with Him Peter and

the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be very sorrowful

and very heary: and He saith unto them, My Soul is

exceeding sorrowful, even unto death; tarry ye here, and

watch with Me.

HOMILY LXXXIV.

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Page 1105.

Matt. xxvi. 51-54.

And, behold, one of them which were with Jesus stretched

forth his hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant

of the high priest's, and smole off his ear.

Then said Jesus unto him, Put up again thy sword unto his

place, for all they that take the sword, shall perish by the

sword. Thinkest thou that I cannot pray to My Father,

and He shall presently give me more than twelve legions

of angels? How then should the Scriptures be fulfilled

that thus it must be?

HOMILY LXXXV.

Page 1115.

Matt. xxvi. 67, 68.

Then did they spit in His Face, and buffeted Him, and others

smote Him with the palms of their hands, saying, Prophesy

unto us, Thou Christ, who is he that smote Thee?

Page 1126.

Matt. xxvii. 11, 12.

And Jesus stood before the governor; and the governor asked

Him, saying, Art Thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus said

unto him, Thou sayest. And when He was accused of the

chief priests and elders, He answered nothing.

HOMILY LXXXVII.

Page 1136.

Matt. xxvii. 27—29.

Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the common

hall, and gathered unto him the whole band of soldiers;

and they stripped Him, and put on Him a purple robe; and

when they had platted a crown of thorns, they put it on His

Head, and a reed in His Right Hand; and they bowed the

knee before Him, and mocked Him, saying, Hail, King of

the Jews!

HOMILY LXXXVIII.

Page 1145.

Matt. xxvii. 45-48.

Now from the sixth hour there was darkness over all the earth

until the ninth hour. And about the ninth hour Jesus cried

with a loud voice, and said, Eli, Eli, lima sabachthani?

that is to say, My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken

Me? Some of them that stood there, when they heard that,

said, This Man calleth for Elias. And straightway one of

them ran, and took a sponge, and filled it with vinegar, and

put it on a reed, and gave Him to drink.