now by these events, that divine prediction of the Prophet had its full accomplishment, when he said, "Behold,

When they were gone, an angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, take the infant and his mother, flee into Egypt, and don't stir thence till I order you, for Herod will endeavour to have the child destroy'd. Joseph therefore arose,

Then Herod perceiving he was abused by the Magi, was full of indignation, and sent a detachment who slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and its territory, being under the age of two years, according to the limited time he had learnt of the Magi.

whereby those words of Esaias the prophet, had their full effect, "the land of Zabulon,

and he said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men:

I assure you, heaven and earth may as well cease to be, as that one jot or one tittle of the law should fail of its completion.

but I say unto you, that whosoever is angry with his brother without a cause, shall be punish'd by the tribunal: and whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be punish'd by the Sanhedrim: but whosoever shall say, thou fool, shall be punish'd by the fire of Gehenna.

the rain descended, the floods came, the winds blew, and beat upon that house: but it fell not, for it was founded upon a rock.

but every one that heareth these instructions of mine, and practiseth them not, shall be compared to a fool who built his house upon the sand:

At length Jesus finished his discourse, and the people were fill'd with astonishment at his doctrine.

when a certain scribe came to him, and said, Master, I will follow you where-ever you go.

but Jesus said to him, follow me, and let the dead bury their dead.

As Jesus left that place, he saw one Matthew by name, sitting at the customhouse: and said to him, follow me. and he rose and followed him.

so Jesus arose, together with his disciples, and follow'd him.

and he that does not take his cross, and so follow after me, is unworthy of me.

At that time as Jesus pass'd through the corn on the sabbath day, his disciples being hungry, pluck'd the ears of corn, and fell to eating.

and he answer'd, which of you all that should have one of his sheep fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, would not bestir himself, and lift it out?

and in sowing, part of the grain fell in the high-way, and the fowls light and peck'd them up:

another part fell upon stony places, where it had not much earth: and it soon sprung up, because the soil was shallow:

another part fell among thorns: and the thorns grew up and choked it.

where other seed fell, denotes the man that heareth the word, and at first receives it with pleasure:

he that is meant by the thorny ground, where other seed fell, is one that heareth the word: which by cares of this life, and the deceitful love of riches, is soon stifled, and becomes unfruitful:

when it is full, they drag it to shore, then sit down, and pick out the good to lay by, but throw the bad away.

and were filled: and they carried away twelve baskets full of fragments that were left.

but he answered them, why do you violate the law of God to follow your tradition?

let them alone: they are blind leaders of the blind. now if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

'tis true, Lord, said she: yet even puppies eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.

so that they all eat, and were satiated: the superfluous fragments they carried off, amounting to seven baskets full:

and in the morning, a foul day: when the sky is of a dusky red. hypocrites, can ye judge of the appearance of the sky, and yet not discern the signs of these times?

Then addressing himself to his disciples, if any man, said he, would follow me, let him renounce himself, take up his cross, and so follow me.

and when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were in a terrible fright.

But whoever shall occasion such an humble believer to fall off from the faith, it were better for him that a mill-stone were hang'd about his neck, and that he were plung'd to the bottom of the sea.

the servant therefore fell prostrate before him, and cry'd out, Lord, allow me but time and I will pay the whole.

but this very servant presently after met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him an hundred pence: and violently seizing him, said, pay me the debt.

and his fellow-servant fell at his feet, and embraced him, saying, allow me time, and I will pay thee all.

his fellow-servants upon seeing this were very much concern'd, and went to acquaint their master with what had pass'd.

should not you then have had the like compassion for thy fellow servant as I had for thee?

Jesus said, if thou wilt be perfect, go sell your estate, give the value to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: then come and follow me.

Then said Peter, but we, who have left every thing to follow thee; what advantage shall we get by it?

who upon the receipt of it fell a murmuring against the master, and cry'd,

saying, " tell ye the daughter of Sion, behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting on an ass, even a colt, the fole of an ass."

but when the chief priests and Scribes saw the wonders that he did, and the young people crying in the temple, "Hosanna to the son of David;" they were full of indignation.

Jesus answered them, I declare to you, if ye have a full assurance of faith, ye shall not only be able to do this to a fig-tree, but if ye should even say to this mountain, be thou removed, and cast into the sea; it should be done.

and whosoever shall stumble at this stone, shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, he shall be entirely crush'd.

therefore whatever moral precepts they bid you observe, those observe and practise; but don't follow their example: for they preach one thing, and practise another.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye clean the outside of the cup, and of the plate, but within they are full of rapine and impurity.

wo unto you, Scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites; for ye are like whited sepulchres, which to outward appearance are fine. but within are full of dead mens bones, and all sort of filth.

just so ye put on an air of probity in the sight of men, but within are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

children that can't fail to fill up the measure of your fathers iniquities.

consider it well) let those who are then in Judea, flee into the mountains,

Immediately after the tribulation of those days, the sun shall be darkned, and the moon shall not give her light, and the stars shall fall from heaven, and the powers of the heavens shall be shaken.

heaven and earth may fail, but my words shall never fail.

and shall pretend to assault his fellow-servants, and spend his time with sots:

his lord answered and said unto him, thou vile slothful wretch, you knew that I reap where I sowed not, and gather where I have not scatter'd:

take then that worthless fellow, turn him out in the dark, there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

Then advancing a little further, he fell prostrate in prayer, and said, "O my father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not mine, but thy will be done."

and when he was going out at the porch, another maid saw him, and said to those that were by, this fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth.

then he fell to solemn imprecations, and swore, "I don't know the man." and immediately the cock crew:

Immediately the vail of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom; the earth trembled, the rocks split,