for where your treasure is, there likewise will your affections be.

happy those servants, whom the master at his arrival shall find thus watching: I assure you, he shall gird himself, and make them sit at table, and will come to serve them.

be ye therefore likewise prepar'd; for the son of man will come, when you least expect him.

I assure you, he will intrust him with the management of his whole estate.

his master will return on a day he does not expect him, and a an hour he is ignorant of; he will separate him from the rest, and give him a treatment answerable to his infidelity.

but the servant, who knows his master's will, and prepares not himself, nor executes his orders, shall receive many stripes.

whereas he that does not know it, and does things worthy of chastisement, shall receive fewer stripes. for to whom much is given, of him shall much be required, and the more a man has been trusted, the greater will be the demand.

do you imagine that my coming will produce peace on the earth? I tell you, no; but rather division.

for the future, if there are five persons in one family, they will be divided; three against two, and two against three.

the father will be at variance with his son, and the son with the father: the mother with the daughter, and the daughter with the mother: the mother-in-law with the daughter-in-law, and the daughter-in-law with the mother-in-law.

and when the south wind blows, you say, there will be heat; and so it happens.

I tell you, you will not get out, till you have paid to the last farthing.

and somebody ask'd him, Lord, will there be but few people saved? to which he answered,

when once the master of the family is enter'd in, and has fastned the door, you will stand without beating at the door, and cry, Lord, Lord, let us in: but he will answer, you are strangers to me.

then you will say, we have eat, and drank with you, and you have taught in our streets.

but he will answer, I tell you, you are strangers to me: depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.

there will be weeping, and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, and you yourselves thrust out.

then you will see those, who were last, become first: and those who were first, become last.

but he answered them, go, tell that fox, that to-day and to-morrow I am casting out demons, and performing cures, and the third day my course will be finished:

you will soon find your aboad become desolate. I declare unto you, you shall not see me till the time, when you will say, "blessed is he that comes in the name of the Lord."

but when you are invited, go place your self last; that he, who invited you, when he comes, may say to you, friend, go up higher: and that will do you honour before all the company at table.

this man, will they say, began to build, but wanted stock to finish.

or where is the king, that will march to give battle to another king, without setting himself first to deliberate, whether he is strong enough with ten thousand to withstand an army of twenty thousand?

who of you that has an hundred sheep, will not, upon losing one, leave the ninety nine in the desart, to go after that which is lost, till he finds it?

or if a woman, that has ten pieces of money, should lose one of them, will she not light a lamp, sweep the house, and carefully search, till she find it?

and when 'tis found, will she not call her friends aud neighbours together, and say, rejoice with me, for I have found the piece, I had lost?

I will depart, and go to my father, and say to him, father, I have sinned against heaven, and against thee;

I must do something that will secure me a reception in other families, when I have lost my place in this.

He that is faithful in a small trust, will be faithful in a greater: and he that is unfaithful in a little, will be unfaithful in much.

a servant cannot serve two masters: for either he will neglect the one, and attend the other; or he will be attached to the first, and misbehave to the last. you cannot serve God and mammon.

no, father Abraham, said he, they will not: but if any of the dead went to them, they will certainly repent.

Abraham replied, if they disregard Moses and the prophets, they will not believe any one, though he rose from the dead.

Who of you having a servant, that plows, or feeds your cattle, will immediately upon his coming from field, say to him, come and sit at table?

will he think himself oblig'd to that servant for doing what he was order'd? I believe not.

At length he said to his disciples, the time will come, when ye will wish to see the son of man appear, and shall not see him.

they will tell you, here he is, or, he is there: but don't go out to follow them;

he that seeks to save his life, will expose it; and he that exposes his life, will preserve it.

then they ask'd him, where, Lord, will this happen? he reply'd, wherever the carcase is, there will the eagles hover together.

yet, because this widow importunes me, I will do her justice, that she may'nt be continually coming to teaze me.

and will not God avenge his own elect, who cry to him night and day? will he delay their cause?

I tell you, he will speedily avenge them. however, when the son of man comes, how few of the faithful will he find in the land?

for he shall be delivered to the Gentiles by the Jews, who will treat him with mockery,

but Zaccheus address'd himself to Jesus, and said, Lord, half my estate I give to the poor; and if I have wrong'd any man, I will give him four times the value.

but he being hated by the citizens, after he was gone, they sent a deputation to court, to make this protest, "we will not have him for our king."

wicked slave, said he, from your own mouth will I convict thee. "you knew I was a hard master, exacting what I never gave, and reaping where I never sowed:

saying to them, go to the village opposite to you: at your entrance there, you will find a colt ty'd, that was never yet back'd: untie it and bring it here.

for the time will shortly come, when your enemies shall open their trenches before thee, hem you in, and closely besiege you:

they will level you to the ground, extirpate your inhabitants, and bury your buildings in ruins: because you have not consider'd the overtures I made you.

Jesus answer'd, I will ask you one question;

but they reason'd thus with themselves, if we should say, it was divine, he will reply, why then did not you believe him?

Jesus replied, neither will I tell you by what authority I act thus.

upon which the master of the vineyard said, what shall I do? I will send my beloved son: perhaps his presence will engage their respect.

so they kill'd him, and threw him out of the vineyard. what punishment now will the master inflict upon them?

he will come and destroy these husbandmen, and give his vineyard to others. but they, taking the hint, cried out, God forbid.

whoever falls upon that stone shall be bruised, but on whom it falls, it will crush him to pieces.

at the resurrection therefore, to which of them will she be wife? for she had been married to all the seven.

for by the resurrection they will inherit a nature truely angelical and divine.

And when ye shall hear of wars, and seditions, be not alarm'd. for these must first happen: but the end will not be so soon.

but before all these events, they will seize upon you and persecute you, drag you to the synagogues and to prisons, being accused before kings and governours, for professing my name.

for I will make you speak with such strength of argument, as all your adversaries shall not be able to contradict or withstand.

you will be betrayed even by your very parents, and brethren, and kindred, and friends. nay, some of you they will prosecute even to death.

you will be hated by all mankind for professing my name,

by your perseverance you will save your souls.

wo to them that are with child, or to them that give suck in those days: for this will be a region of great distress, and wrath will pour down upon this people.

he answered, when you are in the city, you will meet a man with a pitcher of water; follow him to the house, where he goes in:

and he will show you a large upper room ready fitted: there prepare the supper.

for I tell you, I will not drink of the fruit of the vine to the time when the kingdom of God shall come.

but Jesus said, before the cock proclaims the day, you will thrice deny that ever you knew me.

he pray'd in these words, father, "O that you would divert this cup from me! nevertheless not my will, but thine be done."

and said to him, if you are the Christ, say so. but he answer'd, if I should tell you so, you will not believe it.

and if I should argue it with you, you will neither answer me, nor let me go.

I will therefore order him to be whipp'd, and then release him.

however he urg'd it a third time, why, what crime has he done? I don't find he has done any thing that deserves death: I will therefore order him to be whipp'd, and so dismiss him.

for now the time is coming, when it will be said, happy are the barren, and they who never bare, happy the breast, that never gave suck.

for if the green wood burn thus, how will the dry wood flame?

Jesus answered them, saying, destroy this temple, and within three days I will raise it up.

to this said the Jews, forty and six years was this temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three days?

but he that doth right, cometh to the light, that his deeds may be made manifest, because they are agreeable to the will of God.

Jesus answered her, they that drink of this water, will be thirsty again:

then said the woman to him, I know that the Messias (that is to say the Christ) is to come, and when he is come, he will tell us all things.

Jesus said to them, my meat is to do the will of him that sent me, and to finish his work.

but Jesus said to him, except you see signs and miracles, you will not believe.

Jesus seeing him lie there, and knowing that he had been sick a long time, said to him, will you be cured?

for the father loveth the son, and sheweth him all that he himself doth: and he will shew him greater works than these, so that you will be surprized.

for as the father raiseth up the dead, and restores them to life: even so the son gives life to whom he will.

Of my self I can do nothing: according to my instructions I judge: and my judgment is just; because I do not consult my own will, but the will of the father who hath sent me.

nor will his Logos abide among you: for tho' he hath sent him, you do not believe him.

yet you will not come to me, that ye may have life.

I am come in my father's name, and you receive me not: if another should come in his own name, him you will receive.

don't imagine that I shall accuse you to my father: even Moses himself in whom you confide, will be your accuser.

but said they, what miracle then will you let us see to make us believe you? what strange work will you perform?

all those whom my father gives me, shall come to me; and I will not reject any that come to me.

for I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.

and the will of him who sent me is this, that I should not lose any one of those he has given me, but should raise them again at the last day: this,

I say, is the will of him that sent me, that every one who observes the son, and believeth on him, should have everlasting life: and I will raise him up at the last day.

no man can come to me, except the father who hath sent me, conduct him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

I am the living bread, that is come down from heaven: whosoever shall eat of this bread, shall live for ever: and the bread that I will give, is my flesh, which I will give for the life of the world.

but Jesus answer'd, I assure you, except ye eat the flesh of the son of man, and drink his blood, ye will have no life in you.

he that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.

upon which Jesus said to the twelve, will not ye likewise go away?