so he departed and went to his father. but while he was yet at a distance, his father saw him, and mov'd with compassion, ran and threw himself upon his neck, and kissed him.

upon this he was full of resentment, and refused to go in: and when his father came out to persuade him, he replied to his father,

how many years have I serv'd you, without having ever disobey'd your orders? and yet you never bestow'd a kid upon me, to make merry with my friends:

upon making him appear, he said to him, what information is this, I hear against thee? give an account of your administration, for you must not be my steward any longer.

upon which the steward said in himself, what shall I do, now my master strips me of my employment? dig I cannot: and 'tis shameful to beg: I see it now,

a certain beggar named Lazarus, was lying at his gate, and tho' cover'd with ulcers, the very dogs came and fawned upon him.

upon which he said, father, I beg it of you, that you would send him to my father's family, where I have five brothers,

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?

won't he rather say, get ready my supper, dress yourself, and wait upon me, till I have done eating and drinking; after that, take your meal?

Upon the Pharisees asking him, when the kingdom of God should come, he answer'd them, the kingdom of God is not usher'd in with pomp and exclamations,

Then he propos'd this parable, concerning those who had a great opinion of their own justice, and look'd with contempt upon others.

upon hearing that, Jesus said to him, one thing you have yet to do: sell all you have, and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: then come, and follow me.

upon hearing this he was very sad: for he had a large estate.

upon which the audience said, who then can be saved?

Jesus answer'd, I declare unto you, no one has ever quitted house or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, upon account of the gospel-dispensation,

upon seeing this, they all murmur'd, saying, he is going to be treated by a dissolute person.

upon his return, being confirm'd king, he order'd the servants, he had trusted with the money, to appear, and inform him, what improvement each of them had made.

so they brought it to Jesus. and throwing their garments upon the colt, they mounted Jesus thereon.

upon this some of the Pharisees, who were in the crowd, said to him, master, rebuke your disciples.

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

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?

then Jesus looking upon them, said, what is the meaning then of that expression, "the stone, which the builders rejected, is become the chief stone of the angle."

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

The chief priests, and the Scribes perceiving that he had applied this parable to them, were eager to seize upon him at that very time; but they were afraid of the people.

but Jesus perceiving their malicious design, said to them, why do you practise upon me?

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.

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.

there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars: and upon the earth distress of nations under confusion, the sea and the waves roaring.

men dying with fear under the apprehension of those calamities, which are coming upon the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

set a guard upon yourselves, that ye be not stupified by surfeiting and drunkenness, or by the disquietudes of this life, and so that day come upon you with a surprize.

be therefore upon your guard, be constant in prayer, that you may be accounted worthy to escape all those future ills, and be able to stand in the presence of the son of God.

yet there's the hand that is to seize me, now upon the table.

upon this they began to enquire of one another, which of them it was that should do such an action.

At length he withdrew from them about a stone's cast, where falling upon his knees,

whereupon the Lord turned about, and look'd upon Peter. then Peter remembred what the Lord had said to him, "before the cock-crowing you shall deny me thrice."

upon this they cry'd, what occasion have we for further evidence? for we ourselves have heard enough from his own mouth.

As they were conducting him to execution, they seiz'd upon one Simon of Cyrene, who was coming to town, and oblig'd him to carry the cross after Jesus,

The centurion upon seeing what had happen'd, gave glory to God, and said, certainly this was a righteous man.

upon which they were frightned, and bowed themselves to the very ground: but the men said to them, why do you look among the dead for one that is alive?

and upon their return from the sepulchre, they related the whole matter to the eleven, and all the other disciples.

yet Peter got up, and ran to the sepulchre, where stooping down he saw nothing but the linnen lying there: upon which he went away wondring with himself at such an event.

and their conversation ran upon all that had lately happened.

when looking upon him more intently, they perceiv'd that it was Jesus. but he vanish'd out of sight.

Upon this, they said to one another, to what ardor did not our affections rise, while he talk'd with us by the way, and while he expounded to us the scriptures?

upon which he said to them, why are you in this confusion? what is it, that your minds are so perplex'd?

then he open'd their minds to make them understand the scriptures, and said to them,

and John testified, saying, I saw the spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him.

I had not known him: but he that sent me to baptize with water, had told me, "upon whom thou shalt see the spirit descending and remaining on him, the same is he who baptizeth with the holy spirit."

and he said to him, I declare unto you, hereafter you shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending, and descending upon the son of man.

upon which his mother bid the servants do whatever he should order.

upon which he made a whip of small cords, and drove them all out of the temple, with their sheep, and oxen; and threw about the changers money, and over-set the tables; and said to the dove-sellers,

which put his disciples in mind of that passage, "my zeal for thine house does prey upon me."

the bridegroom is he that hath a right to the bride: as for the friend of the bridegroom, who is nigh his person and heareth him, he greatly rejoyces at the voice of the bridegroom: upon this account my joy is compleat.

our fathers worshipped upon this mountain; and you say, that Jerusalem is the place where we ought to perform our worship.

Upon this his disciples came, and were surpriz'd at his conversing with the woman: yet none of them said, what did you ask her? or, why do you talk with her?

upon which the disciples said one to another, hath any man brought him any thing to eat?

upon this occasion, that saying is verified, "one soweth, and another reapeth."

as he was upon the road, his servants met him, and acquainted him, that his son was well.

upon which occasion the Jews persecuted Jesus, and sought to slay him, because he did such things on the sabbath-day.

upon which Jesus said to them, verily, verily I say unto you, the son can do nothing of himself, except he sees the father do it: for whatever he doth, that the son does likewise.

but Jesus perceiving they designed to come and take him by force to make him a king, retired again upon a mountain all alone.

Upon this the Jews disputed among themselves, saying, how can this man give us his flesh to eat?

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

upon which the Jews said among themselves, whither will he go, that we cannot find him? will he go to the dispersed Jews among the Greeks, and instruct the Greeks?

upon which the Pharisees answered, are ye also seduced?

upon this discourse many believed on him.

upon this said the Jews to him, now we plainly perceive you are mad. Abraham is dead, and the prophets too; and yet you say, if a man observes your doctrine, he shall never die.

the Pharisees therefore ask'd him likewise, how he had received his sight. he told them, he put clay upon mine eyes, and I washed, and now see.

upon which his disciples said, master, it is not long since the Jews attempted to stone you; and are you for going thither again?

many of the Jews came to Martha and Mary, to condole with them upon the loss of their brother.

upon which the Jews said, see how he loved him.

upon this the chief priests and the Pharisees being assembled in council, said, what shall we do? for this man performs many miracles.

now Jesus was riding upon a young ass, which he got by the way; as it is written,

and it was upon the rumour of this miracle, that the people crowded to him.

Upon which the people said to him, we have learnt from the law, that the Messiah is to live for ever: why do you say then, the son of man must be lift up? who is this son of man?

believe me, I am in the father, and the father in me: at least believe me upon account of the very works.

remember what I told you, "the servant is not greater than his master." if they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you: if they have been spies upon my discourse, they will be so upon yours.

upon Jesus his saying to them, I am he, they fell backward to the ground.

Upon his expressing himself thus, one of the officers there present, struck Jesus on the face, saying, answerest thou the high priest so?

upon this Pilate said to him, you are then a king? Jesus answered, you say right, for I am a king. to this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, to persuade mankind of the truth. every one that loves truth is observant of my directions.

what is truth? said Pilate. and upon saying this, he went out again to the Jews, and said to them, I don't find he is guilty of any crime.

upon which they all cried out again: not him, but Barabbas. now Barabbas was a robber.

Pilate upon hearing that, was still more apprehensive.

upon this, Pilate propos'd to release him: but the Jews cried out, if you let this man go, you are not Cesar's friend: he that sets up for king, opposes Cesar.

upon which he delivered him up to them to be crucified. So the soldiers took Jesus and led him away.

now there was set a vessel full of vinegar: and they filled a spunge with vinegar, and put it upon a stick of hyssop, and held it to his mouth.

Now for fear the bodies should remain upon the cross on the sabbath-day, for it was then the eve of the pascal-sabbath, a day of high solemnity, the Jews desired Pilate that their legs might be broke, and that they might be taken away.

he that relates this, was an eye-witness of it, and his relation is true: and he is so assured, what he says is true, that you may rely upon it.

upon this she went in great haste to Simon Peter, and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved, and said to them, they have taken away the Lord out of the sepulchre, and we know not where they have laid him.

At length Jesus shewed himself again to the disciples upon the sea-coast of Tiberias; and the manner of his appearance was thus.

assoon as they were come to land, they saw fish frying upon a fire of coals there, and bread.

upon seeing him, Peter said to Jesus, Lord, and what shall become of him?

but ye shall receive the influence of the holy spirit, which will descend upon you: and ye shall be witnesses for me, in Jerusalem, in all Judea, and in Samaria, and to the remotest part of the earth.

and having drawn lots; the lot fell upon Matthias, who was added to the eleven apostles.

and there appeared several little flames, and sat upon each of them:

and upon the rumour of this event, the multitude came together, and were confounded, every man hearing the disciples speak in his own language.

"it shall come to pass in the last days (saith God) I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men dream dreams:

that, as he was a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him, to place the fruit of his loins upon his throne: foreseeing this,

Peter and John having their eyes upon him, Peter said, look on us.