LUKE VII. Christ's testimony m Ma. 3.5. of John. drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous ch. 3. 12. man, and a winebibOr, frus-licans and sinners! ber, a friend of pub trated. n Ac. 20. 27. greater prophet than John the Baptist: but he that is least in the 35 But wisdom is kingdom of God is Ep. 1. 11. justified of all her greater than he. * 1 Or,within children. 29 And all the peo-themselves. ple that heard him, o and the publicans, justified God, m'being baptized with the bap-p tism of John. 30 But the Pharisees and lawyers trejected the counsel of God against themselves, being not baptized of him. La. 2. 13. Ma. 3. 4. Mar. 1.6. Ho. 14. 9. Ma. 11. 19. Ma. 26.6, Mar. 14.3. Jno. 11. 2. s ch. 15. 2. 31 And the Lord said, • Whereunto ver. 28then shall I liken the i. e. In the men of this genera- Gospel distion? and to what are pensation, greater hothey like? nour and nisters and 32 They are like blessings unto children sitting would be in the marketplace, conferred on and calling one to Christ's mianother, and saying, people; We have piped unto superior gifts you, and ye have not of the Spirit danced; we have bestowed, mourned to you, and ye have not wept. &c. Or rather, The 33 For P John the taker of spiBaptist came neither ritual blesseating bread norings is more drinking wine; and highly favoured, than ye say, He hath a if he were devil. the greatest 34 The Son of man of prophets. is come eating and 36 And one of the Pharisees desired him that he would eat with him. And he went into the Pharisee's house, and sat down to meat. 37 And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that Jesus sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 38 And stood at his feet behind him weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe them with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment. 39 Now when the Pharisee which had bidden him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, This man, if he were prophet, would have known who and what manner of woman this is that toucheth him: for she is a sinner. a Christ's feet LUKE VIII. 40 And Jesus an-[ A. D. 31. swering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, say on. 41 There was a certain creditor which had two debtors: the one owed five hundred + pence, and the other fifty. 42 And when they had nothing to pay, + Ma. 18. 28. t Ps. 23. 5. u 1 Ti.1. 14. x Ma. 9. 2. Mar. 2. 5. y Ma. 9. 3. Mar. 2. 7. z ch. 8. 48. & 18. 42. Ma. 9. 22. Mar. 5. 34. & 10. 52. 56. he frankly forgave a Ma.27. 55, them both. Tell me therefore, which of them will love him ver. 46most? It was the 43 Simon answered custom of and said, I suppose welcome the Jews to that he, to whom he their guests forgave most. And by saluting he said unto him, them with Thou hast rightly their feet, judged. and anoint a kiss,washing 44 And he turned ing their to the woman, and head with said unto Simon, oi!, or fine Seest thou this wo- ointment. man? I entered into ver. 47thine house, thou i. . Her great love gavest me no water should satisfor my feet but she fy thee, that hath washed my feet she is a parwith tears, and wiped doned sinthem with the hairs of ner; while her head. thy own 45 Thou gavest me gard should no kiss: but this lead thee to woman since the suspect, that time I came in hath thou art as not ceased to kiss given. yet unformy feet. scanty re anointed. 46 My head with oil thou didst not anoint but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment.* I 47 u Wherefore say unto thee, Her sins, which are many, are forgiven; for she loved much but to whom little is forgiven, the same loveth little.* 48 And he said un- to her, 49 And they that sat at meat with him began to say within themselves, y Who is this that forgiveth sins also? 50 And he said to the woman, z Thy faith hath saved thee; go in peace. CHAP. VIII. 1 AND it came to pass afterward, that he went throughout every city and vil lage, preaching and shewing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God: and the twelve were with him, 2 And a certain women, which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, out b of whom went A. D. 31. seven devils, 3 And Joanna the b Mar. 16.9. wife of Chuza Herod's steward, and Susanna, and many others, which ministered unto him of their substance. 4 And when much people were gathered together, and were e come to him out of every city, he spake by a parable: 5 A sower went out to sow his seed: and as he sowed, some fell by the way side; and it was trodden down, and the fowls of the air devoured it. 6 And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung. up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture. Ho. 6. 3. Ma.13. 10. 18. 36. & 15. 15. the sower. ples asked him, say. ing, What might this parable be? 10 And he c Ma. 13. 2. said, Mar. 4. 1. Unto you it is given to know the *mysteries of the kingdom of God: but to others in parables; e that seeing they might not see, and hearing they might not understand. Mar. 4. 10. Jno.15. 15. De. 29. 1. Is. 6. 9. Ma. 13. 14. 17. Mar. 4. 12. 27. Ro. 11. 7. f Is 8. 20. Ma. 13. 18. Mar. 4. 14. 1 Co. 3. 6, Ja. 1. 21. 1 Pe.1.23. 25. The way or scheme 7 And some fell among thorns; and ver. 10the thorns sprang up with it, and choked of salvation shortly to 8 And other fell be made it. 11 fNow the parable is this: The seed is the word of God. the 12 Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved. 13 They on rock are they, which, when they hear, receive the word with Joy; and these have no root, which for a while believe, and in time of temptation fall away. 14 And that which fell among thorns are on good ground, and known, with they, which, when sprang up, and bare the prophe- they have heard, go fruit an hundredfold. to the future forth, and are choked cies relating And when he had state of the with cares and riches said these things, he Christian hear. 9 d And his disci and pleasures of this life, and bring no fruit to perfection. 15 But that on the good ground are they, 16 g No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth ith under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. i A. D. 31. ch. 11. 33. ch. 12. 2. ch. 19. 26 them, the wind. My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God, and do it. 22 Now it came to pass on a certain day, that he went into a ship with his disciples: and he said unto them, Let us go over unto the other side of the lake. Ma. 13. 12. And they launched forth. & 25. 29. Jno. 15. 2. 17h For nothing is secret, that shall not be made manifest; Or, thinkneither any thing hid, eth that he that shall not be hath. known and come abroad. 18 Take heed therefore how ye hear: fori whosoever hath, to him shall be given; and whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken even that which he seemeth to have.* k Ma.12.46. Mar. 3. 31. Ma. 8. 28. Jno. 6. 1. 23 But as they sailed he fell asleep : and there came down a storm of wind on the lake; and they were filled with water, and were in jeopardy. 24 And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Master, master, we perish. Then he arose, and m Ma. 8. 28. rebuked the wind and the raging of the water: and they ceased, and there was a calm. Mar. 5. 1. ver. 18 19 Then came to i. e." He him his mother and who hath his brethren, and not faith and grace, shall at last him for the press. trusted and 21 And he answer-gloried." ed and said unto 25 And he said unto them, Where is your faith? And they being afraid wondered, saying one to another, What manner of man is this! for he commandeth even the winds and water, and they obey him. 26 m And they arrived at the country of the Gadarenes LUKE VIIT. Re. 9. 2. & 19. 20. 27 And when hen Ma. 25. 41. went forth to land, there met him out of the city man, which had devils long time, and o ware no clothes, nei-p ther abode house, but in tombs. & 20. 2, 3. 14, 15. Ma. 8. 34. De. 5. 25. in any the 1 Sa. 6. 20. 2 Sa. 6. 8, 28 When he saw Jesus, he cried out, and fell down before him, and with a loud voice said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God most high? I beseech thee, torment me not. 1 Ki. 17, 18. 9. Job 21. 14, 15. Mar. 5. 17. Ac. 16. 39. ver. 31The deep, in English, invariably signifies the sea, and often occurs in scripture; see ch. 5. 4. Word To Bados, is so rendered: 29 (For he had commanded the unclean spirit to come out of the man. For often- where the times it had caught him and he was kept bound with chains but the word and in fetters; and aßgaos, here he brake the bands, used, evidently refers and was driven of to the place out devils. them to go out " into the deep.* 32 And there was there an herd of many swine feeding on the mountain and they besought him that he would suffer them to enter into them. And he suffered them. 33 Then went the devils out of the man, and entered into the swine: and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and were choked. 34 When they that fed them saw what was done, they fled, and went and told it in the city and in the country. 35 Then they went out to see what was done; and came to Jesus, and found the man, out of whom the devils were departed, sitting_at_the feet of Jesus, clothed, the devil into the wil-where wick-and in his right mind: derness.) ed spirits are and they were afraid. 36 They also which saw it told them by translated, what means he that the bottom-was possessed of the less pit. It devils was healed. 30 And Jesus asked were notes a place 37 Then the whole multitude of the country of the Gadarenes round about p besought him to depart |