Luke - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1122

LUKE.

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43 44 coatents for kindness, and all will be pure for you. ‘But woe to you, Pharisees! for

you tithe mint, mc, and all herbs, and yet neglect justice and the love of God. These, however, you ought to have done; while, at the same time, not neglecting the others. Woe to you, Pharisees! because you love the from seats in the synagogues, and salutes in the markets. Woe to you! because you are like hidden tombs, over which men walk unknowingly. Wh: Uniquiiuus lawyers. But one of the lawyers, speaking to

Teacher, in saying this, You insult us as well} ‘And especially woe to you, law-

f0r you load men with heavy burdens, while you never help the burdened with one of your fingers! Woe to you! be- cause you build the monuments ofthe prophets, who were-murdered by your own forefathers! So you are witnesses for, and acquiesce in, the doings of your forefathers; for they undoubtedly murdered them, and you erect their monuments. Because of this also the wisdom of God said, ‘ I will send among them prophets and apostles; and some of them they will murder and reject'; so that the blood of all he rohets shed from the foundat tgpion of t e world shall be discovered with this generation··-from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zacharia, who was murdered between the altar and the house; indeed I tell you, it will be discovered with this generation. Woe to you, lawyers! for you take away the key of knowledge; you do not enter yourselves, and those who would enter you prevent} 53 _ Consequently, when He went out from there, both the professors and the Pharisees began to bitterly con- tradict Him, and provoke Him to say

54 more; endeavouring to entrap Him by word of mouth, so that they might lay an information against Him.

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mense crowd speedily collected, so that they trod upon one another; and He began to say to His disciples: ‘ Guard yourselves from the ferment

of the Pharisees, which is play~acting. But nothing is dressed up so that it cannot be stripped; nor concealed so as not to become known., What- 3 ever therefore you have said in the darkness, will be listened to in the light; and what you whisper in the ears in the private chambers, will be proclaimed upon the housetops. ‘ And I further tell you, friends,

Do not dread those killing the body, and who after that have nothing worse to do. But I will warn you whom you ought to dread: Dread the One, who after the killing, has power to throw you into hell; yes, I say, that is the One you have to dread l Are not Eve sparrows sold for two assarisli yet not one of them is unnoticed in the presence of God. More than that, the very hairs of your head are all counted. Therefore do not be afraid; you exceed in value many sparrows. ‘ But I tell you, every one who may

declare for Me in the presence of men, the Son of Man will also declare for him in the presence of the angels of God. But whoever denies Me in the presence of men, shall be denied in the presence of the angels of God. And any who shall express a thought against the Son of Man, it can be for- given him; but to him who libels the Holy Spirit, that cannot be forgiven. ‘ But when they drag you up before

the synagogues, and the superior courts, do not embitter yourselves as to how, or by what, you can defend yourselves, or what you can say; for the Holy Spirit will teach you in that very hour what you ought to speak.’ Szldzlmzsa dnnhmnnch. One of the crowd now said to Him,

‘ Teacher, order my brother to share the property with me.’ who ap-

pointed Me to be a judge or an arbi- And He further Look out, and guard yourselves against avarice ; because a man’s life is not derived from the superfluity of his possessions} Ghz $¤¤l ann his wealth. He then addressed a parable to them, saying: The estate of a rich man was very

roductive ; and he redected with

himself, saying, ‘ What shall I doi for I have nowhere to store my crops. Then he said, 'This is what I will do: I will pull down my storehouses, and 1 About threepence. II22 IO II I2 16 :8