Luke - Ferrar Fenton Bible Translation page 1124

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S3 55 57 three against two, and two against three. Father will contend against sou, and son against father; mother against daugh tetgand daughter against mother; mother-in—law against her daughter-in—law, and daughtevin-law against her m0ther—in-law.’ §r2m¤nii¤1·g Signs.

He then said to the crowd: ‘ When you see a cloud rising from

the west, you say at once, ‘ A shower will come'; and so it does come. And when the south wind blows, you say that ‘A hot wind is upon us'; and so it comes. You p1ay—actorsl you know how to read the phenomena of the earth and of the sky-·~—then why can you not read this period? But why, from your own selves, do you not judge correctly? so that while you accompany your prosecutor to the magistrate, you may use every effort to be free of him; for fear he should commit you to the judge, and the judge hand you over to the jaiior, and the jailor in turn throw you into

5g prison P I tell you that you will not get liberated from there until you have repaid the very last fraction. §i1uiz mth the ®ali1tm¤. 18 There arrived at that very moment some who informed Him about the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had mixed with that of their sacrihces. said jesus in

that those Galileans were the greatest sinners in all Galilee, because they were subjected to such usage? By no. means, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all be lost in the same way. Or those eighteen upon whom the tower of Siloam fell, and killed them—··do you think that they were the greatest sinners of all the inhabitants of jerusalem? Not at all ; but unless you change your minds, the whole of you will be destroyed in the same way.' Mya Wnfruiiful §¥ig·@$rzz. He also related this parable to them : ‘ There was a man who had a fig-

tree planted in his garden; and he came looking for fruit upon it, but found none. He then said to the gardener, ‘This is the third year I have come looking for fruit upon this tig~tree, and have found none; cut it down: why should it exhaust the ground?' ‘Let it alone, sir, for one year longer} he answered him, ' until

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I dig about it, and manure it: when, g perhaps, it may produce fruit; but if not, you can afterwards cut it down. 5uEr1·ing ann Snlxlmtarianism. While He was teaching in one of ro

the synagogues on the Sabbath, a 11 woman was present, who, for eighteen years, was held fast by a spirit of intirmity; and she was so bent, that she could not at any time straighten herself. But when jesus saw her, He Woman, you are freed from your weakness. And, placing His hands upon her, she was at once cured, and praised God. The chief of the synagogue, mad

with rage becausejesus had performed a cure on the Sabbath, exclaimed to There are six days during which work should be done; come, therefore, on those days to be cured, and not on the Day of Rest! the Master an-

does not each one of you loose his ox or his ass from the stall, on the Rest-Day, and lead it to drink? And this woman, whois a daughter of Abraham, whom his enemy has bound for eighteen years, ought she not to be loosed from this bond on the Day of And when He said this, all His op·

ponents were ashamed ; and the whole assembly rejoiced on account of the glorious deeds which were done by Him. rz 16

El}: giizrghnm nf ®¤h Ullnsireizh. l.`o what is the Kingdom of God

and to what shall I compare it ? It is like a grain of mustard·seed, which a man took, and sowed in his own garden ; and, grow- ing, it became a large shrub, under the branches of which the birds of the sky came and took shelter.’ 'l`o what shall I

liken the Kingdom of God 2 It is like yeast, which a woman took, and mixed in three measures of flour, until the whole was fermented. min Qiurrnlu Gaizlnay. He was travelling now through the

towns and villages, teaching, and making His way towards jerusalem, Master, will only a few be saved P Force yourselves through that

He answered them ; ‘ for many, I assure you, will on- deavour to enter in, whose strength II24 18 20 2l 22