[22] [2740] And when certain of the Pharisees asked of Jesus, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered and said unto them, The kingdom of God cometh not [23] with expectation: [2741] neither shall they say, Lo, it is here! nor, Lo, it is there! for the kingdom of God is within you.
[24] [2742] And in the daytime he was teaching in the temple; and at night he used to go [25] out, and pass the night in the mount called the mount of Olives. [2743] And all the people came [2744] to him in the morning in the temple, to hear his word.
[26, 27] [2745] Then spake Jesus unto the multitudes and his disciples, and said unto them, [2746] On [28] [Arabic, p. 152] the seat of Moses are seated the scribes and Pharisees: [2747] everything that they say unto you now to keep, keep and do: but according to their deeds [29] do ye not; for they say, and do not. [2748] And they bind heavy burdens, and lay them on the shoulders of the people; while they with one of their fingers will not come [30, 31] near [2749] them. [2750] But all their deeds they do to make a shew before men. [2751] And all the multitude were hearing that with pleasure.
[32] [2752] And in the course of his teaching he said unto them, Guard yourselves from the [33] scribes, who desire to walk in robes, [2753] and love salutation in the marketplaces, and sitting in the highest places of the synagogues, and at feasts in the highest parts of [34] the rooms: [2754] and they broaden their amulets, and lengthen the cords of their cloaks, [35] [2755] and love that they should be called by men, My master, [2756] and devour widows' houses, because [2757] of their prolonging their prayers; these then shall receive greater judgement. [36] [2758] But ye, be ye not called masters: [2759] for your master is one; all ye are brethren. [37] [2760] Call not then to yourselves any one [2761] father on earth: for your Father is one, who is [38] in heaven. [2762] And be not called directors: for your director is one, even the Messiah. [39, 40] [2763] He that is great among you shall be unto you a minister. [2764] Whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased; and whosoever shall abase himself shall be exalted.
[41] [2765] Woe unto you, Pharisees! because ye love the highest places in the synagogues, and salutation in the marketplaces.
[42] [2766] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye devour widows' houses, because [2767] of your prolonging your prayers: for this reason then ye shall receive greater judgement.
[43] [2768] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye have shut the kingdom of God before men.
[44] [Arabic, p. 153] [2769] Woe unto you that know the law! for ye concealed the keys of knowledge: [2770] ye enter not, and those that are entering ye suffer not to enter.
[45] [2771] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because [2772] ye compass land and sea to draw [2773] one proselyte; and when he is become so, ye make him a son of hell twice as much [2774] as yourselves.
[46] [2775] Woe unto you, ye blind guides! because ye say, Whosoever sweareth by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the gold that is in the temple, [47] shall be condemned. [2776] [2777] Ye blind foolish ones: which is greater, the gold, or the [48] temple which sanctifieth the gold? [2778] And, Whosoever sweareth by the altar, it is nothing; but whosoever sweareth by the offering that is upon it, shall be condemned. [2779] [49] [2780] Ye blind foolish ones: which is greater, the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth [50] the offering? [2781] Whosoever then sweareth by the altar, hath sworn by it, and by all [51] that is upon it. [2782] And whosoever sweareth by the temple, hath sworn by it, and by [52] him that is dwelling in it. [2783] And whosoever sweareth by heaven, hath sworn by the throne of God, and by him that sitteth upon it.
[53] [2784] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye tithe mint and rue and dill and cummin and all herbs, and ye leave the important matters of the law, judgement, and mercy, and faith, and the love of God: this ought ye to do, and [54] not to leave that undone. [2785] Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow [2786] camels.
[55] [2787] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye cleanse the outside of the cup and of the platter, while the inside of them is full of injustice and wrong. [56] [2788] Ye blind Pharisees, cleanse first the inside of the cup and of the platter, then shall the outside of them be cleansed.
[57] [Arabic, p. 154] [2789] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! because ye resemble whited sepulchres, which appear [2790] from the outside beautiful, but within [58] full of the bones of the dead, and all uncleanness. [2791] So ye also from without appear unto men like the righteous, but within ye are full of wrong and hypocrisy.
[59] [2792] One of the scribes answered and said unto him, Teacher, in this saying of thine [60] thou art casting a slur on us. [2793] He said, And to you also, ye scribes, woe! for ye lade men with heavy burdens, and ye with one of your fingers come not near [2794] those burdens.
[61] [2795] Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye build the tombs of the prophets, which your fathers killed, and adorn the burying-places of the righteous, [62] and say, [2796] If we had been in the days of our fathers, we should not have been partakers [63] with them in the blood of the prophets. [2797] Wherefore, behold, ye witness against [64] yourselves, that ye are the children of those that slew the prophets. [2798] And ye also, [65] ye fill up the measure [2799] of your fathers. [2800] Ye serpents, ye children of vipers, where shall ye flee from the judgement of Gehenna?
[2717] Matt. xxi. 14.
[2718] Matt. xxi. 15.
[2719] Matt. xxi. 16.
[2720] John xii. 19.
[2721] John xii. 20.
[2722] John xii. 21.
[2723] John xii. 22.
[2724] John xii. 23.
[2725] John xii. 24.
[2726] John xii. 25.
[2727] Or, soul; or, self.
[2728] Or, soul; or, self.
[2729] John xii. 26.
[2730] John xii. 27.
[2731] John xii. 28.
[2732] John xii. 29.
[2733] John xii. 30.
[2734] John xii. 31.
[2735] John xii. 32.
[2736] John xii. 33.
[2737] John xii. 34.
[2738] John xii. 35.
[2739] John xii. 36.
[2740] Luke xvii. 20.
[2741] Luke xvii. 21.
[2742] Luke xxi. 37.
[2743] Luke xxi. 38.
[2744] i.e., used to come.
[2745] Matt. xxiii. 1.
[2746] Matt. xxiii. 2.
[2747] Matt. xxiii. 3.
[2748] Matt. xxiii. 4.
[2749] Or, touch.
[2750] Matt. xxiii. 5a.
[2751] Mark xii. 37b.
[2752] Mark xii. 38.
[2753] Mark xii. 39.
[2754] Matt. xxiii. 5b.
[2755] Matt. xxiii. 7b.
[2756] Mark xii. 40.
[2757] The Syriac word means on the pretext of as well as because of (cf. § 50, 11, note).
[2758] Matt. xxiii. 8.
[2759] This word is not spelled in the ordinary way. Doubtless we should supply two diacritical points and read, with the Syriac versions, My master.
[2760] Matt. xxiii. 9.
[2761] cf. Peshitta.
[2762] Matt. xxiii. 10.
[2763] Matt. xxiii. 11.
[2764] Matt. xxiii. 12.
[2765] Luke xi. 43.
[2766] Matt. xxiii. 14.
[2767] Syriac, same as in § 40, 35; Arabic different.
[2768] Matt. xxiii. 13a.
[2769] Luke xi. 52a.
[2770] Matt. xxiii. 13b.
[2771] Matt. xxiii. 15.
[2772] Adopting the reading of Borg. ms. (cf. next verse).
[2773] Perhaps this reading is due to the easy confusion of d and r in Syriac; but it might also conceivably be a corruption of the Arabic word in the next clause. It occurs also in the text of Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary.
[2774] Doubtless the Arabic word should be read as a monosyllable, as in Ibn-at-Tayyib's Commentary.
[2775] Matt. xxiii. 16.
[2776] See § 10, 13.
[2777] Matt. xxiii. 17.
[2778] Matt. xxiii. 18.
[2779] See § 10, 13.
[2780] Matt. xxiii. 19.
[2781] Matt. xxiii. 20.
[2782] Matt. xxiii. 21.
[2783] Matt. xxiii. 22.
[2784] Matt. xxiii. 23.
[2785] Matt. xxiii. 24.
[2786] The Arabic word as printed gives no suitable sense. Either the last radical has been omitted, or the last two radicals have exchanged places.
[2787] Matt. xxiii. 25.
[2788] Matt. xxiii. 26.
[2789] Matt. xxiii. 27.
[2790] Lit. are seen.
[2791] Matt. xxiii. 28.
[2792] Luke xi. 45.
[2793] Luke xi. 46.
[2794] Or, touch.
[2795] Matt. xxiii. 29a; Luke xi. 47b; Matt. xxiii. 29b.
[2796] Matt. xxiii. 30.
[2797] Matt. xxiii. 31.
[2798] Matt. xxiii. 32.
[2799] Lit. boundary or limit.
[2800] Matt. xxiii. 33.
Section XLI.
[1] [2801] Therefore, behold, I, the wisdom of God, am sending unto you prophets, and apostles, and wise men, and scribes: and some of them ye shall slay and crucify; and some of them ye shall beat in your synagogues, and persecute [2802] from city to [2] city: [2803] that there may come on you all the blood of the righteous that hath been poured upon the ground [2804] from the blood of Abel the pure to the blood of Zachariah the son of Barachiah, whom ye slew between the temple [2805] and the altar. [3] [2806] Verily I say unto you, All these things shall come upon this generation. [2807]
[4] [Arabic, p. 155] [2808] O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, slayer of the prophets, and stoner of them that are sent unto her! how many times did I wish to gather thy children, as [5] a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not! [2809] Your house shall [6] be left over you desolate. [2810] Verily I say unto you, Ye shall not see me henceforth, till ye shall say Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord.
[7] [2811] And many of the rulers also believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they [8] were not confessing him, lest they be put [2812] out of the synagogue: [2813] and they loved [9] the praise of men more than the praising of God. [2814] And Jesus cried and said, [10] Whosoever believeth in me, believeth not in me, but in him that sent me. [2815] And [11] whosoever seeth me hath seen him that sent me. [2816] I am come a light [2817] into the [12] world, and so every one that believeth in me abideth not in the darkness. [2818] And whosoever heareth my sayings, and keepeth them not, I judge him not: for I came [13] not to judge the world, but to give the world life. [2819] [2820] Whosoever wrongeth [2821] me, and receiveth not my sayings, there is one that judgeth him: the word that I spake, it [14] shall judge him at the last day. [2822] I from myself did not speak: but the Father which sent me, he hath given me commandment, [2823] what I should say, and what I [15] should speak; and I know that his commandment [2824] is eternal life. [2825] The things that I say now, as my Father hath said unto me, even so I say.
[16] [2826] And when he said that unto them, the scribes and Pharisees began their evil-doing, being angry with him, and finding fault with his sayings, and harassing [2827] him [17] in many things; [2828] seeking to catch something from his mouth, that they might be able to calumniate him.
[18] [2829] And when there gathered together myriads of great multitudes, which almost trode [Arabic, p. 156] one upon another, Jesus began to say unto his disciples, Preserve yourselves [19] from the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy. [2830] For there is nothing [20] concealed, that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known. [2831] Everything that ye have said in the darkness shall be heard in the light; and what ye have spoken secretly in the ears in the inner chambers shall be proclaimed on the roofs.
[21, 22] [2832] This said Jesus, and he went and hid himself from them. [2833] But notwithstanding [23] his having done all these signs before them, they believed not in him: [2834] that the word of Isaiah the prophet might be fulfilled, who said,
My Lord, who is he that hath believed to hear us?
And the arm of the Lord, to whom hath it appeared?
[24] [2835] And for this reason it is not possible for them to believe, because Isaiah also said,
[25] [2836] They have blinded their eyes, and made dark their heart;
That they may not see with their eyes, and understand with their heart,
And turn,
So that I should heal them.
[26] [2837] This said Isaiah when he saw his glory, and spake of him.
[27] [2838] And when Jesus went out of the temple, certain of his disciples came forward [28] to shew [2839] him the buildings of the temple, [2840] and its beauty and greatness, and the strength of the stones that were laid in it, and the elegance of its building, and that [29] it was adorned with noble stones and beautiful colours. [2841] Jesus answered and said [30] unto them, See ye these great buildings? [2842] verily I say unto you, Days will come, when there shall not be left here a stone upon another, that shall not be cast down.