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THE PRECEPTS OF JESUS. 67
bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this
bond on the sabbath day ? And when he had said these
things, all his adversaries were ashamed : and all the people
rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God
like ? and whereunto shall I resemble it ? It is like a grain
of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his
garden ? and it grew, and waxed a great tree ; and the
fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. And again
he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God ?
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid, in three
measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that
be saved ? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at
the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to
enter in and shall not be able. When once the master
of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and
ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, say-
ing, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer and
say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : then shall
ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy pre-
sence, and thou hast taught in our streets, But he shall
■ say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are : depart
from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weep-
ing and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham,
. and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the king-*
dom of God, and you yourseleves thrust put. And they
shall come from the east and from the west, and from
the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in
the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which
shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees
bound, lo, these eighteen years, to be loosed from this
bond on the sabbath day ? And when he had said these
things, all his adversaries were ashamed : and all the people
rejoiced for all the glorious things that were done by him.
Then said he, Unto what is the kingdom of God
like ? and whereunto shall I resemble it ? It is like a grain
of mustard seed, which a man took, and cast into his
garden ? and it grew, and waxed a great tree ; and the
fowls of the air lodged in the branches of it. And again
he said, Whereunto shall I liken the kingdom of God ?
It is like leaven, which a woman took and hid, in three
measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.
Then said one unto him, Lord, are there few that
be saved ? And he said unto them, Strive to enter in at
the strait gate : for many, I say unto you, will seek to
enter in and shall not be able. When once the master
of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and
ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, say-
ing, Lord, Lord, open unto us ; and he shall answer and
say unto you, I know you not whence ye are : then shall
ye begin to say, We have eaten and drunk in thy pre-
sence, and thou hast taught in our streets, But he shall
■ say, I tell you, I know you not whence ye are : depart
from me, all ye workers of iniquity. There shall be weep-
ing and gnashing of teeth, when ye shall see Abraham,
. and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the prophets, in the king-*
dom of God, and you yourseleves thrust put. And they
shall come from the east and from the west, and from
the north, and from the south, and shall sit down in
the kingdom of God. And, behold, there are last which
shall be first, and there are first which shall be last.
The same day there came certain of the Pharisees