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The Holy Gospel of Jesus Christ, According to St. Luke 1351

36 If then thy whole body be lightsome, hav- 49 For this cause also the wisdom of God said:
ing no part of darkness; the whole shall be light- I will send to them prophets and apostles; and
some; and as a bright lamp, shall enlighten thee. some of them they will kill and persecute.
37 And as he was speaking, a certain Pharisee 50 That the blood of all the prophets which
prayed him, that he would dine with him. And was shed from the foundation of the world, may
he going in, sat down to eat. be required of this generation,
38 And the Pharisee began to say, thinking 51 From the blood of Abel unto the blood of
within himself, why he was not washed before Zacharias, who was slain between the alter and
dinner. the temple: Yea I say to you, It shall be required
39 And the Lord said to him: Now you Phar- of this generation.
isees make clean the outside of the cup and of 52 Woe to you lawyers, for you have taken
the platter; but your inside is full of rapine and away the key of knowledge: you yourselves have
iniquity. not entered in, and those that were entering in,
40 Ye fools, did not he that made that which you have hindered.
is without, make also that which is within? 53 And as he was saying these things to them,
41 But yet that which remaineth, give alms; the Pharisees and the lawyers began violently to
and behold, all things are clean unto you. urge him, and to oppress his mouth about many
42 But woe to you, Pharisees, because you things,
tithe mint and rue and every herb; and pass over 54 Lying in wait for him, and seeking to catch
judgment, and the charity of God. Now these something from his mouth, that they might ac-
things you ought to have done, and not to leave cuse him.
the other undone.
43 Woe to you, Pharisees, because you love
the uppermost seats in the synagogues, and salu- Chapter 12
tations in the marketplace.
44 Woe to you, because you are as sepulchres And when great multitudes stood about him, so
that appear not, and men that walk over are not that they trod one upon another, he began to
aware. say to his disciples: Beware ye of the leaven of
45 And one of the lawyers answering, saith the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
to him: Master, in saying these things, thou re- 2 For there is nothing covered, that shall not
proachest us also. be revealed: nor hidden, that shall not be known.
46 But he said: Woe to you lawyers also, be- 3 For whatsoever things you have spoken in
cause you load men with burdens which they darkness, shall be published in the light: and
cannot bear, and you yourselves touch not the that which you have spoken in the ear in the
packs with one of your fingers. chambers, shall be preached on the housetops.
47 Woe to you who build the monuments of 4 And I say to you, my friends: Be not afraid
the prophets: and your fathers killed them. of them who kill the body, and after that have
48 Truly you bear witness that you consent to no more that they can do.
the doings of your fathers: for they indeed killed 5 But I will shew you whom you shall fear: fear
them, and you build their sepulchres. ye him, who after he hath killed, hath power to