15 "And thou, Capernaum, which art 'exalted to heaven, 'shalt be thrust down to hell.

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MAT. xi. 23: And thou, Capernaum, which art exalted unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the mighty works, which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have remained until this day.

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* GEN. xi. 4: And they said, Go to, let us build a city and a tower, whose top may reach unto heaven. DEUT. i. 28: Whither shall we go up? our brethren have discouraged our heart, saying, The people is greater and taller than we; cities are great, and walled up to heaven. ISA. xiv. 13-15: For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. Yet thou shalt be brought down to hell, to the sides of the pit. JER. li. 53: Though Babylon should mount up to heaven, and though she should fortify the height of her strength, yet from me shall spoilers come unto her, saith the LORD. AMOs, ix. 2, 3: Though they dig into hell, thence shall mine hand take them; though they climb up to heaven, thence will I bring them down: And though they hide themselves in the top of Carmel, I will search and take them out thence; and though they be hid from my sight in the bottom of the sea, thence will I command the serpent, and he shall bite them.

EZEK. xxvi. 20, 21: When I shall bring thee down with them that descend into the pit, with the people of old time, and shall set thee in the low parts of the earth, in places desolate of old, with them that go down to the pit, that thou be not inhabited; and I shall set glory in the land of the living; I will make thee a terror, and thou shalt be no more: though thou be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again, saith the LORD God. do. xxxi. 18: To whom art thou thus like in glory and in greatness among the trees of Eden? yet shalt thou be brought down with the trees of Eden unto the nether parts of the earth: thou shalt lie in the midst of the uncircumcised with them that be slain by the sword. This is Pharaoh and all his multitude, saith the LORD God. do. xxxii. 18: Son of man, wail for the multitude of Egypt, and cast them down, even her, and the daughters of the famous nations, unto the nether parts of the earth, with them that go down into the pit.

2 MARK, ix. 37: Whosoever shall receive one of such children in my name, receiveth me; and whosoever shall receive

'he that despiseth you despiseth me; and he that despiseth me despiseth him that sent me.

17 And the 'seventy returned again with joy, saying, Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through thy name.

18 And he said unto them, "I beheld Satan as lightning fall from heaven.

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19 Behold, I give unto you power to tread on power serpents and scorpions, and over all the the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

20 Notwithstanding in this rejoice not, that the spirits are subject unto you; but rather rejoice, because 'your names are written in heaven.

me, receiveth not me, but him that sent me. See on MAT. x. 40.

1 SAM. viii. 7: They have not rejected thee, but they have rejected me, that I should not reign over them. 1 THES. iv. 8: He therefore that despiseth, despiseth not man, but God, who hath also given unto us his holy Spirit.

b JOHN, v. 23: That all men should honour the Son, even as they honour the Father. He that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father that hath sent him.

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d See on JOHN, xii. 31.

MARK, xvi. 18: They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing it shall not hurt them. ACTS, xxviii. 5: He shook off the beast into the fire, and felt no harm. Roм. xvi. 20: The God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly.

f Exod. xxxii. 32, 33: If thou wilt forgive their sin; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written. And the LORD said unto Moses, Whosoever hath sinned against me, him will I blot out of my book. Ps. Ixix. 28: Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous. ISA. iv. 3: Every one that is written among the living in Jerusalem. DAN. xii. 1: At that time thy people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book. PHIL. iv. 3: My fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life. HEB. xii. 23: To the general assembly and church of the first-born, which are written in heaven. REV. iii. 5: He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out

21 ¶ In 'that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast "hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast 'revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight.10

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2211 All things are delivered to me of my Father and 'no man 12 knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, "but

praise. Co. learned. Gen. 10 pleased thee. Ma. 11 Many ancient copies add these words, "And turning to his disciples he said." A. V. 12 no one. Whit.

his name out of the book of life. do. xiii. 8: All that dwell upon the earth shall worship him, whose names are not written in the book of life of the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world. do. xvii. 8: Whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world. do. xx. 12: I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. do. xxi. 27: There shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. 8 MAT. xi. 25: At that time Jesus answered and said, &c. as here.

ISA. xxix. 14: The wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid. 1 COR. i. 19: It is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and will bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent.

Ps. xxv. 9: The meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way. MAT. xiii. 11: It is given to you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

k See on MAT. xxviii. 18.

JOHN, i. 18: No man hath seen God at any time; the onlybegotten Son, which is in the bosom of the Father, he hath declared him. do. vi. 44, 46: No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him.-Not that any man hath seen the Father, save he which is of God, he hath seen the Father.

m JOHN, xiv. 8, 9: Philip saith unto him, Lord, show us the Father, and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, Have I been so long time with you, and yet thou hast not known me, Philip?

the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

23 ¶ And he turned him unto his disciples, and said privately, "Blessed are the eyes which see the things that ye see:

24 For I tell you, that many prophets and kings have desired to see those things which ye sée, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them.

25 And, behold, a certain Lawyer13 stood up, and tempted him, saying, "Master, what shall I do to inherit eternal life?

26 He said unto him, What is written in 'the law? how readest thou?

27 And he answering said, Thou shalt 'love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy 'neighbour as thyself.

28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt 'live.

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He that hath seen me, hath seen the Father; and how sayest thou then, Show us the Father?

" See on MAT. xiii. 16.

• See on MAT. xiii. 19.

P MAT. xix. 16, 17: And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? And he said unto them, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. do. xxii. 35: Then one of them, which was a Lawyer, asked him a question, tempting him. ISA. viii. 20: To the law and to the testimony: if they speak not according to this word, it is because there is no light in them.

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See on JOHN, xiii. 34.

LEV. xviii. 5: Ye shall keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them. EZEK. XX. 11, 13, 21: I gave them my statutes, and showed them my judgments, which if a man do, he shall even live in them.

29 But he, willing to "justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbour?

30 And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among 14 thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.

31 And by chance there came down a certain Priest that way: and when he saw him, he "passed by on the other side.

32 And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on him, and passed by on the other side.

33 But a certain 'Samaritan, as he journeyed,

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Ver. 13, 21: The words which if, &c. are repeated. MAT. xix. 17: If thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. ROM. X. 5: Moses describeth the righteousness which is of the law, That the man which doeth those things shall live by them. GAL. iii. 12: The law is not of faith: but, The man that doeth them shall live in them.

"JOB, Xxxii. 2: He justified himself rather than God. LUKE, xvi. 15: Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed amongst men is abomination in the sight of God. do. xviii. 9: He spake this parable [of the Pharisee and Publican] unto certain which trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others. Rom. iv. 2: For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory; but not before God.

MAT. v. 43, 44: Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you.

w Ps. xxxviii. 11: My lovers and my friends stand aloof from my sore.

Ps. cix. 25: I became also a reproach unto them: when they looked upon me, they shaked their heads. PRO. xxvii. -10 Thine own friend, and thy father's friend, forsake not; neither go into thy brother's house in the day of thy calamity: for better is a neighbour that is near than a brother far off.

JOHN, iv. 9: How is it thou, being a Jew, askest drink of