Quaker Bible Index: Mat 19-20

§113 (Luk 18:1-8)

Luk 18:1 And he spake [G: spake also; BT: put forth] a parable [T: similitude] unto them to this end [T: signifying] , that men [G: they] ought always to pray, and not to faint [G: wax faint; BT: be weary] ; qtext

Luk 18:2 Saying, There was in a city a judge [GT: a judge in a certain city], which feared not God, neither regarded [G: reverenced] man:

Luk 18:3 And there was a [BT: +certain] widow in that city; and she [GT: which] came unto him, saying, Avenge me of [G: Do me justice against] mine adversary.

Luk 18:4 And he would not for a while [G: of a long time]: but afterward he said within himself, Though I fear not God, nor regard [G: reverence; BT: care for] man;

Luk 18:5 Yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her [G: do her right], lest by her continual coming she weary me [GBT: at the last she come (B: she come at the last) and make me weary (T: hag on me)].

Luk 18:6 And the Lord said, Hear what the unjust [GBT: unrighteous] judge saith.

Luk 18:7 And [G: Now] shall not God avenge his own [GBT omit] elect, which cry day and night unto him, [GBT: +yea] though he bear long with [G: suffer ling for; BT: defer] them? qtext

Luk 18:8 I tell you that he will avenge them speedily [G: quickly; BT: and that quickly]. Nevertheless [G: but] when the Son of man cometh, shall he [T: suppose ye that he shall] find faith on the earth? qtext

(Luk18:1)

RBA 330 (1678, XI.21): Inward prayer is the secret turning of the mind toward God whereby, being secretly touched and awakened by the Light of Christ in the conscience, and sow bowed down under the sense of its iniquities, unworthiness, and misery, it looks up to God, and joining issue with the secret shinings of the Seed of God it breathes toward him and is constantly breathing forth some secret desires and aspirations towards him. It is in this sense that we are so frequently commanded in scripture to "pray continually" (Luk 18:1; 1 Th 5:17; Eph 6:18; Luk 21:36), which cannot be understood of outward prayer, because it were impossible that men should be always upon their knees, expressing words of prayer; and this would hinder them from the exercise of those duties, no less positively commanded.

(Luk18:7f)

IP4:300 (1675?): There is also a spiritual taste to savor and distinguish between that which is living, and which is dead; between that which is corrupt and unwholesome, and that which is wholesome food; and by the exercise of these senses, the children of God become more and more skillful in discerning between good and evil. Heb 5:14. And in this living sense, the elect cry unto God against their enemies, and are heard and preserved by him, and shall, in due time, be fully delivered. Luk 18:7f.

(Luk18:8)

IP2:92 (1660). Query 3. When the Son of Man comes to take the government to himself, to give forth the law out of Zion, and the word of the Lord out of Jerusalem, Isa 2:3, whether he shall find faith on the earth? [Luk 18:8] Whether he shall find the kings and powers of the earth ready to receive him, and the professors willing to submit themselves unto him? Or whether they shall generally combine against him, and he be fain to overcome them, before he can reign over them? Rev 17:12-14, Psa 2:2f.

(Luk18:10-14)

GF7:141 (1657): And Christ distinguishes in a parable of a Pharisee, (who was a public praying man,) and of a Publican, that stood afar off, and cried for mercy; who being in the fear, was more justified than the Pharisee, who was in the public praying. [Luke 18:10-14] So, pray in the spirit [Eph 6:18] and in the faith, nothing wavering [James 1:6] nor doubting [1 Tim 2:8].

SIW 99 (Sarah Tuke Grubb, 1792): To punish a child because it has offended us without the discovery of an evil design, is to act under an unchristian spirit, which revenges injuries. This is a disposition which is apt to receive its gratifications from a flattering, cringing spirit, and from such marks of respect as originate in an impure spring of action; and approve and strengthen the little pharisees under their care; whilst the pure life that is struggling in the hearts of some who resemble the publican, is crushed and disregarded [Luk 18:10-14].

(Luk18:13)

WDS 198 (1663): Oh, come away, come away, out of all your thoughts, desires, doubts, and unbelief, which would turn you aside from the enjoyment of the love of God in Christ Jesus. Let none stand afar off [Luk 18:13] because of your littleness, lameness, blindness, weakness, or infirmities, who cannot live at peace until you be healed by the blood of the Lamb.

S115 (Mat 19:3-12 | Mar 10:2-12)

Mat 19:3 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, and saying unto him, Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause [G: upon every occason; T: for all manner of causes]?

Mat 19:4 And he answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that he which made them [B: created; T: made man] at the beginning made them male and female [T: man and woman],

[Mat 19:4 | Mar 10:6: cf Gen 1:27, 5:2]

Mat 19:5 And said, For this cause [T: thing] shall a man leave father and mother, and shall cleave $[B: be knit] to his wife: and they twain [G: which were two] shall be one flesh?

[Mat 19:5 | Mar 10:7f, cf Gen 2:24; 1 Cor 6:16, Eph 5:1]

Mat 19:6 Wherefore they are no more [T: now they are not] twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let not man put asunder [GBT: Let not man therefore put asunder that which God hath coupled together]. qtext

Mat 19:7 They say [GT: said] unto him, Why did Moses then command to give a writing [G: bill; T: testimonial] of divorcement, and to put her away?

[Mat 19:7 | Mar 10:4, cf Deut 24:1-4]

Mat 19:8 He saith [GBT: said] unto them, Moses because of the hardness of your hearts suffered you to put away your wives: but from the beginning it was not so.

Mat 19:9 And I say unto you, Whosoever shall put away his wife, except it be for fornication [G: whoredom], and shall marry another, committeth adultery [T: breaketh wedlock] : and whoso marrieth her which is put away GBT: divorced] doth commit adultery [T: advoutry].

Mat 19:10 His disciples say [GT: Then said his disciples] unto him, If the case of the man be so with his [GBT: matter be so between man and] wife, it is not good to marry.

Mat 19:11 But he said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying, save they to whom it is given.

Mat 19:12 For there are some eunuchs [BT: chaste (3x)], which were so born from [G: of; BT: out of] their mother's womb [GT: belly]: and there are some eunuchs, which were made eunuchs of $[G: be gelded by; B: be made chaste of; T: be made of] /span> men: and there be eunuchs, which have made themselves eunuchs [G: gelded themselves; BT: made themselves chaste] for the kingdom of heaven's sake. He that is able to receive it, let him receive [T: can take it let him take] it. qtext

Mar 10:2 And the Pharisees came to him [GBT omit], and asked him, Is it [G: if it were; T: whether it were] lawful for a man to put away his wife? tempting [G: and tempted; T: to prove] him.

Mar 10:3 And he answered and said unto them, What did Moses command you [B: +to do; T: bid you do] ?

Mar 10:4 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill [B: book; T: testimonial] of divorcement, and to put her away.

[Mat 19:7 | Mar 10:4, cf Deut 24:1-4]

Mar 10:5 And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the hardness of your heart [T: hearts] he wrote you this precept [GBT: this precept unto you].

Mar 10:6 But from [GT: at] the beginning of the [T: first] creation God made them male and female [T: man and woman].

[Mat 19:4 | Mar 10:6: cf Gen 1:27, 5:2]

Mar 10:7 [B: +And said] For this cause [T: thing's sake] shall a man leave his father and mother, and cleave to [BT: bide by] his wife;

Mar 10:8 And they twain shall be one flesh: so then they are no more twain, but one flesh.

[Mat 19:5 | Mar 10:7f, cf Gen 2:24; 1 Cor 6:16, Eph 5:1]

Mar 10:9 What therefore God hath joined [GBT: coupled] together, let not man put asunder [GBT: separate]. qtext

Mar 10:10 And in the house his disciples asked him again of the same [GT: that] matter.

Mar 10:11 And he saith unto them, Whosoever shall put [BT: putteth] away his wife, and marry $[BT: marrieth] another, committeth adultery against her [T: breaketh wedlock to her ward].

Mar 10:12 And if a woman shall put away [GB: put away; T: forsake] her husband, and be married to another, she committeth adultery [T: advoutry].

(Mat 19:6 | Mar 10:9)

[Other references to Mat 19:6 | Mar 10:9: GF7:34, MFU 109 (Both under Heb 13:4), GF7:79 (John 3:21), GF7:334 (Gen 6:2), MFU 191 (Mat 22:30)]

MFU 224 (To missionaries Will Caton and John Stubbs, 1657): Oh my dear ones who are dearly beloved of my soul [Song 1:7], unto you my life & strength reacheth; yea, ye are present with me, you in me, and I in you [John 15:4], never to be separated; earth nor sin, death nor hell cannot separate [Rom 8:38f] that which God hath joined together [Mat 19:6 | Mar 10:9], oh my dear ones keep near unto me....

HPS 182 (Katharine Evans & Sarah Chevers, prisoners of the Inquisition, 1662): And they told us, the Inquisitor would have us separated, because I was weak, and I should go into a cooler room; but Sarah should abide there. I took her by the arm, and said, "The Lord hath joined, and wo be to them that part us" [Mat 19:6 | Mar 10:9]. I said, I rather choose to die there with my friend, than to part from her. He was smitten, and went away, and came no more in five weeks, and the door was not opened in that time.

(Mat 19:12)

All references are to the refrain, "He that can receive it, let him."

§116 (Mat 19:13-15 | Mar 10:13-16 | Luk 18:15-17)

Mat 19:13 Then were there brought unto him little [BT: young] children, that he should put his hands on them, and pray: and the disciples rebuked them.

Mat 19:14 But Jesus said [B: +unto them], Suffer little [G: the little; B: the young; T: the] children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. qtext

Mat 19:15 And he laid [GBT: when he had put] his hands on them, and [GBT: he] departed thence.

Mar 10:13 And they brought young [G: little; T omits] children to him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them.

Mar 10:14 But when Jesus saw it, he was much [B: sore; GT omit] displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. qtext

Mar 10:15 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little [B: young; T omits] child, he shall not enter therein. qtext

Mar 10:16 And he took [B: when he had taken] them up in his arms, [GT: +and; B: +he] put his hands upon them, and blessed them.

Luk 18:15 And they brought unto him also infants [GT: babes], that he would [GBT: should] touch them: but [G: and; B: Which; T omits] when his disciples saw it, they rebuked them.

Luk 18:16 But Jesus [B: +when he had] called them unto him, and [B omits] said, Suffer little children [G: the babes; BT: children] to come unto me, and forbid them not: for of such is the kingdom of God. qtext

Luk 18:17 Verily I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child [G: babe; B: child; T: child, he] shall in no wise [GBT: not] enter therein. qtext

(Mat 19:14 | Mar 10:14 | Luk 18:16)

[Other texts citing Mat 19:14: WPR 145 (Heb 6:12)]

(Mat 18:3 | Mar 10:15 | Luk 18:17)

[Other texts citing Mar 10:15 | Luk 18:17: GF3:222 (under Mat 13:31-33)]

JN1:70 (1653): ...none come to Christ but babes, such as are of the new birth, not flesh and blood, but of water and the Spirit [John 3:5f]; such only enter into the mystery of the kingdom, by the door in all, the strait way through the cross [Mat 7:14], where your serpent’s wisdom would not willingly come; for if it do it must be slain, and you must become fools for Christ’s sake that that you may be wise [1 Cor 3:18/4:10]; you must enter as a little child [Mar 10:15 | Luk 18:17] or else you cannot come there, for it is revealed to babes only [Mat 11:25].

IP3:484 (1671): Take heed of being exalted above measure [2 Cor 12:7], or desiring to know the things of the kingdom after the flesh [Rom 8:5]; for it is better to lie low, and as a child to enter the kingdom [Mar 10:15 | Luk 18:17], and to receive the knowledge of the things of God there [1 Cor 2:10f], than to be feeding the knowing mind, which is to be kept out and famished.

§117A-F (Mat 19:16-22 | Mar 10:17-22 | Luk 18:18-23)

Mat 19:16 And, behold, one came and said unto him, Good Master, what good thing shall I do, that I may have eternal life? qtext

Mat 19:17 And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is [G: even], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the commandments. qtext

Mat 19:18 He saith unto him, Which? Jesus said, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness [G: These, thou shalt not kill...; T: break no wedlock, kill not, steal not, bear not false witness], qtext

Mat 19:19 Honour thy father and thy [BT: father and] mother: and, Thou shalt [T: omits] love thy neighbour as thyself.

Mat 19:20 The young man saith [GT: said] unto him, All these things have I kept [GT: I have observed all these things] from my youth up [GT: omit]: what lack I yet? qtext

Mat 19:21 Jesus said unto him, If thou wilt be perfect, go and sell that thou hast, and give [GT: +it] to the poor [T: povre], and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come and follow me. qtext

Mat 19:22 But when the young man heard that saying, he went away sorrowful [B: sorry; T: mourning]: for he had great possessions.

Mar 10:17 And when he was gone forth into [G: gone out on; T: come into] the way, there came one running, and kneeled to him, and asked him, Good Master, what shall I do that I may inherit [G: possess] eternal life? qtext

Mar 10:18 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none [BT: no man] good but one, that is, [G: even; BT: which is] God. qtext

Mar 10:19 Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness [GB: Thou shalt....; T: break not matrimony; kill not: steal not: bear not false witness], Defraud not [GBT: Thou shalt (T omits) defraud (G: hurt) no man]; Honour thy father and mother. qtext

Mar 10:20 And he answered and said unto him, Master, all [G: +things] these have I observed from my youth. qtext

Mar 10:21 Then Jesus beholding him loved [G: lookedupon him and loved; BT: beheld him and loved (T: had a favour to)] him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest [GT: is lacking unto thee]: go thy way, sell whatsoever [GT: and sell all that] thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, take up the cross, and follow me [GBT: follow me, and take up the (T: thy) cross]. qtext

Mar 10:22 And he was sad at [GB: discomforted because of (T: with)] that saying, and went away grieved [G: sorrowful; BT: mourning]: for he had great possessions.

Luk 18:18 And a certain ruler asked him, saying, Good Master, what shall I [GBT: ought I to] do to inherit [B: possess; T: obtain] eternal life? qtext

Luk 18:19 And Jesus said unto him, Why callest thou me good? none [T: No man] is good, save one, that is, God [G: one, even God; BT: God only]. qtext

Luk 18:20 Thou knowest the commandments, Do [GBT: Thou shalt (4x)] not commit adultery [T: advoutry], Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour thy father and thy mother. qtext

Luk 18:21 And he said, All these have I kept from my youth up [GT omit]. qtext

Luk 18:22 Now when Jesus heard these things [GBT: that], he said unto him, Yet lackest thou one thing: sell all that [G: +ever] thou hast, and distribute [T: +it] unto the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven: and come, follow me. qtext

Luk 18:23 And [G: But; BT omit] when he heard this [G: those things], he was very sorrowful $[G: very heavy; B: very sorry; T: heavy]: for he was very [G: marvelous] rich.

(Mat 19:16-22 | Mar 10:17-22 | Luk 18:18-23)

[Other texts citing Mat 19:16-22: WPR 133 (under Mat 8:22)]

HPS 335 (Rebecca Travers, 1669): when he came ... that said, Good master, what shall I do that I may inherit eternal life? he doth not say come, handle and feel this person; but, saith he, Why callest thou me good? There is none good but God; for Christ knew then and now, none could sell all for him [Mat 19:16-22 ||], but who in Spirit learned him to be God blessed forever [Rom 9:5], and therefore he knoew his going from them was expedient, that the promise of the Father's Spirit of Life might be more fully poured out upon them, in which he promised to be with them to the end of the world [Mat 28:20]....

WPR 111 (1669): If he that had loved God, and his neighbor, and kept the commandents from his youth, was excluded from being a disciple because he sold not all and followed Jesus; with what confidence can you call yourselves Christians, who have neither kept the commandments, nor yet forsaken anything to be so? And if it was a bar betwixt him and the eternal life he sought; that notwithstanding all his other virtues, love to money, and his external possessions could not be parted with; what shall be your end, who cannot deny yourselves many less things, but are daily inventing vanities to your fleshly appetites? .... But such a Christian this young man might have been, who had more to say for himself, than the strictest Pharisee living dare pretend to; yet he went away sorrowful from Jesus [Mat 19:16-22 | Mar 10:17-22 | Luk 18:18-23].

(Mat 19:17 | Mar 10:18 | Luk 18:19)

WPR 217 (1668): [quotes Mat 19:17 || as a prooftext against the Trinity]

JSS 51 (17–): when one called Christ, "Good Master," he refused to accept the title, as applied to himself, independently of the one only real goodness, the goodness of God; and makes this return: "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is, God." [Mat 19:17 | Mar 10:18 | Luk 18:19] This must hold good forever; for the moment any other independent source of real goodness is admitted, another God is at that moment admitted; or good is admitted, which the one God is not the source and author of.

(Mat 19:18 | Mar 10:19 | Luk 18:20)

GF4:272 (1661): And we are of that principle and mind to hurt no man [Mar 10:19G] upon earth, but do good to all, but especially to them of the household of faith [Gal 6:10], and to do all things in bounty and love....

(Mat 19:20 | Mar 10:20 | Luk 18:21)

[Other texts citing Mat 19:20: IP1:96 (Rom 3:20)]

(Mat 19:21 | Mar 10:21 | Luk 18:22)

MFU 105, 154 (1654-55): cites Mat 19:21 among texts in support of perfection as opposed to "pleading for sin".

IP4:345 (167-): [In the Seed] true poverty of Spirit [Mat 5:3] is witnessed. He is poor indeed, who hath sold all [Mat 19:21 ||], and hath nothing left him but this seed, and the appearance and help of God in this seed; which is not in his own hands neither, but in the will and disposal of God.

JWJM 251 (17–) : When our Saviour said to the rich youth, "Go sell that thou hast and give to the poor" [Mat 19:21 | Mar 10:21 | Luk 18:22], though undoubtedly it was his duty to have done so, yet to confine this of selling all as a duty on every true Christian would be to limit the Holy One [Psa 78:41].

§117G-N (Mat 19:23-30 | Mar 10:23-31 | Luk 18:24-30)

Mat 19:23 Then said Jesus unto his disciples, Verily I say unto you, That a rich man shall hardly [T: it is hard for a rich man to] enter into the kingdom of heaven.

Mat 19:24 And again [T: moreover] I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. qtext

Mat 19:25 When his disciples heard it, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, Who then can be saved?

Mat 19:26 But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible [GBT: unpossible]; but with God all things are possible. qtext

Mat 19:27 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Behold, we have forsaken all, and followed thee; what shall we have therefore? qtext

Mat 19:28 And Jesus said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That ye which have followed me, in the regeneration [T: second generation] when the Son of man shall sit in the throne [T: seat] of his glory [GBT: majesty], ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones [BT: seats], judging [GBT: and judge] the twelve tribes of Israel. qtext

Mat 19:29 And every one that [GT: whosoever] hath forsaken [G: shall forsake; BT: forsaketh] houses [B: house], or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my name's sake, [G: +he; T: +the same] shall receive an hundredfold [G: hundreth fold more], and shall inherit everlasting life. qtext

Mat 19:30 But many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

Mar 10:23 And Jesus [B: when Jesus had] looked round about, and saith [GT: and said; B: he said] unto his disciples, How hardly shall they [G: How hardly do they; T: What an hard thing is it for them] that have riches [T: +to] enter into the kingdom of God!

Mar 10:24 And the disciples were astonished [G: afraid] at his words. But Jesus answereth again $[GT: answered], and saith [GT: said] unto them, Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into the kingdom of God!

Mar 10:25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. qtext

Mar 10:26 And they were astonished out of measure [G: much more astonished], saying among [G: with: BT: between] themselves, Who then can be saved?

Mar 10:27 And Jesus looking upon them saith [GBT: looked upon them and said], With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with God all things are possible. qtext

Mar 10:28 Then Peter began to say unto him, Lo, we have left all, and have followed thee. qtext

Mar 10:29 And Jesus answered and said, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left [GB: hath forsaken; T: forsaketh] house, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, and the gospel's, qtext

Mar 10:30 But he shall [T: which shall not] receive an hundredfold now in this time [GB: at this present; T: in this life], houses, and brethren, and sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and in the world to come eternal life.

Mar 10:31 But many that are first shall be last; and the last first.

Luk 18:24 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful [G: him very sorrowful; B: that he was sorry; T: him mourn], he said, How hardly [GBT: With what difficulty] shall they that have riches $[B: money] enter into the kingdom of God!

Luk 18:25 For [G: Surely; T omits] it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. qtext

Luk 18:26 And they that heard it said [GT: Then said they that heard it, And], Who then can [B: can then; T: shall then] be saved?

Luk 18:27 And he said, The things which are impossible with men are possible with God. qtext

Luk 18:28 Then Peter said, Lo, we have left [B: forsaken] all, and [GT: +have] followed thee. qtext

Luk 18:29 And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, There is no man that hath left [B: hath forsaken; T: leaveth] house, or parents, or brethren, or wife, or children, for the kingdom of God's sake, qtext

Luk 18:30 Who [GB: which; T: which same] shall not receive manifold more in this present time [GBT: much more in this world], and in the world to come life everlasting.

(Mat 19:24 | Mar 10:25 | Luk 18:25 )

JWJM 250f (17–) : Here our Lord uses an instructing similitude, for as a camel considered under that character cannot pass through a needle’s eye, so a man who trusteth in riches and holds them for the sake of the power and distinction attending them cannot in that spirit enter the kingdom. [Mat 19:24 | Mar 10:25 | Luk 18:25] Now every part of a camel may be so reduced as to pass through a hole as small as a needle’s eye, yet such is the bulk of the creature, and the hardness of its bones and teeth, that it could not be completed without much labour. So man must case from that spirit which craves riches, and be reduced into another disposition, before he inherits the kingdom, as effectually as a camel must cease from the form of a camel in passing through the eye of a needle.

(Mat 19:26 | Mar 10:27 | Luk 18:27)

[Other texts citing Mat 19:26 ||: JN2:223 (under Mat 6:10)

WPR 576, WPT 358 (1694): ... in all human probability they must have been swallowed up quick of the proud and boisterous waves [Job 38:11] that swelled and bear against them, but that the God of all their tender mercies was with them in his glorious authority; so that the hills often fled, and the mountains melted [Nah 1:5] before the power that filled them; working mightily for them as well as in them, one ever following the other. By which they saw plainly, to their exceeding great confirmation and comfort, that all things were possible with him with whom they had to do [Mat 19:26 ||].

JWJM 56 (1757): We may see ourselves crippled and halting and from a strong bias to things pleasant and easy find an impossibility to advance forward; but things impossible with men are possible with God [Mat 19:26 ||], and our wills being made subject to his, all temptations are surmountable.

(Mat 19:27 | Mar 10:28 | Luk 18:28)

[Other texts citing Mat 19:27: JN2:583 (under Heb 11:13)]

JN2:203 (1655): this ... is our boldness in the day of judgment, that as he is, so are we in this world; herein is our love perfected [1 Jn 4:17] in him because we are of him and one with him in his righteousness; and that measure we have of it is freely ours without upbraiding [Jas 1:5], and an inheritance we have in it, wherefore we leave all to follow him [Mat 19:27 ||] who is our fulness, and cannot but call to all who love their souls to come to us, knowing his freeness.

SIW 161 (Ann Crowley, 18–) : though I had the unspeakable trial of leaving my sister..., and to hear the sorrowful tidings of her final departure, a short time after my leaving home, yet I dared not repine, or think it a hard allotment, that I had been willing to leave all that was near and dear, in natural ties, to follow my Lord and Master [Mat 19:27 | Mar 10:28 | Luk 18:28]....

(Mat 19:28)

[Other texts citing Mat 19:28: IP2:328f (under Mat 3:12)]

MFU 469 (1700): And he hath shined from the throne of his glory [Mat 19:28], in our hearts; in his spiritual light, and hath given us the true knowledge of himself, in the face & image of Jesus Christ [2 Cor 4:6], he hath made us partakers of his divine nature [2 Pet 1:4], and he hath given us his good and holy Spirit [Neh 9:20] to lead us, and to guide us, into all truth, in all things [John 16:13].

IP4:288 (167-): There is a following Christ in the regeneration [Mat 19:28], and there is a conformity to him in his death [Phil 3:10], and in his life too. It is not good ... to be speaking much concerning that state, but rather to wait to be led into it, and to arrive at it in the true travel [travail].... But he that is in that state hath witnessed the holy calling [2 Tim 1:9], and faithfulness to him that called, and the election, and is one of the chosen, or elect of God; and Christ saith, such are beyond fallibility; for speaking of false Christs, he saith, "If it were possible, they should deceive the very elect," Mat 24:24, plainly signifying that it is impossible.

(Mat 19:29 | Mar 10:29f | Luk 18:29f)

[Other references to Mat 19:29: GF3:369f (under Mat 10:37), GF7:46 (Luk 14:33)]

GF3:352f (1659): P. Such as forsake husband and wife, to do the will of God, this he calls "a breaking of relations." A. And thus ignorantly speaks evil of those things he knows not [Jude 1:10]. Thus, ignorant of the command of the scriptures, he hath showed himself to be a member of the world, and not of Christ, who saith, "he that doth not forsake father and mother, wife and children, is not worthy of me" [Mat 19:29 /10:37].

DFR 85 (1768): The Truth hath appeared beautiful in thy sight; and those who are travelling in the way of peace, have ben objects of thy near affection. I much desire that thou mayest be made a partaker with them in the joys that abide forever. These are they that receive "an hundred fold" of enjoyment in this life, and in that which is to come, life everlasting [Mat 19:29 | Mark 10:29f | Luke 18:29f].

§118 (Mat 20:1-16)

Mat 20:1 For the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an [G: a certain; T: an] householder, which went out early in the morning [G: at the dawning of the day] to hire labourers into his vineyard. qtext

Mat 20:2 And when he had [GBT: he] agreed with the labourers for a penny a day, he [GBT: and] sent them into his vineyard.

Mat 20:3 And he went out about the third hour, and saw others standing idle in the marketplace, qtext

Mat 20:4 And said unto them; Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatsoever is right I will give you. And they went their way.

Mat 20:5 Again he went out about the sixth and ninth hour, and did likewise.

Mat 20:6 And about the eleventh hour he went out, and found others standing idle, and saith [GBT: said] unto them, Why stand ye here all the day idle? qtext

Mat 20:7 They say [GT: said] unto him, Because no man hath hired us. He saith [GT: said] unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive.

Mat 20:8 So when even was come, the lord [G: master] of the vineyard saith [GT: said] unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

Mat 20:9 And when they came that [GT: they which] were hired about the eleventh hour, they [GT: came and] received every man a penny.

Mat 20:10 But when the first came, they supposed [T: Then came the first supposing] that they should have received [GT: receive] more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

Mat 20:11 And when they had received it, they murmured against the goodman [G: master] of the house,

Mat 20:12 Saying, These last have wrought but one hour, and thou hast made them equal unto us, which have borne the burden and heat of the day. qtext

Mat 20:13 But he answered one of them, and said, Friend, I do thee no wrong: didst not thou agree with me for a penny?

Mat 20:14 Take that thine is [G: which is thine own; T: which is thy duty], and go thy way: I will give unto this last, even as unto [GT: as much as to] thee.

Mat 20:15 Is it not lawful for me to do what I will [T: as me listeth] with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good? qtext

Mat 20:16 So the last shall be first, and the first [BT: +shall be] last: for many be [GT: are] called, but few [BT: +be] chosen. qtext

(Mat 20:1-14)

GF3:219 (1659): P. He saith, "I had rather be a hireling, such as Christh hath hired in his vineyard, and receive a penny [Mat 20:1-14], than some of the Quakers that go naked in the markets." A. Are you contented every one with your penny from Christ? Are not you all fighting, and striking, and smiting, and casting into prison for means, for tithes, which ye do no work for? Is not Christ come, and hath found you smiting and striking your fellow servants, eating and drinking, like Sodom [Mat 24:49/Ezek 16:49]; and living in pleasure [Jas 5:5], like the old world [2 Pet 2:5]; some having two hundred, some three hundred pounds, some less, some more? Is this equal? Is this to each a penny? Are ye like Christ’s vineyard dressers, his husbandmen in the vineyard? Blush, and be ashamed!

MFU 128 (1655): ...be faithful to your own masters ... that as good stewards you may give a good account, and be found [faithful workers] in the Lord’s vineyard who is now at work, and will have none to be [idle, but calls] into the vineyard at every hour [Mat 20:1-14]: and ye that was called at the first hour of the day, if ye be not faithful & obedient to improve your talents [Mat 25:14-30], he that cometh at the eleventh hour will receive as much as you, and then he that hath been negligent will murmur & counts it hard.

TEM 37 (171-?) And though some who have been called to the Lord’s vineyard at later hours, and since the heat of that day hath been much over [Mat 20:1-14], may be apt to account this testimony [against hat-honour] a small thing to suffer so much upon, as some have done, not only to beating, but to fines and long and hard imprisonments; yet they who, in those times, were faithfully exercised in and under it, durst not despise the day of small things [Zech 4:10], as knowing that he who should do so would not be thought worthy to be concerned in higher testimonies.

HPS 509 (Katharine Whitton, 1681): And as Deborah said, my heart is toward the governors of Israel [Judg 5:9]; and I can truly say, many a time when I have viewed in my mind their sufferings, trials and tribulations they went through in the beginning, my heart hath been broken, and I have secretly said, They have broken us a way through the thickets, and trodden us a path through the deserts; they have borne the burden in the heat of the day [Mat 20:12], and what can I now do, or suffer for the Truth? am I not as one born out of due time [1 Cor 15:8]? But living praises to the Lord, who in every age is ready to reward the faithful, in what hour soever they labour in his vineyard [Mat 20:1-14]....(Continued under John 15:8)

(Mat 20:1-9)

GF7:24f (1652): And meeting and waiting in his power, which ye have received, in it all to improve your measure that God hath given you; [Mat 25:14-30] or ye never improve your measure, so long as ye rely upon any visible thing without you; but when ye come alone to wait upon God, ye shall every one have a reward according to your deserts, and every one your penny, who are called into the vineyard to labour [Mat 20:1-10]. Therefore be faithful to God, and mind that which is committed to you, as faithful servants [Mat 25:14-30], labouring in love [1 Th 1:3]; some threshing, and some ploughing [1 Cor 9:10], and some to keep the sheep.

(Mat 20:3,6)

[Other texts citing (Mat 20:3) GFT 62 (John 9:4)]

GF7: 283 (1666; GF8:45, 1673, is virtually identical): Concerning the women's meetings; encourage all the women of families, that are convinced, and mind virtue, and love truth, and walk in it; that they maycome up into God's service, that they may be serviceable in their generation, and in the creation, and come into the practice of the pure religion, which you have received from God, from above; that every one may come to know their duty in it, and their service in the power and wisdom of God [1 Cor 1:24]. For now the practical part is called for. For people must not be always talking and hearing, but they must come into obedience to the great God of heaven and earth. And so that none may stand idle out of the vineyard [Mat 20:3,6], and out of the service, and out of their duty; for such will talk and tattle [1 Tim 5:13], and judge with evil thoughts, of what they in the vineyard say and do.

(Mat 20:12)

MFU 90f (1654): Now that every particular member of the body may be sensible of the hardship and sufferings of others and be willing and serviceable in their places, in what the Lord requires, and to remember those that are in bonds, as bound with them, ... and that you may bear one another’s burdens [Gal 6:2] and be equally yoked in the sufferings; our Friends in Westmoreland hath borne the heat of the day [Mat 20:12], and many have been sent forth into the Lord’s service from thence, and that hath caused the burden to lie heavy upon the rest of the Friends thereabout.

(Mat 20:15)

IP4:96 (1671): Now, his love, his mercy, his power, his good Spirit [Neh 9:20], are his own; and he may show forth the operations of them towards men according to his pleasure; and who may say to him, What dost thou? May he not do with his own what he pleaseth [Mat 20:15]? Who is "good and righteous in all his ways" [Psa 145:17]?

(Mat 20:16)

[Other references to Mat 20:16: JN1:275 (under Luk 19:8), EQ 111 (Rev 17:14)]

WDS 298 (1668): Seeing that many are called and few chosen [Mat 20:16], and many convinced that are not converted; therefore are these lines written, that you may truly know whether you be born again [John 3:3], and redeemed from the earth [Rev 14:3], yea or nay.

EQ 518 (Robert Barclay, 1676): But all that was caught in the net did not prove good and wholesome fish; some were again to be cast into that ocean from whence they were drawn; of those many that were called, all proved not chosen vessels, fitted for the master’s use [Mat 20:16/ Acts 9:15/2 Tim 2:21].... There were not only such as did backslide themselves, but sought to draw others into the same perdition....

HPS 302 (Susannah Blandford, 1698): ...the harvest will come, the good husbandman will discern the tares from the wheat [Mat 13:24-30], which none else can do, there being such a likeness; .... be [appearances] what they will, here many that are last shall be first, and the first last [Mat 20:16]....

§119-120H (Mat 20:17-24 | Mar 10:32-41 | Luk 18:31-34)

Mat 20:17 And Jesus going up [G: went up; T: ascended] to Jerusalem [GT: +and] took the twelve disciples apart [B:aside] in the way, and said unto them,

Mat 20:18 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed [G: delivered] unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, qtext

Mat 20:19 And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him [BT: be mocked and to be scourged and to be crucified]: and [G: but] the third day he shall rise again.

Mat 20:20 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. qtext

Mat 20:21 And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith [GT: said] unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on [G: at (2x)] thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom.

Mat 20:22 But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am [GT: shall be] baptized with? They say unto [G: said to; T: answered to] him, We are able [T: that we are]. qtext

Mat 20:23 And he saith [$[GT: said] unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and [GT: +shall] be baptized with the baptism that I am [T: shall be] baptized with: but to sit on [G: at (2x)] my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given [BT: omit] to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.

Mat 20:24 And when the [G: +other] ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against [GT: this, they disdained at] the two brethren.

Mar 10:32 And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed [G: troubled]; and as they followed, they [B: followed, and] were afraid. And he took again the twelve [GBT: Jesus took the twelve again], and began to tell them what things should happen [G: come] unto him,

Mar 10:33 Saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief $[GBT: high] priests, and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: qtext

Mar 10:34 And they shall mock him, and shall [GBT omit (3x)] scourge him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again.

Mar 10:35 And James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come [GBT: came] unto him, saying, Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us whatsoever we shall [G: that we; BT: whatsoever we] desire. qtext

Mar 10:36 And he said unto them, What would ye that I should do for [B: unto] you?

Mar 10:37 They said unto him, Grant unto us that we may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left hand, in thy glory.

Mar 10:38 But Jesus said unto them, Ye know not what ye ask: can ye drink of the cup that I [GB: +shall] drink of? and be baptized with the baptism that I am [GT: shall be] baptized with [T: in]? qtext

Mar 10:39 And they said unto him, [BT: +that] We can. And [G: But; BT omit] Jesus said unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I [GT: drink indeed (T omits) of the cup that I shall] drink of; and with the baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized [GT: be baptized with the baptism wherewith I shall be baptized (that I shall be baptizedin)]:

Mar 10:40 But to sit on [G: at (2x)] my right hand and on my left hand is not mine to give; but it shall be given [BT omit] to them for whom it is prepared.

Mar 10:41 And when the ten heard it [GT: that], they began to be much displeased with [GBT: disdain at] James and John.

Luk 18:31 Then he took unto him the twelve, and said unto them, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem, and all things that are written by the prophets concerning the Son of man shall be accomplished [GB: shall be fulfilled to the Son of man, that are written by the prophets; T: shall be fulfilled that are written by the prophets of the Son of man] . qtext

Luk 18:32 For he shall be delivered unto the Gentiles, and shall be mocked, and [GT: +shall be] spitefully [T: despitefully] entreated, and [GT: +shall be] spitted on:

Luk 18:33 And they shall scourge him, and [GBT: when they have scourged him, they will] put him to death: and [G: but] the third day he shall rise [BT: arise] again.

Luk 18:34 And they understood none of these things: and this saying was hid from them, neither knew they [G: neither perceived they; BT: so that (T: And) they perceived not] the things which were spoken.

(Mat 20:18f | Mar 10:33f | Luk 18:31-33)

GF8:181 (1679): Now, if the world do persecute you, and take away your goods or clothes, was not your Lord and master so served? Did not they cast lots for his garments [Mat 27:35]? Was not he haled from the priests to Herod, and before Pontius Pilate, and spit upon [Mat 26:67]? And if they hate thee, and spit upon thee, he was hated and spit upon for thee. Did he not go to prison for thee? And was he not mocked and scourged for thee [Mat 20:19]? Did not he bow to the cross and grave for thee, he who had no sin, neither was guile found in his mouth [1 Pet 2:22]?

(Mat 20:20-23 | Mar 10:35-38)

WPR 74: WPR 74 [Mat 20:20-23, see under Heb 2:10]

(Mat 20:22f | Mar 10:38f)

[Other texts citing Mat 20:22f: IP4:381 (John 6:44), WPR 570f (John 1:12f)]

WPR 266 (1682): The great work and business of the Cross is SELF-DENIAL.... The Son of God is gone before us, and by the bitter cup he drank, and baptism he suffered [Mat 20:22f | Mar 10:38f], has left us an example, that we should follow [in] his steps. What was his cup he drank and baptism he suffered? I answer, They were the denial and offering up of himself by the eternal Spirit to the will of God undergoing the tribulations of his life, and agonies of his death upon the cross for man’s salvation. What is our cup and cross that we should drink and suffer? They are the denial and offering up of ourselves by the same spirit to do or suffer the will of God for his service and glory; which is the true life and obedience of the Cross of Jesus; narrow still, but before, an unbeaten way.

WTG 210 (Elizabeth Hudson, 1750): to go through the bitter baptism of the cross [Mat 20:22f | Mar 10:38f]

JWJM 49 [YM Epistle, 1755]: And if for the further promoting his most gracious purposes in the earth, he should give us to taste of that bitter cup which his faithful ones have often partook of –oh, that we may be rightly prepared to receive it! [Mat 20:22f | Mar 10:38f]

§120I-K (Mat 20:25-28 | Mar 10:42-45 | §138LM Luk 22:24-27)

Mat 20:25 But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye [G: We] know that the princes [G: lords] of the Gentiles exercise [GT: have] dominion [GT: have domination] over them, and they that are great exercise authority [T: power] upon [GT:over] them. qtext

Mat 20:26 But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister [G: servant]; qtext

Mat 20:27 And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: qtext

Mat 20:28 Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister [G: served but to serve], and to give his life a ransom for [G: for the ransom of; T: for the redemption of] many. qtext

Mar 10:42 But Jesus [B: +when he had] called them to him, and saith [GT: and said; B: said] unto them, Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over [G: are princes among; BT: seem to bear rule among] the Gentiles exercise lordship [GB: exercise authority; T: reign as lords] over [B: upon] them; and their great ones [GBT: they that be great among them] exercise authority upon $[GT: over] them. qtext

Mar 10:43 But [B: Nevertheless; T omits] so shall it not be [G: it shall not be so] among you: but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister [G: servant]: qtext

Mar 10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest [G: chief of you; T: chief], shall be servant of $[T unto] all. qtext

Mar 10:45 For even [B omits] the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister [G: served, but to serve], and to give his life a ransom for [G: for the ransom of; T: for the redemption of] many. qtext

Luk 22:24 And there was also [G: arose also; BT was] a strife among them, which of them should be accounted [GB: seem to be; T: taken for] the greatest.

Luk 22:25 And he said unto them, The kings of the Gentiles exercise lordship [GBT: reign] over them; and they that exercise authority upon [GT: bear rule over; B: have authority upon] them are called benefactors [G: bountiful; BT: gracious lords]. qtext

Luk 22:26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is [G: let the] greatest among you, let him [G omits; BT: shall] be as the younger [G: chief; T: youngest]; and he that is chief [G: the chiefest], as he that doth serve [G: as he that serveth; BT: shall be as he that doth (T: the) minister]. qtext

Luk 22:27 For whether [G: who] is greater, he that sitteth at meat [G: table], or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth [BG: ministreth]. qtext

(Mat 20:25-28 | Mar 10:42-45 | cf Luk 22:25-27)

Pennington treats of this text at length in IP1:377-81 ("The Authority and Government which Christ Excluded out of his Church", 1660 [excerpt under Heb 1:8]). IP4: 304-11 (167-?) rebuts John Pennyman’s critique of the earlier paper.

(Mat 20:25 | Mar 10:42 | Luk 22:25)

[Other texts citing Mat 20:25: JN1:520 (under Mat 23:7-10)]

GF8:96f (1676): And some there have been, that would not have the women to meet without the men; and some of them say, the women must not speak in the church [1 Cor 14:34f], and if they must not speak, what should they meet with them for? But what spirit is this, that would exercise lordship [Mark 10:42 | Luke 22:25] over the faith of any? And what a spirit is this, that will neither suffer the women to speak amonst the men, nor to meet amongst themselves to speak?

MFU 376 (1664): And so here is glorious and precious liberty [Rom 8:21], you that come hither to be ordered and governed, under the power and dominion of Christ, and to be translated into the kingdom [Col 1:13] of the Lord Jesus Christ, from under the power and dominion of Antichrist: this is precious indeed. And what if this be obtained through some sufferings, and hardships, and trials? How should it be otherwise? Since the Gentiles exercise Lordship [Mark 10:42 | Luke 22:25] one over another, how should Babylon part with her children quietly?

(Mat 20:25f | Mar 10:42f | cf Luk 22:25f)

GF4:361 (1668) : and Christ said, "Christians should not exercise lordship over one another as the Gentiles had done [Mat 20:25f | Mar 10:42f | Luk 20:25f]; and the apostle says, "be not many masters [Jas 3:1], for you have one master, even Christ [Mat 23:8,10], and they were not lords over God's heritage [1 Pet 5:3], but they were helpers of their joy [2 Cor 1:24], and they should not lord it over their brethren, for they were all brethren [Mat 23:8]"....

(Mat 20:26 | Mar 10:43 | cf Luk 22:26)

GF3:159: [Mat 20:26, see under Mat 23:7-10)]

(Mat 20:27 | Mar 10:44 | cf Luk 22:26)

JN1: 266 (1654): take heed of that which would be exalted above others, teaching and talking of things without life; and you that would be counted somebody, let such first learn to wash the feet of them they would be above [John 13:4-17], and he that would be greatest let him be servant to all [Mat 20:27 ||]; for it is the humble and not the high spirits that are taught of God....

(Mat 20:28 | Mar 10:45 | cf Luk 22:27)

[Other references to Mat 20:28 | Mar 10:45: IP1:380 (under Mat 8:34), IP2:228 (1 Pet 1:19), IP4:185 (1 Jn 2:2)]

GF7:114 (1656): Therefore in the light wait, where the unity is, where the peace is, where the oneness with the Father and the son is, where there is no rent nor division; but all one in Christ Jesus [Gal 3:28], the everlasting fountain of life [Psa 37:9] and covenant of peace [Ezek 37:26]. The son of man cometh not to be ministered unto, but to minister [Mat 20:28]. Where the life and fulness dwells it hides and covers from that to which the curse is; that so it may minister forth to the seed's seed.

§121 (Mat 20:29-34 | Mar 10:46-52 | Luk 18:35-43)

Mat 20:29 And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude [BT: much people] followed him.

Mat 20:30 And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed [Jesus pass] by, cried out [GBT: omit], saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David.

Mat 20:31 And the multitude [GBT: people] rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou [T: thou lord which art the] Son of David.

Mat 20:32 And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you?

Mat 20:33 They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.

Mat 20:34 So Jesus had compassion on them, and [G: moved with compassion] touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Mar 10:46 And they came to Jericho: and as he went out of [B: +the city of] Jericho with his disciples and a great number of people [G: multitude], blind [GT omit] Bartimaeus, the son of Timaeus, [G: +a blind man; T: which was blind] sat by the highway side [G: wayside] begging.

Mar 10:47 And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and [GT cry, and to; B: cry, and] say, Jesus, thou [GT: the] Son of David, have mercy on me.

Mar 10:48 And many charged [GBT: rebuked] him that [G: because] he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou [G: much more, O] Son of David, have mercy on me.

Mar 10:49 And Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. And they call the blind man [GBT omit], saying unto him, Be of good comfort, rise; he calleth thee.

Mar 10:50 And he, casting away his garment [GBT: And (G: so) he threw away his cloak, and] rose, and came to Jesus.

Mar 10:51 And Jesus answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should [GBT omit] do unto thee? The blind man [GBT omit] said unto him, Lord [BT: Master], that I might receive my sight [G: may receive sight; BT might see].

Mar 10:52 And Jesus said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole [GBT: saved thee]. And immediately [GT: by and by] he received his sight, and followed Jesus in the way.

Luk 18:35 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh [G: near] unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way side begging:

Luk 18:36 And hearing the multitude [GBT: when he heard the people] pass by, he asked what it meant.

Luk 18:37 And they told [GBT: said unto] him, that Jesus of Nazareth passeth [GBT: passed] by.

Luk 18:38 And he cried, saying, Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me.

Luk 18:39 And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace: but he cried so much the more, Thou [G: much more, O]Son of David, have mercy on me.

Luk 18:40 And Jesus stood, and commanded him to be brought unto him: and when he was come near, he asked him,

Luk 18:41 Saying, What wilt thou that I shall do unto thee? And he said, Lord, that I may receive my sight.

Luk 18:42 And Jesus said unto him, Receive thy sight: thy faith hath saved thee.

Luk 18:43 And [G: Then] immediately he received his sight [T: saw], and followed him, glorifying $[GBT: praising] God: and all the people, when they saw it [G: this], gave praise [T: laud] unto God.

Quaker Bible Index

MATTHEW 19-20, MARK 10, LUKE 18

Synoptic Gospels keyed to Henry Burton Sharman, Records of the Life of Jesus, §§ 113-121 (Mat 19-20 | Mar 10 | Luk 18)