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such were some of you: but ye are washed, but ye are sanctified, but ye are justified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God, 1 Cor. vi. 11. And I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who hath enabled me, for that he counted me faithful, putting me into the ministry; Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief, 1 Tim. i. 12, 13. That he no longer should live the rest of his time in the flesh to the lusts of men, but to the will of God. For the time past of our life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries, 1 Pet. iv. 2, 3. See on chap. xvi. ver. 27. clause 3.

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Λέγουσιν αὐτῷ· Οτι οὐδεὶς ἡμᾶς ἐμισθώσατο. Λέγει αὐτοῖς· Υπάγετε καὶ ὑμεῖς εἰς τὸν ἀμπελῶνα, καὶ ὃ ἐὰν ᾗ δίκαιον, λήψεσθε.

They say unto him, a Because no man hath hired us. b He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard; and whatsoever is right, that shall ye receive. a Who in times past suffered all nations to walk in their own ways, Acts xiv. 16. And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he

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hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead, xvii. 30, 31. How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher? And how shall they preach, except they be sent? As it is written, how beautiful are the feet of them that preach the Gospel of peace, and bring glad tidings of good things! But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Esaias saith, Lord, who hath believed our report? So then faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God, Rom. x. 14-17. Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my Gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world Wherefore remem

began, xvi. 25.

ber, that ye being in time past Gentiles in the flesh, who are called Uncircumcision by that which is called the Circumcision in the flesh made by hands; That at that time ye were without Christ, being aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of promise, having no hope, and without God in the world, Eph. ii. 11, 12. Which in other ages was not made known unto the sons of men, as it is now revealed unto the holy apostles and prophets by the Spirit; That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel, iii. 5, 6. Even the mystery which hath been hid from ages and from generations, but now is made manifest to his saints, Col. i. 26.

Go ye therefore into the highways, and as many as ye shall find, bid to the marriage. So those servants went out into the highways, and gathered together all as many as they found, both bad and good: and the wedding was furnished with guests, xxii. 9, 10. So that servant came, and shewed his lord these things. Then the master of the house being angry, said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind. And the servant said,

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Lord, it is done as thou hast commanded, and yet there is room. And the lord said unto the servant, Go out into the highways and hedges, and compel them to come in, that my house may be filled, Luke xiv. 2123.

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any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them, Eph. ii. 8-10. And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which

See on chap. xvi. ver. 27. clause 3. is in Christ Jesus. This is a faithful

VER. 8.

Οψίας δὲ γενομένης, λέγει ὁ κύριος τοῦ ἀμπελῶνος τῷ ἐπιτρόπῳ αὑτοῦ· Κάλεσον τοὺς ἐργάτας, καὶ ἀπόδος αὐτοῖς τὸν μισθὸν, ἀρξάμενος ἀπὸ τῶν ἐσχάτων, ἕως τῶν πρώτων.

So a when even was come, the lord of the vineyard saith unto his steward, Call the labourers, and give them their hire, beginning from the last unto the first.

a The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world, Matt. xiii. 39, 40. After a long time the lord of those servants cometh, and reckoneth with them, xxv. 19. When the Son of man shall come in his

glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory, 31. See also on chap. xvi. ver. 27. clause 3.

VER. 9.

Καὶ ἐλθόντες οἱ περὶ τὴν ἑνδεκάτην ὥραν, ἔλαβον ανὰ δηνάριον.

a And when they came that were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every man a penny.

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saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on him to life everlasting, 1 Tim. i. 14-16.

VER. 10.

Ελθόντες δὲ οἱ πρῶτοι, ἐνόμισαν ὅτι πλείονα λήψονται· καὶ ἔλαβον καὶ αὐτοὶ ȧvà dnvápiov.

But when the first came, they supposed that they should have received more; and they likewise received every man a penny.

VER. 11. Λαβόντες δὲ ἐγόγγυζον κατὰ τοῦ οἰκοδεσ rÓTOU,

And when they had received it, a they murmured against the goodman of the house,

a But their Scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with And the Pharisees and Scribes murPublicans and sinners, Luke v. 30. mured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them, xv. 2. And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out, and a And when he had agreed with entreated him, 28. And when they the labourers for a penny a day, he saw it, they all murmured, saying, sent them into his vineyard, ver. 2. That he was gone to be guest with And about the eleventh hour he went a man that is a sinner, xix. 7. And out, and found others standing idle, when Peter was come up to Jerusaand saith unto them, Why stand yelem, they that were of the circumcihere all the day idle? They say unto sion contended with him, Saying, Thou wentest in to men uncircumhim, Because no man hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into cised, and didst eat with them, Acts the vineyard; and whatsoever is xi. 2, 3. right, that shall ye receive, 6, 7. And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, To day shalt thou be with me in paradise, Luke xxiii. 43. For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: not of works, lest

But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming, xiii. 45. And he said unto me, Depart: for I will send thee far hence unto the Gentiles. And they gave him audi

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ence unto this word, and then lifted up their voices, and said, Away with such a fellow from the earth: for it is not fit that he should live, xxii. 21, 22. Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins alway: for the wrath is come upon them to the uttermost, 1 Thess. ii. 16. These are murmurers, complainers, walking after their own lusts; and their mouth speaketh great swelling words, having men's persons in admiration because of advantage, Jude 16.

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Saying, a 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.

a But when thou art bidden, go and sit down in the lowest room; that when he that bade thee cometh, he may say unto thee, Friend, go up higher then shalt thou have worship in the presence of them that sit at meat with thee. For whosoever exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted, Luke xiv. 10, 11. Even the righteousness of God which is by faith of Jesus Christ unto all, and upon all them that believe: for there is no difference For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, Rom. iii. 22-24. Seeing it is one God, which shall justify the circumcision by faith, and uncircumcision through faith, 30. That the Gentiles should be fellowheirs, and of the same body, and partakers of his promise in Christ by the Gospel, Eph. iii. 6.

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b Ye have said, It is vain to serve God and what profit is it that we have kept his ordinance, and that we have walked mournfully before the LORD of hosts? Mal. iii. 14. And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make

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merry with my friends: But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf, Luke xv. 29, 30. The Pharisee stood and prayed thus with himself, God, I thank thee, that I am not as other men are, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even as this Publican. I fast twice in the week, I give tithes of all that I possess, xviii. 11, 12. Where is boasting then? It is excluded. By what law? of works? Nay: but by the law of faith, Rom. iii. 27.

What shall we say then? That the Gentiles, which followed not

after righteousness, have attained to which is of faith. But Israel, which righteousness, even the righteousness followed after the law of righteousness, hath not attained to the law of righteousness. Wherefore? Because they sought it not by faith, but as it were by the works of the law. they stumbled at that stumblingstone, ix. 30-32.

VER. 13.

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Ὁ δὲ ἀποκριθεὶς, εἶπεν ἑνὶ αὐτῶν· Ἑταῖ ρε, οὐκ ἀδικῶ σε· οὐχὶ δηναρίου συνεφώνη σάς μοι;

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

a And he saith unto him, Friend, how camest thou in hither, not having a wedding garment? And he was speechless, Matt. xxii. 12. And Jesus said unto him, Friend, wherefore art thou come? Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and took him, xxvi. 50.

b That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked; and that the righteous should be as the wicked: that be far from thee: Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? Gen. xviii. 25. Which goeth in company with the workers of iniquity, and walketh with wicked men. For he hath said, It profiteth a man nothing that he should delight himself with God. Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: far be it from God, that he should do wickedness; and from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity. For the work of a man

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shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways. Yea, surely God will not do wickedly, neither will the Almighty pervert judgment, Job xxxiv. 8-12. Shall even he that hateth right govern? and wilt thou condemn him that is most just? Is it fit to say to a king, Thou art wicked? and to princes, Ye are ungodly? 17, 18. Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous? xl. 8. What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion, Rom. ix. 14, 15. Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus? 20.

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VER. 15.

*H oix ïfsori mo maiñoa, o Jénw iv τοῖς ἐμοῖς, ἢ ὁ ὀφθαλμός σου πονηρός ἐστιν, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἀγαθός εἰμι ;

Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? b Is thine eye evil, because I am good?

a At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes, Matt. xi. 25. And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the LORD before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy, Exod. xxxiii. 19. For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth. The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: But

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because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, Deut. vii. 6-8. Howbeit the LORD God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel: And of all my sons (for the LORD hath given me many sons), he hath chosen Solomon my son to sit upon the throne of the kingdom of the LORD over Israel, 1 Chron. xxviii. 4,5. I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it to whom it seemed meet unto me. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him. And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son, until the very time of his land come and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him, Jer. xxvii. 5-7. thou hast given him power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him, John xvii. 2. For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion. So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy, Rom. ix. 15, 16. Even so then at this present time also there is a remnant according to the election of grace. And if by grace,

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then is it no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace. But if it be of works, then is it no more grace: otherwise work is no more work, xi. 5, 6. For who maketh thee to differ from another? and what hast thou that thou didst not receive? now if thou didst receive it, why dost thou glory, as if thou hadst not received it? 1Cor. iv. 7. In whom also we have obtained an inheritance, being predesti

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Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cry unto the LORD against thee, and it be sin unto thee, Deut. xv. 9. So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave, xxviii. 54. Eat thou not the bread of him that hath an evil eye, neither desire thou his dainty meats, Prov. xxiii. 6. He that hasteth to be rich hath an evil eye, and considereth not that poverty shall come upon him, xxviii. 22. Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness, Mark vii. 22. Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door, Jam. v. 9.

But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. And he prayed unto the LORD, and said, I pray thee, O LORD, was not this my saying, when I was yet in my country? Therefore I fled before unto Tarshish: for I knew that thou art a gracious God, and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repentest thee of the evil. Therefore now, O LORD, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live. Then said the LORD, Doest thou well to be angry? Jon. iv. 1-4. But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming, Acts xiii. 45.

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a See on chap. xix. ver. 30.

b Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat, Matt. vii. 13. For many are called, but few are chosen, xxii. 14. For I say unto you, That none of those men which were bidden shall taste of my supper, Luke xiv. 24. Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified, Rom. viii. 30. But we are bound to give thanks alway to God for you, brethren beloved of the Lord, because God hath from the beginning chosen you to salvation through sanctification of the Spirit and belief of the truth: Whereunto he called you by our Gospel, to the obtaining of the glory of our Lord Jesus Christ, 2 Thess. ii. 13, 14.

VER. 17.

παρέλαβε τοὺς δώδεκα μαθητὰς κατ ̓ ἰδίαν Καὶ ἀναβαίνων ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα, év Tÿj idộ, nai slæev aÛTOÏS'

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took the twelve disciples apart in the And a Jesus going up to Jerusalem way, and said unto them,

a And they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. And he took again the twelve, and began to tell them what things should happen unto him, saying, Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be delivered unto the Chief Priests, and unto the Scribes; and they shall condemn him to death, and shall deliver him to the Gentiles: And they shall mock him, and shall scourge. him, and shall spit upon him, and shall kill him: and the third day he shall rise again, Mark x. 32-34. 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 pro

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