Matthew 17:16-21:46 And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him.

Worsley⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹⁶ And I brought him to thy disciples, and they could not heal him. ¹⁷ Then Jesus answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? ¹⁸ Bring him here to me. And when Jesus rebuked him, the demon departed out of him, and the child was cured from that time. ¹⁹ Then came the disciples to Jesus in private, and said, Why could not we cast him out? ²⁰ And Jesus said unto them, because of your unbelief: for verily I tell you, if ye had but faith as a grain of mustard-seed, ye might say to this mountain, Remove from hence thither, and it shall remove: and nothing would be impossible to you. ²¹ But this kind is not to be cast out but by prayer and fasting. ²² And while they were in Galilee, Jesus said unto them, the Son of man is to be delivered into the hands of men: ²³ and they will put Him to death, and the third day He shall be raised again. And they were exceedingly grieved. ²⁴ And when they were come to Capernaum, the receivers of the tribute-money came to Peter and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? Yes, saith he. ²⁵ And when he came into the house, Jesus prevented him and said, What thinkest thou, Simon? Of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? Of their own children, or of other people? ²⁶ Peter saith unto Him, Of others. Jesus answered him, Then are the children free: ²⁷ but that we may not give them offence, go to the sea-side and throw in a hook, and take the first fish that comes up, and open its mouth, and thou shalt find a piece of money: that take and give them for me and thee. ¹⁸ ¹ At that time came the disciples to Jesus, saying, Who is to be the greatest in the kingdom of heaven? ² And Jesus calling to Him a little child, set it in the midst of them, ³ and said, Verily I declare unto you, unless ye be converted, and become like little children, ye shall never enter into the kingdom of heaven. ⁴ Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of heaven: ⁵ and whoever shall receive one such little child for my sake, receiveth me: ⁶ but whosoever shall lay a stumbling-block in the way of one of these little ones, who believe in me, it were better for him that a milstone were hung on his neck, and that he were thrown into the sea. ⁷ Wo will be to the world from such offenses; for it is of necessity that offenses come: but wo to that man by whom the offense cometh. ⁸ If then thy hand or thy foot cause thee to offend, cut them off and cast them from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, than having two hands or two feet to be cast into everlasting fire: ⁹ and if thine eye cause thee to offend, pluck it out and cast it from thee; it is better for thee to enter into life with but one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell-fire. ¹⁰ See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I tell you, that their angels in heaven do continually appear in the presence of my father, who is in heaven: ¹¹ for the Son of man came from thence to save that which was lost. ¹² What think ye? if any man had an hundred sheep, and one of them should go astray, would he not leave the ninety and nine, and go upon the hills, and seek that which is gone astray? ¹³ And if he find it, verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth more on account of that, than of the ninety nine which went not astray. ¹⁴ Even so it is not the will of your heavenly Father, that any one of these little ones should be lost. ¹⁵ And if thy brother trespass against thee, go and expostulate with him alone; if he hearken to thee, thou hast gained thy brother: ¹⁶ but if he regard thee not, take with thee one or two more, that in the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established. ¹⁷ And if he disregard them, tell it to the church: but if he disregard the church too, let him be unto thee as an heathen and a publican. ¹⁸ Verily I say unto you, whatsoever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven, and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. ¹⁹ And I tell you moreover, that if but two of you shall agree on earth concerning any thing which they would ask for, it shall be granted them by my Father who is in heaven: ²⁰ for where two or three are assembled together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. ²¹ Then Peter came to Him and said, Lord, how often shall my brother offend against me, and I forgive him? to seven times? ²² Jesus answereth him, I tell thee not, to seven times, but to seventy times seven. ²³ And therefore the gospel-kingdom is like unto a king, who had a mind to settle accounts with his servants: ²⁴ and when he began to reckon, there was brought to him one, who was debtor in ten thousand talents: ²⁵ and not having it to pay, his lord commanded him to be sold, and his wife and children and all that he had; and payment to be made. ²⁶ The servant therefore fell prostrate before him, saying, Lord, bear with me a while, and I will pay thee all: ²⁷ and his lord had compassion on him, and discharged him, and forgave him the debt. ²⁸ But that same servant, as he was going out, met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him but an hundred pence; and he laid hold on him and seized him by the throat, saying, Pay me what thou owest me: ²⁹ and his fellow-servant fell down at his feet, and intreated him, saying, Bear with me a while, and I will pay thee all. ³⁰ And he would not: but went away and threw him into prison till he should pay the debt. ³¹ Now when his fellow-servants saw what was done, they were very much grieved, and came and acquainted their lord with all that had passed. ³² Then his lord called for him again, and said to him, Thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all that vast debt at thy request, ³³ and oughtest not thou to have had compassion on thy fellow-servant, even as I had on thee? ³⁴ And his lord being highly provoked delivered him to the officers, till he should pay all that was owing to him. ³⁵ Thus will my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye forgive not every one his brother from your hearts their trespasses. ¹⁹ ¹ And when Jesus had finished these discourses, He departed from Galilee, and came into the borders of Judea, beyond Jordan: ² and great multitudes followed Him, and there He healed them. ³ And the pharisees came to Him to ensnare Him, and asked Him, whether it was lawful for a man to put away his wife for every cause? ⁴ And He answered and said unto them, Have ye not read, that He, who made them at first, made them male and female, and said, For this cause shall a man leave his father and mother, ⁵ and be joined to his wife, and they two shall be one flesh: ⁶ so that they are no longer two, but one flesh. And therefore what God hath joined together, let not man put asunder. ⁷ They say unto Him, Why then did Moses order a bill of divorce to be given, and so to put her away? ⁸ He answered them, Moses because of your hardheartedness, permitted you to put away your wives; but it was not so from the beginning: ⁹ and I tell you, that whosoever putteth away his wife, except for whoredom, and marrieth another, committeth adultery; and he that marrieth her so put away committeth adultery. ¹⁰ His disciples say unto Him, if the case of a man with his wife be thus, it is not adviseable to marry: ¹¹ but He said unto them, All men cannot receive this saying of yours, but those only who have the gift of continence: ¹² for there are some eunuchs, who were born so from their mother's womb; and there be some, who were made eunuchs by men; and there are eunuchs, who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of the kingdom of heaven. He that can receive this saying, let him receive it. ¹³ Then were brought to Him little children, that He might put his hands upon them, and bless them: and the disciples rebuked them; ¹⁴ but Jesus said, Suffer the children to come to me, and do not hinder them: for of such is the kingdom of heaven. ¹⁵ And when He had laid his hands on them, he departed thence. ¹⁶ And behold, there came one to Him, and said, Good master, what good shall I do, that I may have eternal life? ¹⁷ And He said unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that is, God: but if thou desirest to enter into life, keep the commandments. ¹⁸ He saith unto Him, Which? And Jesus answered, Thou shalt do no murther, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Honour thy father and mother; ¹⁹ and, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thy self. ²⁰ The young man saith unto Him, All these have I kept from my youth: wherein am I yet deficient? ²¹ Jesus replied, If thou wouldst be perfect, go, sell thy estate, and give it to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in heaven; and come and follow me. ²² But when the young man heard that, he went away sorrowful; for he had large possessions. ²³ Then said Jesus to his disciples, Verily I tell you, that a rich man shall with difficulty enter into the kingdom of heaven: ²⁴ and again I tell you, It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God. ²⁵ His disciples, when they heard this, were exceedingly struck, and said, Who then can be saved? ²⁶ But Jesus looking upon them said unto them, With men this is impossible, but with God all things are possible. ²⁷ Then Peter replied and said unto Him, Behold we have quitted all and have followed thee; what then shall we have? ²⁸ And Jesus said unto them, Verily I tell you, that ye who have followed me, in the regeneration, when the son of man shall sit on the throne of his glory, ye also shall sit upon the twelve thrones, judging the twelve tribes of Israel: ²⁹ yea and every one who hath left houses, or brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or lands, for my sake, shall receive an hundred-fold, and shall inherit eternal life. ³⁰ But many that are first shall be last, and the last first. ²⁰ ¹ For the gospel-kingdom is like the master of a family, who went out early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard: ² and agreeing with the men for a penny a day, he sent them into his vineyard: ³ and going out about the third hour he saw others standing in the market-place doing nothing, ⁴ and said to them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and what is reasonable I will give you: so they went. ⁵ And going out again about the sixth and ninth hour he did in like manner. ⁶ And going out about the eleventh hour, he found others standing without work, and saith to them, Why stand ye here all the day doing nothing? ⁷ They say unto him, because no one hath hired us. He saith unto them, Go ye also into the vineyard, and whatever is reasonable ye shall receive. ⁸ Now when evening was come, the owner of the vineyard saith to his steward, Call the work-men and pay them their hire, beginning from the last even to the first. ⁹ And when those came who were hired about the eleventh hour, they received every one a penny: ¹⁰ but when the first came, they thought that they should receive more; and they also received every one a penny. ¹¹ And after they had received it they murmured against the master of the house, ¹² saying, These last have worked but one hour, and thou hast made them equal to us, who have borne the burthen and heat of the day. ¹³ But he answered, and said to one of them, Friend, I do thee no wrong; didst not thou agree with me for a penny? ¹⁴ Take what is thine, and be gone: it is my pleasure to give to this last as I do to thee; ¹⁵ and may I not do what I will with my own? ¹⁶ Is thine eye evil because I am good? Thus the last shall be first, and the first last; for there are many called, but few chosen. ¹⁷ And as Jesus was going up to Jerusalem, He took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, Behold we are going up to Jerusalem, ¹⁸ and the son of man shall be delivered to the chief priests and scribes, and they shall condemn Him to death, ¹⁹ and deliver Him up to the gentiles, to insult, and to scourge, and to crucify Him. But on the third day He shall rise again. ²⁰ Then the mother of Zebedee's sons came to Him, together with her two sons, falling down before Him, and presenting a petition to Him. ²¹ And He said unto her, What dost thou desire? She saith unto Him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on the left in thy kingdom. ²² But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask: are ye able to drink of the cup which I am going to drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? ²³ They replied, We are able. And He saith unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of my cup, and shall be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with; but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give, but to those for whom it is prepared by my Father. ²⁴ And when the other ten heard it, they were provoked at the two brethren: ²⁵ but Jesus called them to Him and said, Ye know that the princes of the gentiles lord it over them, and their great men exercise authority upon them: ²⁶ it shall not be so among you; but whosoever would be great among you, let him be your minister, and whoever would be chief among you, ²⁷ let him be your servant: ²⁸ as the Son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for many. ²⁹ And as they were going from Jericho, a great multitude followed Him: ³⁰ and behold, two blind men siting by the way-side, when they heard that Jesus was passing by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. ³¹ And the people rebuked them, that they might hold their peace: but they cried out the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David. ³² And Jesus stopt and called them, and said, What do ye desire me to do for you? ³³ They answered Him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. ³⁴ And Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes; and straightway their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. ²¹ ¹ And when they drew nigh to Jerusalem and were come to Bethphage at the mount of Olives, Jesus sent two of his disciples, ² saying unto them, Go into the village over-against you, and ye will find directly an ass tied and a colt with her: loose them and bring them to me: ³ and if any one say any thing to you, tell him the Lord hath need of them, and he will immediately send them. ⁴ Now all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet saying, Tell ye the daughter of Sion, ⁵ behold, thy king cometh unto thee, meek, and sitting upon an ass, even a colt the fole of an ass. ⁶ And the disciples went, and did as Jesus ordered them, ⁷ and brought the ass and the colt, and threw their clothes over them, and set Him upon them. ⁸ And great numbers spread their garments in the way, and others cut off boughs from the trees, and strewed them in the way: ⁹ and the multitudes, that went before and that followed, cried saying, Hosanna to the Son of David: blessed be He that cometh in the name of the Lord; Hosanna in the highest. ¹⁰ And when He came into Jerusalem, all the city was in a commotion, saying, Who is this? ¹¹ And the people answered, This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee. ¹² And Jesus went into the temple of God, and drove out all that were selling and buying in the court of the temple, and threw down the tables of the money-changers, and the seats of them that sold doves: ¹³ and said to them, It is written, "My house shall be called the house of prayer," but ye have made it a den of thieves. ¹⁴ And there came to Him in the temple both blind and lame, and He healed them: ¹⁵ but when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonders that He wrought, and the children crying out in the temple, Hosanna to the Son of David, they were vexed to the heart, and said to Him, Dost thou hear what these say? ¹⁶ And Jesus saith unto them, Yes, have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast procured praise? ¹⁷ And He left them and went out of the city to Bethany and lodged there. ¹⁸ Now in the morning as He was returning to the city, He was hungry; ¹⁹ and seeing a fig-tree by the way, He went up to it, and finding nothing upon it but leaves, He saith to it, Let no fruit ever hereafter grow out of thee: and the fig-tree withered immediately. ²⁰ And the disciples seeing it were amazed and said, How suddenly is the fig-tree withered! ²¹ but Jesus answering said unto them, Verily I tell you, if ye have faith and doubt not, ye shall not only be able to do this to a fig-tree, but also if ye shall say to this mountain, "Be thou removed and cast into the sea," it shall be done. ²² And all things whatsoever ye ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive. ²³ And when He was come into the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him as He was teaching, and said, By what authority dost thou these things, and who gave thee this authority? ²⁴ but Jesus answered them, I also will ask you one question, which if ye tell me, I will likewise tell you by what authority I do these things. ²⁵ The baptism of John, whence was it? from heaven, or of men? And they reasoned with themselves saying, If we say, from heaven, He will reply, Why then did ye not believe him? ²⁶ But if we say, of men, we fear the people, for they all esteem John as a prophet. ²⁷ And therefore in answer to Jesus, they said, We do not know: and He said unto them, Neither do I tell you, by what authority I do these things. ²⁸ But what think ye of this? There was a man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, Son, go, work to day in my vineyard: ²⁹ and he answered I will not; but afterwards repenting, he went. ³⁰ And coming to the second, he spake in like manner: and he answered, Yes, Sir; and went not. ³¹ Now which of the two did the will of his father? They say unto Him, The first. Jesus replied, Verily I say unto you, that publicans and prostitutes enter into the kingdom of God before you: ³² for John came unto you in the way of righteousness, and ye did not believe him; but publicans and harlots believed him; and though ye saw that, ye did not repent afterwards, to believe him. ³³ Hear another parable, There was a certain man, a master of a family, that planted a vineyard, and made a fence about it, and put a wine-press in it, and built a tower, and let it out to husbandmen, and travelled abroad. ³⁴ And when the fruit-season drew near, he sent his servants to the husbandmen, to receive the fruits of it: ³⁵ and the husbandmen took his servants and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another. ³⁶ And he sent again other servants more than the first: and they did the like to them. ³⁷ At last he sent unto them his Son, saying, They will reverence my Son. ³⁸ But when the husbandmen saw the Son, they said among themselves, This is the heir, come, let us kill him, and seize on his inheritance: ³⁹ so they took him and cast him out of the vineyard and slew him. ⁴⁰ When therefore the lord of the vineyard cometh, what will he do to those husbandmen? ⁴¹ They answer, He will miserably destroy those wicked men, and will let out the vineyard to other husbandmen, who will render him the fruits in their seasons. ⁴² Then saith Jesus to them, Did ye never read in the scriptures, "The stone which the builders refused, is made the head of the corner: this is the Lord's doing, and it is marvellous in our eyes?" ⁴³ Therefore I tell you, that the kingdom of God shall be taken from you, and given to a nation, that will bring forth the fruits thereof. ⁴⁴ And he that stumbleth at this stone shall be bruised, but on whomsoever it falls, it will crush him to pieces. ⁴⁵ And when the chief priests and pharisees heard his parables, they perceived that He spake of them: ⁴⁶ and would have seized Him, but that they were afraid of the people; because they took Him for a prophet.