556 A SHORT VIEW OF SCRIPTURE HISTORY. sible of his imperfections, as to reply, " All these have I kept from my youth ; what do I lack more ?" Our Lord then put him to a further trial, bid him sell what estate he had, give to the poor, and follow him as one of his disciples. At this the young man went away sorrowful, because he had great possessions : whence Jesus took occasion to say, " It was hard for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of heaven ;" Mat. xix. 16-24. 14. When James and John desired to be made chief in his kingdom, and to sit on his right -hand, and on his left, Jesus took occasion to suppress ambition acñongst all his disciples, and said, " Whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant ; as the Son of man came not to be served. but to serve, and to give his life a ransom for many ;" Mat. xx. 20-28. 15. As he was travelling from Galilee to Jerusalem, Sama- ria lay in his way ; and when the Samaritans would not receive him, some of his disciples would call for fire from heaven upon them, as Elias did : but he severely reproved them, " that they knew not what manner of spirit they were of, for the Son of man came to save men's lives, and not to destroy them ;" Luke ix. 51-56. 16. When our Saviour was entertained at Bethany, he gently reproved Martha for being too much cumbered with care toentertain and feast him, and commended her sister Mary, who sat at Jesus's feet, and heard his words : " Mary hath chosen that good part which shall not be taken away from her ;" Luke x. 38-42. . 17. When Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, he went to the grave in company with Martha and Mary, his two sisters, and several Jews : he bid them take away the stone from the mouth of the cave, and prayed to his Father, and then com- manded Lazarus to come forth, who had been dead four clays ; and Lazarus obeyed him, and came forth ; John xi. 18. The Jews used to travel on foot from place to place, yet when he went up to the last feast at Jerusalem he rode into the cityupon the colt of an ass, that the prophecy of Zechariah might be fulfilled ; Zech. ix. 9. and a great multitude attended: .him as in triumph, crying Hosanna to the son of David ; so that the children learned the song, and repeated it in the temple; Mat. xxi._1 -6. 19. Whenhe found in the temple those thatsold oxen, and sheep, and doves, and the changers of money, he made a scourge of small cords, and drove them all out of the temple, and overthrew the tables, with the money on them ; and said, " It is written, my house shall be called the house of prayer, butye have made it a den of thieves." And he wentout of the city, and lodged that night at Bethany ;. Mat. xxi. 12, 13, 17. 20. When he returned from Bethany, the next morning he cursed a fig-tree that had only leaves, and no fruit on it, to shew
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