Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-30
THREE WARNING PARALLELS.
The Two Sons.

"But what think ye? Al man had
1.-TWO sons; and he came to the first,
and said, Son go work today In the
tvineyard. And he answered and said:
| Z viii not, but afterward he repent,
| ed himself and went. And he came to
the second. and said likewise. And he
answered and said, I go sir; and
went not. Which of the two did the
will of his afther?
They say, The first
Jesus saith unto them, Verify,
say unto you, that the publicans and
the haFlots go into the kingdom Of
God before you. For John came unto
you In the way of righteousness, and
We believed him not; but the pu5licans
and the larlots believed him; and We,
when We saw 1t, did not even repent
yourselves afterward that We might
believe him. :
The Greatest Commandment:
And one of the scribes came, and
heard them questioning together, and
knowing that he had answered them
we'll. asked him, What commandment
lis the first Of all ia
Jesus answered. THE first Of all is,
Hear, o; Israel: The Lord our God.
the Lord is one. and thou shalt love
the Lord thy God with all thy heart.
and with all thy soul. and with all
THY mind, and with al Thy strength
The secopd is this. sTh0u shalt love
thy neighbor as thysef. There Is
none other commandment greater
than these
And the scribe said into him: s'of
q truth. Teacher, thou hast well said
that Heais one; md there Is none
other but He, and to- love Him with
IAN the heart and with an the under.
standing. and with all the strength,
land to love thy neighbor as himself.
is much more than all whole burnt Of
ferings and sacrifices "
And when Jesus saw that he answer
ed discreetly, he said unto him: Thou
art not far from the Kingdom Of God. z
The Conspiracy Aaainst Jesus
And It came to pass that when Je-
|sus had finished all these words, he
said unto his disciples, 'Ye know that
after two days the passover cometh,
and the Son of Man Is delivered up
to be crucified. |"
Taen were gathered together the
chief priests, the elders Of the people.
unto the court Of the high priest, who
was called Caiaphas; and they took
counsel together that they might take
Jesus by subtlery, and kill him. But
they said, Not during the feast. lest
"a tumult arise among the people.
And Satan entered INTO Judas, who
was called Iscariot. being IT the mum.
Der Of u. And he went away and com
muned with the chief priests and cap
tains. how he might deliver him unto
them. And they were glad, and they
weighed unto him 30 pieces Of silver.
And from that time he sought oppor-
tunity to deliver unto them In the abb
sence Of the multitude.
Tuesday--The Great Lament.
Tuesday Of the last week Of Jesus
had been called the day of contro-
xersy. Controversy with Christ! Ar
gling with jesus! Finding fault with
the Saviour! Where was 1t that our
Lord met such treatment? In the
capital city of his people; in Jerusa-
lem, where every Jew prayed for the
coming of the Messiah. where the
prophets had spoken of the coming
&c the kingdom Of God Who was It
t.iat set him at naught, challenged his
authority, sought to catch him in his
Eords2 His own people whom he
loved, the leaders Of the people whose
eager hope for the coming salvation
had become a passion almost unparal-
leled in history.
Jesus had come from Galilee to Of.
fer himself unreservedly to his people
as the way, the truth, and life Jeru.
salem rejected him. He came unto
ibis own and his own received him
not.
And he left then Left the temple
on that fatal Tuesday, never to tread