28 And the fame of him was spread forthwith into all the country of Galilee.

29 And immediately going out of the synagogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

30 And Simon's wife's mother lay in a fit of a fever: and forthwith they tell him of her.

31 And coming to her he lifted her up, taking her by the hand and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

32 And when it was evening after sun-set, they brought to him all that were ill and that were possessed with devils.

33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many that were troubled with divers diseases; and he cast out many devils, and he suffered them not to speak, because they knew him.

35 And rising very early, going out he went into a desert place and there he prayed.

36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

37 And when they had found him, they said to him, All seek for thee.

38 And he saith to them: Let us go into the neighbouring towns and cities, that I may preach there also: for to this purpose am I come.

t 39 And he was preaching in their synagogues, and in all Galilee, and casting out devils. 40 And there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down, said to him: If

thou wilt; thou canst make me clean.

41 And JESUS having compassion on him, stretched forth his hand; and touching him, saith to him: I will. Be thou made clean.

42 And when he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean.

43 And he strictly charged him, and forthwith sent him away.

44 And he saith to him: See thou tell no one, but go, shew thyself to the high-priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things that Moses commanded, for a testimony to them.

45 But he being gone out, began to publish, and to blaze abroad the word; so that he could not openly go into the city, but was without in desert places, and they flocked to him from all sides.

d Lev. 14. 2. Matt. 9. 1.-f Lake 5. 18. 59

the man sick of the palsy lay.

5 And when JESUS had seen their faith, he saith to the sick of the palsy Son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

6 And there were some of the scribes sitting there, and thinking in their hearts:

7 Why doth this man speak thus? he blasphemeth. Who can forgive sins, but God only? 8 Which JESUS presently knowing in his spirit, that they so thought within themselves, saith to them: Why think you these things in your hearts ?

9 Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy: Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say: Arise, take up thy bed, and walk?

10 But that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy),

11 I say to thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house.

12 And immediately he arose; and taking up his bed, went his way in the sight of all, so that all wondered, and glorified God, saying: We never saw the like. 13 And he went forth again to the sea-side: and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

14 And when he was passing by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus, sitting at the receipt of custom; and he saith to him: Follow me. And rising up he followed him.

15 And it came to pass, that as he sat at meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat

a Job 14. 4. Isaias 43. 25,-b Matt, 9.9. Luke 5. 27.

his disciples. For they were many, who also followed him.

16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing that he ate with publicans and sinners, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat and drink with publicans and sinners?

17 JESUS hearing this, saith to them: They that are well have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. For I came not to call the just but sinners.

18 And the disciples of John and the Pharisees used to fast: and they come, and say to him: Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast: but thy disciples do not fast?

19 And JESUS saith to them: Can the children of the marriage fast, as long as the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast.

20 But the days will come when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them: and then theyshall fast in those days.

21 No man seweth a piece of raw cloth to an old garment: otherwise the new piecing tak eth away from the old, and there is made a greater rent.

22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: otherwise the wine will burst the bottles, and both the wine will be spilled, and the bottles will be lost. But new wine must be put into new bottles.

23 And it came to pass again, as the Lord walked through the corn-fields on the sabbath, that his disciples began

e 1 Tim. 1. 15.-d Matt. 9. 15 Luke 5. 35. Matt. 12. 1. Luke 6..

to go forward and to pluck the ears of corn..

24 And the Pharisees said to him: Behold, why do they on the sabbath-day that which is not lawful?

25 And he said to them: Have you never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry himself, and they that were with him?

26 How he went into the house of God under Abiathar the high-priest, and did eat the loaves of proposition which was not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave to them who were with him?

27 And he said to them: The Babbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath..

28 Therefore the son of man is Lord of the sabbath also.

CHAP III.

Christ heals the withered hand: he chooses the twelve: he confutes the blasphemy of the Pharisees.

AN ND he entered again into the synagogue, and there was a man there who had a withered hand.

2 And they watched him whether he would heal on the sabbath-days; that they might accuse him.

3 And he said to the man who had the withered hand: Stand up in the midst.

4 And he saith to them: Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy? But they held their peace.

5 And looking round about on them, with anger, being grieved for the blindness of their

a 1 Kings 21. 6.- Lev. 24. 9.Matt. 12. 10. Luke 6. 6.

hearts, he saith to the man: Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth: and his hand was restored unto him.

6 d And the Pharisees going out immediately made a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

7 But JESUS retired with his disciples to the sea; and a great multitude followed him, from Galilee and Judea,

8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond the Jordan. And they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing the things which he did, came to him.

9 And he spoke to his disciples that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

10 For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had evils.

11 And the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him: and they cried, saying:

12 Thou art the son of God. And he strictly charged them that they should not make him known.

13 And going up into 8 mountain, he called unto him whom he would himself: and they came to him.

14 And he made that twelve should be with him, and that he might send them to preach.

15 And he gave them power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils.

16 And to Simon he gave the name Peter.

d Matt. 12. 14.- Matt. 10. 1. Luke 6. 13. and 9. 1.

17 And James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James: and he named them Boanerges which is the sons of thunder.

18 And Andrew and Philip, and Bartholomew and Matthew, and Thomas and James of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananean,

19 And Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

20 And they come to a house, and the multitude cometh together again, so that they could

not so much as eat bread.

21 And when his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him. For they said: He is become mad.

22 And the scribes who were come down from Jerusalem, said: He hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

23 And after he had called them together, he said to them in parables: How can satan cast out satan?

24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that king

dom cannot stand.

25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand.

26 And if satan be risen up against himself, he is divided, and cannot stand, but hath an end.

27. No man can enter into the house of a strong man and rob him of his goods, unless he first bind the strong man, and then shall he plunder his house.

28 Amen I say to you, that all sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and the blas

a Matt. 9. 34.-6 Matt. 12. 31. Luke 2. 10. 1 John 5. 16.

him.

32 And the multitude sat about him; and they say to him: Behold thy mother and thy

brethren without seek for thee.

33 And answering them he said: Who is my mother and my brethren?

34 And looking round about on them who sat about him, he saith: Behold my mother and my brethren.

35 For whosoever shall do the will of God, he is my brother, and my sister and mother.

CHAP. IV.

The parable of the somer. Christ stills the tempest at sea.

again he began to teach

AND by the sea-side; and a great multitudewas gathered together unto him so that he wen. up into a ship and sat in the sea, and all the multitude was upon the land by the sea-side.

2 And he taught them many things in parables, and said unto them in his doctrine:

3 Hear ye; Behold, the sower went out to sow.

4 And whilst he soweth, some fell by the way-side, and the birds of the air came, and ate it up.

5 And other some fell upon stony ground where it had not

Matt. 13. 2. Luke 8. 5.