Esaias's prophecy day, will he not lay hold on it, and man? and then he will spoil his house. lift it out? 12 How much then is a man better than a sheep? Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath-days. 13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other. 14 Then the Pharisees went out, and held a council against him, how they might destroy him. 15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all 16 And charged them that they should not make him known: 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18 Behold my servant whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall shew judgment to the Gentiles. 19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets. 20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory. 21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust. 22 1 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb; and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David? 24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself, is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself, shall not stand. 30 He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scattereth abroad. 31 Wherefore I say unto you. All manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men: but the blasphemy against the Hol Ghost shall not be forgiven unta men. 32 And whosoever speaketh word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whose ever speaketh against the Hor Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in the world to come. 33 Either make the tree good, and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit cor rupt: for the tree is known by his fruit. 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh 35 A good man, out of the good treasure of the heart, bringeth forth good things: and an evil man, out of the evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. 36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thes shalt be condemned. 38 Then certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees answered. saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. 39 But he answered and said to them, An evil and adulterous gene ration seeketh after a sign, and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. 40 For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly: so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. 41 The men of Nineveh shall 26 And if Satan cast out Satan, rise in judgment with this gener he is divided against himself; tion, and shall condemn it: because how shall shall then his kingdom they repented at the preaching of stand? Jonas; and behold, a greater tha Jonas is here. 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your children cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges. 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. 29 Or else, how can one enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong 14 42 The queen of the south shal rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wis dom of Solomon: and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. gone out of a man, he walketh 43 When the unclean spirit is 'arable of the CHAP. XIII. rough dry places, seeking rest, nd findeth none. sower and the seed 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables? 44 Then he saith, I will return to my house from whence I came 11 He answered and said unto t; and when he is come, he find-them, Because it is given unto you h it empty, swept, and gar- to know the mysteries of the kingshed. dom of heaven, but to them it is not given. 45 Then goeth he, and taketh ith himself seven other spirits ore wicked than himself, and ey enter in and dwell there: and e last state of that man is worse an the first. Even so shall it be So unto this wicked genera on. 46 T While he yet talked to the ople, behold, his mother and his ethren stood without, desiring to eak with him. 17 Then one said unto him, Beld, thy mother and thy brethren and without, desiring to speak th thee. 48 But he answered and said to him that told him, Who is mother? and who are my bre-en? 19 And he stretched forth his nd toward his disciples, and said, hold my mother and my bre en ! O For whosoever shall do the Il of my Father which is in hea, the same is my brother, and cer, and mother. CHAP. XIII. Of the Sower and the Seed. HE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the -side.. And great multitudes were hered together unto him, so that went into a ship, and sat; and whole multitude stood on the re. 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have more abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath. 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing, see not; and hearing, they hear not; neither do they understand. 14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esains, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear.. 17 For, verily, I say unto you. That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see those things which ye see, and have not seen them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 18 ¶ Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and underAnd he spake many things un- standeth it not, then cometh the hem in parables, saying, Be-wicked one, and catcheth away , a sower went forth to sow; And when he sowed, some seeds by the way-side, and the fowls ne and devoured them up: Some fell upon stony places, ere they had not much earth: forthwith they sprung up, bese they had not deepness of th: And when the sun was up, y were scorched; and because y had no root, they withered that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way-side.. 20 But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it; 21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but dureth for a while: for when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended. 22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and the care of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful. 23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth MATTHEW, The parable of the tares, &t fruit, and bringeth forth, some al good, seed are the children of the hundred-fold, some sixty, some kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; thirty. 24 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man which sowed good seed in his field: 25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares? 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 29 But he said, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up also the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather ye together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn. 31 T Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard-seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: 32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof. 33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened. 34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them: 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world. 36 Then Jesus sent the multitude away, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field. 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 38 The field is the world; the 39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore the tares are gathered and burned in the fire: so shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall ga ther out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do inquity; 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 44 Again, The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in 1 field; the which when a man bah found, he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that field. 45 Again, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man seeking goodly pearls: 46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and so all that he had, and bought it. 47. Again, The kingdom of her ven is like unto a net, that was cas into the sea, and gathered of every kind: 48 Which, when it was ful, they drew to shore, and sat down, gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away. 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth and sever the wicked from among the just, 50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wi ing and gnashing of teeth. 51 Jesus saith unto them, Ha ye understood all these things They say unto him, Yea, Lord. 52 Then said he unto the Therefore every scribe which is t structed unto the kingdom of be ven, is like unto a man that is: householder, which bringeth for out of his treasure things new old. 53 1 And it came to pass, th when Jesus had finished these pa rables, he departed thence. 54 And when he was come int his own country, he taught then their synagogue, insomuch that the were astonished, and said, Wheart hath this man this wisdom, an these mighty works? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. 58 And he did not many mighty works there, because of their unbelief. Five thousand fed. This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye themi to eat. 17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the ciples to the multitude. CHAP. XIV. Herod's Opinion of Christ. T that time Herod the Tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is 20 And they did all eat, and were isen from the dead; and therefore filled: and they took up of the mighty works do shew forth them-fragments that remained twelve selves in him. baskets full. 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him n prison for Herodias' sake, his rother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put im to death, he feared the multiude, because they counted him as prophet. 6 But when Herod's birth-day as kept, the daughter of Heroas danced before them, and pleaed Herod. 7 Whereupon he promised with n oath to give her whatsoever she ould ask. 8 And she, being before instruct1 of her mother, said, Give me ere John Baptist's head in a harger. 9 And the king was sorry: nevereless for the oath's sake, and em which sat with him at meat, commanded it to be given her. 10 And he sent and beheaded -hn in the prison. 11 And his head was brought in charger, and given to the damsel: d she brought it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came, and ok up the body, and buried it, d went and told Jesus. 13 1 When Jesus heard of it, he parted thence by ship into a deFt place apart: and when the ople had heard thereof, they folved him on foot out of the 21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, besides women and children. 22 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the other side, while he sent the multitudes away. 23 And when he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into a mountain apart to pray and when the evening was come, he was there alone. 24 But the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed with waves: for the wind was contrary. 25 And in the fourth watch of the night Jesus went unto them, walking on the sea. 26 And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a spirit; and they cried out for fear. 27 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. 28 And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. 29 And he said, Come. And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. 30 But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried, saying, Lord, save me. 31 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said unto him, O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt? 32 And when they were come into the ship, the wind ceased. 33 Then they that were in the 17 MATTHEW, Men's traditions. 34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret. 35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased; 36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched. were made perfectly whole. CHAP. XV. God's Commandments. 2 Why do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat bread. 3 But he answered and said unto them, Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God by your tradition ? 4 For God commanded, saying, Honour thy father and mother: and, He that curseth father or mother, let him die the death. 5 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to his father or his mother, It is a gift, by whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me;, 6 And honour not his father or his mother, he shall be free. Thus have ye made the commandment of God of none effect by your tradition. 7 Ye hypocrites, well did Esaias prophesy of you, saying, 8 This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.. 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.. 10 1 And he called the multitude, and said unto them, Hear, and understand: 11 Not that which goeth into the mouth defileth a man; but that which cometh out of the mouth, this defileth a man. 12 Then came his disciples, and said unto him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offended after they heard this saying? 13 But he answered and said. Every plant, which my heavenly Father hath not planted, shall be rooted up. 14 Let them alone: they be blind leaders of the blind. And if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch. What defileth a man 15 Then answered Peter and said unto him, Declare unto us this parable. 16 And Jesus said, Are ye also yet without understanding? 17 Do not ye yet understand, that whatsoever entereth in at the mouth goeth into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? 18 But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man. 19 For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies: These the things defile a man: but to eat with un washen hands defileth not a man. 21 T Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. 22 And behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil. 23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Send her away for she crieth after us. 24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and wor shipped him, saying, Lord, help me. 26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread and to cast it to dogs. 27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their masters' table. 28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is the faith: be it unto thee even as thot wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour. 29 And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee; and went up inte mountain, and sat down there. 30 And great multitudes camt unto him, having with them thos that were lame, blind, dumb, main ed, and many others, and cast then down at Jesus' feet; and he heale them: 31 Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind te see: and they glorified the God of Israel. 32 Then Jesus called his disci ples unto him, and said, I have com |