forth before all; so that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it thus.

13 And he went forth again by the sea-side; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

14 And passing along, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting at the tax-office, and he says to him, Follow me. And rising up he followed him. 15 And it came to pass, that he was reclining at table at his house, and many publicans and sinners were reclining with Jesus and his disciples; for there were many, and they followed him. 16 And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said to his disciples, Why does he eat with the publicans and sinners? 17 And Jesus, hearing it, says to them, They who are bwell need not a physician, but they who are sick. I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

18 And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting; and they come and say to him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said to them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they can not fast. 20 But there will come days, when the bridegroom will be taken away from them; and then they will fast in that day. 21 No one sews a piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment; else that which fills it up takes from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made. 22 And no one puts new wine into old skins; else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine per

ishes, and the skins: but [they put] new wine into fresh skins.

23 And it came to pass, that he was passing along through the grain-fields on the sabbath; and his disciples began to make a way, plucking the ears of grain. 24 And the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why are they doing on the sabbath that which is not lawful? 25 And he said to them, Did yé never read what David did, when he had need and was hungry, himself and they who were with him; 26 how he entered into the house of God, when Abiathar was high priest, and ate the show-bread, which it is not lawful to eat except for the priests, and gave also to those who were with him? 27 And he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath. 28 So then the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath.

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III. And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there having his hand withered. And they were watching him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath; that they might accuse him. And he says to the man having the withered hand, Arise, and come into the midst. And he says to them, Is it lawful on the sabbath to do good, or to do harm; to save life, or to kill? But they were silent. And looking round on them with anger, being grieved at the hardness of their heart, he says to the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and his hand was restored.

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And going out, the Pharisees straightway held a consultation with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him. And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the sea. And a great multitude from Galilee followed; and from Judæa, and from

• Gr., came into existence for the sake of man.

Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and beyond the Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, as they heard what great things he was doing, came to him. And he spoke to his disciples, that a boat should wait on him because of the crowd, that they might not throng him. 10 For he healed many, so that they pressed upon him to touch him, as many as had plagues. 11 And the unclean spirits, whenever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he charged them much that they should not make him manifest.

13 And he goes up into the mountain, and calls to him whom he himself wished; and they went to him. 14 And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 and to have authority to cast out demons. 16 And Simon he surnamed Peter; " and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and he surnamed them Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder; 18 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananæan, 19 and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

And he comes into a house. 20 And the multitude comes together again, so that they could not even eat bread. 21 And hearing of it, his kinsmen went out to lay hold on him; for they said, He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes who came down from Jerusalem said, He has Beelzebul, and through the prince of the demons he casts out the demons. 23 And calling them to him, he said to them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom can not stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. 26 And if Satan has risen up against himself, and is divided, he can not stand, but has an end. 27 But no one can enter into the strong man's house, and plunder his goods, except he first bind the strong man; and then he will plunder his house. 28 Verily I say to you, All sins will be forgiven the sons of men, and the blasphemies whatever they blaspheme: 29 but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit has no forgiveness forever, but is guilty of an eternal sin: 30 because they said, He has an unclean spirit.

31 And there come his mother and his brothers; and standing without they sent to him, calling him. 32 And a crowd was sitting about him; and they say to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brothers without are seeking thee. 33 And answering them he says, Who is my mother, and my brothers? 34 And looking round on those who sat about him, he says, Behold, my mother, and my brothers! 35 For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother, and sister, and mother. IV. And again he began to teach by the sea-side.

And there is gathered to him a very great multitude, so that he entered into a boat, and sat in the sea; and all the multitude were by the sea on the land. And he taught them many things in parables, and said to them in his teaching, Hearken: behold, the sower went forth to sow. *And it came to pass, as he sowed, a part fell by the way-side, and the birds came and devoured it. And another part fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it had not depth of earth. And when the sun rose, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. "And another part fell among the thorns; and the thorns came up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.

8 And another part fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit that came up and grew; and bore thirtyfold, and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold. And he said, He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And when he was alone, they who were about him with the twelve asked him concerning the parables. And he said to them, To you is given the mystery of the kingdom of God, but to those who are without, all things are done in parables; 12 that seeing they may see, and not perceive, and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest perhaps they should turn, and be forgiven. 13 And he says to them, Know ye not this parable? And how will ye know all the parables?

14 The sower sows the word. 15 And these are they by the way-side; where the word is sown, and when they hear, straightway comes Satan, and takes away the word that has been sown in them. 16 And these likewise are they that are sown on the rocky places; who, when they hear the word, straightway with joy receive it; 17 and have no root in themselves, but are only for a season; then, when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, straightway they stumble. 18 And others are they that are sown among the thorns. These are they that heard the word, 19 and the anxieties of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the desires about other things, entering in choke the word, and it becomes unfruitful. 20 And these are they that were sown on the good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bear fruit, in thirtyfold, and in sixtyfold, and in a hundredfold.

21 And he said to them, Is the lamp brought that it may be put under the bushel, or under the bed? Is