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charged them that they should not make him known:

1 Or, through that it might be fulfilled which was spoken 1by Isaiah 17 the prophet, saying,

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 declare judgement to the Gentiles.
He shall not strive, nor cry aloud;

Neither shall any one hear his voice in the
streets.

A bruised reed shall he not break,

And smoking flax shall he not quench,

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Till he send forth judgement unto victory. And in his name shall the Gentiles hope. Then was brought unto him one possessed with a 22 a demoniac devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch

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that the dumb man spake and saw. And all the mul- 23 titudes were amazed, and said, Is this the son of David? But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, 24 3 Gr. demons. This man doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils. And knowing their thoughts 25 he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand and if 26 Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? And if I by 27 Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils, then is 28 the kingdom of God come upon you. Or how can 29 one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me 30 is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Therefore I say unto you, Every sin and 31 blasphemy shall be forgiven 5 unto men; but the blasauthorities phemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And 32 whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

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33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the 34 tree is known by its fruit. Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the 35 abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure bring36 eth forth evil things. And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account 37 thereof in the day of judgement. For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, 1Master, we would see a sign from thee. 1 Or, Teacher 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it but the sign of Jonah the 40 prophet: for as Jonah was three days and three nights

in the belly of the 2 whale; so shall the Son of man be 2 Gr. seathree days and three nights in the heart of the earth. monster. 41 The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgement

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with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a 3 Gr. 42 greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the south more than. shall rise up in the judgement with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, 3 a 43 greater than Solomon is here. But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through 4 Or, it waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not. 44 Then he saith, I will return into my house whence I came out; and when he is come, 1he findeth it empty, 45 swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with 5 himself seven other spirits more evil than 5 Or, itself 5 himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation. 46 While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, seeking to 47 speak to him. And one said unto him, Behold, thy ancient mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak omit ver. 47.

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in ver. 43, to hear: as in

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to thee. But he answered and said unto him that told 48 him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren? And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, 49 and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! For 50 whosoever shall do the will of my Father which is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

On that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by 13 the sea side. And there were gathered unto him great 2 multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. And he 3 spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow; and as he sowed, some 4 seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them and others fell upon the rocky places, 5 where they had not much earth and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was risen, they were scorched; 6 and because they had no root, they withered away. And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew 7 up, and choked them: and others fell upon the good 8 ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. He that hath ears 1, let him hear.

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And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why 10 speakest thou unto them in parables? And he an- 11 swered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him 12 shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. Therefore speak I to them 13 in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And unto 14 them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith,

By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand;

And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive:

For this people's heart is waxed gross,

And their ears are dull of hearing,

And their eyes they have closed;

Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes,

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And hear with their ears,

And understand with their heart,
And should turn again,

And I should heal them.

16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, 17 for they hear. For verily I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which ye see, and saw them not; and to hear the · 18 things which ye hear, and heard them not. Hear then 19 ye the parable of the sower. When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the evil one, and snatcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he that was 20 sown by the way side. And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that heareth the word, 21 and straightway with joy receiveth it; yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth for a while; and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the 22 word, straightway he stumbleth. And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word; and the care of the world, and the deceit- 1 Or, age fulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh 23 unfruitful. And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; who verily beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty. 24 Another parable set he before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed 25 good seed in his field: but while men slept, his enemy came and sowed 2tares also among the wheat, and 2 Or, darnel 26 went away. But when the blade sprang up, and

brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

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27 And the servants of the householder came and 3 Gr. bondsaid unto him, Sir, didst thou not sow good seed in

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28 thy field? whence then hath it tares? And he said unto them, An enemy hath done this. And the 4Gr. 4 man 3 servants say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and enemy. 29 gather them up? But he saith, Nay; lest haply while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them. 30 Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up

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first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them: but gather the wheat into my barn.

Another parable set he before them, saying, The 31 kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: which 32 indeed is less than all seeds; but when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.

Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom 33 of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and 1 The word in hid in three 1measures of meal, till it was all leavened. All these things spake Jesus in parables unto the 34 multitudes; and without a parable spake he nothing sure contain- unto them: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken 35 ing nearly a peck and a 2 by the prophet, saying,

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I will open my mouth in parables;

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the world.

Then he left the multitudes, and went into the 36 house and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field. And he answered and said, He that soweth the good 37 seed is the Son of man; and the field is the world; 38 and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; and the 39 enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest 4 Or, the con- is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned 40 with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. The 41 Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, and shall cast them 42 into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous shine 43 forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear.

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The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure 44 hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and 5 Or, for joy in his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field.

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