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unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my 30 burden is light.

At that season Jesus went on the sabbath 1 12 day through the cornfields; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck ears of corn, and to eat. But the Pharisees, when 2 they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the sabbath. But he said unto them, Have ye 3 not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; how he 4 entered into the house of God, and 'did eat the shewbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests? Or have ye not read in 5 the law, how that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the sabbath, and Gr. a greater are guiltless? But I say unto you, that one 6 greater than the temple is here. But if ye had 7 known what this meaneth, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lord of the 8 sabbath.

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And he departed thence, and went into 9 their synagogue: and behold, a man having a 10 withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him. And he said unto them, 11 What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? How much then is a man of more value 12 than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the sabbath day. Then saith he to the man, 13 Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other. But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel 14 against him, how they might destroy him. And 15

Jesus perceiving it withdrew from thence and many followed him; and he healed them all, 16 and charged them that they should not make 17 him known that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

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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,
Till he send forth judgement unto victory.
And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.

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Then was brought unto him one possessed 2 Or, a dewith a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed moniac him, insomuch that the dumb man spake and And all the multitudes were amazed, and 24 said, Is this the son of David? But when the

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Pharisees heard it, they said, This man doth

not cast out 3devils, but by Beelzebub the Gr. demons. 25 prince of the devils. And knowing their 'Or, in thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself 26 shall not stand: and if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall 27 his kingdom stand? And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore shall they be your judges. 28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out devils,

then is the kingdom of God come upon you. 29 Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first

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bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house. He that is not with me is against 30 me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. Therefore I say unto you, Every sin 31 Some ancient and blasphemy shall be forgiven 'unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. And whosoever shall speak a 32 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. Either make the tree good, and its 33 fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt for the tree is known by its fruit. Ye offspring of vipers, how can ye, being evil, 34 speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh. The good 35 man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things. And I say 36 unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement. For by thy words thou 37 shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

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Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees 38 Or, Teacher answered him, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee. But he answered and said 39 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 prophet: for as Jonah was three days and three 40 nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. The men of Nineveh 41 shall stand up in the judgement with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented Gr.morethan, at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a

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42 greater than Jonah is here. The queen of the south 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

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of Solomon; and behold, 1a greater than Solo- 1Gr.morethan. 43 mon is here. But the unclean spirit, when he 'Or, it is gone out of the man, passeth through 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, he 45 findeth it empty, swept, and garnished. Then goeth he, and taketh with himself seven Or, itself other spirits more evil than 3himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. so shall it be also unto this evil generation. While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood 47 without, seeking to speak to him. And one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, seeking to speak to 48 thee. But he answered and said unto him

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

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On that day went Jesus out of the house, and 2 sat by the sea side. And there were gathered - unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude 3 stood on the beach. And he spake to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the 4 sower went forth to sow; and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds 5 came and devoured them: and others fell upon the rocky places, where they had not

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much earth and straightway they sprang up, because they had no deepness of earth and 6 when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. And others fell upon the thorns; and 7 the thorns grew up, and choked them and 8 others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundredfold, some sixty, some

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And the disciples came, and said unto him, 10 in ver. 43, to Why speakest thou unto them in parables? And he answered and said unto them, Unto you II it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and 12 he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that which he hath. Therefore speak I to them in 13 parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of 14 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,

And hear with their ears,

And understand with their heart,

And should turn again,

And I should heal them.

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But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and 16 your ears, for they hear. For verily I say unto 17 you, that many prophets and righteous men de

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