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forgive sins (he saith to the sick of the palsy), 11 I say unto thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go 12 unto thy house. And he arose, and straightway took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

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note on Matt. v. 46.

And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he 14 taught them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the place of toll, and he saith unto him, Follow me. And 15 he arose and followed him. And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many 'publicans and sinners sat down with Jesus See marginal and his disciples: for there were many, and they 16 followed him. And the scribes of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his dis- Pharisees. ciples, He eateth and drinketh with publiI cans and sinners. And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They that are "whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick I came not to call the righteous, but drinketh. sinners.

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And John's disciples and the Pharisees were fasting and they come and say unto him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the 19 Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long as they have the bridegroom 20 with them, they cannot fast. But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day. 21 No man seweth a piece of undressed cloth on an old garment: else that which should fill it up taketh from it, the new from the old, and a

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read and the

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... sinners?

authorities omit and

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worse rent is made. And no man putteth new 22

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Gr. began to

make their way plucking.

skins.

And it came to pass, that he was going on 23 the sabbath day through the cornfields; and his disciples 'began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees said unto him, 24 Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? And he said unto them, 25 Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he entered into 26 Some ancient the house of God when Abiathar was high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and also to them that were with him? And 27 gave he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: so that the 28 Son of man is lord even of the sabbath.

authorities

read in the days of

Abiathar the high priest.

the midst.

And he entered again into the synagogue; 13 and there was a man there which had his hand withered. And they watched him, whether he 2 would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him. And he saith unto the man 3 Gr. Arise into that had his hand withered, Stand forth. And 4 he saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But they held their peace. And 5 when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth and his hand was restored. And the Pharisees went out, and 6 straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

And Jesus with his disciples withdrew to the 7

sea and a great multitude from Galilee fol8 lowed and from Judæa, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and beyond Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing 'what great things he did, came unto him. 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest 10 they should throng him: for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had plagues 3pressed upon him that they might touch him. 11 And the unclean spirits, whensoever they beheld him, fell down before him, and cried, 12 saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he charged them much that they should not make

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Some ancient whom also he named apostles.

authorities add

See Luke vi.

13.

And he goeth up into the mountain, and calleth unto him whom he himself would: and 14 they went unto him. And he appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he 15 might send them forth to preach, and to have 16 authority to cast out devils: and Simon he 17 surnamed Peter; and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thun18 der: and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddæus, and Simon 19 the 'Cananæan, and Judas Iscariot, which also Or, Zealot. betrayed him.

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twelve.

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See Luke vi.

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And he cometh into a house. multitude cometh together again, so that they 21 could not so much as eat bread. And when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him for they said, He is beside himself. 22 And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, By the 'Or, In prince of the devils casteth he out the devils. 23 And he called them unto him, and said unto

them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a kingdom be divided against 24 itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a 25 house be divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan hath risen 26 up against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. But no one can enter 27 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. Verily I say 28 unto you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and their blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: but whoso- 29 ever shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of an eternal sin because they said, He hath an 30 unclean spirit.

And there come his mother and his bre- 31 thren; and, standing without, they sent unto him, calling him. And a multitude was sitting 32 about him; and they say unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. And he answereth them, and saith, Who is 33 my mother and my brethren? And looking 34 round on them which sat round about him, he saith, Behold, my mother and my brethren! For whosoever shall do the will of God, the 35 same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

And again he began to teach by the sea 1 4 side. And there is gathered unto 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 2 many things in parables, and said unto them in his teaching, Hearken: Behold, the sower 3 went forth to sow: and it came to pass, as 4 he sowed, some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it. And other 5

fell on the rocky ground, where it had not much earth; and straightway it sprang up, because it 6 had no deepness of earth: and when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had 7 no root, it withered away. And other fell among the thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked 8 it, and it yielded no fruit. And others fell into the good ground, and yielded fruit, growing up and increasing; and brought forth, thirtyfold, 9 and sixtyfold, and a hundredfold. And he said, Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

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saith unto them, Know ye not this parable? 14 and how shall ye know all the parables? The 15 sower soweth the word. And these are they by the way side, where the word is sown; and when they have heard, straightway cometh Satan, and taketh away the word which hath 16 been sown in them. And these in like manner are they that are sown upon the rocky places, who, when they have heard the word, straight17 way receive it with joy; and they have no root in themselves, but endure for a while; then, when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, straightway they stumble. 18 And others are they that are sown among the thorns; these are they that have heard the 19 word, and the cares of the world, and the de- Or, age ceitfulness of riches, and the lusts of other things entering in, choke the word, and it be

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