1 The apostles sent forth : MATTHEW, Christ comforteth them or town ye shall enter, inquire their parents, and cause them who in it is worthy; and there to be put to death. abide till ye go thence. 22 And ye shall be hated of 12 And when ye come into a all men for my name's sake: but house, salute it. he that endureth to the end 13 And if the house be wor- shall be saved. thy, let your peace come upon 23 But when they persecute it: but if it be not worthy, let you in this city, flee ye into your peace return to you. another: for verily I say unto you, 14 And whosoever shall not Ye shall not have gone over the receive you, nor hear your cities of Israel till the Son of words, when ye depart out of man be come. that house, or city, shake off 24 The disciple is not above the dust of your feet. his master, nor the servant above 15 Verily, I say unto you, It his lord. shall be more tolerable for the 25 It is enough for the disciple land of Sodom and Gomorrah, that he be as his master, and in the day of judgment, than for the servant as his lord: if they that city. have called the master of the 16 Behold, I send you forth house Beelzebub, how much as sheep in the midst of wolves: more shall they call them of his be ye therefore wise as serpents, household ? and harmless as doves. 26 Fear them not therefore : 17 But beware of men: for for there is nothing covered, that they will deliver you up to the shall not be revealed; and hid, councils, and they will scourge that shall not be known. you in their synagogues. 27 What I tell you in dark 18 And ye shall be brought ness, that speak ye in light: and before governors and kings for what ye hear in the ear, that my sake, for a testimony against preach ye upon the housethem and the Gentiles. tops. 19 But when they deliver 28 And fear not them which you up, take no thought how or kill the body, but are not able what ye shall speak, for it shall to kill the soul: but rather fear be given you in that same hour him which is able to destroy what ye shall speak. both soul and body in hell. 20 For it is not ye that speak, 29 Are not two sparrows but the Spirit of your Father sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground which speaketh in you. 21 And the brother shall de- without your Father. liver up the brother to death, the children shall rise up against 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Fear ye not therefore, ye ..... against persecution. CHAP. XI. Christ's testimony of John. are of more value than many to drink unto one of these little 32 Whosoever therefore shall in the name of a disciple, verily, 33 But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father which is in heaven. A CHAP. XI. came to pass when 34 Think not that I am come ples, he departed thence to teach 36 And a man's foes shall be they of his own household. look for another? 4 Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and shew John 37 He that loveth father or again those things which ye do mother more than me, is not hear and see: worthy of me: and he that 5 The blind receive their loveth son or daughter more sight, and the lame walk, the than me,, is not worthy of me. lepers are cleansed, and the 38 And he that taketh not his deaf hear, the dead are raised cross, and followeth after me, is up, and the poor have the gosnot worthy of me. pel preached to them. 39 He that findeth his life 6 And blessed is he whososhall lose it: and he that loseth ever shall not be offended in his life for my sake, shall find it. me. 40 He that receiveth you, 7 And as they departed, receiveth me; and he that re- Jesus began to say unto the ceiveth me, receiveth him that multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wil sent me. 41 He that receiveth a pro-derness to see? A reed shaken phet in the name of a prophet, with the wind? shall receive a prophet's reward; 8 But what went ye out for and he that receiveth a righte-to see? A man clothed in soft ous man in the name of a righte-raiment? Behold, they that ous man, shall receive a righte-wear soft clothing are in kings' ous man's reward. houses. 42 And whosoever shall give 9 But what went ye out for to Christ upbraideth the cities MATTHEW, of Chorazin, Bethsaida, &e. see? a prophet? Yea, I say unto 20 Then began he to upyou, and more than a prophet. braid the cities wherein most of 10 For this is he of whom it his mighty works were done, is written, Behold, I send my because they repented not. messenger before thy face, which 21 Wo unto thee, Chorazin! shall prepare thy way before wo unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which were thee. 11 Verily, I say unto you, done in you had been done in Among them that are born of Tyre and Sidon, they would women, there hath not risen a have repented long ago in sackgreater than John the Baptist: cloth and ashes. notwithstanding, he that is least 22 But I say unto you, It shall in the kingdom of heaven, is be more tolerable for Tyre and greater than he. Sidon at the day of judgment, 12 And from the days of than for you. John the Baptist, until now, the 23 And thou, Capernaum, kingdom of heaven suffereth which art exalted unto heaven, violence, and the violent take shall be brought down to hell: it by force. for if the mighty works which 13 For all the prophets and have been done in thee, had the law prophesied until John. been done in Sodom, it would 14 And if ye will receive it, this have remained until this day. is Elias which was for to come. 24 But I say unto you, That 15 He that hath ears to hear, it shall be more tolerable for let him hear. the land of Sodom, in the day 16 But whereunto shall I of judgment, than for thee. liken this generation? It is like 25 At that time Jesus anunto children sitting in the mar-swered and said, I thank thee, kets, and calling unto their fel- O Father, Lord of heaven and lows, earth, because thou hast hid 17 And saying, We have piped these things from the wise and unto you, and ye have not dan-prudent, and hast revealed them ced; We have mourned unto unto babes. you, and ye have not lamented. 26 Even so, Father, for so it 18 For John came neither seemed good in thy sight. eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father; and no 19 The Son of man came man knoweth the Son, but the eating and drinking, and they Father; neither knoweth any say, Behold, a man gluttonous, man the Father, save the Son, and a wine-bibber, a friend of and he to whomsoever the Son publicans and sinners. But Wis- will reveal him. dom is justified of her children. 28 Come unto me, all ye that CHAP. XII. and healeth the withered hand. He reproveth the Pharisees, 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath-day. 29 Take my yoke upon you, 9 And when he was departed and learn of me: for I am meek thence, he went into their synaand lowly in heart; and ye gogue. shall find rest unto your souls. 10 And behold, there was a 30 For my yoke is easy, and man which had his hand withermy burden is light. CHAP. XII. Of the Pharisees' blindness. ed. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-days? that they might AT that time Jesus went on accuse him. the sabbath-day through 11 And he said unto them, the corn, and his disciples What man shall there be among were a hungered, and began to you, that shall have one sheep, pluck the ears of corn, and to and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath-day, will he not lay hold eat. 2 But when the Pharisees on it, and lift it out? saw it, they said unto him, Be- 12 How much then is a man hold, thy disciples do that which better than a sheep? wherefore is not lawful to do upon the it is lawful to do well on the sabbath-day. sabbath-days. 3 But he said unto them, 13 Then saith he to the man, Have ye not read what David Stretch forth thy hand. And he did when he was a hungered, stretched it forth; and it was and they that were with him; restored whole, like as the 4 How he entered into the other. house of God, and did eat the 14 Then the Pharisees went shew-bread, which was not law-out, and held a council against ful for him to eat, neither for him, how they might destroy them which were with him, but him. only for the priests? 15 But when Jesus knew 5 Or have ye not read in the it, he withdrew himself from law how that on the sabbath-thence: and great multitudes days the priests in the temple followed him, and he healed. profane the sabbath, and are them all. blameless? 16 And charged them that 6 But I say unto you, that in they should not make him this place is one greater than the known: temple. 17 That it might be fulfilled 7 But if ye had known what which was spoken by Esaias this meaneth, I will have mercy, the prophet, saying, and not sacrifice, ye would not 18 Behold my servant, whom have condemned the guiltless. I have chosen; my beloved, in Of blasphemy against MATTHEW, the Holy Ghost. whom my soul is well pleased: 29 Or else, how can one enter I will put my Spirit upon him, into a strong man's house, and and he shall shew judgment to spoil his goods, except he first the Gentiles. bind the strong man? and then 19 He shall not strive, nor he will spoil his house. cry; neither shall any man hear 30 He that is not with me, is his voice in the streets. against me; and he that gather 20 A bruised reed shall he eth not with me, scattereth not break, and smoking flax abroad. shall he not quench, till he send 31 Wherefore I say unto forth judgment unto victory. you, All manner of sin and 21 And in his name shall the blasphemy shall be forgiven Gentiles trust. unto men: but the blasphemy 22 Then was brought unto against the Holy Ghost shall not him one possessed with a devil, be forgiven unto men. blind and dumb; and he healed 32 And whosoever speaketh him, insomuch that the blind a word against the Son of man, and dumb both spake and saw. it shall be forgiven him: but 23 And all the people were whosoever speaketh against the amazed, and said, Is not this Holy Ghost, it shall not be the son of David? forgiven him, neither in this 24 But when the Pharisees world, neither in the world to heard it, they said, This fellow come. doth not cast out devils, but by 33 Either make the tree good, Beelzebub the prince of the and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit devils. 25 And Jesus knew their corrupt: for the tree is known thoughts, and said unto them, by his fruit. Every kingdom divided against 34 O generation of vipers, itself, is brought to desolation; how can ye, being evil, speak and every city or house divided good things? for out of the against itself, shall not stand. abundance of the heart, the 26 And if Satan cast out mouth speaketh. Satan, he is divided against 35 A good man, out of the himself; how shall then his good treasure of the heart, bringkingdom stand? eth forth good things: and an 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast evil man, out of the evil treasure, out devils, by whom do your bringeth forth evil things. children cast them out there- 36 But I say unto you, That fore they shall be your judges. every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. 37 For by thy words thou 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is come unto you. |