custom and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him.

10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with him and his disciples.

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your master with publicans and sinners?

12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick.

13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance.

14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not?

15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, and then shall they fast.

16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth unto an old garment; ii. 1 5and Luke v. 29.)- -13. I will have mercy and not sacrifice. Referring to Hosea vi. 6.- -17. Bottles. These were leathern bottles, which when old and dried were easily rent. The instruction given seems to be that Christ's new dispensation (new wine) was not to be joined to Judaic rites (old bottles), that fasting was not to be obligatory, but a matter of free Christian choice. The bottles perish. First they break, then the wine runs out, and then the bottles are forever useless.-18. Ruler.

for that which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse.

17 Neither do men put new wine into old bottles: else the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.

20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment:

21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, Í shall be whole.

22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman made whole from that hour.

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23 And when Jesus came into

Of the synagogue (see Mark v. 22 and Luke viii. 41). His name, we find from the other evangelists, was Jairus. Worshipped him, i. e., fell down at his feet as to a superior. There is no divine homage necessarily implied. My daughter. An only daughter twelve years old (Luke viii. 42). Is even now dead, i. e., is so far gone that we may say she is virtually dead. The other evangelists are more particular in describing these scenes.- -23. Minstrels. Literally, flute-players." These were the hired

the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise,

24 He said unto them, Give place for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid

arose.

26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that land.

27 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, Thou Son of David, have mercy

on us.

28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto you.

30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it. 31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame

in all that country. 32

As they went out, bedirge-musicians. Making a noise, i. e., of lamentation, after the Oriental fashion. -24. Laughed him to scorn. Rather laughed at him" or "ridiculed him."

-27. Son of David. The name which the Jews attached to the expected Messiah, by reason of such prophecies as Jerem. xxxiii. 15. These blind men recognized Jesus as Israel's Messiah.28. To do this, i. e., to give sight. His words or his manner had announced his intention.-30. See that no man know it. For the probable reason of this com

hold, they brought to him aITY dumb man possessed with a devil.

33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb pake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils through the prince of the devils.

35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

CHAPTER X.

AND when he had called unto

him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to mand, see note on chap. viii. 4.-34. Through the prince of the devils, i. e., Beelzebub. For Christ's answer to this Pharisaic charge, see chap. xii. 25, &c.

-35. The gospel of the kingdom. Literally "the good news of the kingdom," the good tidings regarding the new dispensation which was to succeed the Jewish. The word " gospel is AngloSaxon for " good story." (See chap. iv. 23.)- -36. Because they fainted and were scattered. Rather, "because they were harassed and abandoned."

heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease.

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus;

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not:

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

X.-2. Apostles. A Greek word meaning "Ambassadors." Luke (chap. vi. 13) mentions the first election of the twelve. Here they are mentioned as having been chosen some time before.

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-3. Lebbeus, whose surname Thaddeus, is called in Luke (vi. 16) and Acts (i. 13) "Judas the brother of James." He was the Jude who wrote the Epistle.- 4. Simon the Canaanite is called in Luke and Acts "Simon Zelotes." The word here translated "Canaanite" should be rendered "Cananite." Some consider it the Aramæan "Canan," meaning "Zealot," as "Zelotes" is the Greek. Simon, before his conversion, probably belonged to the followers of Judas of Galilee, who were called "Galilæans" and "Zealots." Iscariot. The signification of this word is uncertain. Chrysostom considers it a Greek form of "Ish Carioth," man of

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8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses; 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: for the workman is worthy of his meat.

11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

12 And when ye come into a house, salute it.

13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

15 Verily I say unto you, It

Carioth," supposing Carioth to be some place in Palestine where Judas had lived. A more probable opinion makes it "a man of Issachar," viz., an Issachariot. Issachar was in the S. of Galilee.

-5. The way of the Gentiles, i. e., any Gentile country. Samaritans. These were the descendants of the eastern settlers who were placed by the Assyrian monarch in the depopulated region of Samaria (2 Kings xvii. 24). Their mongrel Judaism is described in the 17th chapter of the second book of Kings.7. See chap. iii. 2.- -9. Brass. Rather 'copper."- -10. Scrip, i. e., wallet.11. Town. Rather "village." Worthy, i. e., kindly disposed.- -12. A house. Rather "the house," i. e., of the worthy man.

-13. Let your peace return to you. An Orientalism for "let your greeting be considered void."- -14. Shake off the dust of your feet. Mark

shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves : be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves.

17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues;

18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak: for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father, which speaketh in you.

21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death.

22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

23 But when they persecute

and Luke add, "for a testimony against them." Action and gesture form a large part of Oriental conversation.-19. Take no thought. See note on chap. vi. 25.- -23. Son of man. This title of Christ, a title of humiliation, is only used by himself, except where Stephen applies it to Christ (Acts vii. 56), and there he evidently quotes the title.25. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub. They had said that

you in this city, flee ye into another: for verily I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.

28 And fear not them which kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him which is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye

Christ was leagued with Beelzebub. This sentence may be a hyperbolic reference to that. Or some of Christ's opposers may have gone so far as to call him personally Beelzebub, although this is not recorded.--26. This verse is explained by the next. The sentiment is, "Fear not your opponents. They cannot keep down the truth.". -29. A farthing. Strictly "an assarion" or " as," equal to a cent and a half of American money.