11 "and,

He shall give his angels charge concerning thee, to

guard thee:

On their hands they shall bear thee up,

Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a stone.

12 'And Jesus answering said unto him, It is said, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

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And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him 'for a season.

And Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit into Galilee and a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about. "And he taught in their synagogues, being glorified of all.

And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up and he entered, as his custom was, into the syna(17 gogue on the sabbath day, and stood up to read. "And there was delivered unto him 'the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written,

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"The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,

4 Because he anointed me to preach good tidings

to the poor:

He hath sent me to proclaim release to the captives,
And recovering of sight to the blind,

To set at liberty them that are bruised,

"To proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.

(20 "And he closed the dant, and sat down

21 were fastened on him.

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book, and gave it back to the attenand the eyes of all in the synagogue

"And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears. "And all bare him witness, and wondered at the words of grace which proceeded out of his mouth: and they

A. V.-10 over.. keep; 11 in..at any time; 13 ended all the; 14 (there)..of; 16 went ..(for); 17 Esaias.. (when).. (had).. (he); 18 (hath).. the gospel |.. [to heal the brokenhearted]..preach deliverance; 19 preach; 20 (he)..again..minister.. (them that were); 21 This day is; 22 gracious.

23 said, Is not this Joseph's son? "And he said unto them, Doubtless ye will say unto me this parable, Physician, heal thyself whatsoever we have heard done at Caper24 naum, do also here in thine own country. "And he said, Verily I say unto you, No prophet is acceptable in his 25) own country. "But of a truth I say unto you, There were many widows in Israel in the days of Elijah, when the heaven was shut up three years and six months, when 26 there came a great famine over all the land; "and unto none of them was Elijah sent, but only to 1Zarephath, in the land of Sidon, unto a woman that was a widow. 27) "And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of

Elisha the prophet; and none of them was cleansed, but 28) only Naaman the Syrian. "And they were all filled with 29 wrath in the synagogue, as they heard these things; "and

they rose up, and cast him forth out of the city, and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was 30 built, that they might throw him down headlong. "But he passing through the midst of them went his way.

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And he came down to Capernaum, a city of Galilee. 32 And he was teaching them on the sabbath day: "and they were astonished at his teaching; for his word was with 33 authority. "And in the synagogue there was a man, which had a spirit of an unclean devil; and he cried out with a loud voice, "Ah! what have we to do with thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I (35) know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. "And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. And when the devil had thrown him down in the midst, he came out of him, having done him no (36) hurt. "And amazement came upon all, and they spake together, one with another, saying, What is this word?

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A.V.-23 surely.. proverb.. | in |..thy; 24 accepted; 25 tell.. Elias.. was throughout; 26 But..Elias..save unto Sarepta, a city; 27 Eliseus..saying; 28 when; 29 thrust.. cast; 31 taught..days; 32 doctrine..power; 34 [Saying], | Let | us | alone ; 35 (and) ..not; 36 were.. amazed..among themselves..(a).

for with authority and power he commandeth the unclean 37) spirits, and they come out. "And there went forth a

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rumour concerning him into

round about.

every place of the region

And he rose up from the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon. And Simon's wife's mother was holden with a great fever; and they besought him for her. "And he stood over her, and rebuked the fever; and it left her and immediately she rose up and ministered unto them.

And when the sun was setting, all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them. (41) "And 'devils also came out from many, crying out, and saying, Thou art the Son of God. And rebuking them, he suffered them not to speak, because they knew that he was the Christ.

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And when it was day, he came out and went into a desert place and the multitudes sought after him, and unto him, and would have stayed him, that he 43 should not go from them. "But he said unto them, I must preach the good tidings of the kingdom of God to the other cities also: for therefore was I sent.

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And he was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

Now it came to pass, while the multitude pressed upon him and heard the word of God, that he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret; "and he saw two boats standing by the lake but the fishermen had gone out of them, 3 and were washing their nets. "And he entered into one of the boats, which was Simon's, and asked him to put out a little from the land. And he sat down and taught the multitudes out of the boat. "And when he had left 3 3 Very many ancient authorities read Judæa.

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1 Gr. demons.

2 Or, gospel

A. V.—37 the fame of..out..country; 38 arose out of |.. Simon's..taken; 39 arose; 40 Now; 41 of..[Christ]. . for; 42 departed.. people..depart; 43 And..|am|; 44 preached. -CH. V. I And.. .as.. .people.. | to | hear..stood; 2 ships.. were; 3 ships.. prayed.. that he would thrust.. people.. ship; 4 Now.

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speaking, he said unto Simon, Put out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught. "And Simon answered and said, Master, we toiled all night, and took nothing: 6 but at thy word I will let down the nets. "And when they had this done, they inclosed a great multitude of (7 fishes; and their nets were breaking; "and they beckoned unto their partners in the other boat, that they should come and help them. And they came, and filled both 8) the boats, so that they began to sink. "But Simon Peter, when he saw it, fell down at Jesus' knees, saying, Depart from me; for I am a sinful man, O Lord. "For he was amazed, and all that were with him, at the draught of the (Io fishes which they had taken; "and so were also James and John, sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. And Jesus said unto Simon, Fear not; from I henceforth thou shalt 1catch men. "And when they had brought their boats to land, they left all, and followed him.

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And it came to pass, while he was in one of the cities, behold, a man full of leprosy: and when he saw Jesus, he fell on his face, and besought him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. "And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway the leprosy departed from 14 him. "And he charged him to tell no man: but go thy way, and show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing, according as Moses commanded, for a testi(15 mony unto them. "But so much the more went abroad the report concerning him: and great multitudes came together to hear, and to be healed of their infirmities. 16 "But he withdrew himself in the deserts, and prayed. (17 And it came to pass on one of those days, that he was

1 Gr. take alive.

A. V.-Launch; 5 answering.[unto him]..(have)..(the)..have taken..nevertheless.. |net|; 6 | net brake |; 7 [which were]..ship.. ships; 9 astonished; 10 was.. ..(the); 11 ships. .forsook; 12 when..a certain city.. who seeing; 13 put. .immediately; 15 (there) a fame..of.. [by him]; 16 And....into..wilderness; 17 a certain day, as.

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teaching; and there were Pharisees and doctors of the law sitting by, which were come out of every village of Galilee and Judæa and Jerusalem: and the power of the (18 Lord was with him 'to heal. "And behold, men bring on a bed a man that was palsied: and they sought to bring him in, and to lay him before him. "And not finding by what way they might bring him in because of the multitude, they went up to the housetop, and let him down through the tiles with his couch into the midst before (20 Jesus. "And seeing their faith, he said, Man, thy sins "And the scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this that speaketh blas(22 phemies? Who can forgive sins, but God alone? "But Jesus perceiving their reasonings, answered and said unto them, "What reason ye in your hearts? "Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee; or to say, 24 Arise and walk? "But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (he said unto him that was palsied), I say unto thee, Arise, and take (25 up thy couch, and go unto thy house. "And immediately

21 are forgiven thee.

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he rose up before them, and took up that whereon he (26 lay, and departed to his house, glorifying God. "And amazement took hold on all, and they glorified God; and they were filled with fear, saying, We have seen strange things to-day.

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And after these things he went forth, and beheld a publican, named Levi, sitting at the place of toll, and said 28 unto him, Follow me. "And he forsook all, and rose up (29 and followed him. "And Levi made him a great feast in

his house and there was a great multitude of publicans 30) and of others that were sitting at meat with them. "And

'Gr. that he should heal. Many ancient authorities read that he should heal them.
2 Or, Why
3 Or, authority

A. V. that.. town..(present).. | them ; 18 brought in..which..taken with a palsy.. (means); 19 (when they) could..find..upon.. tiling; 20 (when he) saw.. [unto him]; 21 which; 22 (when). . perceived.. thoughts, (he) answering; 23 be.. Rise up; 24 upon..the sick of the palsy..thine; 25 (own); 26 (they) were.. amazed; 27 saw..receipt..custom.. (he); 28 left; 29 (own)..company..sat down; 30 But.