rose up. And the report of this spread through all that country. And as Jesus was going away, two blind men 27 followed him, crying out, Have pity on us, Son of David! And when he had entered the 28 house, the blind men came to him, and Jesus said to them, Have you faith that I am able to do this? They answered him, Yes, Master. Then he touched their eyes, saying, Be it with 29 you according to your faith. And their eyes 30 were opened. And Jesus gave them a strict charge, saying, See that no one know it. But 31 they went and spread his fame throughout all that country. And as they were leaving him, lo! there was 32 brought to him a man who was a dumb dæmoniac. And when the dæmon was cast out, the 33 dumb man spoke. And the multitude were full of astonishment, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel. But 34 the Pharisees said, He casts out the dæmons through the prince of the dæmons. AND Jesus went round visiting all the towns 35 and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and proclaiming the glad news of the kingdom, and healing every disease and every malady. 36 AND observing how the multitude were fatigued and scattered about, like sheep without a shepherd, he was moved with compassion for 37 them. Then he said to his disciples, The har38 vest is abundant, but the laborers are few. Beseech, then, the owner of the harvest to send laborers for his harvest. 10 And he called to him his twelve disciples, . and gave them power over foul spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every 2 malady. Now the names of the twelve Apostles were these first, Simon, surnamed Peter, then Andrew his brother, James the son of Zebedee, 8 and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the tax-gatherer, James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, also called 4 Thaddeus, Simon the Zealot, and Judas Iscariot, he who betrayed him. 5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, after directing them thus: Go not away to the Gentiles, nor • enter any town of the Samaritans, but go rather to the wandering sheep of the house of Israel. Verses 37, 38. See Luke x. 2. Ch. x. 1-4. Compare Mark iii. 13-19; Luke vi. 12-16. Verses 5-15. Compare Mark vi. 7-11; Luke ix. 1-5. See also Luke x. 3-12. Go and proclaim that the kingdom of Heaven 7 is at hand. Heal the sick, raise the dead, 8 cleanse lepers, cast out dæmons. You have received freely, give freely. Provide neither 9 gold nor silver nor brass in your girdles, nor 10 bag for provisions, nor two tunics, nor two pairs of sandals, nor a staff; for the laborer deserves his maintenance. And whatever town or village you may enter, 11 inquire who in it is worthy, and abide with him till you leave the place. And upon entering a 12 house, salute it; and if that house be worthy, 13 your wish of peace will come upon it; but if it be not worthy, it will return to you. And as 14 for that house or that town which shall not welcome you, nor listen to your words, when you leave it, shake off the dust of your feet. I 15 tell you in truth, that, when sentence is passed upon it, it will be less tolerable for that place, than it was for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah. Lo! I send you as sheep into the midst of 16 wolves. Be, then, wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. Beware of those men; for they 17 Verse 16. See Luke x. 3. Verses 17-22. See Ch. xxiv. 9, 13; Mark xiii 9-13; Luke xxi. 12-19. will deliver you over to the courts of law, and 18 scourge you in their synagogues. And you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, that you may bear testimony to them and 19 to the Gentiles. But when they deliver you over, be not anxious as to how or what you shall speak; for in that hour what you shall 20 speak will be given you; for it is not you who will speak, but the Spirit of your Father will speak in you. 21 Brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child; and children will rise against their parents, and cause them to be 22 put to death. And you will be hated by all men for my sake. But he who perseveres to 23 the end will be blessed. When they persecute you in one town, fly to another; and if they drive you from that town, fly to yet another. For I tell you in truth, You will not have gone through the towns of Israel before the Son of Man has come. 24 A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a ser25 vant above his master. It is enough for the disciple to be as his teacher, and the servant as his Verses 19, 20. Verses 24, 25. Compare also Luke xii. 11, 12. master. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more will they so call those of his household! Fear them not, then. For there is nothing 26 covered which is not to be unveiled, nor any thing secret which is not to be made known. What I tell you in darkness, speak in the light; 27 and what is whispered in your ear, proclaim on the house-tops. And fear not those who kill 28 the body, but cannot kill the soul; rather fear Him who can destroy both soul and body in hell. Are not two sparrows sold for an as? Yet 29 not one of them falls to the ground unregarded by your Father. And even the hairs of your 30 heads have all been numbered. Fear not, then; s you are of more value than many sparrows. 31 Whoever shall profess himself to be my fol- 32 lower before men, him will I profess to be my follower before my Father in heaven; but who- 33 ever shall deny himself to be my follower before men, him will I deny to be my follower before my Father in heaven. Think not that I came з Verses 26-33. See Luke xii. 2-9. Verse 26. See also Mark iv. 22; Luke viii. 17. Verses 34-36. See Luke xii. 51-53. |