good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy
it?

10 And looking round about upon them all,
he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand.
And he did so: and his hand was restored whole
as the other.

Heals a Blind and Dumb Man.

22 Then was brought unto him one possessed with a devil, blind and dumb: and he healed him, insomuch that the blind and dumb both spake and saw.

23 And all the people were amazed, and said, Is not this the son of David?

Heals many by touching him.

34 And when they were gone over, they came into the land of Gennesaret.

Luke

vi.

Matt.

xii.

35 And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country Matt. round about, and brought unto him all that were diseased,

36 And besought him that they might only touch the hem of his garment: and as many as touched were made perfectly whole.

7- And a great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea,

8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him.

xiv.

9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small Mark ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him.

10 For he had healed many; insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch him, as many as had plagues.

11 And unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God.

53 And when they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 54 And when they were come out of the ship, straightway they knew him,

iii.

Mark

vi.

HIS OWN PUBLIC MINISTRY AND CHARACTER continued.

HIS MIRACLES

ON HUMAN BODIES continued.

55 And ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in beds those that were sick, where they heard he was.

56 And whithersoever he entered, into villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the border of his garment: and as many as touched him were made whole.

Casts an unclean Spirit out of a Canaanitish or Syrophenician
Woman's Daughter.

25 For a certain woman, whose young daughter
had an unclean spirit, heard of him, and came
and fell at his feet;

26 (The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation;) and she besought him that he would cast forth the devil out of her daughter.

27 But Jesus said unto her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto the dogs.

28 And she answered and said unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the dogs under the table eat of the children's crumbs.

29 And he said unto her, For this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30 And when she was come to her house she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid upon the bed.

21 Then Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon.

22 And, behold, a woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, Have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously vexed with a devil.

Mark

vii.

23 But he answered her not a word. And his disciples came and besought him, saying, Matt. Send her away; for she crieth after us.

24 But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 25 Then came she and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me.

26 But he answered and said, It is not meet to take the children's bread, and to cast it to dogs.

XV.

HIS OWN PUBLIC MINISTRY AND CHARACTER

HIS MIRACLES

ON HUMAN BODIES -continued.

27 And she said, Truth, Lord: yet the dogs eat of the crumbs which fall from their master's table.

28 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, O woman, great is thy faith; be it unto thee, even as thou wilt. And her daughter was made whole from that very hour.

Matt.

XV.

On the Sabbath Day, with Clay of his own making, he gives Sight to a Man who had been born blind. The Circumstances give rise to an interesting Dialogue.

JESUS (sees a blind Man).

1 And as Jesus passed by, he saw a man which was blind from his birth.

THE DISCIPLES.

2 And his disciples asked him, saying, Master, who did sin, this man, or his parents, that he was born blind?

JESUS (heals the blind Man).

3 Jesus answered, Neither hath this man sinned, nor his parents: but that the works of God should be made manifest in him.

4 I must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.

5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world.

6 When he had thus spoken, he spat on the ground, and made clay of the spittle, and he anointed the eyes of the blind man with the clay,

7 And said unto him, Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, (which is, by interpretation, Sent.) He went his way therefore, and washed, and came seeing.

NEIGHBOURS.

8 The neighbours therefore, and they which before had seen him that he was blind, said, Is not this he that sat and begged?

9 Some said, This is he; others said, He is like him:

But he said, I am he.

THE MAN.

John ix.

10 Therefore said they unto him, How were thine eyes opened?

THE MAN (at first knew little of Christ).

11 He answered and said, A man that is called Jesus made clay, and anointed mine eyes, and said unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, and wash and I went and washed, and I received sight.

NEIGHBOURS.

12 Then said they unto him, Where is he? He said, I know not.

13 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind.

14 And it was the sabbath-day when Jesus made the clay, and opened his eyes.

PHARISEES.

15 Then again the Pharisees also asked him how he had received his sight.

16 Therefore said some of the Pharisees, This man is not of God, because he keepeth not the sabbath-day. Others said, How can a man that is a sinner do such miracles?

(A DIVISION.)

And there was a division among them.

17 They say unto the blind man again, What sayest thou of him, that he hath opened thine eyes?

THE MAN (more enlightened).

He said, He is a prophet.

JEWS.

18 But the Jews did not believe concerning him, that he had been blind, and received his sight, until they called the parents of him that had received his sight.

19 And they asked them, saying, Is this your son, who ye say was born blind? how then doth he now see?

THE MAN'S PARENTS (afraid of persecution).
20 His parents answered them, and said, We
know that this is our son, and that he was born
blind:

21 But by what means he now seeth, we know
not; or who hath opened his eyes, we know not:
he is of age, ask him; he shall speak for himself.

22 These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put out of the synagogue.

23 Therefore said his parents, He is of age, ask him.

24 Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, Give God the praise: we know that this man is a sinner.

THE MAN (grows bold in the cause).

25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

PHARISEES.

26 Then said they to him again, What did hẹ to thee? how opened he thine eyes.

THE MAN.

27 He answered them, I have told you already, and ye did not hear: wherefore would ye hear it again? will ye also be his disciples?

PHARISEES (full of enmity).

28 Then they reviled him, and said, Thou art his disciple; but we are Moses' disciples.

29 We know that God spake unto Moses: as for this fellow, we know not from whence he is. THE MAN (his conclusive argument).

30 The man answered and said unto them, Why, herein is a marvellous thing, that ye know not from whence he is, and yet he hath opened mine eyes.

31 Now we know that God heareth not sinners: but if any man be a worshipper of God, and doeth his will, him he heareth.

32 Since the world began was it not heard that any man opened the eyes of one that was born blind,

John

ix.