and not sacrifice, ye would not have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord of the sabbath day.

9 And he departed thence, and went into their synagogue: Io And, behold, there was a man which had a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him.

II But he said unto them, What man shall there be among you, that shall have one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out?

12 How much then is a man better than a sheep! Wherefore it is lawful to do well on the sabbath day.

13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, like as the other.

14 ¶ But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, that they might destroy him.

15 But Jesus knowing it departed thence and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

16 And charged them that they should not make him known:

17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Isaiah the prophet, saying,

18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, and he shall proclaim judgment to the Gentiles.

19 He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.

20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he have caused his judgment to issue in victory.

21 And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.

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

23 And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Is this the Son of David ?

24 But the Pharisees heard it, and said, This man doth not cast out the devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

25 And he knew their thoughts, and said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand :

26 And if Satan casteth out Satan, he is divided against himself; how shall then his kingdom stand?

27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out the devils, by whom do your sons cast them out? therefore they shall be your judges.

28 But if I by the Spirit of God cast out the devils, then the kingdom of God is come upon you.

29 Or else how can one enter into the strong man's house, and plunder his goods, except he shall have first bound the

strong man? and then he will plunder all his house.

30 He that is not with me is against me; and he that gathereth not with me scattereth. 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto [you] men: but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven '[unto men]. 32 And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him: but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, neither in that which is to come.

33 Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt for by the fruit the tree is known.

34 Ye brood of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

35 The good man out of his good treasure bringeth forth good things and the evil man out of his evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

36 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judg

ment.

37 For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

38 Then certain of the scribes and Pharisees answered

The Vatican MS. inserts you, and omits unto men.

him, saying, Master, we would see a sign from thee.

39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given to it, but the sign of the prophet Jonah :

40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

41 The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and, behold, there is more than Jonah here.

42 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, there is more than Solomon here.

43 But when the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, it goeth through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

44 Then it saith, I will return into my house from whence I came out; and cometh and findeth it empty, swept, and garnished.

45 Then goeth it, and taketh with itself seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they enter in and dwell there : and the last state of that man becometh worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this wicked generation.

2 Teacher: see ch. x. 24, 25.

46 While he yet talked to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to speak with him.

47 And one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with thee.

48 But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? and who are my brethren?

49 And he stretched forth his hand toward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren.

50 For whosoever doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

CHAPTER XIII.

N that day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea side.

2 And great multitudes were gathered together unto him, so that he went into a ship, and sat; and the whole multitude stood on the shore.

3 And he spake many things unto them in parables, saying, Behold, a sower went forth to

cause they had no root, they withered away.

7 And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked them :

8 But others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

9 He that hath ears, let him hear.

IO And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them in parables?

II He answered and said unto them, Because unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.

12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath.

13 Therefore speak I to them in parables, because seeing they see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand.

14 And the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled unto them, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive :

15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and with their ears they have become dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should turn, and I should heal them.

16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see and your ears, for they hear.

17 For verily I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men desired to see those things which ye behold, and did not see them; and to hear those things which ye hear, and did not hear them. 18 Hear therefore ye the parable of the sower.

19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and hath not understood it, the wicked one cometh, and catcheth away that which hath been sown in his heart. This is he which was sown by the way side.

20 But he that was sown upon the stony places, this is he that heareth the word, and immediately with joy receiveth it ;

21 Yet hath he not root in himself, but endureth only for a while and when tribulation or persecution ariseth because of the word, immediately he is offended.

22 But he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that heareth the word, and the care of the world, and the deceitfulness of riches, choke the word, and he becometh unfruitful.

23 But he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

24 T Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened

unto a man which sowed good seed in his field :

25 But while men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares among the wheat, and went his way.

26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also.

27 So the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou sow good seed in thy field? from whence then hath it tares?

28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. They say unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up?

29 But he saith, Nay; lest while ye gather up the tares, ye root up the wheat with them.

30 Let both grow together until the harvest and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Collect together first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them : but gather the wheat into my barn.

31 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field:

32 Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.

33 ¶ Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven,

which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitudes in parables; and without a parable spake he nothing unto them: 35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

36 ¶ Then he sent the multitudes away, and went into the house and his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare unto us the parable of the tares of the field.

37 He answered and said, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man;

38 The field is the world; the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; but the tares are the sons of the wicked one;

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; the reapers are the angels.

40 As therefore the tares are collected together and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of this world.

41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall collect together out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity;

42 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and. gnashing of teeth.

Literally, the wailing and the gnashing of the teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that hath ears, let him hear. 44 The kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid, and for his joy he goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 45 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchant man, seeking goodly pearls:

46 Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

47 ¶ Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind :

48 Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.

49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just,

50 And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

51 Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea.

52 But he said unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old.

53 T And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished