them, Be not afraid: go your way, tell my brethren that they depart into Galilee, and there shall they see me.

II Now while they were going, behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were done.

12 And having assembled with the elders, and taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers,

13 Saying, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept.

14 And if this come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and bear you harmless.

reported among the Jews until this day.

16 ¶ But the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

17 And when they saw him, they worshipped him : but some doubted.

18 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth.

19 ¶ Go ye, make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost:

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Son of God.

2 As it is written in Isaiah the prophet, Behold, I send my messenger before thy face, which shall prepare thy way. 3 The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.

4 John the Baptist was in the wilderness, preaching the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.

5 And there went out unto him all the land of Judæa, and all they of Jerusalem, and were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. 6 And John was clothed with camel's hair, and with a leathern girdle about his loins; and he did eat locusts and wild honey; 7 And preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is stronger than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.

8 I indeed have baptized you with water but he shall baptize you with the Holy Ghost. 9 And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized by John in the Jordan.

scending upon him :

II And there came a voice from heaven, saying, Thou art my beloved Son; in thee I am well pleased.

12 And immediately the Spirit driveth him into the wilderness.

13 And he was in the wilderness forty days, tempted by Satan; and was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

14 And after that John was delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God,

15 Saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.

16 And as he passed by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net into the sea for they were fishers.

17 And Jesus said unto them, Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men.

18 And they straightway left their nets, and followed him.

19 And when he had gone a little farther, he saw James the 1son of Zebedee, and John Son is not expressed in the ori

his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. 20 And straightway he called them and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went away after him.

21 And they go into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath day he taught in the synagogue.

22 And they were astonished at his teaching: for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes.

23 And straightway there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out,

24 Saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us ? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God.

25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him.

30 But Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell him of her.

31 And he came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

32 And at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto him all that were sick, and them that were possessed with devils. 33 And the whole city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they knew him.

35 And in the morning, rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.

36 And Simon and they that were with him followed after him.

37 And found him; and they say unto him, All men seek for thee.

38 And he saith unto them, Let us go elsewhere into the neighbouring towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.

28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the surrounding region of Galilee.

29 And forthwith they came out of the synagogue, and entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John.

40 And there cometh to him a leper, beseeching him, 1[and kneeling down to him, and] saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

41 And Jesus, moved with 1 Not contained in many of the older MSS.

compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed.

43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away;

44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

45 But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that he could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places and they resorted unto him from every quarter.

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ND again he entered into Capernaum after some days; and it was heard that he was in the house.

2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and he spake the word unto them.

3 And they come unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, borne by four men.

4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the multitude, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken up, they

let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay.

5 And Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins are forgiven.

6 But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts,

7 Why doth this man thus speak? He blasphemeth : who can forgive sins but God only? 8 And immediately Jesus perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

9 Which is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, take up thy bed, and walk?

10 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power to forgive sins on earth, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,)

II I say unto thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and go thy way unto thine house.

12 And he arose, and immediately taking up the bed, went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it on this fashion.

13 And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and he taught them.

14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the receipt of custom, and saith unto him, Follow me, And he arose and followed him.

15 And it cometh to pass, that, as he sat at meat in his house, many publicans and

1 Son is not expressed in the ori ginal.

corn.

16 And the scribes and the Pharisees, seeing him eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, He eateth and drinketh with the publicans and the sinners.

17 And Jesus hearing it saith unto them, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick : I came not to call righteous men, but sinners.

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18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast and they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? as long

24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful?

25 And he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was hungry, he, and they that were with him?

26 How he entered into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him?

27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for the sake of man, and not man for the sake of the sabbath:

28 So that the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

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with them, they cannot fast.

20 But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day. 21 No one seweth a piece of unfulled cloth on an old garment else the new piece that filleth it up taketh away from the old, and a worse rent is made.

22 And no one putteth new wine into old skins: else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, and the skins also.

23 And it came to pass, that he went on the sabbath day through the corn-fields; and his disciples began, as they

was a man there which had his hand withered.

2 And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth in the midst.

4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath day, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch out