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Walks and Words 
 
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 By Rev. M. N. Olmsted, 
 
 WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY REV. R. S. FOSTER, D. DL 
 
 SSCOND EDITION. 
 
 NEW YORK : 
 
 HALL & CO., PUBLISHERS, 
 139 East Eighth Street, 
 
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, 
 
 By M. N. OLMSTED, 
 
 In the Clerk’o Office of the District Court of the XJnitea States for the 
 Southern District of New York. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 I. Jesus m Creation and Prophecy . 11 
 
 II. The Childhood of Jesus ^ 14 
 
 III. The Baptism and Temptation of Jesus 16 
 
 IV. Testimony of John— Call of the First Disciples 18 
 
 V. First Miracle— Temple cleansed— Visit of Nicodemus. 22 
 
 VI. John Exalts Jesus — Woman at the Well — Visit to Sa- 
 maria 27 
 
 VII. Nobleman of Capernaum— Preaches at Nazareth 82 
 
 VIII. Moves to Capernaum— Andrew and Peter Called 36 
 
 IX. Sermon on the Mount, near Capernaum 39 
 
 X. Sermon on the Mount Continued 46 
 
 XI. Sermon on the Mount Concluded 52 
 
 XII. Draught of Fishes— Heals a Leper— Matthew Called. 56 
 
 XIII. Healing at the Pool — Resurrection Foretold 62 
 
 XIV. Disciples in the Cornfield — Withered Hand 68 
 
 XV. Apostles named — Woes and Blessings — Practical 
 
 Lessons 72 
 
 XVI. Practical Lessons Continued — Heals Centurion’s Ser- 
 vant 75 
 
 XVII. Widow of Nain — Messengers of John — Woes on 
 
 Capernaum 30 
 
 X VIII. W Oman W ashes J esus’ feet— Two Debtors 85 
 
 XIX. Pharisees seek a Sign— Jesus Teaches by Parables. .. . 91 
 
 XX. Parables and Interpretations 99 
 
 XXL The homeless Saviour— The Storm— The Demoniac . . 105 
 XXII. Child Healed — Touch of Faith — Two Blind Men — Eats 
 
 with Publicans and Sinners 109 
 
 XXIII. Revisits Nazareth-Sends the Twelve with Instructions. 114 
 
 XXIV. John the Baptist Beheaded by Order of Herod 121 
 
 XXV. Jesus Feeds Five Thousand with Five Loaves and two 
 
 Fishes r. 123 
 
 XXVI, Walks on the Sea — Peter Sinking — Mountain Closet. . 126 
 
 XXVII. Jesus the Bread of Life for the World 129 
 
 XXVIII. Pharisees Murmur — Washings and Other Traditions . . 135 
 
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 XXIX. Syrophenician Woman — Blind Men — Feeds Four 
 
 Thousand 139 
 
 XXX. Pharisees ask a Sign — Reasons for Faith-Blind Men . 142 
 
 XXXT. Jesus Foretells his Death and Resurrection 145 
 
 XXXTI. Transfiguration — Cures a Demoniac 149 
 
 XXXIll. Death Foretold again-Pays Tribute— Caution Against 
 
 Giving Offence 153 
 
 XXXIV. Lessons of Humility and Forgiveness 157 
 
 XXXV. Jesus at the Feast — Return of the officers of the 
 
 Chief Priests 163 
 
 XXXVI. The Convicted Accusers — Jesus the Light of the 
 
 World 168 
 
 XXXVII. A man born Blind, Healed,- Examined and Excom- 
 municated 175 
 
 XXXVIII. Parable of the Good Shepherd 179 
 
 XXXTX. Jesus Raises Lazarus — Jews Seek his Life 184 
 
 , XL» Seventy Disciples sent out 190 
 
 XLI. Martha’s Entertainment — Form of Prayer— Dumb 
 
 Devil 196 
 
 XLII. Evil Generation seek a Sign — Practical Lessons. . . . 200 
 XLIII. Discourses on Various Topics — Ministerial Dili- 
 gence 205 
 
 XLIV. Tokens of Coming Judgment — Eighteen Years In- 
 firmity 214 
 
 XLV. Dropsy Cured — Parable of the Great Supper 219 
 
 XLVI. Parables of Lost Sheep, Lost Piece of Silver and 
 
 Prodigal Son 225 
 
 XLVII. The Unjust Steward— The Rich Man and Lazarus . . 230 
 XLV HI. Of Giving Offence — Ten Lepers — Second Coming of 
 
 Jesus 235 
 
 XLIX. Importunate Widow — Marriage — Children brought 
 
 to Jesus 240 
 
 L. Young Ruler — Warning to the Rich — Parable of 
 
 Laborers 245 
 
 LI. Zebedee’s Children — Heals two Blind Men near 
 
 Jericho 251 
 
 LII. Nobleman & Servants— Mary Anoints Jesus. . f 254 
 
 LIU. Triumphant Entrance of Jesus into Jerusalem 260 
 
 LIV. Greeks Wish to see Jesus— Barren Fig Tree 264 
 
LV. Pharisees Question his Authority — Parable of Vine- 
 yard 269 
 
 LVI. The Marriage Feast — Tribute to Cesar — Jewish Infi- 
 delity 274 
 
 LVIL Jesus Answers Sadducees and Pharisees — Widows 
 
 Ofiering, 279 
 
 LVIII. Woes Against Scribes, Pharisees and Hypocrites. . . 284 
 LIX. Destruction of the Temple and Coming of the Son 
 
 of Man Foretold 290 
 
 LX. Fearful Signs after the Great Tribulation 296 
 
 LXI. Parable of the Tjllents — Judgment of the Nations. . 803 
 LXII. Cov^enant with Judas— Passover — Jesus Washes 
 
 his Disciples’ Feet 808 
 
 LXIII. The Lord’s Supper Instituted— Peter Forewarned, .. 313 
 LXIV. Jesus Comforts his Disciples— Teaches Love to each 
 
 Other 818 
 
 LXV. Jesus the True Vine— Hatred of the World 824 
 
 LXVI. Jesus Forewarns his Disciples 828 
 
 LXVII. Jesus Prays for his Disciples— Foretells Peter’s 
 
 Denial 833 
 
 LXVITL The Agony of Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane, . 338 
 LXIX. Betrayal of Jesus--Brought Before the High Priest. 842 
 LXX. J esus Examined by the Sanhedrim-Peter denies him. 345 
 LXXI. Examination Continued— -Judas Repents- — Jesus 
 
 Scourged. 348 
 
 LXXII. Jesus Before Herod — Message to Pilate from hi^Wife 
 
 — Pilate Washes his Hands 352 
 
 LXXIII. Jesus Crucified— He Prays for his Enemies 356 
 
 XXIV. The two Thieves— Jesus Thirsts — He gives up the 
 
 Ghost 359 
 
 LXXV. Jesus Taken down from the Cross— Buried— Tomb 
 
 Sealed 362 
 
 LXXVI. The Resurrection of Jesus — Scenes and Incidents... 365 
 LXXVIl. Mary Magdalene and Others Visit the Sepulchre.. . 367 
 
 LXXVIII. Journey to Emmaus — Incredulity of Thomas 369 
 
 LXXIX. Jesus Appears to the Eleven ; then to Five Hun- 
 dred Brethren at once. . , , 374 
 
 LXXX. The Ascension of Jesus— Incidents 879 
 
 LXXXI. Conclusion 383 
 

 
 
 
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H^^-TEODUOTIOH. 
 
 f HE happy thought of this volume was suggested by the 
 incidental reading of this fact, in the life of John Quincy 
 Adams: He was one day engaged in his usual study of the 
 
 New Testament, (a practice he kept up daily throughout life, 
 even amid the most urgent State duties,) when being particularly 
 impressed by some words of Jesus, he conceived the idea of 
 abstracting all his words from the body of the sacred text, that 
 he might see them in their unity and wholeness. He im- 
 mediately procured a suitable blank book, and beginning with 
 the first Gospel, wrote down every word of Christ, as given by 
 each of the Evangelists. This most precious exeerpta he con- 
 tinued to read and devoutly study with great profit and com- 
 fort. 
 
 If the publisher had done nothing else but carry out this idea, 
 he would have performed a good service, for many devout stu- 
 dents of the Word of God ; but he has done much more and I 
 doubt not, by a very simple method, will become the instrument 
 of good to thousands. 
 
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 The several things aimed at and accomplished, in the plan 
 of the book, are these 
 
 PiEST. A complete harmony of the several Evangelistic narra* 
 tives, in a consecutive chronological order, thus presenting in 
 one view a complete and perfect picture of our Saviour’s life 
 and ministry. Every word of each Gospel is given, (except that 
 which is embraced in the two opening chapters,) but in con- 
 tinued and unbroken flow, and not in the fragmentary and dis- 
 jointed order of chapter and verse, as found in the ordinary form. 
 
 Second. The words spoken by Jesus himself are raised out of 
 the page, in relief, by means of larger type ; so that if the reader 
 is desirous, he can peruse at a single sitting all the words of the 
 Master left on record, in the order of their utterance, and apart 
 from the words of others, without the labor of selecting. 
 
 Third. While the main intent is to present the Gospels in a 
 harmonious arrangement, and especially to give prominence 
 to the divine speaker himself, the author has furnished two 
 preliminary and a concluding chapter of real interest and value, 
 in the first of which, by a judicious collocation of passages from 
 the Old and New Testaments, he traces Christ as he appeared 
 in Creation and Providence, as set forth by the Prophets 
 and Apostles. In the second he sketches a brief account of his 
 childhood with appropriate reflections, and in the concluding 
 chapter ending the volume, he gives his words uttered after 
 the ascension, as found in the Epistles and the book of Eevela- 
 tion. 
 
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 Fourth. Accompanying the volume, is a geographical and 
 historical chart, ingeniously contrived to illustrate the general 
 idea of the book. This chart is entitled “The Walks of Jesus; 
 a Pictorial Chart of the Antediluvian and Patriarchal Periods, 
 and of the Holy Land ; for Sunday Schools and Families.’’ It 
 is published in neat and attractive form, and of various sizes, 
 and cannot fail to be a useful accompaniment of Bible study. 
 
 I am so pleased with the general plan of this work, and with 
 the manner in which the publisher is executing his idea, that I 
 take great pleasure in commending it as a helpful and con- 
 venient companion to all Bible lovers and students. 
 
 Among the many books which are appearing, concerning the 
 Christ, this, after all, is the truest and best. It may be well to 
 read them — it is indispensable to read this. Whatever gives 
 interest to the sacred page, and especially, whatsoever shall 
 give prominence to the simple word and truth of Jesus, cannot 
 fail to be fraught with blessings to the world. 
 
 The holy Evangelists were inspired men. All their words are 
 the words of God, and not one of them to be lightly esteemed, 
 or to be held as of questionable authority ; and yet the precise 
 sentences that fell from the lips of the Only Begotten rise in im- 
 portance and dignity, and come to us with more direct authority 
 and divinity. Let us remember the voice that dropped from 
 the open heaven : “ This is my beloved Son : hear ye him.” 
 
 E. S. FOSTEE. 
 
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 CHAPTER I. 
 
 JESUS IN CREATION AND PROPHECY. 
 
 S EEN we Open the Holy Bible, the very first 
 sentence unfolds to us the creation of worlds 
 by the Word and power of Jehovah: “In the be- 
 ginning God created the heaven and the earth.” 
 
 In the New Testament Jesus is presented as the 
 “ Creator of all things.” The inspired writer opens 
 the subject in these words : “ In the beginning was 
 the Word, and the Word was with God, and the 
 Word was God. The same was in the beginning 
 with God, All things were made by him; and 
 without him was not anything made that was made.” 
 Paul, in one of his epistles, speaks of this same 
 Jesus as the image of the invisible God, the first 
 bom of every creature : “for by him were all things 
 created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, 
 visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or 
 dominions, or principalities, or powers : all things 
 were created by him, and for him ; and he is before 
 all things, and by him all things consist.” 
 
 Again, John, in his vision of the future glory of 
 the Church, saw the Eternal Throne, and Jesus the 
 Mighty Conqueror seated upon it; and heard 
 
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 voices chanting in angelic strains, “ Holy, holy, 
 holy. Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and 
 is to come.” 
 
 And four-and-twenty elders, clothed in white 
 robes, with crowns of gold, fell prostrate before 
 him, and worshipped him that liveth for ever and 
 ever, saying, “ Thou art worthy, 0 Lord, to receive 
 glory, and honor, and power : for thou hast created 
 all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were 
 created.” 
 
 When Adam had ruined himself and his posterity 
 by eating- the forbidden fruit, Jehovah, in his infin- 
 ite love, gave him the promise of a Messiah, in the 
 words addressed to the serpent : “I will put enmity 
 between thee and the woman, and between thy 
 seed and her seed; it shall bruise thy head, and 
 thou shalt bruise his heel.” 
 
 As we trace along the stream of time, we see this 
 faint promise oft renewed, brightening with every 
 repetition. 
 
 When Jehovah had destroyed the world by a 
 flood, on account of its wickedness, preserving only 
 the family of Noah to repeople it, and had scattered 
 the builders of Babel, confounding their language, 
 he said to faithful Abram : “ Get thee out of thy 
 country, and from thy kindred, and from thy 
 father’s house, unto a land that I will show thee ; 
 and I will make of thee a great nation, and I will 
 bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou 
 shalt be a blessing ; and I will bless them that bless 
 thee, and curse him that curseth thee ; and in thee 
 shall all families of the earth be blessed.” 
 
 J acob, on his way to Padan- Aram, slept, and saw 
 in the night- visions, a ladder, with its foot upon the 
 
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 earth, and its top reaching to heaven, and lo ! angels 
 were ascending and descending upon it. And he 
 heard the voice of the Lord from the top of the 
 ladder, saying unto him : “ I am the Lord God of 
 Abraham thy father, and the God of Isaac : the land 
 whereon thou liest, to thee will I give it, and to thy 
 seed; and thy seed shall be as the dust of the 
 earth ; and thou shalt spread abroad to the west, 
 and to the east, and to the north, and to the south : 
 and in thee and in thy seed shall all the families of 
 the earth be blessed.” 
 
 Thus from time to time was the promise of a 
 coming Saviour renewed, until, on the plains of 
 Bethlehem, a glorious light burst upon the watch- 
 ing shepherds, and an angel appeared, saying; 
 “ Fear not : for, behold, I bring you good tidings of 
 great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto 
 you is born this day, in the city of David, a Saviour, 
 which is Christ the Lord.” And suddenly there 
 was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host 
 praising God, and saying, “ Glory to God in the 
 highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.” 
 
 And when the angels had departed, the shepherds 
 said one to another, “ Let us now go even unto 
 Bethlehem, and see this thing which is come to 
 pass, which the Lord hath made known unto us.” 
 And they came with haste, and found Mary and 
 Joseph, and the babe lying in a manger. And 
 the shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God 
 for all the things that they had heard and seen. 
 
 Eight days after, at the circumcision of the 
 child, he was called Jesus, which signifies Saviour, 
 a name given before he was born: “for” said the 
 angel, “ He shall save his people from their sins.” 
 
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 CHAPTER II. 
 
 THE CHILDHOOD OF .TESU8. 
 
 § HE Incarnation of the Son of God, presents us 
 with an example of condescension and humilia- 
 tion, only equalled by the exaltation of its subjects. 
 He came to earth, that he might exalt us to heaven. 
 His sufferings and death, clothe us, who are dead in 
 sin, with immortality, and secure to us the bliss of 
 an eternal Paradise. To trace the footsteps of Jesus, 
 God Incarnate, and to present the words that 
 dropped fresh from his wise and holy lips, while on 
 his mission of mercy to this sin-stricken world, will 
 be the object of these pages. 
 
 The child grew and waxed strong in spirit, filled 
 with wisdom : and the grace of God was upon him. 
 But his first word^ on record, was uttered at the age 
 of twelve years. A multitude had assembled 
 at Jerusalem. The eight days’ worship being 
 ended, the crowds disperse and scatter to their 
 homes in the distant countries round about. The 
 parents, supposing “the child Jesus” to be among 
 their relatives and acquaintances in the great throng, 
 pass on a day’s journey, when they seek him but 
 find him not. 
 
 They return, anxious and sorrow stricken, to Jeru- 
 salem, where they find hi m still in the Temple, sit- 
 ting with the Doctors of the law, and astonishing 
 the multitude with his understanding and answera 
 
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 His mother, though amazed at his wisdom, gently 
 chides her son for his lack of filial fidelity, say- 
 ing, “Son, why hast thou thus dealt with us? be- 
 hold, thy father and I have sought thee sorrowing.” 
 And he said unto them. 
 
 How is it that ye sought me ? 
 Wist ye not that I must be about 
 my Father’s business ? 
 
 And they understood not the saying which he 
 spake unto them. And he went down with them, 
 and came to Nazareth, and was subject unto them ; 
 but his mother kept all these sayings in her heart. 
 
 Eighteen years now pass away without the record 
 of another word. While he honored his earthly 
 parents, and was -diligent in his daily toil, he was 
 doubtless ever busy in the work assigned him by 
 his Father in heaven. Multitudes may have been 
 charmed by his youthful eloquence, confounded by 
 his wisdom, and melted under his sweet spirit of 
 love. But to us it is one great blank. This brief 
 sentence among the doctors in the temple, in answer 
 to the question of the anxious mother, is like some 
 blazing comet, which for a brief space lights the 
 starry vault with its radiance, and then shoots off, 
 in its eccentric course, to be seen no more for years 
 to come. During these silent years, multitudes 
 had passed to their reward. “ Seed time and har- 
 vest, summer and winter, day and night,” had suc- 
 ceeded each other, in regular order ; while the “bow 
 in the cloud ” had const-nitlv reminded the world 
 of the gracious promise of God to Noah. But not 
 
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 a word is preserved from the lips of this wonderful 
 child. Not a footprint marks his journeyings. 
 
 At the age of thirty he suddenly appears again 
 on the page of history. Let us now follow his foot- 
 steps, and listen to his words. 
 
 CHAPTER HI. 
 
 THE BAPTISM AND TEMPTATION OF .JESUS. 
 
 f ND it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came 
 from Nazareth of Galilee, to Jordan, unto John, 
 to be baptized of him. But Jolin forbade him, say- 
 ing, I have need to be baptized of thee, and comest 
 thou tome ? And Jesus answering said unto him. 
 
 Suffer it to be so now : for thus it 
 becometh us to fulfill all righteous- 
 ness. 
 
 Then he suffered him. Now when all the people 
 were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being 
 baptized, went up straightway out of the water ; 
 and praying, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, 
 and the Holy Ghost descended in a bodily shape 
 like a dove upon him, and there came a voice from 
 heaven, saying^ “Thou art my beloved son, in 
 whom 1 am well pleased. 
 
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 And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost, returned 
 from Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the 
 wilderness, to be tempted of the devil. And he 
 was there in the wilderness forty days, tempted of 
 Satan ; and was with the wild beasts. And in those 
 days he did eat nothing. And when he had fasted 
 forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an 
 hungered. And when the tempter came to him, he 
 said, ff thou be the Son of God, command that 
 these stones be made bread. But Jesus answered 
 and said. 
 
 It is written, Man shall not live by 
 I bread alone, but by every word that 
 proceedeth out of the mouth of God. 
 
 Then the devil taketh him up into the holy city, 
 and setteth him on a pinnacle of the temple. And 
 saith unto him. If thou be the Son of God, cast 
 thyself down from hence : for it is written. He shall 
 give his angels charge concerning thee, to keep 
 thee : And in their hands they shall bear thee up, 
 lest at any time thou dash thy foot against a stone. 
 And Jesus answering said unto him. 
 
 It is written again. Thou shalt not 
 tempt the Lord thy God. 
 
 Again, the devil taketh him up into an exceed- 
 ing high mountain, and sheweth him all the king- 
 doms of the world, and the glory of them, in a 
 moment of time. And the devil said unto him. All 
 this power will I give tliee, and the glory of them : 
 
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 for that is delivered unto me : and to whomsoever I 
 will I give it. If thou therefore wilt fall down and 
 worship me, all shall be thine. And Jesus answered 
 and said unto him, 
 
 Get thee behind me, Satan : for it 
 is written, Thou shalt worship the 
 Lord thy God, and him only shalt 
 thou serve. 
 
 And when the devil had ended all the tempta- 
 tion, he departed from him for a season. And, be- 
 hold, angels o^me and ministered unto him. 
 
 CHAPTER IV. 
 
 TESTIMONY OF JOHN — CALL OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES. 
 
 f His is the record of John, when the Jews sent 
 priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him. 
 Who art thou ? He confessed, and denied not ; but 
 confessed, I am not the Christ. 
 
 And they asked him, What then ? Art thou Elias? 
 And he saith, I am not. Art thou that prophet ? 
 And he answered. No. Then said they unto him. 
 Who art thou ? that we may give an answer to them 
 that sent us. What sayest thou of thyself? He 
 said, I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness. 
 Make straight the way of the Lord, as said the 
 prophet Esaias. 
 
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 And they which were sent were of the Pharisees. 
 And they asked him, and said unto him, Why bap- 
 tizest thou then, if thou be not that Christ, nor Elias, 
 neither that prophet? John answered them, say- 
 ing, I baptize with water: but there standeth one 
 among you, whom ye know not ; He it is, who com- 
 ing after me is preferred before me, whose shoe’s 
 latchet I am not worthy to unloose. These things 
 were done in Bethabara beyond Jordan, where 
 John was baptizing. 
 
 The next day John seeth Jesus coming unto him, 
 and saith. Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh 
 away the sin of the world. This is he of whom I 
 said. After me cometh a man which is preferred 
 before me : for he was before me. And I knew 
 him not : but that he should be made manifest to 
 Israel, therefore am I come baptizing with water. 
 
 And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit 
 descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode 
 upon him. And I knew him not : but he that sent 
 me to baptize with water, the same said unto me. 
 Upon whom thou shalt see the Spirit descending, and 
 remaining on him, the same is he which baptizeth 
 with the Holy Ghost. And I saw, and bare record 
 that this is the Son of God. 
 
 Again the next day after, John stood, and two of 
 his disciples ; And looking upon Jesus as he walked, 
 he saith. Behold the Lamb of God ! And the two 
 disciples heard him speak, and they followed Jesus. 
 Then Jesus turned, and saw them following, and 
 saith unto them. 
 
 What seek ye ? 
 
 They said unto him. Rabbi, (which is to say, being 
 
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 interpreted, Master,) where dwellest thou? 
 saith unto them, 
 
 Come and see. 
 
 They came and saw where he dwelt, and abode 
 with him that day : for it was about the tenth hour. 
 One of the two which heard John speak and fol- 
 lowed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter’s brother. 
 He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith 
 unto him. We have found the Messias, which is, 
 being interpreted, the Christ. And he brought him 
 to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, 
 
 Thou art Simon the son of Jona : 
 thou shalt be called Cephas, which 
 is, by interpretation, A stone. 
 
 The day following Jesus would go forth into 
 Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him. 
 
 Follow me. 
 
 Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew 
 and Peter. 
 
 Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith. nnto him. We 
 have found him, of whom Moses in the law and 
 the prophets did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son 
 of Joseph. And Nathanael said unto him. Can 
 there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip 
 saith unto him. Come and see. .Tesus saw Nathan- 
 ael coming to him, and saith unto him. 
 
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 Behold an Israelite indeed, in 
 whom there is no guile ! 
 
 Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou 
 me? Jesus answered and said unto him, 
 
 Before that Philip called thee, 
 when thou wast under the fig tree, I 
 saw thee. 
 
 Nathanael answered and saith unto him. Rabbi, 
 thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of 
 Israel. Jesus answered and said unto him. 
 
 Because I said unto thee, I saw 
 thee under the fig tree, believest 
 thou ? thou shalt see greater things 
 than these. 
 
 And he saith unto him. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you. 
 Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, 
 and the angels of God ascending 
 and descending upon the Son of 
 man. 
 
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 CHAPTER V. 
 
 FIRST MIRACLE TEMPLE CLEANSED VISIT OF 
 
 NICODEMUS. 
 
 f ND the third day there was a marriage in Cana 
 of Galilee ; and the mother of Jesus was there. 
 And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the 
 marriage. And when they wanted wine, the mother 
 of Jesus saith unto him. They have no wine. Jesus 
 saith unto her. 
 
 Woman, what have I to do with 
 thee ? mine hour is not yet come. 
 
 His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever 
 he saith unto you, do it. And there were set there 
 six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the puri- 
 fying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins, 
 apiece. Jesus saith unto them. 
 
 Fill the waterpots with water. 
 
 And they filled them up to the brim. And he 
 saith unto them. 
 
 Draw out now and bear unto the 
 governor of the feast. 
 
 And they bare it. When the ruler of the feast 
 had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew 
 not whence it was : (but the servants which drenv 
 
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 the water knew;) the governor of the feast called 
 the bridegroom, and saith unto him, Every man at 
 the beginning doth set forth good wine ; and when 
 men have well drunk, then that which is worse • but 
 thou hast kept the good wine until now. This begin- 
 ning of miracles did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and 
 manifested forth his glory ; and his disciples believed 
 on him. 
 
 After this he went down to Capernaum, he, and 
 his mother, and his brethren, and his disciples : and 
 they continued there not many days. And the J ews’ 
 passover was at hand. And Jesus wentupto Jerusa 
 lem, and found in the temple those that sold oxen 
 and sheep, and doves, and the changers of money 
 sitting. And when he had made a scourge of small 
 cords, he drove them all out of the temple, and the 
 sheep, and the oxen ; and poured out the changers’ 
 money, and overthrew the tables; and said unto 
 them that sold doves, 
 
 T ake these things hence ; make 
 not my Father’s house an house of 
 merchandise. 
 
 And his disciples remembered that it was written. 
 The zeal of thine house hath eaten me up. Then 
 answered the Jews and said unto him: What sign 
 shewest thou unto us, seeing that thou doest these 
 things ? J esus answered and said unto them. 
 
 Destroy this temple, and in three 
 days I will raise it up. 
 
 Then said the Jews, Forty and six years was this 
 
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 temple in building, and wilt thou rear it up in three 
 days? But he spake of the temple of his body. 
 When therefore he was risen from the dead, his dis- 
 ciples remembered that he had said this unto them ; 
 and they believed the Scripture, and the word which 
 Jesus had said. 
 
 Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, 
 in^ the feast day^ many believed in his name, when 
 they saw the miracles which he did. But Jesus 
 did not commit himself unto them, because he knew 
 all men^ and needed not that any should testify of 
 man, for he knew what was in man. 
 
 There was a man of the Pharisees, named Nico- 
 demus, a ruler of the Jews. The same came to 
 Jesus by night, and said unto him. Rabbi, we know 
 that thou art a teacher come from God : for no man 
 can do these miracles that thou doest, except God 
 be with him. Jesus answered and said unto him. 
 
 Verily , verily , I say unto thee, Ex- 
 cept a man be born again, he cannot 
 see the kingdom of God. 
 
 Nicodemus saith unto him. How can a man be 
 born when he is old? can he enter the second time 
 into his mother’s womb, and be born ? Jesus ans- 
 wered. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto thee. 
 Except a man be born of water and 
 ^the Spirit, he cannot enter into the 
 kingdom of God. That which is 
 
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 born of the flesh is flesh ; and that 
 which is born of the Spirit is spirit. 
 Marvel not that I said unto thee, 
 Ye must be born again. The wind 
 bloweth where it listeth, and thou 
 hearest the sound thereof, but canst 
 not tell whence it cometh, and 
 whither it goeth : so is every one that 
 is born of the Spirit. 
 
 Nicodemus answered and said nnto him, How 
 can these things be? Jesus answered and said unto 
 him, 
 
 Art thou a master of Israel, and 
 knowest not these things ? 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto thee. We 
 speak that we do know, and testify 
 that we have seen ; and ye receive not 
 our witness. If I have told you 
 earthly things, and ye believe not, how 
 shall ye believe, if I tell you of heaven- 
 ly things. And no man hath as- 
 cended up to heaven, but he that 
 came down from heaven, even the 
 Son of man which is in heaven. 
 
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 And as M OSes lifted up the ser- 
 pent in the wilderness, even so must 
 the Son of man be lifted up: that 
 whosoever believeth in him should not 
 perish, but have eternal life. For 
 God so loved the world that he gave 
 his only begotten Son, that whoso- 
 ever believeth in him should not 
 perish, but have everlasting life. For 
 God sent not his Son into the world 
 to condemn the world ; but that the 
 world through him might be saved. 
 
 He that believeth on him is not con- 
 demned : but he that believeth not is 
 condemned already, because he hath 
 not believed in the name of the only 
 begotten Son of God. And this is 
 the condemnation, that light is come 
 into the world, and men loved dark- 
 ness rather than light, because their 
 deeds were evil. For every one that 
 doeth evil hateth the light, neither 
 cometh to the light, lest his deeds 
 should be reproved. But he that 
 
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 doeth truth cometh to the light, that 
 his deeds may be made manifest, 
 that they are wrought in God. 
 
 JOHN EXALTS JESUS WOMAN AT THE WELL VISIT 
 
 TO SAMARIA. 
 
 FTER these things came Jesus and his disciples 
 
 into the land of Judea; and there he tarried 
 
 with them, and baptized. And John also was bap- 
 tizing in JEnon near to Salim, because there was 
 much water there: and they came, and were bap- 
 tized. For John was not yet cast into prison. 
 
 Then there arose a question between some of 
 John’s disciples and the Jews about purifying. And 
 they came unto John, and said unto him. Rabbi, he 
 that was with thee beyond Jordan, to whom thou 
 barest witness, behold, the same baptizeth, and all 
 men come to him, John answered and said, a man 
 can receive nothing, except it be given him from 
 heaven. Ye yourselves bear me witness, that I said, 
 1 am not the Christ, but that I am sent before him. 
 He that hath the bride is the bridegroom ; but the 
 friend of the bridegroom, which standeth and hear- 
 eth him, rejoiceth greatly because of the bride- 
 groom’s voice: this my joy therefore is fulfilled. 
 He must increase, but I ynust decrease. He that 
 
 CHAPTER VI. 
 
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 cometh from above is above all : he that is of the 
 earth is earthly, and speaketh of the earth : he that 
 cometh from heaven is above all. 
 
 And what he hath seen and heard, that he testi- 
 fieth ; and no man receiveth his testimony. He that 
 hath received his testimony hath set to his seal that 
 God is true. For he whom God hath sent speaketh 
 the words of God : for God giveth not the Spirit 
 by measure unto Mm. The Father loveth the Son, 
 and hath given all things into his hand. He that 
 believeth on the Son hath everlasting life : and he 
 that believeth not the Son shall not see life ; but the 
 wrath of God abideth on him. 
 
 When therefore the Lord knew how the Phari- 
 sees had heard that Jesus made and baptized more 
 disciples than John, (though Jesus himself baptized 
 not, but his disciples,) He left Judea, and departed 
 again into Galilee. And he must needs go through 
 Samaria. 
 
 Then cometh he to a city of Samaria, which is 
 called Sychar, near to the parcel of ground that 
 Jacob gave to his son Joseph. Now Jacob’s well 
 was there. Jesus therefore, being wearied with Ms 
 journey, sat thus on the well: and it was about the 
 sixth hour. There cometh a woman of Samaria to 
 draw water : Jesus saith unto her. 
 
 Give me to drink. 
 
 (For his disciples were gone away into the city 
 to buy meat.) 
 
 Then saith the woman of Samaria unto him. How 
 is it that thou, being a Jew, asketh drink of me, 
 which am a woman of Samaria ? for the Jews have 
 
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 no dealings with the Samaritans. Jesus answered 
 and said unto her, 
 
 If thou knewest the gift of God, 
 and who it is that saith to thee, Give 
 me to drink ; thou wouldest have 
 asked of him, and he would have 
 given thee living water. 
 
 The woman saith unto him, Sir, thou hast nothing 
 to draw with, and the well is deep ; from whence 
 then hast thou that living water ? Art thou greater 
 than our father Jacob, which gave us the well, and 
 drank thereof himself, and his children, and his 
 cattle ? Jesus answered and said unto her. 
 
 Whosoever drinketh of this water 
 shall thirst again : But whosoever 
 drinketh of the water that I shall 
 give him shall never thirst ; but the 
 water that I shall give him shall be 
 in him a well of water springing up 
 into everlasting life. 
 
 The woman saith unto him, Sir, give me this 
 water, that I thirst not, neither come hither to draw. 
 Jesus saith unto her. 
 
 Go, call thy husband, and come 
 hither. 
 
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 The woman answered and said, I have no hus- 
 band. Jesus said unto her, 
 
 Thou hast well said, I have no 
 husband : for thou hast had five 
 husbands ; and he whom thou now 
 hast is not thy husband : in that 
 saidst thou truly. 
 
 , The woman said unto him. Sir, I percieve that 
 ■^hou art a prophet. Our fathers worshipped in this 
 mountain ; and ye say, that in Jerusalem is the 
 place where men ought to worship. Jesus saith 
 unto her. 
 
 Woman, believe me, the hour 
 cometh, when ye shall neither in this 
 mountain, nor yet at Jerusalem, 
 worship the Father. Ye worship ye 
 know not what : we know what we 
 worship : for salvation is of the J ews. 
 But the hour cometh, and now is, 
 when the true worshippers shall 
 worship the Father in spirit and in 
 truth : for the Father seeketh such 
 to worship him. God is a Spirit : 
 and they that worship him must wor- 
 ship him in spirit and in truth. 
 
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 The -woman saith unto him, I know that Messias 
 cometh, which is called Christ : when he is come, 
 he will tell us all things. Jesus saith unto her, 
 
 I that speak unto thee am he. 
 
 And upon this came his disciples, and marvelled 
 that he talked with the woman : yet no man said. 
 What seekest thou ? or. Why talkest thou with her ? 
 The woman then left her waterpot, and went her 
 way into the city, and said to the men. Come, see 
 a man, which told me all things that ever I did^- 
 is not this the Christ ? Then they went out of the 
 city, and came unto him. In the meanwhile his 
 disciples prayed him saying. Master, eat. But he 
 said unto them, 
 
 I have meat to eat that ye know 
 not of. 
 
 Therefore said the disciples one to another. Hath 
 any man brought him ought to eat ? Jesus saith 
 unto them, 
 
 My meat is to do the will of him 
 that sent ’me, and to finish his work. 
 Say not ye, There are yet four 
 months, and then cometh harvest? 
 behold, I say unto you. Lift up your 
 eyes, and look on the fields ; for they 
 are white already to harvest. And 
 he that reapeth receiveth wages, and 
 
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 gathereth fruit unto life eternal : that 
 both he that soweth and he that 
 reapeth may rejoice together. And 
 herein is that saying true, One sow- 
 eth, and another reapeth. I sent 
 you to reap that whereon ye bestowed 
 no labor : other men labored, and ye 
 are entered into their labors. 
 
 And many of the Samaritans of that city be- 
 lieved on him for the saying of the woman, which 
 testified, He told me all that ever I did. So when 
 the Samaritans were come unto him, they besought 
 him that he would tarry with them : and he abode 
 there two days. And many more believed because 
 of his own word ; and said unto the woman. Now 
 we believe, not because of thy saying : for we have 
 heard him ourselves, and know that this is indeed 
 the Christ, the Saviour of the world. 
 
 CHAPTER VII. 
 
 NOBLEMAN OF CAPERNAUM PREACHES AT NAZARETH. 
 
 § ow after two days he departed thence, and went 
 into Galilee. For Jesus himself testified that a 
 prophet hath no honor in his own country. Then 
 when he was come into Galilee, the Galil®ans re- 
 ceived him, having seen all the things that he did 
 
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 at Jerusalem at the feast : for they also went unto 
 the feast. 
 
 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where 
 he made the water wine. And there was a certain 
 nobleman, whose son was sick at Capernaum. When 
 he heard that Jesus was come out of Judea into 
 Galilee, he went unto him, and besought him that 
 he would come down and heal his son : for he was 
 at the point of death. Then said Jesus unto him. 
 
 Except ye see signs and wonders, 
 ye will not believe. 
 
 The nobleman saith unto him. Sir, come down 
 ere my child die. Jesus saith unto him. 
 
 Go thy way : thy son liveth. 
 
 And the man believed the word that Jesus had 
 spoken unto him, and he went his way. And as he 
 was now going down, his servants met him, and 
 told him, saying. Thy son liveth. Then enquired he 
 of them the hour when he began to amend. And 
 they said unto him. Yesterday at the seventh hour 
 the fever left him. So the father knew that it was 
 at the same hour, in the which Jesus said unto him. 
 Thy son liveth: and himself believed, and his 
 whole house. This is again the second miracle that 
 Jesus did, when he was come out of Judea into 
 Galilee. And Jesus returned in the power of the 
 Spirit into Galilee : and there went out a fame of 
 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, as his custom was, he went into 
 
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 the synagogue on the sabbath day, and stood up 
 for to read. And there was delivered unto him the 
 book of the prophet Esaias. And when he had 
 opened the book, he found the place where it was 
 written. The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because 
 he hath anointed me to preach the Gospel to the 
 poor ; he hath sent me to heal the brokenheart- 
 ed, to preach deliverance to the captives, and re- 
 covering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty 
 them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year 
 of the Lord. 
 
 And he closed the book, and he gave it again to 
 the minister, and sat down. And the eyes of all 
 them that were in the synagogue were fastened on 
 him. And he began to say unto them. 
 
 This day is this Scripture fulfilled 
 in your ears. 
 
 And all bear him witness, and wondered at the 
 gracious words which proceeded out of his niouth. 
 And they said. Is not this Joseph’s son ? And he 
 said unto them, 
 
 Ye will surely say unto me this 
 proverb, Physician, heal thyself: 
 whatsoever we have heard done in 
 Capernaum, do also here in thy 
 country. 
 
 And he said, 
 
 Verily, I say unto you. No pro- 
 
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 phet is accepted in his own country. 
 But I tell you of a truth, many 
 widows were in Israel in the days of 
 Elias, when the heaven was shut up 
 three years and six months, when 
 great famine was throughout all the 
 land; but unto none of them was 
 Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a city 
 of Sidon, unto a woman that was a 
 widow. And many lepers were in 
 Israel in the time of Eliseus the 
 prophet; and none of them was 
 cleansed, saving Naaman, the Syr- 
 ian. 
 
 And all they in the synagogue, when they heard 
 these things, were filled with wrath, and rose up, 
 and thrust him out of the city, and led him unto the 
 brow of the hill whereon their city was built, that 
 they might cast him down headlong. But he pas- 
 sing through the midst of them went his way. 
 
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 CHAPTER VIII. 
 
 MOVES TO CAPERNAUM ^ANDREW AND PETER CALLED. 
 
 § ow wlien Jesus had heard that John was cast in- 
 to prison, he departed into Galilee ; and leaving 
 Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, a city 
 of Galilee, which is upon the sea coast, in the bor- 
 ders of Zabulon and Nephthalim : that it might be 
 fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, 
 saying. The land of Zebulon, and the land of Neph- 
 thalim, hij the way of the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee 
 of the Gentiles ; the people which sat in darkness 
 saw great light ; and to them which sat in the re- 
 gion and shadow of death light is sprung up. From 
 that time Jesus began to preach the gospel of the 
 kingdom of God, and to say. 
 
 Repent: the time is fulfilled, and 
 the kingdom of God is at hand : 
 repent ye, and believe the gospel. 
 
 And Jesus, walking by the sea of Galilee, saw 
 two brethren, Simon called Peter, and Andrew his 
 brother, casting a net into the sea : for they were 
 fishers. And he saith unto them, 
 
 Follow me, and I will make you 
 to become fishers of men. 
 
 And they straightway left their nets, and followed 
 
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 him. And going on a little farther thence, he saw 
 other two brethren, James ihe son of Zebedee, and 
 John his brother, in a ship with Zebedee their father, 
 mending their nets ; and straightway he called them: 
 and they immediately left the ship and their father 
 Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and 
 went after him. 
 
 And they went into Capernaum : and straightway 
 on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue, 
 and taught. And they were astonished at his 
 doctrine : for his word was with power : for he 
 taught them as one that had authority, and not as 
 the scribes. 
 
 And in the synagogue there was a man, which 
 had a spirit of an unclean devil, and cried out with 
 a loud voice, saying. Let us alone ; what have we 
 to do with thee, ihou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou 
 come to destroy us ? I 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 torn him, had thrown 
 him in the midst, and cried with a loud voice, he 
 came out of him, and hurt him not. 
 
 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they 
 questioned among themselves, saying. What thing is 
 this ? What new doctrine is this ? What a word 
 is this ! for with authority and power he command- 
 eth even the unclean spirits, and they do obey 
 him, and they come out. And immediately his 
 fame spread abroad throughout all the region, into 
 every place of the country round about Galilee. 
 
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 And forthwitli, when they were come out of the 
 synagogue, they entered into the house of Simon 
 and Andrew, with James and John. And Simon’s 
 wife’s mother was taken with a great fever ; and 
 anon they tell him of her ; and they besought him 
 for her. And he stood over her, and rebuked the 
 fever ; and he came and took her by the hand, and 
 lifted her up ; and immediately the fever left her, 
 and she arose, and ministered unto them. 
 
 And at even, when the sun was setting, all they 
 that had any sick with divers diseases brought them 
 unto him; and them that were possessed with 
 devils : and he laid his hands on every one of them, 
 and healed them. And all the city was gathered 
 together at the door. 
 
 And devils also came out of many, crying out, 
 and saying. Thou art Christ the Son of God. 
 And he rebuking them suffered them not to speak: 
 for they knew that he was Christ. That it might be 
 fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, 
 saying, Himself took our infirmities, and bare our 
 sicknesses. And in the morning, rising up a great 
 while before day, and when it was day, he went out, 
 and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed. 
 And Simon and they that were with him followed 
 after him. And when they had found him, they 
 said unto him. All men seek for thee. And he said 
 unto them. 
 
 Let us go into the next towns, that 
 I may preach there also : for there- 
 fore came I forth. 
 
 And the people sought him, and came unto him, 
 
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 and stayed him, that he should not depart from 
 them. And he said unto them, 
 
 I must preach the kingdom of God 
 to other cities also : for therefore am 
 I sent. 
 
 And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in 
 their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the 
 kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all 
 manner of disease among the people, and cast out 
 devils. And his fame went throughout all Syria ; 
 and they brought unto him all sick people that were 
 taken with divers diseases and torments, and those 
 which were possessed with devils, and those which 
 were lunatic, and those that had the palsy ; and he 
 healed them. And there followed him great multi- 
 tudes of people from Galilee, and from Decapolis, 
 and from Jerusalem, and fr&m Judea, and/rom be- 
 yond Jordan. 
 
 CHAPTER IX. 
 
 SERMON ON THE MOUNT, NEAR CAPERNAUM. 
 
 S ND seeing the multitudes, he went up into a moun- 
 tain : and when he was set , his disciples came 
 unto him : And he opened his mouth, and taught 
 them, saying. 
 
 Blessed are the poor in spirit : for 
 their’s is the kingdom of heaven. 
 
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 Blessed are they that mourn : for they 
 shall be comforted. Blessed are the 
 meek : for they shall inherit the 
 earth. Blessed are they which do 
 hunger and thirst after righteousness: 
 for they shall be filled. Blessed are 
 the merciful : for they shall obtain 
 mercy. Blessed are the pure in 
 heart: for they shall see God. 
 
 Blessed are the peacemakers : for 
 they shall be called the children of 
 God. Blessed are they which are 
 persecuted for righteousness’ sake : 
 for their’s is the kingdom of heaven. 
 Blessed are ye, when men shall re- 
 vile you, and persecute you, and shall 
 say all manner of evil against you 
 falsely, for my sake. Rejoice and be 
 exceeding glad: for great is your 
 reward in heaven : for so persecuted 
 they the prophets which were before 
 you. 
 
 Ye are the salt of the earth: but 
 if the salt have lost his savor, where- 
 
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 with shall it be salted ? it is thence- 
 forth good for nothing, but to be cast 
 out, and to be trodden under foot of 
 men. Y e are the light of the world. 
 A city that is set on a hill cannot be 
 hid. Neither do men light a candle, 
 and put it under a bushel, but on a 
 candlestick ; and it giveth light unto 
 all that are in the house. Let your 
 light so shine before men, that they 
 may see your good works, and glorify 
 your Father which is in heaven. 
 
 Think not that I am come to de- 
 stroy the Law or the Prophets : I am 
 not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 
 For verily I say unto you. Till hea- 
 ven and earth pass, one jot or one 
 title shall in no wise pass from the 
 law, till all be fulfilled. 
 
 Whosoever therefore shall break 
 one of these least commandments, 
 and shall teach men so, he shall be 
 called the least in the kingdom of 
 heaven ; but whosoever shall do and 
 
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 teach them, the same shall be called 
 great in the kingdom of heaven. For 
 I say unto you, That except your 
 righteousness shall exceed the right- 
 eousness of the scribes and Pharisees, 
 ye shall in no case enter into the 
 kingdom of heaven. 
 
 Y e have heard that it was said by 
 them of old time. Thou shalt not kill ; 
 and whosoever shall kill shall be in 
 danger of the judgment : But I say 
 unto you. That whosoever is angry 
 with his brother without a cause shall 
 be in danger of the judgment : and 
 whosoever shall say to his brother, 
 Raca, shall be in danger of the coun- 
 cil : but whosoever shall say. Thou 
 fool, shall be in danger of hell fire. 
 
 Therefore if thou bring thy gift to 
 the altar, and there rememberest 
 thst thy brother hath ought against 
 thee ; leave there thy gift before the 
 altar, and go thy way ; first be recon- 
 ciled to thy brother, and then come 
 
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 and offer thy gift. Agree with thine 
 adversary quickly, whilst thou art in 
 the way with him ; lest at any time 
 the adversary deliver thee to the 
 judge, and the judge deliver thee to 
 the officer, and thou be cast into 
 prison. Verily, I say unto thee. 
 Thou shalt by no means come out 
 thence, till thou hast paid the utter- 
 most farthing. 
 
 Ye have heard that it was said by 
 them of old time, Thou shalt not 
 commit adultery : but I say unto you. 
 That whosoever looketh on a woman 
 to lust after her hath committed adul- 
 tery with her already in his heart. 
 And if thy right eye offend thee, pluck 
 it out, and cast it from thee : for it is 
 profitable for thee that one pf thy 
 members should perish, and not that 
 thy whole body should be cast into 
 hell. And if thy right hand offend 
 thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee, 
 for it is profitable for thee that one of 
 
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 thy members should perish, and not 
 that thy whole body should be cast 
 into hell. 
 
 It hath been said, Whosoever shall 
 put away his wife, let him give her a 
 writing of divorcement : But I say 
 unto you. That whosoever shall put 
 away his wife, saving for the cause 
 of fornication, causeth her to commit 
 adultery : and whosoever shall marry 
 her that is divorced committeth adul- 
 tery. 
 
 Again, ye have heard that it hath 
 been said by them of old time. Thou 
 shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt 
 perform unto the Lord thine oaths : 
 But I say unto you. Swear not at all ; 
 neither by heaven ; for it is God’s 
 throne : nor by the earth ; for it is 
 his footstool : neither by J erusalem ; 
 for it is the city of the great King. 
 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, 
 because thou canst not make one hair 
 white or black. But let your com- 
 
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 munication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: 
 for whatsoever is more than these 
 cometh of evil. 
 
 Ye have heard that it hath been 
 said. An eye for an eye, and a tooth 
 for a tooth : but I say unto you. That 
 ye resist not evil : but whosoever shall 
 smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to 
 him the other also. And if any man 
 will sue.thee at the law, and take away 
 thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 
 And whosoever shall compel thee to 
 go a mile, go with him twain. Give 
 to him that asketh thee, and from him 
 that would borrow of thee turn not 
 thou away. 
 
 Ye have heard that it hath been 
 said. Thou shalt love thy neighbor, 
 and hate thine enemy. But I say 
 unto you, Love your enemies, bless 
 them that curse you, do good to them 
 that hate you, and pray for them which 
 despitefully use you, and persecute 
 you ; that ye may be the children of 
 
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 your F ather which is in heaven : for 
 he maketh his sun to rise on the evil 
 and on the good, and sendeth rain on 
 the just and on the unjust. 
 
 For if ye love them which love 
 you, what reward have ye ? do not 
 even the publicans the same ? And 
 if ye salute your brethren only, what 
 do ye more than others f do not even 
 the publicans so ? Be ye therefore 
 perfect, even as your F ather which is 
 in heaven is perfect. 
 
 CHAPTER X. 
 
 SERMON ON THE MOUNT, CONTINUED. 
 
 Take heed that ye do not your 
 alrns before men, to be seen of them ; 
 otherwise ye have no reward of your 
 Father which is in heaven. There- 
 fore when thou doest thine alms, do 
 not sound a trumpet before thee, as 
 
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 the hypocrites do in the synagogues 
 and in the streets, that they may have 
 glory of men. Verily I say unto you, 
 They have their reward. But when 
 thou doest alms, let not thy left hand 
 know what thy right hand doeth: 
 that thine alms may be in secret : and 
 thy Father which seeth in secret him- 
 self shall reward thee openly. 
 
 And when thou prayest, thou shalt 
 not be as the hypocrites are : for they 
 love to pray standing in the syna- 
 gogues, and in the corners of the 
 streets, that they may be seen of men. 
 Verily I say unto you. They have 
 their reward. But thou, when thou 
 prayest, enter into thy closet, and 
 when thou hast shut thy door, pray 
 to thy Father which is in secret ; and 
 thy Father which seeth in secret shall 
 reward thee openly. 
 
 But when ye pray, use not vain 
 repetitions, as the heathen do: for 
 they think that they shall be heard for 
 
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 their much speaking. Be not ye 
 therefore like unto them : for your 
 Father knoweth what things ye have 
 need of, before ye ask him. After 
 this manner therefore pray ye : 
 
 Our Father which art in heaven, 
 Hallowed be thy name. Thy king- 
 dom come. Thy will be done in 
 earth, as it is in heaven. Give us 
 this day our daily bread. And for- 
 give us our debts, as we forgive our 
 debtors. And lead us not into 
 temptation, but deliver us from evil : 
 For thine is the kingdom, and the 
 power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. 
 
 For if ye forgive men their tres- 
 passes, your heavenly Father will also 
 forgive you: but if ye forgive not 
 men their trespasses, neither will your 
 Father forgive your trespasses. 
 
 Moreover when ye fast, be not, as 
 the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: 
 for they disfigure their faces, that they 
 may appear unto men to fast. V erily 
 
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 I say unto you, They have their re- 
 ward. But thou, when thou fastest, 
 anoint thine head, and wash thy face; 
 that thou appear not unto men to fast, 
 but unto thy Father which is in 
 secret : and thy Father, which seeth 
 in secret, shall reward thee openly. 
 
 Lay not up for yourselves treasures 
 upon earth, where moth and rust 
 doth corrupt, and where thieves break 
 through and steal : but lay up for 
 yourselves treasures in heaven, where 
 neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, 
 and where thieves do not break 
 through nor steal. For where your 
 treasure is, there will your heart be 
 also. 
 
 The light of the body is the eye : 
 if therefore thine eye be single, thy 
 whole body shall be full of light. 
 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole 
 body shall be full of darkness. If 
 therefore the light that is in thee be 
 darkness, how great is that darkness ! 
 
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 No man can serve two masters : for 
 either he will hate the one, and love 
 the other ; or else he will hold to the 
 one, and despise the other. Ye can- 
 not serve God and mammon. 
 
 Therefore I say unto you. Take 
 no thought for your life, what ye 
 shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; nor 
 yet for your body, what ye shall put 
 on. Is not the life more than meat, 
 and the body than raiment. Behold 
 the fowls of the air : for they sow not, 
 neither do they reap, nor gather into 
 barns; yet your heavenly Father 
 feedeth them. Are ye not much 
 better than they ? 
 
 Which of you by taking thought 
 can add one cubit unto his stature ? 
 And why take ye thought for raiment ? 
 Consider the lilies of the field, how 
 they grow ; they toil not, neither do 
 they spin ; and yet I say unto you. 
 That even Solomon in all his glory 
 was not arrayed like one of these. 
 
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 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass 
 of the field, which to day is, and to 
 morrow is cast into the oven, shall he 
 not much more clothe you, O ye of 
 little faith. 
 
 Therefore take no thought, saying. 
 What shall we eat ? or. What shall 
 we drink ? or. Wherewithal shall we 
 be clothed ? (For after all these 
 things do the Gentiles seek :) for your 
 heavenly Father knoweth that ye 
 have need of all these things. 
 
 But seek ye first the kingdom of 
 God, and his righteousness ; and all 
 these things shall be added unto you. 
 Take therefore no thought for the 
 morrow : for the morrow shall take 
 thought for the things of itself Suf- 
 ficient unto the day is the evil thereof 
 
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 CHAPTER XL 
 
 SERMON ON THE MOUNT, CONCLUDED. 
 
 * J UDGE not, that ye be not judged. 
 For with what judgment ye judge, 
 ye shall be judged : and with what 
 measure ye mete, it shall be measured 
 to you again. And why beholdest 
 thou the mote that is in thy brother s 
 eye, but considerest not the beam 
 that is in thine own eye ? Or how 
 wilt thou say to thy brother. Let me 
 pull out the mote out of thine eye ; 
 and, behold, a beam is in thine own 
 eye. 
 
 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the 
 beam out of thine own eye ; and then 
 shalt thou see clearly to cast out the 
 mote out of thy brother s eye. Give 
 not that which is holy unto the dogs, 
 neither cast ye your pearls before 
 swine, lest they trample them under 
 their feet, and turn again and rend you. 
 
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 Ask, and it shall be given you ; 
 seek, and ye shall find ; knock, and 
 it shall be opened unto you : for every 
 one that asketh receiveth ; and he 
 that seeketh findeth ; and to him that 
 knocketh it shall be opened. 
 
 Or what man is there of you, whom 
 if his son ask bread, will he give him a 
 stone ? Or if he ask a fish, will he 
 give him a serpent? If ye then, 
 being evil, know how to give good 
 gifts unto your children, how much 
 more shall your Father which is in 
 heaven give good things to them that 
 ask him ? 
 
 Therefore all things whatsoever ye 
 would that men should do to you, do 
 ye even so to them: for this is the 
 law and the prophets. 
 
 Enter ye in at the strait gate : for 
 wide is the gate, and broad is the 
 way, that leadeth to destruction, and 
 many there be which go in thereat : 
 because strait is the gate, and narrow 
 
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 is the way, which leadeth unto life, 
 and few there be that find it. 
 
 Beware of false prophets, which 
 come to you in sheep’s clothing, but 
 inwardly they are ravening wolves. 
 Ye shall know them by their fruits. 
 Do men gather grapes of thorns, or 
 figs of thistles ? Even so every good 
 tree bringeth forth good fruit ; but a 
 corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 
 A good tree cannot bring forth evil 
 fruit, neither a corrupt tree bring 
 forth good fruit. Every tree that 
 bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn 
 down, and cast into the fire. Where- 
 fore by their fruits ye shall know them. 
 
 N ot every one that saith unto me. 
 Lord, Lord, shall enter into the king- 
 dom of heaven ; but he that doeth 
 the will of my Father which is in 
 heaven. Many will say to me in that 
 day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophe- 
 sied in thy name ? and in thy name 
 have cast out devils ? and in thy name 
 
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 done many wonderful works ? And 
 then will I profess unto them, I never 
 knew you : depart from me, ye that 
 work iniquity. 
 
 Therefore whosoever heareth these 
 sayings of mine, and doeth them, I 
 will liken him unto a wise man, which 
 built his house upon a rock : and the 
 rain descended, and the floods came, 
 and the winds blew, and beat upon 
 that house : and it fell not : for it was 
 founded upon a rock. 
 
 And every one that heareth these 
 sayings of mine, and doeth them not, 
 shall be likened unto a foolish man, 
 which built his house upon the sand : 
 and the rain descended, and the floods 
 came, and the winds blew, and beat 
 upon that house ; and it fell : and great 
 was the fall of it. 
 
 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these 
 sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine : 
 For he taught them as one having authority, and not 
 as the Scribes. When he was come down from the 
 mountain, great multitudes followed him. 
 
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 CHAPTER XII 
 
 ^ GREAT DRAUGHT OP FISHES — HEALS A LEPER — 
 MATTHEW CALLED. ^ 
 
 ^ND it came to pass, that, as the people pressed upon 
 him to hear the word of God, he stood by the 
 lake of Gennesaret, and saw two ships standing by 
 the lake : but the fishermen were gone out of them, 
 and were washing iheir nets. 
 
 And he entered into one of the ships, which was 
 Simon’s, and prayed him that he would thrust out a 
 little from the land. And he sat down, and taught 
 the people out of the ship. Now when he had left 
 speaking, he said unto Simon, 
 
 Launch out into the deep, and let 
 down your nets for a draught. 
 
 And Simon answering said unto him. Master, we 
 have toiled all the night, and have taken nothing : 
 nevertheless at thy word I will let down the net. 
 And when they had this done, they inclosed a great 
 multitude of fishes : and their net brake. And 
 they beckoned unto their partners, which were in the 
 other ship, that they should come and help them. 
 And they came, and filled both the ships, so that 
 they began to sink. 
 
 When Simon Peter saw it he fell down at Jesus’ 
 knees, saying, Depart from me; fori am a sinful man. 
 
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 0 Lord For he was astonished, and all that were 
 with him, at the draught of the fishes which they 
 had taken : and so was also James and John, the 
 sons of Zebedee, which were partners with Simon. 
 And Jesus said unto Simon, 
 
 F ear not ; from henceforth thou 
 shalt catch men. 
 
 And when they had brought their ships to land, 
 they forsook all, and followed him. 
 
 And it came to pass, when he was in a certain 
 city, behold, there came a man full of leprosy to 
 him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, wor- 
 shipped him, and fell on Ms face, and besought him, 
 saying. Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 
 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth Ms 
 hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, 
 
 I will ; be thou clean. 
 
 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately the 
 leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. 
 And he straightly charged him, and forthwith sent 
 him away; 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 com- 
 manded, for a testimony unto them. 
 
 But he went out, and began to publish it much. 
 
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 and to blaze abroad the matter. And great multi- 
 tudes came together to hear, and to be healed by 
 him of their infirmities, insomuch that Jesus could 
 no more openly enter into the city, but was without 
 in desert places : and he withdrew himself into the 
 wilderness, and prayed. And they came to him 
 from every quarter. And again he entered into 
 Capernaum after some days ; and it was noised that 
 he was in the house. 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 preached the word unto them. 
 
 And it came to pass on a certain day, as he was 
 teaching, that there were Pharisees and doctors of 
 the law sitting by, which were come out of every 
 town of Galilee, and Judea, and Jerusalem: and 
 the power of the Lord was present to heal them. 
 
 And, behold, men brought in a bed a man which 
 was taken with a palsy ; which was borne of four. 
 And they sought means to bring him in, and to 
 lay Mm before him. And when they could not 
 find by what way they might bring him in, nigh 
 unto him, because of the multitude, they went upon 
 the housetop, and uncovered thereof where he was; 
 and when they had broken it up, they let him down 
 through the tiling with Ms couch wherein the sick 
 of the palsy lay, into the midst before Jesus. When 
 Jesus saw their faith, he said unto the sick of the 
 palsy. 
 
 Son, be of good cheer ; thy sins 
 be forgiven thee. 
 
 And the scribes and Pharisees began to reason, 
 
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 in their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak blas- 
 phemies? who can forgive sins blit God only? And 
 immediately when Jesus perceived in his spirit that 
 they so reasoned within themselves, he, knowing 
 their thoughts, said unto them. 
 
 Why reason ye these things ? 
 Wherefore think ye evil in your 
 hearts ? Whether is it easier to say 
 to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins be 
 forgiven thee ; or to say, Arise, and 
 take up thy bed and walk ? But that 
 ye may know that the Son of man 
 hath power on earth to forgive sins, 
 (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) I 
 say unto thee. Arise, and take up thy 
 bed, and go thy way into thine house. 
 
 And immediately he rose up before them, and 
 took up that whereon he lay, and departed to his 
 own house, glorifying God. 
 
 But when the multitudes saw U, they marvelled, 
 and glorified God, which had given such power 
 unto men ; and were filled with fear, saying, W e 
 never saw it on this fashion. We have seen strange 
 things to day. 
 
 And after these things he went forth .'jgain by 
 the sea side ; and all the multitude resorted unto 
 him, and he taught them. And as Jesus passed 
 forth firom thence, he saw a man, named Matth.ew, 
 
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 (a publican named Levi) the son of Alpheus, sitting 
 at the receipt of custom, and he said unto him, 
 
 Follow me. 
 
 And he left all, rose up, and followed him. 
 
 And Levi made him a great feast in his own 
 house : And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at 
 meat in his house, many publicans and sinners sat 
 also together with Jesus and his disciples: for there 
 were many, and they followed him. And when the 
 scribes and Pharisees saw him eat with publicans 
 and sinners, they murmured against his disciples, 
 saying. How is it that he eateth and drinketh with 
 publicans and sinners? When Jesus heard he 
 saith unto them. 
 
 They that are whole have no need 
 of the physician, but they that are 
 sick : I came not to call the righteous, 
 but sinners to repentance. 
 
 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, often, and make prayers, but thy disciples fast 
 not ? And Jesus said unto them. 
 
 Can ye make the children of the 
 bridechamber fast, while the bride- 
 groom is with them ? as long as they 
 have the bridegroom with them, they 
 
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 cannot fast. But the days will come, 
 when the bridegroom shall be taken 
 away from them, and then shall they 
 fast in those days. 
 
 And he spake also a parable unto them ; 
 
 N o man also seweth a piece of new 
 doth on an old garment : else the new 
 piece that filled it up taketh away 
 from the old, and the rent is made 
 worse, and the piece that was taken 
 out of the new agreeth not with the 
 old. 
 
 And no man putteth new wine 
 into old bottles : else the new wine 
 will burst the bottles, and be spilled, 
 and the bottles shall perish. But new 
 wine must be put into new bottles ; 
 and both are preserved. No man 
 also having drunk old wine straight- 
 way desireth new: for he saith. The 
 old is better. 
 
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 CHAPTER XIII 
 
 HEALING AT THE POOL — RESURRECTION FORETOLD, 
 
 ^FTER this there was a feast of the Jews ; and 
 ^ Jesus went up to Jerusalem. Now there is at Jeru- 
 salem by the sheep market a pool, which is called in 
 the Hebrew tongue Bethesda, having five porches. 
 In these lay a great multitude of impotent folk, of 
 blind, halt, withered, waiting for the moving of the 
 water. For an angel went down at a certain season 
 into the pool, and troubled the water : whosoever 
 then first after the troubling of the water stepped 
 in was made whole of whatsoever disease he had. 
 
 And a certain man was there, which had an infir' 
 mity thirty and eight years. When Jesus saw him 
 lie, and knew that he had been now a long time in 
 that case^ he saith unto him. 
 
 Wilt thou be made whole ? 
 
 The impotent man answered him. Sir, I have no 
 man, when the water is troubled, to put me into the 
 pool : but while I am coming, another steppeth 
 down before me. Jesus saith unto him. 
 
 Rise, take up thy bed, and walk. 
 
 And immediately the man was made whole, and 
 took up his bed, and walked : and on the same day 
 was the sabbath. 
 
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 The Jews therefore said unto him that was cured, 
 It it the Sabbath day : it is not lawful for thee to 
 carry thy bed. He answered them, He that made 
 me whole, the same said unto me. Take up thy bed 
 and walk. Then asked they him. What man is 
 that which said unto thee. Take up thy bed, and 
 walk ? And he that was healed wist not who it 
 was : for Jesus had conveyed himself away, a mul- 
 titude being in that place. Afterwards Jesus find- 
 eth him in the temple, and said unto him. 
 
 Behold, thou art made whole : sin 
 no more, lest a worse thing come 
 unto thee. 
 
 The man departed, and told the Jews that it was 
 Jesus, which had made him whole. And therefore 
 did the Jews persecute Jesus, and sought to slay 
 him, because he had done- these things on the sab- 
 bath day. But Jesus answered them. 
 
 My Father worketh hitherto, and 
 I work. 
 
 Therefore the Jews sought the more to kill him, 
 because he not only had broken the sabbath, but 
 said also that God was his Father, making himself 
 equal with God. Then answered Jesus and said 
 unto them. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, The 
 Son can do nothing of himself, but 
 what he seeth the Father do: for 
 
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 what things soever he doeth, these 
 also doeth the Son likewise. For 
 the F ather loveth the Son and shew- 
 eth him all things that himself doeth : 
 and he will shew him greater works 
 than these, that ye may marvel. F or 
 as the Father raises up the dead,, and 
 quickeneth them; even so the Son 
 quickeneth whom he will. For the 
 Father judgeth no man, but hath 
 committed all judgment unto the 
 Son ; that all men should honor the 
 Son, even as they honor the Father. 
 Fie that honoreth not the Son hon- 
 oreth not the Father which hath sent 
 him. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 
 that heareth my word, and believeth 
 on him that sent me, hath everlasting 
 life, and shall not come into condem- 
 nation ; but is passed from death unto 
 life. Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
 The hour is coming, and now is, 
 when the dead shall hear the voice 
 
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 of the Son of God : and they that 
 hear shall live. F or as the F ather 
 hath life in himself ; so hath he 
 given to the Son to have life in him- 
 self ; and hath given him authority 
 to execute judgment also, because he 
 is the Son of man. 
 
 Marvel not at this : for the hour 
 is coming, in the which all that are 
 in the graves shall hear his voice, 
 and shall come forth ; they that have 
 done good, unto the resurrection of 
 life ; and they that have done evil, 
 unto the resurrection of damnation. 
 I can of mine own self do nothing : 
 as I hear, I judge : and my judg- 
 ment is just ; because I seek not 
 mine own will, but the will of the 
 Father which hath sent me. 
 
 If I bear witness of myself, my 
 witness is not true. There is another 
 that beareth witness of me; and I 
 know that the witness which he wit- 
 nesseth of me is true. 
 
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 Ye sent unto John, and he bare 
 witness unto the truth. But I receive 
 not testimony from man : but these 
 things I say, that ye might be saved. 
 H e was a burning and a shining 
 light : and ye were willing for a sea- 
 son to rejoice in his light. 
 
 But I have greater witness than 
 that of John: for the works which 
 the Father hath given me to finish, 
 the same works that I do, bear wit- 
 ness of me, that the Father hath sent 
 me. And the, Father himself, which 
 hath sent me, hath borne witness of 
 me. Y e have neither heard his voice 
 at any time, nor seen his shape. And 
 ye have not his word abiding in you : 
 for whom he hath sent, him ye believe 
 not. 
 
 Search the Scriptures ; for in them 
 ye think ye have eternal life : and 
 they are they which testify of me. 
 And ye will not come to me, that ye 
 might have life. I receive not honor 
 
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 from men. But I know you, that ye 
 have not the love of God in you. I 
 am come in my Father’s name, and 
 ye receive me not: if another shall 
 come in his own name, him ye will 
 receive. How can ye believe, which 
 receive honor one of another, and 
 seek not the honor that cometh from 
 God only? 
 
 Do not think that I will accuse 
 you to the Father: there is one that 
 accuseth you, even Moses, in whom 
 ye' trust. For had ye believed 
 Moses, ye would have believed me : 
 for he wrote of me. But if ye be- 
 lieve not his writings, how shall ye 
 believe my words ? 
 
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 CHAPTER XIV. 
 
 DISCIPLES IN THE CORN FIELD WITHERED HAND. 
 
 ^ND it came to pass on the second sabbath after 
 the first, that Jesus went through the corn fields ; 
 and his disciples were an hungered, and began to 
 pluck the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in 
 their hands. But when the Pharisees saw it, they 
 said unto him. Behold, thy disciples do that which 
 is not lawful to do upon the sabbath day. But he 
 said unto them. 
 
 Have ye never read what David 
 did, when he had need, and was an 
 hungered, he, and they that were 
 with him? How he went into the 
 house of God in the days of Abia- 
 thar the high priest, and did eat the 
 shew bread, and gave also to them 
 that were with him, which was not 
 lawful for him to eat, neither for them 
 which were with him, but only for 
 the priests. 
 
 Or have ye not read in the law. 
 
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 how that on the sabbath days the 
 priests in the temple profane the sab- 
 bath, and are blameless ? But I say 
 unto you, That in this place is one 
 greater than the temple. But if ye 
 had known what this meaneth, I will 
 have mercy, and not sacrifice, ye 
 would not have condemned the guilt- 
 less. 
 
 And he said unto them, 
 
 The sabbath was made for man, 
 and not man for the sabbath : there- 
 fore the Son of man is Lord also of 
 the sabbath. 
 
 And it came to pass also on another sabbath, 
 when he was departed thence, that he entered into 
 the synagogue and taught : and there was a man 
 there whose right hand was withered. And the 
 scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he 
 would heal him on the sabbath day. 
 
 And they asked him, saying. Is it lawful to heal 
 on the sabbath days ? that they might find an accu- 
 sation against him. But he knew their thoughts, 
 and said to the man which had the withered hand, 
 
 Rise up and stand forth in the 
 midst. 
 
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 And lie arose and stood forth. Then said Jesus 
 unto them, 
 
 I will ask you one thing: Is it 
 lawful on the sabbath days to do good, 
 or to do evil ? to save life, or to des- 
 troy it? 
 
 But they held their peace. And he said unto 
 them, 
 
 What man shall there be among 
 you, that shall have one sheep, and 
 if it fail into a pit on the sabbath 
 day, will he not lay hold on it, and 
 lift it out ? H ow much then is a man 
 better than a sheep ? Wherefore it 
 V is lawful to do well on the sabbath 
 days. 
 
 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 forth thine hand. 
 
 And he stretched it forth ; and his hand was re- 
 stored whole as the other. And they were filled 
 with madness. 
 
 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway 
 took counsel with the Herodians against him, how 
 they might destroy him. 
 
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 But "wlien Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself 
 from thence with his disciples to the sea : and a 
 great multitude from Galilee followed him, and from 
 Judea7 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. 
 
 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship 
 should wait on him because of the multitude, lest 
 they should throng him. For he had healed many; 
 insomuch that they pressed upon him for to touch 
 him, as many as had plagues. And unclean spirits, 
 when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, 
 saying, Thou art the Son of God. And he straitly 
 charged them that they should not make him known: 
 
 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by 
 Esaias the prophet, saying. 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 shew judgment to the Gentiles. He 
 shall not strive, nor cry ; neither shall any man hear 
 his voice in the streets. A bruised reed shall he 
 not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, 
 till he send forth judgment unto victory. And in 
 his name shall the Gentiles trust. 
 
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 CHAPTER XV. 
 
 APOSTLES NAMED — WOES AND BLESSINGS — PRACTICAL 
 LESSONS. 
 
 ^ND it came to pass in those days, that he went 
 ^ out into a mountain to pray, and continued all 
 night in prayer to God. 
 
 And when it was day, he called unto Mm his 
 disciples; whom he would: and they came unto 
 him. And of them he chose twelve, whom also he 
 named apostles ; that they should be with him, and 
 that he might send them forth to preach, and to 
 have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils. 
 
 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these : 
 The first, Simon, (whom he also named Peter) and 
 Andrew his brother; and James the son of Zebedee, 
 and John the brother of James ; and he surnamed 
 them Boanerges, which is. The sons of thunder : 
 Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew the publi- 
 can ; and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, 
 and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus : (The 
 same with Judas the brother of James,) and Simon 
 called Zelotes, (the Canaanite,) and Judas Iscariot, 
 who also betrayed him. And he came down with 
 them, and stood in the plain, and the company of 
 his disciples, and a great multitude of people out 
 of all .Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast 
 of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to 
 be healed of their diseases ; and they that were 
 vexed with unclean spirits ; and they were healed. 
 And the whole multitude sought to touch him : for 
 
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 there went virtue out of him, and he healed them all. 
 And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, 
 
 Blessed be ye poor : for yours is 
 the kingdom of God. Blessed are 
 ye that hunger now : for ye shall be 
 filled. Blessed are ye that weep 
 now: for ye shall laugh. Blessed 
 are ye when men shall hate you, and 
 when they shall separate you from 
 their company, and shall reproach 
 you, and cast out your name as evil, 
 for the Son of man’s sake. Rejoice 
 ye in that day, and leap for joy : for, 
 behold, your reward is great in 
 heaven : for in the like manner did 
 their fathers unto the prophets. 
 
 But woe unto you that are rich ! 
 for ye have received your consola- 
 tion. Woe unto you that are full ! 
 for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you 
 that laugh now ! for ye shall mourn 
 and weep. Woe unto you, when all 
 men shall speak well of you ! for so 
 did their fathers to the false prophets. 
 
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 But I say unto you which hear, 
 Love your enemies, do good to 
 them which hate you. Bless them 
 that curse you, and pray for them 
 which despitefully use you. And 
 unto him that smiteth thee on the one 
 cheek, offer also the other ; and him 
 that taketh away thy cloak forbid not 
 to take thy coat also. 
 
 Give to every man that asketh of 
 thee ; and of him that taketh away 
 thy goods ask them not again. And 
 as ye would that men should do to 
 you, do ye also to them likewise. 
 For if ye love them which love you, 
 what thank have ye ? for sinners also 
 love those that love them. 
 
 And if ye do good to them which 
 do good to you, what thank have ye ? 
 for sinners also do even the same. 
 And if ye lend to them of whom ye 
 hope to receive, what thank have ye ? 
 for sinners also lend to sinners, to 
 receive as much again. 
 
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 But love ye your enemies, and do 
 good, and lend, hoping for nothing 
 again ; and your reward shall be 
 great, and ye shall be the children of 
 the Highest: for he is kind unto the 
 unthankful and to the evil. Be ye 
 therefore merciful, as your Father 
 also is merciful. 
 
 CHAPTER XVI 
 
 PRACTICAL LESSONS,' CONTINUED — HEALS CENTURIOn’s 
 SERVANT. 
 
 Judge not, and ye shall not be 
 judged: condemn not, and ye shall 
 not be condemned : forgive, and ye 
 shall be forgiven : give, and it shall 
 be given unto you ; good measure, 
 pressed down, and shaken together, 
 and running over, shall men give 
 into your bosom. F or with the same 
 
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 measure that ye mete withal it shall 
 be measured to you again. 
 
 And he spake a parable unto them, 
 
 Can the blind lead the blind ? 
 shall they not both fall into the ditch ? 
 The disciple is not above his master : 
 but every one that is perfect shall 
 be as his master. And why behold- 
 est thou the mote that is in thy 
 brother’s eye, but perceivest not the 
 beam that is in thine own eye ? 
 
 Either how canst thou say to thy 
 brother, Brother, let me pull out the 
 mote that is in thine eye, when thou 
 thyself beholdest not the beam that 
 is in thine own eye ? Thou hypo- 
 crite, cast out first the beam out of 
 thine own eye, and then shalt thou 
 see clearly to pull out the mote that 
 is in thy brother’s eye. 
 
 For a good tree bringeth not forth 
 corrupt fruit ; neither doth a corrupt 
 tree bring forth good fruit. For 
 
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 every tree is known by his own fruit. 
 F or of thorns men do not gather figs, 
 nor of a bramble bush gather they 
 grapes. A good man out of the 
 good treasure of his heart bringeth 
 forth that which is good ; and an 
 evil man out of the evil treasure of 
 his heart bringeth forth that which 
 is evil : for of the abundance of the 
 heart his mouth speaketh. 
 
 And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, 
 and do not the things which I say ? 
 Whosoever cometh to me, and hear- 
 eth my sayings, and doeth them, I 
 will shew you to whom he is like : 
 he is like a man which built an house, 
 and digged deep, and laid the foun- 
 dation on a rock : and when the 
 flood arose, the stream beat vehe- 
 mently upon that house, and could 
 not shake it : for it was founded upon 
 a rock. But he that heareth, and 
 doeth not, is like a man that without 
 a foundation built an house upon the 
 
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 earth ; against which the stream did 
 beat vehemently, and immediately it 
 fell ; and the ruin of that house was 
 great. 
 
 Now when he had ended all his sayings in the 
 audience of the people, he entered into Capernaum. 
 And a certain centurion’s servant, who was dear 
 unto him, was sick and ready to die. 
 
 And when he heard of Jesus, he sent unto him 
 the elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he 
 would come and heal his servant. And when they 
 came to Jesus, they besought him instantly, saying. 
 That he was worthy for whom he should do this : 
 For he loveth our nation, and he hath built us a 
 synagogue. And Jesus saith unto him, 
 
 I will come and heal him. 
 
 Then Jesus went with them. And when he was 
 now not far fi’om the house, the centurion sent 
 friends to him, saying unto him. Lord, trouble not 
 thyself: for I am not worthy that thou shouldest 
 enter under my roof: wherefore neither thought I 
 myself worthy to come unto thee: but speak the 
 word only, and my servant shall be healed. 
 
 For 1 also am a man set under authority, having 
 under me soldiers, and I say unto one. Go, and he 
 goeth ; and to another. Come, and he cometh ; and 
 to my servant. Do this, and he doeth it. When 
 J esus heard these things, he marveled at him, 'and 
 turned him about, and said unto the people that fol- 
 lowed him. 
 
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 Verily I say unto you, I have not 
 found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 
 And I say unto you. That many 
 shall come from the east and west, 
 and shall sit down with Abraham, 
 and Isaac, and Jacob, in the king- 
 dom of heaven. But the children 
 of the kingdom shall be cast out 
 into outer darkness: there shall be 
 weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
 
 And Jesus said unto the centurion, 
 
 Go thy way ; and as thou hast 
 believed, so be it done unto thee. 
 
 And his servant was healed in the self-same hour. 
 And they that were sent, returning to the house, 
 found the servant whole that had been sick. 
 
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 CHAPTER XVII. 
 
 WIDOW OF NAIN MESSENGERS OF .JOHN ^WOES ON 
 
 CAPERNAUM. 
 
 ^ND it came to pass the day after, that he went 
 into a city called Nain : and many of his dis- 
 ciples went with him, and much people. Now 
 when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, 
 there was a dead man carried out, the only son of 
 his mother, and she was a widow : and much people 
 of the city was with her. And when the Lord saw 
 her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her. 
 
 And he came and touched the bier, and they that 
 bare him stood still. And he said. 
 
 Young man, I say unto thee, 
 Arise. 
 
 And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. 
 And he delivered him to his mother. And there 
 came a fear on all : and they glorified God, saying. 
 That a great prophet is risen up among us ; and. 
 That God hath visited his people. And this rumor 
 of him went forth throughout all Judea, and through- 
 out all the region round about. And the disciples 
 of John shewed him of all these things. 
 
 Now when John had heard in the prison the 
 works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples to 
 
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 Jesus, saying, Art thou he that should come ? or 
 look we for another ? When the men were come 
 unto him, they said, John Baptist hath sent us unto 
 thee, saying. Art thou he that should come ? or look 
 we for another ? And in that same hour he cured 
 many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil 
 spirits ; and unto many that were blind he gave 
 sight. Then Jesus answering said unto them. 
 
 Go your way, and tell John what 
 things ye have seen and heard : how 
 that the blind receive their sight, 
 and the lame walk, the lepers are 
 cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead 
 are raised up, and the poor have the 
 gospel preached to them. And 
 blessed is ke^ whosoever shall not be 
 offended in me. 
 
 And when the messengers of John were de- 
 parted, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes con- 
 cerning John, 
 
 What went ye out into the wilder- 
 ness to see ? A reed shaken with 
 the wind ? But what went ye out 
 for to see ? A man clothed in soft 
 raiment ? behold, they that wear soft 
 clothing — they which are gorgeously 
 
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 apparelled, and live delicately, are in 
 king’s courts. But what went ye 
 out for to see ? A prophet ? yea, 
 I say unto you, and more than a 
 prophet. For this is he of whom it 
 is written. Behold I send my mes- 
 senger before thy face, which shall 
 prepare thy way before thee. 
 
 Verily I say unto you. Among 
 them that are born of women, there 
 hath not risen a greater prophet than 
 John the Baptist: notwithstanding 
 he that is least in the kingdom of 
 heaven is greater than he. And 
 from the days of John the Baptist 
 until now the kingdom of heaven 
 suffereth violence, and the violent 
 take it by force. For all the pro- 
 phets and the law prophesied until 
 John. And if ye will receive ity this 
 is Elias, which was for to come. He 
 that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 
 
 And all the people that heard and the pub- 
 licans, justified God, being baptized with the bap- 
 
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 tism of John. But the Pharisees and lawyers rejec- 
 ted the connsel of God against themselves, being 
 not baptized of him. And the Lord said, 
 
 Whereunto then shall I liken the 
 men of this generation ? and to what 
 are they like ? They are like unto 
 children sitting in the market place, 
 and calling one to another, and saying. 
 We have piped unto you, and ye 
 have not danced ; we have mourned 
 to you, and ye have not wept. 
 
 For John the Baptist came neither 
 eating bread nor drinking wine ; and 
 ye say. He hath a devil. The Son 
 of man is come eating and drinking ; 
 and ye say. Behold a gluttonous 
 man, and a wine bibber, a friend of 
 publicans and sinners ! But wisdom 
 is justified of all her children. 
 
 Then began he to npbraid the cities wherein 
 most of his mighty works were done, because they 
 repented not : 
 
 Woe unto thee Chorasin ! woe unto 
 thee, Bethsaida ! for if the mighty 
 works, which were done in you, had 
 
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 been done in Tyre and Sidon, they 
 would have repented long ago in 
 sackcloth and ashes. But I say unto 
 you, It shall be more tolerable for 
 Tyre and Sidon at the day of judg- 
 ment, than for you. 
 
 And thou, Capernaum, which art 
 exalted unto heaven, shall be brought 
 down to hell : for if the mighty 
 works, which have been done in thee, 
 had been done in Sodom, it would 
 have remained until this day. But I 
 say unto you. That it shall be more 
 tolerable for the land of Sodom in 
 the day of judgment, than for thee. 
 
 At that time Jesus answered and said, 
 
 I thank thee, O Father, Lord of 
 heaven and earth, because thou hast 
 hid these things from the wise and 
 prudent, and hast revealed them unto 
 babes. Even so Father : for so it 
 seemed good in thy sight. All things 
 are delivered unto me of my Father, 
 
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 and no man knoweth the Son, but the 
 Father; neither knoweth any man 
 the Father, save the Son, and he to 
 whomsoever the Son will reveal him. 
 
 Come unto me, all ye that labor 
 and are heavy laden, and I will give 
 you rest. Take my yoke upon you, 
 and learn of me ; for I am meek and 
 lowly in heart : and ye shall find rest 
 unto your souls. For my yoke is 
 easy, and my burden is light. 
 
 CHAPTER XVIIL 
 
 WOMAN WASHES JESDS’ FEET BLIND AND DUMB DEVIL 
 
 BLASPHEMY AGAINST THE HOLY GHOST. 
 
 ^ND one of the Pharisees desired him that he 
 would eat with him. And he went into the 
 Pharisee’s house, and sat down to meat. And, 
 behold a woman in the city, which was a sinner, 
 when she knew that Jesm sat at meat in the Phari- 
 see’s house, brought an alabaster box of ointment, 
 and stood at his feet behind Mm weeping, and began 
 to wash his feet with tears, and di^ wipe them with 
 the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and 
 annointed them with the ointment. 
 
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 Now ■when the Pharisee which had bidden him 
 saw he spake within himself, saying, This man, 
 if he were a prophet, would have known who and 
 what manner of woman this is that toucheth him : 
 for she is a sinner. And Jesus answering said unto 
 him, 
 
 Simon, I have somewhat to say 
 unto thee. 
 
 And he saith. Master, say on. 
 
 There was a certain creditor which 
 had two debtors : the one owed five 
 hundred pence, and the other fifty. 
 And when they had nothing to pay, 
 he frankly forgave them both. Tell 
 me therefore, which of them will love 
 him most ? 
 
 Simon answered and said, I suppose that Ae, to 
 whom he forgave most. And he said unto him. 
 
 Thou hast rightly judged. 
 
 And he turned to the woman, and said unto 
 Simon, 
 
 Seest thou this woman ? I en- 
 tered into thine house, thou gavest 
 me no water for my feet : but she 
 hath washed my feet with tears, and 
 
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 wiped them with the hairs of her 
 head. Thou gavest me no kiss ; but 
 this woman since the time I came in 
 hath not ceased to kiss my feet. My 
 head with oil thou didst not anoint : 
 but this woman hath anointed my 
 feet with ointment. Wherefore I 
 say unto thee, Her sins, which are 
 many, are forgiven ; for she loved 
 much : but to whom little is forgiven, 
 the same loveth little. 
 
 And he said unto her, 
 
 Thy sins are forgiven. 
 
 And they that sat at meat with him began to say 
 within themselves, Who is this that forgiveth sins 
 also ? And he said to the woman. 
 
 Thy faith hath saved thee ; go in 
 peace. 
 
 And it came to pass afterward, that he went 
 throughout every city and village, preaching and 
 showing the glad tidings of the kingdom of God : 
 and the twelve loere with him. And certain women, 
 which had been healed of evil spirits and infirmi- 
 ties, Mary called Magdalene, out of whom went 
 seven devils. And Joanna the wife of Chuza, 
 Herod’s steward, and Susanna, and many others, 
 
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 which ministered unto him of their substance. And 
 they went into an house. 
 
 And the multitude cometh together again^ so that 
 they could not so much as eat bread. And when 
 his friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on 
 him : for they said, He is beside himself. 
 
 Then was brought unto him one possessed with 
 a devil, blind, and dumb; and he healed him, inso- 
 much that the blind and dumb both spake and saw. 
 And all the people were amazed, and said. Is not 
 this the son of David ? But when the Pharisees 
 and the scribes which came down from Jerusalem 
 heard it, they said. He hath Beelzebub. This fellow 
 doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince 
 of the devils. And Jesus knew their thoughts. 
 And he called them unto him, and said unto them in 
 parables, 
 
 H ow can Satan cast out Satan ? 
 And if a kingdom be divided against 
 itself, that kingdom cannot stand, 
 and every city or house divided 
 against itself shall not stand : and if 
 Satan cast out Satan, he is divided 
 against himself ; how shall then his 
 kingdom stand ? He cannot stand, 
 but hath an end. And if I by 
 Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom 
 do your children cast them out ? 
 therefore they shall be your judges. 
 
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 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit 
 of God, then the kingdom of God 
 is come unto you. 
 
 Or else how can one enter into a 
 strong man’s house, and spoil his 
 goods, except he first bind the strong 
 man ? and then he will spoil his house. 
 He that is not with me is against me ; 
 and he that gathereth not with me 
 scattereth abroad. Wherefore I say 
 unto you. All manner of sin shall 
 be forgiven unto the sons of men, 
 and blasphemies wherewith soever 
 they shall blaspheme: but the blas- 
 phemy against the Holy Ghost shall 
 not be forgiven unto men. 
 
 And whosoever speaketh a word 
 against the Son of man it shall be for- 
 given him : but whosoever speaketh 
 against the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 
 forgiven him, neither in this world, 
 neither in the world io come, but is in 
 danger of eternal damnation. 
 
 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. 
 
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 Either make the tree good, and his 
 fruit good ; or else make the tree 
 corrupt, and his fruit corrupt : for 
 jthe tree is known by his fruit. O 
 generation of vipers, how can ye, 
 being evil, speak good things ? for 
 out of the abundance of the heart 
 the mouth speaketh. A good man 
 out of the good treasure of the heart 
 bringeth forth good things : and an 
 evil man out of the evil treasure 
 bringeth forth evil things. 
 
 But I say unto you. That every 
 idle word that men shall speak, they 
 shall give account thereof in the day 
 of judgment. For by thy words 
 thou shalt be justified, and by thy 
 words thou shalt be condemned. 
 
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 CHAPTER XIX. 
 
 PHARISEES SEEK A SIGN — JESUS TEACHES BY PARABLES. 
 
 f HEN certain of the scribes and of the Pharisees 
 answered, saying, Master, we would see a sign 
 from thee. 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 Jonas : for as Jonas 
 was three days and three nights in 
 the whale’s belly ; so shall the Son 
 of man be three days and three 
 nights in the heart of the earth. 
 
 The men of Nineveh shall rise in 
 judgment with this generation, and 
 shall condemn it : because they re- 
 pented at the preaching of Jonas; 
 and, behold, a greater than Jonas is 
 here. The queen of the south shall 
 rise up in the judgment with this 
 generation, and shall condemn it : for 
 
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 she came from the uttermost parts of 
 the earth to hear the wisdom of Solo- 
 mon; and, behold, a greater than 
 Solomon is here. 
 
 When the unclean spirit is gone 
 out of a man, he walketh through dry 
 places, seeking rest, and findeth none. 
 Then he saith, I will return into my 
 house from whence I came out ; and 
 when he is come, he findeth it empty, 
 swept, and garnished. Then goeth 
 he, and taketh with himself seven 
 other spirits more wicked than him- 
 self, and they enter in and dwell 
 there : and the last state of that man 
 is worse than the first. Even so 
 shall it be also unto this wicked gen- 
 eration. 
 
 While he yet talked to the people, behold Im 
 mother and his brethren stood without, desiring to 
 speak with him. And the multitude sat about him. 
 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy mother and 
 thy brethren stand without, desiring to speak with 
 thee. But he answered and said unto him that told 
 him, 
 
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 Who is my mother ? and who are 
 my brethren ? 
 
 And he looked round about on them which sat 
 about him. And he stretched forth his hand toward 
 his disciples, and said, . 
 
 Behold my mother and my breth- 
 ren ! F or whosoever shall do the 
 will of my Father which is in heaven, 
 the same is my brother, and sister, 
 and mother. 
 
 The same, day went Jesus out of the house. And 
 he began again to teach by the seaside: and 
 great multitudes were gathered together, and were 
 come to him out of every city ; so that he entered 
 into a ship, and sat in the sea ; and the whole mul- 
 titude was by the sea on the land. And he taught 
 them many things by parables, and said unto them 
 in his doctrine. 
 
 Hearken ; Behold, there went out 
 a sower to sow his seed : and it came 
 to pass, as he sowed, some seeds fell 
 by the way-side, and it was trodden 
 down, and the fowls of the air came 
 and devoured them up. 
 
 Some fell upon stony places, where 
 they had not much earth ; and forth- 
 
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 with they sprung up, because they 
 had no deepness of earth : and when 
 the sun was up, they were scorched ; 
 and because they had no root, they 
 withered away ; because it lacked 
 moisture. 
 
 And some fell among thorns, and 
 the thorns grew up, and choked 
 it, and it yielded no fruit. 
 
 And other fell on good ground, 
 and did yield fruit that sprang up, 
 and increased ; and brought forth, 
 some thirty, some sixty, and some an 
 hundred. 
 
 And when he had said these things, he cried, 
 
 He that hath ears to hear, let him 
 hear. 
 
 And the disciples came, and said unto him. Why 
 speakest thou unto them in parables ? He answered 
 and said unto them. 
 
 Because it is given unto you to 
 know the mysteries of the kingdom 
 of heaven, but to them it is not given. 
 For whosoever hath, to him shall be 
 
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 given, and he shall have more abun- 
 dance : but whosoever hath not, from 
 him shall be taken away even that he 
 hath. Therefore speak I to them in 
 parables : because they seeing see not ; 
 and hearing they hear not, neither do 
 they understand. 
 
 And in them is fulfilled the pro- 
 phecy of Esaias, which saith. By 
 hearing ye shall hear, and shall not un- 
 derstand ; and seeing ye shall see and 
 shall not perceive: for this people’s 
 heart is waxed gross and their ears are 
 dull of hearing, and their eyes they 
 have closed ; lest at any time they 
 should see with their eyes, and hear 
 with their and should understand 
 with their heart, and should be con- 
 verted, and I should heal them. But 
 blessed are your eyes, for they see : 
 and your ears, for they hear. For 
 verily I say unto you. That many 
 prophets and righteous men have 
 desired to see those things which ye 
 
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 see, and have not seen them ; and to 
 hear those things which ye hear, and 
 have not heard the^n. 
 
 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, 
 
 The kingdom of heaven is likened 
 unto a man which sowed good seed 
 in his field : but while men slept, his 
 enemy came and sowed tares among 
 the wheat, and went his way. But 
 when the blade was sprung up, and 
 brought forth fruit, then appeared 
 the tares also. 
 
 So the servants of the househol- 
 der came and said unto him, Sir, 
 didst not thou sow good seed in thy 
 field ? from whence then hath it tares ? 
 He said unto them. An enemy hath 
 done this. The servants said unto 
 him, Wilt thou then that we go and 
 gather them up ? But he said. Nay ; 
 lest while ye gather up the tares, ye 
 root up also the wheat with them. 
 Let both grow together until the har- 
 vest : and in the time of harvest I 
 
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 will say to the reapers, Gather ye to- 
 gether first the tares, and bind them 
 in bundles to burn them : but gather 
 the wheat into my barn. 
 
 And he said, 
 
 So is the kingdom of God, as if 
 a man should cast seed into the 
 ground ; and should sleep, and rise 
 night and day, and the seed should 
 spring and grow up, he knoweth not 
 how. For the earth bringeth forth 
 fruit of herself ; first the blade, then 
 the ear, after that the full corn in the 
 ear. But when the fruit is brought 
 forth, immediately he putteth in the 
 sickle, because the harvest is come. 
 
 Another parable put he forth unto them, saying, 
 
 Whereunto shall we liken the 
 kingdom of God ? or with what com- 
 parison shall we compare it ? The 
 kingdom of heaven is like to a grain 
 of mustard seed, which a man took, 
 and sowed in his field : which, when 
 U is sown in the earth, is less than 
 
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 all the seeds that be in the earth : 
 but when it is sown, it groweth up, 
 and becometh greater than all herbs, 
 and shooteth out great branches, and 
 becometh a tree, so that the birds 
 of the air come and lodge in the 
 branches thereof 
 
 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. 
 
 And with many such parables spake he the word 
 unto them, as they were able to hear it. But with- 
 out a parable spake he not unto them : that it might 
 be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, say- 
 ing, I will open my mouth in parables; 1 will utter 
 things which have been kept secret from the founda- 
 tion of the world. And when they were alone, he 
 expounded all things to his disciples. 
 
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 CHAPTER XX. 
 
 PARABLES AND INTERPRETATIONS. 
 
 f HEN Jesos sent the multitude away, and went into 
 the house : and when he was alone, they that 
 were about him with the twelve disciples asked him, 
 saying. What might this parable be ? And he said 
 unto them. 
 
 Unto you it is given to know the 
 mystery cf the kingdom of God : 
 but unto them that are without, all 
 these things are done in parables ; 
 that seeing they may see, and not 
 perceive ; and hearing they may hear, 
 and not understand ; lest at any 
 time they should be converted, and 
 their sins should be forgiven them. 
 
 And he said unto them. 
 
 Know ye not this parable ? and 
 how then will ye know all parables. 
 H ear ye therefore the parable of 
 
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 the sower. Now the parable is this : 
 The seed is the word of God. The 
 sower soweth the word. Those by 
 the way-side where the word is sown, 
 are they that hear the word of the 
 kingdom ; but when they have heard, 
 and understandeth it not, then Satan 
 cometh immediately, and taketh away 
 the word that was sown in their 
 hearts : lest they should believe and 
 be saved. This is he which received 
 seed by the way-side. 
 
 And these are they likewise which 
 are sown on stony ground ; who, 
 when they have heard the word, im- 
 mediately receive it with gladness ; 
 and have no root in themselves, and 
 so endure but for a time : afterward, 
 in time of temptation, when affliction 
 or persecution ariseth, for the word’s 
 sake, immediately they are offended, 
 and fall away. 
 
 And that which fell among thorns 
 are they, which, when they have 
 
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 heard the word, go forth, and the 
 cares of this world, and the deceit- 
 fulness of riches, and pleasures of 
 thisXxi^y and the lusts of other things 
 entering in, choke the word, and it 
 becometh unfruitful. 
 
 And these are they which are 
 sown on good ground ; such as in an 
 honest and good heart, having heard 
 the word, keep it, and bring forth 
 fruit with patience ; some thirty-fold, 
 some sixty, and some an hundred. 
 
 And he said unto them, 
 
 No man, when he hath lighted a 
 candle, covereth it with a vessel, or 
 putteth it under a bushel, or under a 
 bed : but setteth it on a candlestick, 
 that they which enter in may see the 
 light. For there is nothing hid, 
 which shall not be manifested ; neither 
 was anything kept secret, that shall 
 not be known and come abroad. If 
 any man have ears to hear, let him 
 hear. 
 
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 And lie said unto them, 
 
 T ake heed what ye hear : with 
 what measure ye mete, it shall be 
 measured to you : and unto you that 
 hear shall more be given. For he 
 that hath, to him shall be given : and 
 he that hath not, from him shall be 
 taken even that which he seemeth to 
 have. 
 
 And his disciples came unto him, saying, Declare 
 unto us the parable of the tares of the field. He 
 answered and said unto them. 
 
 He that soweth the good seed is 
 the Son of man; the field is the 
 world ; the good seed are the child- 
 ren of the kingdom ; but the tares 
 are the children of the wicked one ; 
 the enemy that sowed them is the 
 devil ; the harvest is the end of the 
 world ; and the reapers are the angels. 
 As therefore the tares are gathered 
 and burned in the fire : so shall it be 
 in the end of this world. The 
 Son of man shall send forth his 
 
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 angels, and they shall gather out of 
 his kingdom all things that offend, 
 and them which do iniquity ; and 
 shall cast them into a furnace of fire : 
 there shall be wailing and gnashing 
 of teeth. Then shall the righteous 
 shine forth as the sun in the kingdom 
 of their Father. Who hath ears to 
 hear, let him hear. 
 
 Again, the kingdom of heaven is like 
 unto treasure hid in a field ; the which 
 when a man hath found, he hideth, 
 and for joy thereof goeth and selleth 
 all that he hath, and buyeth that field. 
 
 Again, the kingdom of heaven is 
 like unto a merchantman, seeking 
 goodly pearls : who, when he had 
 found one pearl of great price, went 
 and sold all that he had, and bought it. 
 
 Again, the kingdom of heaven is 
 like unto a net, that was cast into 
 the sea, and gathered of every kind : 
 which, when it was full, they drew to 
 shore, and sat down, and gathered 
 
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 the good into vessels, but cast the 
 bad away. So shall it be at the end 
 of the world : the angels shall come 
 forth, and sever the wicked from 
 among the just, and shall cast them 
 into the furnace of fire : there shall 
 be wailing and gnashing of teeth. 
 
 Jesus saith unto them, 
 
 •Have ye understood all these 
 things ? 
 
 They say unto him, Yea, Lord. Then said he 
 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. 
 
 Then came to him his mother and his brethren, 
 and could not come at him for the press. And it 
 was told him hy certain which said. Thy mother and 
 thy brethren stand without, desiring to see thee. 
 And he answered and said unto them. 
 
 My mother and my brethren are 
 
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 those which hear the word of God 
 and do it. 
 
 CHAPTER XXL 
 
 THE HOMELESS SAVIOUR — THE STORM — DEMONIAC. 
 
 S ND it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished 
 these parables, he departed thence. And the 
 same day, when the even was come, when Jesus 
 saw great multitudes about him, he gave command- 
 ment to depart unto the other side. And a certain 
 scribe came, and said unto him. Master, I will fol- 
 low thee whithersoever thou goest. And Jesus saith 
 unto him. 
 
 The foxes have holes, and the 
 birds of the air have nests ; but the 
 Son of man hath not where to lay his 
 head. 
 
 And another of his disciples said unto him. Lord, 
 suffer me first to go and bury my father. But Jesus 
 said unto him. 
 
 Follow me ; and let the dead bury 
 their dead. 
 
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 And when they had sent away the multitude, and 
 when he was entered into a ship, his disciples fol- 
 lowed him. And he said unto them. 
 
 Let us go over unto the other side 
 of the lake. 
 
 And there were also with him other little ships. 
 And they launched forth. But as they sailed he fell 
 asleep : and, behold, there came down a great storm 
 of wind, on the lake : and the. waves beat into the 
 ship, insomuch that the ship was covered with the 
 waves ; and they were filled with water, and were 
 in jeopardy. And he was in the hinder part of the 
 ship, asleep on a pillow : and his disciples came to 
 him, and awoke him, saying. Lord, save us : Mas- 
 ter, master, cares t thou not that we perish ? And 
 he saith unto them. 
 
 Why are ye fearful, O ye of little 
 faith ? 
 
 Then he arose and rebuked the winds, and the 
 raging of the water : and said unto the sea, 
 
 Peace, be still. 
 
 And the wind ceased, and there was a great 
 calm. And he said unto them, 
 
 Why are ye so fearful ? how is it 
 that ye have no faith ? 
 
 But the men marvelled, and they feared exceed- 
 ingly, and said one to another. What manner of 
 man is this ? for he commandeth even the winds 
 
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 and watei*, and they obey him. And they came 
 over unto the other side of the sea, into the country 
 of the Gadarenes, which is over against Galilee. 
 And when he went forth to land, there met him 
 out of the city a certain man, which had devils Icng 
 time, and ware no clothes, neither abode in any 
 house, but in the tombs ; exceeding fierce, so that 
 no man might pass by that way : and no man could 
 bind him, no, not with chains : because that he had 
 been often bound with fetters and chains, and the 
 chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the 
 fetters broken in pieces: neither could any man 
 tame him. And always, night and day, he was in 
 the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting 
 himself with stones. 
 
 But when he savf Jesus afar off, he ran and fell 
 down before him, and worshipped him, and cried 
 with a loud voice, and said. What have I to do with 
 thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God ? Art 
 thou come hither to torment us before the time ? I 
 adjure thee by God, that thou torment me not. For 
 he said unto him. 
 
 Come out of the man tkou unclean 
 spirit. 
 
 (For oftentimes it had caught him : and he was 
 kept bound with chains and in fetters ; and he brake 
 the bands, and was driven of the devil into the 
 wilderness.) And Jesus asked him, saying, 
 
 W hat is thy name ? 
 
 And he said Legion ; because many devils were 
 entered into him. And they besought ^him that he 
 would not command them to go out into the deep. 
 
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 And there was a good way oflf from them, nigh unto 
 the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. And 
 all the devils besought him, saying. If thou cast us 
 out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine, that 
 we may enter into them. And forthwith Jesus 
 gave them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, 
 and entered into the swine : and, behold, the whole 
 herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into 
 the sea, (they were about two thousand ;) and were 
 choked in the sea. When they that fed them saw 
 what was done, they fled, and went and told it in 
 the city and in the country : and told everything, 
 and what was befallen to the possessed of the devils. 
 
 And, behold, the whole city came out to see what 
 it was that was done. And they come to Je- 
 sus, and found the man, out of whom the devils 
 were departed, sitting at the feet of Jesus, clothed, 
 and in his right mind ; and they were afraid. They 
 also which saw it told them by what means he 
 that was possessed of the devils was healed ; and 
 also concerning the swine. Then the whole multi- 
 tude of the country of the Gadarenes round about, 
 besought Afwthat he would depart out of their coast: 
 for they were taken with great fear: and he went 
 up into the ship, and returned back again. 
 
 And when he was come into the ship, the man 
 out of whom the devils were departed besought him 
 that he might be with him : howbeit Jesus suffered 
 him not, but saith unto him, 
 
 Go home to thy friends, and tell 
 them how great things the Lord hath 
 
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 done for thee, and hath had compas- 
 sion on thee. 
 
 And he departed and began to publish through- 
 out the whole city (in Decapolis) how great things 
 Jesus had done for him : and all men did marvel. 
 
 And he entered into a ship, and passed over, and 
 came into his own city. And it came to pass, that, 
 when Jesus was returned again by ship unto the 
 other side, much people gladly received him : for 
 they were all waiting for him. And he was nigh 
 anto the sea. 
 
 CHAPTER XXII. 
 
 eSILD HEALED— TOUCH OF FAITH TWO BLIND MEN 
 
 EATS WITH PUBLICANS, ETC. 
 
 ^ND it came to pass, as Jesus sat at meat in the 
 house, behold, many publicans and sinners came 
 and sat down with him and his disciples. And 
 when the Pharisees saw it^ they said unto his disci- 
 ples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and 
 sinners ? But when Jesus heard ilm% he said unto 
 them. 
 
 They that be whole need not a 
 physician, but they that are sick. But 
 go ye and learn what that meaneth, I 
 will have mercy, and not sacrifice : 
 
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 for I am not come to call the right- 
 eous, but sinners to repentance. 
 
 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, 
 Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disci- 
 ples fast not? And Jesus said unto them. 
 
 Can the children of the bride- 
 chamber mourn, as long as the bride- 
 groom is with them ? but the days 
 will come, when the bridegroom* shall 
 be taken from them, and then shall 
 . they fast. No man putteth a piece 
 of new cloth unto an old garment, 
 for that which is put in to fill it up 
 taketh from the garment, and the rent 
 is made worse. Neither do men put 
 new wine into old bottles : else the 
 bottles break, and the wine runneth 
 out, and the bottles perish ; but they 
 put new wine into new bottles, and 
 both are preserved. 
 
 While he spake these things unto them, behold, 
 there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, 
 Jairus by name ; and when he saw him, he fell 
 down at Jesus’ feet, and besought him greatly, that 
 he would cojaj into his house ; saying. My little 
 
Ill 
 
 daughter lieth at the point oY death : I pratf thee 
 come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be 
 healed ; and she shall live. For he had one only 
 daughter, about twelve years of age, and she lay a 
 dyiii^. And Jesus arose, and followed him, and 
 so did his disciples ; and much people followed him, 
 and thronged him. 
 
 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with 
 an issue of blood twelve years, and had suffered 
 many things of many physicians, and had spent all 
 that she had, and was nothing bettered, neither 
 could be healed of any, but rather grew worse, 
 when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press 
 behind, and touehed the hem of his garment: for 
 she said within herself. If I may but touch his gar- 
 ment, I shall be whole. And straightway the foun- ' 
 tain of her blood was dried up ; and she felt in her 
 body that she was healed of that plague. And 
 Jesus immediately knowing in himself that virtue 
 had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, 
 and said. 
 
 Who touched my clothes? 
 
 When all denied, Peter, and they that were with 
 him, said. Master, Thou seest the multitude throng 
 thee and press thee^ and sayest thou. Who touched 
 me? And Jesus said, , 
 
 Somebody hath touched me : for I 
 perceive that virtue hath gone out 
 of me. 
 
 And he looked round about to see her that had 
 done this thing. And when the woman saw that 
 
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 she was not hid, she came fearing and trembling, 
 knowing what was done in her, and falling down 
 before him, she declared unto him all the truth, 
 before all the people, for what cause she had touched 
 -him, and how she was healed immediately. And 
 when he saw her, he said unto her, 
 
 - Daughter, be of good comfort ; thy 
 faith hath made thee whole ; go in 
 peace, and be whole of thy plague. 
 
 And the woman was made whole from that hour. 
 
 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of 
 the synagogue’s house certain which said. Thy daugh- 
 ter is dead : why troublest thou the Master any fur- 
 ther? As soon as .Jesus heard the word that was 
 spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue. 
 
 Be not afraid, only believe, and 
 she shall be made whole. 
 
 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, 
 and James, and John the brother of James. And 
 when Jesus came to the house of the ruler of the 
 synagogue, and saw the minstrels and the people 
 making a noise, and them that wept and wailed 
 greatly, he suffered no man to go in, save Peter, 
 and Jamgs, and .John, and the father and the mother 
 of the maiden. And all wept, and bewailed her. 
 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, 
 
 Whv make ye this ado, and weep ? 
 Give place : for the maid is not dead, 
 but sleepeth. 
 
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 And they laughed him to scorn, knowing that 
 she was dead. But when he had put them all out, he 
 taketh the Father and the mother of the damsel, 
 and them that were with him, and entered in where 
 the damsel was lying. And he took the damsel by 
 the hand, and said unto her, 
 
 Talitha cumi ; which is, being in- 
 terpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, 
 Arise. 
 
 And her spirit came again, and she arose straight- 
 way, and walked : for she was of the age of twelve 
 years. And her parents were astonished with a 
 great astonishment. And he charged them straitly 
 that no man should know it : and commanded that 
 something should be given her to eat. And the 
 fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 
 
 And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men 
 tbllowed him, crying and saying, Thou Son of Da- 
 vid, have mercy on us. And when he was come 
 into the house, the blind men came to him : and 
 Jesus saith unto them, 
 
 Believe ye that I am able to do 
 this ? 
 
 They said unto him. Yea, Lord. Then touched 
 he their eyes, saying. 
 
 According to your faith be it unto 
 you. 
 
 And their eyes were opened : and Jesus straitly 
 charged them, saying. 
 
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 See that no man know it 
 
 But they, when they were departed, spread 
 abroad his fame in all that country. 
 
 As they went out, behold, they brought to him r 
 dumb man possessed with a devil. And when the 
 devil was cast out, the dumb spake : and the multi- 
 tudes marvelled, saying. It was never so seen^ in 
 Israel. But the Pharisees said. He casteth out dev- 
 ils through the prince of the devils. 
 
 CHAPTER XXIII. 
 
 REVISITS NAZARETH — SENDS OUT THE TWELVE WITH IN 
 STRUCTIONS. 
 
 ^ND he went out from thence, and came into his 
 own country ; and his disciples follow him. 
 And when he was come into his own country, and 
 when the sabbath day was come, he began to teach 
 in the synagogue : and many hearing him were aston- 
 ished, saying. From whence hath this man these 
 things ? And what wisdom is this which is given 
 unto him, that even such mighty works are wrought 
 by his hands ? Is not this the carpenter ? (the car- 
 penter’s son ?) Is not his mother called Mary ? and 
 his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Ju- 
 das? And his sisters, are they not all with us? 
 Whence then hath this man all these things? And 
 they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto 
 them, 
 
 A prophet is not without honor, 
 
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 save in his own countiy, and among 
 his own kin, and in his own house. 
 
 And he did not many mighty worka there be- 
 cause of their unbelief, save that he laid his hands 
 upon a few sick folk, and healed them. And he 
 marvelled because of their unbelief 
 
 And J esus went about all the cities and villages, 
 teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the 
 gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and 
 every disease among the people. But when he saw 
 the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on 
 them, because they fainted, and were scattered 
 abroad, as sheep having no shepherd. Then saith he 
 unto his disciples. 
 
 The harvest truly is plenteous, but 
 the laborers are few ; pray ye there- 
 fore the Lord of the harvest, that he 
 will send forth laborers into his har- 
 vest. 
 
 And when he had called unto him his twelve 
 disciples, he gave them power and authority over 
 all devils, to cast them out, and to heal all manner 
 of sickness and all manner of disease. And he 
 sent them forth by two and two : to preach the 
 kingdom of God, and to heal the sick. These 
 twelve, Jesus sent forth, and commanded them say- 
 ing, 
 
 Go not into the way of the Gen 
 
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 tiles, and into any city of the Sama- 
 ritans enter ye not : but go rather to 
 the lost sheep of the house of Israel. 
 And as ye go, preach, saying. The 
 kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal 
 the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the 
 dead, cast out devils : freely ye have 
 received, freely give. 
 
 And he said unto them, 
 
 Take nothing for your journey* 
 save a staff only; provide neither 
 gold, nor silver, nor brass in your 
 purses, nor scrip for your journey, 
 neither two coats, neither shoes, but 
 be shod with sandals ; for the work- 
 man is worthy of his meat. 
 
 And into whatsoever city or town 
 ye shall enter, enquire who in it is 
 worthy ; and there abide till ye go 
 thence. And when ye come into an 
 house, salute it. And if the house 
 be worthy, let your peace come upon 
 it : but if it be not worthy, let your 
 peace return to you. And whoso- 
 
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 ever shall not receive you, nor hear 
 your words, when ye depart out of 
 that house or city, shake off the very 
 dust from your feet for a testimony 
 against them. Verily I say unto 
 you. It shall be more tolerable for the 
 land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the 
 day of judgment, than for that city. 
 
 Behold, I send you forth as sheep 
 in the midst of wolves : be ye there- 
 fore wise as serpents, and harmless 
 as doves. But beware of men : for 
 they will deliver you up to the coun- 
 cils, and they will >. scourge you in 
 their synagogues ; and ye shall be 
 brought before governors and kings 
 for my sake, for a testimony against 
 them and the Gentiles. 
 
 But when they deliver you up, take 
 no thought how or what ye shall 
 speak : for it shall be given you in 
 that same hour what ye shall speak. 
 For it is not ye that speak, but the 
 Spirit of your Father which speaketh 
 
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 in you. And the brother shall de- 
 liver up the brother to death, and the 
 father the child : and the children 
 shall rise up against their parents, 
 and cause them to be put to death. 
 And ye shall be hated of all men for 
 my name’s sake : but he that endur- 
 eth to the end shall be saved. 
 
 But when they persecute you in 
 this city, flee ye into another : for 
 verily I say unto you. Ye shall not 
 have gone over the cities of Israel, 
 till the Son of man be come. 
 
 The disciple is not above his mas- 
 ter, nor the servant above his lord. 
 It is enough for the disciple that he 
 be as his master, and the servant as 
 his lord. If they have called the 
 master of the house Beelzebub, how 
 much more shall they call them of 
 his household ? 
 
 Fear them not therefore : for there 
 is nothing covered that shall not be 
 revealed ; and hid that shall not be 
 
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 known. What I tell you in darkness 
 that speak ye in light : and what ye 
 hear in the ear, that preach ye upon 
 the house-tops. 
 
 And fear not them which kill the 
 body, but are not able to kill the 
 soul : but rather fear him which is 
 able to destroy both soul and body in 
 hell. Are not two sparrows sold for 
 a farthing ? and one of them shall not 
 fall on the ground without your 
 Father. But the very hairs of your 
 head are all numbered. Fear ye not 
 therefore, ye are of more value than 
 many sparrows. 
 
 Whosoever therefore shall confess 
 me before men, him will I confess 
 also before my Father which is in 
 heaven. But whosoever shall deny 
 me before men, him will I also deny 
 before my Father which is in heaven. 
 
 Think not that I am come to send 
 peace on earth : I came not to send 
 peace, but a sword. For I am come 
 
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 to set a man at variance against his 
 father, and the daughter against her 
 mother, and the daughter in law 
 against her mother in law. And a 
 man’s foes shall be , they of his own 
 household. He that loveth father 
 or mother more than me is not worthy 
 of me : and he that loveth son or 
 daughter more than me is not worthy 
 of me. And he that taketh not his 
 cross and followeth after me, is not 
 worthy of me. 
 
 He that findeth his life shall lose 
 it ; and he that loseth his life for m}' 
 sake shall find it. He that receiv- 
 eth you receiveth me, and he that re- 
 ceiveth me receiveth him that sent 
 me. He that receiveth a prophet in 
 the name of a prophet shall receive a 
 prophet’s reward : and he that re- 
 ceiveth a righteous man in the name 
 of a righteous man shall receive a 
 righteous man’s reward. And who- 
 soever shall give to drink unto one of 
 
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 these little ones a cup of cold wate? 
 
 I say unto you, he shall in no wise 
 lose his reward. 
 
 And they departed, and went through the towns, 
 preaching the gospel, that men should repent. And 
 they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil 
 many that were sick, and healed them. 
 
 JOHN THE BAPTIST BEHEADED BY ORDER OP HEROD. 
 
 ^ND it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end 
 ^ of commanding his twelve disciples, he depar- 
 ted thence to teach and to preach in their cities. At 
 that time Herod the tetrarch heard of the fame 
 of Jesus, of all that was done by him : (for 
 his name was spread abroad: ) and he was per- 
 plexed, because that it was said of some, that John 
 was risen from the dead : and of some that Elias 
 had appeared ; and of others, that one of the old 
 prophets was risen again. 
 
 And Herod said, John have I beheaded : but who 
 is this, of whom I hear such things ? And (he) 
 said unto his servants. This is John the Baptist ; he 
 is risen from the dead ; and therefore mighty works 
 do shew forth themselves in him : and he desired to 
 see him. Others said. That it is Elias. And others 
 
 name 
 
 CHAPTER XXIV. 
 
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 said, That it is a prophet, or as one of the prophets. 
 Bat when Herod heard thereof, he said, it is John, 
 whom I beheaded : he is risen from the dead. 
 
 For Herod himself had sent forth and laid hold 
 upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’ 
 sake, his brother Philip’s wife : for he had married 
 her. For John had said unto Herod, It is not law- 
 ful for thee to have thy brother’s wife. Therefore 
 Horodias had a quarrel against him, and would 
 have killed him ; but she could not : for Herod 
 feared John, knowing that he was a just man and 
 an holy, and observed him ; and when he heard 
 him, he did many things, and heard him gladly. 
 
 And when a convenient day was come, that 
 Herod on his birth day made a supper to his lords, 
 high captains, and chief estates of Galilee; and 
 when the daughter of the said Herodias came 
 in, and danced, and pleased Herod and them 
 that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel. 
 Ask of me whatsoever thou wilt, and I will give it 
 thee. Whereupon he promised with an oath to 
 give her whatsoever she would ask. And he sware 
 unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will 
 give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom. And 
 she went forth, and said unto her mother, V/hat 
 shall 1 ask? And she said. The head of John the 
 Baptist. 
 
 And she, being before instructed of her mother, 
 came in straightway with haste unto the king, and 
 asked saying, I will that thou give me by and by in 
 a charger the head of John the Baptist. 
 
 And the king was exceedingly sorry : yet for his 
 oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, 
 he would not reject her. And immediately the 
 
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 king sent an executioner, and commanded his head 
 to be brought ; and he went and beheaded him in 
 the prison. And brought his head in a charger, 
 and gave it to the damsel : and the damsel gave it to 
 her mother. And when his disciples heard of it^ 
 they came and took up his corpse, and laid it in a 
 tomb, and went and told Jesus. 
 
 CHAPTER XXV. 
 
 JESUS FEEDS FIVE-THOUSAND WITH FIVE LOAVES AND 
 TWO FISHES. 
 
 ^ND the apostles, when they were returned, gath- 
 ^ ered themselves together unto Jesus, and told 
 h m all things, both what they had done, and what 
 they had taught. And he said unto them. 
 
 Come ye yourselves apart into a 
 desert place, and rest awhile. 
 
 For there were many coming and going, and they 
 had no leisure so much as to eat. After these things 
 Jesus went over the sea of Galilee, which is the sea 
 of Tiberias, by ship privately, into a desert place be- 
 longing to the city called Bethsaida. And the people 
 saw them departing, and many knew him, and ran 
 afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, 
 and came together unto him, because they saw his 
 miracles which he did on them that were diseased. 
 
 And Jesus, when he came out, saw much people. 
 
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 and -was moved with compassion toward them, be- 
 cause they were as sheep not having a shepherd ; 
 and he began to teach them many things; and spake 
 unto them of the kingdom of God, and healed them 
 that had need of healing. 
 
 And Jesus went up into a mountain, and there 
 he sat with his disciples. And the passover, a feast 
 of the Jews, was nigh. When Jesus then lifted up 
 Ms eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, 
 he saith unto Philip, 
 
 Whence shall we buy bread, that 
 these may eat ? 
 
 And this he said to prove him : for he himself 
 knew what he would do. Philip answered him. 
 Two hundred pennyworth of bread is not sufficient for 
 them, that every one of them may take a little. And 
 when it was evening, his diciples, the twelve, came 
 unto him, and said. This is a desert place, and now 
 the time is far passed : send them away, that they 
 may go into the towns and country round about, 
 and lodge, and buy themselves bread: for they have 
 nothing to eat : for we are here in a desert place. 
 But Jesus said unto them. 
 
 They need not depart ; give ye 
 them to eat. 
 
 And they say unto him. Shall we go and buy two 
 hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to 
 eat ? He saith unto them. 
 
 How many loaves have ye ? go 
 and see. 
 
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 And when they knew, one of his disciples, An- 
 drew, Simon Peter’s brother, saith unto him. There 
 is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two 
 small fishes : but what are they among so many ? 
 We have no more but five loaves and two fishes: 
 except we should go and buy meat for all this people. 
 For they were about five thousand men. He said, 
 
 Bring them hither to me. 
 
 And he said to his disciples. 
 
 Make them sit down by fifties in 
 a company upon the green grass. 
 
 Now there was much grass in the place. So the 
 men sat down, in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties, 
 in number about five thousand. And when Jesus 
 had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, and 
 when he had given thanks, looking up to heaven, he 
 blessed them and brake the loaves, and gave the 
 loaves to hia disciples, and the disciples to the multi- 
 tude that were set down : and likewise the two fishes 
 divided he among them all ; as much as they would. 
 And they did all eat and were filled. When they 
 were filled he said unto his disciples. 
 
 Gather up the fragments that re- 
 main, that nothing be lost. 
 
 Therefore they gathered them together, and filled 
 twelve baskets with the fragments of the five barley 
 loaves, and of the fishes, which remained over and 
 above unto them that had eaten. And they that 
 liad eaten were about five thousand men, beside 
 ^.■omen and children. 
 
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 CHAPTER XXVL 
 
 WALKS ON THE SEA MOUNTAIN CLOSET PETER 
 
 SINKING. 
 
 ^ HEN those men when they had seen the miracle 
 ^ that Jesus did, said, This is of a truth that pro- 
 paet that should come into the world. 
 
 And straightway Jesus constrained his disciples 
 to get into a ship, and to go before him unto the 
 other side, unto Bethsaida, while he sent away the 
 people. 
 
 When Jesus therefore perceived that they would 
 come and take him by force, to make him a king, 
 and when he had sent the multitudes away, he de- 
 parted again into a mountain himself alone, to pray. 
 And when even was now come, his disciples went 
 down unto the sea, and ei\lerel into a ship, and 
 went over the sea toward Capernaum. And it was 
 now dark, and Jesus was not come to them. But 
 the ship was now in the midst of the sea, tossed 
 with waves : for the wind was contrary : and he 
 alone on the land. 
 
 And the sea arose by reason of a great wind that 
 blew. And he saw them toiling in rowing : for the 
 wind was contrary unto them. So when they had 
 rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, and 
 about the fourth watch of the night, they see Jesus 
 walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the 
 ship : and would have passed by them. And when 
 
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 the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they 
 were troubled, saying. It is a spirit ; and they cried 
 out for fear : for they all saw him, and were troubled. 
 But straightway Jesus spake unto them, saying, 
 
 Be of good cheer ; it is I ; be not 
 afraid. 
 
 And Peter answered him and said. Lord, if it be 
 thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And 
 he said, 
 
 Come. 
 
 And when Peter was come down out of the ship, 
 he walked on the water to go to Jesus. But when 
 he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid ; and be- 
 ginning to sink, he cried, saying. Lord, save me. 
 And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, 
 and caught him, and said unto him, 
 
 O thou of little faith, wherefore 
 didst thou doubt ? 
 
 Then they willingly received him into the ship. 
 And when they were come into the ship the wind 
 ceased : and immediately the ship was at the land 
 whither they went. 
 
 Then they that were in the ship came and wor- 
 shipped him, saying. Of a truth thou art the Son of 
 God. And they were sore amazed in themselves 
 beyond measure, and wondered. For they con- 
 sidered not the miracle of the loaves : for their heart 
 was hardened. 
 
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 And when they had passed over, they came into 
 the land of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore. 
 And when they were come out of the ship, and 
 when the men of that place had knowledge of him, 
 they sent out into all that country ; and ran through 
 that whole region round about, and began to carry 
 about in beds those that were sick, where they 
 heard he was. 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. The 
 day following when the people which stood on the 
 other side of the sea saw that there was none other 
 boat there, save that one whereinto his disciples 
 were entered, and that Jesus went not with his disci- 
 ples into the boat, but that his disciples were gone 
 away alone : (howbeit there came other boats from 
 Tiberias, nigh unto the place where they did eat 
 bread, after that the Lord had given thanks ;) when 
 the people therefore saw that Jesus was not there, 
 neither his disciples, they also took shipping, and 
 came to Capernaum, seeking for Jesus. 
 
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 CHAPTER XXVII 
 
 JESUS THE BREAD OF LIFE FOR THE WORLD. 
 
 ^ND when they had fotind him on the other side 
 ^ of the sea, they said unto him, Rabbi, when 
 earnest thou hither? Jesus answered them and said. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you. Ye 
 seek me, not because ye saw the 
 miracles, but because ye did eat of 
 the loaves, and were filled. Labor 
 not for the meat which perisheth, but 
 for that meat which, endureth unto 
 everlasting life, which the Son of 
 man shall give unto you : for him 
 hath God the F ather sealed. 
 
 Then said they unto him. What shall we do, that 
 we might work the works of God ? Jesus answered 
 and said unto them. 
 
 This is the work of God, that ye 
 believe on him whom he hath sent. 
 
 They said therefore unto him. What sign showest 
 thou then, that we may see, and believe thee ? what 
 
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 dost thou work? Our fathers did eat manna in the 
 desert ; as it is written, He gave them bread from 
 heaven to eat. Then said Jesus unto them, 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
 Moses gave you not that bread from 
 heaven ; but my Father giveth you 
 the true bread from heaven. For the 
 bread of God is he that cometh down 
 from heaven, and giveth life unto the 
 world. 
 
 Then said they iinto him, Lord, evermore give us 
 this bread. And Jesus said unto them, 
 
 I am the bread of life : he that 
 cometh to me shall never hunger; 
 and he that believeth on me shall 
 never thirst. But I said unto you, 
 That ye also have seen me, and be- 
 lieve not. All that the F ather giveth 
 me shall come to me; and him that 
 cometh to me I will in no wise east 
 out. For I came down from heaven, 
 not to do mine own will, but the will 
 of him that sent me. And this is the 
 Father’s will which hath sent me, 
 
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 that of all which he hath given me, I 
 should lose nothing, but should raise 
 it up again at the last day. And this 
 is the will of him that sent me, that 
 every one which seeth the Son, and 
 believeth on him, may have everlast- 
 ing life : and I will raise him up at 
 the last day. 
 
 The Jews then murmured at him, because he said, 
 I am the bread which came down from heaven. 
 And they said. Is not this Jesus the son of Joseph, 
 whose father and mother we know? how is it then 
 that he saith, I came down from heaven? Jesus 
 therefore answered and said unto them. 
 
 Murmur not among yourselves. 
 No man can come to me, except 
 the Father which hath sent me draw 
 him : and I will raise him up at the 
 last day. It is written in the pro- 
 phets, And they shall be all taught 
 of God. Every man therefore that 
 hath heard, and hath learned of the 
 Father, cometh unto me. Not that 
 any man hath seen the Father, save 
 he which is of God, he hath seen the 
 
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 Father. Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you. He that believeth on me hath 
 everlasting life. I am that bread of 
 life. Your fathers did eat manna in 
 the wilderness, and are dead. This 
 is the bread which cometh down from 
 heaven, that a man may eat thereof, 
 and not die. I am the living bread 
 which came down from heaven : if 
 any man eat of this bread, he shall 
 live forever : and the bread that I 
 will give is my flesh, which I will 
 give for the life of the world. 
 
 The Jews therefore strove among themselves say- 
 ing, How can this man give us his flesh to eat? 
 Then said Jesus unto them, 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, Ex- 
 cept ye eat the flesh of the Son of 
 man, and drink his blood, ye have no 
 life in you. Whoso eateth my flesh 
 and drinketh my blood, hath eternal 
 life ; and I will raise him up at the 
 last day. For my flesh is meat in- 
 deed, and my blood is drink indeed. 
 
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 He that eateth my flesh, and drink- 
 eth my blood, dwelleth in me, 
 and I in him. As the living Father 
 hath sent me, and I live by the Father, 
 so he that eateth me, even he shall 
 live by me. This is that bread which 
 came down from heaven ; not as your 
 fathers did eat manna, and are dead : 
 he that eateth of this bread shall live 
 forever. 
 
 . These things said he in the synagogue, as he 
 taught in Capernaum. Many therefore of his disci- 
 ples, when they had heard this^ said, This is an hard 
 saying ; who can hear it? When Jesus knew in 
 himself that his disciples murmured at it, he said 
 unto them. 
 
 Doth this offend you } What and 
 if ye shall see the Son of man ascend 
 up where he was before? It is the 
 Spirit that quickeneth ; the flesh 
 profiteth nothing : the words that I 
 speak unto you, they are spirit, and 
 they are life. But there are some of 
 you that believe not. 
 
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 For Jesus knew from the beginning who they 
 were that believed not, and who should betray him. 
 And he said, 
 
 Therefore I said unto you, that no 
 man can come unto me, except it 
 were given unto him of my Father. 
 
 From that iime many of his disciples went back, 
 and walked no more with him. Then said Jesus 
 unto the twelve. 
 
 Will ye also go away ? 
 
 Then Simon Peter answered him. Lord, to whom 
 shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life. 
 And we believe and are sure that thou art that 
 Christ, the Son of the hving God. Jesus answered 
 them. 
 
 Have not I chosen you twelve, and 
 one of you is a devil. 
 
 He spake of Judas Iscariot, the son of f’mon ; for 
 he it was that should betray him, being^one of the 
 twelve. 
 
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 CHAPTER XXVIII. 
 
 PHARISEES MURMUR — WASHINGS AND OTHER TRADITIONS. 
 
 f HEN came together tmto him the Pharisees, and 
 certain of the scribes, which came from Jerusa- 
 lem. And when they saw some of his disciples eat 
 bread with defiled, that is to say, with unwashtn 
 hands, they found fault. For the Pharisees, and ail 
 the Jews, except they wash iheir hands oft, cat not, 
 holding the tradition of the elders. And when they 
 come from the market, except they wash, they eat 
 not. And many other things there be, which they 
 have received to hold, as the washing of cups, and 
 pots, brazen vessels, and of tables. 
 
 Then the Pharisees and scribes asked him, Why 
 do thy disciples transgress the tradition of the 
 elders? for they wash not their hands when they eat 
 bread. But he answered and said unto them. 
 
 Why do ye also transgress the 
 commandment of God by your tradi- 
 tion ? Full well ye reject the com- 
 mandment of God, that ye may keep 
 your own tradition. For God com- 
 manded, saying. Honor thy father 
 and mother: and. He that curseth 
 father or mother, let him die the death. 
 
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 But ye say, Whosoever shall say to 
 his father or his mother, It is Cor- 
 ban, that is to say, a gift, by whatso- 
 ever thou mightest be profited by me ; 
 and honor not his father or his 
 mother, he shall be free. Thus have 
 ye made the commandment of God 
 of none effect by your tradition. 
 And ye suffer him no more to do 
 ought for his father or his mother ; 
 making the word of God of none 
 effect through your tradition, which 
 ye have delivered : and many such 
 like things do ye. 
 
 Ve hypocrites, well did Esaias pro- 
 phesy of you, saying. This people 
 draweth nigh unto me with their 
 mouth, and honoreth me with their 
 lips ; but their heart is far from me. 
 But in vain do they worship me, 
 teaching for doctrines the command- 
 ments of men. For laying aside 
 the commandment of God, ye hold 
 the tradition of men, as the washing 
 
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 of pots and cups : and many other 
 such things ye do. 
 
 And when he had called all the people unto him, 
 he said unto them, 
 
 Hearken unto me every one of you, 
 and understand : there is nothing 
 from without a man, that entering 
 into him can defile him : but the 
 things which come out of him, those 
 are they that defile the man. If any 
 man have ears to hear, let him hear. 
 
 And when he was entered into the house from 
 the people, then came his diseiples, and said unto 
 him, Knowest thou that the Pharisees were offen- 
 ded, after they heard this saying? But he answered 
 and said. 
 
 Every plant, which my heavenly 
 Father hath not planted, shall be 
 rooted up. Let them alone : they be 
 blind leaders of the blind. And if 
 the blind lead the blind, both shall 
 fall into the ditch. 
 
 Then answered Peter, and said unto him, Declare 
 unto us this parable. And Jesus said. 
 
 Are ye also yet without under- 
 
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 standing? Do not ye yet under- 
 stand, that whatsoever thing from 
 without entereth into the man, f/can- 
 , not defile him ; because it entereth 
 ’ not into his heart, but into the belly, 
 and goeth out into the draught, pur- 
 ging all meats ? But those things 
 which proceed out of the mouth come 
 forth from the heart ; and they defile 
 the man. For from within, out of 
 the heart of men, proceed evil 
 thoughts, adulteries, fornications, 
 murders, thefts, covetousness, wick- 
 edness, false witness, deceit, lasciv- 
 iousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, 
 foolishness : all these evil things come 
 from within, and defile the man : but 
 to eat with unwashen hands defileth 
 not a man. 
 
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 CHAPTER XXIX. 
 
 STROPHENICIAN WOMAN — BLIND MEN — FEEDS FOUR 
 THOUSAND. 
 
 f HEN Jesus went thence, and departed into the 
 coasts of Tyre and Sidon. And, behold, a 
 woman of Canaan came out of the same coasts, and 
 cried unto him, saying. Have mercy on me, 0 Lord 
 thou Son of David : my daughter is grievously 
 vexed with a devil. But he answered her not a 
 word._ And his disciples came and besought him, 
 saying. Send her away, for she crieth after us. But 
 he answered and said, 
 
 I am not sent but unto the lost 
 sheep of the house of Israel. 
 
 And (he) entered into an house, and would have 
 no man know it : but he could not be hid. For a cer- 
 tain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean 
 spirit, heard of him, and came and fell at his feet, 
 and worshipped him, saying, Lord, help me. The 
 woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation : 
 and she besought him that he would cast forth the 
 devil out of her daughter. 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. 
 
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 And she answered and said unto him, Truth, 
 Lord : yet the dogs under the table, eat of the child- 
 ren’s crumbs whidi fall from their masters’ table. 
 Then Jesus answered and said unto her, 
 
 O woman, great is thy faith : be 
 it unto thee even as thou wilt. 
 
 And he said unto her, 
 
 F or this saying go thy way ; the 
 devil is gone out of thy daughter. 
 
 And her daughter was made whole from that 
 very hour. And when she was come to her house, 
 she found the devil gone out, and her daughter laid 
 upon the bed. 
 
 And again .Tesus departed from the coasts of 
 Tyre and Sidon, and came nigh unto the sea of 
 Galilee : through the midst of the coasts of Decapo- 
 lis. And they bring unto him one that was deaf, 
 and had an impediment in his speech ; and they 
 beseech him to put his hand upon him. And he 
 took him aside from the multitude, and put his fin- 
 gers into his ears, and he spit, and touched his 
 tongue ; and looking up to heaven, he sighed, and 
 saith unto him, 
 
 Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 
 
 And straightway his ears were opened, and the 
 string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. 
 And he charged them that they should tell no man : 
 but the more he charged them, so much the more a 
 great deal they published it ; and were beyond 
 
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 measure astonished, saying, He hath done all things 
 well : he maketh both the deaf to hear, and the 
 dumb to speak. 
 
 And (Jesus) went up into a mountain, and sat 
 down there. And great multitudes came unto him, 
 having with them those that were lame, blind, dumb, 
 maimed, and many others, and cast them down at 
 Jesus’ feet ; and he healed them ; insomuch that 
 the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb 
 to speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, 
 and the blind to see : and they glorified the God of 
 Israel. 
 
 In those days the multitude being very great, 
 and having nothing to eat, Jesus called his disci- 
 ples unto him^ and saith unto them, 
 
 I have compassion on the multi- 
 tude, because they have now been 
 with me three days, and have nothing 
 to eat : and if I send them away 
 fasting to their own houses, they will 
 faint by the way. 
 
 For divers of them came from far. And his dis- 
 ciples say unto him. Whence should we have so 
 much bread in the wilderness, as to fill so great a | 
 multitude ? And Jesus saith unto them. 
 
 How many loaves have ye? 
 
 And they said. Seven, and a few little fishes. And 
 he commanded the multitude to sit down on the 
 ground. And he took the seven loaves and the 
 fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them^ and gave 
 
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 to his disciples, to set before them; and they did 
 set them before the people. And they had a few 
 small fishes ; ' and he blessed, and commanded to set 
 them also before them. And they did all eat, and 
 were filled : and they took up of the broken meat 
 that was left seven baskets full. And they that did 
 eat were four thousand men, beside women and 
 children. 
 
 CHAPTER XXX. 
 
 PHARISEES ASK A SIGN — REASONS FOR FAITH — 
 BLIND MEN. 
 
 ^ND he sent away the multitude. And straight- 
 way he entered into a ship with his disciples, 
 and came into the parts of Dalmanutha. The 
 Pharisees also with the Sadducees came forth, and 
 began to question with him, and tempting desired 
 him that he would shew them a sign from heaven. 
 He answered and said unto them. 
 
 When it is evening, ye say, It will 
 be fair weather : for the sky is red. 
 And in the morning. It will be foul 
 weather to day : for the sky is red 
 and lowering. O ye hypocrites, ye 
 can discern the face of the sky; but 
 
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 can ye not discern the signs of the 
 times ? A wicked and adulterous 
 generation seeketh after a sign ; and 
 there shall no sign be given unto it, but 
 the sign of the prophet Jonas. 
 
 And he sighed deeply in his spirit, and saith, 
 
 Why doth this generation seek 
 after a sign ? verily I say unto you, 
 There shall no sign be given unto 
 this generation. 
 
 And he left them, and entering into the ship 
 again departed to the- other side. And when his 
 disciples were come to the other side, they had for- 
 gotten to take bread, neither had they in the ship 
 with them more than one loa£ Then Jesus charged 
 them, saying. 
 
 Take heed and beware of the 
 leaven of the Pharisees and of the 
 Sadducees, and of the leaven of 
 Herod. 
 
 And they reasoned among themselves, saying, II 
 is because we have taken no bread. Which when 
 Jesus perceived, he said unto them, 
 
 O ye of little faith. Why reason ye 
 among yourselves, because ye have 
 
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 brought no bread ? Do ye not yet un- 
 derstand ? Perceive ye not yet, nei- 
 ther understand ? Have ye your 
 heart yet hardened? Having eyes, 
 see ye not ? and having ears, hear ye 
 not ? and do ye not remember the 
 five loaves of the five thousand, and 
 how many baskets ye took up ? 
 N either the seven loaves of the four 
 thousand, and how many baskets ye 
 took up ? When I brake the five 
 loaves among five thousand, how 
 many baskets full of fragments took 
 ye up? 
 
 They say unto him, Twelve. 
 
 And when the seven among four 
 thousand, how many baskets full of 
 fragments took ye up ? 
 
 And they said, Seven. And he said unto them, 
 
 How is it that ye do not under- 
 stand that I spake it not to you con- 
 cerning bread, that ye should beware 
 of the leaven of the Pharisees and of 
 the Sadducees. 
 
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 Then understood they how that he bade them not 
 beware of the leaven of bread, but of the doctrine 
 of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees. 
 
 And he cometh to Bethsaida ; and they bring a 
 blind man unto him, and besought him to touch him. 
 And he took the blind man by the hand, and led 
 him out of the town ; and when he had spit on his 
 eyes, and put his hands upon him, he asked him if 
 he saw aught. And he looked up, and said, I see 
 men as trees, walking. After that he put his hands 
 again upon his eyes, and made him look up : and he 
 was restored, and saw every man clearly. And he 
 sent him away to his house, saying, 
 
 N either go into the town, nor tell 
 it to any in the town. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXI. 
 
 JESUS FORETELLS HIS DEATH AND RESURRECTION. 
 
 ^ND Jesus went out, and his disciples, into the 
 towns of Cesarea Philippi : and it came to pass, 
 as he was alone praying, his disciples were with 
 him : and by the way he asked his disciples, say- 
 ing unto them. 
 
 Whom do men say that I the Son 
 of man am ? 
 
 And they said. Some say that thou art John the 
 
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 Baptist: some, Elias; and others, Jeremias, or, that 
 one of the old prophets is risen again. He said unto 
 them. 
 
 But whom say ye that I am ? 
 
 * And Simon Peter answered and said unto him. 
 Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God, And 
 Jesus answered and said unto him, 
 
 Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona: 
 for flesh and blood hath not revealed 
 
 unto thee, but my Father which is 
 in heaven. And I say also unto 
 thee. That thou art Peter, and upon 
 this rock, I will build my church ; 
 and the gates of hell shall not pre- 
 vail against it. And I will give unto 
 thee the keys of the kingdom of 
 heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt 
 bind on earth shall be bound in 
 heaven : and whatsoever thou shalt 
 loose on earth shall be loosed in 
 heaven. 
 
 Then charged he his disciples that they should 
 tell no man that he was Jesus the Christ. 
 
 From that time forth began Jesus to shew unto 
 his disciples, how that he, the Son of man, must 
 
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 go tmto Jerusalem, and suffer many things and be 
 rejected of the elders, and of the chief priests, 
 and scribes and be killed, and after three days rise 
 again. And he spake that saying openly. 
 
 Then Peter took him, and began to rebuke him, 
 saying. Be it far from thee. Lord : this shall not be 
 unto thee. But when he had turned about and 
 looked on his disciples, he rebuked Peter saying. 
 
 Get thee behind me, Satan : thou 
 art an offence unto me : for thou sa- 
 vcrest not the things that be of God, 
 but those that be of men. 
 
 And when he had called the people unto him with 
 his disciples also, he said to them all. 
 
 Whosoever will come after me, let 
 him deny himself, and take up his 
 cross, daily, and follow me. For 
 whosoever will save his life shall lose 
 it ; but whosoever shall lose his life 
 for my sake and the gospel’s, the 
 same shall save it. For what shall 
 it profit a man, what is a man advan- 
 taged, if he shall gain the whole 
 world, and lose his own soul ? or 
 be cast away ? or what shall a man 
 give in exchange for his soul ? For 
 
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 the Son of man shall come in the 
 glory of his Father with his angels ; 
 ' and then he shall reward every man 
 according to his works. Whosoever 
 therefore shall be ashamed of me and 
 of my words in this adulterous and 
 sinful generation ; of him also shall 
 the Son of man be ashamed, when 
 he shall come in his own glory, and in 
 his Father’s, and of the holy angels. 
 
 And he said unto them, 
 
 Verily I say unto you. That there 
 be some of them that stand here, 
 which shall not taste of death, till 
 they have seen the kingdom of God 
 come with power. 
 
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 CHAPTER XXXII. 
 
 TRANSFIGURATION — CURES A DEMONIAC. 
 
 ^ND after six days Jesus taketh with him Peter, and 
 ^ James, and John his brother, and leadeth them 
 up into an high mountain apart by themselves, to 
 pray. And as he prayed, the fashion of his counten- 
 ance was altered, and he was transfigured before 
 them : and his face did shine as the sun, and his rai- 
 ment was white as the light, and glistering, exceeding 
 white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white 
 them. 
 
 And, behold, there appeared unto them two men, 
 which were Moses and Elias : who appeared in glory, 
 and they were talking with Jesus, and spake of his 
 decease which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. 
 
 But Peter and they that were with him were heavy 
 with sleep : and when they were awake, they saw his 
 glory, and the two men that stood with him. And 
 it came to pass, as they departed from him, Peter 
 said unto Jesus, Master, it is good for us to be here. 
 If thou wilt, let us make here three tabernacles ; one 
 for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elias. For 
 he wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. 
 
 While he yet spake, behold, a bright cloud, over- 
 shadowed them : and they feared as they entered into 
 the cloud. And there came a voice out of the cloud, 
 which said. This is my beloved son, in whom I am 
 well pleased : hear ye him. And when the disciples 
 
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 heard they fell on their face, and -were sore afraid. 
 And when the voice was past, Jesus came and touched 
 them and said. 
 
 Arise, and be not afraid. 
 
 And suddenly, when they had looked round about, 
 they saw no man any more, save Jesus only with 
 themselves. And they kept it close, and told no 
 man in those days any of those things which they 
 had seen. 
 
 And it came to pass, that on the next day, as they 
 came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, 
 that they should tell no man what things they had 
 seen, till the son of man were risen from the dead. 
 And they kept that saying with themselves, quest- 
 ioning one with another what the rising from the 
 dead should mean. And his disciples asked him, 
 saying, why then say the scribes that Elias must 
 first come ? And Jesus answered and said unto 
 them, 
 
 Elias truly shall first come, and 
 restore all things ; and how it is 
 written of the Son of man, that he 
 must suffer many things, and be set 
 at nought. But I say unto you, 
 
 That Elias is come already, and 
 they knew him not, but have done 
 unto him whatsoever they listed, as it 
 is written of him. Likewise shall 
 also the Son of man suffer of them. 
 
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 Then the disciples understood that he spake unto 
 them of John the Baptist. When they were come 
 down from the hill, much people met him. And 
 when he came to his disciples, he saw a great multi- 
 tude about them, and the scribes questioning with 
 them. And straightway all the people, when they 
 beheld him, were greatly amazed, and running to 
 Mm saluted him. And he asked the scribes, 
 
 What question ye with them ? 
 
 And when they were come to the multitude, there 
 came to him a certain man, kneeling down to him, 
 and saying. Master, I have brought unto thee my 
 son : which hath a dumb spirit ; I beseech thee, look 
 upon my son ; for he is mine only child. Lord, have 
 mercy on my son ; for he is lunatic, and sore vexed : 
 for ofttimes he lalleth into the fire, and oft into the 
 water. And, lo, a spirit taketh him, and he sud- 
 denly crieth out ; and wheresoever he taketh him, 
 he teareth him : and he foameth, and gnasheth with 
 his teeth, and pineth away ; and bruising him hardly 
 departeth from him. And I brought him to thy dis- 
 ciples, that they should cast him out ; and they could 
 not cure him. Then Jesus answered and said, 
 
 O faithless and perverse genera- 
 tion, how long shall I be with you ? 
 how long shall I suffer you ? Bring 
 thy son hither. 
 
 And they brought him unto him : and when he saw 
 him, straightway the spirit tare him ; and he fell on 
 the ground, and wallowed foaming. And he asked 
 his father, 
 
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 How long is it ago since this came 
 unto him ? 
 
 And he said, Of a child. And ofttimes it hath cast 
 him into the fire, and into the waters, to destroy 
 him : but if thou canst do anything, have compassion 
 on us, and help us. Jesus said unto him. 
 
 If thou canst believe, all things are 
 possible to him that believeth. 
 
 And straightway the father of the child cried out, 
 and’said with tears. Lord, I believe ; help thou mine 
 unbelief When Jesus saw that the people came 
 running together, he rebuked the foul spirit, saying 
 unto him. 
 
 Thou dumb and deaf spirit, I 
 charge thee, come out of him, and 
 enter no more into him. 
 
 And ihe spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came 
 out of him : and he was as one dead ; insomuch that 
 many said. He is dead. But Jesus took him by the 
 hand, and lifted him up ; and he arose. And the 
 child was cured from that very hour. And (Jesus) 
 delivered him again to his father. And when he was 
 come into the house, then came the disciples to Jesus 
 apart, and asked him privately. Why could not we 
 cast him out? And Jesus said unto them, 
 
 Because of your unbelief: for 
 verily I say unto you, If ye have 
 
faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye 
 shall say unto this mountain, Remove 
 hence to yonder place ; and it shall 
 remove ; and nothing shall be im- 
 possible unto you. Howbeit this 
 kind can come forth by nothing, but 
 by prayer and fasting. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIII. 
 
 DEATH FORETOLD AGAIN — ^PAYS TRIBUTE CAUTION 
 
 AGAINST GIVING OFFENCE. 
 
 ^FTER these things J esus departed thence, and passed 
 through Galilee ; for he would not walk in J ewry, 
 because the Jews sought to kill him. And he would 
 not that any man should know it. And they were 
 all amazed at the mighty power of God. But while 
 they wondered every one at all things which Jesus 
 did, he said unto his disciples, 
 
 Let these sayings sink down into 
 your ears : for the Son of man shall 
 be betrayed into the hands of men : 
 and they shall kill him ; and after 
 
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 that he is killed, he shall rise the third 
 day. 
 
 But they understood not that saying, and it was 
 hid from them, that they perceived it not: and they 
 feared to ask him of that saying. And they were 
 exceeding sorry. 
 
 Then there arose a reasoning among- them, which 
 of them should be greatest. And when they were 
 come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money 
 came to Peter, and said. Doth not your master pay 
 tribute? He saith. Yes. And when he was come 
 into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, 
 
 What thinkest thou, Simon ? of 
 whom do the kings of the earth take 
 custom or tribute ? of their own child- 
 ren, or of strangers ? 
 
 Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith 
 unto him, 
 
 Then are the children free. Not- 
 withstanding, lest we should offend 
 them, go thou to the sea, and cast an 
 hook, and take up the fish that first 
 cometh up ; and when thou hast 
 opened his mouth, thou shalt find a 
 piece of money ; that take, and give 
 unto them for me and thee. 
 
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 And being in the house he asked them, 
 
 What was it that ye disputed 
 among yourselves by the way ? 
 
 But they held their peace: for hy the way they 
 had disputed amcug themselves, who should he the 
 greatest. And Jesus perceiving the thought of their 
 heart, sat down, and called the twelve, and saith 
 unto them, 
 
 If any man desire to be first, the 
 same shall be last of all, and servant 
 of all. 
 
 And he took a child, and set him in the midst of 
 them : and when he had taken him in his arms, he 
 said unto them. 
 
 Whosoever shall receive one of 
 such children in my name, receiveth 
 me : and whosoever shall receive me, 
 receiveth not me, but him that sent 
 me, for he that is least among you all, 
 the same shall be great. 
 
 And John answered and said. Master, we saw 
 one casting out devils in thy name, and he followeth 
 not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not 
 with us. And Jesus said unto him, 
 
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 Forbid him not : for there is no man 
 which shall do a miracle in my name, 
 that can lightly speak evil of me. 
 For he that is not against us is on 
 our part. For whosoever shall give 
 you a cup of water to drink in my 
 name, because ye belong to Christ, 
 verily I say unto you, he shall not lose 
 his reward. And whosoever shall 
 offend one of these little ones that 
 believe in me, it is better for him that 
 a millstone were hanged about his 
 neck, and he were cast into the sea. 
 
 And if thy hand offend thee, cut 
 it off ; it is better for thee to enter 
 into life maimed, than having two 
 hands to go into hell, into the fire 
 that never shall be quenched : where 
 their worm dieth not, and the fire is 
 not quenched. 
 
 And if thy foot offend thee, cut it 
 off : it is better for thee to enter halt 
 into life, than having two feet to be 
 cast into hell, into the fire that never 
 
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 shall be quenched : where their worm 
 dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 
 
 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck 
 it out : it is better for thee to enter 
 into the kingdom of God with one 
 eye, than having two eyes to be cast 
 into hell fire : where their worm dieth 
 not, and the fire is not quenched. 
 
 For every one shall be salted with 
 fire, and every sacrifice shall be 
 salted with salt. Salt is good : but 
 if the salt have lost his saltness, where- 
 with will ye season it ? Have salt 
 in yourselves, and have peace one 
 with another. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXIV. 
 
 LESSONS OF HUMILITY AND FORGIVENESS 
 
 8 t the same time came the disciples unto Jesus, 
 saying, Who is the greatest in the kingdom of 
 heaven? And Jesus called a little child unto him, 
 and set him in the midst of them, and said, 
 
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 Verily I say unto you, Except ye 
 be converted, and become as little 
 children, ye shall not enter into the 
 kingdom of heaven. Whosoever 
 therefore shall humble himself as this 
 little child, the same is greatest in the 
 kingdom of heaven. And whoso 
 shall receive one such little child in 
 my name receiveth me. But whoso 
 shall offend one of these little ones 
 which believe in me, it were better 
 for him that a millstone were hanged 
 about his neck, and that he were 
 drowned in the depth of the sea. 
 
 Woe unto the world because of 
 offences ! for it must needs be that 
 offences come ; but woe to that man 
 by whom the offence cometh ! Where- 
 fore if thy hand or thy foot offend 
 thee, cut them off, and cast them 
 from thee : it is better for thee to en- 
 ter into life halt or maimed, rather 
 than having two hands or two feet to 
 be cast into everlasting fire. 
 
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 And if thine eye offend thee, pluck 
 it out, and cast it from thee: it is bet- 
 ter for thee to enter into life with one 
 eye, rather than having two eyes to 
 be cast into hell fire. Take heed 
 that ye despise not one of these little 
 ones ; for I say unto you. That in 
 heaven their angels do always behold 
 the face of my Father which is in 
 heaven. For the Son of man is 
 come to save that which was lost. 
 
 H ow think ye ? if a man have an 
 hundred sheep, and one of them be 
 gone astray, doth he not leave the 
 ninety and nine, and goeth into the 
 mountains, and seeketh that which 
 is gone astray. And if so be that 
 he find it, verily I say unto you, he 
 rejoiceth more of that sheep, than of 
 the ninety and nine which went not 
 astray. Even so it is not the will of 
 your Father which is in heaven, that 
 one of these little ones should perish. 
 
 Moreover if thy brother shall tres- 
 
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 pass against thee, go and tell him his 
 fault between thee and him alone ; if 
 he shall hear thee, thou hast gained 
 thy brother. But if he will not hear 
 thee, then take with thee one or two 
 more, that in the mouth of two or 
 three witnesses every word may be 
 established. And if he shall neglect 
 to hear them, tell it unto the church : 
 but if he neglect to hear the church, 
 let him be unto thee as an heathen 
 man and a publican. 
 
 Verily I say unto you. Whatso- 
 ever ye shall bind on earth shall be 
 bound in heaven : and whatsoever 
 ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed 
 in heaven. Again I say unto you. 
 That if two of you shall agree on 
 earth as touching anything that they 
 shall ask, it shall be done for them 
 of my Father which is in heaven. 
 For where two or three are gathered 
 together in my name, there am I in 
 the midst of them. 
 
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 Then came Peter to him, and said, Lord, how oft 
 shall my brother sin, against me, and I forgive him ? 
 till seven times? Jesus saith unto him, 
 
 I say not unto thee, Until seven 
 times: but, Until seventy times seven. 
 Therefore is the kingdom of heaven 
 likened unto a certain king, which 
 would take account of his servants. 
 And when he had begun to reckon, 
 one was brought unto him, which 
 owed him ten thousand talents. But 
 for as much as he had not to pay, his 
 lord commanded him to be sold, and 
 his wife and children, and all that he 
 had, and payment to be made. The 
 servant therefore fell down, and wor- 
 shipped him, saying. Lord, have pa- 
 tience with me, and I will pay thee 
 all. Then the lord of that servant 
 was moved with compassion, and 
 loosed him, and forgave him the 
 debt. 
 
 But the same servant went out, and 
 found one of his fellow servants, 
 which owed him an hundred pence: 
 
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 and he laid hands on him, and took 
 him by the throat, saying. Pay me 
 that thou owest. And his fellow ser- 
 vant fell down at his feet, and be- 
 sought him, saying. Have patience 
 with me, and I will pay thee all. 
 And he would not : but went and 
 cast him Into prison, till he should 
 pay the debt. 
 
 So when his fellow servants saw 
 what was done, they were very sorry, 
 and came and told unto their lord all 
 that was done. Then his lord, after 
 that he had called him, said unto him, 
 O thou wicked servant, I forgave 
 thee all that debt, because thou de- 
 slredst me ; shouldest not thou also 
 have had compassion on thy fellow 
 servant, even as I had pity on thee ? 
 
 And his lord was wroth, and de- 
 livered him to the tormentors, till he. 
 should pay all that was due unto him. 
 So likewise shall my heavenly Father 
 do also unto you. If ye from your 
 
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 hearts forgive not every one his 
 brother their trespasses. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXV. 
 
 JESUS AT THE FEAST — RETURN OF THE OFFICERS OF THE 
 CHIEF PRIESTS 
 
 g ow the Jew’s feast of tabernacles was at hand. 
 
 His brethren therefore said unto him, Depart 
 hence, and go into Judea, that thy disciples also may 
 see the works that thou doest. For there is no man 
 that doeth anything in secret, and he himself seeketh 
 to be known openly. If thou do these things, shew 
 thyself to the world. For neither did his brethren 
 believe in him. Then Jesus said unto them. 
 
 My time is not yet come : but 
 your time is always ready. The 
 world cannot hate you ; but me it 
 hateth, because I testify of it, that the 
 works thereof are evil. Go ye up 
 unto this feast : I go not up yet unto 
 this feast ; for my time is not yet full 
 come. 
 
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 When he had said these words unto them, he 
 abode still in Galilee. But when his brethren were 
 gone up, then went he also up unto the feast, not 
 openly, but as it were in secret. 
 
 Then the Jews sought him at the feast, and said, 
 where is he? And there was much murmuring among 
 the people concerning him : for some said. He is a 
 good man: others said. Nay; but he deceiveth the 
 people. Howbeit no man spake openly of him for 
 tear of the Jews. 
 
 Now about the midst of the feast Jesus went up 
 into the temple and taught. And the Jews marvelled, 
 saying, How knoweth this man letters, having never 
 learned? Jesus answered them, and said. 
 
 My doctrine is not mine, but his 
 that sent me. If any man will do 
 his will, he shall know of the doc- 
 trine, whether it be of God, or 
 whether I speak of myself He that 
 speaketh of himself seeketh his own 
 glory : but he that seeketh his glory 
 that sent him, the same is true, and 
 no unrighteousness is in him. Did 
 not Moses give you the law, and yet 
 none of you keepeth the law ? Why 
 go ye about to kill me ? 
 
 The people answered and said, Thou hast a devil : 
 who goeth about to kill thee? Jesus answered and 
 said unto them. 
 
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 I have done one work, and ye all ^ 
 marvel. Moses therefore gave unto 
 you circumcision ; (not because it is 
 of Moses, but of the fathers;) and ye 
 on the sabbath day circumcise a man. 
 
 If a man on the sabbath day receive 
 circumcision, that the law of Moses 
 should not be broken ; are ye angry 
 at me, because I have made a man 
 every whit whole on the sabbath day ? 
 Judge not according to the appear- 
 ance, but judge righteous judgment. 
 
 Then said some of them of Jerusalem, Is not this he, 
 whom they seek to kill ? But, lo, he speaketh boldly, 
 and they say nothing unto him. Do the rulers know 
 indeed that this is the very Christ? Howbeit we 
 know this man whence he is. but when Christ cometh, 
 no man knoweth whence he is. Then cried Jesus in 
 the temple as he taught, saying, 
 
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 Ye both know me, and ye know 
 whence I am : and I am not come of 
 myself, but he that sent me is true, 
 whom ye know not. But I know 
 him : for I am from him, and he hath 
 sent me. 
 
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 Then they sought to take him : but no man laid 
 hands on him, because his hour was not yet come. 
 And many of the people believed on him, and said. 
 When Christ cometh, will he do more miracles than 
 these which this man hath done? The Pharisees 
 heard that the people murmured such things con- 
 cerning him; and the Pharisees and the chief priests 
 sent officers to take him. Then said Jesus unto them. 
 
 Yet a little while am I with you, 
 and then I go unto him that sent me. 
 Ye shall seek me, and shall not find 
 me : and where I am, thither ye can- 
 not come. 
 
 Then said the Jews among themselves. Whither 
 will he go, that we shall not find him? will he go 
 unto the dispersed among the Gentiles, and teach 
 the Gentiles? What manner of saying is this that he 
 said. Ye shall seek me, and shall not find me: and 
 where I am, thither ye cannot come? In the last day 
 that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried, 
 saying. 
 
 If any man thirst, let him come 
 unto me, and drink. He that be- 
 lieveth on me, as the Scripture hath 
 said, out of his belly shall flow rivers 
 of living water. 
 
 (But this spake he of the spirit, which they that 
 believe on him should receive: for the Holy Ghost 
 
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 was not yet because that Jesus was not yet 
 
 glorified.) 
 
 Many of the people therefore, when they heard 
 this saying, said, Of a truth this is the Prophet. 
 Others said, This is the Christ. Bufe some said, Shall 
 Christ come out of Galilee? Hath not the Scripture 
 said. That Christ cometh of the seed of David, and 
 out of the town of Bethlehem, where David was? 
 So there was a division among the people because 
 of him. And some of them would have taken him ; 
 but no man laid hands on him. 
 
 Then came the officers to the chief priests and 
 Pharisees; .and they said unto them. Why have ye 
 not brought him? The officers answered. Never man 
 spake like this man. Then answered them the Phari- 
 sees, Are ye also deceived? Have any of the rulers 
 or of the Pharisees believed on him ? But this people 
 who knoweth not the law are cursed. 
 
 Nicodemus saith unto them, (he that came to 
 Jesus by night, being one of them,) Doth our law 
 judge any man, before it hear him, and know what 
 he doeth? They answered and said unto him, Art 
 thou also of Galilee? Search, and look: for out of 
 Galilee ariseth no pi’ophet. And every man went 
 unto his own house. Jesus went unto the mount of 
 Olives. 
 
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 CHAPTER XXXVI. 
 
 THE CONVICTED ACCUSERS — JESUS THE LIGHT OF THE 
 
 WORLD. 
 
 ^ND early in the morning he came again into the 
 temple, and all the people came unto him; and 
 he sat down, and taught them. And the scribes and 
 Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adul- ■ 
 tery ; and when they had set her in the midst, they 
 say unto him. Master, this woman was taken in adul- 
 tery, in the very act. Now Moses in the law com- 
 manded us, that such should be stoned: but what say- 
 est thou? This they said, tempting him, that they 
 might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, 
 and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though 
 he heard them not. So when they continued asking 
 him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them. 
 
 He that is without sin among you, 
 let him first cast a stone at her. 
 
 And again he .stooped down and wrote on the 
 ground. And they which heard it, being comdcted 
 by their own conscience, went out one by one, be- 
 ginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus 
 was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 
 When J esus had lifted up himself, and saw none but 
 the woman, he said unto her, 
 
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 Woman, where are those thine ac- 
 cusers ? hath no man condemned 
 thee ? 
 
 She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto 
 her, 
 
 Neither do I condemn thee: go 
 and sin no more. 
 
 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, 
 
 I am the light of the world : he 
 that followeth me shall not walk in 
 darkness, but shall have the light of 
 life. 
 
 The Pharisees therefore said unto him. Thou bear- 
 est record of thyself; thy record is not true. Jesus 
 answered and said unto them. 
 
 Though I bear record of myself, 
 yet my record is true : for I know 
 whence I came, and whither I go ; 
 but ye cannot tell whence I come, 
 and whither I go. Ye judge after 
 the flesh ; I judge no man. And 
 yet if I judge, my judgment is true : 
 for I am not alone, but I and the 
 
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 Father that sent me. It is also writ- 
 ten in your law, that the testimony 
 of two men is true. I am one that 
 bear witness of myself, and the 
 Father that sent me, beareth witness 
 of me. 
 
 Then said they unto him, Where is thy father? 
 Jesus answered, 
 
 Ye neither know me, nor my 
 Father : if ye had known me, ye 
 should have known my Father also. 
 
 These words spake Jesus in the treasury, as he 
 taught in the temple; and no man laid hands on him; 
 for his hour was not yet come. Then said Jesus 
 again unto them, 
 
 I go my way, and ye shall seek me, 
 and shall die in your sins : whither I 
 go, ye cannot come. 
 
 Then said the Jews, Will he kill himself? because 
 he saith. Whither I go, ye cannot come. And he 
 said unto them, 
 
 Ye are from beneath: I am from 
 above : ye are of this world ; I am 
 not of this world. I said therefore 
 
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 unto you, that ye shall die in your 
 sins : for if ye believe not that I am 
 he, ye shall die in your sins. 
 
 Then they said unto him, Who art thou? And 
 Jesus saith unto them, 
 
 Even the same that I said unto you 
 from the beginning. I have many 
 things to say and to judge of you : 
 but he that sent me is true ; and I 
 speak to the world those things which 
 I have heard of him. 
 
 They understood not that he spake to them of the 
 Father. Then said Jesus unto them. 
 
 When ye have lifted up the Son 
 of man, then shall ye know that I am 
 he, and that I do nothing of myself ; 
 but as my Father hath taught me, I 
 speak these things. And he that 
 sent me is with me : the Father hath 
 not left me alone ; for I do always 
 those things that please him. 
 
 As he spake these words, many believed on him. 
 Then said Jesus to those Jews v/hich believed on 
 him^ 
 
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 If ye continue in my word; then 
 are ye my disciples indeed ; and ye 
 shall know the truth, and the truth 
 shall make you free. 
 
 They answered him, We be Abraham’s seed, and 
 were never in bondage to any man : how sayest thou. 
 Ye shall be made free? Jesus answered them. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
 Whosoever committeth sin is the ser- 
 vant of sin. And the servant abideth 
 not in the house for ever : but the Son 
 abideth ever. If the Son therefore 
 shall make you free, ye shall be free 
 indeed. I know that ye are Abra- 
 ham’s seed ; but ye seek to kill me, 
 because my word hath no place in 
 you. I speak that which I have seen 
 with my F ather : and ye do that 
 which ye have seen with your father. 
 
 They answered and said unto him, Abraham is 
 our father. Jesus said unto them, 
 
 If ye were Abraham’s children, ye 
 would do the works of Abraham. 
 But now ye seek to kill me, a man 
 
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 that hath told you the truth, which I 
 have heard of God : this did not 
 Abraham. Ye do the deeds of your 
 Father. 
 
 Then said they to him, We be not bom of forni- 
 cation; we have one Father, even God. Jesus said 
 unto them. 
 
 If God were your Father, ye 
 would love me : for I proceeded forth 
 and came from God ; neither came I 
 of myself, but he sent me. Why do 
 ye not understand my speech ? even 
 because ye cannot hear my word. 
 Ye are of your father the devil, and 
 the lusts of your father ye will do. 
 H e was a murderer from the begin- 
 ning, and abode not in the truth, be- 
 cause there is no truth in him. When 
 he speaketh a lie, he speaketh of his 
 own : for he is a liar, and the father 
 of it. And because I tell you the 
 truth, ye believe me not. Which of 
 you convinceth me of sin ? And if 
 I say the truth, why do ye not believe 
 
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 me ? He that is of God heareth 
 God s words : ye therefore hear them 
 not, because ye are not of God. 
 
 Then answered the Jews, and said unto hirn, Say 
 we not well that thou art a Samaritan, and hast a 
 devil? Jesus answered, 
 
 I have not a devil ; but I honor 
 my F ather, and ye do dishonor me. 
 And I seek not rriine own glory : 
 there is one that seeketh and judg- 
 eth. Verily, verily, I say unto you. 
 If a man keep my saying, he shall 
 never see death. 
 
 Then said the Jews unto him. Now we know that 
 thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the pro- 
 phets, and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he 
 shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our 
 father Abraham, which is dead? and the prophets 
 are dead: whom makest thou thyself? Jesus ans- 
 wered. 
 
 If I honor myself, my honor is 
 nothing : it is my Father that honor- 
 eth me ; of whom ye say, that he is 
 your God: Yet ye have not known 
 him : but I know him : and if I 
 
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 should say, I know him not, I shall 
 be a liar like unto you ; but I know 
 him, and keep his saying. Your 
 father Abraham rejoiced to see my 
 day ; and he saw and was glad. 
 
 Then said the Jews unto him, Thou art not yet 
 fifty years old, and hast thou seen Abraham? Jesus 
 said unto them, 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you. Be- 
 fore Abraham was, I am. 
 
 Then took they up stones to cast at him : but Jesus 
 hid himself, and went out of the temple, going 
 through the midst of them, and so passed by. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVII. 
 
 A MAN BORN BLIND, HEALED, EXAMINED AND EXCOMMU- 
 NICATED. 
 
 ^ND as Jems passed by, he saw a man which was 
 ^ blind from Ms birth. And his disciples asked 
 him, saying. Master, who did sin, this man, or his 
 parents, that he was born blind ? Jesus answered. 
 
 Neither hath this man sinned, nor 
 his parents : but that the works of 
 
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 God should be made manifest in him. 
 I must work the works of him that 
 sent me, while it is day : the night 
 cometh, when no man can work. As 
 long as I am in the world, I am the 
 light of the world. 
 
 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, and said to him, 
 
 Go, wash in the pool of Siloam, 
 (which is by interpretation. Sent.) 
 
 He went his way therefore, and washed, tind came 
 seeing. 
 
 The neighbors therefore, and they which before 
 had seen hi m that he was blind, said. Is not this he 
 that sat and, begged ? Some said. This is he : others 
 said, He is like him : hit he said I am he. Therefore 
 said they unto him. How were thine eyes opened? 
 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 1 received sight. Then said 
 they unto him. Where is he ? He said, I know not. 
 
 They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime 
 was blind. And it was the sabbath day when Jesus 
 made the clay, and opened his eyes. Then again 
 the Pharisees also asked him how he had received 
 his sight. He said unto them. He put clay upon 
 mine eyes, and I washed, and do see. Therefore 
 
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 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 ? 
 And there was a division among them. They say 
 unto the blind man again. What sayest thou of him, 
 that he hath opened thine eyes ? He said. He is a 
 prophet. 
 
 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. 
 And they asked them, saying. Is this your son, who 
 ye say was born blind? how then doth be now see? 
 His parents answered them and said. We know that 
 this is our son, and that he was born blind : 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 These words spake 
 his parents, because they feared the Jews : for the 
 Jews had agreed already, that if any man did con- 
 fess, that he was Christ, he should be put out of the 
 synagogue. Therefore said his parents. He is of age : 
 ask him. 
 
 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. 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. Then 
 said they to him again. What did he to thee ? how 
 opened he thine eyes ? 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? 
 
 Then they reviled him, and said. Thou art his dis- 
 ciple; but we are Moses’ disciples. We know that 
 God spake unto Moses : as for this fellow, we know 
 
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 not from whence he is. 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. Now we know that God heareth 
 not sinners : but if any man be a worshipper of God, 
 and doeth his will, him he heareth. Since the world 
 began was it not heard that any man opened the 
 eyes of one that was born blind. If this man were 
 not of God, he could do nothing. They answered 
 and said unto him. Thou wast altogether born in 
 sins, and dost thou teach us ? And they cast him 
 out. 
 
 Jesus heard that they had cast him out; and when 
 he had found him, he said unto him. 
 
 Dost thou believe on the Son of 
 God ? 
 
 He answered and said, Who is he. Lord, that I 
 might believe on him? And Jesus said unto him. 
 
 Thou hast both seen him, and it 
 is he that talketh with thee. 
 
 And he said. Lord, I believe. And he worshipped 
 him. And Jesus said, 
 
 For judgment I am come into 
 this world, that they which see not, 
 might see ; and that they which see, 
 might be made blind. 
 
 And some of the Pharisees which were with him 
 heard these words, and said unto him. Are we blind 
 also ? Jesus said unto them, 
 
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 If ye were blind, ye should have 
 no sin: but now ye say, We see; 
 therefore your sin remaineth. 
 
 CHAPTER XXXVIII. 
 
 PARABLE OP THE GOOD SHEPHERD. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 
 that entereth not by the door into the 
 sheepfold, but climbeth up some 
 other way, the same is a thief and a 
 robber. But he that entereth in by 
 the door is the shepherd of the sheep. 
 To him the porter openeth ; and the 
 sheep hear his voice : and he calleth 
 his own sheep by name, and leadeth 
 them out. 
 
 And when he putteth forth his own 
 sheep, he goeth before them, and the 
 sheep follow him : for they know his 
 voice. And a stranger will they not 
 
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 follow, but will flee from him : for 
 they know not the voice of strangers. 
 
 This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they UU’ 
 derstood not what things they were which he spake 
 unto them. Then said Jesus unto them again, 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, I 
 am the door of the sheep. All that 
 ever came before me are thieves and 
 robbers : but the sheep did not hear 
 them. I am the door : by me if any 
 man enter in, he shall be saved, and 
 shall go in and out, and find pasture. 
 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, 
 and to kill, and to destroy : I am come 
 that they might have life, and that 
 they might have it more abundantly. 
 
 I am the good shepherd : the good 
 shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. 
 But he that is an hireling, and not 
 the shepherd, whose own the sheep 
 are not, seeth the wolf coming, and 
 leaveth the sheep, and fleeth : and the 
 wolf catches them, and scattereth the 
 sheep. The hireling fleeth, because 
 
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 he is an hireling, and careth not for 
 the sheep. I am the good shepherd, 
 and know my sheep, and am known 
 of mine. As the Father knoweth 
 me, even so know I the Father : and 
 I lay down my life for the sheep. 
 
 And other sheep I have, which 
 are not of this fold : them also I must 
 bring, and they shall hear my voice ; 
 and there shall be one fold, and one 
 shepherd. T herefore doth my F ather 
 love me, because I lay down my life, 
 that I may take it again. No man 
 taketh it from me, but I lay It down 
 of myself, I have power to lay it 
 down, and I have power to take it 
 again. This commandment have I 
 received of my Father. 
 
 There was a division therefore again among the 
 Jews for these sayings. And many of them said, He 
 hath a devil, and is mad; why hear ye him? Others 
 said, these are not the words of him that hath a de- 
 vil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind? 
 
 And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedica- 
 tion, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the tem- 
 ple in Solomon’s porch. Then came the Jews round 
 
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 about him, and said unto him, How long dost thou 
 make us to doubt? If thou be the Christ, tell us 
 plainly. Jesus answered them, 
 
 I told you, and ye believed not : 
 the works that I do in my Fathers 
 name, they bear witness of me. But 
 ye believe not, because ye are not of 
 my sheep, as I said unto you. My 
 sheep hear my voice, and I know 
 them, and they follow me : And I 
 give unto them eternal life ; and they 
 shall never perish, neither shall any 
 man pluck them out of my hand. 
 
 ^My Father, which gave them me, is 
 greater than all ; and no man is able 
 to pluck them out of my Father’s 
 hand. I and my Father are one. 
 
 Then the J ews took up stones again to stone him. 
 Jesus answered them. 
 
 Many good works have I shewed 
 you from my Father; for which of 
 those works do ye stone me ? 
 
 The Jews answered him, saying. For a good work 
 we stone thee not ; but for blasphemy ; and because 
 
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 thatthoTi, being a man, makest thyself God. Jesns 
 answered them. 
 
 Is it not written in your law, I said, 
 Ye are gods? If he called them 
 gods, unto whom the word of God 
 came, and the Scripture cannot be 
 broken ; Say ye of him, whom the 
 Father hath sanctified, and sent into 
 the world. Thou blasphemest ; be- 
 cause I said I am the Son of God ? 
 If I do not the works of my Father, 
 believe me not. But if I do, though 
 ye believe not me, believe the works : 
 that ye may know, and believe, that 
 the Father is in me, and I in him. 
 
 Therefore they sought again to take him: but he 
 escaped out of their hand, and went away again 
 beyond .Jordan into the place were John at first bap- 
 tized; and there he abode. And many resorted unto 
 him, and said, .John did no miracle: but all things 
 that John spake of this man were true. And many 
 believed on him there. 
 
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 ’ CHAPTER XXXIX. 
 
 JESUS RAISES LAZARUS — JEWS SEER HIS LIFE. 
 
 § ow a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of 
 Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. 
 (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with 
 ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose 
 brother Lazarus was sick.) Therefore his sisters sent 
 unto him, saying. Lord, behold, he whom thou 
 Invest is sick. When Jesus heard that^ he said, 
 
 This sickness is not unto death, 
 but for the glory of God, that the Son 
 of God might be glorified thereby. 
 
 Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and La- 
 zarus. When he had heard therefore that he was 
 sick, he abode two days still in the same place where 
 he was. Then after that saith he to his discdples, 
 
 I Let us go into Judea again. 
 
 His disciples say unto him. Master, the Jews of 
 late sought to stone thee; and goest thou thither 
 again? Jesus answered. 
 
 Are there not twelve hours in the 
 day? If any man walk in the day, 
 
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 he stumbleth not, because he seeth 
 the light of this world. But if a man 
 walk in the night, he stumbleth, be- 
 cause there is no light in him. 
 
 These things said he : and after that he saith unto 
 them, 
 
 Our friend Lazarus sleepeth ; but 
 I go, that I may awake him out of 
 sleep. 
 
 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall 
 do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death; but 
 they thought that he had spoken t)f taking of rest 
 in sleep. Then said Jesus unto them plainly, 
 
 Lazarus is dead. And I am glad 
 for your sakes that I was not there, 
 to the intent ye may believe ; never- 
 theless let us go unto him. 
 
 Then said Thomas, which is called Didymus, unto 
 his fellow disciples. Let us also go, that we may die 
 with him. Then when Jesus came, he found that he ' 
 had lain in the grave four days already Now Be- 
 thany was iiigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen fur- 
 longs off; and many of the Jews came to Martha 
 and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother. 
 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was 
 coming, went and met him ; but Mary sat still in the 
 house. Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord if thou 
 
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 hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I 
 know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of 
 God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, 
 
 Thy brother shall rise again. 
 
 Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise 
 again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus saith 
 unto her, 
 
 I am the resurrection, and the life ; 
 he that believeth in me, though he 
 were dead, yet shall he live: and who- 
 soever liveth and believeth in me 
 shall never die. Believest thou this ? 
 
 ^ She saith unto him, Yea, Lord; I believe that thou 
 art the Christ, the son of God, which should come 
 into the world. And when she had so said, she 
 went her way, and called Mary her sister, secretly, 
 saying. The Master is come, and callethfor thee. As 
 soon as she heard that, she arose quickly, and came 
 imto him. 
 
 Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but 
 was in that place where Martha met him. The Jews 
 then which were with her in the house, and comfor- 
 ted her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up 
 hastily and went out, followed her, saying,- She goeth 
 unto the grave to weep there. Then whert Mary 
 was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell 
 down at his feet, saying unto him. Lord, if thou hadst 
 been here, my brother had not died. When Jesus 
 therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weep- 
 
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 ing which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, 
 and was troubled, and said, 
 
 Where have ye laid him ? 
 
 They said unto him. Lord, come and see. Jesus 
 wept. Then said the Jews, Behold, how he loved 
 him ! And some of them said. Could not this man, 
 which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that 
 even this man should not have died? Jesus there- 
 fore again groaning in himself, cometh to the grave. 
 It was a cave,* and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, 
 
 T ake ye away the stone. 
 
 Martha, the sister of him that=^was dead, saith 
 unto him. Lord, by this time he stinketh : for he hath 
 been dead four days. Jesus saith unto her, 
 
 Said I not unto thee, that if thou 
 wouldest believe, thou shouldest see 
 the glory of God ? 
 
 Then they took away the stone from the place 
 where the dead was laid: And Jesus lifted up his 
 
 eyes, and said. 
 
 Father, I thank thee that thou 
 hast heard me. And I knew that 
 thou hearest me always : but because 
 of the people which stand by I said 
 it, that they may believe that thou 
 hast sent me. 
 
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 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a 
 loud voice, 
 
 Lazarus, come forth. 
 
 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand 
 and foot with grave-clothes: and his face was bound 
 about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, 
 
 Loose him, and let him go. 
 
 Then many of the Jews which came to Mary, and 
 had seen the things which Jesus did, believed on 
 him. But some of them went their ways to the 
 Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus had done. 
 Then gathered the chief priests and the Pharisees 
 a council, and said. What do we? for this man doeth 
 many miracles. If we let him thus alone, all men 
 will believe on him : and the Romans shall come and 
 take away both our place and nation. 
 
 And one of them, named Caiaphas, being the high 
 priest that same year, said unto them. Ye know noth- 
 ing at all, nor consider that it is expedient for- 
 us, that one man should die for the people, and that 
 the whole nation perish not. And this spake he not 
 of himself: but being high priest that year, he pro- 
 phesied that .Jesus should die for that nation; and 
 not for that nation only, but that also he should 
 gather together in one the children of God that were 
 scattered abroad. Then from that day forth they 
 took counsel together for to put him to death. 
 
 Jesus therefore walked no more openly among the 
 .Jews; but went thence unto a country near to the 
 wilderness, into a city called Ephraim, and there 
 continued with his disciples. 
 
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 And it came to pass, when the time was come that 
 he should be received up, he steadfastly set his face 
 to go to Jerusalem, and sent messengers before 
 his face: and they went, and entered into a village 
 of the Samaritans, to make ready for him. And they 
 did not receive him, because his face was as though 
 he would go to Jerusalem. And when his disciples 
 James and John saw this^ they said. Lord, wilt thou 
 that we command fire to come down from heaven, 
 and consume them, even as Elias did? But he 
 turned, and rebuked them, and said. 
 
 Ye know not what manner of spir- 
 its ye are of. For the Son of man 
 is not come to destroy men’s lives, 
 but to save them. 
 
 And they went to another village. And it came 
 to pass, that, as they went in the way, a certain man 
 said unto him. Lord I will follow thee withersoever 
 thou goest. And Jesus said unto him. 
 
 Foxes have holes, and birds of 
 the air have nests ; but the Son of 
 man hath not where to lay his head. 
 
 And he said unto another, 
 
 Follow me. 
 
 But he said. Lord, suffer me first to go and bury 
 my father. Jesus said unto him, 
 
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 Let the dead bury their dead : but 
 go thou and preach the kingdom of 
 God. 
 
 And another also said, Lord, I will follow thee ; 
 but let me first go bid them farewell, which are at 
 home at my house. And Jesus said unto him. 
 
 No man, having put his hand to 
 the plough, and looking back, is fit 
 for the kingdom of God. 
 
 CHAPTER XL. 
 
 SEVENTY DISCIPLES SENT OUT. 
 
 ^FTER these things the Lord appointed other seventy 
 also, and sent them two and two before his face 
 into every city and place, whither he himself would 
 come. Therefore said he unto them. 
 
 The harvest truly is great, but the 
 laborers are few : pray ye therefore 
 the Lord of the harvest, that he would 
 send forth laborers into his harvest. 
 Go your ways : behold, I send you 
 forth as lambs among wolves. Carry 
 
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 neither purse nor scrip, nor shoes : and 
 salute no man by the way. 
 
 And into whatsoever house ye enter, 
 first say. Peace be to this house. And 
 if the son of peace be there, your 
 peace shall rest upon it : if not, it 
 shall turn to you again. And in the 
 same house remain, eating and drink- 
 ing such things as they give : for the 
 laborer is worthy of his hire. Go 
 not from house to house. And into 
 whatsoever city ye enter, and they re- 
 ceive you, eat such things as are set 
 before you : and heal the sick that 
 are therein, and say unto them. The 
 kingdom of God is come nigh unto 
 you. 
 
 But into whatsoever city ye enter, 
 and they receive you not, go your 
 ways out into the streets of the same, 
 and say. Even the very dust of your 
 city, which cleaveth on us, we do 
 wipe off against you : notwithstan- 
 ding be ye sure of this, that the king- 
 
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 dom of God is come nigh unto you. 
 But I say unto you, that it shall be 
 more tolerable in that day for Sodom, 
 than for that city. 
 
 Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! woe 
 unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if the 
 mighty works had been done in Tyre 
 and Sidon, which have been done in 
 you, they had a great while ago re- 
 pented, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. 
 But it shall be more tolerable for Tyre 
 and Sidon at the judgment, than for 
 you. And thou, Capernaum, which 
 art exalted to heaven, shalt be thrust 
 down to hell. He that heareth you 
 heareth me ; and he that despiseth 
 you despiseth me ; and he that despi- 
 seth me despiseth him that sent me. 
 
 And the seventy returned again with joy, saying, 
 Lord, even the devils are subject unto us through 
 thy name. And he said unto them, 
 
 I beheld Satan as lightningfall from 
 heaven. Behold, I give unto you 
 power to tread on serpents and scor- 
 
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 pions, and over all the power of 
 the enemy : and nothing shall by any 
 means hurt you. Notwithstanding 
 in this rejoice not, that the spirits are 
 subject unto you ; but rather rejoice, 
 because your names are written in 
 heaven. 
 
 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, 
 
 I thank thee, O Father, Lord of 
 heaven and earth, that thou hast hid 
 these things from the wise and pru- 
 dent, and hast revealed them unto 
 babes: even so. Father: for so it 
 seemed good in thy sight. All things 
 are delivered to me of my Father: 
 and no man knoweth who the Son is, 
 but the Father ; and who the Father 
 is, but the Son, and he to whom the 
 Son will reveal him. 
 
 And he turned him unto his disciples, and said 
 privately. 
 
 Blessed are the eyes which see the 
 things that ye see : for I tell you, 
 
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 that many prophets and kings have 
 desired to see those things which ye 
 see, and have not seen them; and to 
 hear those things-which ye hear, and 
 have not heard them. 
 
 And behold, a certain lawyer stood up, and 
 tempted him, saying^. Master, what shall I do to in- 
 herit eternal life? He said unto him. 
 
 What is written in the law ? how 
 readest thou ? 
 
 And he answering, said. Thou shalt love the Lord 
 thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and 
 with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and 
 thy neighbor as thyself. And he said unto him. 
 
 Thou hast answered right : this do, 
 and thou shalt live. 
 
 But he, willing to justify himself, said unto Jesus, 
 And who is my neighbor ? And Jesus answering, 
 said, 
 
 A certain man went down from 
 J erusalem to J ericho, and fell among 
 theives, which stripped him of his 
 raiment, and wounded him, and de- 
 parted, leaving him half dead. And 
 by chance there came down a certain 
 
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 priest that way: and when he saw 
 him, he passed by on the other side. 
 And likewise a Levite, when he was 
 at the place, came and looked on him, 
 and passed by on the other side. 
 
 But a certain Samaritan, as he 
 journeyed, came where he was : and 
 when he saw him, he had compassion 
 on him, and went to him, and bound 
 up his wounds, pouring in oil and 
 wine, and set him on his own beast, 
 and brought him to an inn, and took 
 care of him. And on the morrow 
 when he departed, he took out two 
 pence, and gave them to the host, 
 and said unto him. Take care of him ; 
 and whatsoever thou spendest more, 
 when I come again, I will repay thee. 
 Which now of these three, thinkest 
 thou, was neighbor unto him that fell 
 among thieves*? 
 
 And he said, He that shewed mercy on him. Then 
 said Jesus unto him, 
 
 Go, and do thou likewise. 
 
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 CHAPTER XLI. 
 
 Martha’s entertainment — form of prayer — dumb 
 
 DEVIL. 
 
 f ow it came to pass, as they went, that he entered 
 into a certain village : and a certain woman named 
 Martha received him into her house. And she had 
 a sister called Mary, which also sat at Jesus’ feet, and 
 heard his word. But Martha was cumbered about 
 much serving, and came to him, and said. Lord, dost 
 thou not care that my sister hath left me to serve 
 alone? bid her therefore that she help me. And 
 Jesus answered and said unto her, 
 
 Martha, Martha, thou art careful 
 and troubled about many things : 
 but one thing is needful : and Mary 
 hath chosen that good part, which 
 shall not be taken away from her. 
 
 And it came to pass, that, as he was praying in a 
 certain place, when he ceased^ one of his disciples 
 said unto him. Lord, teach us to pray, as John also 
 taught his disciples. And he said unto them. 
 
 When ye pray, say, Our Father 
 which art in heaven, Hallowed be 
 
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 thy name. Thy kingdom come. 
 Thy will be done, as in heaven, so in 
 earth. Give us day by day our daily 
 bread. And forgive us our sins ; for 
 we also forgive every one that is in- 
 debted to us. And lead us not into 
 temptation ; but deliver us from evil. 
 
 And lie said unto them, 
 
 Which of you shall have a friend, 
 and shall go unto him at midnight, 
 and say unto him. Friend, lend me 
 three loaves ; for a friend of mine in 
 his journey is come to me, and I 
 have nothing to set before him ? And 
 he from within shall answer and say. 
 Trouble me not : the door is now 
 shut, and my children are with me in 
 bed ; I cannot rise and give thee. I 
 say unto you. Though he will not rise 
 and give him, because he is his friend, 
 yet because of his importunity he will 
 rise and give him as many as he 
 needeth. 
 
 And I say unto you. Ask, and it 
 
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 shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall 
 find, knock, and it shall be opened 
 unto you. For every one that ask- 
 eth receiveth ; and he that seeketh 
 findeth ; and to him that knocketh it 
 shall be opened. If a son shall ask 
 bread of any of you that is a father, 
 will he give him a stone ? or if he ask 
 a fish, will he for a fish give him a 
 serpent ? Or if he shall ask an egg, 
 -will he offer him a scorpion ? If ye 
 then, being evil, know how to give 
 good gifts unto your children; how 
 much more shall your heavenly 
 Father give the Holy Spirit to them 
 that ask him ? 
 
 And he was casting ont a devil, and it was dumb. 
 And it came to pass, when the devil was gone ont, 
 the dumb spake; and the people wondered. But 
 some of them said, He casteth out devils through 
 Beelzebub the chief of the devils. And others, temp- 
 ting him, sought of him a sign from heaven. But 
 he, knowing their thoughts, said unto them. 
 
 Every kingdom divided against 
 itself is brought to desolation ; and a 
 
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 house divided against a house falleth. 
 If Satan also be divided against him- 
 self, how shall his kingdom stand ? 
 because ye say that I cast out devils 
 through Beelzebub. And if 1 by 
 Beelzebub cast out devils, by whom 
 do your sons cast them out ? There- 
 fore shall they be your judges. But 
 if I with the finger of God cast out 
 devils, no doubt the kingdom of God 
 is come upon you. 
 
 When a strong man armed keep- 
 eth his palace, his goods are in peace. 
 But when a stronger than he shall come 
 upon him and overcome him, he ta- 
 keth from him all his armor wherein 
 he trusted, and divideth his spoils. 
 He that is not with me is against 
 me : and he that gathereth not with 
 me scattereth. 
 
 When the unclean spirit is gone 
 out of a man, he walketh through 
 dry places, seeking rest ; and finding 
 none, he saith, I will return unto my 
 
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 house whence I came out. And when 
 he cometh, he findeth it swept and 
 garnished. Then goeth he, and ta- 
 keth to him SQM tn other spirits more 
 wicked than himself ; and they enter 
 in, and dwell there : and the last state 
 of that man is worse than the first. 
 
 And it came to pass, as lie spake these things, a 
 certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, 
 and said unto him. Blessed is the womb that bare 
 thee, and the paps which thou hast sucked. But he 
 said. 
 
 Yea rather, blessed are they that 
 hear the word of God, and keep it 
 
 CHAPTER XLII 
 
 EVIL GENERATION SEEK A SIGN — PRACTICAL LESSONS. 
 
 ^ND when the people were gathered thick together, 
 he began to say. 
 
 This is an evil generation : they 
 seek a sign ; and there shall no sign 
 be given it, but the sign of J onas the 
 
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 prophet. For as Jonas was a sign 
 unto the Ninevites, so shall also the 
 Son of man be to this generation. 
 The queen of the south shall rise up 
 in the judgment with the men of this 
 generation, and condemn them ; for 
 she came from the utmost parts of 
 the earth to hear the wisdom of Solo- 
 mon ; and, behold, a greater than 
 Solomon is here. The men of Nine- 
 veh shall rise up in the judgment 
 with this generation, and shall con- 
 demn it : for they repented at the 
 preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a 
 greater than Jonas is here. 
 
 No man, when he hath lighted a 
 candle, putteth it in a secret place, 
 neither under a bushel, but on a can- 
 dlestick, that they which come in may 
 see the light. The light of the body 
 is the eye : therefore when thine eye 
 is single, thy whole body also is full 
 of light ; but when thine eye is evil, 
 thy body also is full of darkness. 
 
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 Take heed therefore that the light 
 which is in thee be not darkness. If 
 thy whole body therefore be full of 
 light, having no part dark, the whole 
 shall be full of light, as when the 
 bright shining of a candle doth give 
 ^ thee light. 
 
 And as he spake, a certain Pharisee besought him 
 to dine with him : and he went in, and sat down to 
 meat. And when the Pharisee saw ^V, he marvelled 
 that he had not first washed before dinner. And 
 the Lord said unto him. 
 
 Now do ye Pharisees make clean 
 the outside of the cup and the plat- 
 ter ; but your inward part is full of 
 ravening and wickedness. Ye fools, 
 did not he that made that which is 
 without make that which is within 
 also ? But rather give alms of such 
 things as ye have ; and, behold, all 
 things are clean unto you. 
 
 But woe unto you, Pharisees I for 
 ye tithe mint and rue and all manner 
 of herbs, and pass over judgment 
 and the love of God : these ought ye 
 
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 to have done, and not to leave the 
 other undone. 
 
 Woe unto you, Pharisees ! for ye 
 love the uppermost seats in the syna- 
 gogues, and greetings in the markets. 
 
 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari- 
 sees, hypocrites ! for ye are as graves 
 which appear not, and the men that 
 walk over them are not aware of them. 
 
 Then answered one of the lawyers, and said unto 
 him, Master, thus saying thou reproachest us also. 
 And he said, 
 
 Woe unto you also ye lawyers ! for 
 ye lade men with burdens grievous 
 to be borne, and ye yourselves touch 
 not the burdens with one of your 
 fingers. 
 
 W oe unto you ! for ye build the 
 sepulchres of the prophets, and your 
 fathers killed them. Truly ye bear 
 witness that ye allow the deeds of your 
 fathers : for they indeed killed them, 
 and ye build their sepulchres. There- 
 fore also said the Wisdom of God I will 
 
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 send them prophets and apostles, and 
 some of them they shall slay and per- 
 secute : that the blood of all the pro- 
 phets, which was shed from the foun- 
 dation of the world, may be required 
 of this generation ; from the blood of 
 Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, 
 which perished between the altar and 
 the temple: verily I say unto you. It 
 shall be required of this generation. 
 
 Woe unto you, lawyers ! for ye 
 have taken away the key of knowl- 
 edge : ye entered not in yourselves, 
 and them that were entering in ye 
 hindered. 
 
 And as he said these things unto them, the scribes 
 and the Pharisees began to urge Mm vehemently, 
 and to provoke him to speak of many things : Lay- 
 ing wait for him, and seeking to catch something 
 out of his mouth, that they might accuse him. 
 
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 CHAPTER XLIII 
 
 DISCOURSES ON VARIOUS TOPICS — MINISTERIAL DILLI- 
 
 GENCE. 
 
 *^N the mean time, when there were gathered to- 
 gether an innumerable multitude of people, in- 
 somuch that they trode one upon another, he began 
 to say unto his disciples first of all. 
 
 Beware ye of the leaven of the 
 Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.. For 
 there is nothing covered, that shall 
 not be revealed : neither hid, that 
 shall not be known. Therefore what- 
 soever ye have spoken in darkness 
 shall be heard in the light ; and that 
 - which ye have spoken in the ear in 
 closets shall be proclaimed upon the 
 housetops. 
 
 And I say unto you my friends. 
 Be not afraid of them that kill the 
 body, and after that have no more 
 that they can do. But I will fore- 
 
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 warn you whom ye shall fear : F ear 
 him, which after he hath killed hath 
 power to cast into hell ; yea, I say 
 unto you. Fear him. Are not five 
 sparrows sold for two farthings, and 
 not one of them is forgotten before 
 God ? But even the very hairs of 
 your head are all numbered. Fear 
 not therefore; ye are of more value 
 than many sparrows. 
 
 Also I say unto you. Whosoever 
 shall confess me before men, him shall 
 the Son of man also confess before 
 the angels of God : but he that deni- 
 eth me before men shall be denied 
 before the angels of God. And who- 
 soever shall speak a word against the 
 Son of man, it shall be forgiven him : 
 but unto him that blasphemeth 
 against the Holy Ghost it shall not 
 be forgiven. 
 
 And when they bring you unto 
 the synagogues, and unto magistrates, 
 and powers, take ye no thought how 
 
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 or what thing ye shall answer, or what 
 ye shall say: for the Holy Ghost 
 shall teach you in the same hour what 
 ye ought to say. 
 
 And one of the company said nnto him, Master, 
 speak to my brother, that he divide the inheritance 
 with me. And he said unto him, 
 
 Man, who made me a judge or a 
 divider over you ? 
 
 And he said unto them, 
 
 Take heed, and beware of covet- 
 ousness : for a man's life consisteth 
 not in the abundance of the things 
 which he possesseth. 
 
 And he spake a parable unto them, saying. 
 
 The ground of a certain rich man 
 brought forth plentifully : and he 
 thought within himself, saying. What 
 shall I do, because I have no room 
 where to bestow my fruits. 
 
 And he said. This will I do ; I will 
 pull down my barns, and build greater ; 
 and there will I bestow all my fruits 
 
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 # 
 
 and my goods. And I will say to 
 my soul, Soul, thou hast much goods 
 laid up for many years ; take thine 
 ease, eat, drink, and be merry. 
 
 But God said unto him. Thou fool, 
 this night thy soul shall be required 
 of thee : then whose shall those things 
 be, which thou hast provided ? So is 
 he that layeth up treasure for himself, 
 and is not rich towards God. 
 
 And he said unto his disciples, 
 
 Therefore I say unto you. Take no 
 thought for your life, what ye shall 
 eat, neither for the body, what ye 
 shall put on. The life is more than 
 meat, and the body is more than rai- 
 ment. Consider the ravens : for they 
 neither sow nor reap ; which neither 
 have storehouse nor barn ; and God 
 feedeth them : how much more are 
 ye better than the fowls ? And which 
 of you with taking thought can add 
 to his stature one cubit ? If ye then 
 be not able to do that thing which 
 
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 is least, why take ye thought for the 
 rest ? 
 
 Consider the lilies how they grow : 
 they toil not, they spin not ; and yet 
 I say unto you, that Solomon in all 
 his glory was not arrayed like one of 
 these. If then God so clothe the 
 grass, which is to day in the field, 
 and to morrow is cast into the oven ; 
 how much more will he clothe you, 
 O ye of little faith ? And seek not ye 
 what ye shall eat, or what ye shall 
 drink, neither be ye of doubtful 
 mind. For all these things do the 
 nations of the world seek after ; and 
 your Father knoweth that ye have 
 need of these things. But rather 
 seek ye the kingdom of God ; and 
 all these things shall be added unto 
 you. 
 
 Fear not, little flock ; for it is your 
 Fathers good pleasure to give you 
 the kingdom. Sell that ye have, and 
 give alms ; provide yourselves bags 
 
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 which wax not old, a treasure in the 
 heavens that faileth not, where no 
 thief approacheth, neither moth cor- 
 rupteth. F or where your treasure is, 
 there will your heart be also. 
 
 Let your loins be girded about, 
 and your lights burning ; and ye 
 yourselves like unto men that wait 
 for their lord, when he will return 
 from the wedding ; that when he 
 cometh and knocketh, they may open 
 unto him immediately. Blessed are 
 those servants, whom the lord when 
 he cometh shall find watching : veriiy 
 I say unto you, that he shall gird him- 
 self, and make them to sit down to 
 meat, and will come forth and serve 
 them. 
 
 And if he shall come in the sec- 
 ond watch, or come in the third watch, 
 and find them so, blessed are those 
 servants. And this know, that if the 
 goodman of the house had known 
 what hour the thief would come, he 
 
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 would have watched, and not have 
 suffered his house to be broken 
 through. Be ye therefore ready 
 
 also ; for the Son of man cometh at an 
 hour when ye think not. 
 
 Then Peter said unto him, Lord, speakest thou 
 this parable unto us, or even to all? and the Lord 
 said. 
 
 Who then is that faithful and wise 
 steward, whom his lord shall make 
 ruler over his household, to give 
 them their portion of meat in due 
 season ? Blessed is that servant, 
 
 whom his lord when he cometh shall 
 find so doing. Of a truth I say unto 
 you, that he will make him ruler over 
 all that he hath. 
 
 But and if that servant say in his 
 heart. My lord delayeth his coming ; 
 and shall begin to beat the men ser- 
 vants and maidens, and to eat and 
 driok, and to be drunken ; the lord 
 of that servant will come in a day 
 when he looketh not for himy and at 
 
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 an hour when he is not aware, and 
 will cut him in sunder, and will ap- 
 point him his portion with the unbe- 
 lievers. 
 
 And that servant which knew his 
 lord’s will, and prepared not himself, 
 neither did according to his will, shall 
 be beaten with many stripes. But 
 he that knew not, and did commit 
 things worthy of stripes, shall be 
 beaten with few stripes. For unto 
 whomsoever much is given, of him 
 shall be much required : and to whom 
 men have committed much, of him 
 they will ask the more. 
 
 I am come to send fire on the 
 earth ; and what will I , if it be al- 
 ready kindled ? But I have a bap- 
 tism to be baptized with : and how 
 am I straitened till it be accom- 
 plished ! Suppose ye that I am 
 come to give peace on earth ? I tell 
 you, Nay ; but rather division : for 
 from henceforth there shall be five in 
 
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 one house divided, three against two, 
 and two against three. The father 
 shall be divided against the son, and 
 the son against the father ; the mother 
 against the daughter, and the daugh- 
 ter against the mother ; the mother 
 in law against the daughter in law, 
 and the daughter in law against her 
 mother in law. 
 
 And he said also to the people, 
 
 When ye see a cloud rise out of 
 the west, straightway ye say. There 
 cometh a shower ; and so it is. And 
 when ye see the south wind blow, ye 
 say. There will be heat ; and it com- 
 eth to pass. Ye hypocrites, ye can 
 discern the face of the sky and of the 
 earth : but how is it that ye do not 
 discern this time? Yea, and why 
 even of yourselves judge ye not what 
 is right ? 
 
 When thou goest with thine adver- 
 sary to the magistrate, as thou art in 
 
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 the way, give diligence that thou 
 mayest be delivered from him ; lest 
 he hale thee to the judge, and the 
 judge deliver thee to the officer, and 
 the officer cast thee into prison. I 
 tell thee, thou shalt not depart thence, 
 till thou hast paid the very last mite. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIV. 
 
 TOKENS OF COMING JUDGMENT— EIGHTEEN YEARS IN- 
 FIRMITY. 
 
 ^HERE were present at that season some that told 
 ^ him of the Galileans, whose blood Pilate had 
 mingled with their sacrifices. And Jesus answering 
 said unto them, 
 
 Suppose ye that these Galileans 
 were sinners above all the Galileans, 
 because they suffered such things ? 
 I tell you. Nay: but, except ye re- 
 pent, ye shall all likewise perish. Or 
 those eighteen, upon whom the tower 
 
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 in Siloam fell, and slew them, think 
 ye that they were sinners above all 
 men that dwelt in Jerusalem? I tell 
 you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye 
 shall all likewise perish. 
 
 He spake also tMs parable: 
 
 A certain man had a fig tree plan- 
 ted in his vineyard ; and he came 
 and sought fruit thereon, and found 
 none. Then said he unto the dresser 
 of his vineyard. Behold, these three 
 years I come seeking fruit on this fig 
 tree, and find none : cut it down ; 
 why cumbereth it the ground ? And 
 he answering said unto him. Lord, let 
 it alone this year also, till I shall dig 
 about it, and dung it: and if it bear 
 fruit, well : and if not, then after that 
 thou shalt cut it down. 
 
 And he was teaching in one of the synagogues on 
 the sabbath. And. behold, there was a woman which 
 had a spirit of infirmity eighteen years, and was 
 bowed together, and could in no wise lift up herself. 
 And when Jesus saw her, he called her to him, and 
 said unto her. 
 
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 Woman, thou art loosed from thine 
 infirmity. 
 
 And he laid Ms hands on her : and immediately 
 she was made straight, and glorified God. And the 
 ruler of the synagogue answered with indignation, 
 because that Jesus had healed on the sabbath day 
 and said unto the people. There are six days in which 
 men ought to work : in them therefore come and be 
 healed, and not on the sabbath day. The Lord then 
 answered him, and said, 
 
 Thou hypocrite, doth not each one 
 of you on the sabbath loose his ox 
 or his ass from the stall, and lead him 
 away to watering? And ought not 
 this woman, being a daughter of Abra- 
 ham, whom Satan hath bound, lo, 
 these eighteen years, be loosed from 
 this bond on the sabbath day ? 
 
 And when he had said these things, all his adver- 
 saries were ashamed: and all the people rejoiced for 
 all the glorious things that were done by him. Then 
 said he. 
 
 Unto what is the kingdom of God 
 like ? and whereunto shall I resemble 
 it ? It is like a grain of mustard 
 seed, which a man took, and cast into 
 
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 his garden ; and it grew, and waxed 
 a great tree : and the fowls of the air 
 lodged in the branches of it. 
 
 And again he said, • ^ 
 
 Whereunto shall I liken the king- 
 dom of God ? It is like leaven, 
 which a woman took and hid in three 
 measures of meal, till the whole was 
 leavened. 
 
 And he went through the cities and villages, 
 teaching, and journeying toward Jerusalem. Then 
 said one unto him. Lord, are there lew that be saved? 
 And he said unto them. 
 
 Strive to enter in at the strait gate : 
 for many, I say unto you, will seek to 
 enter in, and shall not be able. When 
 once the master of the house is risen 
 up, and hath shut to the door, and ye 
 begin to stand without, and to knock 
 at the door, saying. Lord, Lord, open 
 unto us : and he shall answer and say 
 unto you, I know you not whence ye 
 are : Then shall ye begin to say, We 
 have eaten and drunkin thy presence, 
 
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 and thou hast taught in our streets. 
 But he shall say, I tell you, I know you 
 not whence ye are ; depart from me, 
 all ye workers of iniquity. There 
 shall be weeping and gnashing of 
 teeth, when ye shall see Abraham, 
 and Isaac, and Jacob, and all the 
 prophets, in the kingdom of God, 
 and you yourselves thrust out. 
 
 And they shall come from the east, 
 and from the west, and from the 
 north, and from the south, and shall 
 sit down in the kingdom of God. 
 And, behold, there are last which 
 shall be first, and there are first which 
 shall be last. 
 
 The same day there came certain of the Pharisees, 
 saying unto him, Get thee out and depart hence, for 
 Herod will kill thee. And he said unto them. 
 
 Go ye, and tell that fox. Behold, I 
 cast out devils, and I do cures to day 
 and to morrow, and the third day I 
 shall be perfected. Nevertheless I 
 must walk to day, and to morrow, 
 
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 and the day following : for it cannot 
 be that a prophet perish out of Jeru- 
 salem. 
 
 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which 
 killest the prophets, and stonestthem 
 that are sent unto thee ; how often 
 would I have gathered thy children 
 together, as a hen doth gather her 
 brood under her wings, and ye would 
 not ! Behold your house is left unto 
 you desolate : and verily I say unto 
 you, Ye shall not see me, until the 
 time come when ye shall say. Blessed 
 is he that cometh in the name of the 
 Lord. 
 
 CHAPTER XLV. 
 
 DROPSY CURED PARABLE OF THE GREAT SUPPER. 
 
 ^ND it Cvime to pass, as he went into the house of 
 one of the chief Pharisees to eat bread on the 
 sabbath day, that they watched him. And, behold, 
 there was a certain man before him which had the 
 
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 dropsy. And Jesus answering spake unto tke law- 
 yers and Pharisees, saying, 
 
 Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath 
 day ? 
 
 And they held their peace. And he took him, and 
 healed him, and let him go ; and answered them, 
 saying, 
 
 Which of you shall have an ass or 
 an ox fallen into a pit, and will not 
 straightway pull him out on the sab- 
 bath day ? 
 
 And they could not answer him again to these 
 things. 
 
 And he put forth a parable to those which were 
 bidden, when he marked how they chose out the 
 chief rooms; saying unto them. 
 
 When thou art bidden of any man 
 to a wedding, sit not down in the 
 highest room ; lest a more honorable 
 man than thou be bidden of him ; 
 and he that bade thee and him come 
 and say to thee. Give this man place ; 
 and thou begin with shame to take 
 the lowest room. But when thou 
 art bidden, go and sit down in the 
 
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 lowest room ; that when he that bade 
 thee cometh, he may say unto thee, 
 Friend, go up higher: then shalt , 
 thou have worship in the presence of 
 them that sit at meat with thee. For 
 whosoever exalteth himself shall be 
 abased ; and he that humbleth him- 
 self shall be exalted. 
 
 Then said he also to him that bade him, 
 
 When thou makest a dinner or a 
 supper, call not thy friends, nor thy 
 brethren, neither thy kinsmen, nor 
 thy rich neighbors ; lest they also bid 
 thee again, and a recompense be 
 made thee. But when thou makest 
 a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the 
 lame, the blind : and thou shalt be 
 blessed ; for they cannot recompense 
 thee : for thou shalt be recompensed 
 at the resurrection of the just. 
 
 And when one of them that sat at meat with him 
 heard these things, he said nnto him. Blessed h he 
 that shall eat bread in the kingdom of God. Then 
 said he unto him. 
 
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 A certain man made a great sup- 
 per, and bade many : and sent his 
 ^servant at supper time to say to them 
 that were bidden, Come ; for all 
 things are now ready. And they all 
 with one consent began to make ex- 
 cuse. The first said unto him, I 
 have bought a piece of ground, and 
 I must needs go and see it : I pray 
 thee have me excused. And another 
 said, I have bought five yoke of oxen, 
 and I go to prove them : I pray thee 
 ^ have me excused. And another said, 
 I have married a wife, and therefore 
 I cannot come. 
 
 So that servant came and shewed 
 his lord these things. Then the 
 master of the house being angry said 
 to his servant. Go out quickly into 
 the streets and lanes of the city, and 
 bring in hither the poor, and the 
 maimed, and the halt, and the blind. 
 And the servant said. Lord, it is done 
 as thou hast commanded, and yet 
 
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 there is room. And the Lord said 
 unto the servant, Go out into the 
 highways and hedges, and compel 
 them to come in, that my house may 
 be filled. For I say unto you. That 
 none of those men which were bid- 
 den shall taste of my supper. 
 
 And there went great multitudes with him : and 
 he turned, and said unto them, 
 
 If any man come to me, and hate 
 not his father, and mother, and wife, 
 and children, and brethren, and sis- 
 ters, yea, and his own life also, he 
 cannot be my disciple. And whoso- 
 ever doth not bear his cross, and come 
 after me, cannot be my disciple. For 
 which of you, intending to build a 
 tower, sitteth not down first, and 
 counteth the cost, whether he have 
 sufficient to finish it? Lest haply, 
 after he hath laid the foundation, 
 and is not able to finish ity all 
 that behold it begin to mock him, 
 
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 saying, This man began to build, 
 and was not able to finish. 
 
 Or what king, going to make war 
 against another king, sitteth not down 
 first, and consulteth whether he be 
 able with ten thousand to meet him 
 that cometh against him with twenty 
 thousand ? Or else, while the other 
 is yet a great way off, he sendeth an 
 ambassage, and desireth conditions 
 of peace. So likewise, whosoever 
 he be of you that forsaketh not all 
 that he hath, he cannot be my disci- 
 ple, Salt is good : but if the salt 
 have lost his savor, wherewith shall 
 it be seasoned ? It is neither fit for 
 the land, nor yet for the dunghill; 
 but men cast it out. He that hath 
 ears to hear, let him hear. 
 
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 CHAPTER XLVI. 
 
 PARABLES OF LOST SHEEP, LOST PIECE OF SILVER AND 
 PRODIGAL SON. 
 
 f HEN drew near unto him all the publicans and 
 sinners for to hear him. And the Pharisees and 
 scribes murmured, saying. This man receiveth sin- 
 ners, and eateth with them. 
 
 And he spake this parable unto them, saying. 
 
 What man of you, having an 
 hundred sheep, if he lose one of 
 them, doth not leave the ninety and 
 nine in the wilderness, and go after 
 that which is lost, until he find it ? 
 And when he hath found it, he lay- 
 eth it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 
 And when hecometh home, he calleth 
 together his friends and neighbors, 
 saying. Rejoice with me, for I have 
 found my sheep which was lost. I 
 say unto you, that likewise joy shall 
 be in heaven over one sinner that re- 
 
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 penteth, more than over ninety and 
 nine just persons, which need no re- 
 pentance. 
 
 Either what woman having ten 
 pieces of silver, if she lose one piece, 
 doth not light a candle, and sweep 
 the house, and seek diligently, till she 
 find it ? And when she hath found 
 it, she calleth her friends and her 
 neighbors together, saying. Rejoice 
 with me ; for I have found the piece 
 which I had lost. Likewise, I say 
 unto you, there is joy in the presence 
 of the angels of God over one sinner 
 that repenteth. 
 
 And he said, 
 
 A certain man had two sons : and 
 the younger of them said to his 
 father. Father, give me the portion 
 of goods that falleth to me. And he 
 divided unto them his living. And 
 not many days after the younger son 
 gathered all together, and took his 
 
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 journey into a far country, and there 
 wasted his substance with riotous liv- 
 ing. And when he had spent all, there 
 arose a mighty famine in that land ; 
 and he began to be in want. And 
 he went and joined himself to a citi- 
 zen of that country ; and he sent him 
 into his fields to feed swine. And 
 he would fain have filled his belly with 
 the husks that the swine did eat ; and 
 no man gave unto him. 
 
 And when he came to himself, he 
 said. How many hired servants of 
 my father’s have bread enough and 
 to spare, and I perish with hunger ! I 
 will arise and go to my father, and will 
 say unto him. Father, I have sinned 
 against heaven, and before thee, and 
 am no more worthy to be called thy 
 son : make me as one of thy hired 
 servants. 
 
 And he arose, and came to his 
 father. But when he was yet a great 
 way off, his father saw him, and had 
 
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 compassion, and ran, and fell on his 
 neck, and kissed him. And the son 
 said unto him. Father, I have sinned 
 against heaven, and in thy sight, and 
 am no more worthy to be called thy 
 son. But the father said to his ser- 
 vants, Bring forth the best robe, 
 and put it on him ; and put a ring 
 on his hand, and shoes on 
 and bring hither the fatted calf, and 
 kill it; and let us eat and be 
 merry : for this my son was dead, 
 and is alive again ; he was lost, and 
 is found. And they began to be 
 merry. 
 
 Now his elder son was in the 
 field : and as he came and drew 
 nigh to the house, he heard music 
 and dancing. And he called one 
 of the servants, and asked what these 
 things meant. And -he said unto 
 him. Thy brother is come ; and thy 
 father hath killed the fatted calf, be- 
 cause he hath received him safe and 
 
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 sound. And he was angry, and 
 would not go in : therefore came his 
 father out and entreated him. 
 
 And he answering said to his 
 father, Lo, these many years do I 
 serve thee, neither transgressed I at 
 any time thy commandment ; and 
 yet thou never gavest me a kid that I 
 might make merry with my friends : 
 but as soon as this thy son was come, 
 which hath devoured thy living with 
 harlots, thou hast killed for him the 
 fatted calf And he said unto him. 
 Son, thou art ever with me, and all 
 that I have is thine. It was meet that 
 we should make merry, and be glad : 
 for this thy brother was dead, and is 
 alive again ; and was lost, and is 
 found. 
 
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 CHAPTER XLVIL 
 
 THE UNJUST STEWARD — ^THE RICH MAN AND LAZARUa 
 
 And he said also unto his disciples, 
 
 There was a certain rich man, 
 which had a steward ; and the same 
 was accused unto him that he had 
 wasted his goods. And he called 
 him, and said unto him, How is it 
 that I hear this of thee ? give an ac- 
 count of thy stewardship ; for thou 
 mayest be no longer steward. 
 
 Then the steward said within him- 
 self, What shall I do ? for my lord 
 taketh away from me the stewardship: 
 I cannot dig ; to beg I am ashamed. 
 I am resolved what to do, that, when 
 I am put out of the stewardship, 
 they may receive me into their houses. 
 
 So he called every one of his lord’s 
 debtors unto him, and said unto the 
 
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 first, H ow much owest thou unto my 
 lord ? And he said, An hundred 
 measures of oil. And he said unto 
 him. Take thy bill, and sit down 
 quickly, and write fifty. Then said 
 he to another. And how much owest 
 thou ? And he said. An hundred 
 measures of wheat. And he said unto 
 him. Take thy bill, and write four- 
 score. 
 
 And the lord commended the un- , 
 just steward, because he had done 
 wisely : for the children of this world 
 are in their generation wiser than the 
 children of light. 
 
 And I say unto you. Make to 
 yourselves friends of the mammon 
 of unrighteousness ; that, when ye 
 fail, they may receive you into ever- 
 lasting habitations. He that is faith- 
 ful in that which is least is faithful 
 also in much: and he that is unjust in 
 the least, is unjust also in much. 
 
 If therefore ye have not been faith- 
 
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 ful in the unrighteous mammon, who 
 will commit to your trust the true 
 riches? And if ye have not been 
 faithful in that which is another 
 man’s, who shall give you that which 
 is your own ? 
 
 No man can serve two masters : 
 for either he will hate the one, and 
 love the other, or else he will hold to 
 the one, and despise the other. Ye 
 cannot serve God and mammon. 
 
 And the Pharisees also, who were covetous, heard 
 all these things : and they derided him. And he said 
 unto them. 
 
 Ye are they which justify your- 
 selves before men ; but God know- 
 eth your hearts : for that which is 
 highly esteemed among men is abom- 
 ination in the sight of God. 
 
 The law and the prophets were 
 until John : since that time the king- 
 dom of God is preached, and every 
 man presseth/ into it. And it is 
 easier for heaven and earth to pass. 
 
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 than one tittle of the law to fail. 
 Whosoever putteth away his wife, 
 and marrieth another, committeth 
 adultery : and whosoever marrieth 
 her that is put away from her husband 
 committeth adultery. 
 
 There was a certain rich man, 
 which was clothed in purple and fine 
 linen, and fared sumptuously every 
 day : and there was a certain beggar 
 named Lazarus, which was laid at 
 his gate full of sores, and desiring to 
 be fed with the crumbs which fell 
 from the rich man s table : moreover 
 the dogs came and licked his sores. 
 And it came to pass, that the. beggar 
 died, and was carried by the angels 
 into Abraham’s bosom : the rich man 
 also died and' was buried ; and in 
 hell he lift up his eyes, being in tor- 
 ments, and seeth Abraham afar off, 
 and Lazarus in his bosom. And he 
 cried and said. Father Abraham have 
 mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that 
 
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 he may dip the tip of his finger in 
 water, and cool my tongue : for I am 
 tormented in this flame. 
 
 But Abraham said, Son, remem- 
 ber that thou in thy lifetime receiv- 
 edst thy good things, and likewise 
 Lazarus evil things : but now he is 
 comforted, and thou art tormented. 
 And besides all this, between us and 
 you there is a great gulf fixed : so 
 that they which would pass from 
 hence to you cannot; neither can 
 they pass to us, that would come from 
 thence. 
 
 Then he said, I pray thee there- 
 fore, father, that thou wouldest send 
 him to my father’s house : for I have 
 five brethren ; that he may testify 
 unto them, lest they also come into 
 this place of torment. Abraham 
 saith unto him. They have Moses 
 and the prophets ; let them hear 
 them. And he said. Nay, father 
 Abraham : but if one went unto 
 
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 them from the dead, they will repent. 
 And he said unto him, If they hear 
 not Moses and the prophets, neither 
 will they be persuaded, though one 
 rose from the dead. 
 
 OF GIVING OFFENCE — TEN LEPERS — SECOND COMING OF 
 
 JESUS. 
 
 It is impossible but that offences 
 will come: but woe unto him, through 
 whom they come! It were better 
 for him that a millstone were hanged 
 about his neck, and he cast into the 
 sea, than that he should offend one 
 of these little ones. 
 
 Take heed to yourselves: If thy 
 brother trespass against thee, rebuke 
 him ; and if he repent, forgive him. 
 And if he trespass against thee seven 
 
 CHAPTER XLVIII. 
 
 
 said he unto his disciples, 
 
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 times in a day, and seven times in a 
 day turn again to thee, saying, I re- 
 pent ; thou shalt forgive him. 
 
 And the apostles said unto the Lord, Increase our 
 faith. And the Lord said, 
 
 If ye had faith as a grain of mus- 
 tard seed, ye might say unto this sy- 
 camine tree. Be thou plucked up by 
 the root, and be thou planted in the 
 sea; and it should obey you. But 
 which of you, having a servant plow- 
 ing or feeding cattle, will say unto 
 him by and by, when he is come 
 from the field. Go and sit down to 
 meat ? And will not rather say unto 
 him. Make ready wherewith I may 
 sup, and gird thyself, and serve me, 
 till 1 have eaten and drunken ; and 
 afterward thou shalt eat and drink ? 
 Doth he thank that servant because 
 he did the things that were comman- 
 ded him ? I trow not. So likewise 
 ye, when ye shall have done all those 
 things which are commanded you, 
 
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 say, We are unprofitable servants : 
 we have done that which was our ' 
 
 And it came to pass, as he Avent to Jerusalem, that 
 he passed through the midst of Samaria and Galilee. 
 And as he entered into a certain village, there met 
 him ten men that were lepers, which stood afar off" 
 and they lifted up their voices, and said, Jesus, 
 Master, have mercy on us. And when he saw them, 
 he said unto them. 
 
 Go shew yourselves unto the 
 priests. 
 
 And it came to pass, that, as they went, they were 
 cleansed. And one of them, when he saw, that he 
 was healed, turned back, and with a loud voice 
 glorified God. And fell down on his face at his feet, 
 giving him thanks : and he was a Samaritan. And 
 Jesus answering said, 
 
 W ere there not ten cleansed ? but 
 where are the nine ? There are not 
 found that returned to give glory to 
 God, save this stranger. 
 
 And he said unto him. 
 
 Arise, go thy way : thy faith hath 
 made thee whole. 
 
 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished 
 these sayings, he departed from Galilee, and came 
 into the coasts of Judea, by the farther side of Jor- 
 
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 dan: and great multitudes followed him; and he 
 healed them there ; and as he was wont, he taught 
 them again. And when he was demanded of the 
 Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, 
 he answered them and said, 
 
 The kingdom of God cometh not 
 with observation : neither shall they 
 say, Lo here ! or, lo there ! for, be- 
 hold, the kingdom of God is within 
 you. 
 
 And he said unto the disciples, 
 
 The days will come, when ye shall 
 desire to see one of the days of the 
 Son of man, and ye shall not see it. 
 And they shall say to you. See here; 
 or, see there : go not' after them, nor 
 follow them. For as the lightning, 
 that lighteneth out of the one part 
 under heaven, shineth unto the other 
 part under heaven ; so shall also the 
 Son of man be in his day. But first 
 must he suffer many things, and be 
 rejected of this- generation. And as 
 it was in the days of Noe, so shall it 
 be also in the days of the Son of 
 
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 man. They did eat, they drank, they 
 married wives, they were given in 
 marriage, until the day that Noe en- 
 tered into the ark, and the flood came, 
 and destroyed them all. 
 
 Likewise also as it was in the 
 days of Lot ; they did eat, they 
 drank, they bought, they sold, they 
 planted, they builded ; but the same 
 day that Lot went out of Sodom it 
 rained fire and brimstone from 
 heaven, and destroyed them all. 
 Even thus shall it be in the day 
 when the Son of man is revealed. I n 
 that day, he which shall be upon the 
 housetop, and his stuff in the house, 
 let him not come down to take it 
 away ; and he that is in the field, let 
 him likewise not return back. Re- 
 member Lot’s wife. 
 
 Whosoever shall seek to save his 
 life shall lose it ; and whosoever shall 
 lose his life shall preserve it. I tell 
 you, in that night there shall be two 
 
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 men in one bed ; the one shall be 
 taken, and the other left. T wo wo7nen 
 shall be grinding together ; the one 
 shall be taken, and the other left. 
 Two men shall be in the field : the 
 one shall be taken, and the other left. 
 
 And they answered and said unto him, Where, 
 Lord? And he said unto them. 
 
 Wheresoever the body is, thither 
 will the eagles be gathered together. 
 
 CHAPTER XLIX. 
 
 IMPORTUNATE WIDOW — MARRIAGE — CHILDREN BROUGHT 
 TO JESUS. 
 
 ^ND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that 
 men ought always to pray, and not to faint; ^ 
 saying. 
 
 There was in a city a judge, which 
 feared not God, neither regarded man : 
 and there was a widow in that city; 
 and she came unto him, saying. 
 Avenge me of mine adversary. And 
 he would not for a while but after- 
 
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 ward he said within himself, Though 
 I fear not God, nor regard man : yet 
 because this widow troubleth me, I 
 will avenge her, lest by her continual 
 coming she weary me. 
 
 And the Lord said, 
 
 H ear what the unjust judge saith. 
 And shall not God avenge his own 
 elect, which cry day and night unto 
 him, though he bear long with them ? 
 I tell you that he will avenge them 
 speedily. Nevertheless when the 
 Son of man cometh, shall he find 
 faith on the earth. 
 
 And he spake this parable unto certain which 
 trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and 
 despised others: 
 
 Two men went up into the temple 
 to pray ; the one a Pharisee, and the 
 other a publican. The Pharisee 
 stood and prayed thus with himself, 
 God, I thank thee, that I am not as 
 other men are, extortioners, unjust, 
 adulterers, or even as this publican. I 
 
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 fast twice in the week, I give tithes 
 of all that I possess. 
 
 And the publican, standing afar off, 
 would not lift up so much as his eyes 
 unto heaven, but smote upon his 
 breast, saying, God be merciful to me a 
 sinner. I tell you, this man went down 
 to his house justified rather than the 
 other : for every one that exalteth 
 himself shall be abased ; and he that 
 humbleth himself shall be exalted. 
 
 The Pharisees also came unto him, tempting him, 
 and saying unto him. Is it lawful for aman to put away 
 his wife for every cause? And he answered and said 
 unto them, 
 
 What did Moses command you ? 
 
 And they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of 
 divorcement, and to put her away. And Jesus ans- 
 wered and said unto them, 
 
 For the hardness of your heart he 
 wrote you this precept. Have ye 
 not read, that from the beginning of 
 the creation God made them male 
 and female, and said. For this cause 
 shall a man leave father and mother, 
 
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 and shall cleave to his wife : and they 
 twain shall be one flesh ? Where- 
 fore they are no more twain, but one 
 flesh. What therefore God hath 
 joined together, let not man put 
 asunder. 
 
 They say unto him, Why did Moses then com- 
 mand to give a writing of divorcement, and to put 
 her away? he saith unto them, 
 
 Moses because of the hardness of 
 your hearts suffered you to put away 
 your wives : but from the beginning 
 it was not- so. And I say unto you. 
 Whosoever shall put away his wife, 
 except it be for fornication, and shall 
 marry another, committeth adultery : 
 and whoso marrieth her which is put 
 away doth commit adultery. 
 
 And in the house his disciples asked him again of 
 the same matter. And he saith unto them. 
 
 Whosoever shall put away his 
 wife, and marry another, committeth 
 adultery against her. And if a wo- 
 man shall put away her husband and 
 
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 be married to another, she commit- 
 teth adultery. 
 
 His disciples say unto him, If the case of the man 
 be so with Ms wife, it is not good to marry. But he 
 said unto them. 
 
 All men cannot receive this saying, 
 save they to whom it is given. For 
 there are some eunuchs, which were 
 so born from their mother’s womb : 
 and there are some eunuchs, which 
 were made eunuchs of men : and 
 there be eunuchs, which have made 
 themselves eunuchs for the kingdom 
 of heaven’s sake. He that is able to 
 receive it, let him receive it. 
 
 Then were there brought unto him little children, 
 that he should put liis hands on them and pray : but 
 when Ms disciples saw it. they rebuked those that 
 brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much 
 displeased, and said unto them. 
 
 Suffer the little children to come 
 unto me, and forbid them not : for 
 of such is the kingdom of God. 
 Verily I say unto you. Whosoever 
 shall not receive the kingdom of God 
 
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 as a little child, he shall not enter 
 therein. 
 
 And he took them np in his arms, put his hands 
 upon them, and blessed them, and departed thence. 
 
 CHAPTER L. 
 
 YOUNG RULER — WARNING TO THE RICH — PARABLE OF 
 LABOURERS. 
 
 f ND when he was gone forth into the way, there 
 came one running, and kneeled to himj and said 
 unto him. Good Master, what good thing shall I do, 
 that I may have eternal life? And Jesus said unto 
 him. 
 
 Why callest thou me good ? there 
 is none good but one, that is, God : 
 but if thou wilt enter into life, keep 
 the commandments. 
 
 He saith unto him. Which? Jesus said. 
 
 Thou knowest the commandments. 
 Thou shalt do no murder. Thou 
 shalt not commit adultery. Thou 
 shalt not steal. Thou shalt not bear 
 
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 false witness, Defraud not, Honor 
 thy father and mother, and. Thou 
 shalt love thy neighbor as thyself. 
 
 The young man saith unto him, Master, all these 
 things have I kept from my youth up : what lack I 
 yet? Then Jesus beholding him loved him, and said 
 unto him. 
 
 One thing thou lackest : if thou 
 wilt be perfect, go thy way, sell what- 
 soever thou hast, and give to the 
 poor, and thou shalt have treasure in 
 heaven : and come, take up the cross, 
 and follow me. 
 
 But when the young man heard that saying, he 
 went away sorrowful: for he had great possessions. 
 And when Jesus saw that he was very sorrowful, 
 he looked round about, and saith unto his dis- 
 ciples. 
 
 Verily I say unto you. That a rich 
 man shall hardly enter into the king- 
 dom of heaven ! 
 
 And the disciples were astonished at his words. 
 But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them. 
 
 Children, how hard is it for them 
 that trust in riches to enter into the 
 kingdom of God ! It is easier for a 
 
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 camel to go through the eye of a nee- 
 dle, than for a rich man to enter into 
 the kingdom of God. 
 
 When his disciples heard they were exceedingly 
 amazed, and they were astonished out of measure, 
 saying among themselves. Who then can be saved? 
 And Jesus looking upon them saith. 
 
 With men it is impossible, but 
 not with God : for with God all things 
 are»possible. 
 
 Then answered Peter and said unto him. Behold, 
 we have forsaken, all, and followed thee : what shall 
 we have therefore ? And Jesus said unto them. 
 
 Verily I say unto you. That ye 
 which have followed me, in the re- 
 generation when the Son of man 
 shall sit in the throne of his glory, 
 ye also shall sit upon twelve thrones, 
 judging the twelve tribes of Israel. 
 And every one that hath forsaken 
 houses, or brethren, or sisters, or 
 father, pr mother, or wife, or children, 
 or lands, for my name’s sake, and the 
 gospel’s, shall receive an hundredfold, 
 now in this time, houses, and breth- 
 
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 ren, and sisters, and mothers, and 
 children, and lands, with persecutions ; 
 and in the world to come. eternal life. 
 But many that are first shall be last ; 
 and the last first. 
 
 For the kingdom of heaven is like 
 unto a man that is an householder, 
 which went out early in the morning 
 to hire laborers into his vineyard. 
 And when he had agreed with the 
 laborers for a penny a day, he sent 
 them into his vineyard. And he 
 went out about the third hour, and 
 saw others standing idle in the mar- 
 ket place, and said unto them. 
 Go ye also into the vineyard, and 
 whatsoever is right I will give you. 
 And they went their way. Again 
 he went out about the sixth and ninth 
 hour, and did likewise. 
 
 And about the eleventh hour he 
 went out and found others standing 
 idle, and saith unto them. Why stand 
 ye here all the day idle ? They say 
 
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 unto him, Because no man hath hired 
 us. He saith unto them, Go ye also 
 into the vineyard ; and whatsoever 
 is right, that shall ye receive. 
 
 So when even was come, the lord 
 of the vineyard saith unto his stew- 
 ard, Call the laborers, and give them 
 their hire, beginning from the last 
 unto the first. And when they came 
 that were hired about the eleventh 
 hour, they received every man a 
 penny. But when the first came, 
 they supposed that they should have 
 received more ; and they likewise re- 
 ceived every man a penny. 
 
 And when they had received it, 
 they murmured against the goodman 
 of the house, saying. These last have 
 wrought but one hour, and thou hast 
 made them equal unto us, which have 
 borne the burden and heat of the 
 day. But he answered one of them, 
 and said. Friend, I do thee no 
 wrong : didst not thou agree with me 
 
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 for a penny ? T ake that thine is, and 
 go thy way: I will give unto this 
 last, even as unto thee. Is it not 
 lawful for me to do what I will with 
 mine own ? Is thine eye evil, because 
 I am good ? So the last shall be 
 first, and the first last ; for many be 
 called, but few chosen. 
 
 CHAPTER LI. 
 
 ZEBEDEE’S children — HEALS TWO BLIND MEN NEAR 
 JERICHO. 
 
 S ND they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; 
 
 ' and Jesus went before them: and they were 
 amazed; and as they followed, they were afraid. 
 And he took again the twelve disciples apart in the 
 way, and began to tell them what things should hap- 
 pen unto him, saying, 
 
 Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; 
 and all things that are written by the 
 prophets concerning the Son of man 
 shall be accomplished. And the Son 
 
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 of man shall be betrayed unto the 
 chief priests and unto the scribes, and 
 they shall condemn him to death, 
 and shall deliver him to the Gentiles : 
 and they shall mock him, and shall 
 scourge him, and shall spit upon him, 
 and shall kill him : and the third day 
 he shall rise again. 
 
 And they understood none of these things : and 
 this saying was hid from them, neither knew they 
 the things which were spoken. 
 
 Then came to him the mother of Zebedee’s chil- 
 dren with her sons, James and .John, worshipping 
 him, and desiring a certain thing ot him, saying. 
 Master, we would that thou shouldest do for us 
 whatsoever we shall desire. And he said unto them. 
 
 What would ye that I should do 
 for you ? 
 
 They said unto him. Grant unto us that we may 
 sit, one on thy right hand, and the other on thy left 
 hand, in thy glory. And J esus answered and said. 
 
 Ye know not what ye ask. Are 
 ye able to drink of the cup that I 
 shall drink of, and to be baptized with 
 the baptism that I am baptized with ? 
 
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 They say unto him, We are able. And Jesus said 
 unto them, 
 
 Ye shall indeed drink of the cup 
 that I drink of ; and with the bap- 
 tism that I am baptized withal shall 
 ye be baptized : but to sit on my right 
 hand and on my left hand is not mine 
 to give ; but it shall be given to them 
 for whom it is prepared of my F ather. 
 
 And when the ten heard they were moved with 
 indignation against the two brethren, James and 
 John. But Jesus called them io him^ and saith unto 
 them. 
 
 Ye know that they which are ac- 
 counted to rule over the Gentiles ex- 
 ercise lordship over them ; and their 
 great ones exercise authority upon 
 them. - But so shall it not be among 
 you : but whosoever shall be great 
 among you shall be your minister : 
 and whosoever of you will be the 
 chiefest, shall be servant of all. For 
 even the Son of man came not to 
 be ministered unto, but to minister, 
 and to give his life a ransom for many. 
 
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 And it came to pass, that as he was come nigh 
 unto Jericho, a certain blind man sat by the way 
 side begging : and hearing the multitude pass by, 
 he asked what it meant. And they told him, that 
 Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. And he cried, saying, 
 Jesus, thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And 
 they which went before rebuked him, that he should 
 hold his peace : but he cried so much the more. Thou 
 Son of David, have mercy on me. And Jesus stood, 
 and commanded him to be brought unto him: and 
 when he was come near, he asked him, saying. 
 
 What wilt thou that I shall do 
 unto thee ? 
 
 And he said. Lord, that I may receive my sight. 
 And Jesus said unto him. 
 
 Receive thy sight : thy faith hath 
 saved thee ? 
 
 And immediately he received his sight, and fol- 
 lowed him, glorifying God: and all the people, when 
 they saw it^ gave praise unto God. 
 
 And Jems entered and passed through Jericho: 
 and as he went out of Jericho with his disciples and 
 a great number of people, blind Bartimeus, the son 
 of Timeus, sat by the highway side begging. And 
 when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he 
 began to cry out, and say, Jesus, thou son of David, 
 have mercy on me. And many charged him that he 
 should hold his peace : but he cried the more a great 
 deal. Thou Son of David, have mercy on me. And 
 Jesus stood still, and commanded him to be called. 
 
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 And they call the blind man, saying unto him, Be 
 of good comfort, rise ; he calleth thee, And he, cast- 
 ing away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. And 
 Jesus answered and said unto him, 
 
 What wilt thou that I should do 
 unto thee ? 
 
 The blind man said unto him. Lord, that I might 
 receive my sight. And Jesus said unto him. 
 
 Go thy way ; thy faith hath made 
 thee whole. 
 
 And immediately he received his sight, and fol- 
 lowed Jesus in the way. 
 
 NOBLEMAN & SERVANTS— MARY ANOINTS JESUS. 
 
 ND, behold, there was a man named Zaccheus, which 
 
 was the chief among the publicans, and he was 
 rich. And he sought to see Jesus who he was; and 
 could not for the press, because he was little of stat- 
 ure. And he ran before, and climbed up into a sy- 
 camore tree to see him : for he was to pass that way. 
 And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, 
 and saw him, and said unto him. 
 
 CHAPTER LII. 
 
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 Zaceheus, make haste, and come 
 down : for to day I must abide at 
 thy house. 
 
 And he made haste, and came down, and received 
 him joyiully. And when they saw it, they all mur- 
 mured, saying, That he was gone to be guest with a 
 man that is a sinner. 
 
 And Zaceheus stood and said unto the Lord; Be- 
 hold, Lord, the half of my goods I give to the poor; 
 and if I have taken anything from any man by false 
 accusation, I restore him fourfold. And Jesus said, 
 unto him. 
 
 This day is salvation come to this 
 house, forasmuch as he also is a son 
 of Abraham. For the Son of man 
 is come to seek and to save that 
 which was lost. 
 
 And as they heard these things, he added and 
 spake a parable, because he was nigh to Jerusalem, 
 and because they thought that the kingdom of God 
 should immediately appear. He said therefoi’e, 
 
 A certain nobleman went into a far 
 country to receive for himself a king- 
 dom, and to return. And he called 
 his ten servants, and delivered them 
 ten pounds, and said unto them. 
 Occupy till I come. But his citizens 
 
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 hated him, and sent a message after 
 him, saying. We will not have this 
 man to reign over us. 
 
 > And it came to pass, that when he 
 was returned, having received the 
 kingdom, then he commanded these 
 servants to be called unto him, to 
 whom he had given the money, that 
 he might know how much every man 
 had gained by trading. Then came 
 the first saying. Lord, thy pound 
 hath gained ten pounds. And he 
 said unto him. Well, thou good ser- 
 vant : because thou hast been faith- 
 ful in a very little, have thou authority 
 over ten cities. And the second 
 came, saying. Lord, thy pound hath 
 gained five pounds. And he said 
 likewise to him. Be thou also over 
 five cities. 
 
 And another came, saying. Lord, 
 behold, Aere is thy pound, which I 
 have kept laid up in a napkin; for I 
 feared thee, because thou art an aus- 
 
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 tere man : thou takest up that thou 
 layedst not down, and reapest that 
 thou didst not sow. And he saith 
 unto him, Out of thine own mouth 
 will I judge thee, thou wicked ser- 
 vant. Thou knewest that I was an 
 austere man, taking up that I laid not 
 down, and reaping that I did not 
 sow : Wherefore then gavest not thou 
 my money into the bank, that at my 
 coming I might have required mine 
 own with usury ? 
 
 And he said unto them that stood 
 by. Take from him the pound, and 
 give it to him that hath ten pounds. 
 (And they said unto him. Lord, he 
 hath ten pounds.) For I say unto 
 you. That unto every one which hath 
 shall be given ; and from him that 
 hath not, even that he hath shall be 
 taken away from him. But those 
 mine enemies, which would not that 
 I should reign over them, bring hither, 
 and slay them before me. 
 
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 And when he had thus spoken, he went before, 
 ascending up to Jerusalem. And the Jews’ passover 
 was nigh at hand; and many went out of the coun- 
 try up to Jerusalem, before the passover, to purify 
 themselves. 
 
 Then sought they for Jesus, and spake among 
 themselves, as they stood in the temple. What think 
 ye, that he will not come to the feast? Now boih 
 the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a com- 
 mandment, that if any man knew where he were, 
 he should shew that they might take him. Then 
 Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, 
 where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he 
 raised from the dead. 
 
 Now when Jesus was in.Bethany, in the house of 
 Simon the leper there they made him a supper; and 
 Martha served; but Lazarus was one of them that 
 sat at the table with him. Then took Mary an alabas- 
 ter box of a pound of ointment of spikenard, very 
 costly, and she brake the box, and poured it 
 on his head, as he sat ut meat^ and anointed the 
 feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and 
 the house was filled Avith the odour of the ointment. 
 
 But when his disciples saw it, then saith one of 
 his disciples, Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son^ Avhich 
 should betray him, why was not this ointment sold 
 for three hundred pence, and given to the poor? 
 This he said, not that he cared for the poor; but 
 because he was a thief, and had the bag, and bare 
 what was put therein. 
 
 And there were some that had indignation within 
 themselves, and said. Why was this waste of the 
 ointment made? For it might have been sold for 
 more than three hundred pence, and have been given 
 
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 to the poor. And they murmured against her. 
 When Jesus understood he said unto them, 
 
 Why trouble ye the woman ? Let 
 her alone : why trouble ye her ? she 
 hath wrought a good work on me : 
 against the day of my burying hath 
 she kept this. For ye have the poor 
 with you always, and whensoever ye 
 will ye may do them good : but me 
 ye have not always. She hath done 
 what she could : for in that she hath 
 poured this ointment on my body, 
 she is come aforehand to anoint my 
 body to the burying. Verily I say 
 unto you. Wheresoever this gospel 
 shall be preached throughout the 
 whole world, there shall also this, that 
 this woman hath done, be told for a 
 memorial of her. 
 
 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he 
 was there: and they came not for Jesus’ sake only, 
 but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had 
 raised from the dead. But the chief priests consul- 
 ted that they might put Lazarus also to death; be- 
 cause that by reason of him many of the Jews went 
 away, and believed on Jesus. 
 
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 CHAPTER LIIL 
 
 TRIUMPHANT ENTRANCE OF JESUS INTO JERUSALEM. 
 
 f N the next day much people that were come to 
 the feast, when they heard that Jesus was coming 
 to Jerusalem, took branches of palm trees, and went 
 forth to meet him, and cried. Hosanna : Blessed is 
 the King of Israel that cometh in the name of the 
 Lord. 
 
 And when they drew nigh unto Jerusalem, and 
 were come nigh to Bethphage and Bethany, at the 
 mount called the mount of Olives, then sent Jesus 
 two disciples, saying unto them. 
 
 Go into the village over against 
 you, and straightway, as soon as ye 
 enter into it, ye shall find an ass tied, 
 and a colt with her, whereon yet 
 never man sat ; loose theMy and bring 
 them unto me. And if any man say 
 unto you. Why do ye this ? say ye 
 that the Lord hath need of them ; 
 and straightway he will send them 
 hither. 
 
All this was done, that i- might be fulfilled, which 
 was spoken by the prophet, saying. Tell ye the 
 daughter of Sion, Behold, thy King cometh unto 
 thee, meek and sitting upon an ass, and a colt the 
 foal of an ass. 
 
 And the disciples that were sent went their way, 
 and found even as he had said unto them, the colt 
 tied by the door without in a place where two ways 
 met ; and they loose him. And as they were loosing 
 the colt, the owners thereof said unto them, Why 
 loose ye the colt ? And they said, The Lord hath 
 need of him; even as Jesus had commanded: and 
 they let them go. 
 
 And they brought the ass and the colt to Jesus : 
 and they cast their garments upon the colt, and they 
 set Jesus thereon ; as it is written. Fear not, daughter 
 of Sion : behold, thy King cometh, sitting on an ass’s 
 colt. These things understood not his disciples at 
 the first : but when Jesus was glorified, then remem- 
 bered they that these things were written of him, 
 and that they had done these things unto him. 
 
 And as he went, a very great multitude spread 
 their garments in the way ; others cut down branches 
 from the trees, and strewed them in the way. 
 
 And when he was come nigh, even now at the 
 descent of the mount of Olives, the whole multitude 
 of the disciples began to rejoice and praise God with 
 a loud voice for all the mighty works that they had 
 seen ; saying. Blessed he the King that cometh in the 
 name of the Lord : peace in heaven, and glory in 
 the highest. 
 
 The people therefore that was with him when he 
 called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from 
 the dead, bare record. For this cause the people 
 
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 also met him, for that they heard that he had done 
 this miracle. 
 
 And some of the Pharisees from among the mul- 
 titude said unto him, Master, rebuke thy disciples. 
 And he answered and said unto them, 
 
 I tell you that, if these should hold 
 their peace, the stones would imme- 
 diately cry out. 
 
 And the multitudes that went before, and that 
 followed, cried, saying. Hosanna to the son of David : 
 Blessed is he that cometh in the name of the Lord : 
 Hosanna in the highest. Blessed be the kingdom of 
 our father David, that cometh in the name of the 
 Lord: Ho.sann a in the highest. 
 
 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, 
 and wept over it, saying. 
 
 If thou hadst known, even thou, 
 at least in this thy day, the things 
 which belong unto thy peace ! but 
 nov/ they are hid from thine eyes. 
 For the days shall come upon thee, 
 that thine enemies shall cast a trench 
 about thee, and compass thee round, 
 and keep thee in on every side. And 
 shall lay thee even with the ground, 
 and thy children within thee ; and 
 they shall not leave in thee one stone 
 
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 upon another ; because thou knewest 
 not the time of thy visitation. 
 
 And when he was come into Jerusalem, all the 
 city wfis moved, saying, Who is this? And the mul- 
 titude said, This- is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth 
 of Galilee. And Jesus entered into Jerusalem and 
 into the temple. 
 
 The Pharisees therefore said among themselves. 
 Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the 
 world is gone after him. 
 
 And the blind and the lame came to him in the 
 temple; and he healed them. And when the chief 
 priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he 
 did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying. 
 Hosanna to the son of David ; they were sore dis- 
 pleased, and said unto him. blearest thou what 
 these say? And Jesus saith unto them, 
 
 Yea; have ye never read; Out of 
 the mouth of. babes and sucklings 
 thou hast perfected praise ? 
 
 And when he had looked round about upon all 
 things, and now the eventide was come, he went 
 out. 
 
CHAPTER LIV. 
 
 GREEKS WISH TO SEE JESUS— BARREN PIG TREE. 
 
 ^ND there were certain Greeks among them that 
 ^ came up to worship at the feast : the same came 
 therefore to Philip, which was of Bethsaida of Ga- 
 lilee, and desired him, saying. Sir, we would see 
 Jesus. Philip cometh and telleth Andrew : and 
 again Andrew and Philip tell Jesus. And Jesus 
 answered them, saying. 
 
 The hour is come, that the Son 
 of man should be glorified. Verily, 
 verily, I say unto you. Except a corn 
 of wheat fall into the ground and 
 die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it 
 bringeth forth much fruit. He that 
 loveth his life shall lose it; and he 
 that hateth his life in this world shall 
 keep it unto life eternal. If any man 
 serve me, let him follow me ; and 
 where I am there shall also my ser- 
 vant be : if any man serve me, 
 him will my Father honor. Now is 
 
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 my soul troubled ; and what shall I 
 say? Father, save me from this 
 hour : but for this cause came 1 unto 
 this hour. Father, glorify thy name. 
 
 Then came there a voice from heaven, saying^ I 
 have both glorified and will glorify it again. The 
 people therefore that stood by, and heard it^ said 
 that it thundered: others said. An Angel spake to 
 him. 
 
 Jesus answered and said, 
 
 This voice came not because of 
 me, but for your sakes. Now is the 
 judgment of this world : now shall 
 the prince of this world be cast out. 
 And I, if I be lifted up from the 
 earth, will draw all men unto me. 
 
 This he said, signifying what death he should die. 
 The people answered him. We have heard out of 
 the law that Christ abideth for ever; and how sayest 
 thou. The son of man must be lifted up? Who is this 
 son of man? Then Jesus said unto them, 
 
 Yet a little while is the light with 
 you. Walk while ye have the light, 
 lest darkness come upon you ; for he 
 that walketh in darkness knoweth not 
 whither he goeth. While ye have 
 
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 light, believe in the light, that ye 
 may be the children of light. 
 
 These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did 
 hide himself fi’orn them. And he left them, and 
 went out of the city into Bethany, Avith the twelve; 
 and lodged there. 
 
 And on the morrow, in the morning, when they 
 were come from Bethany, as he returned into the 
 city, he hungered. And when he saw a fig ti’ee in 
 the way, afar olf having leaves, he came, if haply he 
 might find any thing thereon; and when he came 
 to it, he found nothing but leaves; for the time of 
 figs was not yet. And Jesus answered and said 
 unto it, 
 
 No man eat fruit of thee hereafter 
 for ever. 
 
 And his disciples heard it. And presently the fig 
 tree withered away. And when the disciples saw it, 
 they marvelled, saying. How soon is the fig tree 
 withered away! Jesus answered and said unto them. 
 
 Verily I say unto you. If ye have 
 faith, and doubt not, ye shall not 
 only do this which is done to the fig 
 tree, but also if ye shall say unto this 
 mountain. Be thou removed, and be 
 thou cast into the sea; it shall be 
 done. And all things, whatsoever ye 
 
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 shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall 
 receive. 
 
 And they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into 
 the temple of God, and began to cast out them that 
 sold therein, and them that bought in the temple, 
 and overthrew the tables of the money changers, and 
 the seats of them that sold doves; and would not 
 suffer that any man should carry ann vessel through 
 the temple. And he taught, saying unto them, 
 
 Is it not written, My house shall 
 be called of all nations the house of 
 prayer ? but ye have made it a den 
 of thieves. 
 
 And the scribes and chief priests heard it. And 
 he taught daily in the temple. But the chief priests 
 and the scribes and the chief of the people sought 
 to destroy him, and could not find what they might 
 do: for they feared him, because all the people was 
 astonished at his doctrine (and were very attentive to 
 hear him.) And when even was come, he went out 
 of the city. 
 
 And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw 
 the fig tree dried up from the roots. And Peter 
 calling to remembrance saith unto him. Master, be- 
 hold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered 
 away. And Jesus anwering saith unto them, 
 
 H ave faith in God. For verily I 
 say unto you. That whosoever shall 
 
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 say anto this mountain, Be thou re- 
 moved, and be thou cast into the 
 sea ; and shall not doubt in his heart, 
 but shall believe that those things 
 which he saith shall come to pass, he 
 shall have whatsoever he saith. 
 Therefore I say unto you. What 
 things soever ye desire, when ye pray, 
 believe that ye receive them, and ye 
 shall have them. And when ye stand 
 praying, forgive, if ye have ought 
 against any ; that your Father also, 
 which is in heaven, may forgive you 
 your trespasses. But if ye do not 
 forgive, neither will your Father 
 which is in heaven forgive your tres- 
 passes. 
 
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 I CHAPTER LV. 
 
 PHARISEES QUESTION HIS AUTHORITY — PARABLE OF 
 THE HOUSEHOLDER AND HIS VINEYARD. 
 
 S ND they come again to Jerusalem: and it came 
 to pass, that on one of those days, as he taught 
 the people in the temple, and preached the gospel, 
 the chief priests and the scribes, and the elders of 
 the people came unto him as he was teaching, and 
 spake unto him, saying. Tell us, by what authority 
 doest thou these things? or who is he that gave thee 
 this authority to do these things? 
 
 And Jesus answered and said unto them, 
 
 I will also ask of you one question, 
 which if ye tell me, I in likewise will 
 tell you by what authority I do these 
 things. The baptism of John, 
 whence was it ? from heaven, or of 
 men ? answer me. 
 
 And they reasoned with themselves, saying. If 
 we shall say. From heaven ; he will say. Why then 
 did ye not believe him ? But if we shall say, Of 
 men : all the people will stone us : for all men coun- 
 ted John, that he was a prophet indeed. And they 
 
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 answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot tell. And 
 Jesus answering saith unto them, 
 
 Neither do I tell you by what 
 authority I do these things. 
 
 But what think ye ? A certain 
 man had two sons ; and he came to 
 the first, and said, Son, go work to- 
 day in my vineyard. He answered 
 and said, I will not : but afterward he 
 repented, and went. And he came 
 to the second, and said likewise. 
 And he answered and said, I go, 
 sir : arid went not. Whether of them 
 twain did the will of his father ? 
 
 They say unto him. The first. Jesus saith unto 
 them, 
 
 Verily I say unto you. That the 
 publicans and the harlots go into the 
 kingdom of God before you. For 
 John came unto you in the way of 
 righteousness, and ye believed him 
 not; but the publicans and the har- 
 lots believed him : and ye, when ye 
 
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 had seen it, repented not afterward, 
 that ye might believe him. 
 
 Hear another parable: 
 
 There was a certain householder, 
 which planted a vineyard, and hedged 
 it round about, and digged a wine- 
 press in it, and built a tower, and let 
 it out to husbandmen, and went into 
 a far country, for a long time. And 
 at the season when the time of the 
 fruit drew near, he sent to the hus- 
 bandmen a servant, that he might 
 receive from the husbandmen of the 
 fruit of the vineyard. And the 
 husbandmen caught him, and beat 
 him, and sent him away empty. 
 
 And again he sent unto them 
 another servant ; and at him they 
 cast stones, and wounded him in 
 the head, and entreated him shame- 
 fully, and sent him away empty. 
 And again he sent a third : and him 
 they killed, and cast him out. And 
 
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 many others ; beating some, and kill- 
 ing some. 
 
 Having yet therefore one son, his 
 well beloved, then said the lord of 
 the vineyard. What shall I do ? I 
 will send my beloved son: he sent 
 him also last unto them, saying. It 
 may be they will reverence himy when 
 they see him. But when the hus- 
 bandmen saw him, they reasoned 
 among themselves, saying. This is 
 the heir: come, let us kill him, that 
 the inheritance may be ours. So 
 they cast him out of the vineyard, 
 and killed him. When the Lord 
 therefore of the vineyard cometh, 
 what will he do unto those husband- 
 men ? They say unto him. He will 
 miserably destroy those wicked men, 
 and will let out his vineyard unto 
 other husbandmen, which shall ren- 
 der him the fruits in their season. 
 
 And when they heard they said, God forbid. 
 And he beheld them, and said unto them, 
 
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 Did ye never read in the Scrip- 
 tures, The stone which the builders 
 rejected, the same is become the 
 head of the corner : this is the 
 
 Lord’s doing, and it is marvellous in 
 our eyes? Therefore I say unto you, 
 ^ The kingdom of God shall be taken 
 from you, and given to a nation 
 bringing forth the fruits thereof 
 And whosoever shall fall on this 
 stone shall be broken : but on whom- 
 soever it shall fall, it will grind him to 
 powder. 
 
 And when the chief priests and Pharisees had 
 heard his parables, they perceived that he spake of 
 them. But when they sought the same hour to lay 
 hands on him, they feared the multitude, because 
 they took him for a prophet; for they knew that he 
 had spoken the parable against them; and they left 
 him, and went their way. 
 
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 CHAPTER LVL 
 
 THE MARRIAGE FEAST TRIBUTE TO CESAR JEWISH IN- 
 
 FIDELITY. 
 
 Jesus answered and spake unto them aigain 
 by parables, and said, 
 
 The kingdom of heaven is like 
 unto a certain king, which made a 
 marriage for his son, and sent forth 
 his servants to call them that were 
 bidden to the wedding: and they 
 would not come. Again, he sent 
 forth other servants, saying. Tell 
 them which are bidden. Behold, 1 
 have prepared my dinner: my oxen 
 and my fadings are killed, and all 
 things are ready: come unto the 
 marriage. But they made light of it, 
 and went their ways, one to his farm, 
 another to his merchandise: and the 
 remnant took his servants, and en- 
 
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 treated them spitefully, and slew 
 them. 
 
 But when the king heard thereof, 
 he was wroth : and sent forth his 
 armies, and destroyed those murder- 
 ers, and burned up their city. Then 
 saith he to his servants. The wedding 
 is ready, but they which were bidden 
 were not worthy. Go ye therefore 
 into the highways, and as many as ye 
 shall find, bid to the marriage. So 
 those servants went out into the 
 highways, and gathered all as many 
 as they found, both bad and good : 
 and the wedding was furnished with 
 guests. 
 
 And when the king came in to see 
 the guests, he saw there a man which 
 had not on a wedding garment ; and 
 he saith unto him, Friend, how 
 earnest thou in hither not having a 
 wedding garment ? And he was 
 speechless. Then said the king to 
 the servants. Bind him hand and foot. 
 
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 and take him away, and cast him 
 into outer darkness ; there shall be 
 weeping and gnashing of teeth. For 
 many are called, but few are chosen. 
 
 Then went the Pharisees, and took counsel how 
 they might entangle him in Ms talk. And they 
 watched Mm, and sent forth spies, certain of the 
 Pharisees and of the Herodians, which should feign 
 themselves just men, that they might take hold of 
 his words, that so they might deliver him unto the 
 power and authority of the governor. 
 
 And when they were come, they say unto him. 
 Master, we know that thou art true, and teachest the 
 way of God in truth, neither carest thou for any 
 man: for thou regardest not the person of men, but 
 teachest the way of God in truth. Tell us therefore. 
 What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute 
 unto Cesar, of not? Shall we give, or shall we not 
 give? But Jesus perceived their wickedness, and said. 
 
 Why tempt ye me, ye hypocrites ? 
 Shew me the tribute money ; bring 
 me a penny, that I may see it 
 
 And they brought unto him a penny. And he 
 saith unto them. 
 
 Whose is this image and super- 
 scription ? 
 
 They say unto him, Cesar’s. Then saith he unto 
 them, 
 
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 Render therefore unto Cesar the 
 things which are Cesar’s ; and unto 
 God the things that are God’s. 
 
 And they could not take hold of his words before 
 the people. When they had heard these words, they 
 marvelled at his answer and held their peace, and 
 left him, and went their way. 
 
 The same day came to him certain of the Saddu- 
 cees, which deny that there is any resurrection ; and 
 they asked him, saying. Master, Moses wrote unto 
 us. If any man’s brother die, and leave Ms wife be- 
 hind him, and leave no children, that his brother 
 shall marry his wife, and raise up seed unto his 
 brother. 
 
 Now there were with us seven brethren; and the 
 first, when he had married a wife, died, and having 
 no issue, left his wife unto his brother : and the 
 second took her to wife, and he died childless. And 
 the third took her; and in like manner the seven 
 also: and they left no children, and died. Last of 
 all the woman died also. Therefore in the resurrec- 
 tion, when they shall rise, whose wife shall she be 
 of the seven? for they all had her to wife. And 
 Jesus answering said unto them. 
 
 Do ye not therefore err, because 
 ye know not the Scriptures, neither 
 the power of God ? • The children 
 of this world marry, and are given 
 in marriage : but they which shall be 
 
2?8 
 
 accounted worthy to obtain that 
 world, and the resurrection from the 
 dead, neither marry, nor are given in 
 marriage : neither can they die any 
 more : for they are equal unto the 
 angels of God in heaven ; and are 
 the children of God, being the chil- 
 dren of the resurrection. 
 
 And as touching the dead, that 
 they rise : have ye not read in the 
 book of Moses, how in the bush 
 God spake unto him, saying, I am 
 the God of Abraham, and the God 
 of Isaac, and the God of Jacob ? 
 He is not the God of the dead, but 
 the God of the living ; for all live 
 unto him. Ye therefore do greatly 
 err. 
 
 And when the multitude heard ihis^ they were 
 astonished at his doctrine. Then certain of the 
 scribes answering said, Master, thou hast well said. 
 And after that they durst not ask him any qmsUon 
 at all 
 
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 CHAPTER LVIL 
 
 JESUS ANSWERS SADDUCEES AND PHARISEES WIDOWS 
 
 OFFERING. 
 
 ^UT when the Pharisees had heard that he had put 
 ^ the Sadducees to silence, they w'ere gathered 
 toirether. And one of the scribes tvhich vms a law- 
 yer, came, and havingheard themreasoningtogether, 
 and perceiving that he had answered them well, 
 asked Mm a question^ tempting him, and saying, 
 Master, which is the great commandment in the law ? 
 Which is the First commandment of all ? 
 
 And Jesus answered him. 
 
 The first of all the command- 
 ments is, Hear, O Israel, The Lord 
 our God is one Lord : and thou shalt 
 love the Lord thy God with all thy 
 heart, and with all thy soul, and with 
 all thy mind, and with all thy 
 strength : this is the first and great 
 commandment. And the second is 
 like unto it. Thou shalt love thy 
 neighbor as thyself. On these two 
 
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 commandments hang all the law and 
 the prophets. There is none other 
 commandment greater than these. 
 
 f 
 
 And the scribe said nnto him, Well Mastei', thou 
 hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there 
 is none other but he: and to love him with all the 
 heart, and with all the understanding, and with all 
 the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his 
 neighbor as himself, is more than all whole bi.irnt 
 offerings and sacrifices. 
 
 And when Jesus saw that he answered discreetlv, 
 he said unto him, 
 
 Thou art not far from the kingdom 
 of God. 
 
 And no man after that durst ask him any 
 question. 
 
 While the Pharisees were gathered together, Jesus 
 asked them, saying. 
 
 What think ye of Christ ? whose 
 son is he ? 
 
 They say unto him. The Son of David. He saith 
 unto them, 
 
 H ow then doth David in spirit 
 call him Lord ? 
 
 And Jesus answered and said, while he taught in 
 the temple, 
 
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 How say the scribes that Christ 
 is the Son of David ? F or David 
 himself saith by the Holy Ghost, in 
 the book of Psalms, The Lord said 
 to my Lord, Sit thou on my right 
 hand, till I make thine enemies thy 
 footstool. David therefore himself 
 calleth him Lord ; and whence is he 
 then his son ? 
 
 And no man was able to answer him a word : and 
 the common people heard him gladly : neither durst 
 any man from that day forth ask him any more 
 questions. 
 
 Then in the audience of all the people he said 
 unto his disciples, in his doctrine, 
 
 Beware of the scribes, which love 
 to go in long clothing, and love salu- 
 tations in the market places, and the 
 chief seats in the synagogues, and 
 the uppermost rooms at feasts : which 
 devour widows’ houses, and for a 
 pretence make long prayers : these 
 shall receive greater damnation. 
 
 And Jesus sat over against the treasury. And he 
 looked up, and saw the people casting their gifts 
 
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 into tlic treasury. And many that were rich cast in 
 much. And there came a certain poor widow, and 
 she threw in two mites, which make a farthing. And 
 he called unto him his disciples, and saith unto them, 
 
 1 Verily I say unto you, That this 
 poor widow hath cast more in, than 
 all they which have cast into the 
 treasury : for all they did cast in of 
 their abundance, unto the offerings of 
 God : but she of her want did cast 
 in all that she had, even all her 
 living. 
 
 But though he had done so many miracles before 
 them, yet they believed not on him : that the saying 
 of Esaias the prophet might be fulfilled, which he 
 spake. Lord, who hath believed our report? and to 
 whom hath the arm of the Lord been revealed? 
 Therefore they could not believe, because that Esaias 
 said again. He hath blinded their eyes, and hardened 
 their heart; that they should not see with their 
 nor understand with their heart, and be converted, 
 and I should heal them. 
 
 These things said Esaias, when he saw his glory, and 
 spake of him. Nevertheless among the chief rulers 
 also many believed on him; but because of the 
 Pharisees they did not confess 7nm, lest they should 
 be put out of the synagogue: for they loved the 
 praise of men more than the praise of God. Jesus 
 cried and said, 
 
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 He that believeth on me, believeth 
 not on me, but on him that sent me. 
 And he that seeth me seeth him that 
 sent me. I am come a light into the 
 world, that whosoever believeth on 
 me should not abide in darkness. 
 And if any man hear my words, and 
 believe not, I judge him not : for I 
 came not to judge the world, but to 
 save the world. 
 
 He that reje.cteth me, and receiv- 
 ed! not my words, hath one that 
 judgeth him : the word that I have 
 spoken, the same shall judge him in 
 the last day. For I have not spoken 
 of myself ; but the Father which sent 
 me, he gave me a commandment, 
 what I should say, and what I should 
 speak. And I know that his com- 
 mandment is life everlasting: what- 
 soever I speak therefore, even as the 
 Father said unto me, so I speak. 
 
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 CHAPTER LVIII. 
 
 WOES AGAINST SCRIBES, PHARISEES AND HYPOCRITES. 
 
 f HEN spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his dis- 
 ciples, saying. 
 
 The scribes and the Pharisees sit 
 in Moses seat : all therefore what- 
 soever they bid you observe, that ob- 
 serve and do ; but do not ye after 
 their works : for they say, and do not. 
 For they bind heavy burdens and 
 grievous to be borne, and lay them 
 on men’s shoulders ; but they them- 
 selves will not move them with one 
 of their fingers. 
 
 But all their works they do for to 
 be seen of men : they make broad 
 their phylacteries, and enlarge the 
 border of their garments, and love 
 the uppermost rooms at feasts, and 
 
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 the chief seats in the synagogues, and 
 greetings in the markets, and to be 
 called of men. Rabbi, Rabbi. But 
 be not ye called Rabbi : for one is 
 your Master, even Christ; and all ye 
 are brethren. And call no man 
 your father upon the earth : for one 
 is your Father which is in heaven. 
 Neither be ye called masters: for 
 one is your Master, even Christ. But 
 he that is greatest among you shall 
 be your servant. And whosoever 
 shall exalt himself shall be abased ; 
 and he that shall humble himself shall 
 be exalted. 
 
 But woe unto you, scribes and 
 Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye shut up 
 the kingdom of heaven against men : 
 for ye neither go in yourselves, neither 1 
 suffer ye them that are entering to 
 go in. 
 
 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari- 
 sees, hypocrites ! for ye devour wid- 
 ows’ houses, and for a pretence make 
 
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 long prayer: therefore ye shall re- 
 ceive the greater damnation. 
 
 Woe unto you scribes and Phari- 
 sees, hypocrites ! for ye compass sea 
 and land to make one proselyte, and 
 when he is made, ye make him two- 
 fold more the child of hell than your- 
 selves. 
 
 Woe unto you, ye blind guides, 
 which say. Whosoever shall swear 
 by the temple, it is nothing ; but 
 whosoever shall swear by the gold of 
 the temple, he is a debtor ! Ye fools 
 and blind : for whether is greater, the 
 gold, or the temple that sanctifieth 
 the gold ? 
 
 And, Whosoever shall swear by 
 the altar, it is nothing ; but whoso- 
 ever sweareth by the gift that is upon 
 it, he is guilty. Ye fools and blind : 
 for whether is greater, the gift, or the 
 altar that sanctifieth the gift ? 
 Whoso therefore shall swear by the 
 altar, sweareth by it, and by all 
 
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 things thereon. And whoso shall 
 swear by the temple, sweareth by it, 
 and by him that dwelleth therein. 
 And he that shall swear by heaven, 
 sweareth by the throne of God, and 
 by him that sitteth thereon. 
 
 Woe unto you, scribes and Pha- 
 risees, hypocrites! for ye» pay tithe 
 of mint and anise and cummin, and 
 have omitted the weightier matters of 
 the law, judgment, mercy and faith : 
 these ought ye to have done, and not 
 to leave the other undone. Ye blind 
 guides, which strain at a gnat, and 
 swallow a camel. 
 
 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari- 
 sees, hypocrites ! for ye make clean 
 the outside of the cup and of the 
 platter, but within they are full of 
 extortion and excess. Thou blind 
 Pharisee, cleanse first that whieh is 
 within the cup and platter, that the 
 outside of them may be clean also. 
 
 Woe unto you, s^cribes and Pha- 
 
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 risees, hypocrites ! for ye are like 
 unto whited sepulchres, which indeed 
 appear beautitul outward, but are 
 within full of dead mens bones, and 
 of all uncleanness. Even so ye also 
 outwardly appear righteous unto men, 
 but within ye are full of hypocrisy 
 and iniquity. 
 
 Woe unto you, scribes and Phari- 
 sees, hypocrites ! because ye build 
 the tombs of the prophets, and gar- 
 nish the sepulchres of the righteous, 
 and say. If we had been in the 
 days of our fathers, we would not 
 have been partakers with them in 
 the blood of the prophets. Where- 
 fore ye be witnesses unto yourselves, 
 that ye are the children of them 
 which killed the prophets. Fill ye 
 up then the measure of your fathers. 
 Ye serpents, ye generation of vipers, 
 how can ye escape the damnation of 
 hell. 
 
 Wherefore, behold, I send unto 
 
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 you prophets, and wise men, and 
 scribes : and some of them ye shall 
 kill and crucify ; and some of them 
 shall ye scourge in your synagogues, 
 and persecute them from, city to city : 
 that upon you may come all the 
 righteous blood shed upon the earth, 
 from the blood of righteous Abel 
 unto the blood of Zacharias son of 
 Barachias, whom ye slew between 
 the temple and the altar. Verily I 
 say unto you. All these things shall 
 come upon this generation. 
 
 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that 
 killest the prophets, and stonest them 
 which are sent unto thee, how often 
 would I have gathered thy children 
 together, even as a hen gathereth her 
 chickens under her wings, ^nd ye 
 would not ! Behold, your house is 
 left unto you desolate. For I say 
 unto you, Ye shall not see me hence- 
 forth, till ye- shall say. Blessed is he 
 that cometh in the name of the Lord. 
 
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 CHAPTER LIX. 
 
 DESTRUCTION OP THE TEMPLE AND COMING OF THE SON 
 OP MAN FORETOLD. 
 
 S ND Jesus went out, and departed from the temple. 
 
 and as he went out, his disciples came to him 
 for to shew him the buildings of the temple. And 
 as some spake of the temple, how it was adorned 
 with goodly stones and gifts, one of his disciples 
 saith unto him. Master, see what manner of stones 
 and what buildings are here! And Jesus answering 
 said unto him, 
 
 Seest thou these great buildings ? 
 As for these things which ye behold, 
 the days will come, in the which, 
 verily I say unto you. There shall 
 not be left here one stone upon 
 another, that shall not be thrown 
 down. 
 
 And as he sat upon the mount of Olives, over 
 against the temple, Peter and James and John and 
 Andrew asked him privately, saying. Master, tell us, 
 when shall these things be ? and what shall he the 
 
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 sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world, 
 when all these tilings shall be fullilled? and Jesus 
 answered and said unto them, 
 
 Take heed that no man deceive 
 you. For many shall come in my 
 name, saying, I am Christ; and the 
 time draweth near; and shall deceive 
 many ; go ye not therefore after 
 them. But when ye shall hear of 
 wars, and rumors of wars, see that 
 ye be not troubled : for all these 
 things must first come to pass ; but 
 the end is not yet. 
 
 Then said he unto them, 
 
 Nation shall rise against nation, 
 and king^dom ag^ainst king^dom ; and 
 there shall be famines, and pestilen- 
 ces, and earthquakes, in divers pla- 
 ces ; and fearful sights and great 
 signs shall there be from heaven. All 
 these are the beginning of sorrows. 
 But take heed to yourselves : before 
 all these, they shall lay their hands 
 
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 on you, and persecute for they 
 shall deliver you up to councils: and 
 in the synagogues ye shall be beaten : 
 and ye shall be brought before rulers 
 and kin^ for my sake, for a testi- 
 mony against them. And (they) shall 
 kill you ; and ye shall be hated of all 
 nations for my name’s sake. And 
 the gospel must first be published 
 among all nations. 
 
 But when they shall lead you, and 
 deliver you up, take no thought be- 
 forehand what ye shall speak, neither 
 do ye premeditate : but whatsoever 
 shall be given you in that hour, that 
 speak ye : for it is not ye that speak, 
 but the Holy Ghost. For I will 
 give you a mouth and wisdom, which 
 all your adversaries shall not be able 
 to gainsay nor resist. 
 
 And then shall many be offended, 
 and shall betray one another, and 
 shall hate one another. And ve shall 
 
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 be betrayed both by parents, and 
 
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 brethren, and kinsfolks, and friends ; 
 the brother shall betray the brother to 
 death, and the father the son ; and 
 children shall rise up against their 
 parents, and shall cause them to be 
 put to death. And some of you 
 shall they cause to be put to death. 
 And ye shall be hated of all men for 
 my nam.e’s sake. But there shall 
 not an hair of your head perish. In 
 your patience possess ye your souls. 
 
 And many false prophets shall rise 
 and shall deceive many. And be- 
 cause iniquity shall abound, the love 
 of many shall wax cold. But he 
 that shall endure unto the end, the 
 same shall be saved. And this gos- 
 pel of the kingdom shall be preached 
 in all the world for a witness unto 
 all nations ; and then shall the end 
 come. 
 
 When ye therefore shall see the 
 abomination of desolation, spoken of 
 by Daniel the prophet, stand in the 
 
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 holy place, (whoso readeth let him 
 understand :) and when ye shall see 
 Jerusalem compassed with armies, 
 then know that the desolation thereof 
 is nigh. 
 
 Then let them which are in Judea 
 flee to the mountains: and let them 
 which are in the midst of it depart 
 out ; and let not them that are in the 
 countries enter thereinto. And let 
 him that is on the housetop not go 
 down into the house, neither enter 
 therein, to take anything out of his 
 house and let him that is in the field 
 not turn back again for to take up 
 his garment. For these be the days 
 of vengeance, that all things which 
 are written may be fulfilled. But 
 woe unto them that are with child, 
 and to them that give suck in those 
 days ! 
 
 But pray ye that your flight be 
 not in the winter, neither on the sab- 
 bath day : for then shall be great 
 
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 tribulation, such as was not since the 
 beginning of the world which God 
 created unto this tinie, neither shall 
 be. 
 
 And except that the Lord had 
 shortened those days, no flesh should 
 be saved : but for the elect’s sake, 
 whom he hath chosen, he hath short- 
 ened the days. For there shall be 
 great distress in the land, and wrath 
 upon this people. And they shall 
 fall by the edge of the sword, and 
 shall be led away captive into all na- 
 tions: and Jerusalem shall be trod- 
 den down of the Gentiles, until the 
 times of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 
 
 And then if any man shall say to 
 you, Lo, here is Christ ; or, lo, he is 
 there ; believe him not : for false 
 Christs and false prophets shall rise, 
 and shall shew signs and wonders to 
 seduce, if it were possible, even the 
 elect. But take ye heed : behold, I 
 have foretold you all things. 
 
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 Wherefore if they shall say unto 
 you, Behold, he is in the desert ; go 
 not forth : behold, he is in the secret 
 chambers; believe it not. For as 
 the lightning cometh out of the east, 
 and shineth even unto the west ; so 
 shall also the coming of the Son of 
 man be. For wheresoever the car- 
 case is, there will the eagles be gath- 
 ered together. 
 
 CHAPTER LX. 
 
 FEARFUL SIGNS AFTER THE GREAT TRIBULATION PARA- 
 
 BLE OF THE TEN VIRGINS. 
 
 Immediately after the tribulation 
 of those days shall the sun be dark- 
 ened, and the moon shall not give 
 her light, and the stars shall fall from 
 heaven, and upon the earth distress 
 of nations, with perplexity ; the sea 
 
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 and the waves roaring : men’s hearts 
 failing them for fear, and for looking 
 after those things which are coming 
 on the earth : for the powers of heaven 
 shall be shaken. 
 
 And then shall appear the sign of 
 the Son of man in heaven : and then 
 shall all the tribes of the earth mourn, 
 and they shall see the Son of man 
 coming in the clouds of heaven with 
 power and great glory. And he 
 shall send his angels with a great 
 sound of a trumpet, and they shall 
 gather together his elect from the 
 four winds, from the uttermost part 
 of the earth to the uttermost part of 
 heaven. And when these things be- 
 gin to come to pass, then look up, 
 and lift up your heads ; for your re- 
 demption draweth nigh. 
 
 And he spake to them a parable ; 
 
 Now learn a parable of the fig 
 tree ; behold the fig tree and all the 
 trees : when his branch is yet tender, 
 
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 and putteth forth leaves, ye see and 
 know of your own selves that sum- 
 mer is now nigh at hand. So like- 
 wise ye when ye see these things 
 come to pass, know ye that the king- 
 dom of God is nigh at hand, even at 
 the doors. Verily I say unto you. 
 This generation shall not pass away, 
 till all these things be fulfilled. Hea- 
 ven and earth shall pass away, but 
 my words shall not pass away. 
 
 And take heed to yourselves, lest 
 at any time your hearts be over- 
 charged with surfeiting and drunken- 
 ness, and cares of this life, and so 
 that day come upon you unawares. 
 For as a snare shall it come on all 
 them that dwell on the face of the 
 whole earth. Watch ye therefore, 
 and pray always, that ye may be ac- 
 counted worthy to escape all these 
 things that shall come to pass, and 
 to stand before the Son of man. But 
 of that day and that hour knoweth 
 
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 no man, no, not the angels which are 
 in heaven, neither the Son, but my 
 Father only. Take ye heed, watch 
 and pray : for ye know not when the 
 time is. 
 
 But as the days of Noe were, so 
 shall also the coming of the Son of 
 man be. For as in the days that 
 were before the flood they were eat- 
 ing and drinking, marrying and giv- 
 ing in marriage, until the day that 
 Noe entered into the ark, and knew 
 not until the flood came, and took 
 them all away ; so shall also the 
 coming of the Son of man be. Then 
 shall two be in the field ; the one 
 shall be taken, and the other left. 
 Two women shall <5^ grinding at the 
 mill ; the one shall be taken, and the 
 other left. Watch therefore : for ye 
 know not what hour your Lord doth 
 come. 
 
 For the Son of man is as a man 
 taking a far journey, who left his 
 
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 house, and gave authority to his ser- 
 vants, and to every man his work, 
 and commanded the porter to watch. 
 Watch ye therefore : for ye know not 
 when the master of the house com- 
 eth, at even, or at midnight, or at the 
 cock-crowing, or in the morning : lest 
 coming suddenly he find you sleep- 
 ing. 
 
 But know this, that if the good 
 man of the house had known in 
 what watch the thief would come, he 
 would have watched, and would not 
 have suffered his house to be broken 
 up. Therefore be ye also ready : for 
 in such an hour as ye think not the 
 Son of man cometh. And what I 
 say unto you I say unto all, W atch. 
 
 Who then is a faithful and wise 
 servant, whom his lord hath made 
 ruler over his household, to give them 
 meat in due season ? Blessed is that 
 servant, whom his lord when he com- 
 eth shall find so doing. Verily I 
 
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 say unto you, That he shall make 
 him ruler over all his goods. But 
 and if that evil servant shall say in 
 his heart, My lord delayeth his com- 
 ing ; and shall begin to smite his 
 fellow servants, and to eat and drink 
 with the drunken ; the lord of that 
 servant shall come in a day when he 
 looketh not for him, and in an hour 
 that he is not aware of, and shall cut 
 him asunder, and appoint him his 
 portion with the hypocrites : there 
 shall be weeping and gnashing of 
 teeth. 
 
 Then shall the kingdom of hea- 
 ven be likened unto ten virgins, 
 which took their lamps, and went 
 forth to meet the bridegroom. And 
 five of them were wise, and five were 
 foolish. They that were foolish took 
 their lamps, and took no oil with 
 them. But the wise took oil in their 
 vessels with their lamps. 
 
 While the bridegroom tarried they 
 
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 all slumbered and slept And at 
 midnight there was a cry made, Be- 
 hold, the bridegroom cometh ; go ye 
 out to meet him. Then all those 
 virgins arose, and trimmed their 
 lamps. And the foolish said unto 
 the wise. Give us of your oil ; for 
 our lamps are gone out. But the 
 wise answered, saying. Not so ; lest 
 there be not enough for us and you ; 
 but go ye rather to them that sell, 
 and buy for yourselves. And while 
 they went to buy, the bridegroom 
 came ; and they that were ready went 
 in with him to the marriage : and the 
 door was shut Afterward came also 
 the other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, 
 open to us. But he answered and 
 said, Verily I say unto you, I know 
 you not Watch, therefore, for ye 
 know neither the day nor the hour 
 wherein the Son of man cometh. 
 
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 CHAPTER LXI. 
 
 PARABLE OF THE TALENTS JUDGMENT OF THE NATIONS. 
 
 For the kingdom of heaven is as 
 a man travelling into a far country, 
 who called his own servants, and de- 
 livered unto them his goods. And 
 unto one he gave five talents, to 
 another, two, and to another, one ; to 
 every man according to his several 
 ability ; and straightway took his 
 journey. 
 
 Then he that had received the five 
 talents went and traded with the 
 same, and made them other five tal- 
 ents. And likewise he that had re- 
 ceived two, he also gained other two. 
 But he that had received one went 
 and digged in the earth, and hid his 
 lord’s money. 
 
 After a long time the lord of those 
 
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 servants cometh, and reckoneth with 
 them. And so he that had received 
 five talents came and brought other 
 'five talents, saying, Lord, thou de- 
 liveredst unto me five talents : be- 
 hold, I have gained beside them five 
 talents more. His lord said unto 
 him. Well done, thou good and faith- 
 ful servant : thou hast been faithful 
 over a few things, I will make thee 
 ruler over many things : enter thoii 
 into the joy of thy lord. 
 
 He that had received two talents 
 came and said. Lord, thou deliver- 
 edst unto me two talents : behold, I 
 have gained two other talents besides 
 them. H is lord said unto him, W ell 
 done, good and faithful servant: thou 
 hast been faithful over a few things, I 
 will make thee ruler over many things : 
 enter thou into the joy of thy lord. 
 
 Then he which had received the 
 one talent came and said. Lord, I 
 knew thee that thou art an hard man. 
 
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 reaping where thou hast not sown, 
 and gathering where thou hast not 
 strewed : and I was afraid, and went 
 and hid thy talent in the earth : lo, 
 there thou hast that is thine. 
 
 H is lord answered and said unto 
 him, Thou wicked and slothful ser- 
 vant, thou knewest that I reap where 
 I sowed not, and gather where I 
 have not strewed : Thou oughtest 
 therefore to have put my money to 
 the exchangers, and then at my com- 
 ing I should have received mine own 
 with usury. Take therefore the tal- 
 ent from him, and give it unto him 
 which hath ten talents. For unto 
 every one that hath shall be given, 
 and he shall have abundance : but 
 from him that hath not shall be taken 
 away even that which he hath. 
 
 And cast ye the unprofitable ser- 
 vant into outer darkness : there shall 
 be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 
 
 When the Son of man shall come 
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 in his glory, and all the holy angels 
 with him, then shall he sit upon the 
 throne of his glory : and before him 
 shall be gathered all nations : and he 
 shall separate them one from another, 
 as a shepherd divideth his sheep from 
 the goats : and he shall set the sheep 
 on his right hand, but the goats on 
 the left. 
 
 Then shall the King say unto 
 them on his right hand. Come ye 
 bjessed of my Father, inherit the 
 kingdom prepared for you from the 
 foundation of the world : for I was 
 an hungered, and ye gave me meat : 
 I was thirsty, and ye gave me drink : 
 I was a stranger, and ye took me in: 
 naked, and ye clothed me : I was 
 sick, and ye visited me : I was in 
 prison, and ye came unto me. 
 
 Then shall the righteous answer 
 him, saying. Lord, when saw we 
 thee an hungered, and fed fhee ? or 
 thirsty, and gave thee drink ? When 
 
307 
 
 saw we thee a stranger, and took thee 
 in ? or, naked, and clothed thee ? Or 
 when saw we thee sick, or in prison, 
 and came unto thee ? 
 
 And the King shall answer and 
 say unto them. Verily I say unto you. 
 Inasmuch as ye have done it unto 
 one of the least of these my brethren, 
 ye have done it unto me. 
 
 Then shall he say also unto them 
 on the left hand. Depart from me, ye 
 cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared 
 for the devil and his angels : for 1 
 was an hungered, and ye gave me no 
 meat : I was thirsty, and ye gave me 
 no drink : I was a stranger, and ye 
 took me not in : naked, and ye 
 clothed me not ; sick, and in prison, 
 and ye visited me not. 
 
 Then shall they also answer him, 
 saying. Lord, when saw we thee an 
 hungered, or athirst, or a stranger, or 
 naked, or sick, or in prison, and did 
 not minister unto thee ? 
 
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 Then shall he answer them, say- 
 ing, Verily I say unto you. Inas- 
 much as ye did it not to one of the 
 least of these, ye did it not to me. 
 And these shall go away into ever- 
 lasting punishment : but the right- 
 eous into life eternal. 
 
 And it came to pass, wlien Jesus had finished all 
 these sayings, he said unto his disciples, 
 
 Y e know that after two days is the 
 feast of the Passover, and of un- 
 leavened bread : and the Son of 
 man is betrayed to be crucified. 
 
 CHAPTER LXII. 
 
 COVENANT WITH JUDAS — JESUS WASHES HIS DISCIPLES’ 
 
 FEET. 
 
 « HEN assembled together the chief priests, and the 
 scribes, and the elders of the people, unto the 
 palace of the high priest, who was called Caiaphas, 
 and consulted that they might take Jesus by sub' 
 tilty, and kill him. But they said. Not on the feast 
 
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 day^ lest there be an uproar an;ong the people: for 
 they feared the people. 
 
 Then entered Satan into Judas surnamed Iscariot, 
 being of the number of the twelve. And he went 
 his way, and communvcd with the chief priests and 
 captains, how he might betray him unto them, and 
 said unto thcm^ What will ye give me, and 1 will de- 
 liver him unto you? And when they heard they 
 were glad, and promised to give him money. And 
 they covenanted with him for thirty pieces of silver. 
 And from that time he sought opportunity how he 
 might conveniently betray him unto them in the 
 absence of the multitude. 
 
 And in the day time he was teaching in the 
 temple; and at night he went out, and abode in the 
 mount that is called the mount of Olives. And all 
 the people came early in the morning to him in the 
 temple for to hear him. 
 
 Then came the first day of the/ms^ of unleavened 
 bread, when the passover must be killed; and he 
 sent Peter and John, saying. 
 
 Go and prepare us the passover, 
 that we may eat. 
 
 And they said unto him. Where wilt thou that 
 we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the pass- 
 over? And he said unto them. 
 
 Go ye into the city, and behold, 
 when ye are entered into the city, 
 there shall a man meet you, bearing 
 a pitcher of water, follow him into 
 
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 the house where he entereth in. And 
 wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to 
 the goodman of the house, The Mas- 
 ter saith my time is at hand ; I will 
 keep the passover at thy house with 
 my disciples. Where is the guest- 
 chamber, where I shall eat the pass- 
 over with my disciples ? And he 
 will shew you a large upper room fur- 
 nished a7td prepared : there make 
 ready for us. 
 
 And his disciples went forth, and came into the 
 city, and found as he had said unto them : and the 
 disciples did as J esus had appointed them ; and they 
 made ready the passover. 
 
 And in the evening, when the hour was come, he 
 sat down, and the twelve apostles with him. And 
 he said unto them, 
 
 With desire I have desired to eat 
 this passover with you before I suf- 
 fer : for I say unto you, I will not 
 any more eat thereof, until it be ful- 
 filled in the kingdom of God. 
 
 And he took the cup and gave thanks, and said, 
 
 Take this, and divide it, among 
 
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 yourselves : for I say unto you, I will 
 not drink of the fruit of the vine, until 
 the kingdom of God shall come. 
 
 Now before the feast of the passover, when Jesus 
 knew that his hour was come that he should depart 
 out of this world unto the Father, having loved his 
 own which were in the world, he loved them unto 
 the end. And supper being ended, the devil having 
 now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s 
 30)1., to betray him; Jesus knowing that the Father 
 had given all things into his hands, and that he was 
 come from God, and went to God; he riseth from 
 supper, and laid aside his garments, and took a towel, 
 and girded himself. After that he poureth water 
 into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, 
 and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was 
 girded. 
 
 Then cometh he to Simon Peter: and Peter saith 
 unto him. Lord, dost thou wash my feet? Jesus 
 answered and said unto him. 
 
 What I do thou knowest not now ; 
 but thou shalt know hereafter. 
 
 Peter saith unto him, Thou shalt never wash my 
 feet. Jesus answered him. 
 
 If I wash thee not, thou hast no 
 part with me. 
 
 Simon Peter saith unto him. Lord, not my feel 
 only, but also hands and 7n^ head. Jesus saith 
 unto him, 
 
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 He that is washed needeth not 
 save to”" wash his feet, but is clean 
 every whit : and ye are clean, but 
 not all. 
 
 For he knew who should betray him ; therefore 
 said he, 
 
 Y e are not all clean. 
 
 So after he had washed their feet, and had taken 
 his garments, and was set down again, he said unto 
 
 them. 
 
 Know ye what I have done to 
 you ? Ye call me Master and Lord : 
 and ye say well ; for so I am. If I 
 
 then, your Lord and Master, have 
 washed your feet ; ye also ought to 
 wash one another’s feet. For I have 
 given you an example, that ye should 
 do as I have done to you. Verily, 
 verily, I say unto you. The servant 
 is not greater than his lord : neither 
 he that is sent greater than he that 
 sent him. If ye know these things, 
 happy are ye if ye do them. 
 
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 CHAPTER LXIII. 
 
 THE lord’s supper INSTITUTED — PETER FOREWARNED. 
 
 ^ND as they were eating, the Lord Jesus the same 
 night in which he was betrayed, took bread, and 
 gave thanks, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave 
 it to the disciples, and said. 
 
 Take, eat ; this Is my body, which 
 is broken for you : this d© In remem- 
 brance of me. 
 
 But, behold, the hand of him that 
 betrayeth me is with me on the table. 
 And truly the Son of man goeth, as 
 It was determined : but woe unto that 
 man by whom he is betrayed ! 
 
 I speak not of you all : I know 
 whom I have chosen; but that the 
 Scripture may be fulfilled. He that 
 eateth bread with me hath lifted up 
 his heel against me. Now I tell you 
 before It come, that, when it Is come 
 
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 to pass, ye may believe that I am he. 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, He 
 that receiveth whomsoever I send 
 receiveth me: and he that receiveth 
 me receiveth him that sent me. 
 
 And as they sat and did eat, when Jesus had thus 
 said, he was troubled in spirit, and testified, and 
 said. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you, that 
 one of you which eateth with me 
 shall betray me. 
 
 Then the disciples looked one on another, doubt- 
 ing of whom he spake. And they began to inquire 
 among themselves, which of them it was that should 
 do this thing. 
 
 And they were exceeding sorrowful, and began 
 every one of them to say unto him, one by one. 
 Lord, is it I? And he answered and said unto them. 
 
 It is one of the twelve, that dip- 
 peth with me in the dish : the same 
 shall betray me. The son of man 
 goeth as it is written of him, but woe 
 unto that man by whom the son of 
 man is betrayed! it had been good 
 for that man if he had not been 
 born. 
 
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 Now there was leaning on Jesus’ bosom one of 
 his disciples, whom Jesus loved. Simon Peter there- 
 fore beckoned to him, that he should ask who it 
 should be of whom he spake. He then lying on 
 Jesus’ breast saith unto him, Lord, who is it? Jesus 
 answered. 
 
 He it is, to whom I shall give a 
 sop, when I have dipped it. 
 
 And when he had dipped the sop, he gave it to 
 Judas Iscariot, the son ot‘ Simon. And after the sop 
 Satan entered into him. Then said Jesus unto him. 
 
 That thou doest, do quickly. 
 
 Now no man at the table knew for what intent 
 he spake this unto him. For some of them thought, 
 because Judas had the bag, that Jesus had said unto 
 him, Buy those things that we have need of against 
 the feast; or, that he should give something to the 
 poor. Then Judas, which betrayed him, answered 
 and said, Master, is it I? He said unto him. 
 
 Thou hast said. 
 
 He then having received the sop went immedi- 
 ately out: and it was night. Therefore, when he 
 was gone out, Jesus said. 
 
 Now is the son of man glorified, 
 and God is glorified in him. If God 
 be glorified in him, God shall also 
 glorify him in himself, and shall 
 
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 straightway glorify him. Little chil- 
 dren, yet a little while I am with you. 
 Ye shall seek me: and as I said unto 
 the Jews, Whither I go, ye cannot 
 come; so now I say to you. A new 
 commandment I give unto you. That 
 ye love one another ; as I have loved 
 you, that ye also love one another. 
 By this shall all men know that ye 
 are my disciples, if ye have love one 
 to another. 
 
 Simon Peter said unto him, Lord, whither goest 
 thou? Jesus answered him, 
 
 Whither I go, thou canst not fol- 
 low me now: but thou shalt follow 
 me afterwards. 
 
 Peter said unto him. Lord, why cannot I follow 
 thee now? I will lay down my life for thy sake. 
 Jesus answered him. 
 
 Wilt thou lay down thy life for my 
 sake? Verily, verily I say unto thee. 
 The cock shall not crow, till thou 
 hast denied me thrice. 
 
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 ^Lnd there was also a strife among them, which 
 of them should be accounted the greatest. And he 
 said unto them, 
 
 The kings of the Gentiles exercise 
 lordship over them ; and they that 
 ' exercise authority upon them are 
 called benefactors. But ye shall not 
 be so : but he that is greatest among 
 you, let him be as the younger; and 
 he that is chief, as he that doth serve. 
 For whether is greater, he that sitteth 
 at meat, or he that serveth ? is not he 
 that sitteth at meat ? but I am among 
 you as he that serveth. Y e are they 
 
 which have continued with me in my 
 temptations. And I appoint unto 
 you a kingdom, as my father hath 
 appointed unto me ; that ye may eat 
 and drink at my table in my king- 
 dom, and sit on thrones judging the 
 twelve tribes of Israel. 
 
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 CHAPTER LXIV. 
 
 JESUS COMFOBTS HIS DISCIPLES — ^TEACHES LOVE TO EACH 
 
 OTHER. 
 
 8 nd the Lord said, 
 
 ' 
 
 Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath 
 desired to have you, that he may sift 
 yo^l as wheat : but I have prayed 
 for thee, that thy faith fail not : and 
 when thou art converted, strengthen 
 thy brethren. 
 
 And he said unto him, Lord, I am ready to go 
 with thee, both into prison, and to death. And he 
 said, 
 
 I tell thee, Peter, the cock shall 
 not crow this day, before thou shalt 
 thrice deny that thou knowest me. 
 
 And he said unto them. 
 
 When I sent you without purse, 
 and scrip, and shoes, lacked ye any- 
 thing ? 
 
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 And they said, Nothing. Then said he unto 
 them, 
 
 But now, he that hath a purse, let 
 him take it, and likewise his scrip ; 
 and he that hath no sword, let him 
 sell his garment, and buy one. For 
 I say unto you, that this that is writ- 
 ten must yet be accomplished in me, 
 And he was reckoned among the 
 transgressors : for the things concern- 
 ing me have an end. 
 
 And they said. Lord, behold, here are two swords. 
 And he said unto them, 
 
 1 1 is enough. 
 
 After the same manner also he took the cup, when 
 he had supped, and when he had given thanks, he 
 gave it to them, saying. 
 
 Drink ye all of it. 
 
 'And they all drank of it. And he said unto 
 them 
 
 This cup is the new testament in 
 my blood, which is shed for many for 
 the remission of sins : this do ye, as 
 oft as ye drink it, in remembrance of 
 
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 me. But I say unto you, I will not 
 drink henceforth of this fruit of the 
 vine, until that day when I drink it new 
 with you in my Father’s kingdom. 
 
 Let not your heart be troubled : ye 
 believe in God, believe also in me. 
 I n my F ather’s house are many man- 
 sions : if it were not so, I would 
 have told you. I go to prepare a 
 place for you. And if I go and pre- 
 pare a place for you, I will come 
 again, and receive you unto myself ; 
 that where I am, there ye may be 
 also. And whither I go ye know, 
 and the way ye know. 
 
 Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know not 
 whither thou goest; and how can we know the 
 way. Jesus saith unto him, 
 
 I am the way, the truth, and the 
 life : no man cometh unto the Father, 
 but by me. If ye had known me, ye 
 should have known my Father also : 
 and from henceforth ye know him, 
 and have seen him. 
 
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 Philip saith unto him, Lord, shew us the Father, 
 and it sufficeth us. Jesus saith unto him, 
 
 H ave I been so long time with 
 you, and yet hast thou not known 
 me, Philip ? he that hath seen me 
 hath seen the Father; and how say- 
 est thou then, Shew us the Father? 
 Believest thou not that I am in the 
 Father, and the Father in me? the 
 words that I speak unto you, I speak 
 not of myself: but the Father that 
 dwelleth in me, he doeth the works. 
 Believe me that I am in the Father, 
 and the Father in me : or else be- 
 lieve me for the very work’s sake. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto you. He 
 that believeth on me, the works that 
 I do shall he do also ; and greater 
 works than these shall he do ; be- 
 cause I go unto my Father. And 
 whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, 
 that will I do, that the Father may 
 be glorified in the Son. If ye shall 
 ask anything in my name, I will do 
 
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 it. If ye love me keep my com- 
 mandments. And I will pray the 
 Father, and he shall give you another 
 Comforter, that he may abide with 
 you for ever ; Even the Spirit of 
 truth ; whom the world cannot re- 
 ceive, because it seeth him not, 
 neither knoweth him : but ye know 
 him ; for he dwelleth with you; and 
 shall be in you. 
 
 I will not leave you comfortless ; I 
 will come to you. Yet a little while/^ 
 and the world seeth me no more ; 
 but ye see me: because I live, ye 
 shall live also. At that day ye shall 
 know that I am in my Father, and ye 
 in me, and I in you. F[e that hath 
 my commandments, and keepeth 
 them, he it is that loveth me : and he 
 that loveth me shall be loved of my 
 Father, and I will love him, and will 
 manifest myself to him. 
 
 Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is 
 it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not 
 
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 onto the world? Jesus answered and said unto 
 him, 
 
 I f a man love me, he will keep my 
 words : and my Father will love him, 
 and we will come unto him, and 
 make our abode with him. He that 
 loveth me not keepeth not my say- 
 ings : and the word which ye hear is 
 not mine, but the Father’s which sent 
 me. These things have I spoken 
 unto you, beingjy^/ present with you. 
 
 But the Comforter, which is the 
 Holy Ghost, whom the Father will 
 send in my name, he shall teach you 
 all things, and bring all things to 
 your remembrance, whatsoever I have 
 said unto you. 
 
 Peace I leave with you, my peace 
 I give unto you : not as the world 
 giveth, give I unto you. Let not 
 your heart be troubled, neither let it 
 be afraid. Ye have heard how I 
 said unto you, I go away, and come 
 again unto you. If ye loved me, ye 
 
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 would rejoice, because I said, I go 
 unto the Father : for my Father is 
 greater than I. And now I have 
 told you before it come to pass, that, 
 when it is come to pass, ye might 
 believe. Flereafter I will not talk 
 much with you : for the prince of this 
 world cometh, and hath nothing in 
 me. But that the 'world may know 
 that I love the Father ; and as the 
 Father gave me commandment, even 
 so I do. Arise, let us go hence. 
 
 CHAPTER LXV. 
 
 JESUS THE TRUE VINE— HATRED OF THE WORLD. 
 
 I AM the true vine, and my Father 
 IS the husbandman. Every branch 
 in me that beareth not fruit he taketh 
 away : and every branch that bear- 
 
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 eth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may 
 bring forth more fruit.. Now ye are 
 clean through the word which I have 
 spoken unto you. Abide in me, and I 
 in you. As the branch cannot bear 
 fruit of itself, except it abide in the 
 vine ; no more can ye, except ye abide 
 in me. I am the vine, ye are the 
 branches ; he that abideth in me, and 
 I in him, the same bringeth forth 
 much fruit ; for without me ye can 
 do nothing. If a man abide not in 
 me, he is cast forth as a branch, and 
 is withered ; and men gather them, 
 and cast them into the fire, and they 
 are burned. 
 
 If ye abide in me, and my words 
 abide in you, ye shall ask what ye 
 will, and it shall be done unto you. 
 Herein is my Father glorified, that 
 ye bear much fruit ; so shall ye be 
 my disciples. As the Father hath 
 loved me, so have I loved you : con- 
 
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 tinue ye in my love. If ye keep my 
 commandments, ye shall abide in 
 my love; even as I have kept my 
 F ather s commandments and abide in 
 his love. These things have I spoken 
 unto you, that my joy might remain 
 in you, and that your joy might be full. 
 
 This is my commandment, that ye 
 love one another, as I have loved you. 
 Greater love hath no man than this, 
 that a man lay down his life for his 
 friends. Ye are my friends, if ye do 
 whatsoever I command you. Hence- 
 forth I call you not servants ; for the 
 servant knoweth not what his lord 
 doeth ; but I have called you friends ; 
 for all things that I have heard of my 
 Father I have made known unto 
 you. 
 
 Ye have not chosen me, but I have 
 chosen you, and ordained you, that ye 
 should go and bring forth fruit, and 
 that your fruit should remain : that 
 whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father 
 
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 in my name, he may give it you. 
 These things I command you, that 
 ye love one another. 
 
 If the world hate you, ye know 
 that it hated me before it hated you. 
 
 If ye were of the world, the world 
 would love his own : but because ye 
 are not of the world but I have chosen 
 you out of the world, therefore the 
 world hateth you. 
 
 Remember the word that I said 
 unto 3^ou, The servant is not greater 
 than his lord. If they have persecu- 
 ted me, they will also persecute )^ou ; 
 if they have kept my saying, they 
 will keep }^ours also. But all these 
 things will they do unto }^ou for my 
 name’s sake, because they know not 
 him that sent me. 
 
 Iff had not come and spoken unto 
 them, they had not had sin : but now 
 they have no cloak for their sin. He 
 that hateth me hateth my Father 
 also. 
 
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 If I had not done among them 
 the works which none other man did, 
 they had not had sin : but now have 
 they both seen and hated both me 
 and my Father. But this comethto 
 pass, that the word might be fulfilled 
 that is written in their law. They ha- 
 ted me without a cause. 
 
 But when the Comforter is come, 
 whom I will send unto you from the 
 Father, even the Spirit of truth, 
 which proceedeth from the Father, 
 he shall testify of me: and ye also 
 shall bear witness, because ye have 
 been with me from the beginning. 
 
 CHAPTER LXVI 
 
 JESUS FOREWARNS HIS DISCIPLES. 
 
 These things have I spoken unto 
 you, that ye should not be offended. 
 They shall put you out of the syna- 
 
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 gogues : yea, the time cometh, that 
 whosoever killeth you will think that 
 he doeth God service. And these 
 things will they do unto you, because 
 they have not known the Father, nor 
 me. But these things have I told 
 you, that when the time shall corhe, 
 ye may remember that I told you of 
 them. And these things I said not 
 unto you at the beginning, because I 
 was with you. 
 
 But now I go my way to him that 
 sent me ; and none of you asketh me, 
 Whither goest thou ? But because 
 1 have said these things unto you, 
 sorrow hath filled your heart. Nev- 
 ertheless I tell you the truth ; It 
 is expedient for you that I go away : 
 for if I go not away, the Comforter 
 will not come unto you ; but if I de- 
 part, 1 will send him unto you. And 
 when he is come, he will reprove the 
 world of sin, and of righteousness, 
 and of judgment : of sin, because 
 
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 they believed not on me ; of right- 
 eousness, because I go to my Father, 
 and ye see me no more ; of judg- 
 ment, because the prince of this world 
 is judged. 
 
 I have yet many things to say 
 unto you, but ye cannot bear them 
 now. ‘Howbeit when he, the spirit 
 of truth, is come, he will guide you 
 into all truth : for he shall not 
 speak of himself ; but whatsoever he 
 shall hear, that shall he speak : and 
 he will shew you things to come. He 
 shall glorify me : for he shall receive 
 of mine, and shall shew it unto you. 
 All things that the Father hath are 
 mine: therefore said I, that he shall 
 take of mine, and shall shew it unto 
 you. A little while, and ye shall not 
 see me: and again, a little while, and 
 ye shall see me, because I go to the 
 F ather. 
 
 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, 
 What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and 
 
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 ye shall not see me : and again, a little while, and 
 ye shall see me ; and. Because I go to the Father '? 
 They said therefore. What is this that he saith, A 
 little while? We cannot tell what he saith. 
 
 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask 
 him, and said unto them, 
 
 Do ye inquire among yourselves 
 of that I said, A little while, and ye 
 shall not see me : and again, a little 
 while, and ye shall see me ? Verily, 
 verily, I say unto you, That ye shall 
 weep and lament, ljut the world shall 
 rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but 
 your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 
 
 A woman when she is in travail 
 hath sorrow, because her hour is 
 come: but as soon as she is deliv- 
 ered of the child, she remembereth 
 no more the anguish, for joy. that a 
 man is born into the world. And 
 ye now therefore have sorrow: but I 
 will see you again, and your heart 
 shall rejoice, and your joy no man 
 taketh from you. 
 
 And in that day ye shall ask me 
 
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 nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto 
 you. Whatsoever ye shall ask the 
 Father in my name, he will give it 
 you. Hitherto have ye asked noth- 
 ing in my name: ask, and ye shall 
 receive, that your joy may be full. 
 These things have I spoken unto 
 you in proverbs ; but the time com- 
 eth, when I shall no more speak unto 
 you in proverbs, but I shall shew you 
 plainly of the Father. 
 
 At that day ye shall ask in my 
 name : and I say not unto you, that 
 I will pray the Father for you: for 
 the Father himself loveth you, be- 
 cause ye have loved me, and have be- 
 lieved that I came out from God. I 
 came forth from the Father, and am 
 come into the world : again, I leave 
 the world, and go to the Father. 
 
 His disciples saith unto him, Lo, now speakest 
 thou plainly, and speakest no proverb. Now are 
 we sure that thou knowest all things, and needest not 
 that any man should ask thee: by this we believe that 
 thou earnest forth from God. .Tesus answered them. 
 
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 Do ye now believe ? Behold, the 
 hour cometh, yea, is now come, that 
 ye shall be scattered, every man to 
 his own, and shall leave me alone : 
 and yet I am not alone, because the 
 Father is with me. These things I 
 have spoken unto you, that in me ye 
 might have peace. In the world ye 
 shall have tribulation : but be of good 
 cheer; I have overcome the world. 
 
 CHAPTER LXVII. 
 
 JESUS PRAYS FOR HIS DISCIPLES FORETELLS PETER’S 
 
 DENIAL. 
 
 f HESE words spake Jesus, and lifted up his eyes to 
 heaven, and said. 
 
 Father, the hour is come; glorify 
 thy Son, that the Son also may glo- 
 rify thee : As thou hast given him 
 power over all flesh, that he should 
 give eternal life to as many as thou 
 
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 hast given him. And this is life eter- 
 nal, that they might know thee, the 
 only true God, and Jesus Christ 
 whom thou hast sent. I have glori- 
 fied thee on the earth : I have finished 
 the work which thou gavest me to do. 
 
 And now, O Father, glorify thou 
 me with thine own self with the glory 
 which I had with thee before the 
 world was. 
 
 I have manifested thy name unto 
 the men which thou gavest me 
 out of the world ; thine they were, 
 and thou gavest them me; and they 
 have kept thy word. Now they have 
 known that all things whatsoever thou 
 hast given me are of thee. For I 
 have given unto them the words 
 which thou gavest me : and they have 
 received them,'3iX\dL have known surely 
 that I came out from thee, and they 
 have believed that thou didst send 
 me. 
 
 I pray for them : I pray not for 
 
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 the world, but for them which thou 
 hast given me ; for they are thine. 
 And all mine are thine, and thine are 
 mine ; and I am glorified in them. 
 And now I am no more in the world, 
 but these are in the world, and I 
 come to thee. Holy Father, keep 
 through thine own name those whom 
 thou hast given me, that they may be 
 one, as we are. 
 
 While I was with them in the 
 world, I kept them in thy name : 
 those that thou gavest me I have 
 kept, and none of them is lost, but 
 the son of perdition ; that the Scrip- 
 ture might be fulfilled. And now 
 come I to thee; and these things I 
 speak in the world, that they might 
 have my joy fulfilled in themselves. 
 
 1 have given them my word ; and 
 the world hath hated them, because 
 they are not of the world, even as I 
 am not of the world. I pray not that 
 thou shouldest take them out of the 
 
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 world, but that thou shouldest keep 
 them from the evil. They are not of 
 the world, even as I am not of 
 the world. 
 
 Sanctify them through thy truth : 
 thy word is truth. As thou hast sent 
 me into the world, even so have I also 
 sent them into the world. And for 
 their sakes I sanctify myself, that they 
 also might be sanctified through the 
 truth. 
 
 N either pray I for these alone, but 
 for them also which shall believe on 
 me through their word ; that they all 
 "tnay be one ; as thou. Father, art in 
 wn^i and I in thee, that they also may 
 Ibfe'^SWe in us : that the world may be- 
 ' that thou hast sent me. And 
 ■theigteydvhich thou gavest me I have 
 igWenbthwn^i that they may be one, 
 3ive>a3ds,iwefiare one; I in them, and 
 hk0unhv$n<y that. they may be made 
 h$iqnfe;.bicnd that the world 
 sthajr^hfiowrtfhaijthduJiast sent me, and 
 
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 hast loved them, as thou hast loved 
 me. Father, I will that they also, 
 whom thou hast given me, be with 
 me where I am ; that they may be- 
 hold my glory, which thou hast given 
 me: for thou lovedst me before the 
 foundation of the world. 
 
 O righteous Father, the world 
 hath not known thee: but I have 
 known thee, and these have known 
 that thou hast sent me. And I have 
 declared unto them thy name, and 
 will declare it: that the love where- 
 with thou hast loved me may be in 
 them, and 1 in them. 
 
 When Jesus had spoken these words, and when 
 they had sung an hymn, he came out, and went as 
 he was wont, to the mount of Olives ; and his 
 disciples also followed him, over the brook Cedron. 
 Then saith Jesus unto them. 
 
 All ye shall be offended because 
 
 of me this night: for it is written, I 
 
 will smite the shepherd, and the 
 
 sheep of the flock shall be scattered 
 
 22 
 
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 abroad. But after I am risen again, 
 I will go before you into Galilee. 
 
 Peter answered and said unto him, Though all 
 men shall be offended because of thee, yet will I 
 never be offended. And Jesus saith unto him. 
 
 Verily I say unto thee, That this 
 day, even in this night, before the 
 cock crow twice, thou shalt deny me 
 thrice. 
 
 But he spake the more vehemently, If I should 
 die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. 
 Likewise also said all the disciples. 
 
 THE AGONY OF JESUS IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE. 
 
 f HEN Cometh Jesus with them unto a place called 
 Gethsemane, where was a garden, into the which 
 he entered and his disciples. And when he was at 
 the place, he said unto them. 
 
 Pray that ye enter not into temp- 
 tation. Sit ye here, while I go and 
 
 CHAPTER LXVIII. 
 
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 And he was withdrawn from them about a stone’s 
 cast. And he took with liim Peter and the two sons 
 of Zebedec, James and John, and began to be sor- 
 rowful and veiy heavy. Then saith he unto them, 
 
 My soul is exceeding sorrowful, 
 even unto death : tarry ye here, and 
 watch with me. 
 
 And he went a little farther, and kneeled down, 
 and fell on his face on the ground, and prayed that, 
 if it were possible, the hour might pass from him. 
 And he said, 
 
 Abba, Father, all things are pos- 
 sible unto thee: O rny Father, if it 
 be possible, if thou be willing, remove 
 this cup from me: nevertheless not 
 my will, but thine, be done. 
 
 And there appeared an angel unto him from 
 heaven, strengthening him. And being in an agony 
 he prayed moi’e earnestly : and his sweat was as it 
 were great drops of blood falling down to the ground. 
 
 And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth 
 them asleep, and saith unto Peter, 
 
 Simon, sleepest thou ? What, 
 could ye not watch with me one hour ? 
 Watch and pray, that ye enter not 
 into temptation : the spirit indeed is 
 willing, but the flesh is weak. 
 
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 He ■went awaj’’ the second time, and prayed, and 
 spake the same words : saying, 
 
 O my Father, if this cup may not 
 pass away from me, except I drink 
 it, thy will be done. 
 
 And when he returned, he found them asleep 
 again, (for their eyes were heavy,) neither wist they 
 what to answer him. 
 
 And he left them, and went away again, and 
 prayed the third time, saying the same words. And 
 he cometh the third time to his disciples, and saith 
 unto them. 
 
 Sleep on now, and take rest : 
 it is enough: behold, the hour is at 
 hand, and the Son of man is be- 
 trayed into the hands of sinners. Rise, 
 let us be going : behold, he is at hand 
 that doth betray me. 
 
 And when he rose up from prayer and was come 
 to his disciples, he found them sleeping for sorrow, 
 and said unto them. 
 
 Why sleep ye? rise and pray, lest 
 ye enter into temptation. 
 
 And Judas also, which betrayed him, knew the 
 place: for Jesus ofttimes resorted thither with 
 his disciplea Judas then, having received a band 
 
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 of men and officers from the chief priests and Pha- 
 risees, cometh thither with lanterns, and torches 
 and weapons. 
 
 And immediately, while he yet spake, cometh 
 Judas, one of the twelve, and with him a great mul- 
 titude with swords and staves, from the chief priests 
 and the scribes and the elders of the people. 
 
 , Jesus therefore, knowing all things that shouldi 
 come upon him, went forth, and said unto them, 
 
 Whom seek ye? 
 
 They answered him, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus 
 saith unlo'them, 
 
 1 am he. 
 
 And Judas also, which betrayed him, stood with 
 them. As soon then as he had said unto them, I 
 am he, they went backward, and fell to the ground. 
 Then asked he them again. 
 
 Whom seek ye ? 
 
 And they said, Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus an- 
 swered, 
 
 I have told you that I am he: if 
 therefore ye seek me, let these go 
 their way. 
 
 That the saying might be fulfilled, which he spake. 
 Of them which thou gavest me have I lost none. 
 
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 CHAPTER LXIX. 
 
 BETRAYAL OF JESUS — BROUGHT BEFORE THE HIGH 
 PRIEST. 
 
 f ow lie that betrayed him gave them a sign, saying, 
 Whomsoever 1 shall kiss, that same is he : hold 
 him fast, and lead Mm away safely. And as soon 
 as he Avas come, he goeth straightway and drew 
 near nnto Jesus to kiss him; and saith. Hail, Mas-' 
 ter. Master ; and kissed him. And Jesus said unto 
 him. 
 
 Friend, wherefore art thou come? 
 Betrayest thou the Son of man with 
 a kiss? 
 
 Then came they, and laid hands on Jesus, and 
 took him. 
 
 When they, which were about him saw what 
 would follow, they said unto him. Lord, shall we 
 smite Avith the sword ? And one of them that 
 stood by (Simon Peter) Avith Jesus stretched out 
 Ms hand, and drew his sword, and struck a servant 
 of the high priest’s, and cut off his right ear. The 
 servant’s name was Malchus. And Jesus answered 
 and said. 
 
 Suffer ye thus far. 
 
 And he touched his ear and healed him. Then 
 said Jesus unto Peter, 
 
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 Put Up thy sword into the sheath: 
 for all they that take the sword shall 
 perish with the sword : the cup which 
 my Father hath given me, shall I not 
 drink it ? Thinkest thou that I cannot 
 now pray to my Father, and he shall 
 presently give me more than twelve 
 legions of angels ? But how then shall 
 the scriptures be fulfilled, that thus it 
 must be ? 
 
 In that same hour, Jesus said unto the chief 
 priests and captains of the temple, and the elders, 
 which were come to him. 
 
 Be ye come out, as against a thief, 
 with swords and staves for to take 
 me? When I was daily with you in 
 the temple, ye stretched forth no 
 hands against me: but this is your 
 hour, and the power of darkness. 
 
 But all this was done, tha; the scriptures of the 
 prophets might be fulfilled. Then all the disciples 
 forsook him, and fled. 
 
 And there followed him a certain young man, 
 having a linen cloth cast about his linked bodij\ and 
 the young men laid hold on him; and he left the 
 linen cloth and fled from them naked. 
 
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 Then the band and the captain and officers of the 
 Jews took Jesus and bound him, andleadhim away 
 to Annas first ; for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, 
 which was the high priest that same year. Nov-; 
 Caiaphas was he, which gave counsel to the Jews, 
 that it was expedient that one man should die fur 
 the people. And they that had laid hold on Jesus led 
 him away to Caiaphas the high priest, and brought 
 him into the high priest’s house. 
 
 And Simon Peter followed Jesus, and so did 
 another disciple : that disciple was known unto the 
 high priest, and went in with Jesus into the palace 
 of the high priest. But Peter stood at the door 
 without. Then went out that other disciple, which 
 was known unto the high priest, and spake unto her 
 that kept the door, and brought in Peter. 
 
 The high priest then asked Jesus of his disciples, 
 and of his doctrine. Jesus answered him, 
 
 I spake openly to the world ; I ever 
 taught in the synagogue, and in the 
 temple, whither the Jews always re- 
 sort: and in secret have I said noth- 
 ing. Why askest thou me ? ask them 
 which heard me, what I have said 
 unto them: behold, they know what 
 I said. 
 
 And when he had thus spoken, one of the officers 
 which stood by struck Jesus with the palm of his 
 hand, saying, Answerest thou the high priest so? 
 Jesus answered him, 
 
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 If I have spoken evil, bear witness 
 of the evil : but if well, why smitest 
 thou me? 
 
 Now Annas had sent him bound unto Caiaphas 
 the high priest. And with him were assembled all 
 the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 
 And Peter followed him afar olf, even into the palace 
 of the high priest. And when they had kindled a 
 fire in the midst of the hall, and were set down to- 
 gether, Peter sat down among the servants, and 
 warmed himself at the fire, to see the end. 
 
 CHAPTER LXX. 
 
 JESUS EXAMINED BY THE SANHEDRIM PETER DENIES HIM. 
 
 f ow the chief priests, and elders, and all the council, 
 sought false witness against Jesus, to put him to 
 death ; but found none : yea, though many false 
 witnesses came, yet found they none : their wit- 
 ness agreed not together. At the last came two 
 false witnesses, and bare false witness against him, 
 saying. We heard him say, I am able to destroy 
 the temple of God, that is made with hands, and 
 within three days I will build another made without 
 hands. But neither so did their witness agree to- 
 gether. 
 
 And the high priest stood up in the midst, and 
 asked Jesus, saying, Answerest thou nothing ? what 
 
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 is it which these witness against thee ? But he held 
 his peace, and answered nothing. Again the high 
 priest asked him, and said unto him, I adjure thee by 
 the living God, that thou* tell us whether thou be 
 the Christ, the Son of God, the Son of the Blessed? 
 Jesus saith unto him. 
 
 Thou hast said : nevertheless say 
 I unto you, Hereafter shall ye see 
 the Son of man sitting on the right 
 hand of power, and coming in the 
 clouds of heaven. 
 
 Then the high priest rent his clothes, saying. He 
 hath spoken blasphemy ; what further need have we 
 of witnesses? behold, now ye have heard his blas- 
 phemy. What think ye ? And they all condemned 
 him to be guilty of death. 
 
 And the men that held Jesus mocked him, and 
 smote him. And some began to spit on him, and to 
 cover his face, and to buffet him. And when they 
 had blindfolded him, they struck him on the face, 
 and others smote him with the palms of their hands, 
 saying. Prophesy unto us, thou Christ, Who is he 
 that smote thee ? And many other things blasphe- 
 mously spake they against him. 
 
 And as Peter was beneath in the palace, there 
 cometh one of the maids of the high priest : (the 
 damsel that kept the door ;) and when she saw Peter, 
 as he sat by the fire, warming himself, she looked 
 upon him, and said. And thou also wast with Jesus 
 of Nazareth. Art thou not also one of this man’s 
 disciples? 
 
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 But he denied before them all, saying, Woman, I 
 know him not, neither understand 1 what thou say- 
 est. And he went out into the porch ; and the cock 
 crew. 
 
 And the servants and officers stood there, who 
 had made a fire of coals : for it was cold : and they 
 warmed themselves: and Peter stood with them, and 
 warmed himself And after a little while, when 
 he was gone out into the porch, another maid saw 
 him, and said unto them that were there. This is one 
 of them, fellow was also with Jesus of Nazareth. 
 
 They said therefore unto him. Art not thou also 
 one of his disciples? And again he denied with an 
 oath, I do not know the man. 
 
 And about the space of an hour after, they that 
 stood by said again to Peter, Surely, thou art one of 
 them : for thou art a Galileean, and thy speech 
 agreeth thereto. One of the servants of the high 
 priest, being his kinsman whose ear Peter cut off, 
 saith. Did not I see thee in the garden with him? 
 But he began to curse and to swear, saying., I know 
 not this man of whom ye speak. And immediately 
 the second time, while he yet spake, the cock crew. 
 
 And the Lord turned, and looked upon Peter. 
 And Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how 
 he had said unto him. Before the cock crow twice, 
 thou shalt deny me thrice. And when he thought 
 thereon, he went out, and wept bitterly. 
 
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 CHAPTER LXXI. 
 
 EXAMINATION CONTINUED JUDAS REPENTS ^JESUS 
 
 SCOURGED. 
 
 ^ND as soon as it was day, the elders of the people 
 and the chief priests and the scribes came to- 
 gether, and led him into their council, saying. Art 
 thou the Christ? tell us. And he said unto them. 
 
 If I tell you, ye will not believe: 
 and if I also ask you, ye will not 
 answer me, nor let me go. Hereafter 
 shall the Son of man sit on the right 
 hand of the power of God. 
 
 Then said they all, Art thou then the Son of God ? 
 And he said unto them. 
 
 Ye say that I am. 
 
 And they said. What need we any further witness? 
 for we ourselves have heard of his own mouth. 
 
 And straightway, when the morning was come, all 
 the chief priests held a consultation with the elders 
 of the people, and scribes, and the whole council, 
 against Jesus, to put him to death: And when they 
 had bound him, the whole multitude of them arose 
 and led him away from Caiaphas unto the hall of 
 
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 judgment : and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the 
 governor: and it was early. 
 
 Then Judas, which had betrayed him, when he saw 
 that he was condemned, repented himself, and 
 brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief 
 priests and elders, saying, I have sinned in that I 
 have betrayed the innocent blood. And they said, 
 What is that to us? see thou to that. And he cast 
 down the pieces of silver in the temple, and departed,- 
 and went and hanged himself 
 
 And the chief priests took the silver pieces, and 
 said. It is not lawful for to put them into the trea- 
 sury, because it is the price of blood. And they 
 took counsel, and bought with them the potters field, 
 to bury strangers in. Wherefore that field was called. 
 The field of blood, unto this day. 
 
 Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by 
 Jeremy the prophet, saying. And they took the * 
 thirty pieces of silver, the price of him that was 
 valued, whom they of the children of Israel did 
 value, and gave them for the potter’s field, as the 
 Lord appointed me. 
 
 And they themselves went not into the judgment 
 hall, lest they should be defiled, but that they might 
 eat the passover. Pilate then went out unto them, and 
 said. What accusation bring ye against this man ? 
 They answered and saith unto him. If he were not a 
 malefactor, we would not have delivered him up 
 unto thee. Then said Pilate unto them. Take ye 
 him, and judge him according to your law. The 
 Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us 
 to put any man to death; that the saying of Jesus 
 might be fulfilled, which he spake, signifying what 
 death he should die. 
 
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 Then Pilate entered into the judgment hall again, 
 and called Jesus, and said unto him. Art thou the 
 King of the Jews? Jesus answered him, 
 
 Sayest thou this thing of thyself, 
 or did others tell it thee of me ? 
 
 Pilate answered, Am I a Jew? Thine own nation 
 and the chief priests have delivered thee unto me: 
 what hast thou done? Jesus answered. 
 
 My kingdom is not of this world : 
 if my kingdom were of this world, 
 then would my servants fight, that I 
 should not be delivered to the J ews : 
 but now is my kingdom not from 
 hence. 
 
 Pilate therefore said unto him. Art thou a king 
 then? Jesus answered. 
 
 Thou sayest that I am a king. To 
 this end was I born, and for this 
 cause came I into the world, that I 
 should bear witness unto the truth. 
 Every one that is of the truth heareth 
 my voice. 
 
 Pilate saith unto him, What is truth? And when 
 he had said this, he went out again unto the Jews, 
 and saith unto them, I find in him no fault at all. 
 
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 But ye have a custom, that I should release unto you 
 one at. the passover: will ye therefore that I release 
 unto you the King of the Jews? Then cried they 
 all again, saying. Not this man, but Barabbas. Now 
 Barabbas was a robber. 
 
 Then Pilate therefore took Jesus, and scourged 
 him. And the soldiers platted a crown of thorns, and 
 put it on his head, and they put on him a purple 
 robe, and said. Hail, King of the Jews ! and they 
 smote him with their hands. 
 
 Pilate therefore went tbrth again, and saith unto 
 them. Behold, 1 bring him forth to you, that ye may 
 know that I find no fault in him. Then came Jesus 
 forth, wearing the crown of thorns, and the purple 
 robe. And Pilate saith unto them. Behold the man! 
 
 When the chief priests therefore and officei’s saw 
 him, they cried out, saying. Crucify him, crucify him. 
 Pilate saith unto them. Take ye him, and crucify him: . 
 for 1 find no fault in him. The Jews answered him. 
 We have a law, and by our law he ought to die, be- 
 cause he made himself the Son of God. 
 
 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he was 
 the more afraid; and went again into the judgment 
 hall, and saith unto Jesus, Whence art thou? But 
 Jesus gave him no answer. Then saith Pilate unto 
 !iim, Speakest thou not unto me? knowest thou not 
 that I have power to crucify thee, and have power 
 to release thee? Jesus answered, 
 
 Thou couldest have no power at 
 all against me, except it were given 
 thee from above: therefore he that 
 
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 delivered me unto thee hath the 
 greater sin. 
 
 And from thencefortli Pilate sought to release him; 
 but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man 
 go, thou art not Cesar’s friend : whosoever maketh 
 himself a king speaketh against Cesar. 
 
 When Pilate therefore heard that saying, he 
 brought Jesus forth, and sat down in the judgment 
 seat in a place that is called the Pavement, but in 
 the Hebrew, Gabbatha. And it was the preparation 
 of the passover, and about the sixth hour. 
 
 CHAPTER LXXn. 
 
 JESUS BEFORE HEROD MESSAGE TO PILATE FROM HIS 
 
 WIFE. 
 
 ^ND Jesus stood before the governor: and they 
 ^ began to accuse him, saying. We found this fel- 
 low perverting the nation, and forbidding to give 
 tribute to Cesar, saying that he himself is Christ a 
 King. And Pilate the governor, asked him, saying. 
 Art thou the King of the Jews? And Jesus saith 
 unto him. 
 
 Thou sayest. 
 
 And the chief priests accused him of many things: 
 and when he was accused of the chief priests and 
 elders, he answered nothing. 
 
 And Pilate asked him again, saying, Answerest 
 thou nothing? hearest thou not how many things 
 
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 they witness against thee? And he answered him 
 to never a word ; insomuch that the governor mar- 
 velled greatly. 
 
 Then said Pilate to the chief priests and io the 
 people, I find no fault in this man. And they were 
 the more fierce, saying. He stireth up the people, 
 teaching throughout all Jewry, beginning from Gali- 
 lee to this place. 
 
 When Pilate heard of Galilee, he asked whether 
 the man were a Galileean. And as soon as he knew 
 that he belonged unto Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent 
 him to Herod, who himself also was at Jerusalem 
 at that time. And when Herod saw Jesus, he was 
 exceeding glad : for he was desirous to see him of 
 a long season^ because he had heard many things of 
 him ; and he hoped to have seen some miracle done 
 by him. Then he questioned with him in many 
 words; but he answered him nothing. And the 
 chief priests and scribes stood and vehemently 
 accused him. 
 
 And Herod with his men of war set him at nought, 
 and mocked him. and arrayed him in a gorgeous 
 robe, and sent him again to Pilate. 
 
 And the same day Pilate and Herod were made 
 friends together: for before they were at enmity 
 between themselves. 
 
 And he saith unto the Jews, Behold, your King! 
 But they tried out. Away with Am, away with Am, 
 crucify him. Pilate saith unto them. Shall I crucify 
 your King? The chief priests answered. We 
 have no king but Cesar 
 
 And Pilate, when he had called together the chief 
 priests and the rulers and the people, said unto 
 them, Ye have brought this man unto me, as one 
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 that perverteth the people: and, behold, I, having 
 examined him before you, have found no fault in 
 this man touching those things whereof ye accuse 
 him: No, nor yet Herod, for I sent you to him; 
 and, lo, nothing worthy of death is done unto him. 
 I will therefore chastise him, and release him. 
 
 Now at that feast the governor was wont to release 
 unto the people one prisoner, whomsoever they de- 
 sired. (For of necessity he must release one unto 
 them at the feast.) And they had then a notable 
 prisoner, called Barabbas, which latj bound with them 
 that had made insurrection with him, who had com- 
 mitted murder in the insurrection. 
 
 And the multitude crying aloud began to desire 
 him to do as he had ever done unto them. Therefore 
 when they were gathered together, Pilate said unto 
 them, Whom will ye that I release unto you ? Barab- 
 bas, or Jesus which is called Christ, the king of the 
 Jews? For he knew that the chief priests had de- 
 livered him for envy. 
 
 When he was set down on the judgment seat, 
 his wife sent unto him, saying. Have thou nothing 
 to do with that just man: for I have suffered many 
 things this day in a dream because of him. But 
 the chief priests and elders pei'suaded the mul- 
 titude that they should ask, that he should rather 
 I’elease Barabbas unto them, and destroy Jesus. And 
 they cried out all at once, saying. Away with this 
 man, and release unto us Barabbas: (Who for a 
 
 certain sedition made in the city, and for murder, 
 was cast into prison.) 
 
 Pilate therefore, willing to release Jesus, spake 
 again to them. Whether of the twain will ye that 
 I release unto you ? They said Barabbas. Pilate 
 
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 saith unto them, What shall I do then with Jesus 
 which is called Christ? nnio him whom ye call the 
 King of the Jews? And they cried oui again, say- 
 ing, Crucity him ; let him be crucified. 
 
 And the governor said unto them the third time. 
 Why, what evil hath he done? I have found no 
 cause of death in him : I will therefore chastise him, 
 and let him go. And they were instant with loud 
 voices, requiring that he might be crucified. And 
 they cried out the more exceedingly. Crucify him. 
 
 When Pilate saw that he could prevail nothing, 
 but that rather a tumult was made, he took water, 
 and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, 
 I am innocent of the blood of this just person : see 
 ye to it. Then answered all the people, and said, 
 His blood be on us, and on our children. And the 
 voices of them and of the chief priests prevailed. 
 And so Pilate, willing to content the people, gave 
 sentence that it should be as they required. 
 
 And he released unto them him that for sedition 
 and murder was cast into prison, whom they had 
 desired ; but he delivered Jesus, when he had 
 scourged him, to their will, to be crucified. 
 
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 CHAPTER LXXIII. 
 
 •lESUS CRUCIFIED- — HE PRAYS FOR HIS ENEMIES. 
 
 f HEN the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into 
 the common hall, called Pretorium ; and gathered 
 unto him the whole band of soldiers. And they 
 stripped him, and put on him a scarlet robe. 
 
 And when they had platted a crown of thorns, 
 they put it on his head, and a reed in his right 
 hand: and they bowed the knee before him, and be- 
 gan to salute him, and mocked him, saying,Hail, King 
 of the Jews! And they smote him on the head with 
 a reed, and did spit upon him, and bowing their 
 knees worshipped him. And when they had mocked 
 him, they took off the purple from him, and put his 
 own clothes on him, and led him out to crucify him. 
 
 And as they led him away, they laid hold upon 
 one Simon, a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out 
 of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus: 
 him they compelled, and on him they laid the cross, 
 that he might bear it after Jesus. 
 
 And there followed him a great company of 
 people, and of women, which also bewailed and la- 
 mented him. But Jesus turning unto them said. 
 
 Daughters of J erusalem, weep not 
 for me, but weep for yourselves, and 
 for your children. ‘For, behold, the 
 
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 days are coming, in the which they 
 shall say, blessed are the barren, and 
 the wombs that never bare, and the 
 paps that never gave suck. Then 
 shall they begin to say to the moun- 
 tains, Fall on us: and to the hills. 
 Governs. For if they do these things 
 in a green tree, what shall be done 
 in the dry. 
 
 And there were also two other malefactors, led 
 with him to be put to death. And he bearing his 
 cross went forth, and when they were come to a 
 place called Golgotha, which is called Calvary, which 
 is, being interpreted, the place of a skull, they gave 
 him vinegar to drink mingled with gall : and when 
 he had tasted thereof, he would not drink. 
 
 There they crucified him, and two malefactors 
 with him, one on the right hand, and the other on 
 the left, and Jesus in the midst. Then said Jesus, 
 
 Father, forgive them; for they 
 know not what they do. 
 
 And Pilate wrote a title, and put it on the cross. 
 And the writing was, JESUS OP NAZARETH 
 THE KING OF THE JEWS. This title then read 
 many of the Jews: for the place where Jesus was 
 crucified was nigh to the city: and it was written 
 in Hebrew, and Greek, and Latin. Then said the chief 
 priests of the Jews to Pilate, Write not, The King 
 
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 of the Jews; but that he said, I am King of the 
 Jews. Pilate answered, What I have written, I have 
 written. 
 
 Then the soldiers, when they had crucified Jesus, 
 took his garments, and made four parts, to every sol- 
 dier a part ; and also his coat: now the coat was with- 
 out seam, woven from the top throughout. They said 
 therefore among themselves. Let us not rend it, but 
 cast lots for it, whose it shall be : that the scrip- 
 ture might be fulfilled, which was spoken by the 
 prophet, They parted my garments among them, and 
 upon my vesture did they cast lots. These things 
 therefore the soldiers did. And it was the third hour, 
 and they crucified him. 
 
 And sitting down they watched him there, and 
 set up over his head his accusation. And the super- 
 scription of his accusation was written over, THIS 
 IS JESUS THE KING OF THE JEWS. And with 
 him they crucify two thieves; the one on his right 
 hand, and the other on his left. And the scripture 
 was fulfilled, which saith, And he was numbered 
 with the transgressors. 
 
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 CHAPTER LXXIV. 
 
 THE TWO THIEVES — JESUS THIRSTS HE GIVES UP THE 
 
 GHOST. 
 
 ^ND the people stood beholding. And they that 
 passed by railed on him, wagging their heads, 
 and saying. Ah, thou that destroyest the temple, and 
 buildest it in three days. Save thyself. If thou be 
 the Son of God, come down from the cross. 
 
 Likewise also the chief priests mocking him, with 
 the scribes and elders, and the rulers also with them 
 derided him, saying, He saved others; himself he 
 cannot save. Let him save himself, if he be Christ, 
 the chosen of God. If he be the King of Israel, 
 let him now come down from the cross, that we may 
 see, and we will believe him. He trusted in God ; 
 let him deliver him now, if he will have him : for 
 he said, I am the Son of God. 
 
 And the soldiers also mocked him, coming to him, 
 and offering him vinegar, and saying. If thou be the 
 King of the Jews, save thyself. And a superscrip- 
 tion also was written over him in letters of Greek, 
 and Latin, and Hebrew, THIS IS THE KING OF 
 THE JEWS. 
 
 The thieves also, which were crucified with him, 
 cast the same in his teeth. And one of the malefac- 
 tors which were hanged railed on him, saying. If 
 thou be Christ, save thyself and us. 
 
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 But the other answering rebuked him, saying, 
 Dost not thou fear God, seeing thou art in the same 
 condemnation? And we indeed justly ; for we re- 
 ceive the due reward of our deeds: but this man 
 hath done nothing amiss. And he said unto Jesus, 
 Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy 
 kingdom. And Jesus said unto him. 
 
 Verily I say unto thee, to day shalt 
 thou be with me in paradise. 
 
 Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, 
 and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, 
 and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus therefore saw 
 his mother, and the disciple standing by. whom 
 he loved, he saith unto his mother. 
 
 Woman, behold thy son! 
 
 Then saith he to the disciple. 
 
 Behold thy mother! 
 
 • And from that hour that disciple took her unto 
 his own home. 
 
 And when the sixth hour was come, there was 
 darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour. 
 And the sun was darkened, and about the ninth 
 hour Jesus cried with a loud voice, saying, 
 
 Eli, Eli, lama sabachthani ? 
 
 which is, being interpreted. My God, my God, why 
 hast thou forsaken me? And some of them that 
 stood by, when they heard it, said. Behold, he call- 
 
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 eth for Elias. After this, Jesus knowing that all 
 things were now accomplished, that the scripture 
 might be fulfilled, saith, 
 
 I thirst. 
 
 Now there was set a vessel full of vinegar; and 
 straightway one of them ran, and took a sponge, 
 and filled it with vinegar, and put it on a reed, and 
 gave him to drink. The rest said. Let be, let us see 
 whether Elias will come to save him. When Jesus 
 therefore had received the vinegar, he said. 
 
 It is finished. 
 
 And the vail of the temple was rent in the midst. 
 And when Jesus had cried with a loud voice, he 
 said. 
 
 Fattier, into thy hands I commend 
 my spirit ! 
 
 And having said thus, he bowed his head, and 
 gave up the ghost. 
 
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 CHAPTER LXXV. 
 
 JESUS TAKEK DOWN FROM THE CROSS ^BURIED ^TOMB 
 
 SEALED. 
 
 ^ND, behold, the vail of the temple was rent in 
 twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth 
 did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were 
 opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept 
 arose, and came out of the graves after his resur- 
 rection, and went into the holy city, and appeared 
 unto many. 
 
 And when the centurion, which stood over against 
 him, and they that were with him, watching Jesus, 
 saw the earthquake, and those things that were done, 
 that he so cried out, and gave up the ghost, they 
 feared greatly, saying. Truly this was the Son of 
 God. And all the people that came together to 
 that sight, beholding the things which were done, 
 smote their breasts, and returned. And all his ac- 
 quaintance, and the women that followed Jesus from 
 Galilee, ministering unto him, stood afaroff.beholding 
 these things; among whom was Mary Magdalene, 
 and Mary the mother of James the less and of Joses, 
 and Salome, the mother of Zebedee’s children ; (who 
 also, when he was in Galilee, followed him, and 
 ministered unto him ;) and many other women which 
 came up with him unto Jerusalem. 
 
 The Jews therefore, because it was the prepara- 
 tion, that the bodies should not remain upon the 
 
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 cross on the sabb<atli day, (for that sabbath day "was 
 an liigh day,) besought Pilate that their legs might 
 be broken, and that they might be taken away. 
 
 Then came the soldiers, r.iul brake the legs of the 
 first, and of the other which was crucified with him. 
 But when they came to Jesus, and saw that he was 
 dead already, they brake not his legs : but one of 
 the soldiers with a spear pierced his side, and forth- 
 with came thereout blood and water. And he that saw 
 it bare record, and his record is true ; and he knoweth 
 that ho saith true, that ye might believe. For these 
 things were done, that the scripture should be ful- 
 filled, A bone of him shall not be broken. And 
 again another scripture saith, They shall look on 
 him whom they pierced. 
 
 And after this, when the even was come, because 
 it was the preparation, that is, the day before the 
 sabbath, there came a rich man of Arimathea named 
 Joseph, an honorable counsellor, and he teas a good 
 man, and a just: (the same had not consented to 
 the counsel and deed of them ;) he tvas of Arimathea, 
 a city of the Jews: who also himself waited for 
 the kingdom of God, being a disciple of Jesus, but 
 secretly fo» fear of the Jews. This man went in 
 boldly into Pilate, and begged that he might take 
 away the body of Jesus. 
 
 And Pilate marvelled if he were already dead; 
 and calling unto him the centurion, he asked him 
 whether he had been any while dead. And when 
 he knew it of the centurion, then Pilate commanded 
 the body to be delivered unto Joseph. He came 
 therefore, and took the body of Jesus. 
 
 And there came also Nicodemus, which at the 
 first came to Jesus by night, and brought a mixture 
 
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 of Kiyrrli and aloes, about an hundred pound weight. 
 And when Joseph had taken the body down, he 
 wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, with the spices, 
 as the manner of the Jews is to bury. 
 
 Now in the place where he was crucified there 
 was a garden; and in the garden a new sepulchre, 
 wherein was never man yet laid. There laid they 
 Jesus therefore in his own new tomb which he had 
 hewn out iu the rock: because of the Jews’ prepa- 
 ration dag; for the sepulchre was nigh at hand : and 
 he rolled a great stone to the door of the sepulchre 
 and departed. And that day was the preparation 
 and the sabbath drew on. * 
 
 And the women also, Hilary Magdalene and the 
 other Mary, the mother of Joses, which came with 
 him from Galilee, followed after, and sitting over 
 against the sepulchre, beheld the sepulchre, and how 
 his body was laid. And they returned, and pre- 
 pared spices and ointments; and rested the sabbath 
 day according to the commandment. 
 
 Now the next day, that followed the day of the 
 preparation, the chief priests and Pharisees came 
 together unto Pilate, saying. Sir, we remember that 
 that deceiver said, while he was yet alive^ After three 
 days I will rise again. Command therefore that the 
 sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest his 
 disciples come by night, and steal him away, and 
 say unto the people. He is riseii from the dead : so 
 the last error shall be worse than the first. 
 
 Pilate said unto them. Ye have a watch: go your 
 way, make it as sure as ye can. So they went, and 
 made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, and set- 
 ting a watch. 
 
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 CHAPTER LXXVL 
 
 THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS SCENES, ETC. 
 
 S ND when the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, 
 and Mary the mother of James, and Salome, had 
 bought sweet spices, that they might come and an- 
 noint him. 
 
 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn to- 
 wards the first day of the week, came Mary Magda- 
 lene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre, at the 
 rising of the sun. And, behold, there was a great 
 earthquake : for the angel of the Lord descended 
 from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone 
 from the door, and sat upon it. His countenance was 
 like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and 
 for fear of him the keepers did shake, and became 
 as dead men. 
 
 And they said among themselves, Who shall roll 
 us away the stone from the door of the sepulchre? 
 And when they looked, they saw that the stone was 
 rolled away : for it was very great. 
 
 And the angel answered and said unto the women, 
 Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which 
 was crucified. He is not here : for he is risen, as he 
 said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 
 
 And entering into the sepulchre, they saw a young 
 man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white 
 garment; and they were affrighted. And he saith 
 
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 unto them, Bo not affrighted : Yc seclc Jesus of Na- 
 zareth, which was Crucified: he is risen; he is not 
 here: behold the place where they laid him. But 
 go your way quickly, and tell his disciples, and Peter, 
 that ho is risen from the dead; and behold, he goeth 
 before you into Galilee ; there shall yc see him, as 
 he said unto you : lo, I have told you. 
 
 And they went out quickly, and fled from the 
 sepulchre, with fear and great joy ; for they trembled 
 and were amazed; and did run to bring his dis- 
 ciples word : neither said they anything to any waw; 
 for they were afi a’xl. 
 
 Now when they were going, behold, some of the 
 watch came into the city, and shewed unto the chief 
 priests all the things that were done. And when 
 they were assembled with the elders, and had taken 
 counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, 
 saying. Say ye. His disciples came by night, and 
 stole him cma;j while we slept. And if this come to 
 the governor’s ears, we will persuade him, and secure 
 you. So they took the money, and did as they were 
 taught : and this saying is commonly reported among 
 the Jews until this day. 
 
 Now upon the first day of the week, very early 
 in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bring- 
 ing the spices which they had prepared, and certain 
 others with them. And they found the stone rolled 
 away from the sepulchre. And they entered in, and 
 found not the body of the Lord Jesus. 
 
 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed 
 thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shin- 
 ing garments : and as they were afraid, and bowed 
 down their faces to the earth, they said unto them. 
 Why seek ye the living among the dead? He iS 
 
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 ' not here, but is risen ; remember how he spake unto 
 you when he was yet in Galilee, saying. The Son of 
 man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, 
 and be crucified, and the third day rise again. 
 
 And they remembered his words, and returned 
 from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto 
 the eleven, and to all the rest. And their words 
 seemed to them as idle tales, and they believed them 
 not. 
 
 CHAPTER LXXVIl. 
 
 MART MAGDALENE AND OTHERS VISIT THE SEPULCHRE. 
 
 ^HE first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene 
 ^ early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, 
 and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre. 
 Then she runneth, and cometh to Simon Peter, and 
 to the other disciple, whom Jesus loved, and saith. 
 unto them. They have taken away the Lord out of 
 the sepulchre aud we know not where they have 
 laid him. 
 
 It was Mary Magdalene, and Joanna, and Mary 
 iJie mother of James, and other women that were with 
 them, which told these things unto the apostles. 
 
 Peter therefore went forth, and that other disciple, 
 and came to the sepulchre. So they ran both to- 
 gether : and the other disciple did outrun Peter, and 
 came first to the sepulchre. And he stooping down, 
 and looking in^ saw the linen clothes lying ; yet went 
 he not in. 
 
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 Then cometh Simon Peter following him, and 
 went into the sepulchre, and seeth the linen clothes 
 lie, and the napkin, that was about his head, not 
 lying with the linen clothes, but wrapped together 
 in a place by itself. Then went in also that other 
 disciple, which came first to the sepulchre, and he 
 saw, and believed. For as yet they knew not the 
 scripture, that he must rise again from the dead. 
 
 Then the disciples went away again unto their 
 own home, (Peter) wondering in himself at that 
 which was come to pass. 
 
 But Mary stood without at the sepulchre weeping; 
 and as she wept, she stooped down, and looked into 
 the sepulchre, and seeth two angels in white sit- 
 ting, the one at the head, and the other at the feet, 
 where the body of Jesus had lain. And they say 
 unto her. Woman, Why weepest thou? She saith 
 unto them. Because they have taken away my Lord, 
 and I know not where they have laid him. 
 
 (Now when Jesm was risen early the first day of 
 the week, he appeared first to Mary Magdalene, 
 out ol whom he had cast seven devils.) And when 
 she had thus said, she turned herself back, and saw 
 Jesus standing, and knew not that it was Jesus. J esus 
 saith unto her. 
 
 Woman, why weepest thou ? 
 whom seekest thou ? 
 
 She, supposing him to be the gardener, saith unto 
 him. Sir, if thou have borne him hence, tell me 
 where thou hast laid him, and T will take him awo.y. 
 Jesus saith unto her, 
 
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 Mary. 
 
 She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni: 
 which is to say. Master. Jesus said unto her. 
 
 Touch me not ; for I am not yet 
 ascended to my Father: but go to 
 my brethren, and say unto them, I 
 ascend unto my Father, and your 
 Father; and to my God, and your 
 God. 
 
 And she went and told the disciples that had been 
 with him, as they mourned and wept, that she had 
 seen the Lord, and-^Aa^ he had spoken these things 
 unto her. And they, when they had heard that he 
 was alive, and had been seen of her, believed not. 
 
 CHAPTER LXXVIIl. 
 
 JOURNEY TO BMMAUS INCREDULITY OF THOMAS. 
 
 ^FTER that he appeared in another form unto two 
 of them, that same day, as they walked, and 
 went into the country, to a village called Emmaus, 
 which was from Jerusalem threescore furlongs. 
 And they talked together of all these things which 
 had happened. 
 
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37b 
 
 And it came to pass, that, while they communed 
 together and reasoned, Jesus himself drew near, and 
 went with them. But their eyes were holden that 
 they should not know him. And he said unto 
 them, 
 
 What manner of communications 
 are these that ye have one to another, 
 as ye walk, and are sad ? 
 
 And the one of them, whose name was Cleopas, 
 answering, said unto him. Art thou only a stranger 
 in Jerusalem, and hast not known the things which 
 are come to pass there in these days? And he said 
 unto them, 
 
 What things ? 
 
 And they said unto him. Concerning Jesus of 
 Nazareth, which was a prophet mighty in deed and 
 word before God and all the people: and how the 
 chief priests and our rulers delivered him to be con- 
 demned to death, and have crucified him. 
 
 But wo trusted that it had been he Avhich should 
 have redeemed Israel : and beside all this, to day 
 is the third day since these things were done. Yea, 
 and certain women also of our company made us 
 astonished, which were early at the sepulchre; and 
 when they found not his body, they came saying, 
 that they had also seen a vision of angels, which 
 said that he was alive. And certain of them which 
 were with us went to the sepulchre, and found it 
 even so as the women had said: but him they saw 
 not. Then said he unto them, 
 
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 O fools, and slow of heart to be- 
 lieve all that the prophets have 
 spoken : ought not Christ to have 
 suffered these things, and to enter 
 into his glory ? 
 
 And beginning at Moses and all tbe prophets, he 
 expounded nnto them in all the scriptures the things 
 concerning himself. 
 
 And they drew nigh unto the village whither they 
 went: and he made as though he would have gone 
 further. But they constrained him, saying, Abide 
 with us: for it is toward evening, and the day is 
 far spent. And he went in to tarry with them. 
 
 And it came to pass, as he sat at meat with them, 
 he took bread, and blessed and brake, and gave 
 to them. And their eyes were opened, and they 
 knew him; and he vanished out of their sight. 
 
 And they said one to another. Did not our heart 
 burn within us, Avhile he talked with us by the way, 
 and while he opened to us the scriptures? 
 
 And they rose up the same hour, and returned to 
 Jerusalem, and found the eleven gathered together, 
 and them that were with them, saying. The Lord is 
 risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. And 
 they told what things loeve done in the way, and how 
 he was known of them in breaking of bread : neither 
 believed they them. 
 
 And as they thus spake, the same day at evening, 
 being the lirst day of the week, when tnc doors were 
 shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of 
 
the Jews, Jesus himself stood in the midst of them, 
 and saith unto them, 
 
 Peace be unto you. 
 
 But they were terrified and affrighted, and sup- 
 posed that they had seen a spirit. And he said unto 
 them. 
 
 Why are ye troubled ? and why 
 do thoughts arise in your hearts ? 
 Behold my hands and my feet, that 
 it is I myself : handle me, and see ; 
 for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, 
 as ye see me have. 
 
 And when he had thus spoken, he shewed theni 
 his hands, and his feet, and his side. Then were the 
 disciples glad when they saw the Lord. 
 
 And while they yet believed not for joy, and 
 wondered, he said unto them. 
 
 Have ye here any meat ? 
 
 And they gave him a piece of broiled fish, and 
 of ail honeycomb. And he took it^ and did eat be- 
 fore them. Then said Jesus to them again. 
 
 Peace be unto you: as my Father 
 hath sent me, even so send I you. 
 
 And when he had said this, he breathed on ihm,y 
 and said unto them, 
 
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 Receive ye the holy Ghost. Whose 
 soever sins ye remit, they are remit- 
 ted unto them ; and whose soever 
 sinsyo. retain, they are retained. 
 
 But Thomas, one of the twelve, called Dydimus, 
 was not with them when Jesus came. The other 
 disciples therefore said unto him. We have seen the 
 Lord. But. he said unto them. Except I shall see in 
 his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger 
 into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into 
 his side, I will not believe. 
 
 And after eight days again his disciples were 
 within, and Thomas with them : then came Jesus, 
 the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, as they 
 sat at meat, and said, 
 
 Peace be unto you ; 
 
 and upbraided them with their unbelief and hard- 
 ness of heart, because they believed not them which 
 had seen him after he was risen. Then saith he to 
 Thomas, 
 
 Reach hither thy finger, and be- 
 hold my hands ; and reach hither 
 thy hand, and thrust it into my side: 
 and be not faithless, but believing. 
 
 And Thomas answered and said unto him. My 
 Lord and my God. Jesus said unto him, 
 
 Thomas, because thou hast seen 
 
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 me, thou hast believed : blessed are 
 they that have not seen, and have 
 believed. 
 
 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, 
 Jesus met them, saying. 
 
 All hail. 
 
 And they came and held him by the feet, and 
 worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them. 
 
 Be not afraid ; go tell my brethren 
 that they go into Galilee, and there 
 shall they see me. 
 
 CHAPTER LXXIX. 
 
 JESUS APPEARS TO THE ELEVEN ; TEEN TO FIVE HUNDRED 
 BRETHREN AT ONCE. 
 
 f HEN the eleven disciples went away into Galilee, 
 into a mountain where Jesus had appointed them. 
 And when they saw him, they worshipped him : but 
 some doubted. 
 
 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying. 
 
 All power is given unto me in 
 heaven and in earth. Go ye there- 
 
fore, and teach all nations, baptizing 
 them in the name of the Father, and 
 of the Son, and of the HolyGhcst: 
 teaching them to observe ail things 
 whatsoever I have commanded you : 
 and, lo, I am with you alway, even 
 unto the end of the world. Amen. 
 
 After that he was seen of above five hundred 
 brethren at once. 
 
 After these things .Tesus showed himself again to 
 the disciples at the sea of Tiberias; and on this wise 
 shewed he himself. 
 
 There were together Simon Peter, and Thomas 
 called Didymus, and Nathanael of Cana in G ililee, 
 and the sons of Zebedee, and two other of his dis- 
 ciples. 
 
 Simon Peter saith unto them, I go a fishing. They 
 say unto hiiii. We also go with thee. They went 
 forth, and entered into a ship immediately ; and 
 that night they caught nothing. But when the morn- 
 ing was now come, Jesus stood on the shore: but 
 the disciples knew not that it was Jesus. Then Jesus 
 saith unto them, 
 
 Children, have ye any meat ? 
 
 They answered him. No, And he said unto them, 
 
 Cast the net on the right side of 
 the ship, and ye shall find. 
 
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 They cast therefore, and now they were not able 
 to draw it for the multitade of fishes. 
 
 Therefore that disciple whom Jesus loved saith 
 unto Peter, it is the Lord. Now when Simon Peter 
 heard that it was the Lord, he girt his fisher’s coat 
 unto him^ (for he was naked,) and did cast himself 
 into the sea. And the other disciples came in a 
 little ship ; (for they were not far from land, but as 
 it were two hundred cubits,) dragging the net with 
 fishes. As soon as they were come to land, they 
 saw a fire of coals there, and fish laid thereon, and 
 bread. Jesus saith unto them. 
 
 Bring of the fish which ye have 
 
 Simon Peter went up, and drew the net to land 
 full of great fishes, an hundred and fifty and three: 
 and for all there were so many, yet was not the net 
 broken. Jesus saith unto them. 
 
 Come and dine. 
 
 And none of the disciples durst ask him. Who 
 art thou? knowing that it was the Lord. Jesus then 
 cometh, and taketh bread, and giveth them, and fish 
 likewise. This is now the third time that Jesus 
 shewed himself to his disciples, after that he was 
 risen from the dead. So when they had dined, Jesus 
 saith to Simon Peter, 
 
 Simon, of Jonas, lovest thou 
 me more than these ? 
 
 •now 
 
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 He saith unto Mm, Yea, Lord ; thou knowest that 
 I love thee. He saith unto him, 
 
 Feed my lambs. 
 
 He saith to him the second time, 
 
 Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 
 me? 
 
 He saith unto him. Yea, Lord; thou knowest that 
 I love thee. He saith unto him. 
 
 Feed my sheep. 
 
 He saith unto him the third time, 
 
 Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou 
 me ? 
 
 Peter was grieved because he said unto him the 
 third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him. 
 Lord, thou knowest all things ; thou knowest that I 
 love thee. Jesus saith unto him. 
 
 Feed my sheep. 
 
 Verily, verily, I say unto thee, 
 When thou wast young, thou girdedst 
 thyself, and walkedst whither thou 
 wouldest; but when thou shalt be 
 old, thou shalt stretch forth thy hands, 
 and another shall gird thee, and 
 carry thee whither thou wouldest not. 
 
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 This spake he, signifying by what death he should 
 glorify God. And when he had spoken this, he saith 
 unto him. 
 
 Follow me. 
 
 ’ Then Peter, turning about, seeth the disciple whom 
 Jesus loved following; which also leaned on his 
 breast at supper, and said. Lord, which is lie that 
 betrayeth thee? Peter seeing him, saith to Jesus, 
 Lord, and what shall this man do? Jesus saith unto 
 him. 
 
 If I will that he tarry till I come, 
 what is that to thee? follow thou 
 me. 
 
 Then went this saying abroad among the brethren, 
 that that disciple should not die: yet Jesus said not 
 unto him. He shall not die; but. If 1 will that he 
 tarry till I come, what is that to thee? This is the 
 disciple which testifieth of these things: and wrote 
 these things: and we know that his testimony is 
 true. After that he was seen of James. 
 
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 • CHAPTER LXXX. 
 
 THE ASCENSION OF JESUS— INCIDENTS. 
 
 ^ND (flesus'), being assembled together with ihem, 
 ^ commanded them that they should not depart 
 from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the 
 Father, which, saith he^ ye have heard of me. And 
 he said unto them, 
 
 These are the words which I spake 
 unto 3^ou, while I was yet with you, 
 that all things must be fulfilled, which 
 were written in the Law of Moses, 
 and m the prophets, and m the 
 Psalms, concerning me. 
 
 Then opened he their understanding, that they 
 might understand the scriptures, and said unto 
 them, ^ 
 
 Thus it is written, and thus it be- 
 hoved Christ to suffer, and to rise 
 from the dead the third day: and 
 that repentance and remission of sins 
 should be preached in his name 
 
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 among all nations, beginning at Je^ 
 rusalem. And ye are witnesses of 
 these things. 
 
 And, behold, I send the promise 
 of my Father upon you; but tarry 
 ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye 
 be endued with power from on high. 
 For John truly baptized with water; 
 but ye shall be baptized with the Holy 
 Ghost not many days hence. 
 
 When they therefore were come together, they 
 asked of him, saying. Lord, wilt thou at this time 
 restore again the kingdom to Israel ? And he said 
 unto them. 
 
 It is not for you to know the times 
 or the seasons, which the Father hath 
 put in his own power. But ye shall 
 receive power, after that the Holy 
 Ghost is come upon you: and ye 
 shall be witnesses unto me both in 
 Jerusalem, and in all Judea, and in 
 Samaria, and unto the uttermost part 
 of the earth. 
 
 And he led them out as far as to Bethany, and he 
 said unto them. 
 
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 Go ye into all the world, and preach 
 the gospel to every creature. He that 
 believeth and is baptized shall be 
 saved ; but he that believeth not shall 
 be damned. And these signs shall 
 follow them that believe ; I n my 
 name shall they cast out devils ; they 
 shall speak with new tongues ; they 
 shall take up serpents ; and if they 
 drink any deadly thing, it shall not 
 hurt them ; they shall lay hands on 
 the sick, and they shall recover. 
 
 So then after the Lord had spoken unto them, he 
 lifted up his hands, and blessed them. And it came 
 to pass, while he blessed them, he was parted from 
 them, and while they beheld, he was taken up ; and 
 a cloud received him out of their sight ; he was re- 
 ceived up into heaven, and sat on the right hand 
 of God. 
 
 And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven 
 as he went up, behold, two men stood by them in 
 white apparel ; which also said. Ye men of Galilee, 
 why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same 
 Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall 
 so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into 
 heaven. 
 
 And they worshipped him, and returned to Jerusa- 
 lem with great joy : from the mount called Olivet, 
 
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 ■which is from Jeriisalem a sabbath day’s journey, 
 and -were continually in the temple, praising and 
 blessing God. Amen. 
 
 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the pres- 
 ence of his disciples, which are not written in this 
 book : But these are written, that ye might believe 
 that Jesus is the Christ, the son of God; and that 
 believing ye might have life through his name. 
 
 And there are also many other things which Jesus 
 did, the which, if they should be written every one, 
 I suppose that even the world itself could not con- 
 tain the books that should be written. Amen. 
 
 And they went forth, and preached every where, 
 the Lord working with them, and confirming the 
 word with signs following. Amen. 
 
 i 
 
COl^OLUSIOIT. 
 
 t ESUS has now conquered death, and ascended, 
 where “ He ever liveth to make intercession for 
 us.” We no more mark his footsteps, or hear his 
 voice amid the hills and valleys of the Promised 
 Hand ; but in the groves of immortal bliss, he is 
 worshipped by adoring angels, and by the “spirits 
 of just men made perfect.” 
 
 There, Moses and Elias, Peter, James and John, 
 “ walk with him in white,” and in a more exalted 
 sense than, when on the Mount of Transfiguration, 
 exclaim, “Master, it is good for us to be here.” 
 And with these. 
 
 The saints of all ages in harmony meet, 
 
 Their Saviour and brethren transported to greet ; 
 
 While the anthems of rapture unceasingly roll, 
 
 And the smile of our Jesus is the feast of the soul.’’ 
 
 But while we linger on these mortal shores, other 
 words, from the lips of Jesus, still fall upon our 
 ears. 
 
 When Paul was on his way to the feast of the 
 Passover at Jerusalem, he tarried for a brief space 
 at Ephesus. Here he called together the elders of 
 the church, and gave them an account of his labors, 
 and exhorted them to diligence in the cause of 
 their Master. And in that memorable farewell ad- 
 dress, while urging upon the strong the duty of 
 (supporting thn weak, he enforces his doctrine, b^ 
 
384 
 
 reminding them of the “words of the Lord Jesus,” 
 where he says, 
 
 It is more blessed to give than to 
 receive. 
 
 John was banished to the Isle of Patmos, for the 
 word of God, and the testimony of Jesus. In a 
 vision, he saw one like unto the Son of man, walking 
 in the midst of the seven golden candlesticks. His 
 hair was like wool, white as snow ; his eyes as a 
 flame of fire ; his feet like fine brass, as if they 
 burned in a furnace ; and his voice like the sound 
 of many waters. 
 
 In his right hand were seven stars : and out of his 
 mouth went a two edged sword : and his counte- 
 nance was as the sun shining in his strength. And 
 when John saw him, he fell at his feet as one dead. 
 But Jesus laid his right hand upon him saying; 
 
 F ear not ; I am the first and the 
 last : 1 am he that liveth, and was 
 dead; and, behold, I am alive for- 
 ever more. Amen; and have the 
 keys of hell and of death. Write 
 the things which thou hast seen, and 
 the things which are, and the 
 things which shall be hereafter; the 
 mystery of the seven stars which 
 thou sawest in my right hand, and 
 
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 the seven golden candlesticks. The 
 seven stars are the angels of the 
 seven churches ] and the seven 
 candlesticks which thou sawest are 
 the seven churches. 
 
 And these are the words which he commanded 
 John to write to the angels, or ministers, of the 
 seven churches. 
 
 To the church in Ephesus, write : 
 
 I know thy works, and thy labor, 
 and thy patience, and how thou 
 canst not bear them which are evil : 
 and thou hast tried them which say 
 they are apostles and are not, and 
 hast found them liars : and hast 
 borne, and hast patience, and for my 
 name's sake hast labored, and hast 
 not fainted. Nevertheless I have 
 somewhat 2ig3Ansi thee, because thou 
 hast left thy first love. Remember, 
 therefore from whence thou art 
 fallen, and repent, and do thy first 
 works ; or else I will come unto thee 
 
 quickly, and will remove thy candle- 
 
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 stick out of his place, except thou 
 repent. But this thou hast, that thou 
 hatest the deeds of the Nicolaitans, 
 which I also hate. 
 
 To tlie clmrcli of Smyrna, write : 
 
 I know thy works, and tribulation, 
 and poverty, but thou art rich ; and 
 I know the blasphemy of them which 
 say they are Jews, and are not, but 
 are the synagogue of Satan. Fear 
 none of those things which thou 
 shalt suffer : behold, the devil shall 
 cast some of you into prison, that ye 
 may be tried ; and ye shall have 
 tribulation ten days : be thou faithful 
 unto death, and I will give thee a 
 crown of life. 
 
 To the church in Pergamos, write : 
 
 I know thy works, and where 
 thou dwellest, even where Satan’s 
 seat is ; and thou boldest fast my 
 name, and hast not denied my faith, 
 even in those days wherein Antipas 
 
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 was my faithful martyr, who was 
 slain among you, where Satan dwell- 
 eth. But I have a few things against 
 thee, because thou hast there them 
 that hold the doctrine 'of Balaam, 
 who taught Balak to cast a stum- 
 bling-block before the children of 
 Israel, to eat things sacrificed unto 
 idols, and to commit fornication. 
 So hast thou also them that hold 
 the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, 
 which thing I hate. ' Repent, or 
 else I will come unto thee quickly, 
 and will fight against them with 
 the sword of my mouth. 
 
 To tlie churcli at Thyatira, write : 
 
 I know thy works, and charity, 
 and service, and faith, and thy pa- 
 tience, and thy works ; and the last 
 to be more than the first. Notwith- 
 standing, I have a few things against 
 thee, because thou sufferest that 
 woman, Jezebel, which calleth her- 
 self a prophetess, to teach and to 
 
388 
 
 seduce my servants to commit for- 
 nication, and to eat things sacrificed 
 unto idols. And I gave her space 
 to repent of her fornication ; and she 
 repented not. Behold, I will cast 
 her into a bed, and them that com- 
 mit adultery with her into great 
 tribulation, except they repent of 
 their deeds. And I will kill her 
 children with death : and all the 
 churches shall know that I am 
 he which searcheth the reins and 
 hearts ; and I will give unto every 
 one of you according to your works. 
 But unto you I say, and unto the 
 rest in Thyatira, as many as have not 
 this doctrine, and which have not 
 known the depths of Satan, as they 
 speak ; I will put upon you none 
 other burden. But that which ye 
 have already, hold fast till I come. 
 And he that overcometh, and keep- 
 eth my works unto the end, to him 
 will I give power over the nations ; 
 
389 
 
 and he shall rule them with a rod 
 of iron ] as the vessels of a potter 
 shall they be broken to shivers, even 
 as I received of my Father ; and I 
 will give him the morning star. 
 
 To the church in Sardis, write : 
 
 I know thy works, that thou hast 
 a name that thou livest, and art 
 dead. Be watchful and strengthen 
 the things which remain, that are 
 ready to die : for I have not found 
 thy works perfect before God. Re- 
 member therefore how thou hast 
 received and heard, and hold fast 
 and repent. If therefore thou shalt 
 not watch, I will come on thee as a 
 thief, and thou shalt not know what 
 hour I will come upon thee. Thou 
 hast a few names even in Sardis 
 which have not defiled their gar- 
 ments, and they shall walk with me 
 in white, for they are worthy. 
 
 To the church in Philadelphia, write : 
 
 I know thy works: Behold, I have 
 
390 
 
 set before thee an open door, and no 
 man can shut it : for thou hast a little 
 strength, and hast kept my word, and 
 hast not denied my name. Behold, 
 I will make them of the Synagogue 
 of Satan, which say they are Jews, 
 and are- not, but do lie ] behold I will 
 make them to come and worship be- 
 fore thy feet, and to know that I have 
 loved thee. Because thou hast kept 
 the word of my patience, I also will 
 keep thee from the hour of tempta- 
 tion, which shall come upon all the 
 world, to try them that dwell upon 
 the earth. Behold, I come quickly ; 
 hold that fast which thou hast, that 
 no man take thy crown. Him that 
 overcometh will I make a pillar in 
 the temple of my God, and he shall 
 go no more out ; and I will write 
 upon him the name of my God, and 
 the name of the city of my God, 
 which is new J erusalem, which com- 
 eth down out of heaven from my 
 
391 
 
 God ; and / will write upon him 
 my new name. 
 
 To the churcli of the Laodiceans, write : 
 
 I know thy works, that thou art 
 neither cold nor hot : I would thou 
 wert cold or hot. So then because 
 thou art lukewarm, and neither cold 
 nor hot, I will spew thee out of my 
 mouth. Because thou sayest, I am 
 rich, and increased with goods, and 
 have need of nothing 5 and knowest 
 not that thou art wretched, and 
 miserable, and poor, and blind, and 
 naked. 
 
 I counsel thee to buy of me gold 
 tried in the fire, that thou mayest be 
 rich ; and white raiment, that thou 
 mayest be clothed, and that the 
 shame of thy nakedness do not ap- 
 pear ; and anoint thine eyes with eye 
 salve, that thou mayest see. As many 
 as I love, I rebuke and chasten ; be 
 zealous, therefore, and repent. Be- 
 hold, I stand at the door and knock : 
 
392 
 
 if any man hear my voice, and open 
 the door, I will come in to him, and 
 will sup with him, and he with me. 
 To him that overcometh will I grant 
 to sit with me in my throne, even as 
 I also overcame, and am set down 
 with my Father in his throne. 
 
 Jolin in his vision saw also a new heaven and 
 a new earth; and there was no more sea. For the 
 former things were passed away. And Jesus who 
 sat upon the throne, said : 
 
 Behold, I make all things new. 
 
 And he said to John : 
 
 Write : for these words are true 
 and faithful. It is done. I am 
 Alpha and Omega, the beginning 
 and the end. I will give unto him 
 that is athirst of the fountain of the 
 water of life freely. 
 
 He that overcometh shall inherit 
 all things ; and I will be his God, 
 and he shall be my son. But the 
 fearful, and unbelieving, and the 
 abominable, and murderers, and 
 
393 
 
 whoremongers, and sorcerers, and 
 idolaters, and all liars, shall have 
 their part in the lake which burneth 
 with fire and brimstone : which is 
 the second death. 
 
 And John saw the holy city, with its Jasper walls, 
 its golden streets, and gates of pearl ; its crystal 
 river, and tree of life, with its perpetual fruits and 
 healing leaves ; and the light of the city was the 
 glory of the Lamb. And he spake to John and 
 said 
 
 I, Jesus, have sent mine angel to 
 testify unto you these things, in the 
 churches. I am the root and the 
 offspring of David, and the bright 
 and morning star. 
 
 And the Spirit and the bride say, 
 come. And let him that heareth 
 say. Come. And let him that is 
 athirst come. And whosoever will, 
 let him take the water of life freely. 
 
 For I testify unto every one that 
 heareth the words of the prophecy 
 of this book. If any man shall add 
 unto these things, God shall add 
 
394 
 
 unto him the plagues that are writ- 
 ten in this book. And if any man 
 shall take away from the words of 
 the book of this prophecy, God shall 
 take away his part out of the book 
 of life, and out of the holy city, and 
 fro7n the things which are. written 
 in this book. 
 
 He wliicli testifieth these things saith. 
 
 Surely I come quickly : Amen. 
 
 Even so, come. Lord Jesus. The grace of our 
 Lord Jesus Chi’ist be with you all. Amen. 
 
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INDEX 
 
 MATTHEW. 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 VERSES 
 
 PAGE 
 
 13 to 16 
 
 . 16 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 Ito 8 
 
 . 17 
 
 9 “ 11 
 
 . 18 
 
 12 20 
 
 . 36 
 
 21, 22.... 
 
 . 37 
 
 23 to 25 
 
 . 39 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 1 to 3 
 
 . 39 
 
 4 13 
 
 . 40 
 
 14 “ 19 
 
 . 41 
 
 20 24. 
 
 . 42 
 
 25 30 
 
 . 43 
 
 31 36 
 
 . 44 
 
 37 “ 45 
 
 . 45 
 
 46 “ 48 
 
 . 46 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 1,2 
 
 . 46 
 
 3 to 7... 
 
 . 47 
 
 8 “ 16 
 
 . 48 
 
 17 ‘‘ 23 
 
 . 49 
 
 24 29 
 
 . -50 
 
 30 “ 84 
 
 . 51 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 1 to 6 
 
 . 52 
 
 7 “ 14 
 
 .53 
 
 15 “ 22 ... 
 
 . 54 
 
 23 “ 29 
 
 . 55 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 1 
 
 . 55 
 
 2 to 4 
 
 . 57 
 
 7 “ 9 
 
 . 78 
 
 10 “ 13 
 
 . 79 
 
 14 “ 17 
 
 . 38 
 
 18 ‘‘ 22 
 
 .105 
 
 VERSES PAGE 
 
 23 to 27 106 
 
 28, 29 107 
 
 30 to 34 108 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 1, 10 to 13 109 
 
 2, 4, 8, 9 59 
 
 14 to 18 110 
 
 19, 20 Ill 
 
 22 to 24 112 
 
 26 30 113 
 
 31 34 114 
 
 35 “ 38 115 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 1, 5 115 
 
 2 to 4 72 
 
 6 “ 14 116 
 
 15 “ 20 117 
 
 21 “ 23 118 
 
 27 “ 35 119 
 
 36 42 120 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 1 121 
 
 2 80 
 
 5 to 8 81 
 
 9 15 82 
 
 16 “ 21 83 
 
 22 27 84 
 
 28 30 ..85 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 1,2, 4 68 
 
 5, 6, 7, 9, 10 69 
 
 11 to 13 70 
 
 15, 17 to 21 71 
 
 22 to 27 88 
 
 28 “ 32 89 
 
 33 37 90 
 
 VERSES 
 
 38 to 42 
 
 PAGE 
 
 . 91 
 
 43 48 
 
 . 92 
 
 49, 50 
 
 . 93 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 
 1, 2, 4, 5 
 
 . 93 
 
 5, 10, 11, 12 
 
 . 94 
 
 13 to 17 
 
 . 95 
 
 18 
 
 . 99 
 
 19 
 
 .100 
 
 24 to 30 
 
 . 96 
 
 31 
 
 . 97 
 
 32, 33, 35 
 
 . 98 
 
 36 to 41 
 
 102 
 
 42 “ 48 
 
 .103 
 
 48 “ 52 
 
 .104 
 
 53 
 
 .105 
 
 54 to 57 
 
 .114 
 
 58 
 
 .115 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 
 1, 2 
 
 .121 
 
 2 to 4 
 
 .135 
 
 5 “ 9 
 
 .136 
 
 7, 8 
 
 .122 
 
 10 to 12 
 
 .123 
 
 15, 16 
 
 .124 
 
 27 to 33 
 
 .127 
 
 35 
 
 .128 
 
 CH \P. XV. 
 
 
 12 to 11 
 
 .137 
 
 17 “ 21 
 
 .138 
 
 21 25 
 
 
 27 “ 29 
 
 .140 
 
 29 “ 31, 33 to 36. 
 
 .141 
 
 37 “ 39 
 
 .142 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 1 to 3 
 
 142 
 
VEESES PAGE 
 
 4 to 9 148 
 
 10,11 144 
 
 12 to 14 145 
 
 16 21 146 
 
 22, 23, 26 147 
 
 27 148 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 
 1 to 6 .-...149 
 
 7, 9 to 12 150 
 
 18 to 17 151 
 
 18 “ 20 152 
 
 21 “ 28 158 
 
 24 “ 27 154 
 
 CHAP. XVIII. 
 
 Ito 8 157 
 
 4 8., 158 
 
 9 15 159 
 
 16 20 160 
 
 21 “ 28 161 
 
 29 85 162 
 
 CHAP. XIX. 
 
 1 237 
 
 2 238 
 
 8 to 5 242 
 
 6 9 248 
 
 10 13 244 
 
 15 18 245 
 
 19 “ 24 246 
 
 25, 27 to 29 247 
 
 CHAP. XX. 
 
 Ito 7 248 
 
 8 18 ....249 
 
 14 ‘M8 250 
 
 19, 20, 22 251 
 
 23, 24 252 
 
 CHAP. XXI. 
 
 1 to 8 260 
 
 4 8 261 
 
 9 262 
 
 10,11, 14 to 16... .263 
 
 17 to 22 266 
 
 12 267 
 
 VERSES PAGE 
 
 28 to 25 269 
 
 28 “ 32 270 
 
 38 85 271 
 
 40 “ 42 272 
 
 43 46 278 
 
 CHAP. XXII. 
 
 Ito 6 274 
 
 7 " 18 275 
 
 14 “ 21 276 
 
 22 25, 28 277 
 
 80, 38 278 
 
 84 to 36, 88 to 40. .279 
 
 41 43 280 
 
 46 281 
 
 CHAP. XXIII. 
 
 Ito 6 284 
 
 7 14 285 
 
 15 “ 20 286 
 
 21 “ 27 287 
 
 28 34 288 
 
 85 89 289 
 
 CHAP. XXIV. 
 
 Ito 8 290 
 
 4 ‘‘ 8 291 
 
 9, 10 292 
 
 11 to 15 293 
 
 20,21 294 
 
 26 to 29 296 
 
 30 “ 32 297 
 
 84. 35 298 
 
 36, 37 to 42 299 
 
 43 to 47 300 
 
 48 51 801 
 
 CHAP. XXV. 
 
 1 to 5 301 
 
 6 13 302 
 
 14 19 303 
 
 20 24 304 
 
 25 31 305 
 
 32 “ 37 306 
 
 38 44 307 
 
 45, 46 308 
 
 VERSES PAGE 
 
 CHAP. XXVI. 
 
 6 to 8 258 
 
 10, 12, 13 259 
 
 15 to 17 309 
 
 18,19 ....310 
 
 26 313 
 
 22 to 24 314 
 
 25 315 
 
 27 to 28 319 
 
 29 820 
 
 81 337 
 
 32, 33, 35, 36 338 
 
 37 to 41 339 
 
 42, 44, 45, 46 340 
 
 47 341 
 
 48 to 51 842 
 
 52 56 343 
 
 57 344 
 
 58 to 61 345 
 
 63 “ 68 346 
 
 70 72, 75 347 
 
 CHAP. XXVII. 
 
 1 348 
 
 2 to 9 349 
 
 11 “ 13 352 
 
 14 353 
 
 15 to 17, 19 to 22. .354 
 
 24 “ 25 355 
 
 27 “ 29, 32 356 
 
 33 “ 34 357 
 
 35 “ 37 358 
 
 40 44 359 
 
 46 360 
 
 48, 49 361 
 
 51 to 56 362 
 
 57, 58 363 
 
 59 to 66 364 
 
 CHAP. XXVIII, 
 
 1 to 6 365 
 
 7, 8, 11 to 15 366 
 
 9, 10, 16 to 19... 374 
 20 375 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 9, 11 16 
 
 13 17 
 
 14, 15, 17 36 
 
 MARK. 
 
 19to 22, 26 to28.. 37 
 29 to 33, 35 to 38. . 38 
 
 39 39 
 
 40, 41,45 57 
 
 45 58 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 1 to 5 58 
 
 6 “ 13 59 
 
VERSES page 
 
 14 to 18 60 
 
 19 “ 21 61 
 
 25, 26 68 
 
 27, 28 69 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 1, 2 69 
 
 4, 6 70 
 
 7 to 12 71 
 
 13 “ 15, 17, 19... 72 
 
 24 “ 26 88 
 
 28 30 89 
 
 32 92 
 
 34 93 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 1 to 4 93 
 
 7 8 94 
 
 10 13 99 
 
 14 “ 17 100 
 
 18 “ 23 101 
 
 24 25 102 
 
 26 “ 31 97 
 
 32 34 98 
 
 35 105 
 
 36 to 41 106 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 1, 3 to 7 107 
 
 11 to 16. 18, 19.... 108 
 
 20 21 109 
 
 22 “23 110 
 
 24, 26, 29 to 32 ...111 
 
 33 to 30 112 
 
 40 “ 43 113 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 Ito 2 114 
 
 4 - 7 115 
 
 8, 9 116 
 
 12 to 15 121 
 
 16 “ 27 122 
 
 29 “ 34 123 
 
 35 38... 124 
 
 39 41,43 125 
 
 45 48 126 
 
 50 “ 52 127 
 
 53 “ 56 128 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 1 to 5,9 135 
 
 11 13,8 136 
 
 14 “ 17 137 
 
 18 “ 23 138 
 
 24 “ 27 139 
 
 VERSES PAGE 
 
 28 to 37. 140 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 1 to 3 141 
 
 6, 7, 9, 10, 11 142 
 
 12 to 15 143 
 
 17 “ 21 144 
 
 22 “ 27 145 
 
 29, 146 
 
 31 to 36 147 
 
 38 148 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 1 148 
 
 2 to 4, 6 149 
 
 8 to 10, 12, 13.... 150 
 
 14 “ 18,20 151 
 
 21 23 152 
 
 29 31 153 
 
 32 154 
 
 33 to 88 155 
 
 39 “ 45 156 
 
 46 “ 50.... 157 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 1 237 
 
 3 to 6 242 
 
 iq “ 12 243 
 
 13 “ 15 244 
 
 16 “ 19 245 
 
 20, 21, 23, 24 246 
 
 26, 27, 29, 30 247 
 
 31 248 
 
 32, 33 250 
 
 34 to 37 251 
 
 39 to 45 252 
 
 46 “ 49 253 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 2, 3 260 
 
 4, 6, 7 261 
 
 10 262 
 
 11 263 
 
 12 to 14 266 
 
 15 “ 23 267 
 
 24 “ 26 268 
 
 27, 28, 30 to 83.... 269 
 
 CHAP. XIL 
 
 2 to 5 271 
 
 6 272 
 
 12 273 
 
 13 to 15 276 
 
 19,23. 24 277 
 
 26,27 278 
 
 VERSES PAGE 
 
 28 to 30 279 
 
 31 “ 35 280 
 
 26 “ 41 281 
 
 42 “ 44 282 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 1 to 4 290 
 
 9 291 
 
 10 292 
 
 15 to 16. 294 
 
 19 “ 23 295 
 
 27, 28 297 
 
 29, 32 293 
 
 33, 34 299 
 
 35 to 37 400 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 1 308 
 
 3 to 5 258 
 
 6 9 259 
 
 11 “ 13 309 
 
 14 “ 17 310 
 
 18 “ 20 314 
 
 23 319 
 
 26 337 
 
 30. 31 338 
 
 33, 35, 36, 37 339 
 
 39 to 41 340 
 
 43 341 
 
 44, 45, 47 342 
 
 51, 52 343 
 
 53,54, 56 to 60... 345 
 
 61, 64 to 67 346 
 
 68 to 72 347 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 1 348 
 
 3,4 352 
 
 6 to 11 354 
 
 12 “ 15 355 
 
 16, 18 to 21 356 
 
 22 357 
 
 25 to 28 358 
 
 29, 30.32 359 
 
 33 to 35 360 
 
 39 “ 41 362 
 
 42 ‘‘ 45 363 
 
 46, 47 364 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 7 8 
 
 9 
 
 365 
 
 366 
 368 
 
VERSES PAGE 
 
 10 to 12 369 
 
 13 371 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 21, 22.. 16 
 
 ^ CHAP. IV. 
 
 1,2, 4, 5, 6, 9 to 12 17 
 6, 7 18 
 
 14 to 16 33 
 
 17 24 34 
 
 25 ‘ 30 35 
 
 31 36 
 
 32 to 37 37 
 
 38 42 38 
 
 42, 43 39 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 1 to 8 56 
 
 9 “ 12 57 
 
 15 19 58 
 
 21,25,23,27 59 
 
 27 to 30, 33, 34.... 60 
 36 “ 39 61 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 1 to 4 68 
 
 6 8 69 
 
 9, 11 70 
 
 12 to 15, 17 to 19.. 72 
 
 20 “ 26 73 
 
 27 34 74 
 
 35 38 75 
 
 39 “ 43 76 
 
 44 “ 49 77 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 1 to 9 78 
 
 10 79 
 
 11 to 18 80 
 
 19 22, 24, 25.... 81 
 
 28, 29 82 
 
 30 to 35 83 
 
 36 38 85 
 
 39 “ 44 86 
 
 45 50 87 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 1 to 3 87 
 
 4 “ 5.... 93 
 
 6 “ 8 94 
 
 11 « 15^ inn 
 
 VERSES PAGE 
 
 14 373 
 
 15 380 
 
 1-UKE. 
 
 14 to 17 101 
 
 18 102 
 
 19 to 21 104 
 
 22 “ 25 106 
 
 26 “ 31 107 
 
 34 “ 38 108 
 
 39 40 109 
 
 42, 43, 45 to 47... Ill 
 
 48, 50 to 52 112 
 
 53, 55, 56 113 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 1 to 2 115 
 
 3 116 
 
 6 to 9 121 
 
 10 123 
 
 11, 12 124 
 
 13, 14 125 
 
 18...-. 145 
 
 19, 20 146 
 
 23, 25 147 
 
 26 148 
 
 28 to 35 149 
 
 36, 37 150 
 
 38, 41 151 
 
 42 .152 
 
 43, 44 153 
 
 45, 46 154 
 
 47 to 50 155 
 
 51 ‘‘60... 189 
 
 61, 62. 190 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 1 to 4 190 
 
 5 “ 11 191 
 
 12 “ 19 192 
 
 20 “ 24. 193 
 
 25 “ 31 194 
 
 32 “ 37 195 
 
 38 “ 42 196 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 1, 2 196 
 
 3 to 9 197 
 
 10 “ 17 198 
 
 20 “ 24 199 
 
 25 to 29 200 
 
 VERSES PAGE 
 
 16 to 19 381 
 
 20 382 
 
 30 to 34 201 
 
 35 “ 42 202 
 
 43 “ 49 203 
 
 50 “ 54 204 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 Ito 5 205 
 
 6 “ 11 206 
 
 12 “ 18 207 
 
 19 “ 26 208 
 
 27 “ 33 209 
 
 34 “ 39 210 
 
 40 “ 46 211 
 
 47 “ 52 212 
 
 53 “ 58 213 
 
 59 214 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 1 to 4 214 
 
 5 “ 12 215 
 
 13 “ 19 216 
 
 20 “ 26 217 
 
 27 “ 33, 34. 35... 218 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 1 219 
 
 2 to 10 220 
 
 11 “ 16 221 
 
 17 “ 22 222 
 
 23 “ 29 223 
 
 30 “ 35 224 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 1 to 7 225 
 
 8 “ 13 226 
 
 14 “ 20 227 
 
 21 “ 27 228 
 
 28 “ 32 229 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 1 to 5 230 
 
 6 “ 11 231 
 
 12 “ 17 232 
 
 18 “ 24 233 
 
 25 “ 30 234 
 
 31 285 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 
 5 “ 10, 
 
 285 
 
 ,236 
 
VERSES PAGE 
 
 11 to 19 287 
 
 20 " 26 288 
 
 27 “ 84 289 
 
 85 87 240 
 
 CHAP. XVIII. 
 
 1 to 4 240 
 
 5 “ 11 241 
 
 12 “ 14.. 242 
 
 15 244 
 
 81 250 
 
 84 251 
 
 85 to 48 258 
 
 CHAP. XIX. 
 
 1 258 
 
 2 to 5 254 
 
 G 14 255 
 
 15 21 256 
 
 22 “ 27 257 
 
 28 258 
 
 29, 80 260 
 
 82 to 88 ...261 
 
 89 44 262 
 
 45, 47,48 267 
 
 CHAP. XX. 
 
 1,2, 6 268 
 
 9 to 12 271 
 
 18 “ 17 272 
 
 19 278 
 
 20 276 
 
 26 to 85 277 
 
 CHAP. I. 
 
 19 to 28 18 
 
 24 “ 88 19 
 
 89 47 20 
 
 48 “ 51 21 
 
 CHAP. II. 
 
 1 to 9 22 
 
 10 20 28 
 
 20 25 24 
 
 CHAP. III. 
 
 1 to 6 24 
 
 6 “ 18 25 
 
 14 “ 21 26 
 
 22 “ 80 27 
 
 81 “ 36 28 
 
 CHAP. IV. 
 
 1 to 9 28 
 
 VERSES PAGE 
 
 36, 38, 89, 40 278 
 
 42 to 45 281 
 
 CHAP. XXI. 
 
 1 281 
 
 4 282 
 
 5 to 7 290 
 
 8 12 291 
 
 15 16 292 
 
 16 ‘‘ 19 293 
 
 20 “ 28 294 
 
 24 295 
 
 25 ..296 
 
 26, 28,29 297 
 
 80 to 82, 84 to 36. .298 
 87, 88 309 
 
 CHAP. XXII. 
 
 2 to 4, 6 to 10... 309 
 
 14 “ 17 . - 810 
 
 19, 21, 22 818 
 
 28 814 
 
 24 to 80 817 
 
 '81 “ 35 818 
 
 36 “ 38 819 
 
 89.... 887 
 
 40 888 
 
 41 to 44 339 
 
 45 340 
 
 47 to 49,51 342 
 
 52, 58.... 848 
 
 54 344 
 
 JOHN. 
 
 10 to 16... 29 
 
 17 “ 24 80 
 
 25 “ 86 31 
 
 87 “ 45 82 
 
 46 “ 54 88 
 
 CHAP. V. 
 
 1 to 9 62 
 
 10 “ 19 68 
 
 20 24 64 
 
 25 “ 82 65 
 
 88 “ 41 66 
 
 42 ‘M5 67 
 
 CHAP. VI. 
 
 1,2 128 
 
 8 to 7 124 
 
 8 “ 13 125 
 
 14 - 19 126 
 
 VERSES 
 
 PAGE 
 
 55 
 
 .845 
 
 66, 63 to 65 
 
 .346 
 
 57 to 61 
 
 .347 
 
 66 “ 71 
 
 .348 
 
 CHAP. XXIII. 
 
 
 1 
 
 .848 
 
 2, 8 
 
 .852 
 
 4 to 14 
 
 .858 
 
 15 “ 20 
 
 .354 
 
 31 “ 35 
 
 .355 
 
 26 29 
 
 .356 
 
 80 “ 84. ........ 
 
 .35? 
 
 85 “ 39 
 
 .859 
 
 40 “ 43, 45 
 
 .860 
 
 48, 49 
 
 .862 
 
 50 to 52 
 
 .868 
 
 54 “ 66 
 
 .864 
 
 CHAP. XXIV. 
 
 
 1 to 6 . 
 
 .366 
 
 7 “ 11 
 
 .867 
 
 12 
 
 .368 
 
 18 
 
 .869 
 
 15 to 25 
 
 .870 
 
 26 “ 36 
 
 .371 
 
 87 48 
 
 .872 
 
 44 “ 47 
 
 .879 
 
 48 “ 50 
 
 .380 
 
 51, 52 
 
 .881 
 
 53 
 
 .882 
 
 21 
 
 .127 
 
 22 to 24 
 
 .128 
 
 25 “ 80 
 
 .129 
 
 40 “ 46 
 
 .131 
 
 47 “ 55 
 
 .182 
 
 56 “ 64 
 
 .133 
 
 65 “ 71 
 
 184 
 
 CHAP. VII. 
 
 
 1 
 
 .153 
 
 2 to 8 
 
 .168 
 
 9 " 21 
 
 .164 
 
 22 29 
 
 .165 
 
 80 “ 89 
 
 .166 
 
 40 “ 53 
 
 .167 
 
 CHAP. VIII. 
 
 
 1 
 
 .167 
 
 3 to 10 
 
 .168 
 
verses page 
 
 11 to 16 169 
 
 17 24 170 
 
 25 “ 31 171 
 
 32 40 172 
 
 41 “ 46 173 
 
 47 “ 55 174 
 
 56 “ 59 175 
 
 CHAP. IX. 
 
 Ito 3 175 
 
 4 16.* 176 
 
 17 ‘^29 177 
 
 30 41 178 
 
 CHAP. X. 
 
 Ito 5 179 
 
 6 “ 13 180 
 
 14 “ 21 181 
 
 25 “ 32 182 
 
 33 42 183 
 
 CHAP. XI. 
 
 Ito 9 184 
 
 10 - 21 ....185 
 
 22 38 186 
 
 39 “ 42 187 
 
 43 “ 54 188 
 
 55 “ 57 258 
 
 CHAP. XII. 
 
 1 to 6 258 
 
 7, 9 to 11 259 
 
 12, 13 260 
 
 14 to 18 261 
 
 19 263 
 
 20 to 27 264 
 
 28 36 265 
 
 37 50 282 
 
 ACTS. 
 
 1: 4 379 
 
 1: 5 to 8 380 
 
 1: 9 to 11 381 
 
 1: 12 382 
 
 20: 35 384 
 
 1 COR. 
 
 VERSES PAGE 
 
 CHAP. XIII. 
 
 1 to 10 311 
 
 11 17 312 
 
 18 19 313 
 
 20 22 314 
 
 23 “ 32 315 
 
 eS3 38 316 
 
 CHAP. XIV. 
 
 Ito 7 320 
 
 8 14 321 
 
 15 “ 22 322 
 
 23 28 323 
 
 29 “ 31 324 
 
 CHAP. XV. 
 
 1, 2 324 
 
 3 to 9 325 
 
 10 “ 16 326 
 
 17 “ 23 327 
 
 24 27 328 
 
 CHAP. XVI. 
 
 1, 2 328 
 
 3 to 9 329 
 
 10 “ 17. 330 
 
 18 23 331 
 
 24 31 332 
 
 32, 33 333 
 
 CHAP. XVII. 
 
 1. 2 333 
 
 3 to 9 334 
 
 10 15 335 
 
 16 23 336 
 
 24 “ 26 337 
 
 CHAP. XVIII. 
 
 1 337 
 
 2, 3 340 
 
 11: 25 319 
 
 15: 6 375 
 
 15: 7 378 
 
 REV. 
 
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