Christ's charge to his disciples. S. MATTHEW.

able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it unto you.

30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. 32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with

a devil.

33 And when the devil was cast out, the dumb spake: and the multitudes marvelled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. 34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth out devils, through the prince of the devils.

He comforts them.

12 And when ye come into an house, salute it.

13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house, or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

15 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.

16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. 17 But beware of men: for they will 35 And Jesus went about all the cities deliver you up to the councils, and they and villages, teaching in their synagogues, will scourge you in their synagogues. and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, 18 And ye shall be brought before goand healing every sickness, and every dis-vernors and kings for my sake, for a testiease among the people. mony against them and the Gentiles.

36 But when he saw the multitudes, 19 But when they deliver you up, take he was moved with compassion on them, no thought how or what ye shall speak, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

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CHAP. X.

ND when he had called unto him his twelve disciples, he gave them power against unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness, and all manner of disease.

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother;

for it shall be given you in that same hour what ve shall speak.

20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in

you.

21 And the brother shall deliver 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.

22 And ye shall be hated of all men for my name's sake: but he that endureth to the end shall be saved.

23 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. 24 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord.

3 Philip, and Bartholomew: Thomas, 25 It is enough for the disciple that he and Matthew the publican; James the son be as his master, and the servant as his of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname lord: if they have called the master of the was Thaddeus;

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

51 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.

9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses;

10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: (for the workman is worthy of his meat.)

11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household?

26 Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

27 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.

28 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.

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.

32 Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

Christ's testimony of John.

33 But whosoever shall deny me before face, which shall prepare thy way before men, him will I also deny before my Father thee. which is in heaven.

11 Verily, I say unto you, Among them 34 Think not that I am come to send that are born of women, there hath not peace on earth; I came not to send peace, risen a greater than John the Baptist: notbut a sword. withstanding he that is least in the king35 For I am come to set a man at vari-dom of heaven, is greater than he. ance against his father, and the daughter 12 And from the days of John the Bapagainst her mother, and the daughter-in-tist, until now, the kingdom of heaven suflaw against her mother-in-law. fereth violence, and the violent take it by

36 And a man's foes shall be they of his force. own household.

37 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.

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John.

14 And if ye will receive it, this is Elias which was for to come.

15 He that hath ears to hear, let him

38 And he that taketh not his cross, and hear. followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

16 But whereunto shall I liken this 39 He that findeth his life shall lose it: generation? It is like unto children sitting and he that loseth his life for my sake, in the markets, and calling unto their felshall find it.

lows,

40 He that receiveth you, receiveth 17 And saying, We have piped unto me, and he that receiveth me, receiveth you, and ye have not danced; We have him that sent me. mourned unto you, and ye have not la

41 He that receiveth a prophet in the mented. name of a prophet, shall receive a prophet's 18 For John came neither eating nor reward; and he that receiveth a righteous drinking, and they say, He hath a devil. man in the name of a righteous man, shall receive a righteous man's reward.

19 The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a man

42 And whosoever shall give to drink gluttonous, and a wine-bibber, a friend of

unto one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily, I say unto you, He shall in no wise lose his reward.

came to pass when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.

21 Now when John had heard in the prison the works of Christ, he sent two of his disciples,

3 And said unto him, Art thou he that should come, or do we look for another?

publicans and sinners. But Wisdom is justified of her children.

20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not.

21 Wo unto thee, Chorazin! wo unto thee, Bethsaida! for if the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

22 But I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon at the day of judgment, than for you.

23 And thou, Capernaum, which art ex4 Jesus answered and said unto them, alted unto heaven, shalt be brought down Go and shew John again those things to hell: for if the mighty works which which ye do hear and see: have been done in thee, had been done in 5 The blind receive their sight, and the Sodom, it would have remained until this lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and day. the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, 24 But I say unto you, That it shall be and the poor have the gospel preached to them.

more tolerable for the land of Sodom, in the day of judgment than for thee.

6 And blessed is he whosoever shall not be offended in me.

25 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid

7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, these things from the wise and prudent, What went ye out into the wilderness to and hast revealed them unto babes.

see? A reed shaken with the wind?

26 Even so, Father, for so it seemed good

8 But what went ye out for to see? A in thy sight. man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, 27 All things are delivered unto me of they that wear soft clothing are in kings' my Father; and no man knoweth the Son, houses. but the Father; neither knoweth any man 9 But what went ye out for to see? A the Father, save the Son, and he to whomprophet? yea, I say unto you, and more soever the Son will reveal him. than a prophet. 10 For this is he of whom it is written, and are heavy laden, and I will give you Behold, I send my messenger before thy rest.

28 Come unto me, all ye that labour,

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The Pharisees reproved. 29 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. 30 For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

CHAP. XII.

The unfaithful rebuked.

20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.

21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.

22 Then was brought unto him one T that time Jesus went on A the sab-possessed with a devil, blind and dumb; bath-day through the corn, and his and he healed him, insomuch that the disciples were an hungered, and began to blind and dumb both spake and saw. pluck the ears of corn, and to eat.

2 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.

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

24 But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This fellow doth not cast out devils, but by Beelzebub the prince of the

3 But he said unto them, Have ye not devils. read what David did when he was an 25 And Jesus knew their thoughts, and hungered, and they that were with him; said unto them, Every kingdom divided 4 How he entered into the house of God, against itself, is brought to desolation; and and did eat the shew-bread, which was not every city or house divided against itself, lawful for him to eat, neither for them shall not stand. which were with him, but only for the priests?

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

5 Or have ye not read in the law how that on the sabbath-days the priests in the 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast out devils, temple profane the sabbath, and are blame- by whom do your children cast them out! less?

6 But I say unto you, That in this place is one greater than the temple,

therefore they shall be your judges.

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

7 But if ye had known what this mean-unto you. eth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice, 29 Or else, how can one enter into a ye would not have condemned the guiltless. strong man's house, and spoil his goods,

8 For the Son of man is Lord even of

the sabbath-day.

9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their synagogue.

except he first bind the strong man? and then he will spoil his house.

30 He that is not with me, is against me; and he that gathereth not with me, scatter

10 And behold, there was a man which eth abroad. had his hand withered. And they asked 31 Wherefore I say unto you, All manhim, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sab-ner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven bath-days? that they might accuse him. unto men: but the blasphemy against the 11 And he said unto them, What man Holy Ghost shall not be forgiven unto men. shall there be among you, that shall have 32 And whosoever speaketh a word one sheep, and if it fall into a pit on the against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven sabbath-day, will he not lay hold on it, and him: but whosoever speaketh against the lift it out? Holy Ghost, it shall not be forgiven him, 12 How much then is a man better than neither in this world, neither in the world a sheep? wherefore it is lawful to do well to come. on the sabbath-days.

33 Either make the tree good, and his

13 Then saith he to the man, Stretch fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, forth thine hand. And he stretched it forth; and his fruit corrupt: for the tree is known and it was restored whole, like as the other. by his fruit.

14 Then the Pharisees went out, and 34 O generation of vipers, how can ye, held a council against him, how they might being evil, speak good things? for out of destroy him. the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

15 But when Jesus knew it, he withdrew himself from thence: and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

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

35 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.

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

17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, 18 Behold my servant, whom I have chosen; my beloved, in whom my soul is 37 For by thy words thou shalt be justiwell pleased: I will put my Spirit upon fied, and by thy words thou shalt be conhim, and he shall shew judgment to the demned. Gentiles.

38 Then certain of the scribes and of

19 He shall not strive, nor cry; neither the Pharisees answered, saying, Master, we shall any man hear his voice in the streets. would see a sign from thee.

The parable of the sower, CHAP. XIII.

39 But he answered and said to 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.

40 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.

and the exposition thereof.

7 And some fell among thorns; and the thorns sprung up, and choked them:

8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some an hundred-fold, some sixty-fold, some thirty-fold.

9 Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10 And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why speakest thou unto them

41 The men of Nineveh shall rise in in parables? judgment with this generation, and shall 11 He answered and said unto them, condemn it: because they repented at the Because it is given unto you to know the preaching of Jonas; and behold, a greater mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to than Jonas is here.

them it is not given.

42 The queen of the south shall rise up 12 For whosoever hath, to him shall be in the judgment with this generation, and given, and he shall have more abundance: shall condemn it: for she came from the but whosoever hath not, from him shall be uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wis- taken away even that he hath. dom of Solomon; and behold, a greater 13 Therefore speak I to them in parathan Solomon is here. bles: because they seeing, see not; and

43 When the unclean spirit is gone out hearing, they hear not, neither do they unof a man, he walketh through dry places, derstand. seeking rest, and findeth none.

14 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy 44 Then he saith, I will return into my of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall house from whence I came out; and when hear, and shall not understand; and seeing he is come, he findeth it empty, swept, and ye shall see, and shall not perceive :

garnished.

15 For this people's heart is waxed gross,

45 Then goeth he, and taketh with him- and their ears are dull of hearing, and self seven other spirits more wicked than their eyes they have closed; lest at any himself, and they enter in and dwell there. time they should see with their eyes, and and the last state of that man is worse than hear with their ears, and should understand the first. Even so shall it be also unto this with their heart, and should be converted,

wicked generation.

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

and I should heal them.

16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17 For verily I say unto you, That many

47 Then one said unto him, Behold, thy prophets and righteous men have desired mother and thy brethren stand without, de- to see those things which ye see, and siring to speak with thee. have not seen them; and to hear those

48 But he answered and said unto him things which ye hear, and have not heard that told him, Who is my mother? and them. who are my brethren ?

18 Hear ye therefore the parable of

49 And he stretched forth his hand to- the sower. ward his disciples, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren!

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

CHAP. XIII.

THE same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea-side.

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

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

forth to sow;

19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way-side.

20 But he that received the seed into stony-places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

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

22 He also that received seed among the thorns is he that heareth the word; and

4 And when he sowed, some seeds fell the care of this world, and the deceitfulness by the way-side, and the fowls came and of riches choke the word, and he becometh devoured them up: unfruitful.

5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth: and forthwith they sprung up, because they had no deepness of earth:

6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away.

23 But he that received seed into the good ground is he that heareth the word, and understandeth it; which also beareth fruit, and bringeth forth, some an hundredfold, some sixty, some thirty.

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

Herod's opinion of Christ.

of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

43 Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father Who hath ears to hear, let him hear. 441 Again, The kin kingdom of heaven ir like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found, he hideth, and for

27 So the servants of the householder joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he came and said unto him, Sir, didst not thou hath, and buyeth that field. sow good seed in thy field? from whence 45 Again, The kingdom of heaven is then hath it tares ? like unto a merchant-man seeking goodly

28 He said unto them, An enemy hath pearls: done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up ?

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

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

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

30 Let both grow together until the har- 48 Which, when it was full, they drew vest: and in the time of harvest I will to shore, and sat down, and gathered the say to the reapers, Gather ye together first good into vessels, but cast the bad away. the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: them: but gather the wheat into my barn. the angels shall come forth, and sever the

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

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

33 Another parable spake he unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till the whole was leavened.

34 All these things spake Jesus unto the multitude in parables; and without a parable spake he not unto them:

35 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things which have been kept secret from the foundation of the world.

wicked from among the just,

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

51 Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.

52 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.

53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works?

55 Is not this the carpenter's son ? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren,

36 Then Jesus sent the multitude James, and Joses, and Simon, and Juaway, and went into the house and his das? disciples came unto him, saying, Declare 56 And his sisters, are they not all with unto us the parable of the tares of the field. us? Whence then hath this man all these

37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of

man;

things?

57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house.

38 The field is the world; the good seed are the children of the kingdom; but the tares are the children of the wicked one; 58 And he did not many mighty works

39 The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and reapers

there, because of their unbelief.
CHAP. XIV.

therefore the angelsre gathered Athat time Herod the Tetrarch heard

of

and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the 2 And said unto his servants, This is end of this world. John the Baptist; he is risen from the

41 The Son of man shall send forth his dead; and therefore mighty works do angels, and they shall gather out of his shew forth themselves in him. kingdom all things that offend, and them 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, which do iniquity; and bound him, and put him in prison for 42 And shall cast them into a furnace Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife.