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

13 carry neither gold, nor silver, nor brass in your girdles, 14 nor a wallet for the journey, nor change of coat or shoes, nor yet a staff; for the labourer is worthy of his food. 15 And into whatsoever city or town ye enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and abide there till ye go from thence:

16 and when ye come into a house, salute it:

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

18 And whosoever will not receive you, nor hear your words; when ye depart out of that house or city, shake off the dust from your feet:

19 verily I tell you, It will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

20 Behold, I send you forth as sheep into the midst of wolves be ye therefore wise

as serpents, and guileless as doves :

21 but, beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and will scourge you in their synagogues;

22 and ye will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. 23 But, when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what ye shall speak; for it will be given you in that hour, what ye shall speak :

24 for it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

25 And brother will deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children will rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death:

26 and ye will be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he who patiently endureth to the end, will be saved.

27 And when they persecute you in this city, flee ye to another: for verily I tell you, Ye will not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man be come.

28 The disciple is not above his master, nor the servant above his lord:

29 it is enough for the dis- Luke, vi. 40. ciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord: if they have called the master

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of the house Beelzebub, how much rather will they so call them of his household?

30 Fear them not, therefore: for nothing is covered, that will not be revealed; nor hidden, that will not be known: 31 what I say to you in the darkness, that speak ye in the light: and what ye hear from me in the ear, proclaim ye on the house-tops.

32 And fear not them who kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but fear ye, rather, him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.

33 Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? yet, one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

34 and even the hairs of your head are all numbered:

35 fear not, therefore; ye are of more value than many

sparrows.

36 Every one, therefore, who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven: 37 but, whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven.

38 Think not that I am come to bring peace on the earth: I

daughter from her mother, and a daughter-in-law from her mother-in-law:

40 and a man's foes will be they of his own household. 41 He who loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me: and he who loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me: 42 and he who taketh not up his cross, and followeth after me, is not worthy of me.

43 He who seeketh to find his life, will lose it: but, he who loseth his life for my sake, will find it.

44 He who receiveth you receiveth me, and he who receiveth me receiveth him who sent me.

45 He who receiveth a prophet, in the name of a prophet, will receive a prophet's reward; and he who receiveth a just man, in the name of a just man, will receive a just man's reward:

46 and whosoever shall give to drink, to one of these little ones, a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, verily I tell you, He will not lose his reward.

CHAPTER XI.

but a sword:

39 for I am come to divide a man from his father, and a

Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, that he departed from

in their cities.

2 But John, having heard in the prison the works of the Christ, sent two of his disciples;

3 and said to him, Art thou he that was to come, or are we to look for another?

4 Jesus answered and said to them, Go and tell John the things which ye hear and

see:

5 the blind receive sight, and the lame walk; the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear; the dead are raised, and the poor have the gospel preached to them;

6 and blessed is he, whose faith in me shall not be shaken. 7 And as they departed, Jesus began to say to the multitudes concerning John, What went ye out into the wilderness to see? A reed shaken by the wind?

8 But what went ye out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? behold, they that wear soft raiment are in kings' houses.

9 But what went ye out to see? A prophet? yea, I tell you, and more than a prophet:

10 for, this is he of whom it Mal. iii. 1. is written, "Behold, I send "my messenger before thy

18 For, John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He hath a devil:

19 the Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber; a friend of publicans and sinners: 20 nevertheless, wisdom is justified by her works.

21 Then he began to upbraid the cities in which most of his mighty works had been done, because they repented not:

22 Woe to thee, Chorazin! woe to thee, Bethsaida! for if

Mal. iv. 5.

Luke, x. 15.

the mighty works, which have been done in you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented of old in sackcloth and ashes:

23 but I tell you, It will be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

24 And thou, Capernaum,

shalt thou be exalted to heaven? thou shalt go 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:

25 but I tell you, That it will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

26 At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hidden these things from the wise and understanding, and hast revealed them to infants:

27 even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. 28 All things are delivered to me by my Father: and no one knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any one the Father, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

29 Come to me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest:

30 take my yoke upon you,

and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye will find rest for your souls:

31 for my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

CHAPTER XII.

ABOUT that time, Jesus was going through the corn-fields, on the sabbath day; Mark, ii. 23. and his disciples hungred, and began to pluck the ears of corn and to eat them.

2 And the Pharisees, seeing them, said to him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath day.

3 But he said to them, Have ye not read what David did, when he hungred, and they that were with him;

Luke, vi. 1.

ye would not have condemned the guiltless:

8 for, the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath.

9 And proceeding from thence, he entered into their synagogue: and, behold, there was a man that had a withered hand:

10 and they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath day? that they might accuse him:

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

12 how much then is a man better than a sheep? wherefore, it is lawful to do well on the sabbath day.

13 Then he saith to the man, Stretch out thine hand: and he stretched it out; and it was rendered sound, like the other. 14 And the Pharisees went out, and held a consultation against him, how they might destroy him but Jesus knowing it, departed from thence: 15 and great multitudes followed him, and he healed them all;

16 but he charged them, that they should not make him known:

17 so that the word was fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying,

22 Then was brought to him one blind and dumb, possessed by a devil; and he healed him, so that the blind and dumb both spake and saw:

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

24 But when the Pharisees heard them, they said, This man casteth out devils only through Beelzebub, the prince c. ix. 34. of the devils:

25 but he, knowing their thoughts, said to them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and no city or house divided against itself will stand:

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

27 and if I cast out devils