Of love to our enemies. CHAP. VI. Of prayer, fasting, &c. Anno 41 And whosoever shall compel thee | for your Father knoweth what things ye DOMINI to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn 10. Luke & not thou away. 10. 1 Christ continueth his sermon in the mount, speaking of alms, 5 prayer, 14 forgiving our brethren, 16 fasting, 19 where our treasure is to be laid up, 24 of serving God, and mammon: 25 exhorteth not to be careful for worldly things: 33 but to seek God's kingdom. AKE heed that ye do not your alms before men, to be seen of them: otherwise ye have no reward || of your Father which is in heaven. TA a 2 Therefore when thou doest thine alms, || do not sound a trumpet before thee, as 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. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth: 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 5¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. C 6 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. d Eccles. 5- 7 But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they 1 Kings 18. think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. 2. Eccelus 7. 14 26, 29. d e 8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: have need of, before ye ask him. 9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name. B 10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. h 11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors. 13 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. 14 °For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: 15 But if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. 16 ¶ 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. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint r Ruth 3.3thine head, and wash thy face; 18 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. Dan. 10. 3. 1 Tim. 6. 17. 19 'Lay not up for yourselves trea-Prov. 23.4. sures upon earth, where moth and rust Hebr. 13. 5. doth corrupt, and where thieves break me 5. 1, through and steal: 20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: 21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. 22¶ "The light of the body is the eye: if therefore thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light. 23 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! Rash judgment reproved. Anno DOMINI 31 a Luke 6. 37. Rom. 2. 1. & 14. 3, 4, 10, 13. 1 Cor. 11, 12. b Mark 4-24 28 And why take ye thought for rai- | to give good gifts unto your children, how ment? Consider the lilies of the field, much more shall your Father which is in how they grow; they toil not, neither do heaven give good things to them that ask they spin: him? 29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. 30 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? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shallwe drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. CHAP. VII. 1 Christ, ending his sermon on the mount, reproveth rash judgment, 6 forbiddeth to cast holy things to dogs, 7 exhorteth to prayer, 13 to enter in at the strait gate, 15 to beware of false prophets, 21 not to be hearers, but doers of the word: 24 like houses builded on a rock, 26 and not on the sand. UDGE not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, 33 Jam 4 ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you Luke 6, 38. again. e Luke 6. 41, 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but consider est not the beam that is in thine own eye? 42. d Prov. 9. 7, 8. & 23.9. 46. 4 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? 5 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. 6¶ Give not that which is holy unto Acts 13. 45, the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7¶Ask, and it shall be given you; Luke 11.9, seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall John 14. 13. be opened unto you: e ch. 21. 22. Mark 11. 24. 10. & 18. 1. & 15.7. & 16. 23, 24. Jain. 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; 1.5,6.1John and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 3.22. & 5 14, 15 f Prov. 8. 17. Jer. 29. 12, 13. g Luke 11. 11, 12, 13. h Gen. 6. 5. & 8. 21. 9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent? 11 If ye then, being evil, know how 15¶ Beware of false prophets," which come to you in sheep's clothing, but in- 46 wardly they are ravening wolves. 16 Ye shall know them by their fruits. E Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? 17 Even so 'every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. 24 Therefore whosoever heareth è & ch. S these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I z Luke& will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: 25 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. 26 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: 27 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. a Mark 1. 40,&c. Luke 5. 12, &c. b ch. 9. 30. Mark 5. 43. CHAP. VIII. IX. CHAP. VIII. Christ stilleth the tempest. Anno DOMINI 31. "Himself took our infirmities, and bare n Isai. 53. 4. 18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment 1Pet. 2. 24. to depart unto the other side. 58. 19 And a certain scribe came, and Lukeg. 57, said unto him, Master, I will follow thee WHEN he was come down from the whithersoever thou goest. mountain, great multitudes fol lowed him. 2 * And, behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 20 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. 21 And another of his disciples said 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; 3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. 4 And Jesus saith unto him, "See thou tell no man; but go thy way, shew thyself Lev. 14.3 to the priest, and offer the gift that Mo-ship, his disciples followed him. ses commanded, for a testimony unto them. 5 ¶ "And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 4, 10. Luke • Luke 15. 19, 21. g Gen. 12. 3. Isai. 2. 2,3. & 1. 11. Luke 18. & 14. 27. &e. Eph. 3. 6. 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me: and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. h 11 And I say unto you, That many 11. 10. Mal. shall come from the east and west, and 13. 29. Acts shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, 10. 45. &: and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven. Rom. 15. 9, 12 But the children of the kingdom i shall be cast out into outer darkness: there h ch. 21. 43. shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth. 50. & 22. 13. 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, 25. 30. Luke Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, 2. 17. Jude so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he Ps. 65.7. & arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; 29. and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! 28 T'And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30 And there was a good way off from them an herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. Christ cureth the palsy. Anno DOMINI 31. a ch. 4. 13. b Mark 2. 3. Luke 5. 18. S. MATTHEW. 18° While he spake these things unto Miss AND he entered into a ship, and pass-them, behold, there came a certain ruler, 44, city. ed over, and came into his own 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: e ch. 8. 10. and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. ch. 12. 25. 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. d Ps. 139. 2. 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts Mark 12. 15. said, Wherefore think ye evil in your & 6. 8. & 9. hearts? Luke 5. 22. 47. & 11. 17. Lake 5. 27. 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 7 And he arose, and departed to his house. 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. e Mark 2. 14. 9 And as Jesus passed forth from thence, he saw a man, named Matthew, sitting at the receipt of custom: and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. f Mark 2. 15, &c. Luke 5. 29, &c. ch. 11. 19. Luke 5. 30. & 15. 2. h Gal. 2. 15 iHos. 6. 6. 8. ch. 12. Mic. 6. 6, 7, k 1 Tim. 1. 15. &c. Luke 5 12. 10 And 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. 11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your Master with publicans and sinners? 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said unto them, They that be whole need not a physician, but they that are sick. 13 But go ye and learn what that meaneth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous, *but sinners to repentance. 23¶And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw 'the minstrels and See the people making a noise, 24 He said unto them, Give place: for the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn. 25 But when the people were put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand, and the maid arose. 26 And || the fame hereof went abroad into all that land. 27 ¶ And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, and saying, "Thou son of David, have mercy 14 ¶ Then came to him the disciples of 1 Mark 2. 18, John, saying, 'Why do we and the Pha33, &c.& 8. risees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can m John 3.29. m the children of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? 34 But the Pharisees said, "He casteth Mark 32 but the days will come, when the bride-out devils through the prince of the Lukis groom shall be taken from them, and devils. Christ's charge to his disciples. DOMINI 31. CHAP. X. doves. a Anno DOMINI 31. He comforteth them. Anno he was moved with compassion on them, I fore wise as serpents, and || harmless as 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 17. Kings labourers are few; ! Or, were tired and lay down. e Numb. 27. 22. 17. Ezek. 34. 5. Zech. 10. 2. 38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the f Luke 10. 2. harvest, that he will send forth labourers John 4.35 into his harvest. g 2 Thess. 3. 1. CHAP. X. 2 Now the names of the twelve aposb John 1.42. tles are these; The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname was Thaddeus; 4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him. 5¶ 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 Ezek. 345, kingdom of heaven is at hand. 6, 16. 1 Pet. 2.25. 8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, Luke 9.2. raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye k ch. 3.2.& have received, freely give. 4- 17. Luke 10. 9. 1 Acts 8. 18, 20. m 1 8am.9.7Mark 6. 8. 10. 4. & 22. 35. 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor "brass in your purses, 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither Lake 93 & 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, enquire who in it is worthy; +Gr.ata and there abide till ye go thence. Or, Get. n See Mark 6.8. o Luke 10.7. 1 Cor. 9.7, 5-18. 12 And when ye come into an house, Tim salute it. p Luke 10. 8. q Luke 10. 5. 13 And if the house be worthy, let P. 35 13. 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 Neh. 5. 13. out of that house or city, shake off the dust of your feet. s Mark 6. 11. Luke 9. 5. & 10. 10, 11. Acts 13. 51. & 18. 6. u ob. 11. 22, 24. x Luke 10.3. y Rom. 16. 15. 15 Verily I say unto you, "It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city. 16 ¶ Behold, I send you forth as sheep Eph. 5 in the midst of wolves: 'be ye there 17 But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to the councils, and they 20. Phil. 2. will scourge you in their synagogues; 18 And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles. 19 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. 20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you. 21 And the brother the brother to dorother shall deliver e Acts 12 1. 257, 23. Tim. 4.16. & 24 10. & d Mark 13. 11, 12, 13. Luke 12. 11. & e 21. 14, 15Exod. 4.12. Jer. 1. 7. & Act child: and the children shall rise up 17. 22 And "ye shall be hated of all men h Luke 21. for my name's sake: 'but he that endureth Dau. 12. 12, to the end shall be saved. 13. ch. 24. 13. Mark 13. k ch. 2. 13. & Acts 8. 23 But when they persecute you in 13 this city, flee ye into another: for verily 4. 12 & 12 I say unto you, Ye shall not have gone 15& Acc. & over the cities of Israel, 'till the Son of 14.6. man be come. Or, end, or, finish. ch. 16. 28. m Luke 6.40. John 13. 16. & 15 20. ch. 12. 24. Luke 11.15. Mark 3. 22. 24 "The disciple is not above his 1 master, nor the servant above his lord. 25 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 houshold? 26 Fear them not therefore: for there † Gr. Beelis nothing covered, that shall not be reo Mark 4.22. vealed; and hid, that shall not be known. Lake 8. 17. 27 What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops. 52. zebul. & 12.2, 3. 4 1 Pet. 3. 28 And fear not them which kill the p Isai. 8. 12, 29 Are not two sparrows sold for a -31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are of |