29 And returning from thence, Jesus went by the sea of Galilee; and going up on the mountain, he sat down there: 30 and great multitudes came to him, having with them lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others; and they laid them down at his feet, and he healed them:

31 so that the multitude wondered, when they saw the deaf hear, the maimed made whole, the lame walk, and the blind see and they glorified the God of Israel.

32 And Jesus called his disciples to him, and said, I have compassion on the multitude, because they continue with me now three days, and have not any thing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they faint in the way:

33 and the disciples say to

him, Whence should we have so much bread in the wilderness, as to satisfy so great a multitude?

34 and Jesus saith to them, how many loaves have ye? And they said, Seven, and a few little fishes:

35 and he bade the multitude to sit down on the ground:

36 and taking the seven loaves and the fishes, and giving thanks, he brake them, and gave them to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the multitude:

37 and they all eat, and were satisfied: and they took up of the remainder of the broken pieces, seven baskets full:

38 and they that had eaten were four thousand men, beside women and children. 39 And when he had dis- Mark, viii. 10. missed the multitude, he went into the ship, and came to the coasts of Magadan:

40 and the Pharisees and Sadducees came to try him; and they asked him to shew them a sign from heaven:

41 but he answered them and said, A wicked and adulterous generation asketh for a sign; but no sign shall be given to it, but the sign of Jonah: and c. xii. 40. he left them and departed.

CHAPTER XVI.

AND when the disciples

were come to the other side, they had forgotten to take bread:

2 and Jesus said to them, See, and beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Saddu

cees:

3 and they thought in themselves, saying, It is because we have not taken bread:

4 but Jesus, knowing it, said to them, O ye of little faith, why think ye in yourselves, that it is because ye have no bread?

5 do ye not yet understand; nor remember the five loaves of the five thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

6 nor the seven loaves of the four thousand, and how many baskets ye took up?

7 how is it that ye do not understand, that it was not concerning bread that I said to you, Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and Sadducees?

8 then they understood, that he did not bid them to beware of the leaven of the bread, but of that of the doctrine of the Pharisees and Sadducees.

9 And when Jesus came into the region of Cesarea Philippi, he asked his disciples, saying, Whom do men say that I, the Son of man, am?

10 and they said, Some say, John the Baptist; some, Elijah; and others, Jeremiah, or one of the prophets :

11 He saith to them, But Ye, whom say ye that I am?

12 and Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the Living God!

13 and Jesus answered and said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood revealed not this to thee,

but my Father who is in heaven; and I moreover tell thee, that Thou hast said: Rom. x. 9, 10. 14 and on this rock I will 1 Cor. iii. 2. build my church; and the gates of death shall not pre- Acts, ii. 24. vail against it:

15 and I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven: and whatsoever thou c. xviii. 18. shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven: 16 then he charged his disciples, that they should tell no one that he was the Christ.

17 From that time, Jesus began to shew to his disciples, that he must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders, and chief priests, and scribes; and be killed, and be raised the third day.

18 But Peter, taking him up, rebuked him, saying, Mercy on thee, Lord: this shall not be to thee:

19 and he turned, and said to Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan: thou art a stumbling block to me for thou regardest not the things of God, but those of men.

20 Then said he to his disciples, If any one will come after me, let him renounce himself, and take up his cross and follow me:

21 for, he who wisheth to preserve his life, will lose it:

my sake, will find it :

22 for in what will a man be profited, if he gain the whole world, but lose his own soul? or what shall a man give as a ransom for his soul?

23 For, the Son of man will come in the glory of his Father, with his angels; and then he will render to every one according to his work:

24 verily I tell you, there are some of these who stand here, who will not taste of death, till they see the Son of man come in his kingdom.

CHAPTER XVII.

AND, after six days, Jesus

taketh with him Peter, James, and John his brother, and bringeth them up, apart, to an high mountain :

2 and he was transfigured before them; and his face shone as the sun, and his raiments were white as the light: 3 and, behold, Moses and Elijah appeared to them, talking with him:

4 and Peter answered, and said to Jesus, Lord, it is good for us to be here; if thou wilt, I will make here three tabernacles; one for thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah. 5 While he was yet speaking, behold, a bright cloud overshadowed them and lo, a

which said, "This is my be"loved Son, in whom I am "well pleased; hear ye him!" 6 and when the disciples heard it, they fell on their face, and were sore afraid:

7 but Jesus came to them and touched them, and said, Arise, and be not afraid :

8 and lifting up their eyes, they saw no one, but Jesus

himself alone.

9 And as they came down from the mountain, Jesus charged them, saying, Tell the vision to no one, until the Son of man be risen from the dead:

10 and his disciples asked him, saying, Why then say the scribes that Elijah must first come?

11 and he answered and said to them, Elijah truly cometh, and will restore all things:

12 but I tell you, That Elijah hath already come, and they knew him not, but did to him whatever they would; so also, the Son of man is about to suffer by them:

13 then the disciples under- c. xi. 14. stood, that he spake to them of John the Baptist.

14 And when they were come to the multitude, a man came to him, kneeling down, and saying,

15 Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic,, and suffereth grievously for he

:

falleth often into the fire, and often into the water:

16 and I brought him to thy disciples, but they were not able to cure him.

17 And Jesus answered and said, O unbelieving and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I endure you? bring him hither to me:

18 and Jesus rebuked the devil, and it went out of him; and the child was cured from that hour.

19 Then the disciples came to Jesus apart, and said, Why were we not able to cast it out?

20 and Jesus said to them, because of your little faith; for I tell you, verily, If ye had faith as a grain of mustard seed, ye should say to this mountain, Remove hence to yonder place; and it should remove and nothing should be impossible to you.

21 And while they continued together in Galilee, Jesus said to them, The Son of man is about to be betrayed into the hands of men :

22 and they will kill him, and the third day he will rise again: and they were exceeding sad.

23 And when they were come to Capernaum, they who received the tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay the tribute? He saith, Yes.

24 And when he came into the house, Jesus spake first to him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? from whom do the kings of the earth take tax or tribute? from their own children, or from strangers? 25 Peter saith to him, From strangers: Jesus saith to him, Then the children are free: 26 nevertheless, that we may not mislead them, go to the sea, and cast in an hook, and take the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened its mouth, thou wilt find a piece of money: take that, and give it to them for me and thee.

CHAPTER XVIII.

AND at that time the dis

ciples came to Jesus, saying, Which of us is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?

2 and Jesus calling to him a little child, set it before them, 3 and said, Verily I tell you, unless ye be changed, and become as little children, ye will Luke, i. 17. not enter into the kingdom of heaven:

4 whoever, therefore, will humble himself to be as this little child, the same is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven:

5 and whoso receiveth such a little child, in my name, receiveth me:

6 but, whoso shall cause one 1 Cor. viii.

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9, 12.

of these little ones to stumble, who 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.

7 Wo to the world, for its causes of stumbling! for it must needs be that causes of stumbling will come; but wo to the man through whom the cause of stumbling cometh! 8 If therefore thy hand or thy foot cause thee to stumble, cut them off, and cast them from thee it is better for thee to enter into life lame or maimed, than to have two hands or two feet, and to be cast into eternal fire:

9 and if thine eye cause thee to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, than to have two eyes, and to be cast into hell fire. 10 See that ye despise not one of these little ones; for I tell you, That in heaven their angels always behold the face of my Father who is in heaven.

11 How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them have strayed, doth he not leave the ninety and nine on the mountains, and go, and seek that which hath strayed?

12 and if it be that he find it, verily I tell you, he rejoiceth more for that one, than for the

ninety and nine which had not strayed:

13 even so, it is not the will of my Father who is in heaven, that one of these little ones be lost.

14 And if thy brother shall sin against thee, go and convince him of his fault between thee and him alone: if he will listen to thee, thou hast gained thy brother:

15 and if he will not listen to thee, take with thee one or two more, that by the mouth of two or three witnesses every word may be established:

16 and if he refuse to listen to them, tell it to the church: but if he refuse to listen to the church also, let him be to thee as an heathen, and a publican.

17 Verily I tell you, What- c. xvi. 19. soever ye shall bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever ye shall loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven. 18 Again I tell you, verily, That if two of you agree on earth in any thing that they shall ask, it shall be done for them by my Father who is

in heaven:

19 for, where two or three are gathered together in my name, I am there, in the midst of them.

20 Then Peter came to him, and said, Lord, how often shall my brother sin against me,