with them, he stopped in the plain :

18 and there was a great multitude of his disciples, and a great number of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, who came to hear him and to be healed of their diseases; and those vexed with unclean spirits, were healed:

19 for, the whole multitude sought to touch him; because power went out from him, and healed them all.

20 And lifting up his eyes towards his disciples, he said, Blessed are ye, beggars; for yours is the kingdom of God. 21 Blessed are ye who hunger now; for ye shall be satisfied. Blessed are ye who weep now: for ye shall laugh.

22 Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from them, and reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake:

23 rejoice in that day, and leap for joy; for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for so did their fathers to the prophets.

24 But, wo to you who are now rich! for ye are far from your consolation:

25 Wo to you who are now full for ye will hunger: wo to you who laugh now! for ye will mourn and weep:

26 Wo, when all men speak well of you! for so did they of the false prophets.

27 But I say to you who hear me, Love your enemies; do good to them that hate you: 28 bless them that curse you; pray for them that despitefully use you:

29 and, to him who smiteth thee on the one cheek, offer the other also; and forbid not him that taketh away thy cloak, to take thy coat also: 30 Give to every one that asketh of thee; and from him that taketh away thy goods, ask them not again:

31 and, as ye would that men should do to you, do ye Matt. vii. 12. likewise to them.

32 For, if ye love them only that love you, what thanks have ye? for sinners also love those that love them :

33 and if ye do good to them only who do good to you, what thanks have ye? for even sinners do the same:

34 and if ye give to them from whom ye hope to receive, what thanks have ye? even sinners give to sinners, to receive as much in re

turn:

35 but, love ye your enemies, and do good to them; and give, not hoping for any thing in return; and your reward will be great, and ye will be the children of the Highest :

for he is kind to the unthankful and to the evil :

36 be ye merciful, as your Father is merciful.

37 Judge not, and ye will not be judged: condemn not, and ye will not be condemned: forgive, and ye will be forgiven :

38 Give, and it will be given to you; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over, will be given into your bosom for, with whatever measure ye measure, it will be measured out

to you.

39 And he also spake a parable to them, Can the blind guide the blind? will they not both fall into a ditch?

40 A disciple, is not above Matt. x. 28. his master; but, each shall be perfected, even as his master. 41 And why regardest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

42 or, how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me. take out the mote that is in thine eye; when thou thyself regardest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

43 Thou hypocrite, first take out the beam from thine own eye; and then thou wilt see clearly, to take out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.

44 For, there is no good tree that bringeth forth bad fruit; nor, again, a bad tree that bringeth forth good fruit : 45 for every tree is known by its own fruit: for, from thorns they gather not figs, nor from a bramble-bush do they gather grapes.

46 A good man, out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil one, out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth that which is evil: for, from the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.

47 And why call ye me Lord, Lord, yet do not the things which I say?

48 Whoever cometh to me, and both hearkeneth to my Matt. vii. 24. words, and doeth them, I will shew you whom he is like:

49 he is like a man who built a house, and digged and went deep, and laid the foundation on the rock: and when the flood came, the stream beat against that house, and could not shake it, because it was well built:

50 but he who heareth them, and doeth them not, is like a man who built a house upon the earth without a foundation; against which the stream beat, and immediately it fell ; and the ruin of that house was

great.

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CHAPTER VII.

ND when he had ended all his sayings in the hearing of the people, he entered into Capernaum.

2 And a certain centurion's servant, who was dear to him,

was ill, and on the point to die:

3 and having heard of Jesus, he sent to him some elders of the Jews, beseeching him that he would come and heal his servant.

4 And when they came to Jesus, they entreated him earnestly, saying, He is worthy that thou shouldest grant him this:

5 for he loveth our nation, and hath himself built for us

the synagogue.

6 And Jesus went with them: and when he was already not far from the house, the centurion sent his friends, saying to him, Lord, trouble not thyself; for I am not fit that thou shouldest come under my roof:

7 wherefore, neither did I think myself worthy to go to thee but speak, and at the word my servant will be healed:

8 for even I am a man, though subject to authority, Matt. viii. 8. who have soldiers under me; and I say to this one, Go,

and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it:

9 and when Jesus heard these words, he marvelled at him; and turning round, he said to the multitude that followed him, I tell you, I have not found such great faith, even in Israel:

10 and when they that had been sent returned to the house, they found the servant well.

11 And it came to pass the next day, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples, and a great multitude, went with him:

12 and as he came near to the gate of the city, behold a dead man was carried out, the only son of his mother, and she a widow and a great multitude of the city was with her.

:

13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said to her, Weep

not:

14 and he went to the bier and touched it: and they that bare it stood still and he said, Young man, I bid thee, Arise!

15 and he that was dead sat up, and began to speak: and he delivered him to his mother.

16 And fear came on all:

and they glorified God, saying, That a great prophet is risen amongst us; and, That God hath visited his people: 17 and this report of him went forth through all Judea, and all the country around.

18 And the disciples of John told him of all these things:

19 and John calling to him two of his disciples, sent them to the Lord, saying, Art thou he who was to come? or should we look for another?

20 And when the men came to him, they said, John the Baptist hath sent us to thee, saying, Art thou he who was to come? or should we look for another?

21 (in that same hour he cured many of diseases and sufferings, and of evil spirits; and gave sight to many that were blind :)

:

22 and he answered and said to them, Go and tell John the things that ye have seen and heard the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the gospel preached to them :

23 and blessed is he, whose faith in me shall not be shaken. 24 And when the messengers of John were departed, he began to say to the multitudes, concerning John, What went ye out into the wilder

ness to see? a reed shaken
by the wind?

25 but what went ye out to

see?
a man clothed in soft
raiment? behold, they that
are in gorgeous apparel, and
live delicately, are in kings'
palaces:

26 but, what went ye out to
see? a prophet?
prophet? yea, I tell
you, and much more than a
prophet.

27 This is he, of whom it is written, "Behold, I send my Mark, i. 2. "messenger before thy face, "who shall prepare thy way "before thee :"

28 for I tell you, Among those born of women no one is greater than John: yet, he who is the least in the kingdom of God, is greater than he :

29 (and all the people that heard him, and the publicans, who had been baptized with the baptism of John, justified God;

30 but the Pharisees, and the teachers of the law, who had not been baptized by him, rejected the counsel of God against themselves :)

31 and he said, To what then shall I liken the men of this generation? and what are they like?

32 they are like the children that sit in the market-place, and call to one another, and say, We piped to you, and ye

danced not; we mourned to you, and ye wept not:

33 for, John the Baptist came, neither eating bread nor drinking wine; and ye say, He hath a devil :

34 the Son of man is come, eating and drinking; and ye say, Behold a gluttonous man, and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners!

Matt. xi. 20. 35 but, wisdom is justified by all her works.

36 And one of the Pharisees asked him to eat with him and he went into the house of the Pharisee, and sat down:

37 and, behold, a woman that was in the city, who was a sinner, having learned that he was sitting at table in the Pharisee's house, brought alabaster box of oint

an ment;

38 and standing behind him at his feet weeping, she began to sprinkle his feet with her tears, and wiped them with the hair of her head; and kissed his feet, and anointed them with the ointment.

39 But when the Pharisee who had invited him saw it, he spake within himself, saying, If this man were a prophet, he would have known who, and what sort of woman, this is that toucheth him for she is a sinner:

40 and Jesus answered and

said to him, Simon, I have something to say to thee and he saith, Master, say it:

41 and he said, A certain creditor had two debtors: the one owed him five hundred pence, and the other fifty: 42 as they had not wherewith to pay, he forgave them both: which of them, therefore, will love him most?

43 Simon answered and said, I suppose that he will, to whom he forgave most and he said to him, Thou hast judged rightly.

44 And turning towards the woman, he said to Simon, Thou seest this woman: I came into thy house; thou gavest me no water for my feet; but she hath sprinkled my feet with her tears, and wiped them with her hair:

45 thou gavest me no kiss: but this woman, from the time I came in, hath not ceased to kiss my feet:

46 thou didst not anoint my head with oil: but this woman hath anointed my feet with ointment:

47 I tell thee, because her sins, which are many, are forgiven her, that she hath loved much but he to whom little is forgiven, loveth little :

48 and he said to her, Thy sins are forgiven thee!

49 And they that sat together at table began to say within.