morning, a long time before it was day, he went out, and departed to a solitary place, and there prayed.

36 And Simon, and they that were with him, followed after him :

37 and when they had found him, they said to him, All are seeking thee:

38 and he said to them, Let us go elsewhere, to the next towns, that I may preach there also; for, to that end I came forth:

39 and he went and preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out the devils.

40 And a leper came to him, beseeching him, and saying to him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean :

41 and he was moved with compassion, and stretched out his hand, and touched him, and saith to him, I will; be thou clean:

42 and immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed :

43 and strictly charging him, he forthwith sent him away; 44 and saith to him, See thou tell nothing to any one: but go, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded; for a testimony to them:

45 but he went out, and began to publish it much, and to spread the matter abroad; so

that Jesus could go no more openly into the city, but was without, in desert places: and they came to him from all parts.

BUT,

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BUT, after some days, he went again into Capernaum; and it was told, that he was in the house:

2 and many gathered together, so that there was no space, not even at the door: and he preached the word to them.

3 And they come to him, bearing a man ill of the palsy, carried by four persons:

4 and because they could not come near to him, through the crowd, they opened the roof of the place where he was; and, breaking through it, they let down the bed on which the paralytic man lay:

5 and when Jesus saw their faith, he said to the paralytic man, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee.

6 And some of the scribes were sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, saying;

7 In speaking thus, this man blasphemeth: who is able to forgive sins but one, that is, God?

8 And Jesus, immediately perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, said to them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts?

Luke, v. 27.

9 Which is easier to say to the paralytic man, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and walk?

10 but, that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins (he saith to the paralytic man),

11 I say to thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go to thine house:

12 and he immediately arose, and took up his bed, and went out before them all; so that all were amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw any thing like this!

13 And he went out again by the sea-side; and all the multitude came to him, and he taught them.

14 And as he passed by, he saw Levi, the son of Alpheus,

Matt. ix. 9. sitting at the receipt of taxes; and he said to him, Follow me: and he arose and followed him :

15 and it came to pass, as Jesus was sitting at table in Levi's house, that many publicans and sinners also sat down with Jesus and his disciples.

16 Now, there were many of the scribes of the Pharisees that followed him; and when they saw that he eat with the publicans and sinners, they said to his disciples, He eateth with the sinners and publicans:

17 and Jesus hearing them, saith to them, They that are well have not need of a physician, but they only that are ill: I came not to call just persons, but sinners.

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18 And the disciples of John, and the Pharisees, were fasting and they come and say to him, Why do the disciples of John and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thine fast not?

19 and Jesus said to them, Can the children of the bridechamber fast, while the bridegroom is with them? So long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast:

20 but, the days will come when the bridegroom will be taken from them; and then, in those days, they will fast. 21 No one seweth a piece of new cloth to an old garment: else, the new piece that filleth up the rent taketh away from the old, and the rent is made

24 and the Pharisees said to him, Behold, why do they that which is not lawful on the sabbath day?

25 and he said to them, Have ye never read what David did when he had need, and when he, and they that were with him, hungred?

26 how he went into the house of God, in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and eat the shewbread, which it is not lawful for any to eat but the priests; and gave it also to those who were with him?

27 and he said to them, The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath: so that the Son of man is Lord, even of the Sabbath.

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5 and looking round on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith to the man, Stretch out thine hand: and he stretched it out, and his hand was restored.

6 And the Pharisees went out, and straightway consulted with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy

him:

7 but Jesus withdrew himself, with his disciples, to the sea; and a great multitude followed him from Galilee, and from Judea, and from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan:

8 and a great multitude, from about Tyre and Sidon, hearing what great things he did, came to him.

9 And he gave order to his disciples, that a small ship

the synagogue; and a man was there who had a withered hand:

2 and they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

3 And he saith to the man who had the withered hand, Stand forth:

4 and he saith to them, Is it better, on the sabbath day, to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? but they were silent :

cause of the multitude, that

they might not throng him:

10 for he had healed many; so that all those that had distempers pressed on him to touch him:

11 and the unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried, saying, Thou art the Son of God:

12 but he strictly charged them, that they should not make him known.

13 And he went up to the mountain, and called to him

those whom he would: and they came to him.

14 And he ordained twelve, whom also he called Apostles, (that is, Sent,) who should be with him, and whom he might send forth to preach; and to have power to cast out devils :

15 and he appointed the twelve; and gave to Simon John, i. 42. the surname Peter;

16 and James the son of Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and gave to them the surnames Boanerges, that is, Sons of thunder:

17 and Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the Cananean, and Judas the Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

18 And they went into a house; and the multitude again collected together, so that they were not able even to eat bread:

19 and when his friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him; for they said, He is beside himself.

20 And the scribes, who had come down from Jerusalem, said, That he hath Beelzebub, and that he casteth out the devils by the prince of the devils :

21 and he called them to him, and said to them, in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan?

22 for, if a kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand:

23 and if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand:

24 and if Satan rise up, and be divided against himself, he cannot stand, but cometh to an end:

25 no one can enter a strong man's house, and plunder his goods, unless he first bind the strong man; and then he may plunder his house.

26 Verily I tell you, All sins will be forgiven to the sons of men, and all other blasphemies which they shall have spoken:

27 but, he who shall blaspheme against the Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is guilty of eternal sin :

28 (because they said, He hath an unclean spirit).

29 And his mother and his brethren came, and, standing without, sent to him, calling for him; and a crowd was sitting round him:

30 and they said to him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren are seeking thee

without:

31 but he answered them, and said, Who is my mother, and who are my brethren?

32 and looking round on those who sat about him, he said, Behold my mother, and my brethren!

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33 for, whosoever shall do the will of God, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.

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AND he began again to

teach by the sea side: and a great multitude was gathered to him, so that he entered into the ship, and sat on the sea; and the whole multitude were by the sea, on the land.

2 And he taught them many. things in parables: and, in his teaching, he said to them,

3 Hearken: Behold, a sower went out to sow :

4 and it came to pass, as he sowed, that some seed fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured it:

5 and some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and it immediately sprang up, because it had no depth of earth :

6 but when the sun was risen, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away:

7 and some fell among the thorns; and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit:

8 and others fell on good ground, and yielded fruit that grew up and increased; and brought forth, some thirtyfold, and some sixty, and some an hundred.

9 and he said, He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

10 And when he was alone, they that were about him, with the twelve, asked him concerning the parables:

11 and he said to them, To you is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God; but to them that are without, all things are spoken in parables: 12 that seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest they should be converted, and their sins be forgiven them.

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Matt. xv. 16.

13 And he said to them, Understand ye not this parable? c. vii. 18. how then shall ye understand any parables?

14 The sower, soweth the word:

15 and those, where the word is sown by the way-side, are they from whom, when they have heard it, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away the word that had been sown in them :

16 and, in like manner, those which are sown on the stony ground, are they who, when they have heard the word, receive it at first with joy;

17 but, having no root in themselves, they endure only for a season afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth on account of the word, they presently stumble: