and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins. But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, Who warned you to flee from the wrath to come? Bring forth therefore fruits worthy of your repentance, and begin not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham to our father; for I say unto you that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham! And even now is the axe also laid unto the root of the trees: every tree therefore that bringeth not forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire.

And the multitudes asked him, saying, What then must we do? And he answered and said unto them, He that hath two coats, let him impart to him that hath none; and he that hath food, let him do likewise. And there came also publicans to be baptized, and they said unto him, Master, what must we do? And he said unto them, Extort no more than that which is appointed you. And soldiers also asked him, saying, And we, what must we do? what must we do? And he said unto them, Do violence to no man, neither accuse any one wrongfully; and be content with your wages. And with many other things in his exhortation preached he unto the people.

MATTHEW III, IV. MARK I. LUKE III, IV

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in the Jordan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he beheld the heav

ens opened unto him, and the Spirit as a dove descending upon him: and a voice came out of the heavens,

Thou art my beloved Son;

In thee am I well pleased.

And straightway the Spirit driveth him forth into the wilderness, to be tempted. And he was in the wilderness forty days tempted of Satan; and he was with the wild beasts.

Now he did eat nothing in those days: and when they were completed, he afterward hungered. And the tempter came and said unto him, If thou art the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Then the devil taketh him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and saith unto him, If thou art the Son of God, cast thyself down from hence; for it is written:

He shall give his angels charge over thee: And on their hands shall they bear thee up, Lest haply thou dash thy foot against a

stone.

Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, Thỏu shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.

Again, the devil taketh him unto an exceeding high mountain, and sheweth him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, in moment of time, and he said unto him, All ese things will I give thee, if thou wilt fall

down and worship me. Then saith Jesus unto him, Get thee hence, Satan! for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.

And when the devil had completed every temptation, he departed from him for a season; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him. And in the power of the Spirit Jesus returned into Galilee and a fame went out concerning him through all the region round about.

LUKE IV

And Jesus in the power of the Spirit returned into Galilee. And he came to Nazareth, where he had been brought up: and he entered, as his custom was, into the synagogue on the sabbatn day, and stood up to read. And there was delivered unto him the book of the prophet Isaiah. And he opened the book, and found the place where it was written:

The Spirit of the Lord is upon me,
Because he hath anointed me

To preach good tidings to the poor:
He hath sent me

To heal the broken-hearted,

To proclaim release to the captives,
And recovering of sight to the blind,
To set at liberty them that are bruised,
To proclaim the acceptable year of the
Lord.

And he closed the book, and gave it back to the attendant, and sat down: and the eyes of all

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in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, To-day hath this scripture been fulfilled in your ears. And all bare him witness, and wondered at the gracious words which proceeded out of his mouth.

MATTHEW IV, XII. MARK V

And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of diseases and all manner of sickness among the people. And his name was spread abroad, insomuch that the multitudes followed him, and pressed upon him that they might touch him; for power went forth from him, and healed them all.

And a certain woman, who had an infirmity twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind and touched his garment. For she said within herself, If I may touch but the hem of his garment, I shall be made whole. And straightway she felt in her body that she was healed of her plague.

And straightway Jesus, perceiving that the power proceeding from him had gone forth, turned him about in the press, and said, Who did touch my garments? And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude pressing upon thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? But Jesus said, Some one did touch me: for I

perceived that power had gone forth from me. And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. But the woman fearing and trembling, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth. And he said unto her, Daughter, be of good cheer; thy faith hath made thee whole. Go in peace.

And fear took hold on all: and they glorified God, saying, A great prophet is arisen among us! and, God hath visited his people! And this report went forth concerning him in the whole of Judæa, and all the region round about.

MATTHEW XII. MARK II, III. LUKE VI, XIII

Now it came to pass on a sabbath, that Jesus was going through the cornfields; and his disciples were an hungred, and began to pluck ears of corn, and to eat. But certain of the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, thy disciples do that which it is not lawful to do on the sabbath. And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read what David did, when he was an hungred, and they that were with him; how he entered into the house of God, and did eat the shewbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests alone? Or have ye not read in the law, how that on the sabbath day the priests in the temple by their labours profane the sabbath, and are guiltless? But if ye had known what this meaneth,

I desire mercy, and not sacrifice,

ye would not have condemned the guiltless. For the Son of man is lord of the sabbath.