Peter's mother-in-law cured. Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18 And straightway they forsook their nets, and followed him. 19 And when he had gone a little farther thence, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the ship mending their nets. 20 And straightway he called them and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the hired servants, and went after him. 21 And they went into Capernaum; and straightway on the sabbath-day he entered into the synagogue, and taught. 22 And u they were astonished at his doctrine: for he taught them as one that had authority, and not as the scribes. 23 And v there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, 24 Saying, Let us alone; what MARK, IL A. D. 30. u Mat.7.28. Christ cureth the palsy. great while before day, he went out, and departed into 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 unto him, All men seek for thee. v Lu.4.33,&c. 38 And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore z came I forth. w Mat.8.14. Lu.4.38. 3 or, to say that they knew him. Jno. 17.8. have we to do with thee, thoux Is.61.1,2. Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. 25 And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 26 And when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried, with a loud voice, he came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, what thing is this? what new doctrine is this? for with authority commandeth he even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. 28 And immediately his fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. 29 And w forthwith, when they y Mat.8.2. Lu.5.12. z Ps.33.9. Jno. 15.3. a Le.14.2-32. b Ro.15.4. 1Co.10.11. 39 And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils. 40 And y there came a leper to him, beseeching him, and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. 41 And Jesus, moved with compassion, put forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou clean. 42 And as soon as he had spoken, immediately z the leprosy departed from him, and he was cleansed. 43 And he straitly charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 44 And saith unto him, See thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, show thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing those things a which Moses commanded, for a testimony b unto them. 45 But he went out, and began to e publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and d they came to him from every quarter. CHAPTER II. 3 Christ healeth the palsy, 14 calleth Matthew, 15 and eatheth with publicans and sinners. were come out of the synagogue, e Ps.77.11, 12. AND again he entered into Ca they entered into the house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. Tit. 1.10. 30 But Simon's wife's mother lay d ch.2. 13. sick of a fever; and anon they tell him of her. 31 And he came, and took her by pernaum after some days; and it was noised that he was in the house. 2 And straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no room to receive them, no, not so much as about the door; the hand, and lifted her up; and (CHAP. 2.) and he preached a the word unto immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32 And at even, when the sun did set they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils. 33 And all the city was gathered together at the door. 34 And he healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast out many devils; and suffered not the devils 3 to speak, because they knew him. 35 And in the morning, rising up a a Ps.40.9. b Mat.9.1,&c. Lu.5.18,&c. c Ac. 14.9. Ep.2.8. them. 3 And b they came unto him, bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of four. 4 And when they could not come nigh unto him for the press, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed wherein the sick of the palsy lay. 5 When Jesus saw their faith, c he said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, thy sins be forgiven thee. 6 But there were certain of the 7 Why doth this man thus speak d Is.43.25. blasphemies? Who can forgive Da.9.9. f Jno.7.31. sins d but God only? 8 And immediately, when Jesus e Ac.5.31. perceived in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, he said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 9 Whether is it easier to say to the sick of the palsy, 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 e on earth to forgive sins, (he saith to the sick of the palsy,) 11 I say unto thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 12 And immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all; insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We ƒ never saw it on this fashion. 13 And he went forth again by the sea-side; and all the multitude resorted unto him and he taught them. 14 And g as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus sitting 1 at the receipt of custom, and said unto him, Follow ine. And he arose and followed him. 15 And h it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his house, many publicans i and sinners sat also altogether with Jesus and his disciples for there were many, and they followed him. 9.32. g Mat.9.9. Lu.5.27. 1 or, at the place where the custom was re- h Mat.9.10, i Lu. 15.1.5. k Mat. 9. 12,13 Lu.5.31,32. Is.1.18. 55.7. Mat. 18.11. Lu. 19.10. 1Co.6.9-11. 1 Ti. 1.15. m Mat.25.1. n Ac. 13.2, 2 or, raw, or, unwrought. o Job 32.19. Ps. 119. 80,83, p Mat. 12. 1, Lu.6.1,&c. Le.24.9. 16 And when the scribes and 9 De.23.25. Pharisees saw him eat with publi-r 1Sa.21.6. licans and sinners, they said unto's Ex.29.32,33 his disciples, How is it that he eateth and drinketh with publicanst Ne.9.14. and sinners? Is.58.13. Eze.20. 12,20. 17 When Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They k that are whole have no need of the physician, but they that are sick: I came not to call the righteous, but sinners to repentance. u Col.2.16. Jno.9.14. The withered hand heaved. 21 No man also seweth a piece of 2 new cloth on an old garment: else the new piece that filled it up taketh away from the old and the rent is made worse. 22 And no man putteth new wine into old bottles: else the new wine doth burst the bottles, and the wine is spilled, and the bottles will be marredo but new wine must be put into new bottles. 23 And p it came to pass, that he went through the corn-fields on the sabbath-day; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck a the ears of corn. 24 And the Pharisees said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath-day that which is not lawful? 25 And he said unto them, Have ye never read what David did, r when he had need, and was an hungered, he, and they that were with him? 26 How he went into the house of God in the days of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the show-bread, s which is not lawful to eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? 27 And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, t and not u man for the sabbath: 28 Therefore v the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath. CHAPTER III. 1 The withered hand healed. 13 The twelve apostles chosen. 31 Who are Christ's brother, and sister, and mother. ND a he entered again into the A synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2 And they watched b him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath-day; that they might accuse him. 3 And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, 1 Stand forth. 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath 18 And the disciples of John and of the Pharisees used to fast and (CHAP. 3.) days, or to do evil? to save life, c they come and say unto him, Why do the disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? 19 And Jesus said unto them, Can the children of the bride-chamber fast, while the bridegroom m is with them? As long as they have the bridegroom with them, they cannot fast. a Mat. 12.9, &c. Lu.6.6,&c. b Lu. 14.1. Arise, stand forth in the midst c Ho.6.6. 2 or, blind ness. or to kill? But they held their peace. 5 And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the 2 hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other. 6 And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the d Herodians against him, how 20 But the days will come when they fast in those days. 7 But Jesus withdrew himself MARK, IV. e Lu.6.17. The twelve apostles chosen. with his disciples to the sea: and a great e multitude from Galilee followed him, and from Judea, 8 And from Jerusalem, and from Idumea, and from beyond Jordan; f Mat.12.15. and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when they had heard what great things he did, came unto him. 9 And he spake to his disciples, that a small ship should wait on him because of the multitude, lest they should throng him. 14.14. 3 or, rushed. g ch.1.24. Mat. 14.33. h ch. 1.25,34. 10 For he had healed many: f insomuch that they 3 pressed upon i Mat. 10. 1. him for to touch him, as many ask Jno.15.16. had plagues. 11 And g unclean spirits, when they saw him, fell down before him, and cried saying, Thou art the Son of God. 12 And he straitly charged them that they should not make him known. h 13 And i he goeth up into a mountain, and calleth unto him whom he k would: and they came unto him. 14 And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, 15 And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to cast out devils: 16 And Simon / he surnamed Peter; Jno. 1.42. P Mat.9.34. Lu. 11.15. Parable of the sower. himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27 No q man can enter into a strong man's house, and spoil his goods, except he will first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. 28 Verily I say unto you, All r sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29 But he that shall blaspheme against the Holy Ghost s hath never forgiveness, but is in danger of eternal damnation: 30 Because they said, He hath an unclean spirit. 31 There t came then his brethren and his mother, and, standing without, sent unto him, calling him. 32 And the multitude sat about him; and they said unto him, Behold, thy mother and thy brethren without seek for thee. 33 And he answered them, saying, Who is my mother, or my brethren? 34 And he looked round about on them which sat about him, and said, Behold my mother and my brethren! 35 For whosoever shall do u the will of God, the same is my brother, and my sister, and mother. CHAPTER IV. 17 And James the son of Zebedee,q Is.49.24,26. 1 The parable of the sower: 14 and John the brother of James; 19 And Judas Iscariot, which also betrayed him: and they went 4 into an house. 20 And the multitude cometh to gether again, so n that they could not so much as eat bread. 21 And when his 5 friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He o is beside himself. 61.1. Mat. 12.31. t Mat. 12.46- u Ja.1.25. (CHAP. 4.) Ps.78.2. 22 T And the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He p hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth he out devils. d Ge. 15.11. 23 And he called them unto him, e Eze. 11.19. and said unto them in parables, 36.26. How can Satan cast out Satan? 24 And if a kingdom be divided f Ps.1.4. against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25 And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot Land. 26 And if Satan rise up against The meaning thereof. 26 Of the seed growing secretly, 30 and of the mustard-seed. AND a he began again to teach by the sea-side: and there was gathered unto him a great multitude, so that he entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude was by the sea on the land. 2 And he taught them many things by parables, b and said unto them in his doctrine, 3 Hearken; c Behold, there went out a sower to sow: 4 And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way-side, and the d fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5 And some fell on stony e ground, where it had not much earth, and immediately it sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6 But when the sun was up, it was scorched; and f because it had no root, it withered away. Ja.1.11.7 And some fell among thorns, g and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit. 8 And other fell on good ground, and did yield fruit th 9 And he said unto them, Hek Mat. 13. 10, that hath ears to hear, let him &c. hear. 10 And k when he was alone, they that were about him with the twelve asked of him the parable. 11 And he said unto them, Unto l you it is given to know the mystery of the kingdom of God: but unto them that are without, m all these things are done in parables: 12 That n seeing they may see, and not perceive; and hearing they may hear, and not understand; lest at any time they should be converted, and their sins should be forgiven them. 7 Ep.1.9. m Col.4.5. ITh.4.12. ITi.3.7. n 18.6.9,10. Jno. 12.40. o Is.32.20. 1 Pe. 1.25. p 1 Pe.5.8. Re. 12.9. He.2.1. r Job 19.28. 13 And he said unto them, Knows Job 27.10. ye not this parable? and how then t 2Ti. 1. 15. will ye know all parables? u Lu. 14. 1820. 14 The sower o soweth the word. 15 And these are they by the wayside, where the word is sown; but when they have heard, Satan cometh p immediately, and taketh away the word that was sown in their hearts. 16 And these are they likewise which are sown on stony ground; who, when they have heard the word, immediately receive it with gladness; 1 Ti.6.9,17. 2Ti.4.10. v Pr.23.5. w 1Jno.2.16, 17. x Is.5.2,4. y Ro.7.4. Col.1.10. 2Pe. 1.8. 1 See on Mat.5.15. Ec. 12. 14. Mat. 10.26. 17 And have no root r in them-z selves, and so endure but s for a time afterward, when affliction or persecution ariseth for the word's sake, immediately t they are offend- a 1Pe.2.2. ed. b Mat.7.2. 18 And these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear e Lu.8. 18. the word, d Mat. 13.24. 19 And the u cares of this world, e Ge. 1.11. 12. and the deceitfulness v of riches, ƒ Ec.3.1,11. and the w lusts of other things en-2 or, ripe, tering in, choke the word, and it becometh unfruitful.c Job 5.26. g Re. 14. 15. 32. Christ stilleth the tempest. 25 For he that hath, to him shall be given and he that hath not, from c him shall be taken even that which he hath. 26 ¶ And he said, So d is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground; 27 And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how. 28 For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; e first ƒ the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear. 29 But when the fruit is 2 brought forth, immediately he g putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is 33 And with many such parables spake he the word unto them, as k they were able to hear it. 34 But without a parable spake he not unto them: and when they were alone, he expounded all things to his disciples. 35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. 36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships. 37 And there arose a great storm 20 And these are they which are Mat. 13.31, of wind, and the waves beat into sown on good ground; such as hear the word, and receive it, and bring forth fruit, y some thirty-fold, some sixty, and some an hundred. Lu. 13. 18,19 i Pr.4. 18. Is.11.19. 21 And he said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a 1 bushel, or under a bed? and notk Jno. 16.12. to be set on a candlestick? 22 For z there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any thing kept secret, but that it should come abroad. 23 If any man have ears to hear, let him hear. 1 Mat.8.24. Lu.8.23. m Ps. 10.1. Is.40.27. n Ps.89.9. La.3.31,32, 24 And he saith unto them, Take o Ps.46. 1,2. heed what a ye hear: with b what Is.43.2. measure ye mete, it shall be mea-p Jno. 1. 10, 16. sured to you: and unto you that 9 Job 38.11. hear shall more be given. the ship, so that it was now full. 38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, m carest thou not that we perish? 39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And n the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? o how is it that ye have no faith? 41 And they feared p exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea q obey him? 5 And always, night and day, he g Job.1.10,12. was in the mountains, and in the 2.5.6. tombs, crying, and cutting himself with stones. 6 But when he saw Jesus afar off, he run and worshipped c him, 7 And cried with a loud voice, and said, What have I to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of the most high God? I adjure thee, by God, that thou torment me not. 8 For he said unto him, Come d out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9 And he asked him, What is thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: e for we are many. 10 And he besought him much that he would not send them away out of the country. 11 Now there was there nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine f feeding. h Re. 13.7. 1Pe.3.22. i Is.49.25. Col.1.13. k Job 13.11. Ps. 14.5. 1Ti. 1.7. Job 21.14. in Ps.66.16. Is.38. 19. n Mat.9. 18. &c. Lu.8.41, &c 12 And all the devils besought g him, saying, Send us into the swine, o Ps. 107.18. that we may enter into them. Ps. 108.12. Je.30.12,13 13 And forthwith Jesus gave hp Le. 15, 19. them leave. And the unclean spirits went out, and entered into a Job 13.4. the swine and the herd ran violently down a steep place into the sea, (they were about two thousand;) and were choked in the sea. 14 And they that fed the swine fled and told it in the city, and in the country. And they went out to see what it was that was done. r 2Ki. 13.21. Mat. 14.36. Ac.5.15. 19.12. s Lu.6.19. Ps.30.2. 15 And they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and i had the legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right u ch.10.52. mind and they were afraid. k 16 And they that saw it, told them how it befell to him that was possessed with the devil, and also concerning the swine. 17 And they began to pray him to depart / out of their coasts. 18 And when he was come into Ac. 14.9. 1Sa. 1.17. 20.42. 2Ki.5.19. w Jno.5,25. 11.25. Christ healeth a woman. the ship, he that had been possess. ed with the devil, prayed him that he might be with him. 19 Howbeit, Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and m tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee. 20 And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. 21 And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him and he was nigh unto the sea. 22 And, n behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet. 23 And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point o of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live. 24 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him and thronged him. 25 And a certain woman, which had an issue p of blood twelve years, 26 And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing q bettered, but rather grew worse, 27 When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched r his garment: 28 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. 29 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 30 And Jesus immediately knowing in himself that virtue s had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes? 31 And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 32 And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing. 33 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told t him all the truth. 34 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith u hath made thee whole; go v in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 35 While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Tay daughter is dead: w why troublest thou the Master any further? 36 As soon as Jesus heard the |