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of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more case enter into the kingdom of heaven.

than these cometh of evil.

211 Ye have heard that it was said by 38 Ye have heard that it hath been them of old time, Thou shalt not kill; and whosoever shall kill, shall be in danger of tooth.

26 Verily, I say unto thee, Thou shalt by no means come out thence, till thou hast his sun to rise on the evil and on the good,

30 And if thy right hand offend thee, cut it off, and cast it from thee: for it is profit- which is in heaven. able for thee that one of thy members 2 Therefore, when thou doest thine alms, should perish, and not that thy whole body do not sound

33 Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may

34 But I say unto you, Swear not at all: be seen of men. Verily, I say unto you, neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: They have their reward. 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his foot- 6 But thou, when thou prayest, enter stool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in

36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, secret; and thy Father, which seeth in because thou canst not make one hair secret, shall reward thee openly. white or black.

17 But when ye pray, use not vain repe

37 But let your communication be, Yea, titions, as the heathen do: for they think

Of fasting and worldly care.

CHAP. VII. that they shall be heard for their much speaking.

8 Be not ye therefore like unto them: for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask him.

9 After this manner therefore pray ye: Our Father which art in heaven, Hallowed be thy name.

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth as it is in heaven.

Christ exhorts to prayer.

27 Which of you by taking thought can add one cubit unto his stature?

28 And why take ye thought for raiment? Consider the lilies of the field how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin;

29 And yet I say unto you, That even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these.

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe the grass of the field, which to-day is, and to

11 Give us this day our daily bread. 12 And forgive us our debts, as we for-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not give our debtors. much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 13 And lead us not into temptation, but 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, deliver us from evil. For thine is the What shall we eat? or, whatshall we drink? kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for or, wherewithal shall we be clothed? ever. Amen.

32 (For after all these things do the Gen14 For, if ye forgive men their tres-tiles seek) for your heavenly Father knowpasses, your heavenly Father will also for- eth that ye have need of all these things. give you: 33 But seek ye first the kingdom of 15 But, if ye forgive not men their tres- God, and his righteousness, and all these passes, neither will your Father forgive things shall be added unto you. your trespasses.

34 Take therefore no thought for the

16 Moreover, when ye fast, be not as morrow: for the morrow shall take thought the hypocrites, of a sad countenance: for for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the they disfigure their faces, that they may day is the evil thereof.

appear unto men to fast. Verily, I say unto you, They have their reward.

17 But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thy head, and wash thy face;

CHAP. VII.

2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you

18 That thou appear not unto men, to fast, but unto thy Father, which is in se-again. cret: and thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly.

19 Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt, and where thieves break through and steal:

20 But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth corrupt, and where thieves do not break through nor steal.

21 For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.

3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and behold, a beam is in thine own eye?

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

6 Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before

22 The light of the body is the eye: if swine, lest they trample them under their therefore thine eye be single, thy whole feet, and turn again and rend you. body shall be full of light.

7 Ask, and it shall be given you;

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy whole seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall body shall be full of darkness. If there- be opened unto you:

fore the light that is in thee be darkness, how great is that darkness!

24 No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon.

25 Therefore I say unto you, Take no thought for your life, what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on. Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment?

8 For every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened.

9 Or what man is there of you, whom if his son ask bread, will he give him a stone? 10 Or if he ask a fish, will he give him a serpent?

11 If ye then being evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father which is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

26 Behold the fowls of the air: for they 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather would that men should do to you, do ye into barns; yet your heavenly Father feed- even so to them: for this is the law and the eththem. Are ye not much better than they? prophets

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Concerning false prophets. Christ casts out devils 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate; for 4 And Jesus saith unto him, wide is the gate, and broad See thou is the way, that tell no man; but Jeadeth to destruction, and many there be to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses go thy way, shew thyself which go in thereat: commanded, for a testimony unto them. 14 Because, strait is the gate, and nar5 And when Jesus was entered into row is the way, which leadeth unto life, Capernaum, there came unto him a centuand few there be that find it.

rion, beseeching him,

15 Beware of false prophets, which 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at come to you in sheep's clothing, but in-home sick of the palsy, grievously torwardly they are ravening wolves.

16 Ye shall know them by their fruits: Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles?

17 Even so every good tree bringeth forth good fruit; but a corrupt tree bringeth forth evil fruit.

mented.

7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him.

8 The centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed. having soldiers under me: and I say to ther, Come, and he cometh; and to my this man, Go, and he goeth; and to anoservant, Do this, and he doeth it.

18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil 9 For I am a man under authority, fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.

19. Every tree that bringeth not forthgood fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. 20 Wherefore, by their fruits ye shall know them.

21 Not every one that saith unto me Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.

10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily 1 say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel.

11 And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven:

22 Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and 12 But the children of the kingdom shall in thy name done many wonderful works? be cast out into outer darkness: there shall 23 And then will I profess unto them, I be weeping and gnashing of teeth. never knew you: depart from me, ye that 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, work iniquity. 24Therefore, whosoeverheareth these be it done unto thee. And his servant was Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will healed in the self-same hour. liken him unto a wise man, which built his 14 And when Jesus was come into house upon a rock:

25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.

26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:

27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.

28 And it came to pass when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were

astonished at his doctrine.

29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes. CHAP. VIII.

ed him.

HEN he was come down from the

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2 And behold, there came a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean.

3 And Jesus put forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be thou clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed.

Peter's house, he saw his wife's mother laid, and sick of a fever.

15 And he touched her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose, and ministered unto them.

16 When the even was come, they brought unto him nany that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick;

17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirınities, and bare our sicknesses.

18 Now when Jesus saw great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side.

19 And a certain scribe came, and said unto him, Master, I will follow thee whithersoever thou goest.

20 And Jesus saith unto him, The foxes of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head.

21 And another of his disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father.

22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and let the dead bury their dead.

23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him.

He calls Matthew.

7 And he arose, and departed to his house. 8 But when the multitude saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had

24 And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was given such power unto men. covered with the waves: but he was asleep. 9 And as Jesus passed forth from 25 And his disciples came to him, and thence, he saw a man named Matthew, awoke him, saying, Lord, save us: we sitting at the receipt of custom: and he perish. saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose,

26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye and followed him. fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, 10 And it came to pass, as Jesus sat and rebuked the winds and the sea; and at meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with

there was a great calm.

27 But the men marvelled, saying, him and his disciples.

What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!

11 And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why eateth your

28 And when he was come to the Master with publicans and sinners? other side, into the country of the Gerge- 12 But when Jesus heard that, he said senes, there met him two possessed with unto them, They that be whole need not devils, coming out of the tombs, exceed- a physician, but they that are sick. ing fierce, so that no man might pass by 13 But go ye and learn what that meanthat way. eth, I will have mercy, and not sacrifice:

29 And behold, they cried out, saying, for I am not come to call the righteous, but What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou sinners to repentance. Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Phari30 And there was a good way off from sees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? them a herd of many swine, feeding. 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can the 31 So the devils besought him, saying, children of the bride-chamber mourn, as If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away long as the bridegroom is with them? but into the herd of swine. the days will come, when the bridegroom

32 And he said unto them, Go. And shall be taken from them, and then shall when they were come out, they went into they fast.

the herd of swine: and behold, the whole 16 No man putteth a piece of new cloth herd of swine ran violently down a steep unto an old garment: for that which is put place into the sea, and perished in the in to fill it up, taketh from the garment,

waters.

and the rent is made worse.

33 And they that kept them, fled, and 17 Neither do men put new wine into went their ways into the city, and told old bottles: else the bottles break, and every thing; and what was befallen to the the wine runneth out, and the bottles possessed of the devils.

34 And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart out of their coasts.

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perish: but they put new wine into new bottles, and both are preserved.

18 While he spake these things unto them, behold, there came a certain ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

19 And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples.

entered into a ship, and passed over, and came into his own city. 2 And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and 20 (And behold, a woman which was Jesus, seeing their faith, said unto the sick diseased with an issue of blood twelve of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; thy years, came behind him, and touched the sins be forg forgiven thee. hem of his garment. 3 And behold, certain of the scribes said 21 For she said within herself, If I may within themselves, This man blasphemeth. but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 4 And Jesus, knowing their thoughts, 22 But Jesus turned him about, and said, Wherefore think ye evil in your when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of hearts? good comfort: thy faith hath made thee

5 For whether is easier to say, Thy whole. And the woman was made whole sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk?

from that hour.)

23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the peo

6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, ple making a noise,

24 He said unto them, Give place: for

(then saith he to the sick of the paisy,) Arise, take up the bed, and go unto thy the maid is not dead, but sleepeth. And house.

they laughed him to scorn.

The diseased are cured.

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The apostles sent to preach

25 But when the people were put forth, 6 But go rather to the lost sheep of the he went in, and took her by the hand, and house of Israel.

the maid arose.

7 And as ye go, preach, saying, The

26 And the fame hereof went abroad kingdom of heaven is at hand. into all that land.

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise

27 And when Jesus departed thence, the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have two blind men followed him, crying, and received, freely give. saying, Thou son of David, have mercy 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, nor

on us.

brass in your purses;

28 And when he was come into the 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither house, the blind men came to him and Je-two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: sus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am (for the workman is worthy of his meat.) able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord.

29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it unto you.

30 And their eyes were opened; and Jesus straitly charged them, saying, See that no man know it.

31 But they, when they were departed, spread abroad his fame in all that country. 32 As they went out, behold, they brought to him a dumb man possessed with a devil.

11 And into whatsoever city or town ye shall enter, inquire who in it is worthy; and there abide till ye go thence.

12 And when ye come into a house, salute it.

13 And if the house be worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you.

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, when ye depart out of that house, or city, shake off the dust of your feet.

33 And when the devil was cast out, the 15 Verily, I say unto you, It shall be dumb spake and the multitudes marvel- more tolerable for the land of Sodom and led, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. Gomorrah, in the day of judgment, than 34 But the Pharisees said, He casteth for that city. out devils, through the prince of the 16 Behold, I send you forth as sheep devils. in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore

35 And Jesus went about all the cities wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. and villages, teaching in their synagogues, 17 But beware of men: for they will and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, deliver you up to the councils, and and they and healing every sickness, and every dis- will scourge you in their synagogues ease among the people.

36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few.

38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.

CHAP. X.

18 And ye shall be brought before go vernors and kings for my sake, for a testimony against them and the Gentiles.

19 But when they deliver you up, take no thought how or what ye shall speak, for it shall be given you in that same hour what ye shall speak.

20 For it is not ye that speak, but the Spirit of your Father which speaketh in you.

21 And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their ND when he had called unto him his parents, and cause them to be put to death. twelve disciples, he gave them power 22 And ye shall be hated of all men for against unclean spirits, to cast them out, my name's sake: but he that endureth to and to heal all manner of sickness, and all the end shall be saved.

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manner of disease.

23 But when they persecute you in this

2 Now the names of the twelve apostles city, flee ye into another: for verily I say are these; The first, Simon, who is called unto you, Ye shall not have gone over the Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the cities of Israel till the Son of man be come. son of Zebedee, and John his brother; 24 The disciple is not above his master, 3 Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, nor the servant above his lord. and Matthew the publican; James the son 25 It is enough for the disciple that he of Alpheus, and Lebbeus, whose surname be as his master, and the servant as his was Thaddeus;

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

lord: if they have called the master of the
house Beelzebub, how much more shall
they call them of his household?
26 Fear them not therefore: for there
be known.

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, Go not into the is nothing covered, that shall not be reway of the Gentiles, and into any city of vealed; and hid, that shall not the Samaritans enter ye not.

27 What I tell you in darkness, that