dered, saying, Never was the like seen in Israel.

34 But the Pharisees said, By the prince of devils he casteth out devils.

85 * And JESUS went about all the cities, and towns, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every disease, and every infirmity.

36 And seeing the multitudes, he had compassion on them: because they were distressed, and lying like sheep that have no shepherd.

37 Then he saith to his disciples, + The harvest indeed is great, but the labourers are few.

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

CHAP. X.

Christ sends out his twelve apostles, with the power of miracles. The lessons he gives them.

AND I having called his twelve disciples together, he gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of diseases, and all manner of infirmities.

2 And the names of the twelve Apostles are these: The first, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother,

3 James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, Philip and Bartholomew, Thomas and Matthew the publican, and James the son of Alpheus, and Thaddeus.

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

5 These twelve JESUS sent: commanding them, saying: Go ye not into the way of the gentiles, and into the city of the Samaritans enter ye not.

6 But go ye rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

15 Amen I say to you, it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrha in the day of judgment, than for that city.

16 Behold I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves. Be ye therefore wise as serpents and simple as doves.

17 But beware of men. For they will deliver you up in councils, and they will scourge you in their synagogues.

18 And you shall be brought before governors, and before kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the gentiles:

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

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

21 The brother also shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the son:

and the children shall rise up against their parents, and shall put them to death.

22 And you shall be hated by all men for my name's sake: but he that shall persevere unto the end, he shall be saved.

23 And when they shall persecute you in this city, flee into another. Amen I say to you, you shall not finish all the cities of Israel, till the son of man come.

24 ++ The disciple is not above the master, nor the servant above his lord.

25 It is enough for the disciple that he be as his master, and the servant as his lord, If they have called the good-man of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household?

26 Therefore fear them not. ‡‡ For nothing is covered that shall not be revealed: nor hid, that shall not be known.

27 That which I tell you in the dark, speak

7 And going, preach, saying: The king-ye in the light: and that which you hear in dom of heaven is at hand.

8 Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out devils: freely have you received, freely give.

9 | Do not possess gold, nor silver, nor money in your purses:

10 Nor scrip for your journey, nor two coats, nor shoes, nor a staff; for the workman is worthy of his meat.

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

12 And when you come into the house, salute it, saying: Peace be to this house.

13 And if that house be worthy, your peace shall come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace shall return to you.

14 And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words: going forth out of that house or city shake off the dust from your feet.

• Mark, 6. 6.-† Luke, 10. 2.- Mark, 3. 13. Luke, 6. 13. and 9. 1- Acts, 13. 46.-|| Mark, 6. 8. Luke, 9. 3. and 10. 4.- Luke, 10. 3.** Luke, 12. 11.-++ Luke, 6. 40. John, 13. 16. |

the ear, preach ye upon the house-tops.

28 And fear ye not them that kill the body, and are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him that can destroy both soul and body into hell.

29 $ Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing: and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father.

30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered.

31 Fear not therefore: better are you than many sparrows.

32 Every one therefore that shall confess me before men, I will also confess him before my Father who is in heaven.

33 But he that shall deny me before men, I will also deny him before my Father who is in heaven.

34 ¶¶ Do not think that I came to send peace upon earth: I came not to send peace, but the sword.

and 15. 20.-- Mark, 4. 22.
2.-§§ 2 Kings, 14. 11.-
9 26. and 12. 8. 2 Tim.
51.

Luke, 8. 17. and 12. Luke, Mark, 8. 38.

2. 12.-¶¶ Luke, 12,

What have we to do with thee, JESUS Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time?

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And there was, not far from them, an herd of many swine feeding.

31 And the devils besought him saying: If thou cast us out hence, send us into the herd of swine.

32 And he said to them: Go. But they going out went into the swine, and behold the whole herd run violently down a steep place into the sea: and they perished in the waters. 33 And they that kept them fled: and coming into the city, told every thing, and concerning them that had been possessed by the devils.

34 And behold the whole city went out to meet JESUS, † and when they saw him, they besought him that he would depart from their coasts.

CHAP. IX.

Christ heals one sick of the palsy: calls Matthew:
cures the issue of blood: raises to life the daughter
of Jairus: gives sight to two blind men: and heals
a dumb man possessed by the devil,

AND entering into a binto his own city.
ND entering into a boat, he passed over

2 And behold they brought to him one sick of the palsy lying in a bed. And JESUS, seeing their faith, said to the man sick of the palsy Be of good heart, son, thy sins are forgiven thee.

3 And behold some of the scribes said within themselves: He blasphemeth.

4 And JESUS seeing their thoughts, said: Why do you think evil in your hearts ?

5 Whether is easier, to say, Thy sins are forgiven thee: or to say, Arise and walk?

6 But that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then said he to the man sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go into thy house. 7 And he arose, and went into his house. 8 And the multitudes seeing it, feared, and glorified God that gave such power to men.

9 § And when JESUS passed on from thence, he saw a man sitting in the custom-house, named Matthew; and he saith to him: Follow me. And he arose up and followed him. 10 And it came to pass as he was sitting at meat in the house, behold many publicans and sinners came, and sat down with JESUS and his disciples.

11 And the Pharisees seeing it, said to his disciples: Why doth your master eat with publicans and sinners ?

12 But JESUS hearing it, said: They that are in health need not a physician, but they that are ill.

John, saying: ** Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but thy disciples do not fast?

15 And JESUS said to them: can the children of the bridegroom mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they shall fast.

16 And nobody putteth a piece of raw cloth unto an old garment. For it taketh away the fulness thereof from the garment, and there is made a greater rent.

17 Neither do they put new wine into old bottles. Otherwise the bottles break, and the wine runneth out, and the bottles perish. But new wine they put into new bottles and both are preserved.

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18+ As he was speaking these things unto them, behold a certain ruler came up, and adored him, saying: Lord, my daughter is even now dead; but come, lay thy hand upon her, and she shall live.

19 And JESUS rising up followed him, with his disciples.

20 And behold a woman who was troubled with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment.

21 For she said within herself: If I shall touch only his garment, I shall be healed.

22 But JESUS turning and seeing her, said: Be of good heart, daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

23 And when JESUS was come into the house of the ruler, and saw the minstrels and the multitude making a rout,

24 He said: Give place, for the girl is not dead, but sleepeth. And they laughed him to scorn.

25 And when the multitude was put forth, he went in, and took her by the hand. And the maid arose.

26 And the fame hereof went abroad into all that country.

27 And as JESUS passed from thence, there followed him two blind men crying out and saying, Have mercy on us, O Son of David.

28 And when he was come to the house, the blind men came to him. And JESUS saith to them, Do you believe, that I can do this unto you? They say to him. Yea, Lord.

29 Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith, be it done unto you. 30 And their eyes were opened, and JESUS strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know this.

31 But they going out, spread his fame abroad in all that country.

32 And when they were gone out, §§ behold they brought him a dumb man, possessed with a devil.

13 Go then and learn what this meaneth, I will have mercy and not sacrifice. For am not come to call the just, ¶ but sinners. 14 Then came to him the disciples of Mark, 5. 11. Luke, 8. 32.-+ Mark, 5. 17. Luke, 8. 37.- Mark, 2. 3. Luke, 5. 18.-§ Mark,++ Mark, 5. 23. 2. 14. Luke, 5. 27.-|| Osce, 6. 6. Infra, 12, 7.CHAP. IX. Ver. 15. Can the children of the

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33 And after the devil was cast out, the dumb man spoke, and the multitudes won1 Tim. 1. 15.- Mark, 2. 18. Luke. 5. $3.— Luke, 8. 41.- Mark, 5. 25. Luke, 8. 43.-§§ Infra, 12. 22. Luke, 11. 14. friends or companions of the bridegroom.

7 And going, preach, saying: The king-ye in the light: and that which you hear in dom of heaven is at hand. the ear, preach ye upon the house-tops.

35 For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.

36 And a man's enemies shall be they of his own household.

37 He that loveth father or mother more than me, is not worthy of me; and he that loveth son or daughter more than me, is not worthy of me.

38 And he that taketh not up his cross, and followeth me, is not worthy of me.

39 He that findeth his life, shall lose it: and he that shall lose his life for me, shall find it.

40 He that receiveth you, receiveth me and he that receiveth me, receiveth him that sent me.

41 He that receiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet, shall receive the reward of a prophet: and he that receiveth a just man in the name of a just man, shall receive the reward of a just man.

42 And whosoever shall give to drink to one of these little ones a cup of cold water only in the name of a disciple, amen I say to you, he shall not lose his reward. CHAP. XI.

John sends his disciples to Christ, who upbraids the Jews with their incredulity, and calls to him such as are sensible of their burdens.

ND it came to pass: when JESUS had

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9 But what went you out to see? phet? yea I tell you, and more than a prophet. 10 For this is he of whom it is written: Behold I send my Angel before thy face, who shall prepare thy way before thee.

11 Amen I say to you, there hath not risen among them that are born of women a greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is the lesser in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he.

12 And from the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven suffereth violence, and the violent bear it away.

13 For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John:

14 And if you will receive it, ¶¶he is Elias that is to come.

15 He that hath ears to hear, let him hear.

16 But whereunto shall I esteem this generation to be like ? It is like to children sitting in the market-place.

17 Who crying to their companions say: We have piped to you, and you have not danced: we have lamented, and you have not mourned.

18 For John came neither eating nor drinking; and they say: He hath a devil. 19 The son of man came eating and drinking, and they say: Behold a man that is a glutton and a wine-drinker, a friend of publicans and sinners. And wisdom is jus

Amade cam todo commanding his fified by her children.
welve disciples, he passed from thence, to
teach and preach in their cities.

2** Now when John had heard in prison the works of Christ: sending two of his disciples he said to him:

3 Art thou he that art to come, or look we for another?

4 And JESUS making answer said to them: Go and relate to John what you have heard and seen.

5 ++ The blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead rise again, the poor have the gospel preached to them.

6 And blessed is he that shall not be scandalized in me.

7 And when they went their way, JESUS began to say to the multitudes concerning John: What went you out into the desert to see? a reed shaken with the wind? 8 But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings.

• Mich. 7. 6.—† Luke, 14. 26.—‡ Infra, 16. 24. Mark. 8. 34. Luke, 14. 27.-§ Luke, 9. 24. and 17. 83. John, 12. 25.- Luke, 10. 16. John, 13. 20.- Mark, 9. 40.- Luke, 7. 18.-++ Isai.

Ver. 35. I came to set a man at variance, &c. Not that this was the end or design of the coming of our Saviour; but that his coming, and his doctrine would have this effect, by reason of the obstinate resistance that many would make, and of their persecuting all such as should adhere to him.

CHAP. XI. Ver 6. Scandalized in me. That is, who shall not take occasion of scandal or offence from

20 Then began he to upbraid the cities wherein were done the most of his miracles, for that they had not done penance.

21 *** Wo to thee, Corozain, wo to thee, Bethsaida: for if in Tyre and Sidon had been wrought the miracles that have been wrought in you, they had long ago done penance in sack-cloth and ashes.

22 But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment, than for you.

23 And thou Capharnaum, shalt thou be exalted up to heaven? thou shalt go down even unto hell. For if in Sodom had been. wrought the miracles that have been wrought in thee, perhaps it had remained unto this day.

24 But I say unto you, that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for thee.

25 At that time JESUS answered and said: I confess to thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them to little ones.

35. 5.—‡‡ Isai. 61. 1.—§§ Luke, 7. 24.—|| || Malac,
3. 1. Mark, 1. 2. Luke, 7. 27.
¶¶ Mal. 4. 5.
**Luke, 10. 13.

my humility, and the disgraceful death of the cross
which I shall endure.

Ver. 12. Suffereth violence, &c. It is not to be obtained but by main force, by using violence upori ourselves, by mortification and penance, and resisting our perverse inclinations.

Ver. 14. He is Elias, &c. Not in person, but in spirit. Luke, i. 17.

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10 And behold there was a man who 29 Or how can any one enter into the had a withered hand, and they asked him, house of the strong, and rifle his goods, unsaying: Is it lawful to heal on the sabbath-less he first bind the strong? and then he