ST. MATTHEW. of thy members should perish, and | not that thy whole body should be cast into hell. 31 It hath been said, 'Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement: m 32 But I say unto you, That whosoever shall put away his wife, saving for the cause of fornication, causeth her to commit adultery: and whosoever shall marry her that is divorced committeth adultery. 33 Again, ye have heard that "it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but P shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34 But I say unto you, Swear not 22. James 5 at all; neither by heaven; for it is "God's throne: 12. r Is. 66. 1. 1 Ps. 48. 2. & 87. 3. t Col. 4. 6. James 5. 12. Ex. 21. 24. Lev. 24. 20. Dent. 19. 21. | Prov. 20. 22. & 24. 29. Luke 6, 29. Rom. 12. 17, 13. 1 Cor. 6. 7. 1 Thess. 5. 15. 1 Pet. 3. 9. y Is. 50, 6. Lam. 3. 30. 1 ch. 27. 32. Mark 15. 21. a Deut. 15. 8, 14 Luke 6. 30, 35. 35 Nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the eity of the great King. 36 Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. 37 But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil. 38 Ye have heard that it hath been said, "An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: 39 But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also. 40 And if any man will sue thee at the law, and take away thy coat, let him have thy cloak also. 41 And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain. 42 Give to him that asketh thee, and from him that would borrow of thee turn not thou away. 45 That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for The maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust. 46 For if ye love them which love you, what reward have ye? do not even the publicans the same? 47 And if ye salute your brethren 19. 2 Luke only, what do ye more than others? do not even the publicans so? b Gen. 17. 1. Lev. 14. 44. 6.96. Col. 1. 28. & 4. 12. James 1. 4. 1 Pet. 1. 15, 16. Eph. 5. 1. 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. NAKE heed that ye do not your TAKE sted that 1, to be seen of Or, rightthem: otherwise ye have no reward of your Father which is in heaven. 2 Therefore a when thou doest thine alms, do not sound a trumpet before thee, as the hypocrites do in the or, the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have glory of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. 3 But when thou doest alms, let not thy left hand know what thy right hand doeth : 4 That thine alms may be in secret: and thy Father which seeth in secret himself shall reward thee openly. 5¶ And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. Against worldly anxiety. A. D. 31. r Ruth 3. 3. Dan. 10. 3. Prov. 23. 4.1 1 Tim. 6. 17. Heb. 13. 5. James 5. 1, &C. t ch. 19. 21. Luke 12. 33, 31. & 18. 22. 1 Tim. 6. 19. 1 Pet. 1. 4. u Luke 11. 34, 36. Luke 16. 13. y Gal. 1. 10. 1 Tim. 6. 17. James 4. 4. 1 John 2. 15. z Ps. 55, 22. Luke 12. 22, 23. Phil. 4. 6. 1 Pet. 5.7. ST. MATTHEW. 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. y 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 Is not the life more than meat, and the body than raiment? 26 Behold the fowls of the air: for Luke 12. 24, they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? a Job 38, 41. Ps. 147. 9. &c. on. Rash judgment forbidden. 33 But seek ye first the kingdom A. D. 31. of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. 34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. b See 1 Kings 3. 13. P. 57. 25. Mark 14 30. Luke 12 31. 1 Tim. 4. 8. a Luke 6. 37. Rom. 2 1. & 14. S, 4. 10, 13. 1 Cor. 4. 3, 5. James 4. 11. 12 b Mark 4. 24 Luke 6. 38. c Luke 6. 41, 42. 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 & Prov. 9. 7. 8. unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. 7 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: 8 For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. 27 Which of you by taking thought 9 Or what man is there of you, can add one cubit unto his stature? whom if his son ask bread, will he 28 And why take ye thought for rai-give him a stone? ment? 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 morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O ye of little faith? 31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed? 32 (For after all these things do the Gentiles seek:) for your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. 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? 12 Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets. 13 Enter ye in at the strait gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leadeth to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat: 14 Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it. Jer. 23. 16. ch. 24. 4, 5, 11. 24. Mark 13. 22. Rom. 16. 17. 18. Eph. 5. 6. COL. 2. 8. 2 Pet 21, 2,3. 1 John 4. 1. D Mic. 3, 5. 2 Tim. 3. 5. • Acts 20. 29, 30. p ver. 20. ch. 12. 38. Luke 6. 43, * Jer. 11. 19. ch. 12. 33. ch. 3. 10. Luke 3. 9. John 15. 2, 6. Hos. 8. 2. ch. Luke 6.46. & 25. 11, 12. 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. 18 A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 19 Every tree that bringeth not forth good 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 213. James heaven. 13 25. Acts 13 13. Rom. 1. 22. Num. 21. 4. John 11. 51. 1 Cor. 13. 2. I ch. 25. 12. Lake 13. 25, 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 in thy name done many wonderful works? 23 And then will I profess unto 27. 2 Tim. 2. them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. 7 Pa. 5. 5. & 6. *, ch. 25. 41. 1 Luke 6. 47, &c. a ch. 13. 54. Mark 1. 22. & 2. Luke 4. 2. John 7. 46. 1 Mark 1. 40, 14, &c. 21 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his 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: A leper cleansed. 5 The healing of the centurion's servant, 14 also of Peter's wife's mother and many others. 18 How Jesus must be followed. 23 He stilleth the tempest; 28 and healeth two men possessed with devils. 31 The devils enter into a herd of swine. The centurion's faith. clean. And immediately his leprosy A. D. 31. was cleansed. 4 And Jesus saith unto him, Seeb ch. 9. 30. thou tell no man; but go thy way, C Mark 5. 43. shew thyself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for Lev. 14. 3, 4, a testimony unto them. 5And when Jesus was entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, beseeching him, 6 And saying, Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. 7 And Jesus saith unto him, I will come and heal him. 10. Luke 5. 14. d Luke 7. 1, &c. e Luke 15. 19, 21. 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 Ps. 107. 20. shall be healed. 9 For I am a man under authority, having soldiers under me and I say to this man, Go, and he goeth; and to another, Come, and he cometh; and to my servant, Do this, and he doeth it. 10 When Jesus heard it, he marvelled, and said to them that followed, Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. 11 And I say unto you, That many Gen. 12. 3. shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: 13 And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go thy way; and as thou hast believed, so be it done unto thee. And his servant was healed in the selfsame hour. 14 And when Jesus was come into 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 many that were possessed with devils: and he cast out the spirits with his word, and healed all that were sick : h ch. 21. 43. & 22. 13. & 21. 51. & 25. 30. Luke 13. 28. 2 Pet. 2. 17. Jude 13. k Mark 1. 29, 30, 31. Luke 4. 38, 39. 11 Cor. 9. 5. m Mark 1. 32, &c. Luke 4. 40, 41. 17 That it might be fulfilled which was spoken by Esaias the prophet, saying, Himself took our infirmities, a 18. 53. 4. WHEN he was come down from and bare our sicknesses. the mountain, great multitudes followed him. 2 And, behold, there came a leper Luke 5. 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 Jesus stilleth a tempest. A. D. 31. p Luke 9. 59, 60. q See 1 Kings 19. 20. r Mark 4. 87, &c. Luke 8. 23, &c. Ps. 65, 7. & 89. 9. & 107. 29. t Mark 5. 1, ST. MATTHEW. 20 And Jesus saith unto him, The 22 But Jesus said unto him, Follow 25 And his disciples came to him, 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. 27 But the men marvelled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him! 28 And when he was come to the &c. Luke 8. other side into the country of the Gergesenes, there met him two possessed with devils, coming out of the tombs, exceeding fierce, so that no man might pass by that way. 26, &c. 29 And, behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with thee, Jesus, thou Son of God? art thou come hither to torment us before the time? 30 And there was a good way off from them a herd of many swine feeding. 31 So the devils besought him, saying, If thou cast us out, suffer us to go away into the herd of swine. 32 And he said unto them, Go. And when they were come out, they went into the herd of swine: and, behold, the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. 33 And they that kept them fled, and went their ways into the city, and told every thing, and what was befallen to the 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 25. 1 Kings would depart out of their coasts. u See Deut. 5. 17. 18. Luke 5. 8. Acts 16. 39. a ch. 4. 13. CHAPTER IX. Jesus healeth one sick of the palsy: 9 calleth Mat- justifieth his disciples in not fasting. 18 A ruler en treateth him. 20 He healeth an issue of blood; 23 raiseth the ruler's daughter; 27 giveth sight to two a devil; 36 and hath compassion on the multitude. AND he entered into a ship, and He healeth a paralytic. A. D. 31. 2 And, behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said Mark 2. 3. unto the sick of the palsy; Son, be of good cheer; thy sins be forgiven thee. 3 And, behold, certain of the scribes said within themselves, This man blasphemeth. Luke 5, 18. e ch. 8. 10. 4 And Jesus knowing their thoughts & Ps. 139. 2 said, Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts? 5 For whether is easier, to say, Thy sins be forgiven thee; or to say, Arise, and walk? 6 But that ye may know that the Son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (then saith he to the sick of the palsy,) Arise, take up thy bed, and go unto thine house. 7 And he arose, and departed to his house. 8 But when the multitudes saw it, they marvelled, and glorified God, which had given such power unto men. 14 Then came to him the disciples of John, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast oft, but thy disciples fast not? Mie. 6. 6,7,8. | ch. 12. 7. k1 Tim. 1. 15. 1 Mark 2 18 15 And Jesus said unto them, Can m the children of the bridechamber John S. 29. mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? but the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken Acts 15.2 from them, and "then shall they fast. cloth unto an old garment; for that 16 No man putteth a piece of new which is put in to fill it up taketh from the garment, and the rent is made worse. 17 Neither do men put new wine passed over, a and came into his into old bottles: else the bottles break, own city. 3. & 14. 2 A ruler cometh to Jesus. A. D. 31. • Mark 5. 22, &c. Luke 8. 41. &c. p Mark 5. 25. Luke 8. 43. ST. MATTHEW. bottles 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. 20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased 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 may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 22 him Luke 7. 50. The apostles sent forth. Jesus giveth the twelve power to work miracles. 5 Ho sendeth them forth to preach, and giveth them a charge. 40 A blessing promised to those that receive them. ND when he unto 13. But Jesus turned bid, Daughter, A him his twelve disciples, he gave be of good comfort; thy faith hath 8. 49. & 17. made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. 19. & 18. 42. r Mark 5. 38. Lake 8. 51. See 2 Chr. 35. 25. Acts 29. 10. 1 Or, this jame. 23 And when Jesus came into the ruler's house, and saw the minstrels and the people making a noise, a Mark 3. 13, 14, & 6. 7. Luke 6. 13. & 9. 1. them power against unclean spirits, Or, over. to cast them out, and to heal all manner of sickness and all manner of disease. 2 Now the names of the twelve apostles are these; The first, Simon, 24 He said unto them, 'Give place:who is called Peter, and Andrewb John 1. 42. 25 But when the people were 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 land. 27¶ And when Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him, crying, ch. 15. 22. & and saying, " Thou Son of David, have mercy on us. 29. 30. 31. Mark 10. 47, 4. Luke 18. 38, 39. I ch. 8. 4. & 12. 16. & 17. 3. Luke 5. 14. y Mark 7. 36. * See ch. 12. 22. Luke 11. 14. ach. 12. 21. Mark 3. 22. Luke 11. 15. b Mark 6. 6. Lake 13. 22. ech. 4. 23. 28 And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus saith unto them, Believe ye that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yea, Lord. 29 Then touched he their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it unto 9 Provide neither gold, nor silver, Or, Get. nor "brass in your purses; 10 Nor scrip for your journey, neither two coats, neither shoes, nor yet staves: °for the workman is worthy of his meat. 11 PAnd 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 |
