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The
beginning of The Gospel
of Jesus Christ, [The Son of God
SG->5]; 2As it is
written in the
[prophets PR.B->1], Behold, I send My
messenger before Thy Face,
which shall
prepare Thy
way before Thee.
3The Voice of one crying in the wilderness, Prepare ye
The Way
of The Lord, make His
paths straight. 4John
did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for
the
remission of sins. 5And there went out unto him all the
land of
Judaea, and they of Jerusalem, and were all baptized of him in the
river of
Jordan, confessing their sins. 6And John was clothed with
camel’s
hair, and with a girdle of a skin about his loins; and he did eat
locusts and
wild honey; 7And preached, saying, There cometh One
mightier than I
after me, the latchet of Whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and
unloose. 8I
indeed have baptized you with water: but He
shall [baptize BP->4]
you with The
Holy Spirit. 9And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus
came
from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John in Jordan. 10And
straightway coming up out of the water, he saw The
Heavens opened, and The
Spirit like a dove descending upon Him:
11And
there came a Voice from Heaven,
saying, Thou art My Beloved Son, in Whom
I am well pleased. 12And
immediately The
Spirit driveth Him into the wilderness. 13And He
was there in the
wilderness forty days, tempted of Satan; and was with the wild beasts;
and the
angels ministered unto Him. 14Now after that John was put in
prison,
Jesus came into Galilee, preaching The
Gospel of The
Kingdom of God, 15And saying, The
time is
fulfilled, and The Kingdom
of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe The
Gospel. 16Now
as he walked by the sea of Galilee, He
saw Simon and Andrew his brother casting a net into the
sea: for they were fishers. 17And Jesus said unto them,
Come ye
after Me,
and I will make you to become fishers of men. 18And
straightway they
forsook their nets, and followed Him.
19And 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.
20And straightway He
called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the
ship with the hired servants, and went after Him.
21And they went into Capernaum; and
straightway on the sabbath day He
entered into the synagogue, and taught. 22And
they were astonished at His teaching: for He
taught them as one that had authority, and not as the
scribes. 23And there was in their synagogue a man with an
unclean
spirit; and he cried out, 24Saying, Let us alone;
what have
we to do with thee, Thou Jesus of Nazareth? art Thou
come to destroy us? I know Thee
who Thou art, The
Holy One of God. 25And
Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of him. 26And
when the unclean spirit had torn him, and cried with a loud voice, he
came out
of him. 27And they were all amazed, insomuch that they
questioned
among themselves, saying, What thing is this? what new teaching is this?
for with authority commandeth He
even the unclean spirits, and they do obey him. 28And
immediately His
fame spread abroad throughout all the region round about Galilee. 29And
forthwith, when they were come out of the synagogue, they entered into
the
house of Simon and Andrew, with James and John. 30But
Simon’s wife’s
mother lay sick of a fever, and anon they tell Him
of her. 31And He
came and took her by the hand, and lifted her up; and
immediately the fever left her, and she ministered unto them. 32And
at even, when the sun did set, they brought unto Him
all that were diseased, and them
that were possessed with devils. 33And all the city was
gathered
together at the door. 34And He
healed many that were sick of divers diseases, and cast
out many devils; and suffered not the devils to speak, because they
knew Him. 35And in
the morning, rising up a great while before day, He
went out, and departed into a
solitary place, and there prayed. 36And Simon and they that
were
with Him
followed after Him. 37And when they had found Him,
they said unto Him, All men seek
for Thee. 38And
He said
unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also:
for
therefore came I forth. 39And He
preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and
cast out devils. 40And 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. 41And Jesus, moved with
compassion,
put forth His Hand,
and touched him, and saith unto him, I Will;
be thou clean. 42And
as soon as He
had spoken, immediately the leprosy departed from him, and he was
cleansed. 43And
He straitly
charged him, and forthwith sent him away; 44And saith unto
him, See
thou say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the
priest, and
offer for thy cleansing those things which Moses commanded, for a
testimony
unto them. 45But he went out, and began to 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 they came to Him
from every quarter.
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And again
he entered into Capernaum, after some days; and it was noised
that He was in the house. 2And
straightway many were gathered together, insomuch that there was no
room to
receive them, no, not so much as about the door: and He
preached the word
unto them. 3And they come unto Him,
bringing one sick of the palsy, which was borne of
four. 4And 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. 5When Jesus saw
their
faith, He
said unto the sick of the palsy, Child, thy sins be forgiven thee. 6But
there were
certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in their hearts, 7Why
doth this Man thus
speak blasphemies? who can forgive
sins but God only? 8And immediately when Jesus perceived in
His Spirit
that they so
reasoned within themselves, He
said unto them, Why reason ye these things in your
hearts? 9Whether 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?
10But
that ye may know that The Son of man hath authority on earth to forgive sins, He
saith to the sick of the palsy, 11I say unto
thee, Arise, and take up thy bed, and go thy way into thine house. 12And
immediately he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all;
insomuch
that they were all amazed, and glorified God, saying, We never saw it
on this
fashion. 13And He
went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude
resorted unto Him, and He
taught them. 14And as He
passed by, He saw Levi the son
of Alphaeus sitting at the receipt of custom, and said unto Him,
Follow Me. And he arose and
followed Him.
15And it came to pass, that, as Jesus sat at meat in his
house, many
publicans and sinners sat also together with Jesus and His
disciples: for there
were many, and they followed Him.
16And when the scribes and Pharisees saw Him
eat with publicans
and sinners, they said unto His
disciples, How is it that He
eateth and drinketh with publicans
and sinners? 17When Jesus heard it, He
saith unto them, They
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. 18And the disciples
of John
and of the Pharisees used to fast: and they come and say unto Him,
Why do the
disciples of John and of the Pharisees fast, but Thy
disciples fast not? 19And
Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber fast, while The
Bridegroom is with them?
as long as they have The Bridegroom
with them, they cannot fast. 20But the
days will come, when The Bridegroom
shall be taken away from them, and then shall
they fast in those days. 21No man also seweth a piece of
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. 22And 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 marred: but new wine must be put into new
bottles. 23And
it came to pass, that He went through the corn fields on the sabbath
day; and His disciples began, as
they went, to pluck the ears of corn. 24And the Pharisees
said unto Him, Behold, why do they
on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? 25And He
said unto them, Have
ye never read what [David DV->19] did, when he had need, and was an hungred,
he, and they
that were with him? 26How he went into The
House of God in the days
of Abiathar the high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which is not
lawful to
eat but for the priests, and gave also to them which were with him? 27And
He said
unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: 28Therefore
The Son of
man is Lord also of the sabbath.
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And He
entered again into
the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand. 2And
they watched Him, whether He
would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse
Him. 3And
He saith
unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth. 4And
He saith unto them, Is
it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life,
or to
kill? But they held their peace. 5And when He
had looked round
about on them with anger, being grieved for the 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. 6And the Pharisees went forth,
and
straightway took counsel with the Herodians against Him,
how they might
destroy Him.
7But Jesus withdrew Himself
with His disciples to the sea: and a great multitude
from Galilee
followed Him,
and from Judaea, 8And from Jerusalem, and from Idumaea, and
from
beyond Jordan; and they about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, when
they had
heard what great things He did, came unto Him.
9And He spake to His
disciples, that a small ship should wait on Him
because of the
multitude, lest they should throng Him.
10For He had healed many; insomuch that they pressed
upon Him for to touch Him,
as many as had
plagues. 11And unclean spirits, when they saw Him,
fell down before Him, and cried, saying,
Thou art The
Son of God. 12And He
straitly charged them that they should not make Him
known. 13And
He goeth up
into a mountain, and calleth unto Him whom He
would: and they came
unto Him. 14And
He ordained
[twelve TW->11], that they should be with Him,
and that He might send them forth
to preach, 15And to have power to heal sicknesses, and to
cast out
devils: 16And Simon He
surnamed Peter; 17And James the son of
Zebedee, and John the brother of James; and He
surnamed them Boanerges, which is, The sons of thunder: 18And
Andrew, and Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James
the son
of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus, and Simon the Canaanite, 19And
Judas
Iscariot, which also betrayed Him:
and they went into an house. 20And the
multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat
bread. 21And
when His
friends heard of it, they went out to lay hold on Him:
for they said, He
is beside Himself.
22And
the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He
hath Beelzebub, and by the prince of the devils casteth He
out devils. 23And
He called
them unto Him, and
said unto them
in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? 24And if a
kingdom be
divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. 25And if
a house
be divided against itself, that house cannot stand. 26And
if Satan rise
up against himself, and be divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. 27No
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[Amin AM.B->1]
I say unto you, All sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men, and
blasphemies wherewith soever they shall blaspheme: 29But he
that
shall blaspheme against The Holy Spirit hath never forgiveness, but is in
danger of
eternal damnation: 30Because they said, He hath an unclean
spirit.
31There
came then His brethren and His
[mother MR.A->e4], and, standing without, sent unto Him,
calling Him. 32And
the multitude sat about Him, and they said unto Him,
Behold, Thy [mother MR.A->e5] and Thy
brethren without seek for thee. 33And he answered
them, saying, Who is My mother, or My
brethren? 34And He
looked round about on them which
sat about Him,
and said, Behold My mother and My
brethren! 35For whosoever shall do The
Will of God, the same is
My brother,
and My
sister, and mother.
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And 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.
2And
He taught
them many things by parables, and said unto them in His
teaching, 3Hearken;
Behold, there went out a Sower to sow: 4And it came to pass,
as He sowed, some fell by
the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. 5And
some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately
it
sprang up, because it had no depth of earth: 6But when the
sun was
up, it was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away. 7And
some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it
yielded
no fruit. 8And other fell on good ground, and did yield
fruit that
sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some thirty, and some
sixty, and
some an hundred. 9And He
said unto them, He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. 10And
when He was
alone, they that were about Him
with the [twelve
TW->12] asked of Him
the parable. 11And
He said
unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mystery of The
Kingdom of God: but unto
them that are without, all these things are done in parables: 12That
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. 13And He
said unto them, Know ye not this parable? and how then
will ye know all parables?
14The Sower
soweth The Word.
15And these are they by the way side, where
The Word
is sown; but when
they have heard, Satan cometh immediately, and taketh away The
Word that was sown in
their hearts. 16And these are they likewise which are sown
on stony
ground; who, when they have heard The
Word, immediately receive it with gladness; 17And
have no root in themselves, and so endure but for a time: afterward,
when
affliction or persecution ariseth for The
Word’s sake, immediately they are offended. 18And
these are they which are sown among thorns; such as hear The
Word, 19And
the cares of this world, and the deceitfulness of riches, and the lusts
of
other things entering in, choke The
Word, and it becometh unfruitful. 20And
these are
they which are sown on good ground; such as hear The
Word, and receive it, and bring forth
fruit, some
thirtyfold, some sixty, and some an hundred.
21And He
said unto them, Is a candle brought to be put under a
bushel, or under a bed? and not to be set on a candlestick? 22For
there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested; neither was any
thing kept
secret, but that it should come abroad. 23If any man have
ears to
hear, let him hear. 24And He
said unto them, Take heed what ye hear: with what measure
ye mete, it shall be measured to you: and unto you that hear shall more
be given.
25For he that hath, to him shall be given: and he that hath
not,
from him shall be taken even that which he hath. 26And He
said, So is The Kingdom
of God, as if a Man should cast seed
into the ground; 27And should sleep, and rise night and
day, and the
seed should spring and grow up, He
knoweth not how. 28For the earth bringeth
forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the
full corn
in the ear. 29But when the fruit is brought forth,
immediately He putteth in the
sickle, because the harvest is come.
30And He
said, Whereunto shall we liken The
Kingdom of God? or with
what comparison shall we compare it? 31It is like a
grain of
mustard seed, which, when it is sown in the earth, is less than all the
seeds
that be in the earth: 32But when it is sown, it groweth up,
and
becometh greater than all herbs, and shooteth out great branches; so
that the
fowls of the air may lodge under the shadow of it. 33And
with many
such parables spake He The Word
unto them, as they were able to hear it. 34But
without a parable spake He not unto them: and when they were alone, He
expounded all things
to His
disciples. 35And the same day, when the even was come, He
saith unto them, Let
us pass over unto the other side. 36And 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. 37And
there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so
that it
was now full. 38And He
was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow:
and they awake Him, and say unto Him,
Teacher, carest Thou
not that we perish? 39And He
arose, and rebuked
the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased,
and
there was a great calm. 40And He
said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye
have no faith? 41And they feared exceedingly, and said one
to
another, What manner of Man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey Him?
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And they
came over unto the other side of the sea, into the country of the
Gadarenes. 2And
when He was
come out of the ship, immediately there met Him
out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, 3Who
had his dwelling among the tombs; and no man could bind him,
no, not
with chains: 4Because that he had been often bound with
fetters and
chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him, and the fetters
broken
in pieces: neither could any man tame him. 5And
always, night
and day, he was in the mountains, and in the tombs, crying, and cutting
himself
with stones. 6But when he saw Jesus afar off, he ran and [worshipped WR->e2/3]
Him, 7And
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. 8For
He said
unto him, Come out of the man, thou unclean spirit. 9And
He asked him, What is
thy name? And he answered, saying, My name is Legion: for we
are many. 10And
he besought Him
much that He
would not send them away out of the country. 11Now there
was there
nigh unto the mountains a great herd of swine feeding. 12And
all the
devils besought Him, saying, Send us into the swine, that we may
enter into
them. 13And forthwith Jesus gave them leave. And the
unclean spirits
went out, and entered into 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. 14And
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. 15And
they come to Jesus, and see him that was possessed with the devil, and
had the
legion, sitting, and clothed, and in his right mind: and they were
afraid. 16And
they that saw it told them how it befell to him that was
possessed with
the devil, and also concerning the swine. 17And
they began to
pray Him to
depart out of their coasts. 18And when He
was come into the
ship, he that had been possessed with the devil prayed Him
that he might be
with Him. 19Howbeit
Jesus suffered him not, but saith unto him, Go home to thy friends, and
tell
them how great things The Lord hath done for thee, and hath had
compassion on
thee. 20And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis
how great
things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel. 21And
when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much
people gathered
unto Him:
and He was
nigh unto the sea. 22And, behold, there cometh one of the
rulers of
the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw Him,
he fell at His Feet,
23And besought Him
greatly, saying, My
little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray Thee, come and lay Thy
Hands on her, that she may be healed; and she
shall live. 24And
Jesus went with him; and much people followed Him,
and thronged Him. 25And a
certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years, 26And
had
suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she
had, and
was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 27When she had
heard of
Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched His
garment. 28For she said, If I may touch but His
clothes, I shall be
whole. 29And straightway the fountain of her blood was
dried up; and
she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague. 30And
Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself
that virtue had gone out of Him,
turned Him about in the press,
and said, Who touched My clothes? 31And His
disciples said unto Him, Thou seest the multitude thronging Thee,
and sayest Thou, Who touched Me?
32And He looked round about to
see her that had done this thing. 33But the woman fearing
and
trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before Him,
and told Him all the truth. 34And
He said
unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be
whole
of thy plague. 35While He
yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house
certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou The
Teacher any further? 36As
soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He
saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Fear not, only believe. 37And
He suffered
no man to follow Him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother
of James. 38And
He cometh
to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and
them that
wept and wailed greatly. 39And when He
was come in, He saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and
weep? the
damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. 40And they laughed Him
to scorn. But when He had put them all out,
He taketh
the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with Him,
and entereth in
where the damsel was lying. 41And He
took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha
cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise. 42And
straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age
of
twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment. 43And
He charged
them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something
should
be given her to eat.
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And He
went out from thence,
and came into His own country; and His
disciples follow Him. 2And when the sabbath day was
come, He began to teach in the
synagogue: and many hearing Him were astonished,
saying, From whence hath this Man these things? and
what Wisdom
is this which is given unto Him,
that even such mighty works are wrought by His
Hands? 3Is
not this The
Carpenter, The
Son of [Mary MR.A->e6],
The Brother
of James, and
Joses, and of Juda, and Simon? and are not His
sisters here with us? And they were offended at Him.
4But
Jesus said unto them, A [prophet PR.B->2]
is not without honour, but in his own country, and among his own kin,
and in
his own house. 5And He
could there do no mighty work, save that He
laid His Hands
upon a few sick
folk, and healed them. 6And He
marvelled because of their unbelief. And He
went round about the
villages, teaching.
7And He
called unto Him the
[twelve TW->13],
and began to send them forth by two and two; and gave them power over
unclean
spirits; 8And commanded them that they should take nothing
for their
journey, save a staff only; no scrip, no bread, no money in their
purse:
9But be shod with sandals; and not put on two coats.
10And
He said
unto them, In what place soever ye enter into an house, there abide
till ye
depart from that place. 11And whosoever shall not receive
you, nor
hear you, when ye depart thence, shake off the dust under your feet for
a
testimony against them. [Amin AM.B->2] I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable
for Sodom and
Gomorrha in The
Day of Judgment,
than for that
city. 12And they went out, and preached that men should
repent. 13And
they cast out many devils, and anointed with oil many that were sick,
and
healed them. 14And king Herod heard of Him; for His
[Name NM.A->18]
was spread abroad: and he said, That John the Baptist was risen from
the dead,
and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in Him.
15Others
said, That it is Elijah. And others said, That it is a [prophet PR.B->3], or as one of the [prophets PR.B->4].
16But when Herod heard thereof, he said, It is John,
whom I
beheaded: he is risen from the dead. 17For Herod himself
had sent
forth and laid hold upon John, and bound him in prison for Herodias’
sake, his
brother Philip’s wife: for he had married her. 18For John
had said
unto Herod, It is not lawful for thee to have thy brother’s wife. 19Therefore
Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she
could
not: 20For Herod feared John, knowing that he was a righteous man and an
holy, and observed him; and when he heard him, he did many things, and
heard
him gladly. 21And when a convenient day was come, that
Herod on his
birthday made a supper to his masters, high captains, and chief estates of
Galilee; 22And
when the daughter of the said Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased
Herod
and them that sat with him, the king said unto the damsel, Ask of me
whatsoever
thou wilt, and I will give it thee. 23And he sware
unto her,
Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the
half of
my kingdom. 24And she went forth, and said unto her mother,
What
shall I ask? And she said, The head of John the Baptist. 25And
she
came in straightway with haste unto the king, and asked, saying, I will
that
thou give me by and by in a charger the head of John the Baptist. 26And
the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for
their
sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her. 27And
immediately
the king sent an executioner, and commanded his head to be brought: and
he went
and beheaded him in the prison, 28And brought his head in a
charger,
and gave it to the damsel: and the damsel gave it to her mother. 29And
when his disciples heard of it, they came and took up his
corpse, and
laid it in a tomb. 30And the apostles gathered themselves
together
unto Jesus, and told Him all things, both what they had done, and what
they had
taught. 31And He
said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert
place, and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they
had no
leisure so much as to eat. 32And they departed into a
desert place
by ship privately. 33And the people saw them departing, and
many
knew Him,
and ran afoot thither out of all cities, and outwent them, and came
together
unto Him. 34And
Jesus, when He
came out, saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them,
because
they were as sheep not having a Shepherd:
and He began to teach them many things. 35And
when
the day was now far spent, His
disciples came unto Him, and said, This is a desert place, and now
the time is
far passed: 36Send them away, that they may go into the
country
round about, and into the villages, and buy themselves bread: for they
have
nothing to eat. 37He answered and said unto them, Give ye
them to eat.
And they say unto Him, Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth
of bread,
and give them to eat? 38He saith unto them, How many loaves
have ye?
go and see. And when they knew, they say, Five, and two fishes. 39And
He
commanded them to make all sit down by companies upon the green grass. 40And
they sat down in ranks, by hundreds, and by fifties. 41And
when He had taken the five
loaves and the two fishes, He
looked up to Heaven, and blessed, and brake the loaves, and
gave them
to His
disciples to set before them; and the two fishes divided He
among them all. 42And
they did all eat, and were filled. 43And they took up
twelve baskets
full of the fragments, and of the fishes. 44And they that
did eat of
the loaves were about five thousand men. 45And straightway He
constrained His disciples to get
into the ship, and to go to the other side before unto Bethsaida, while
He sent away the people.
46And when He had sent them away, He
departed into a mountain to pray. 47And when
even was come, the ship was in the midst of the sea, and He
alone on the land. 48And
He saw them
toiling in rowing; for the wind was contrary unto them: and about the
fourth
watch of the night He cometh unto them, walking upon the sea, and
would have
passed by them. 49But when they saw Him
walking upon the sea, they supposed it had been an apparition, and cried
out: 50For they all saw Him,
and were troubled. And immediately He
talked with them, and
saith unto them, Be of good cheer: [I AM 'ego eimi' IA->4];
fear not. 51And
He went up
unto them into the ship; and the wind ceased: and they were sore amazed
in
themselves beyond measure, and wondered. 52For they
considered not the
miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened. 53And
when
they had passed over, they came into the land of Gennesaret, and drew
to the
shore. 54And when they were come out of the ship,
straightway they
knew Him, 55And
ran through that whole region round about, and began to carry about in
beds
those that were sick, where they heard He
was. 56And whithersoever He
entered, into
villages, or cities, or country, they laid the sick in the streets, and
besought Him
that they might touch if it were but the border of His
garment: and as many
as touched Him
were made whole.
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Then came
together unto Him the Pharisees, and certain of the scribes,
which came
from Jerusalem. 2And when they saw some of His
disciples eat bread
with defiled, that is to say, with unwashen, hands, they found fault. 3For
the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands
oft, eat
not, holding the tradition of the elders. 4And when
they come
from the market, except they wash, they eat not. And many other things
there
be, which they have received to hold, as the washing of cups,
and pots,
brasen vessels, and of tables. 5Then the Pharisees and
scribes asked
Him, Why
walk not Thy
disciples according to the tradition of the elders, but eat bread with
unwashen
hands? 6He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias [prophesied
PR.B->5] of you hypocrites, as it
is
written, This people honoureth Me
with their lips, but their heart is far from Me.
7Howbeit
in vain do they reverence Me, and teach as teachings the commandments of men. 8For
laying aside the
commandment of God, ye hold the tradition of men, as the
washing of pots
and cups: and many other such like things ye do. 9And He
said unto them, Full
well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own
tradition. 10For
Moses said, Honour thy father and thy mother; and, Whoso curseth father
or
mother, let him die the death: 11But ye say, If a man shall
say to
his father or mother, It is Corban, that is to say, a gift, by
whatsoever thou mightest be profited by me; he shall be free. 12And
ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother; 13Making
The Word
of God of none
effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered: and many such
like
things do ye.
14And
when He had called all the people unto Him, he said unto them, Hearken unto Me
every one of you,
and understand: 15There is nothing from without a man, that
entering
into him can defile him: but the things which come out of him, those
are they
that defile the man. 16If any man have ears to hear, let
him hear. 17And
when He was
entered into the house from the people, His
disciples asked Him concerning the parable. 18And He
saith unto them, Are
ye so without understanding also? Do ye not perceive, that whatsoever
thing
from without entereth into the man, it cannot defile him; 19Because
it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into
the
draught, purging all meats? 20And He
said, That which cometh out of the man, that defileth the
man. 21For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed
evil
thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders, 22Thefts,
covetousness,
wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride,
foolishness:
23All these evil things come from within, and defile the man.
24And
from thence He arose, and went into the borders of Tyre and
Sidon, and
entered into an house, and would have no man know it: but He
could not be hid. 25For
a certain woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit,
heard of Him, and came and fell
at His
feet: 26The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by nation;
and she
besought Him
that He
would cast forth the devil out of her daughter. 27But Jesus
said unto
her, Let the children first be filled: for it is not meet to take the
children’s bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 28And
she
answered and said unto Him, Yes, [Lord LR.B->12]:
yet the dogs under the table eat of the children’s crumbs. 29And
He said unto her, For
this saying go thy way; the devil is gone out of thy daughter. 30And
when she was come to her house, she found the devil gone out, and her
daughter
laid upon the bed.
31And
again, departing from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, He
came unto the sea of
Galilee, through the midst of the coasts of Decapolis. 32And
they
bring unto Him
one that was deaf, and had an impediment in his speech; and they
beseech Him to put His
Hand upon him. 33And
He took him
aside from the multitude, and put His
Fingers into his ears, and He
spit, and touched His tongue; 34And looking up to
heaven, He sighed, and saith
unto him, Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 35And straightway
his ears
were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake
plain. 36And
He charged them
that they should tell no man: but the more He
charged them, so much the more a great deal they
published it; 37And were beyond measure astonished,
saying,
He hath done all things well: He
maketh both the deaf to hear, and the dumb to speak.
8 |
In those
days the multitude being very great, and having nothing to eat, Jesus
called His disciples unto Him, and saith unto them, 2I have
compassion on the
multitude, because they have now been with Me
three days, and have nothing to eat: 3And if I
send them away fasting to their own houses, they will faint by the way:
for
divers of them came from far. 4And His
disciples answered Him, From whence can a man satisfy these men
with
bread here in the wilderness? 5And He
asked them, How many loaves have ye? And they said,
Seven. 6And He commanded the people to sit down on the
ground: and He took the seven
loaves, and gave thanks, and brake, and gave to His
disciples to set before them; and they did set them
before the people. 7And they had a few small fishes: and He
blessed, and
commanded to set them also before them. 8So they
did eat, and
were filled: and they took up of the broken meat that was left
seven
baskets. 9And they that had eaten were about four thousand:
and He sent them away. 10And
straightway He
entered into a ship with His disciples, and came into the parts of
Dalmanutha. 11And
the Pharisees came forth, and began to question with Him,
seeking of Him a sign from heaven,
tempting Him.
12And He sighed deeply in His
Spirit, and saith, Why doth this generation seek
after a
sign? [Amin AM.B->3] I say unto you, There shall no sign be given
unto this
generation. 13And He
left them, and entering into the ship again departed to
the other side.
14Now the
disciples had forgotten to take bread,
neither had they in the ship with them more than one loaf. 15And
He charged them, saying,
Take heed, beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, and of the
leaven of
Herod. 16And they reasoned among themselves, saying, It
is
because we have no bread. 17And when Jesus knew it,
He saith unto them, Why
reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither
understand?
have ye your heart yet hardened? 18Having eyes, see ye not?
and
having ears, hear ye not? and do ye not remember? 19When I
brake the
five loaves among five thousand, how many baskets full of fragments
took ye up?
They say unto Him, Twelve. 20And when the seven
among four
thousand, how many baskets full of fragments took ye up? And they said,
Seven. 21And
He said
unto them, How is it that ye do not understand?
22And He
cometh to Bethsaida; and they bring a blind man unto Him,
and besought Him to touch him. 23And
He took the
blind man by the hand, and led him out of the town; and when He
had spit on his eyes,
and put His
Hands upon
him, He
asked him if he saw ought. 24And he looked up, and said, I
see men
as trees, walking. 25After that He
put His Hands
again upon his
eyes, and made him look up: and he was restored, and saw every man
clearly. 26And
He sent him
away to his house, saying, Neither go into the town, nor tell it
to any
in the town.
27And
Jesus went out, and His disciples, into the towns of Caesarea
Philippi: and by The Way
He asked His
disciples, saying
unto them, Whom do men say that I am? 28And they answered,
John the
Baptist: but some say, Elijah;
and others, One of the [prophets PR.B->6].
29And He saith unto them, But whom say ye that I am?
And Peter
answereth and saith unto Him, Thou art The
Christ. 30And He
charged them that they should tell no man of Him.
31And He began to teach them,
that The
Son of man must suffer many things, and be rejected of the elders, and of
the chief priests, and scribes, and be killed, and after three days Rise
again. 32And
He spake
that saying openly. And Peter took Him,
and began to rebuke Him. 33But when He
had turned about and looked on His
disciples, He rebuked Peter,
saying, Get thee behind me, Satan: for thou savourest not the things
that be of
God, but the things that be of men.
34And
when He had called the people unto Him with His
disciples also, He said unto them, Whosoever will come after Me,
let him deny
himself, and take up his cross, and follow Me.
35For whosoever will save his life shall lose
it; but whosoever shall lose his life for My
sake and The Gospel’s,
the same shall save it. 36For what
shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his
own soul?
37Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul? 38Whosoever
therefore shall be ashamed of Me
and of My Words in this adulterous and sinful generation;
of him also
shall The
Son of man be ashamed, when He
cometh in The Glory
of His Father with the holy angels.
9 |
And He
said unto them, [Amin AM.B->4]
I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall
not
taste of death, till they have seen The
Kingdom of God come with power.
2And
after six days Jesus taketh with Him Peter, and James, and John, and leadeth them up
into an
high mountain apart by themselves: and He
was transfigured before them. 3And His
raiment became
shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white
them. 4And
there appeared unto them Elijah
with Moses: and they were talking with Jesus. 5And
Peter answered and said to Jesus, Rabbi, it is good for us to be here: and let us make
three
tabernacles; one for Thee, and one for Moses, and one for Elijah.
6For he
wist not what to say; for they were sore afraid. 7And there
was a
cloud that overshadowed them: and a Voice
came out of the cloud, saying, This is My
Beloved Son: hear Him.
8And
suddenly, when they had looked round about, they saw no man any more,
save
Jesus only with themselves. 9And as they came down from the
mountain, He
charged them that they should tell no man what things they had seen,
till The Son of man were Risen
from the dead. 10And
they kept that saying with themselves, questioning one with another
what the Rising from the dead
should mean. 11And they asked Him,
saying, Why say the scribes that Elijah
must first come? 12And
He answered
and told them, Elijah indeed cometh first, and restoreth all things; and how
it is
written of The
Son of man, that He must suffer many things, and be set at nought.
13But
I say unto you, That Elijah is indeed come, and they have done unto him
whatsoever
they listed, as it is written of him.
14And
when He came to His disciples, He
saw a great multitude
about them, and the scribes questioning with them. 15And
straightway
all the people, when they beheld Him,
were greatly amazed, and running to Him saluted Him.
16And He asked the scribes, What question ye with them?
17And
one of the multitude answered and said, Teacher, I have brought unto Thee
my son, which hath a dumb spirit; 18And
wheresoever he taketh him, he teareth him: and he foameth, and gnasheth
with
his teeth, and pineth away: and I spake to Thy
disciples that they should cast him out; and they could not.
19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how
long
shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto Me.
20And
they brought him unto Him: and when He
saw him, straightway the spirit tare him; and he fell on
the ground, and wallowed foaming. 21And He
asked his father, How
long is it ago since this came unto him? And he said, Of a child. 22And
ofttimes it hath cast him into the fire, and into the waters, to
destroy him:
but if thou canst do any thing, have compassion on us, and Help
us. 23Jesus
said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible
to him
that believeth. 24And straightway the father of the child
cried out,
and said with tears, [Lord LR.B->13],
I believe; Help
thou mine unbelief. 25When Jesus saw that the people came
running
together, He
rebuked the foul spirit, saying unto him, Thou dumb and deaf
spirit, I
charge thee, come out of him, and enter no more into him. 26And
the
spirit cried, and rent him sore, and came out of him: and he was as
one
dead; insomuch that many said, He is dead. 27But Jesus took
him by
the hand, and lifted him up; and he arose. 28And when He
was come into the
house, His
disciples asked Him privately, Why could not we cast him out? 29And
He said
unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and
fasting.
30And
they departed thence, and passed through Galilee; and He
would not that any
man should know it. 31For He
taught His disciples, and said unto them, The Son of man
is
delivered into the hands of men, and they shall kill Him;
and after that He is killed, He
shall rise the third
day. 32But they understood not that saying, and were afraid
to ask Him. 33And He
came to Capernaum:
and being in the house He asked them, What was it that ye disputed among
yourselves
by the way? 34But they held their peace: for by the way
they had
disputed among themselves, who should be the greatest. 35And
He sat down, and called
the [twelve TW->14], and saith unto them, If any man desire to
be first, the
same shall be last of all, and servant of all. 36And He
took a child, and set
him in the midst of them: and when He
had taken him in His arms, He
said unto them, 37Whosoever shall receive one
of such children in My [Name NM.A->19 NM.D->13], receiveth Me:
and whosoever shall receive Me,
receiveth not Me, but Him
that sent Me.
38And
John answered Him, saying, Teacher, we saw one casting out devils in Thy
[Name NM.A->20],
and he followeth not us: and we forbad him, because he followeth not
us. 39But
Jesus said, Forbid him not: for there is no man which shall do a
miracle in My [Name NM.A->21
NM.D->14], that can lightly speak evil of Me.
40For he
that is not against us is on our part. 41For whosoever
shall give
you a cup of water to drink in My
[Name NM.A->22 NM.D->15], because ye belong to Christ, [Amin AM.B->5]
I say unto you, he shall not lose his reward. 42And
whosoever shall
offend one of these little ones that believe in Me,
it is better for him
that a millstone were hanged about his neck, and he were cast into the
sea. 43And
if thy hand offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter
into Life maimed, than having
two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 44Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 45And
if thy
foot offend thee, cut it off: it is better for thee to enter halt into Life,
than having two
feet to be cast into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched: 46Where
their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 47And
if thine
eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into The
Kingdom of God with one
eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire: 48Where
their
worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. 49For every
one shall
be salted with fire, and every sacrifice shall be salted with salt. 50Salt
is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will
ye
season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
10 |
And He
arose from thence,
and cometh into the coasts of Judaea by the farther side of Jordan: and
the
people resort unto Him again; and, as He
was wont, He taught them again.
2And
the Pharisees came to Him, and asked Him,
Is it lawful for a man to put away his wife?
tempting Him.
3And He answered and said unto them, What did Moses
command you? 4And
they said, Moses suffered to write a bill of divorcement, and to put her
away. 5And Jesus answered and said unto them, For the
hardness of
your heart he wrote you this precept. 6But from the
beginning of The Creation
God made them
male and female. 7For this cause shall a man leave his
father and
mother, and cleave to his wife; 8And they twain shall be
one flesh:
so then they are no more twain, but one flesh. 9What
therefore God
hath joined together, let not man put asunder. 10And in the
house His disciples asked Him
again of the same matter.
11And He saith unto them, Whosoever shall put away his
wife, and
marry another, committeth adultery against her. 12And if a
woman
shall put away her husband, and be married to another, she committeth
adultery.
13And
they brought young children to Him,
that He should touch them:
and His
disciples rebuked those that brought them. 14But
when Jesus saw it, He
was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the
little children to come unto Me,
and forbid them not: for of such is The
kingdom of God. 15
[Amin AM.B->6]
I say unto you, Whosoever shall not receive The
Kingdom of God as a little child, he shall not
enter
therein. 16And He
took them up in his arms, put His Hands upon them, and blessed them.
17And
when He was gone forth into the way, there came one
running, and
kneeled to Him,
and asked Him,
Good Teacher,
what shall I do that I may inherit Life Eternal?
18And Jesus said unto him, Why callest
thou Me Good? there is
none Good
but One, that
is, God. 19Thou knowest the commandments, Do not commit
adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Defraud
not,
Honour thy father and mother. 20And he answered and said
unto Him, Teacher, all these have
I observed from my youth. 21Then Jesus beholding him loved
him, and
said unto him, One thing thou lackest: go thy way, sell whatsoever thou
hast,
and give to the poor, and thou shalt have treasure in Heaven:
and come, take
up the cross, and follow Me. 22And he was sad at that saying,
and went
away grieved: for he had great possessions.
23And
Jesus looked round about, and saith unto His
disciples, How
hardly shall they that have riches enter into The
Kingdom of God! 24And the disciples
were
astonished at His Words.
But Jesus answereth again, and saith unto them,
Children, how hard is it for them that trust in riches to enter into The
Kingdom of God! 25It
is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a
rich man to
enter into The
Kingdom of
God. 26And they were astonished out of measure, saying
among
themselves, Who then can be saved? 27And Jesus looking upon
them
saith, With men it is impossible, but not with God: for with
God all
things are possible.
28Then
Peter began to say unto Him, Lo, we have left all, and have
followed Thee.
29And Jesus answered and said, [Amin AM.B->7] I say unto you, There is no man that hath
left house, or
brethren, or sisters, or father, or mother, or wife, or children, or
lands, for
My sake,
and The Gospel’s,
30But
he shall receive an hundredfold now in this time, houses, and brethren,
and
sisters, and mothers, and children, and lands, with persecutions; and
in the
world to come Life Eternal.
31But many that are first shall
be last; and the last first.
32And
they were in the way going up to Jerusalem; and Jesus
went before them: and they were amazed; and as they followed, they were
afraid.
And He took
again the [twelve
TW->15], and began to tell them
what things should happen unto Him,
33Saying,
Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and The
Son of man shall be delivered unto the chief priests,
and unto the scribes; and they shall condemn Him
to death, and shall deliver Him
to the Gentiles: 34And
they shall mock Him, and shall scourge Him,
and shall spit upon Him, and shall kill Him:
and the third day He shall Rise
again.
35And
James and John, the sons of Zebedee, come unto Him,
saying, Teacher, we would that Thou
shouldest do for us
whatsoever we shall desire. 36And He
said unto them, What would ye that I should do for you? 37They
said unto Him,
Grant unto us that we may sit, one on Thy
right, and the other on Thy left, in Thy
Glory. 38But Jesus said unto them, Ye
know not
what ye ask: are ye able to drink of the cup that I drink of? and be
baptized with the
baptism that I am baptized with? 39And they said unto Him,
We are able. And Jesus said
unto them, Ye shall indeed drink of the cup that I drink of; and with
the
baptism that I am baptized withal shall ye be baptized: 40But
to sit
on My right
and on My
left is not Mine
to give; but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared.
41And
when the ten heard it, they began to be much displeased with
James and
John. 42But Jesus called them to Him, and saith unto them, Ye know that they which
are accounted
to rule over the Gentiles exercise lordship over them; and their great
ones
exercise authority upon them. 43But so shall it not be
among you:
but whosoever will be great among you, shall be your minister: 44And
whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all. 45For
even The
Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give
His Life
a ransom for many.
46And
they came to Jericho: and as He
went out of Jericho
with His
disciples and a great number of people, blind Bartimaeus, the son of
Timaeus,
sat by the highway side begging. 47And when he heard that
it was
Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry out, and say, Jesus, Thou Son of [David DV->20], have mercy on me. 48And many
charged him
that he should hold his peace: but he cried the more a great deal, Thou
Son of [David DV->21],
have mercy on me. 49And Jesus stood still, and commanded
him to be
called. And they call the blind man, saying unto Him,
Be of good comfort, rise; He
calleth thee. 50And
he, casting away his garment, rose, and came to Jesus. 51And
Jesus
answered and said unto him, What wilt thou that I should do unto thee?
The blind
man said unto Him, Rabbouni, that I might receive my sight. 52And
Jesus
said unto him, Go thy way; thy faith hath made thee whole. And
immediately he
received his sight, and followed Jesus in The
Way.
11 |
And when
they came nigh to Jerusalem, unto Bethphage and Bethany, at the mount
of
Olives, He
sendeth forth two of His disciples, 2And saith unto them,
Go your way
into the village over against you: and as soon as ye be entered into
it, ye
shall find a colt tied, whereon never man sat; loose him, and bring him.
3And
if any man say unto you, Why do ye this? say ye that The
Lord hath need of
him; and straightway he will send him hither. 4And they
went their
way, and found the colt tied by the door without in a place where two
ways met;
and they loose him. 5And certain of them that stood there
said unto
them, What do ye, loosing the colt? 6And they said unto
them even as
Jesus had commanded: and they let them go. 7And they
brought the
colt to Jesus, and cast their garments on him; and He
sat upon him. 8And
many spread their garments in the way: and others cut down branches off
the
trees, and strawed them in the way. 9And they that
went
before, and they that followed, cried, saying, Hosanna; Blessed is
He that cometh in The
[Name NM.A->23]
of The
Lord: 10Blessed be The
Kingdom of our father [David DV->22], that cometh in The
[Name NM.A->24] of the Lord: Hosanna in the highest. 11And
Jesus entered into Jerusalem, and into The
Temple: and when He
had looked round about upon all things, and now the
eventide was come, He went out unto Bethany with the [twelve TW->16].
12And
on the morrow, when they were come from Bethany, He
was hungry: 13And
seeing a fig tree afar off having leaves, He
came, if haply He might find any thing thereon: and when He
came to it, He found nothing but
leaves; for the time of figs was not yet. 14And
Jesus
answered and said unto it, No man eat fruit of thee hereafter for ever.
And His disciples heard it.
15And
they come to Jerusalem: and Jesus went into The
Temple, and began to
cast out them that sold and bought in The
Temple, and overthrew the tables of the
moneychangers, and
the seats of them that sold doves; 16And would not suffer
that any
man should carry any vessel through The
Temple. 17And He
taught, saying unto them, Is it not written, My House
shall be called of
all nations The
House of
prayer? but ye have made it a den of thieves. 18And the
scribes and
chief priests heard it, and sought how they might destroy Him:
for they feared Him, because all the
people was astonished at His teaching. 19And when even was come, He
went out of the city.
20And
in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig
tree dried up from the roots. 21And Peter calling to
remembrance
saith unto Him,
Rabbi,
behold, the fig tree which thou cursedst is withered away. 22And
Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God. 23[Amin AM.B->8]
I say unto you, That
whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou
cast into
the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those
things
which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith. 24Therefore
I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe
that ye
receive them, and ye shall have them. 25And
when ye
stand praying, forgive, if ye have ought against any: that your Father
also
which is in Heaven
may forgive you your trespasses. 26But if ye do not
forgive, neither
will your Father which is in The Heavens
forgive your trespasses.
27And
they come again to Jerusalem: and as He
was walking in The Temple,
there come to Him the chief priests,
and the scribes, and the elders, 28And say unto Him,
By what authority
doest thou these things? and who gave Thee
this authority to do these things? 29And
Jesus answered and said unto them, I will also ask of you one question,
and
answer me, and I will tell you by what authority I do these things. 30The
baptism of John, was it from Heaven,
or of men? answer Me. 31And they reasoned with
themselves, saying,
If we shall say, From Heaven; He
will say, Why then did ye not believe him? 32But
if we shall say, Of men; they feared the people: for all men
counted
John, that he was a [prophet PR.B->7]
indeed. 33And they answered and said unto Jesus, We cannot
tell. And
Jesus answering saith unto them, Neither do I tell you by what
authority I do
these things.
12 |
And He
began to speak unto
them by parables. A certain man planted a Vineyard,
and set an hedge about it,
and digged a place for the winefat, and built a tower, and let
it out to
husbandmen, and went into a far country. 2And at the season
He sent to the
husbandmen a servant, that He
might receive from the husbandmen of the fruit of the
vineyard. 3And they caught him, and beat him, and
sent him
away empty. 4And again He
sent unto them another servant; and at him they cast stones,
and wounded him in the head, and sent him away
shamefully
handled. 5And again He
sent another; and him they killed, and many others;
beating some, and killing some. 6Having yet therefore One
Son, His
Beloved, He sent him also last
unto them, saying, They will reverence My
Son. 7But those husbandmen said among
themselves,
This is The
Heir; come,
let us kill Him,
and The Inheritance
shall be
ours. 8And they took Him,
and killed Him, and
cast Him out of
The Vineyard.
9What shall therefore The
Lord of The
Vineyard do? He
will come and destroy
the husbandmen, and will give The
Vineyard unto others. 10And have ye
not read this
Scripture;
The Stone
which the builders rejected is become The
Head of the corner: 11This was the
Lord’s doing,
and it is marvellous in our eyes? 12And they sought to lay
hold on Him, but feared the
people: for they knew that He
had spoken the parable against them: and they left Him,
and went their way.
13And
they send unto Him certain of the Pharisees and of the
Herodians, to catch Him in His Words. 14And when they were come,
they say unto Him, Teacher, we know that Thou
art True, and carest for no
man: for Thou
regardest not the person of men, but teachest The
Way of God in Truth:
Is it lawful to give tribute to Caesar, or not? 15Shall
we give, or shall we not give? But He,
knowing their hypocrisy, said unto them, Why tempt ye Me?
bring Me a penny, that I may
see it. 16And they brought it. And He
saith unto them,
Whose is this image and superscription? And they said unto Him,
Caesar’s. 17And
Jesus answering said unto them, Render to Caesar the things that are
Caesar’s,
and to God the things that are God’s. And they marvelled at Him.
18Then
come unto Him the Sadducees, which say there is no [Resurrection RS->5];
and they asked Him, saying, 19Teacher, Moses wrote unto us, If a man’s brother die,
and leave his
wife behind him, and leave no children, that his brother should
take his
wife, and raise up seed unto his brother. 20Now there were
seven
brethren: and the first took a wife, and dying left no seed. 21And
the second took her, and died, neither left he any seed: and the third
likewise. 22And the seven had her, and left no seed: last
of all the
woman died also. 23In The
[Resurrection
RS->6] therefore, when they shall
rise,
whose wife shall she be of them? for the seven had her to wife. 24And
Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye
know not The Scriptures,
neither The Power
of God? 25For
when they shall rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given
in marriage;
but are as the angels which are in Heaven.
26And as touching the dead, that they
rise: have ye not read in the book of Moses, how in the bush God spake
unto
him, saying, I Am the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and
the God of
Jacob? 27He is not The
God of the dead, but The God of the living: ye therefore do greatly
err.
28And
one of the scribes came, and having heard them
reasoning together, and perceiving that He
had answered them well, asked Him,
Which is The First
Commandment of all? 29And
Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear,
O
Israel; The Lord our God is One
Lord: 30And thou shalt love the Lord thy God
with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and
with all
thy strength: this is The First
Commandment. 31And the second is
like, namely
this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other
commandment
greater than these. 32And the scribe said unto Him,
Well, Teacher, Thou hast said the Truth:
for there is One God; and there is
none other but He: 33And to love Him
with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and
with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his
neighbour
as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices. 34And
when Jesus saw that he answered discreetly, He
said unto him, Thou art not far from The
Kingdom of God. And no
man after that durst ask Him any question.
35And
Jesus answered and said, while He
taught in The Temple,
How say the
scribes that Christ is The Son of [David DV->23]? 36For [David DV->24] himself said by The
Holy Spirit, The Lord said to my Lord, Sit Thou
on My Right, till I make Thine
enemies Thy footstool. 37[David DV->25]
therefore Himself
calleth Him
Lord; and whence is He then his son? And the common people
heard Him gladly.
38And He
said unto them in His teaching, Beware of the scribes, which love to go in
long clothing,
and love salutations in the marketplaces, 39And the
chief
seats in the synagogues, and the uppermost rooms at feasts: 40Which
devour widows’ houses, and for a pretence make long prayers: these
shall
receive greater damnation.
41And
Jesus sat over against the treasury, and beheld how the
people cast money into the treasury: and many that were rich cast in
much. 42And
there came a certain poor widow, and she threw in two mites, which make
a
farthing. 43And He
called unto Him His
disciples, and saith
unto them, [Amin AM.B->9] I say unto you, That this poor widow hath
cast more in,
than all they which have cast into the treasury: 44For all they
did cast in of their abundance; but she of her want did cast in all
that she
had, even all her living.
13 |
And as he
went out of The
Temple, one
of His
disciples saith unto him, Teacher, see what manner of stones and what buildings are
here!
2And Jesus answering said unto Him,
Seest thou these great buildings? there shall not be
left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down. 3And
as He sat upon the mount of
Olives over against The Temple,
Peter and James and John and Andrew asked Him
privately, 4Tell
us, when shall these things be? and what shall be the sign when
all
these things shall be fulfilled? 5And Jesus answering them
began to
say, Take heed lest any man deceive you: 6For many
shall come
in My
[Name NM.A->25
NM.D->16], saying, [I
AM
'ego eimi' IA->5] ~; and
shall deceive many. 7And when ye shall hear
of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things
must
needs be; but the end shall not be yet. 8For
nation
shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall
be
earthquakes in divers places, and there shall be famines and troubles:
these are
the beginnings of sorrows.
9But
take heed to yourselves: for they shall deliver you up
to councils; and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten: and ye shall be
brought
before rulers and kings for My
sake, for a testimony against them. 10And The
Gospel must first be
published among all nations. 11But when they shall lead you,
and deliver you up, take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak,
neither do
ye premeditate: but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour, that
speak ye:
for it is not ye that speak, but The
Holy Spirit. 12Now the brother shall betray
the brother to death, and the father the child; and children shall rise up against their
parents,
and shall cause them to be put to death. 13And ye shall be
hated of
all men for My [Name NM.A->26 NM.D->17] ~:
but he that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be
saved.
14But
when ye shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken
of by Daniel the [prophet PR.B->8],
standing where it ought not, let him that readeth understand, then let
them
that be in Judaea flee to the mountains: 15And let him that
is on
the housetop not go down into the house, neither enter therein,
to take
any thing out of his house: 16And let him that is in the
field not
turn back again for to take up his garment. 17But woe to
them that
are with child, and to them that give suck in those days! 18And
pray
ye that your flight be not in the winter. 19For in
those days
shall be affliction, such as was not from the beginning of the creation
which
God created unto this time, neither shall be. 20And except
that The Lord had shortened
those days, no flesh should be saved: but for the elect’s sake, whom He
hath chosen, He hath shortened the
days. 21And then if any man shall say to you, Lo, here is
The Christ; or, lo, He
is there; believe him
not: 22For false christs
and false
prophets shall rise, and shall shew signs and wonders, to seduce, if it
were
possible, even the elect. 23But take ye heed: behold, I
have
foretold you all things.
24But
in those days, after that tribulation, the sun shall be
darkened, and the moon shall not give her light, 25And the
stars of
heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken. 26And
then shall they see The Son of man coming in the clouds with Great
Power and Glory.
27And
then shall He
send His
angels, and shall gather together His
elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of
the earth to the uttermost part of Heaven.
28Now learn a parable of the fig tree;
When her branch is yet tender, and putteth forth leaves, ye know that
summer is
near: 29So ye in like manner, when ye shall see these
things come to
pass, know that it is nigh, even at the doors. 30[Amin AM.B->10]
I say unto you, that this generation shall not pass, till all these
things be
done. 31Heaven and earth shall pass away: but My
Words shall not pass
away.
32But
of that day and that hour knoweth no man, no,
not the angels which are in Heaven,
neither The Son, but The
Father. 33Take ye heed, watch and pray: for
ye know not when the time is. 34{~} As a Man
taking a far
journey, who left His house, and gave authority to His
servants, and to
every man his work, and commanded the porter to watch. 35Watch
ye
therefore: for ye know not when The
Lord of the house cometh, at even, or at midnight,
or at the
cockcrowing, or in the morning: 36Lest coming suddenly He
find you sleeping. 37And
what I say unto you I say unto all, Watch.
14 |
After two
days was the Pascha, and the feast of unleavened bread: and the chief priests and
the scribes
sought how they might take Him
by craft, and put Him to
death. 2But
they said, Not on the feast, lest there be an uproar of the
people.
3And
being in Bethany in the house of Simon the leper, as He
sat at meat, there
came a woman having an alabaster box of ointment of spikenard very
precious;
and she brake the box, and poured it on His
Head. 4And there were some that had
indignation
within themselves, and said, Why was this waste of the ointment made? 5For
it might have been sold for more than three hundred pence, and have
been given
to the poor. And they murmured against her. 6And Jesus
said, Let her
alone; why trouble ye her? she hath wrought a good work on me. 7For
ye have the poor with you always, and whensoever ye will ye may do them
good:
but Me ye
have not always. 8She hath done what she could: she is come
aforehand to anoint My Body to the burying. 9[Amin AM.B->11]
I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached throughout
the whole
world, this also that she hath done shall be spoken of for a
memorial of
her.
10And
Judas Iscariot, one of the [twelve TW->17],
went unto the chief priests, to betray Him
unto them. 11And when they heard it,
they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he
might
conveniently betray Him.
12And
the first day of unleavened bread, when they killed the
pascha, His disciples said unto Him,
Where wilt thou
that we go and prepare that thou mayest eat the pascha? 13And He
sendeth forth two of His disciples, and saith unto them, Go ye into
the city, and
there shall meet you a man bearing a pitcher of water: follow him. 14And
wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Teacher saith, Where is
the guestchamber, where I shall eat the pascha with My
disciples? 15And he will shew you a large
upper room furnished and prepared: there make ready for us. 16And
His
disciples went forth, and came into the city, and found as He
had said unto them:
and they made ready the pascha. 17And in the evening he cometh
with the [twelve
TW->18].
18And as they sat and did eat, Jesus said, [Amin AM.B->12]
I say unto you, One of you which eateth with Me
shall betray Me. 19And they began to be sorrowful,
and to say
unto Him
one by one, Is it I? and another said, Is it I? 20And
He answered and said
unto them, It is one of the [twelve TW->19], that dippeth with Me
in the dish. 21The
Son of man indeed goeth, as it is written of Him:
but woe to that man by whom The
Son of man is
betrayed! good were it for that man if he had never been born.
22And
as they did eat, Jesus took [Bread EU->3],
and Blessed,
and Brake it,
and gave to them, and said, Take, eat: This
is My Body. 23And He
took The [Cup EU->4], and when He
had given thanks, He gave It to them: and they
all drank of It. 24And He
said unto them, This is My [Blood BL->7]
of the New Covenant, which is shed
for many. 25[Amin AM.B->13] I say unto you, I will drink no more of the
fruit of
the vine, until that day that I drink it new in The
Kingdom of God.
26And
when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the
mount of Olives. 27And Jesus saith unto them, All ye shall
be
offended because of Me this night: for it is written, I will smite The
Shepherd, and the sheep
shall be scattered. 28But after that I am Risen,
I will go before
you into Galilee. 29But Peter said unto Him,
Although all shall
be offended, yet will not I. 30And Jesus saith unto
him, [Amin AM.B->14]
I say unto thee, That this day, even in this night, before the
cock crow
twice, thou shalt deny Me thrice. 31But he spake the more
vehemently, If
I should die with thee, I will not deny thee in any wise. Likewise also
said
they all. 32And they came to a place which was named
Gethsemane: and
He saith to
His
disciples, Sit ye here, while I shall pray. 33And He
taketh with Him Peter and James and
John, and began to be sore amazed, and to be very heavy; 34And
saith
unto them, My Soul is exceeding sorrowful unto death: tarry ye
here, and
watch. 35And He went forward a little, and fell on the ground,
and prayed
that, if it were possible, the hour might pass from Him.
36And He said, Abba, Father,
all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from Me:
nevertheless not
what I Will,
but what Thou
Wilt. 37And
He cometh,
and findeth them sleeping, and saith unto Peter, Simon, sleepest thou?
couldest
not thou watch one hour? 38Watch ye and pray, lest ye enter
into
temptation. The spirit truly is ready, but the flesh is
weak. 39And
again He
went away, and prayed, and spake the same words. 40And when
He returned, He
found them asleep
again, for their eyes were heavy, neither wist they what to answer Him.
41And He cometh the third
time, and saith unto them, Sleep on now, and take your rest: it
is
enough, the hour is come; behold, The
Son of man is betrayed into the hands of sinners. 42Rise
up, let us go; lo, he that betrayeth Me
is at hand.
43And
immediately, while He yet spake, cometh Judas, one of the [twelve TW->20],
and with him a great multitude with swords and staves, from the chief
priest
and the scribes and the elders. 44And he that betrayed Him
had given them a
token, saying, Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is He;
take Him, and lead Him away safely. 45And as soon as he
was come, he
goeth straightway to Him, and saith, Rabbi,
Rabbi; and kissed Him.
46And
they laid their hands on Him, and took Him.
47And
one of them that stood by drew a sword, and smote a servant of the high
priest,
and cut off his ear. 48And Jesus answered and said unto
them, Are ye
come out, as against a thief, with swords and with staves to
take Me? 49I was
daily with you in The Temple
teaching, and ye took Me not: but The
Scriptures must be fulfilled. 50And
they all
forsook Him,
and fled. 51And there followed Him
a certain young man, having a linen cloth cast about his
naked body; and the young men laid hold on him: 52And
he left
the linen cloth, and fled from them naked.
53And
they led Jesus away to the high priest: and with him
were assembled all the chief priests and the elders and the scribes. 54And
Peter followed Him afar off, even into the palace of the high
priest: and he
sat with the servants, and warmed himself at the fire. 55And
the
chief priests and all the council sought for witness against Jesus to
put Him to death; and found
none. 56For many bare false witness against Him,
but their witness
agreed not together. 57And there arose certain, and bare
false
witness against Him, saying, 58We heard Him
say, I will destroy This Temple
that is made with
hands, and within three days I will build another made without hands. 59But
neither so did their witness agree together. 60And the high
priest
stood up in the midst, and asked Jesus, saying, Answerest Thou
nothing? what is
it which these witness against Thee?
61But He held His
peace, and answered nothing. Again the high priest asked
Him, and
said unto Him,
Art thou The
Christ, [The
Son of The Blessed SG->6]? 62And Jesus said, [I AM 'ego eimi' IA->6]:
and ye shall see The Son of man sitting on The
Right of Power,
and coming in the clouds of Heaven.
63Then
the high priest rent his clothes, and saith, What need we any further
witnesses?
64Ye have heard the blasphemy: what think ye? And they all
condemned
Him to be
guilty of death. 65And some began to spit on Him,
and to cover His Face,
and to buffet Him, and to say unto Him,
Prophesy: and the
servants did strike Him with the palms of their hands.
66And
as Peter was beneath in the palace, there cometh one of
the maids of the high priest: 67And when she saw Peter
warming
himself, she looked upon him, and said, And thou also wast with Jesus
of
Nazareth. 68But he denied, saying, I know not, neither
understand I
what thou sayest. And he went out into the porch; and the cock crew. 69And
a maid saw him again, and began to say to them that stood by, This is one
of them. 70And he denied it again. And a little after, they
that
stood by said again to Peter, Surely thou art one of them: for
thou art
a Galilaean, and thy speech agreeth thereto. 71But
he began
to curse and to swear, saying, I know not this Man
of whom ye speak. 72And
the second time the cock crew. And Peter called to mind the word that
Jesus
said unto him, Before the cock crow twice, thou shalt deny Me
thrice. And when he
thought thereon, he wept.
15 |
And
straightway in the morning the chief priests held a consultation with
the
elders and scribes and the whole council, and bound Jesus, and carried Him away, and delivered Him to Pilate. 2And
Pilate asked Him, Art Thou
The King of the Jews? And He
answering said unto him, Thou sayest it. 3And
the chief priests accused him of many things: but He
answered nothing. 4And
Pilate asked Him again, saying, Answerest Thou
nothing? behold how many things they witness against Thee.
5But
Jesus yet answered nothing; so that Pilate marvelled. 6Now
at that
feast he released unto them one prisoner, whomsoever they desired. 7And
there was one named Barabbas, which lay bound with them
that had
made insurrection with him, who had committed murder in the
insurrection. 8And
the multitude crying aloud began to desire him to do as he had
ever done
unto them. 9But Pilate answered them, saying, Will ye that
I release
unto you The
King of the Jews? 10For he knew that the chief priests had
delivered
Him for
envy. 11But the chief priests moved the people, that he
should
rather release Barabbas unto them. 12And Pilate answered
and said
again unto them, What will ye then that I shall do unto Him whom ye call The
King of the Jews? 13And they cried out again,
[Crucify CR.A->12
CR.B->9] Him.
14Then Pilate said unto them, Why, what evil
hath He
done? And they cried out the more exceedingly, [Crucify CR.A->13 CR.B->10] Him.
15And so
Pilate, willing to content the people,
released Barabbas unto them, and delivered Jesus, when he had scourged Him, to be [Crucified
CR.A->14 CR.B->11]. 16And the soldiers led Him
away into the hall,
called Praetorium; and they call together the whole band. 17And
they
clothed Him
with purple, and platted a crown of thorns, and put it about His
Head, 18And began to
salute Him,
Hail, King of the Jews! 19And they smote Him
on the Head with a reed, and
did spit upon Him, and bowing their knees [worshipped WR->e3/3]
Him. 20And
when they had mocked Him, they took off the purple from Him,
and put His own clothes on Him,
and led Him out to [crucify CR.A->15
CR.B->12] Him.
21And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who
passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and
Rufus, to
bear His [Cross CR.A->16]. 22And they bring Him
unto the place
Golgotha, which is, being interpreted, The place of a skull. 23And
they gave Him
to drink wine mingled with myrrh: but He
received it not. 24And when they had [crucified CR.A->17
CR.B->13] Him,
they parted His garments, casting lots upon them, what every
man should
take. 25And it was the third hour, and they [crucified CR.A->18
CR.B->14] Him.
26And the superscription of His
accusation was
written over, THE KING OF THE JEWS. 27And with Him
they crucify two
thieves; the one on His right, and the other on His
left. 28And The Scripture
was fulfilled, which saith, And He
was numbered with the
transgressors. 29And they that passed by railed on Him,
wagging their
heads, and saying, Ah, Thou that destroyest The
Temple, and buildest it in three days, 30Save
Thyself,
and come down from The [Cross CR.A->19].
31Likewise also the chief priests mocking said among
themselves with
the scribes, He saved others; Himself
He cannot save. 32Let Christ The
King of Israel
descend now from The [Cross CR.A->20],
that we may see and believe. And they that were crucified with Him
reviled Him. 33And
when the sixth hour was come, there was darkness over the whole land
until the
ninth hour. 34And at the ninth hour Jesus cried with a loud
voice,
saying, Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani? which is, being interpreted, My
God, my
God, why hast thou forsaken Me?
35And some of them that stood by, when they
heard it, said, Behold, He
calleth Elijah. 36And one ran and filled a spunge
full of
vinegar, and put it on a reed, and gave Him
to drink, saying, Let alone; let us see whether Elijah
will come to take Him down. 37And
Jesus cried with a loud voice, and gave up the spirit. 38And
the
veil of The
Temple was rent
in twain from the top to the bottom.
39And
when the centurion, which stood over against Him,
saw that He so cried out, and
gave up the spirit, he said, Truly this Man
was [The Son of God
SG->7]. 40There were
also women
looking on afar off: among whom was Mary Magdalene, and [Mary MR.A->12]
the mother of James the less and of Joses, and Salome; 41Who
also,
when He was
in Galilee, followed Him, and ministered unto Him;
and many other women which came up with Him
unto Jerusalem.
42And
now when the even was come, because it was the
preparation, that is, the day before the sabbath, 43Joseph
of
Arimathaea, an honourable counsellor, which also waited for The
Kingdom of God, came,
and went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved The
Body of Jesus. 44And Pilate marvelled
if He were already dead:
and calling unto Him the centurion, he
asked him whether He had been any while dead. 45And
when he knew it
of the centurion, he gave The
Body to Joseph. 46And he bought fine
linen, and
took Him
down, and wrapped Him in the linen, and laid Him
in a Sepulchre which was hewn out of a rock, and
rolled a stone
unto the door of The Sepulchre. 47And Mary Magdalene
and [Mary MR.A->13]
the mother of Joses beheld where He
was laid.
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And when
the sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene, and [Mary MR.A->14] the mother
of James, and Salome, had bought sweet spices, that they might come and
anoint Him. 2And
very early in the morning The
First of the week, they came unto The
Sepulchre at the rising
of the sun. 3And they said among themselves, Who shall roll
us away
the stone from the door of The
Sepulchre? 4And when they looked,
they saw that
the stone was rolled away: for it was very great. 5And
entering into
The Sepulchre,
they saw a
young man sitting on the right side, clothed in a long white garment;
and they
were affrighted. 6And he saith unto them, Be not
affrighted: Ye seek
Jesus of Nazareth, which was [crucified CR.A->21 CR.B->15]: He
Is Risen; He
is not here: behold the place where they laid Him.
7But go
your way, tell His disciples and Peter that He
goeth before you into Galilee: there shall ye see Him,
as He said unto you. 8And
they went out quickly, and fled from The
Sepulchre; for they trembled and were amazed:
neither said
they any thing to any man; for they were afraid.
9Now
when Jesus #had [Resurrected RS->7]
early The First
of the week, He appeared first to
Mary Magdalene, out of whom He
had cast seven devils. 10And she went
and told them that had been with Him,
as they mourned and wept. 11And they, when
they had heard that He was alive, and had been seen of her, believed
not.
12After
that He appeared in another form unto two of them, as
they
walked, and went into the country. 13And they went and told
it
unto the residue: neither believed they them.
14Afterward
He appeared unto the [eleven TW->21] as they sat at
meat, and upbraided them with their unbelief and hardness of heart,
because
they believed not them which had seen Him
after He was Risen.
15And He said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and
preach The Gospel
to every
creature. 16He that believeth and is [baptized BP->5] shall be saved; but he that believeth not
shall be condemned. 17And
these signs shall follow them that believe; In My
[Name NM.A->27 NM.D->18] shall they cast out devils; they shall speak
with new
tongues; 18They shall take up serpents; and if they drink
any deadly
thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and
they shall
recover.
19So
then after The [Lord LR.C->8]
had spoken unto them, He was received up into Heaven,
and sat on the right of God. 20And they
went forth, and preached every where, The
[Lord LR.C->9]
working with them, and confirming The
Word with signs following. [Amin AM.B->15 AM.C->1].