(for they were fishers) and Jesus said to them, follow me, and I will make you fishers of men.

And there came a leper to him, who fell on his knees, and thus address'd him, "if you will, you can heal me."

as he passed along, he saw Levi the son of Alpheus, sitting at the custom-house, and said to him, follow me. accordingly he arose and followed him.

with full power to heal diseases, and dispossess demons.

some of the seed happened to fall by the wayside, which the birds light upon, and devoured.

some fell on stony ground, where it had not much earth, and it soon sprang up, for want of a sufficient depth of earth.

some fell among thorns, and the thorns grew up, and choaked it, so that it yielded no fruit.

but part of it fell on good ground, which sprang up, and grew so fruitful, that some grains produced thirty, others sixty, and some an hundred.

at length a violent storm ensued, and the waves beat into the ship, that it began to fill,

when one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, came, and as soon as he saw him, fell at his feet,

and he suffered no man to follow him, except Peter, and James, and John the brother of James:

upon which they fell a laughing: however, having turned them all out, and taking with him the father and the mother of the damsel, and those that had accompany'd him, he entred in where the damsel was lying.

Now the apostles met together in a body before Jesus, and gave him a full account, both of what they had done, and what they had taught.

though the fragments of bread they took up, with what remain'd of the fishes, amounted to twelve baskets full;

It was now late in the evening, and the bark in full sea, when Jesus, who was ashore all alone,

when I divided the five loaves among five thousand people, how many baskets full of fragments did you take away? they answer'd, twelve.

and when I divided the seven loaves among four thousand, how many baskets full of fragments did you carry away? they answered, seven.

Then addressing himself to the people, and his disciples, he said, he that desires to be under my conduct, let him renounce himself, and follow me.

so he was brought to him, and as soon as he saw him, the spirit threw him into convulsions, and he fell upon the ground, where he wallowed foaming.

then Jesus looking upon him with a favourable eye, said, there is one thing still to be done; go, sell all your estate, and give it to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven; then come, take up the cross, and follow me.

Then Peter thus address'd himself to Jesus, you see we have left every thing to follow you.

When they were on the road to Jerusalem, Jesus led the way, and they followed behind full of apprehension and fear. then Jesus calling the twelve apostles to him again, acquainted them with what should befal him.

but the other ten, when they heard this, were fill'd with indignation against James and John.

and observing at a distance a fig-tree full of leaves, he went up to it to see if he could find any fruit upon it. but when he came to it, he found it had nothing but leaves, (for it was not the season for that sort of fig.)

Now when you shall see the-abomination of desolation, mentioned by the prophet Daniel, establish'd where it ought not to be (let the reader observe) then let those, who are in Judea, flee to the mountains:

the stars of heaven shall fall, and the powers that are in heaven shall be shaken.

heaven and earth shall fail, but my words shall never fail.

now being at Bethany, in the house of Simon the leper, while he was at table, there came a woman with a viol full of the perfume of spikenard, which was very costly; and she opened the viol, and poured it upon his head.

upon which he dispatch'd two of his disciples, and said to them: go into the city, and you will meet a man carrying a pitcher of water; follow him.

then advancing a little further, he fell on the ground, and prayed, that this anxiety might pass from him.

but he fell a cursing, and swore, I don't know the man you mention,

the populace therefore fell a roaring, and desired him to do as was always practis'd.

Immediately the veil of the temple was rent in two, from the top to the bottom.