then saith he to the man, stretch out thy hand: and be stretched it out; and it was made as sound as the other.

but Jesus perceiving their design, withdrew himself thence, accompany'd by great multitudes, and he healed all their sick,

so that what was said by Esaias the prophet, was fulfill'd;

but the Pharisees upon hearing this said, he exorcizes devils, by virtue only of Beelzebub the prince of the devils.

Jesus perceiving what they surmized, said to them, any kingdom once divided against itself will soon be desolate: nor can any city or house divided against itself, long subsist.

and if I by Beelzebub exorcize devils, by whom do your children exorcize them? wherefore even they shall be your judges.

but if I exorcize devils by the spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is set up among you.

wherefore I declare to you, all manner of sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven men; but blaspheming the holy Spirit

shall not be forgiven them. and if any one speaks against the son of man, it may be forgiven him: but if any one speaks against the holy spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this age, nor in that to come.

Either allow the tree to be good, and its fruit good; or else say the tree is corrupt, and its fruit corrrupt: for a tree is distinguished by its fruit.

for by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Then certain of the Scribes and of the Pharisees said, master, we should be glad you would shew us some miracle.

for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly: so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

The same day went Jesus out of the house, and sat by the sea-side.

for to him that uses what he has, shall be given, and he shall have abundantly: but from him that uses it not, shall be taken away, even what he hath.

and in them is fulfilled that prophecy of Esaias, "by hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand: and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive.

for the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them."

when any one heareth the doctrine of the gospel, and considers it not, then comes the wicked one, and catches away what was sown in his heart: he is the person meant by the high-way, where some of the seed was sown: but the stony ground,

he that is meant by the thorny ground, where other seed fell, is one that heareth the word: which by cares of this life, and the deceitful love of riches, is soon stifled, and becomes unfruitful:

Another parable he propos'd to them in these words. the state of the gospel in this world may be compar'd to a man who sowed good grain in his field:

as then the tares are gathered and burnt in the fire; so shall it be at the conclusion of the age.

and shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

when it is full, they drag it to shore, then sit down, and pick out the good to lay by, but throw the bad away.

so it shall be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and after they have separated the wicked from the just,

they shall cast the wicked into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth.

and when he was come into his native country, he taught them in their synagogue, in such a manner that they cry'd out with astonishment, how came this man by all this wisdom, and extraordinary power?

and his sisters, don't they live just by us? how came he then by all this?

who being before instructed by her mother, pray, said she, order John Baptist's head to be brought here in a charger.

and the king relented: nevertheless out of regard to the oath, and to those who sat with him at table, he commanded it to be brought to her.

At evening his disciples came to him, saying, this is a desert place, and dinner-time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go to buy themselves provisions in the villages.

and when he had dismiss'd them, he retired by himself to a mountain to pray: where he stay'd all alone till the latter part of the evening.

by this time the vessel was half sea over, violently toss'd with the waves, for the wind was contrary.

but Jesus immediately call'd to them, take courage, said he, it is I, don't be afraid.

Peter answered, Lord, said he, if it be you, bid me come upon the water to you.

where being known by the people of that place, they sent about all that country, and presented to him all that were diseased,

for this is a commandment of God, "honour thy father and mother; and, he that curses father or mother, let him be punish'd with death."

thus have ye disannull'd the commandment of God by your tradition.

that which entereth by the mouth is not what defiles a man: but what defiles the man is that which is discharged by the mouth.

but he answered, every plantation which my heavenly father hath not planted shall be rooted up.

and there came a woman of Canaan from those quarters, and cried out to him, have mercy on me, O Lord, thou son of David; my daughter is grievously tormented by a demon.

then Jesus answered her, O woman, great is thy faith: as you desire, be it done. and her daughter was healed from that very hour.

insomuch that the people wondred when they perceived the dumb to speak, the maimed to be heal'd, the lame to walk, and the blind to see: and they glorified the God of Israel.

Then Jesus called his disciples, and said to them, I am concern'd for this people; they have attended me now three days, without eating: I will not send them away fasting, lest they saint by the way. but his disciples said to him,

then taking the seven loaves, and the fish, he gave thanks, and distributed them, by pieces, to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude.

but what, said he, do you take me to be?

and I will give you the keys of the gospel-kingdom: and whatsoever thou shalt bind on earth, shall be bound in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose on earth, shall be loosed in heaven.

from that time began Jesus to let his disciples know that he should go to Jerusalem, there suffer many indignities from the senators, chief priests, and scribes, be put to death, and be raised again the third day.

for whosoever will save himself, shall be a looser: and whosoever shall suffer loss for my sake, shall be a gainer.

what advantage is it to a man to gain the whole world at the price of his life? or what would not a man pay down to preserve his life?

for the son of man shall come in the glory of his father, with his angels; and then shall be make retribution to every man according to his works.

but Jesus came and touched them, and said, arise, be not afraid.

As they went down the mountain, Jesus gave them this charge, don't speak of the vision, said he, to any body, till the son of man be risen again from the dead: but his disciples asked him,

upon which Jesus answered, incredulous and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you?

because of your incredulity, said Jesus: for I tell you truly, if ye had ever so little faith, ye might say to this mountain, remove hence to yonder place, and it should remove; and nothing would be too difficult for you.

however, such a distemper is not to be removed but by prayer and fasting.

Some time after, while they were in Galilee, Jesus said to them, the son of man will be betrayed into the hands of men:

they will kill him, but the third day he shall be raised again. at which they were exceeding sorry.

And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute for the temple came to Peter, and said, does not your master pay tribute?

At the same time came the disciples to Jesus, saying, who is to be the greatest in the kingdom of the Messiah?

he therefore who shall become as void of ambition as this child, he shall be greatest in the kingdom of the Messiah.

wo unto the world, because of such scandals: tho' it cannot be, but that such occasions of relapsing should happen: yet wo to that man by whom the scandal cometh.

wherefore if thy hand or thy foot occasions thee to relapse, lop them off, and cast them away: it is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed, rather than having two hands or two feet, to be cast into everlasting fire.

and if thine eye occasions thee to relapse, pluck it out, and cast it from thee: it is better for thee to enter into life with one eye, rather than having two to be cast into hell-fire.

and if he happen to find it, you may be sure he is more affected with that one, than with the ninety and nine which went not astray.

in like manner your heavenly father would not that any person of such humility should be lost.

if he does not relent, tell it to the church: but if he is not moved by the church, show him no more regard than you would to a pagan or a publican.

I declare unto you, "whatever things ye disallow on earth, are disallow'd by heaven: and whatever ye authorize on earth, are authoriz'd by heaven."

I assure you, that if two of you shall live in agreement together, whatever they ask shall be granted to them by my heavenly father.

In this respect the gospel-kingdom may be represented by that of a temporal prince, who had a mind to call his servants to account.

but being insolvent, his lord gave orders that he, with his wife, and children, and all that he had, should be sold for payment.

the servant therefore fell prostrate before him, and cry'd out, Lord, allow me but time and I will pay the whole.

but this very servant presently after met with one of his fellow-servants, who owed him an hundred pence: and violently seizing him, said, pay me the debt.

and his fellow-servant fell at his feet, and embraced him, saying, allow me time, and I will pay thee all.

which he would not allow: but immediately threw him into prison, till he should pay the debt.

then his lord order'd him to be call'd, and said to him, O thou wicked slave, I forgave thee all thy debt, upon your request:

so that his lord in great displeasure delivered him to the jayler till he should pay the whole debt.

he said, "for this cause shall a man leave father and mother, and be attach'd to his wife: and they two shall be one flesh?"

and I tell you, that whoever shall put away his wife, except it be for adultery, and shall marry another, he committeth adultery: and whoso marrieth her that is put away, causeth her to commit adultery.

thereupon his disciples said, if the case between man and wife be such, it is best not to marry.

as there are some eunuchs, who were such from their very birth: and others who were made such by men: so there are some who have made themselves eunuchs for the sake of religion. he that can bear the state of celibacy, let him bear it.

Jesus said, if thou wilt be perfect, go sell your estate, give the value to the poor, and you shall have treasure in heaven: then come and follow me.

then said Jesus to his disciples, I declare unto you, it will be difficult for a rich man to enter into the gospel kingdom.

when his disciples heard this, they were exceedingly amazed, saying, who then can be saved?

Then said Peter, but we, who have left every thing to follow thee; what advantage shall we get by it?

but many that are first shall be last; and the last shall be first.

take your due, and be gone: I will give the last the same I give you.

thus the last shall be first, and the first last: for though many are invited, few have precedence.

we are now going to Jerusalem, where the son of man will be betrayed to the chief priests, and to the Scribes, who will condemn him to die,

and deliver him up to the Gentiles, to be insulted, scourged, and crucified: but the third day he shall rise again.

but Jesus answered them, ye know not what ye ask. can ye bear to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? they said to him, we can.

he replied, ye shall indeed drink of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, I cannot grant to any but those whom my father has destin'd thereto.

but it must not be so among you: on the contrary, whoever would rise among you, let him be your minister.

and whoever would be chief among you, let him be your servant.

as the son of man came not to be ministred unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for all.

and there were two blind men sitting by the way-side, who hearing that Jesus was passing by, cried out, "have mercy on us, O Lord, thou son of David."

all this was done, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophet,

and said to them, it is written, " my house shall be the house of prayer, but ye have made it a den of thieves."

when seeing a fig-tree by the way, he came to it, and finding nothing thereon, but bare leaves, said to it, may you never more bear fruit. and presently the fig-tree withered away.

Jesus answered them, I declare to you, if ye have a full assurance of faith, ye shall not only be able to do this to a fig-tree, but if ye should even say to this mountain, be thou removed, and cast into the sea; it should be done.

When he was come into the temple, the chief priests and the magistrates came to him as he was teaching, and said, by what authority dost thou these things? and who gave thee this authority?