for from within, from the heart of man proceed wicked designs, adulteries, fornications, murders; thefts,

all these vices come from within, and are what defile the man.

Jesus taking him aside from the crowd, spit upon his fingers, and applied them to the ears and to the tongue of the deaf man.

so looking up, he said, I see men; for by their walking I distinguish them from trees.

From thence Jesus went attended with his disciples to the villages of Cesarea Philippi. and ask'd them by the way, who do they say I am?

then a cloud surrounded them, and a voice from the cloud, said, "this is my beloved son, hear him."

as they were going down the mountain, he order'd them not to tell any body what they had seen, till the son of man was raised from the dead:

an expression which they dwelt upon, asking one another the meaning of "till he was raised from the dead."

Jesus then asked the father, how long is it since this befel him? from his infancy, said the father.

such a one shall be consumed by fire, but the offering that is salted shall be preserv'd from corruption.

Jesus departed from thence, and went towards the confines of Judea, thro' the country beyond Jordan: where the people resorting to him again, he renewed his instructions to them as usual.

to which he answered, master, said he, all these precepts have I observed from my youth.

but at night Jesus withdrew from the city.

if we should say, it was a human institution, we run a risk from the people. (for they all believed John was a true prophet.)

for when they shall rise from the dead, they neither will marry, nor be given in marriage, but be immortal like the angels in heaven.

Jesus observing he answer'd so discreetly, said to him, you are not far from the kingdom of God. and no man after that was so hardy as to ask him any question.

then will he send his angels, and gather his elect from the four winds, from the remotest part of the earth, to the remotest part of heaven.

Consider this similitude taken from a fig-tree: when its branch is yet tender, and pushes out its leaves, you know that summer is near:

but this I tell you, I will never more drink of this fruit of the vine, from this time forth to that day, when I shall drink with you of the spiritual wine in the kingdom of God.

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

saying, father, all things are possible to thee, take away this cup from me: nevertheless, not my will, but thine be done.

but he slipt from his vest, and fled away naked.

save your self, and come down from the cross.

let the Messiah, the king of Israel, descend now from the cross: let us see that, and we will believe on him. and they that were crucified with him, threw their reproaches at him.

Now from the sixth hour the whole land was cover'd with darkness until the ninth hour.

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

and they said to one another, who will remove the stone from the mouth of the sepulchre for us?

at this they started out, and fled from the sepulchre in a violent consternation, without speaking a word to any by the way: they were so frighted.

he shall appear as a divine messenger. he shall drink neither wine, nor any other strong liquor: he shall be filled with the holy spirit, even from his infancy:

In the sixth month the angel Gabriel was sent from God to a city of Galilee, named Nazareth,

blessed is she that has believed; for what she has heard from the Lord, shall be accomplished."

his mercy is on them that fear him, from generation to generation.

he has cast down princes from their thrones, and exalted those of low degree,

to deliver us from our enemies, and from the power of all that hate us:

that we should be delivered from the power of our enemies, and serve him with security,

through the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun has visited us from on high,

so Joseph departed from Nazareth in Galilee, and went into Judea to the city of David, called Bethlehem, because he was of the house and linage of David,

he said therefore to the people that crowded to be baptized by him, ye brood of vipers, who has prompted you to flee from approaching wrath?

and the holy spirit descended upon him in a corporeal form like a dove. and a voice came from heaven, which said, thou art my beloved son, in thee I am well pleased.

Now Jesus being full of the holy spirit, return'd from Jordan, and was led by the spirit into the desart,

next, the devil brought him to Jerusalem, and setting him on the battlements of the temple, said to him, if you be the son of God, throw your self down from this height,

he went therefore aboard one of the vessels, which was Simon's, and desired him to bear away a little from land. then he sat down, and preached to the people from the ship.

at sight of this, Simon Peter fell on his knees before Jesus, and said, Lord, withdraw from such a sinful man as I:

At another time, as he was teaching, it happened that some Pharisees, and doctors of the law were sitting by, who came from the several towns of Galilee and Judea, and from Jerusalem: when the power of the Lord appear'd in their relief.

however, the time will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then they will have occasions enow of fasting.

At length he came down the hill with them, and stayed with the rest of his disciples in the plain, where a great multitude of people from all Judea, from Jerusalem, and the maritime country of Tyre and Sidon, came to hear him, and to have their diseases cured.

so that all the people strove to touch him: for a divine virtue flowed from him, which healed them all.

then you may triumph with joy; secure of being greatly rewarded in heaven: for such was the treatment the prophets received from their forefathers.

but as for you, love your enemies, do good, and lend without expecting any advantage from it: so shall your reward be great, in acting like the children of the most high: for he is kind to the most ungrateful wretches.

a good man out of the good treasure of his heart produces what is good: and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart produces what is evil: for 'tis from the abundance of the heart, that the mouth speaketh.

for John the Baptist, when he came, abstain'd from bread and wine; yet you say, he is possess'd with a demon.

and several women, who had been delivered from evil spirits and cured of their diseases: particularly Mary Magdalene, who had been dispossess'd of seven demons:

A vast number of people being assembled, and crowding to him from all quarters, he thus address'd himself to them by way of parable.

by the beaten road is meant, they who only hear: the word, by the lurking wiles of the devil, being hinder'd from taking root in their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.

While he was speaking, somebody came from the ruler of the synagogue's house, who said to him, your daughter is dead; 'tis in vain to importune the master any farther.

if any refuse to entertain you, when you leave that city, shake off the dust from your feet, as a sign of their being abandon'd.

Now Herod the tetrarch was inform'd of all his transactions: and was perplex'd at the relation of some, that John was risen from the dead: whilst others said, Elias appear'd:

who were just departing from him, when Peter said to Jesus, master, it is best for us to stay here: let us build three apartments, one for you, one for Moses, and one for Elias: not knowing well what he said.

from whence a voice issued out, saying, "this is my beloved son, obey him."

The next day, when they were come down from the mountain, a multitude of people happen'd to meet him:

his disciples James and John observing this, said, Lord, shall we command fire to descend from heaven, as Elias did, in order to consume them?

continue in the same house, and eat and drink whatever it affords: for a labourer deserves his wages: therefore don't shift from family to family.

upon which he said to them, I beheld satan falling, like lightning, from heaven.

At that very time Jesus fell into a divine transport, and said, "I magnify thee, O father, the Lord of heaven and earth, for having conceal'd these things from the artful and the crafty, whilst thou hast reveal'd them to the unskilful. justly, O father, hast thou thus dispens'd thy favour."

to which Jesus answered, a certain man, as he was going from Jerusalem to Jericho, fell among thieves, who stripp'd him, and beat him, then march'd off leaving him half dead.

and forgive us our sins: since we forgive every one that has offended us. and leave us not under temptation, but deliver us from the evil one."

the queen of the south shall rise up in the day of judgment against this generation, and condemn it: for she came from the remote parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; but now, a greater than Solomon is here.

from the blood of Abel to that of Zacharias, who perished between the altar and the temple: yes, I assure you, this generation shall be responsible for it all.

and draw something from his own mouth, that might be brought as evidence against him.

imitate those servants who stand waiting for their master's return from the wedding, to let him in as soon as he comes to the door.

his master will return on a day he does not expect him, and a an hour he is ignorant of; he will separate him from the rest, and give him a treatment answerable to his infidelity.

then he said to the vine-dresser, you see, I have been looking these three years for fruit from this fig-tree, but find none: hew it down, why should it cumber my ground?

Jesus seeing her, called her to him, and said, woman you are freed from your disorder.

to which Jesus replied, thou hypocrite, who is there among you that scruples to untie his ox or his ass, and lead him from the stall to water on the sabbath-day?

and must not this daughter of Abraham, whom satan has held bound these eighteen years, be disengag'd from this bond, on a sabbath-day?

but he will answer, I tell you, you are strangers to me: depart from me, ye workers of iniquity.

yet some shall come from the east, and from the west, from the north, and from the south, and shall be entertain'd in the kingdom of God.

At the same time, some of the Pharisees came to him, and said, get away, retire from hence, for Herod designs to take away your life.

but he wanted to be fed with the crumbs, that fell from the rich man's table.

besides this, there is an unalterable chasm between us and you, so that the passage from one place to the other is impracticable to those who should attempt it.

Abraham replied, if they disregard Moses and the prophets, they will not believe any one, though he rose from the dead.

Who of you having a servant, that plows, or feeds your cattle, will immediately upon his coming from field, say to him, come and sit at table?

for as the lightning flashes from one extremity of the sky to the other, so shall the appearance of the son of man be.

but the very day that Lot went out of Sodom, a storm of lightning and thunder fell from heaven and destroy'd them all.

all these, said he, have I observ'd from my youth.

As Jesus was pursuing his journey from Jericho,

wicked slave, said he, from your own mouth will I convict thee. "you knew I was a hard master, exacting what I never gave, and reaping where I never sowed:

then he said to his attendants, take the one pound from him, and give it him, that gain'd ten.

"blessed be he, said they, whom the Lord hath sent to be our king. prosperity from heaven, and glory from the most high."

in these words, "O that thou hadst consider'd, at least in this very day, the opportunity you had of being happy! but now alas! it is vanish'd from your eyes."

so not being able to take any advantage from his words, before the people, they said no more, being surpriz'd at his answer.

now that the dead are raised, may be inferr'd from Moses's relation concerning the bush, where he stiles the Lord, the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.

But Jesus said to them, you affirm the Messiah must be descended from David, how can that be?

if then David stiles the Messiah his Lord, how can he be descended from David?

At length he withdrew from them about a stone's cast, where falling upon his knees,

he pray'd in these words, father, "O that you would divert this cup from me! nevertheless not my will, but thine be done."

then an angel from heaven appear'd to him, and comforted him.

then rising from prayer, he came to his disciples, and finding them asleep, oppress'd with grief, why do you sleep?

upon this they cry'd, what occasion have we for further evidence? for we ourselves have heard enough from his own mouth.

but they were the more vehement, saying, he promotes sedition by speading such doctrine thro' all Judea, from Galilee to this place.