And Jesse the father of David the king, and David had Solomon by her that had been the wife of Urias.

now by these events, that divine prediction of the Prophet had its full accomplishment, when he said, "Behold,

but did not cohabit with her as a wife, before she had-brought forth her first-born son; whom he named JESUS.

where he stay'd till the death of Herod: so that what the Lord had spoken by the prophet, saying, "Out of Egypt have I called my son," was then fulfill'd.

Then Herod perceiving he was abused by the Magi, was full of indignation, and sent a detachment who slew all the children that were in Bethlehem and its territory, being under the age of two years, according to the limited time he had learnt of the Magi.

but when he heard that Archelaus reigned in Judea, in the room of his father Herod, he was apprehensive of going thither, till having had a divine warning in a dream, he retired into the district of Galilee:

whereby those words of Esaias the prophet, had their full effect, "the land of Zabulon,

and they that kept them fled away into the town, and told the whole story of what had happen'd to the devils and their demoniacs.

When a woman, who had been troubled with an hemorrhage twelve years, came behind him, and touch'd the hem of his garment.

and they had their sight: but Jesus gave them a strict charge, saying, take care not to let any man know it:

When Jesus had made an end of giving his twelve disciples their instructions, he departed thence to go and preach to the Jews in their cities:

wo unto thee, Chorazin, wo unto thee, Bethsaida: for if the miracles which were done among you, had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes.

and thou, Capernaum, which art exalted to heaven, shalt be brought to destruction: for if the miracles which have been done in thee, had been done in Sodom, it would have subsisted even to this day.

if ye had known the meaning of that expression, "I will have mercy and not sacrifice," ye would not have condemned the guiltless.

another part fell upon stony places, where it had not much earth: and it soon sprung up, because the soil was shallow:

When Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence.

for John had said to him, it is not lawful for thee to have her.

upon which, his disciples came to take away the body, and having buried it, they went to tell Jesus what had happened.

now they that had eaten, were about five thousand men, beside women and children.

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.

Now at their departure to go to the other side, his disciples had forgot to take bread.

and when they had lift up their eyes, they saw Jesus all alone.

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.

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.

when he had begun to reckon, one was brought to him indebted the sum of ten thousand talents.

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

his fellow-servants upon seeing this were very much concern'd, and went to acquaint their master with what had pass'd.

should not you then have had the like compassion for thy fellow servant as I had for thee?

When Jesus had finished these discourses, he departed from Galilee, and came into the confines of Judea, on the other side Jordan:

but when the young man heard that, he went away dejected: for he had great possessions.

last of all they came who were hired first, expecting to have received more, but they had only a penny a man,

Jesus then having compassion on them, touched their eyes: and immediately they had their sight, and they followed him.

But what do you think of this? a man had two sons, and coming to the first, he said, son, go, work to-day in my vineyard.

When the chief priests and Pharisees had heard his parables, they perceived that he meant them.

but the Pharisees hearing that he had dumb-founded the Sadducees, they met together in council.

and say, if we had liv'd in the time of our forefathers, we would not have been accessory with them in shedding the blood of the prophets.

now he that had received five talents, immediately employed them in trade, and gain'd five talents more.

so he that had received two, gained likewise other two.

but he that had received one, went to dig a hole in the ground, and hid his lord's money.

accordingly he that had received five talents, came and brought other five talents, saying, Lord, you delivered to me five talents: besides those, there's five talents more, which I have gain'd.

he also that had received two talents, came and said, Lord, you delivered to me two talents: here are two other talents which I have gain'd besides them.

then came he who had received the one talent, and said, Lord, I knew that you were a hard man, reaping where you have not sown, and gathering where you have not scattered:

Now when Jesus had finished these discourses, he said to his disciples,

Now when Jesus was in Bethany, in the house of Simon who had been a leper,

the son of man is going to die, pursuant to the scripture: but wo to that man by whom the son of man is betrayed: it had been better for that man, if he had never been born.

And when they had sung an hymn, they went to the mount of Olives.

And before he had done speaking, Judas one of the twelve appear'd, with a numerous retinue, arm'd with swords and staves, being sent by the chief priests and elders of the people.

but all this was to be done, in pursuance of what the prophets had predicted. then all the disciples abandon'd him, and fled.

And they that had apprehended Jesus, led him away to Caiaphas the high priest, where the Scribes and the senators were assembled.

when Peter remembred what Jesus had said to him, "before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice." and he went out, and wept bitterly.

and when they had bound him, they led him away, and delivered him to Pontius Pilate the governor of Judea.

At the same time, Judas who had betrayed him, finding that he was condemned, repented, and carried back the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and senators, saying,

for he was sensible that they had delivered him up out of meer envy.

and after they had thus insulted him, they took the robe off, and put his own raiment on him, and led him away to crucify him.

they gave him a mixture of wine and gall: but when he had tasted it, he refused to drink.

after they had crucified him, they shared his clothes among them by casting losts:

now the centurion, and they that were with him, to guard Jesus, having observ'd the earthquake, and all that had happened, were under great apprehensions, and said, certainly this was the son of God.

And several women were there who look'd on at a distance, and had followed Jesus from Galilee, to assist him with their service.

and laid it in a monument which he had lately caused to be hewn out in the rock: and having rolled a large stone to the door of the sepulchre, he went away.

now there had been a great earthquake; for an angel of the lord descending from heaven, was come, and had rolled away the stone from the door, and was sitting upon it.

Now when they were gone, some of the guards went into the city, and informed the chief priests of all that had happened.

and when they were assembled with the senators, and had consulted together, they gave a large sum of money to the soldiers, thus instructing them;

In the mean time the eleven disciples went into Galilee, to a mountain where Jesus had appointed them.

when he had gone a little further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the bark mending their nets. whereupon he called them:

and they left their father Zebedee in the ship with the people he had hired, and went after him.

and when the unclean spirit had thrown him into convulsions, with a loud cry, he came out of him.

and when they had found him, they said, the people are seeking for you.

then they came and presented to him a paralytic, who had four men to carry him.

who finding it impossible to come nigh Him because of the press, uncovered the roof where He was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the cradle wherein the paralytic lay.

at length as Jesus sat at table in Levi's house, several publicans and loose people sat down likewise in company with Jesus, and his disciples: for a good number of them had followed him.

Another time he entred into the synagogue, when a man was there who had a withered hand.

he said then to the man who had the withered hand, rise and stand there in the midst.

and John the brother of James, (whom he had named Boanerges, that is to say, sons of thunder.)

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

when they had dismiss'd the people, the bark he was in, set sail, in company with other small barks.

for having been often bound with fetters and chains, he had wrench'd his chains, and broke his fetters, so that no body could tame him.

(for Jesus had said to him, "come out of the man, thou impure spirit.")

then they that fed the swine fled, and told the news to town and country. and they went out to see what had been done.

when they were come to Jesus, and saw him that had been possessed with the legion of demons, sitting in his clothes, and in his right mind, they were afraid.

and when the eye-witnesses had related what had pass'd with respect to the demoniack, and to the swine:

however, Jesus refused him, and said, go home to thy friends, and tell them what great things the Lord hath done for thee, and how he hath had compassion on thee.

and he departed, and published in Decapolis, what Jesus had done for him: and all were filled with admiration.

When Jesus had repassed in the vessel to the other side, a crowd of people gathered about him, while he was nigh the sea.

Now there was a woman, who had been affected with an hemorrhage twelve years:

having suffered much from several physicians, she had spent all her fortune, and instead of being any thing the better, she rather grew worse.

Jesus conscious of the influence he had exerted, immediately turned towards the crowd, and said, who touched my clothes?

then the woman, conscious of what had been effected in her, came trembling with fear, and falling down before him, confess'd the whole truth.

Before he had done speaking, messengers came from the ruler of the synagogue's house, who said, "your daughter is dead, why do you give the master any further trouble?"

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.

but Herod, from what he had heard, said, 'tis John himself, whom I caused to be beheaded, who is risen from the dead.

for Herod had given orders to seize John, and had confin'd him in prison, to gratify Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, whom he had married;

because Herod had a respect for John, knowing him to be a very honest good man, and therefore protected him; having reform'd many things upon his remonstrances, which he us'd to receive very graciously.

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.

then Jesus said to them, come, let us retire privately to some place of solitude, to repose your selves a while. for such a crowd of people were continually coming and going, that they had not even time to eat.

and when they had taken their leave, he retired to a mountain to pray.

perceived his disciples had much ado to bear up against the wind, which was contrary; about the fourth watch of the night, he came up, and would have pass'd by them.

and they presented to him a deaf man, that had an impediment in his speech, desiring he would lay his hands upon him.

At that time, as the company were very numerous, and had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples, and said,

I am concern'd for this people, they have been with me now three days without having had any thing to eat.

now they that had eaten were four thousand: and then he dismissed them.