rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and depart61 ed. And Mary Magdalene was there, and the other Mary, sitting over against the sepulchre.

62

1 Or, Take a guard

shall ye see him: lo, I have told you. And they departed 8 quickly from the tomb with fear and great joy, and ran to bring his disciples word. And behold, Jesus met them, 9 saying, All hail. And they came and took hold of his feet, and worshipped him. ́ Then saith Jesus unto them, 10 Fear not go tell my brethren that they depart into Galilee,

64 Command therefore that the

sepulchre be made sure until the third day, lest haply his disciples come and steal him away, and say unto the people, He is risen from the dead: and the last error will be 65 worse than the first. Pilate said unto them, 1 Ye have a guard: go your way, 2make 66 it as sure as ye can. So they went, and made the sepulchre sure, sealing the stone, the guard being with them. 28 Now late on the sabbath day, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the 2 sepulchre. And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled away the stone, and sat 3 upon it. His appearance was as lightning, and his raiment 4 white as snow: and for fear

of him the watchers did quake, 5 and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, 6 which hath been crucified. He is not here; for he is risen, even as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay. 7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples, He is risen from the dead; and lo, he goeth before you into Galilee; there

it sure, as ye know.

3 Many ancient authori

Now while they were going, 11 behold, some of the guard came into the city, and told unto the chief priests all the things that were come to pass. And when they were assem- 12 bled with the elders, and had taken counsel, they gave large money unto the soldiers, say- 13 ties reading, Say ye, His disciples came by night, and stole him away while we slept. And if this 14 4 come to the governor's ears, we will persuade him, and rid you of care. So they took 15 the money, and did as they were taught and this saying was spread abroad among the Jews, and continueth until this day.

where he

lay.

4 Or, come to a hearing before the gover

nor

5 Gr. all the days.

6 Or, the

consum

mation of the age

But the eleven disciples went 16 into Galilee, unto the mountain where Jesus had appointed them. And when they saw 17 him, they worshipped him : but some doubted. And Jesus 18 came to them and spake unto them, saying, All authority hath been given unto me in heaven and on earth. Go ye 19 therefore, and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Ghost: teaching 20 them to observe all things whatsoever I commanded you: and lo, I am with you 5 alway, even unto the end of the world.

1 THE beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, 1 the Son

2

8

of God.

Even as it is written 2 in
Isaiah the prophet,

Behold, I send my messen-
ger before thy face,
Who shall prepare thy way;
The voice of one crying in
the wilderness,

Make ye ready the way of
the Lord,

Make his paths straight; 4 John came, who baptized in the wilderness and preached the baptism of repentance 5 unto reinission of sins. And there went out unto him all the country of Judæa, and all they of Jerusalem; and they were baptized of him in the river Jordan, confessing their 6 sins. And John was clothed with camel's hair, and had a leathern girdle about his loins, and did eat locusts and wild 7 honey. And he preached, saying, There cometh after me he that is mightier than I, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and 8 unloose. I baptized you with

9

1 Some

ancient authorities omit the Son of God.

2 Some ancient authorities read in the

prophets.

3 Gr. sufficient.

4 Or, in

And straightway the Spirit 12 driveth hit forth into the wilderness. And he was in the 13 wilderness forty days tempted of Satan an I he was with the wild beasts; and the angels ministered unto him.

Now after that John was 14 delivered up, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of God, and saying. The time 15 is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe in the gospel.

And passing along by the 16 sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and Andrew the brother of Simon casting a net in the sea: for they were fishers. And Jesus said unto them, 17 Come ye after me, and I will make you to become fishers of men. And straightway they 18 left the nets, and followed him. And going on a little 19 further, he saw James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, who also were in the boat mending the nets. And 20 straightway he called them: and they left their father Zebedee in the boat with the

Spirit: and so throughout this book.

And it came to pass in those days, that Jesus came from Nazareth of Galilee, and was baptized of John 6in the Jor10 dan. And straightway coming up out of the water, he saw the heavens rent asunder, and the Spirit as a dove de- 6 Gr. into. 11 scending upon him: and a

voice came out of the heavens,
Thou art my beloved Son, in
thee I am well pleased.

him.

And they go into Caper- 21 naum; and straightway on the sabbath day he entered into the synagogue and taught. And 22 they were astonished at his teaching: for he taught them as having authority, and not as the scribes. And straight- 23 way there was in their synagogue a man with an unclean spirit; and he cried out, say- 24 ing, What have we to do with

1 Or, it

2 Or. convulsing

thee, thou Jesus of Nazareth? art thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the 25 Holy One of God. And Jesus rebuked him, saying, Hold thy peace, and come out of 26 him. And the unclean spirit, 3 Some 2 tearing him and crying with a loud voice, came out of him. 27 And they were all amazed, insomuch that they questioned among themselves, saying, What is this? a new teaching! with authority he commandeth even the unclean spirits, 28 and they obey him. And the 4 Or, dereport of him went out

29

ancient authorities read when he was come out of

the synagogue, he came &c.

moniacs

straightway everywhere into all the region of Galilee round 5 Gr. about.

demons.

And straightway, 3 when they were come out of the syna- 6 Many gogue, they came into the house of Simon and Andrew, 30 with James and John.

ancient

authorities add to be Christ. See Luke iv. 41.

Now Simon's wife's mother lay sick of a fever; and straightway 31 they tell him of her: and he came and took her by the hand, and raised her up; and 7 Some the fever left her, and she ministered unto them.

ancient authorities omit

and kneeling down to him.

8 Or, sternly

9 Gr. word.

10 Gr. he.

11 Or, the city 12 Or, a home

13 Many

ancient authorities read bring him unto him.

where into the next towns, that I may preach there also; for to this end came I forth. And he went into their syna- 39 gogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out 5 devils.

And there cometh to him 40 a leper, beseeching him, 7 and kneeling down to him, and saying unto him, If thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. And being moved with com- 41 passion, he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, and saith unto him, I will; be thou made clean. And straightway 42 the leprosy departed from him, and he was made clean. And 43 he strictly charged him, and straightway sent him out, and saith unto him, See thou 44 say nothing to any man: but go thy way, shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy cleansing the things which Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them. But he went 45 out, and began to publish it much, and to spread abroad the matter, insomuch that 10 Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.

And when he entered again 2 into Capernaum after some days, it was noised that he was 12 in the house. And many 2 were gathered together, so that there was no longer room for them, no, not even about the door: and he spake the word unto them. And they come, 3 bringing unto him a man sick of the palsy, borne of four. And when they could not 4 13 come nigh unto him for the crowd, they uncovered the roof where he was: and when they had broken it up, they let down the bed whereon the sick of the palsy lay. And 5

Child.

2 Or, authority

3 See

marginal

Jesus seeing their faith saith unto the sick of the palsy, 1 Gr. 6 1Son, thy sins are forgiven. But there were certain of the scribes sitting there, and reasoning in 7 their hearts, Why doth this man thus speak? he blasphemeth: who can forgive sins 8 but one, even God? And straightway Jesus, perceiving in his spirit that they so reasoned within themselves, saith unto them, Why reason ye these things in your hearts? 9 Whether is easier, to say to the sick of the palsy, Thy sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and take up thy bed, and 10 walk? But that ye may know that the Son of man hath 2 power on earth to forgive

note on Matt. v.

46.

4 Some ancient authorities read and the

Phari

sees.

that are 7 whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

And John's disciples and the 18 Pharisees were fasting: and they come and say unto him, Why do John's disciples and the disciples of the Pharisees fast, but thy disciples fast not? And Jesus said unto them, 19 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. But the days will come, when 20 the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast in that day. No 21 man seweth a piece of un

11 the palsy), I say unto thee, Arise, take up thy bed, and 12 go unto thy house. And he arose, and straightway 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.

13

And he went forth again by the sea side; and all the multitude resorted unto him, and 14 he taught them. And as he passed by, he saw Levi the son of Alphæus sitting at the place of toll, and he saith unto him, Follow me. And he arose and 15 followed him. And it came to pass, that he was sitting at meat in his house, and many 3publicans and sinners

sat

down with Jesus and his disciples: for there were many, 16 and they followed him. And the scribes 4 of the Pharisees, when they saw that he was eating with the sinners and publicans, said unto his disciples, 5 He eateth 6 and drinketh with publicans and sin17 ners. And when Jesus heard it, he saith unto them, They

ment: else that which should fill it up taketh from it, the new from the old, and a worse rent is made. And no man 22 putteth new wine into old 8 wine-skins: else the wine will burst the skins, and the wine perisheth, and the skins: but they put new wine into fresh wine-skins.

And it came to pass, that 23 he was going on the sabbath day through the cornfields; and his disciples began, as they went, to pluck the ears of corn. And the Pharisees 24 said unto him, Behold, why do they on the sabbath day that which is not lawful? And 25 he said unto them, Did ye never read what David did, when he had need, and was an hungred, he, and they that were with him? How he en- 26 tered into the house of God 10 when Abiathar was high priest, and did eat the shewbread, which it is not lawful to eat save for the priests, and gave also to them that were with him? And he said unto 27 them, The sabbath was made

into the

midst.

And they 2 Or, all he the things that he did

3 Gr. scourges.

watched him, whether I would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might 3 accuse him. And he saith unto the man that had his hand withered, 1Stand forth. 4 And he saith unto them, Is it lawful on the sabbath day to do good, or to do harm? to save a life, or to kill? But 4 Gr. fell. 5 they held their peace. And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved at the hardening of their heart, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he stretched it forth and his hand was 6 restored. And the Pharisees

went out, and straightway with the Herodians took counsel against him, how they might destroy him.

5 Some ancient authorities add whom also he named apostles. See Luke

vi. 13.

6 Gr.

7 Some

ancient authorities insert and

he appointed twelve.

7 And Jesus with his disciples demons. withdrew to the sea: and a great multitude from Galilee followed: and from Judæa, 8 and from Jerusalem, and from Idumæa, and beyond Jordan, and about Tyre and Sidon, a great multitude, hearing 2 what great things he did, came unto 9 him. And he spake to his disciples, that a little boat should wait on him because of the crowd, lest they should throng 10 him: for he had healed many; insomuch that as many as had 3 plagues 4 pressed upon him that they might touch him. 11 And the unclean spirits, when

Or, Zealot.

See Luke vi. 15; Acts i. 13.

and they went unto him. And 14 he appointed twelve, 5 that they might be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach, and to have autho- 15 rity to cast out devils: 7 and 16 Simon he surnamed Peter; and James the son of Zebe- 17 dee, and John the brother of James; and them he surnamed Boanerges, which is, Sons of thunder: and Andrew, and 18 Philip, and Bartholomew, and Matthew, and Thomas, and James the son of Alphæus, and Thaddeus, and Simon the 8 Cananæan, and Judas 19 Iscariot, which also betrayed him.

And he cometh 9 into a 20 house. And the multitude cometh together again, so that they could not so much as eat bread. And when his 21 friends heard it, they went out to lay hold on him: for they said, He is beside himself. And 22 the scribes which came down from Jerusalem said, He hath Beelzebub, and, 10 By the prince of the devils casteth he out the devils. And he called 23 them unto him, and said unto them in parables, How can Satan cast out Satan? And if a 24 kingdom be divided against itself, that kingdom cannot stand. And if a house be 25 divided against itself, that house will not be able to stand. And if Satan hath risen up 26 against himself, and is divided, he cannot stand, but hath an end. But no one can enter 27 into the house of the strong

down before him, and cried,
saying, Thou art the Son of

12 God. And he charged them 10 Or, In
much that they should not
make him known.

cept he first bind the strong man; and then he will spoil his house. Verily I say unto 28 you, All their sins shall be forgiven unto the sons of men,