Be silent and go out of him. And the demon having thrown the man in the midst, went out of him without hurting him. 36 And they were all amazed, and said to one another, What is the meaning of this, that with authority and power he com37 mandeth the unclean spirits, and they go out? And his fame spread through all the neighbouring country. 38 When he withdrew from the synagogue he went to the house of Simon. Now Simon's mother in law was confined with a violent fever, and they besought him on her behalf. 39 Whereupon standing over her, he rebuked the fever and it left her; and she arose immediately and waited upon them. 40 And when the sun was set, all that had any sick of any kind of disease, brought them to him; and he, laying his hands on 41 every one of them, healed them. Now demons indeed used to go out of many, screaming and saying, Thou art the Christ the son of God; but he, rebuking them, did not suffer them to say that they knew him to be the Christ. 42 Now, having gone out as day was coming on, he went to a solitary place; and the people sought him, and went out to 43 him, and pressed him not to leave them. But he said to them, I must publish the glad tidings of the reign of God in other 44 cities also, because I am sent for this purpose. Accordingly he proceeded on, making proclamation in the synagogues of Galilee. V. And it came to pass when the people were pressing upon him to hear the word of God, as he was standing by the lake of Gennesaret, he saw two boats by the edge of the lake, 2 and the fishermen, having gone out of them, were washing 3 their nets. So, going on board one of them, which belonged to Simon, he desired him to put off a little from the land. 4 And sitting down, he taught the people from the vessel. And when he had done speaking, he said to Simon, Row into deep 5 water, and let down your nets for a draught. Upon which Simon, answering, said to him, Master, we have been toiling all 6 night, and have caught nothing. However, at thy word, I will let down the net. And, having done this, they enclosed such 7 a great multitude of fishes that their net began to break. Whereupon they beckoned to their partners in the other vessel to come and help them. So they came, and they filled 8 both the vessels so that they began to sink. Upon seeing this, Simon Peter prostrated himself at the knees of Jesus, and 9 said, Depart from me, for I, O Lord, am a sinful man. For he, and all that were with him, were seized with amazement 10 at the draught of fishes which they had taken. And so were James and John, the sons of Zebedee, who were Simon's partners. Then Jesus saith to Simon, Be not afraid; henceforth 11 thou shalt be employed in catching men. And when they had brought their vessels to land, they left all and followed him. 12 And when he was in one of the cities, lo! a man full of leprosy fell on his face, when he saw Jesus, and besought him, 13 saying, O sir, if thou wilt, thou canst cleanse me. Whereupon he stretched forth his hand and touched him, saying, I will; be thou cleansed. And immediately the leprosy departed 14 from him. Then he charged him to tell no one; but go and shew thyself to the priest, and offer for thy purification, as Moses commanded, for a testimony to them. So his fame spread 15 more and more, and great multitudes flocked to hear him, and 16 to be healed of their infirmities by him. And he constantly withdrew to places of solitude and prayed. 17 One day when he was teaching, and some Pharisees and teachers of the law, who had come from every town of Galilee and Judea and Jerusalem, were sitting by, and the power 18 of the Lord was displayed in curing the sick; it happened that lo! there came men carrying on a couch a man who was paralytic: and they tryed to bring him in and lay him before Je19 sus. But finding it impracticable to bring him in, by reason of the crowd, they went up upon the flat roof, and let him down 20 from the roof, with the couch, into the court before Jesus; 21 who, upon seeing their faith, said to him, Man, thy sins are forgiven thee. At this the Scribes and the Pharisees began to reason, saying, Who is this who speaketh blasphemy? Who 22 can forgive sins, but God alone? Thereupon Jesus, knowing their surmises, addressed them, saying, Why reason ye in 23 your hearts? Which is easier-to say, thy sins are forgiven 24 thee? Or to say, Rise up and walk? Now that you may know that the son of man hath power on earth to forgive sins, (saith he to the paralytic) I say to thee, Arise, and having taken up 25 thy couch, go to thy house. And instantly he arose in their presence, and having taken up that on which he was laid, 26 went to his house, glorifying God. And amazement seized all; and they glorified God, and were filled with awe, saying, We have seen wonderful things to-day. 27 And after this he went out and saw a publican, named Levi, sitting at the receipt of custom, and said to him, Follow 28 me. Upon which, leaving all, he arose and followed him. And 29 Levi made a great entertainment for him at his house; and there was a great company of publicans and others at table with 30 him. Whereupon their Scribes and the Pharisees expressed their dissatisfaction to his disciples, saying, Why do ye eat and drink with publicans and sinners? In reply to which, Jesus 31 said to them, They who are in health have no need of a phy32 sician; but they who are sick. I am not come to call righteous 33 men, but sinners to a reformation. Then they said to him, Why do the disciples of John fast often and make supplications; and in like manner those of the Pharisees; but thine eat 34 and drink? And he said to them, Can you make the bridemen 35 fast, while the bridegroom is with them? The days indeed will come when the bridegroom shall be taken from them, then 36 will they fast in those days. He then propounded to them a parable, that no one putteth a piece of a new mantle on an old mantle; if he doth, he indeed rendeth the new, and the patch from the new doth not suit the old. Neither doth any one put new 37 wine into old leathern bottles: if any doth, the new wine will burst the bottles, and thus the wine will be spilled, and the 38 bottles rendered useless. But new wine must be put in new 39 bottles, so both will be preserved. Furthermore, no one having drunk old wine calleth immediately for new: for he saith, The old is better.. VI. It happened as he was walking through cornfields on a sabbath called, second prime,* that his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and having rubbed out the grains with their 2 hands, began to eat. Upon which some of the Pharisees said to them, Why do ye that which is not lawful on sabbath days? *That is, I apprehend the day when the sheaf of first fruits was offered the second day after the passover, and the first of the fifty days to pentecost. See Lev. 23. 15, 16. &c. 3 Thereupon Jesus addressing them, said, Have you never read what David did, when he and his attendants were hungry? 4 How he went to the house of God, and took the presence loaves and ate thereof and gave to his attendants, which none 5 but the priests are allowed to eat. Then he told them that the son of man is Lord even of the sabbath. 6 It happened also on another sabbath, when he went to the synagogue and taught, that there was a man there, whose 7 right hand was withered. And the Scribes and the Pharisees watched him, to see whether he would perform a cure on the sabbath day, that they might find matter of accusation against 8 him. Now he knew their thoughts. Therefore when he had said to the man who had the withered hand, Rise and stand 9 in the midst; and he had risen, and was standing there; Jesus said to them, Let me ask you what is allowable on the sabbath 10 days?—to do good, or to do evil?—to save life, or to destroy? Then having looked around on them all, he said to the man, 11 Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so. And his hand was re stored sound as the other. Upon this they were filled with madness, and spoke one to another what they should do to Jesus. 12 Now about that time he went out to the mountain to pray, and spent the whole night in a place set apart for prayer* to 13 God. And when it was day, he called together his disciples, 14 and out of them chose twelve, whom he named APOSTLES Simon, whom he surnamed Peter, and Andrew, his brother, 15 James and John, Philip and Bartholomew, Matthew and Tho16 mas, James, son of Alpheus, and Simon, surnamed Zelotes, 17 Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, even he who was a traitor. And having come down with them, he stopped in a plain, with a crowd of his disciples, and a great multitude of the people from all Judea and Jerusalem, and the coast of Tyre and Sidon, who had come to hear him, and to be cured 18 of their diseases. Even they who were infested by unclean 19 spirits were also cured. And the whole multitude sought to 20 touch him, because power went forth from him, and healed all. Then lifting up his eyes on his disciples, he said, *Literally in a Proseucha. 21 22 Happy ye who are poor, for the kingdom of God is yours! Happy are you, when men will hate you; even when they will discard and reproach you, and expose your name as in. famous on the account of the son of man; rejoice on that day 23 and leap for joy; for behold your reward in heaven is great; for thus their fathers treated the prophets. 24 But alas! for you who are rich, for you are receiving your consolation. 25 Alas for you who are filled; for you shall hunger. 26 Alas for you who laugh now; for you shall mourn and weep. Alas for you, when all men speak well of you; for thus 27 their fathers did to the false prophets. But I charge you, my 28 hearers, Love your enemies. Do good to them who hate you. Bless them who curse you; and pray for them who spitefully 29 abuse you. To him who smiteth thee on one cheek, present also the other. And from him who taketh thy mantle, withhold 30 not thy coat. Give to every one who asketh thee. And from him who taketh away thy goods, do not demand them back, 31 And as you wish men to do to you, do ye even so to them. If 32 you indeed love them who love you, what thanks are you en33-titled to. For even sinners love those who love them. And if you do good to them who do good to you, what thanks are 34 you entitled to? For even sinners do the same. And if you lend to them from whom you hope to receive; what thanks are you entitled to. For even sinners lend to sinners, that they may - 35 receive as much in return. But love your enemies; and do good; and lend without any mistrust, and your reward will be 36 great. And you will be the children of the Most High. Be. cause he is kind, even to the ungrateful and malignant; be ye therefore merciful, even as your Father is merciful, 37 Furthermore, judge not, that so you may not be judged. Condemn not, that so you may not be condemned. Forgive; 38 and you shall be forgiven. Give; and to you will be giveninto your lap there shall be given good measure, pressed down and shaken and running over. For with the same measure |