CHAP. VII. "No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other, or at least will hold 25 to one, and neglect the other. Ye cannot serve God and Wealth. Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life what ye must eat, nor for your body what you must put on. Is not life better than food, and the body than rai26 ment? Consider the fowls of the air, they neither sow, nor reap, nor gather into barns; and yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? 27 And which of you, with all his anxiety, can add a single cubit to 28 his life? And why are ye anxious about raiment? Consider how the lilies of the field grow; they toil 29 not, neither do they spin; yet I say unto you that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one 30 of these. But if God so clothe the grass of the field, which flourisheth to day, and to-morrow is cast into the furnace; will he not much more clothe you, O ye of little 31 faith! Wherefore be not anxious, saying, What shall we eat, or what shall we drink, or what shall 32 we put on?" (for after all these things do the Gentiles seek) because your heavenly Father knoweth that you have need of all these 33 things; but seek first the kingdom of God, and the righteousness required by him, and all these things 34 shall be added unto you. Be not therefore anxious about the morrow, for the morrow will have trouble of its own. Sufficient for each day is the trouble thereof. CHAP. Against j.dging. "2 Judge not, that ye be not judged; for as ye judge, ye will be judged, and the measure that you give will be given to you again. 3 But why dost thou behold the A small measure or portion of time. • Be not willing to pass an unfavou able sentence upon others. 3 By splinter and beam, are meant slight "Give not that food which is 6 holy to dogs, nor cast your pearls Discretion before swine, lest the swine trample them under their feet, and the dogs turn about and tear you. ableness of "Ask and it will be given you; 7 seek and ye will find; knock and Reasonit will be opened to you: for every prayer. one that asketh receiveth, and he who seeketh, findeth; and to him 8 who knocketh it will be opened. Who among you, if his son ask 9 for a loaf, will give him a stone ? Or if he ask for a fish will give him 10 a serpent? If then ye who are 11 evil know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him. All things therefore 12 whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, do ye even so unto them; for to establish this, was one principal object of the law and the prophets. "Enter in by the strait gate; 13 for wide is the gate and broad is Road to life the way, which leadeth to destruc- narrow. tion, and there are many that enter by it: but how strait is the gate, 14 and how narrow is the way, which leadeth to life; and how few there are that find it ! "Beware of those false teachers 15 that come to you in sheep's cloth- Caution against ing, but inwardly are ravenous ag wolves. Ye may know them by teachers. and great faults. * Provided he ask for proper things in a proper manner. VIII. CHAP. their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thorns, or figs from thistles? 17 So every good tree beareth good fruit, but a bad tree beareth bad 18 fruit. A good tree cannot bring forth bad fruit, nor a bad tree bear 20 good fruit: Wherefore by their fruits ye may know them. heaven. 21 "No man for saying, Master, True quali- master,' shall enter into the kingfication for dom of heaven, but for doing the the kingdom of will of my Father who is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, 22 Have we not taught in thy name, and in thy name cast out demons, and in thy name done many won23 derful works? But I will then declare unto them, ' I never knew you: depart from me ye workers of iniquity.' who foolish. 24 "Whosoever therefore heareth Who are these words of mine, and doeth truly wise them, I will liken him unto a wise man, who built his house upon a 25 rock; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house, but it fell not, for it was founded 26 on a rock. And whosoever hear eth these words of mine, and doeth them not, may be likened to a foolish man, who built his house upon 27 the sand; and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat against that house, and it fell, and the fall of it was great." 23 And when Jesus had ended these Excellency words the people were astonished Beaching. at his teaching, for he taught them as having authority, and not as of Jesus's the Scribes. When Jesus was come down VIIL from the mountain, great multiJesus cures tudes followed him, and behold! a leper came, and did him obeisance, VIII. saying, "Master! if thou wilt, CHAP. thou canst make me clean;" and Jesus stretched out his hand, and 3 touched him, saying, " I will, be thou clean;" and immediately his leprosy was cleansed; and Jesus 4 saith unto him, "See thou tell no man, but go, show thyself to the priest, and offer the gift which Moses appointed for a testimony unto them." on's servant of a palsy, And as he went into Capernaum, 5 a Centurion came to him, beseech- a Centariing him, and saying, " Sir, my servant lieth at home ill with the palsy, grievously afflicted." Jesus 7 saith unto him, " I will come and cure him;" and the Centurion an- 8 swered, "Sir, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof; but speak a word only, and my servant will be well. For even 9 I who am a man under * authority, have soldiers under myself; and I say to one, go, and he goeth: and to another, come, and he cometh, and to my own servant, do this and he doeth it." When Jesus heard 10 this, he wondered, and said to those about him, "Verily I have not found so great faith, even in Israel. And I say unto you, many 11 will come from the east and west, and shall be guests with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven; but the heirs of 12 the kingdom shall be cast out into outer darkness, there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth." Then 13 said Jesus to the Centurion, "Go, and as thou hast believed, be it done unto thee." And his servant was well from that very moment. And when Jesus was come un- Peter's to Peter's house, he saw his wife's wife's momother lying on a bed ill of a fever, fever, CHAP. leper, A bad man cannot heartily recommend true virtue and goodness to others. * Any day or time, in which it shall appear who are the true disciples of Christ, and who not. To work conviction in the priests and miraculous cure, which they themselves 4 Much more might Jesus command, ther of a VIII. CHAP. and he took hold of her hand, and the fever left her: and she arose 15 and ministered unto him. 16. Now when evening was come, and many many possessed with demons were other sick brought unto him, and he cast out persons. the spirits with a word, and cured all 17 that were sick. Thus was fulfilled Isa. liii. 4. the word of Isaiah, saying, 'He took away our infirmities and removed our sicknesses." who wished 18 Now when Jesus saw great mulJesus cau- titudes about him, he gave orders tions some to go to the other side of the lake; to be his and a certain scribe came up, and disciples. said unto him, "Teacher, I will accompany thee whithersoever thou 20 goest." And Jesus saith unto him, "The foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have roosts, but the son of man hath not1 where to rest 21 his head." And another, intending to be one of his disciples, said 22 unto him, " Master, suffer me first to go and bury my father;" but Jesus said unto him, " Come with me, and let the spiritually dead bury their naturally dead." Stills a 23 And when he was gone into the vessel, his disciples followed him, tempest. and behold! a great tempest arose in the lake, so that the vessel was beginning to be covered with the 25 waves; but he was asleep. And his disciples came to him and awoke him, saying, "Master, save 26 us! we are lost." And he said unto them, "Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith?" then he arose and rebuked the wind and the sea, 27 and there was a great calm. And the men wondered, saying, "What kind of man is this, that even the winds, and the sea obey him!" 28 And when he was come to the other side, into the country of the No fixed place of residence. * Probably this was done in punishment of IX. madness Gergesenes, there met him two CHAP. * demoniacs, coming out from amongst the tombs, exceedingly Tranfers fierce, so that no man could pass from two that way, and behold! they cried men into out, saying, "What hast thou to a herd of do with us, Jesus thou Son of God? swine. Art thou come hither to torment us before the time!" Now there was 30 at some distance from them a herd of many swine feeding. And the 31 men supposing themselves to be possessed with demons besought him, saying in their name, “If thou cast us out, send us into that herd of swine." And he said unto 32 them, "Go," and when they were come out, they 3 went into the swine. And lo! the whole herd of swine ran violently down a steep place into the lake, and perished in the waters. But they that fed 33 them fled away into the city Gadara, and told every thing, and what had happened to the demoniacs. And lo! the whole city came 34 out to meet Jesus; and when they saw him, they besought him to leave their country. IX. of a palsy. Then he went into the vessel, CHAP. and passed over to his own city, Capernaum. And behold! there Cures anwas brought unto him a man with other man a palsy, lying on a couch; and Jesus seeing their faith, said to him that had the palsy: "Take courage, son, thy sins are forgiven thee." And behold! some of the 3 scribes said within themselves : "This man speaketh profanely." But Jesus perceived their thoughts, 4 and said, "Why think ye evil in your hearts? For which is easier? to 5 say, 'Thy sins are forgiven thee,' or to say, Arise and walk?" But 6 that ye may know, that the son of the Jews keeping swine in contempt of the 5 Hence it is not necessary to suppose that CHAP. man hath power ginted to him IX. here on earth to forgive sins," (then he saith to the man with the palsy) "Arise, take up thy 7 couch, and go home." So he 8 arose, and went home. But when the multitude saw it, they wondered, and glorified God who had given such power to man. Calls but they put new wine into new CHAP. skins, and both are preserved." IX. ler to cure While he was speaking these 18 things to them, behold! there came Is applied a certain ruler and did him obei to by a ru. sance, saying, " My daughter is his daugh. just at the point of death; but ter, come, put thy hand upon her, and she will live." And Jesus arose and 19 followed him with his disciples. And when Jesus came into the 23 does, 9 And as Jesus passed on thence, ruler's house, and perceived the which he 14 Assigns a fast. 66 ners to repentance." Then the disciples of John came And as Jesus passed on thence, 27 this?" They say unto him, " Yes, to him, saying, "Why do we Hison why and the Pharisees fast much, but ples did not thy disciples fast not?" And Jesus said unto them, "Can the companions of the bridegrooming, mourn, while the bridegroom is But they went away, and spread 31 with them? But the days will abroad his fame in all that councom4 when the bridegroom shall try. depart from them; and then they 16 will fast. No one putteth a piece of new cloth upon an old garment, for the piece which filleth it up taketh from the garment, and a 17 worse rent is made. Nor do men put new wine into old skins; if they do, the skins burst and the wine is spilled, and the skins spoilt; He means himself. • Or leathern bottles. 3 Ruler of a synagogue. • Called Beelzebub and Satan, Matt. xii. And as they were going out, 32 behold! a dumb man, a demoniac, and a dumb was brought unto him, and when man. the demon was cast out, the dumb 33 spake; and the multitudes were astonished, saying, "It was never seen thus in Israel." But the Pha- 34 risees said, "He casteth out demons by the prince of the demons." 24, 26. Beelzebub signifies the god of C CHAP. Χ. And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the glad tidings of his kingdom, and curing every disease, and every in36 firmity. But when he saw the multitudes, he had compassion on them, because they were scattered abroad and neglected, like sheep 37 without a shepherd. Then he saith to his disciples, "The harvest indeed is plenteous, but the 38 labourers are few: Pray ye therefore the owner of the harvest to furnish labourers for this harvest." And when he had called to him his twelve disciples, he gave them Names of power over unclean spirits to cast the twelve them out, and to heal every disease, Apostles. 2 and every infirmity. Now the names of the twelve Apostles are these : CHAP. Χ. 3 4 5 1. Simon, called Peter; 2. Andrew, his brother; 3. James, the son of Zebedee; 4. John, his brother; 5. Philip; 6. Bartholomew ; 7. Thomas; 8. Matthew, the publican; 9. James, the son of Alpheus; 10. Lebbeus, surnamed Thaddeus; 11. Simon, the Canaanite. 12. Judas Iscariot, who also delivered Jesus up. These twelve Jesus sent forth, and commanded them, saying, "Go not into the way of the Gentiles, nor enter into any of the ci6 ties of the Samaritans, but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of 7 Israel. And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at 8 hand.' Cure the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons: freely ye have received, free Χ. ly give. Provide neither gold, nor CHAP. silver, nor brass, in your purses ; nor bag for your journey, nor two 10 coats, nor sandals, besides what ye have on, nor staves; for the labourer is worthy of his maintenance. 3 duct. "And into whatsoever city or 11 town ye enter, enquire what wor- Rules for thy person there is in it, and remain their con with him till ye leave that place. And when ye enter into an house, salute 12 the family by wishing it peace. And if the house be worthy, the 13 peace which you wish will come upon it; but if it be not worthy, your peace will return unto you. And whosoever shall not receive 14 you, nor hear your words, when you leave that house, or city, or village, shake off the dust of your feet. Verily I say unto you, it 15 will be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment than for that city. to act. "Behold! I send you forth as 16 sheep amidst wolves, be ye there- Directs fore wise as serpents, and harmless them how as doves. Beware of your country-17 men, for they will deliver you up to councils, and scourge you in their synagogues, and ye will be 18 brought before governors and kings, that you may bear your testimony to the truth of the gospel before them, and the Gentiles. But when they deliver you up, be 19 not anxious how or what ye shall speak. For ye are not in effect the 20 speakers, but the spirit of your Father speaketh in you. Now the brother will deliver up 21 the brother to death, and the father How his the child, and children will rise up would be religion against their parents and cause abused. them to be put to death. And ye 22 Their commis sion. Called also Judas, or Jude, the brother 3 Your wish for the welfare of that family will return on yourselves. * To show that you disclaim all intercourse with them. |