Blasphemy against ST. MATTHEW, 12. the Holy Ghost. break, and smoking flax shall it shall be forgiven him: but he not quench, till he send whosoever speaketh against forth judgment unto victory. the Holy Ghost, it shall not be 21 And in his name shall the forgiven him, neither in this Gentiles trust. world, neither in the world to 22 T Then was brought unto come. him one possessed with a devil, 33 Either make the tree good, blind, and dumb: and he and his fruit good; or else healed him, insomuch that the make the tree corrupt, and his blind and dumb both spake fruit corrupt: for the tree is and saw. known by his fruit. 23 And all the people were 34 O generation of vipers, amazed, and said, Is not this how can ye, being evil, speak the son of David? good things? for out of the 24 But when the Pharisees abundance of the heart the heard it, they said, This fellow mouth speaketh. doth not cast out devils, but 35 A good man out of the by Beelzebub the prince of the good treasure of the heart devils. bringeth forth good things: 25 And Jesus knew their and an evil man out of the thoughts, and said unto them, evil treasure bringeth forth Every kingdom divided against evil things. itself is brought to desolation; 36 But I say unto you, That and every city or house divided every idle word that men against itself shall not stand: shall speak, they shall give 26 And if Satan cast out account thereof in the day of Satan, he is divided against judgment. con himself; how shall then his 37 For by thy words thou kingdom stand? shalt be justified, and by thy 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast words thou shalt be out devils, by whom do your, demned. children cast them out? there-] 38 T Then certain of the fore they shall be your judges. scribes and of the Pharisees would see a sign from thee. answered, saying, Master, we 39 But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adul29 Or clse how can one enter terous generation seeketh into a strong man's house, and after a sign; and there shall spoil his goods, except he' first no sign be given to it, but the bind the strong man? and then sign of the prophet Jonas: he will spoil his house. 28 But if I cast out devils by the Spirit of God, then the kingdom of God is 'come unto you. 40 For as Jonas was three 30 He that is not with me is days and three nights in the against me; and he that ga-whale's belly; so shall the thereth not with me scattereth Son of man be three days and abroad. three nights in the heart of 31 Wherefore I say unto the earth. you, All manner of sin and 41 The men of Nineveh shall blasphemy shall be forgiven rise in judgment with this unto men: but the blasphemy generation, and shall condemn against the Holy Ghost shall it because they repented at not be forgiven unto men. the preaching of Jonas; and, 32 And whosoever speaketh a behold, a greater than Jonas word against the Son of man, is here. The parable of the ST. MATTHEW, 13. sower and seed. 42 The queen of the south 2 And great multitudes were shall rise up in the judgment gathered together unto him, with this generation, and shall so that he went into a ship, condemn it: for she came and sat; and the whole multifrom the uttermost parts of de stood on the shore. the earth to hear the wisdom 3 And he spake many things of Solomon; and, behold, a unto them in parables, saying, greater than Solomon is here. Behold, a sower went forth to 43 When the unclean spirit sow; is gone out of a man, he walk- 4 And when he sowed, some eth through dry places, seek-seeds fell by the way side, and ing rest, and findeth none. the fowls came and devoured them up: 44 Then he saith, I will return into my 5 Some fell upon stony places, house from whence I came out; and when where they had not much he is come, he findeth it earth: and forthwith they empty, swept, and garnished. sprung up, because they had 45 Then goeth he, and taketh 6 And when the sun was up, no deepness of earth: with himself seven other spir- they were scorched; and beits more wicked than himself, cause they had no root, they and they enter in and dwell withered away. there and the last state of 7 And some fell among that man is worse than the thorns; and the thorns sprung first. Even so shall it be also up, and choked them. unto this wicked generation. 8 But other fell into good 46 While he yet talked to ground, and brought forth the people, behold, his mother fruit, some an hundredfold, and his brethren stood with- some sixtyfold, some thirtyout, desiring to speak with fold. him. 9 Who hath ears to hear, let 47 Then one said unto him, him hear. Behold, thy mother and thy 10 And the disciples came, brethren stand without, desir- and said unto him, Why ing to speak with thee. speakest thou unto them in 48 But he answered and said parables? unto him that told him, Who 11 He answered and said is my mother? and who are unto them, Because it is given my brethren? unto you to know the mys 49 And he stretched forth his teries of the kingdom of heahand toward his disciples, and ven, but to them it is not said, Behold my mother and given. my brethren! 12 For whosoever hath, to 50 For whosoever shall do him shall be given, and he the will of my Father which shall have more abundance: is in heaven, the same is my but whosoever hath not, from brother, and sister, and mo- him shall be taken away ever ther. that he hath. CHAPTER 13. THE same day went Jesus 13 Therefore speak I to them in parables: because they seeing see not; and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. out of the house, and sat 14 And in them is fulfilled by the sea side. the prophecy of Esaias, which ST. MATTHEW, 13. The parable of the tares. saith, By hearing ye shall that heareth the word, and hear, and shall not under- understandeth it; whick also stand; and seeing ye shall beareth fruit, and bringeth see, and shall not perceive: forth, some an hundred fold, 15 For this people's heart is some sixty, some thirty. waxed gross, and their ears 24 Another parable put he are du of hearing, and their forth unto them, saying, The eyes they have closed; lest at kingdom of heaven is likened any time they should see with unto a man which sowed good their eyes, and hear with their seed in his field: ears, and should understand 25 But while men slept, his with their heart, and should enemy came and sowed tares be converted, and I should among the wheat, and went heal them. his way. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 26 But when the blade was sprung up, and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. 17 For verily I say unto you, 27 So the servants of the That many prophets and right-householder came and said eous men have desired to see unto him, Sir, didst not thou those things which ye see, and have not scen them; and to sow good seed in thy field? hear those things which ye tares? from whence then hath it hear, and have not heard them. 18 Hear ye therefore the parable of the sower. 28 He said unto them, An enemy hath done this. The servants said unto him, Wilt thou then that we go and gather them up? 19 When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and un- 29 But he said, Nay; lest derstandeth it not, then com- while ye gather up the tares, eth the wicked one, and catch-ye root up also the wheat with eth away that which was sown them. in his heart. This is he which 30 Let both grow together received seed by the way side. until the harvest: and in the 20 But he that received the time of harvest I will say to seed into stony places, the the reapers, Gather ye tosame is he that heareth the gether first the tares, and bind word, and anon with joy re- them in bundles to burn them : ceiveth it; but gather the wheat into my 21 Yet hath he not root in barn. himself, but dureth for a 31 Another parable put he while: for when tribulation forth unto them, saying, The or persecution ariseth because kingdom of heaven is like to a of the word, by and by he is grain of mustard seed, which offended. a man took, and sowed in his 22 He also that received seed field: among the thorns is he that 32 Which indeed is the least heareth the word; and the of all seeds: but when it is care of this world, and the grown, it is the greatest deceitfulness of riches, choke among herbs, and becometh a the word, and he becometh tree, so that the birds of the unfruitful. air come and lodge in the 23 But he that received seed branches thereof. into the good ground is he 33 ¶ Another parable spake Parables of the ST. MATTHEW, 13. mustard seed, &c. he unto them; The kingdom a man hath found, he hideth, of heaven is like unto leaven, and for joy thereof goeth and which a woman took, and hid selleth all that he hath, and in three measures of meal, till buyeth that field. the whole was leavened. 45 Again, the kingdom of 34 All these things spake Je- heaven is like unto a mersus unto the multitude in par- chant man, seeking goodly ables; and without a parable pearls: spake he not unto them: 46 Who, when he had found 35 That it might be fulfilled one pearl of great price, went which was spoken by the pro- and sold all that he had, and phet, saying, I will open my bought it. mouth in parables; I will utter, 47 Again, the kingdom of things which have been kept heaven is like unto a net, that secret from the foundation of was cast into the sea, and gathe world. thered of every kind: 36 Then Jesus sent the multi- 48 Which, when it was full, tude away, and went into the they drew to shore, and sat house and his disciples came down, and gathered the good unto him, saying, Declare un- into vessels, but cast the bad to us the parable of the tares away. of the field. 37 He answered and said unto them, He that soweth the good seed is the Son of man; 49 So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, 38 The field is the world; the 50 And shall cast them into good seed are the children of the furnace of fire: there shall the kingdom; but the tares be wailing and gnashing of are the children of the wicked teeth. one; 51 Jesus saith unto them, 39 The enemy that sowed Have ye understood all these them is the devil; the harvest things? They say unto him, is the end of the world; and Yea, Lord. the reapers are the angels. 40 As therefore, the tares are gathered and burned in the fire; so shall it be in the end of this world. 41 The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that offend, and them which do iniquity; 52 Then said he unto them, Therefore every scribe which is instructed unto the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is an householder, which bringeth forth out of his treasure things new and old. 53 And it came to pass, that when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed thence. 42 And shall cast them into a furnace of fire: there shall be 54 And when he was come wailing and gnashing of teeth. into his own country, he 43 Then shall the righteous taught them in their synashine forth as the sun in the were astonished, and said, gogue, insomuch that they kingdom of their Father. Who Whence hath this man this hath ears to hear, let him hear. wisdom, and these mighty 44 Again, the kingdom of works? heaven is like unto treasure 55 Is not this the carpenter's hid in a field; the which when son? is not his mother called Christ contemned. ST. MATTHEW, 14. John beheaded. Mary? and his brethren, with him at meat, he comJames, and Joses, and Simon, manded it to be given her. and Judas? 10 And he sent, and be 56 And his sisters, are they headed John in the prison. not all with us? Whence 11 And his head was brought then hath this man all these in a charger, and given to the things? damsel and she brought it to : 57 And they were offended her mother. in him. But Jesus said unto 12 And his disciples came them, A prophet is not with- and took up the body, out honour, save in his own buried it, and went and told country, and in his own house. Jesus. 58 And he did not many he departed thence by ship 13 When Jesus heard of it, mighty works there because of their unbelief. CHAPTER 14. AT that time Herod the into a desert place apart and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion tetrarch heard of the toward them, and he healed their sick. fame of Jesus. 2 And said unto his servants, 15 ¶ And when it was evenThis is John the Baptist; he ing, his disciples came to him, is risen from the dead; and saying, This is a desert place, therefore mighty works do and the time is now past; send shew forth themselves in him. the multitude away, that they 3 For Herod had laid hold may go into the villages, and on John, and bound him, and 16 But Jesus said unto them, buy themselves victuals. put him in prison for Hero-They need not depart; give dias' sake, his brother Philip's ye them to eat. wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. We have here but five loaves, 17 And they say unto him, and two fishes. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, 6 But when Herod's birthday and the two fishes, and lookwas kept, the daughter of He-ing up to heaven, he blessed, rodias danced before them, and brake, and gave the loaves and pleased Herod. to his disciples, and the disci7 Whereupon he promised ples to the multitude. with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, 9 And the king was sorry: beside women and children. nevertheless for the oath's 22 T And straightway Jesus sake, and them which sat constrained his disciples to get |