...21-Wo unto thee, Chorazin! wo unto thee, Bethsaida! for if 1 the mighty works which were done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. CHAP. XII.. Christ reproveth the blindness of the Pharisees concerning the breach of the sabbath....9 He healeth the withered hand, &c. the sabbath-day through T that time Jesus went on the corn, and his disciples were 22 But I say unto you, It shall a hungered, and began to pluck be more tolerable for Tyre and the ears of corn, and to eat. Sidon at the day of judgment, 2 But when the Pharisees than for you. saw it, they said unto him, Be23. And thou, Capernaum, hold, thy disciples do that which which art exalted unto heaven, is not lawful to do upon the shall be brought down to hell: sabbath-day. for if the mighty works which 3 But he said unto them, have been done in thee, had Have ye not read what David been done in Sodom, it would did when he was a hungered, have remained until this day. and they that were with him; 24 But I say unto you, That 4 How he entered into the it shall be more tolerable for the house of God, and did eat the land of Sodom, in the day of shew-bread, which was not lawjudgment, than for thee. ful for him to eat, neither for 25 ¶ At that time Jesus an- them which were with him, but swered and said, I thank thee, only for the priests? O Father, Lord of heaven and 5 Or have ye not read in the earth, because thou hast hid law how that on the sabbaththese things from the wise and days the priests in the temple prudent, and hast revealed them profane the sabbath, and are unto babes. blameless? 26 Even so Father, for so it 6 But I say unto you, that in seemed good in thy sight. this place is one greater than the temple. 27 All things are delivered unto me of my Father; and no 7 But if ye had known what man knoweth the Son, but the this meaneth, I will have mercy, Father; neither knoweth any and not sacrifice, ye would not 臘 - man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. have condemned the guiltless. 8 For the Son of man is Lord even of the sabbath-day. 9 And when he was departed thence, he went into their syn 28 Come unto me, all ye that labour, and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. agogue. 29 Take my yoke upon you, 10 1 And behold, there was and learn of me: for I am meek a man which had his hand withand lowly in heart; and ye shall ered. And they asked him, sayfind rest unto your souls. ing, Is it lawful to heal on the 30 For my yoke is easy, and sabbath-days? that they might my burden is light. accuse him. 11 And he said unto them, amazed, and said, Is not this What man shall there be among the son of David? you, that shall have one sheep, 24 But when the Pharisees and if it fall into a pit on the heard it, they said, 'This fellow sabbath-day, will he not lay hold doth not cast out devils, but by on it, and lift it out? brb Beelzebub the prince of the de12 How much then is a man vils. better than a sheep? wherefore 25 And Jesus knew their it is lawful to do well on the thoughts, and said unto them, sabbath-days. witobiit bu Every kingdom divided against 13 Then saith he to the man, itself, is brought to desolation; Stretch forth thy hand. And he and every city or house divided stretched it forth; and it was against itself, shall not stand. T restored whole, like as the other. 26 And if Satan cast out 141 Then the Pharisees went Satan, he is divided against out, and held a council against himself; how shall then his him,how they might destroy him. kingdom stand? ang tu toaisna 15 But when Jesus knew it, 27 And if I by Beelzebub cast he withdrew himself from thence: out devils, by whom do your and great multitudes followed children cast them out therehim, and he healed them all. fore they shall be your judges. 16 And charged them that 28 But if I cast out devils by they should not make him the Spirit of God, then the kingknown: bise pro foil, dom of God is come unto you. 17 That it might be fulfilled 29 Or else, how can one enter which was spoken by Esaias into a strong man's house, and the prophet, saying, ther spoil his goods, except he first b18 Behold my servant, whom bind the strong man? and then I have chosen; my beloved, in he will spoil his house. whom my soul is well pleased: 30 He that is not with me, is I will put my Spirit upon him, against me; and he that gathand he shall shew judgment to ereth not with me, scattereth the Gentiles.birworbund zidabroad. E 19 He shall not strive, nor 31 Wherefore I say unto cry; neither shall any man hear you, All manner of sin and blas his voice in the streets.of.D phemy shall be forgiven unto DUR 20 A bruised reed shall he men: but the blasphemy against not break, and smoking flax the Holy Ghost shall not be forshall he not quench, till he send given unto men.be bus goit forth judgment unto victory. 32 And whosoever speaketh 21 And in his name shall the a word against the Son of man, Gentiles trust.shag akonago tim it shall be forgiven him: but 22 1 Then was brought unto whosoever speaketh against the him one possessed with a devil, Holy Ghost, it shall not be for-a blind and dumb; and he healed given him, neither in this world, him, insomuch that the blind neither in the world to come. and dumb both spake and saw. 33 Either make the tree good, 23 And all the people were and his fruit good; or else make the tree corrupt, and his fruit and behold, a greater than Socorrupt: for the tree is known lomon is here. by his fruit. . 43 When the unclean spirit 934 O generation of vipers, is gone out of a man, he walketh how can ye, being evil, speak through dry places, seeking rest, good things for out of the and findeth none. abundance of the heart, the 44 Then he saith, I will remouth speaketh.9 turn into my house from whence 35 A good man, out of the I came out; and when he is good treasure of the heart, bring-come, he findeth it empty, swept, eth forth good things: and an and garnished. A evil man, out of the evil treasure, 45 Then goeth he, and tabringeth forth evil things.msketh with himself seven other 36 But I say unto you, That spirits more wicked than himevery idle word that men shall self, and they enter in and dwell speak, they shall give account there: and the last state of that thereof in the day of judgment. man is worse than the first. 237 For by thy words thou Even so shall it be also unto this shalt be justified, and by thy wicked generation. words thou shalt be condemn- 46 While he yet talked to ed. twowe od tude you the people, behold, his mother 910 38 1 Then certain of the and his brethren stood without, scribes and of the Pharisees desiring to speak with him. answered, saying, Master, we 47 Then one said unto him, would see a sign from thee, Behold, thy mother and thy 39 But he answered and said brethren stand without, desiring to them, An evil and adulterous to speak with thee. generation seeketh after a sign, 48 But he answered and said and there shall no sign be given unto him that told him, Who is to it, but the sign of the prophet my mother? and who are my Jonas, the sign e sign o brethren? 40 For as Jonas was three 49 And he stretched forth days and three nights in the his hand_toward his disciples, whale's belly: so shall the Son and said, Behold my mother and of man be three days and three my brethren! nights in the heart of the earth. 50 For whosoever shall do 3 41 The men of Nineveh shall the will of my Father which is rise in judgment with this gene- in heaven, the same is my broration, and shall condemn it: ther, and sister, and mother. because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and behold a greater than Jonas is here. 542 The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the sea-side.montad the uttermost parts of the earth 2 And great multitudes were to hear the wisdom of Solomon; gathered together unto him, so CHAP. XIII. det of the sower and the seed....10 Why Christ spake in parables....18 The exposi tion of the parable of the sower....24 Divers other parables, &c. AS HE same day went Jesus THE the house, and sat by out that he went into a ship, and the prophecy of Esaias, which sat; and the whole multitude saith, By hearing ye shall hear, ' stood on the shore. and shall not understand; and 3 And he spake many things seeing ye shall see, and shall unto them in parables, saying, not perceive: Behold, a sower went forth to 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, and their ears are 4 And when he sowed, some dull of hearing, and their eyes seeds fell by the way-side, and they have closed; lest at any the fowls came and devoured time they should see with their them up: 5 Some fell upon stony places, where they had not much earth and forthwith they sprung up, because they had not deepness of earth: 6 And when the sun was up, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with > their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them. 16 But blessed are your eyes, for they see: and your ears, for they hear. 17 For, verily, I say unto you, That many prophets and righteous men have desired to see: 7 And some fell among thorns; those things which ye see, and and the thorns sprung up, and have not seen them; and to hear choked them: those things which ye hear, and have not heard them. 8 But other fell into good ground, and brought forth fruit, some a hundred-fold, some six- parable of the sower. ty-fold, some thirty-fold. 18 I Hear ye therefore the 19 When any one heareth 9 Who hath ears to hear, let the word of the kingdom, and him hear. understandeth it not, then com 10 And the disciples caine, eth the wicked one, and catchand said unto him, Why speak-eth away that which was sown est thou unto them in parables? in his heart. This is he which 11 He answered and said un-received seed by the way-side. to them, Because it is given un- 20 But he that received the to you to know the mysteries of seed into stony places, the same the kingdom of heaven, but to is he that heareth the word, and them it is not given. anon with joy receiveth it; 12 For whosoever hath, to 21 Yet hath he not root in him shall be given, and he shall himself, but dureth for a while : have more abundance: but who- for when tribulation or persecusoever hath not, from him shall tion ariseth because of the word, be taken away even that he hath. by and by he is offended. 13 Therefore speak I to them 22 He also that received seed in parables: because they see- among the thorns is he that ing, see not; and hearing, they heareth the word; and the care hear not; neither do they un- of this world, and the deceitfulderstand. ness of riches choke the word, 14 And in them is fulfilled and he becometh unfruitful. 23. But he that received seed and becometh a tree, so that into the good ground is he that the birds of the air come and heareth the word, and under-lodge in the branches thereof. standeth it; which also beareth 33 Another parable spake fruit, and bringeth forth, some he unto them; The kingdom of a hundred-fold, some sixty, some heaven is like unto leaven, thirty. which a woman took, and hid 24 Another parable put he in three measures of meal, till forth unto them, saying, The the whole was leavened. kingdom of heaven is likened 34 All these things spake unto a man which sowed good Jesus unto the multitude in paseed in his field: rables; and without a parable 25 But while men slept, his spake he not unto them: enemy came and sowed tares 35 That it might be fulfilled among the wheat, and went his which was spoken by the proway. phet, saying, I will open my 26 But when the blade was mouth in parables; I will utter sprung up, and brought forth things which have been kept fruit, then appeared the tares secret from the foundation of also. the world. 27 So the servants of the 36 Then Jesus sent the mulhouseholder came and said unto titude away, and went into the him, Sir, didst not thou sow house: and his disciples came good seed in thy field? from unto him, saying, Declare unto whence then hath it tares? us the parable of the tares of 28 He said unto them, An the field. enemy hath done this. The 37 He answered and said un- 29 But he said, Nay; lest the good seed are the children while ye gather up the tares, ye of the kingdom; but the tares root up also the wheat with them. are the children of the wicked 30 Let both grow together one; until the harvest: and in the 39 The enemy that sowed 32 Which indeed is the least things that offend, and them of all seeds: but when it is grown, which do iniquity; it is the greatest among herbs, 42 And shall cast them into |