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  Matthew

1 The book of the generation of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham. ²Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob; and Jacob begat Judah and his brethren; ³and Judah begat Per-ez and Zer-ah of Ta-mar; and Per-ez begat Hez-ron; and Hez-ron begat R-am; ⁴and R-am begat A-min-a-dab; and A-min-a-dab begat Na-as-shon; and Na-as-shon begat Sal-mon; ⁵and Sal-mon begat Bo-az of Rahab; and Bo-az begat O-bed of Ruth; and O-bed begat Jesse; ⁶and Jesse begat David the king. And David begat Solomon of her that had been the wife of U-ri-ah; ⁷and Solomon begat Re-ho-bo-am; and Re-ho-bo-am begat A-bi-ah; and A-bi-ah begat A-sa; ⁸and A-sa begat Je-hos-ha-phat; and Je-hos-ha-phat begat Joram; and Joram begat Uz-zi-ah; ⁹and Uz-zi-ah begat Jo-tham; and Jo-tham begat A-haz; and A-haz begat Hez-e-ki-ah; ¹⁰and Hez-e-ki-ah begat Ma-nas-seh; and Ma-nas-seh begat Amon; and Amon begat Jo-si-ah; ¹¹and Jo-si-ah begat Jech-o-ni-ah and his brethren, at the time of the carrying away to Babylon. ¹²And after the carrying away to Babylon, Jech-o-ni-ah begat She-al-ti-el; and She-al-ti-el begat Ze-rub-a-bel; ¹³and Ze-rub-a-bel begat A-bi-ud; and A-bi-ud begat E-li-a-kim; and E-li-a-kim begat A-zor; ¹⁴and A-zor begat Sa-doc; and Sa-doc begat A-chim; and A-chim begat E-li-ud; ¹⁵and E-li-ud begat El-e-a-zar; and El-e-a-zar begat Mat-than; and Mat-than begat Jacob; ¹⁶and Jacob begat Joseph the husband of Mary, of whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ. ¹⁷So all the generations from Abraham unto David are fourteen generations; and from David unto the carrying away to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon unto the Christ fourteen generations.

¹⁸Now the birth of Jesus Christ was in this way: When his mother Mary had been betrothed to Joseph, before they came together she was found to be with child of the Holy Spirit. ¹⁹And Joseph her husband, being a righteous man, and not willing to make her a public example, was of a mind to put her away privately. ²⁰But when he thought on these things, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, son of David, fear not to take Mary to be your wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Spirit. ²¹And she shall bring forth a son; and you shall call his name JESUS; for it is he that shall save his people from their sins. ²²Now all this is come to pass, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, ²³Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, And they shall call his name Immanuel; which is being interpreted, God with us. ²⁴And Joseph arose from his sleep, and did as the angel of the Lord commanded him, and took unto him his wife; ²⁵and knew her not till she had brought forth a son: and he called his name JESUS.

2 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise-men from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, ²Where is he that is born King of the Jews? For we saw his star in the east, and have come to worship him. ³And when Herod the king heard that saying, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. ⁴And gathering together all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked them where the Christ should be born. ⁵And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: just as it is written through the prophet, ⁶And you Bethlehem, land of Judah, are in no way least among the princes of Judah: for out of you shall come forth a governor, who shall be shepherd of my people Israel. ⁷Then Herod privately called the Wise-men, and learned of them exactly what time the star appeared. ⁸And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search out exactly where the young child is; and when you have found him, bring me word, that I also may come and worship him.

⁹And they, having heard the king, went their way; following the star which they saw in the east as it went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. ¹⁰And when they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. ¹¹And they came into the house and saw the young child with Mary his mother; and they fell down and worshipped him; and opening their treasures they offered unto him gifts of gold and frankincense and myrrh. ¹²And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.

¹³Now when they had departed, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise and take the young child and his mother and flee into Egypt, and remain there until I tell you: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. ¹⁴And he arose and took the young child and his mother by night, and departed into Egypt; ¹⁵and was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Lord through the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt did I call my son.

¹⁶Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise-men, was exceedingly enraged, and sent forth and murdered all the male children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the borders thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had exactly learned of the wise-men. ¹⁷Then was fulfilled that which was spoken through Jeremiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁸A voice was heard in Ramah, weeping and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children; And she would not be comforted, because they are not.

¹⁹But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeared in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, saying, ²⁰Arise and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they that sought the young child’s life are dead. ²¹And he arose and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. ²²But when he heard that Ar-che-la-us was reigning over Judaea in the place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there; and being warned of God in a dream, he withdrew into the parts of Galilee, ²³and they came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth; that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophets, that he should be called a Nazarene.

3 And in those days John the Baptist came, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea, saying, ²Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand. ³For this is he that was spoken of through Isaiah the prophet, saying, The voice of one crying in the wilderness, Make ready the way of the Lord, make his paths straight. ⁴Now John himself wore clothing made of camel’s hair, with a leather girdle about his loins; and his food was locusts and wild honey. ⁵Then Jerusalem, and all Judaea, and all the region round about the Jordan went out unto him; ⁶and they were baptized by him in the river Jordan, confessing their sins.

⁷But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said unto them, O offspring of vipers, who has warned you to flee from the wrath to come? ⁸Bring forth therefore fruit worthy of repentance: ⁹and do not think to say within yourselves, That we have Abraham as our father: for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham. ¹⁰And even now the axe lies at the root of the trees: every tree therefore that does not bring forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ¹¹I indeed baptize you in water unto repentance: but he that is coming after me is mightier than I, whose shoes I am not worthy to bear: he shall baptize you in the Holy Spirit and fire: ¹²whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his threshing-floor; and he will gather his wheat into the garner, but the chaff he will burn up with unquenchable fire.

¹³Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan unto John, to be baptized by him. ¹⁴But John would have forbidden him, saying, I have need to be baptized of you, and you come to me? ¹⁵But Jesus answering, said unto him, Accomplish it now: for this way it becomes us to fulfill all righteousness. Then he suffered him. ¹⁶And Jesus when he was baptized, went up immediately from the water: and behold, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him; ¹⁷and behold, a voice out of the heavens, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

4 Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil. ²And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he afterward hungered. ³And the tempter came and said unto him, If you are the Son of God, command that these stones become bread. ⁴But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of God. ⁵Then the devil took him into the holy city; and he set him on the pinnacle of the temple, ⁶and said unto him, If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down: for it is written, He shall give his angels charge concerning you: and, On their hands they shall bear you up, unless by chance you dash your foot against a stone. ⁷Jesus said unto him, Again it is written, You shall not make trial of the Lord your God. ⁸Again, the devil took him unto an exceeding high mountain, and showed him all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them; ⁹and he said unto him, All these things will I give you, if you will fall down and worship me. ¹⁰Then Jesus said unto him, Go from this place, Satan: for it is written, You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve. ¹¹Then the devil departed from him; and behold, angels came and ministered unto him.

¹²Now when he heard that John was delivered up, he withdrew into Galilee; ¹³and leaving Nazareth, he came and dwelt in Capernaum, which is by the sea, in the borders of Zebulun and Naphtali: ¹⁴that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁵The land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, toward the sea, beyond the Jordan, Galilee of the Gentiles, ¹⁶the people that sat in darkness saw a great light, and to them that sat in the region and shadow of death, to them did light spring up. ¹⁷From that time began Jesus to preach, and to say, Repent; for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.

¹⁸And walking by the sea of Galilee, he saw two men, Simon who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea; for they were fishermen. ¹⁹And he said unto them, Come and follow me, and I will make you fishers of men. ²⁰And they immediately left the nets, and followed him. ²¹And going on from that place he saw two other men, James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother, in the boat with Zebedee their father, mending their nets; and he called them. ²²And they immediately left the boat and their father, and followed him.

²³And Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness among the people. ²⁴And the report of him went forth into all Syria: and they brought unto him all that were sick, who were taken with divers diseases and torments: those possessed with demons, and epileptic, and palsied; and he healed them. ²⁵And there were great multitudes from Galilee and Decapolis and Jerusalem and Judaea and from beyond the Jordan who followed him.

5 And seeing the multitudes, he went up into the mountain: and when he had sat down, his disciples came unto him: ²and he opened his mouth and taught them, saying,

³Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

⁴Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.

⁵Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. 

⁶Blessed are they that hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.

⁷Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.

⁸Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

⁹Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called sons of God.

¹⁰Blessed are they that have been persecuted for righteousness’ sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

¹¹Blessed are you when men shall reproach you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. ¹²Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so they persecuted the prophets that were before you.

¹³You are the salt of the earth: but if the salt has lost its savor, wherewith shall it be salted? It is therefore good for nothing, but to be cast out and trodden under the foot of men.

¹⁴You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hid. ¹⁵Neither do men light a lamp, and put it under the bushel, but on the stand; and it shines unto all that are in the house. ¹⁶Even so let your light shine before men; that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father who is in heaven.

¹⁷Do not think that I came to destroy the law or the prophets: I came not to destroy, but to fulfill. ¹⁸For truly I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle shall in no way pass away from the law, till all things be accomplished. ***¹⁹Whosoever therefore shall break one of the least of these commandments, and shall teach men to do the same, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. ²⁰For I say unto you, that except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no way enter into the kingdom of heaven.

²¹You have heard that it was said to them of old time, You shall not kill; and whosoever shall kill shall be in danger of the judgment. ²²But I say unto you, that every one who is angry with his brother shall be in danger of the judgment. And whosoever shall say to his brother, Raca, shall be in danger of the council; and whosoever shall say, You fool, shall be in danger of the hell of fire. ²³If therefore you are offering your gift at the altar, and there remembers that your brother has a thing against you, ²⁴leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way, to first be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

²⁵Agree with your adversary quickly, while you are with him in the way; unless by chance the adversary delivers you to the judge, and the judge deliver you to the officer, and you be cast into prison. ²⁶Truly I say unto you, you shall by no means come out of there, till you have paid the last farthing.

²⁷You have heard that it was said, You shall not commit adultery: ²⁸but I say unto you, that every one that looks on a woman to lust after her has committed adultery with her already in his heart. ²⁹And if your right eye causes you to stumble, pluck it out, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body be cast into hell. ³⁰And if your right hand causes you to stumble, cut it off, and cast it from you: for it is profitable for you that one of your members should perish, and not your whole body go into hell.

³¹It was said also, Whosoever shall put away his wife, let him give her a writing of divorcement. ³²But I say unto you, that every one that puts away his wife, accept for the cause of fornication, makes her an adulteress: and whosoever shall marry her when she is put away commits adultery.

³³Again, you have heard that it was said to them of old time, You shall not forswear yourself, but shall perform unto the Lord your oaths. ³⁴But I say unto you, swear not at all; neither by the heaven, for it is the throne of God; ³⁵nor by the earth, for it is the footstool of his feet; nor by ***Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. ³⁶Neither shall you swear by your head, for you can not make one hair white or black. ³⁷But let your speech be, Yes, yes; No, no: and whatsoever is more than these is of the evil one.

³⁸You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: ³⁹but I say unto you, resist not him that is evil: but whosoever strikes you on your right cheek, turn to him the other also. ⁴⁰And if any man would go to law with you, and take away your coat, let him have your cloak also. ⁴¹And whosoever shall compel you to go one mile, go with him two. ⁴²Give to him that asks you, and from him that would borrow of you turn them not away.

⁴³You have heard that it was said, You shall love your neighbor, and hate your enemy. ⁴⁴But I say unto you, love your enemies, and pray for them that persecute you; ⁴⁵that you may be sons of your Father who is in heaven: for he makes his sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the just and the unjust. ⁴⁶For if you love them that love you, what reward do you have? Do not even the publicans do the same? ⁴⁷And if you salute your brethren only, what do you do more than the others? Do not even the Gentiles do the same? ⁴⁸You therefore shall be perfect, even as your heavenly Father is perfect.

6 Take heed that you do not do your righteousness before men, to be seen of them: else you have no reward with your Father who is in heaven. ²When therefore you do alms, sound not a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, that they may have the glory of men. Truly I say unto you, They have received their reward. ³But when you do alms, let not your left hand know what your right hand is doing: ⁴that your alms may be in secret: and your Father who sees in secret shall recompense you.

⁵And when you pray, you shall not be as the hypocrites: for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and on the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Truly I say unto you, They have received their reward. ⁶But you, when you pray, enter into your inner closet, and having shut your door, pray to your Father who is in secret, and your Father who sees in secret shall recompense you. ⁷And in praying use not vain-repetitions, as the Gentiles do: for they think that they shall be heard for their many words. ⁸Be not therefore like unto them: for your Father knows what things you have need of before you ask him.

⁹After this manner therefore you ought to pray. Our Father who are in heaven, Hallowed be your name. ¹⁰Your kingdom come. Your will be done, in heaven, as it is on earth. ¹¹Give us this day our daily bread. ¹²And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. ¹³And bring us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. ¹⁴For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. ¹⁵But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses.

¹⁶Moreover when you fast, be not, as the hypocrites, who are of a sad countenance: for they disfigure their faces, that they may be seen of men to fast. Truly I say unto you, They have received their reward. ¹⁷But you, when you fastest, anoint your head, and wash your face; ¹⁸that you be not seen of men to fast, but of your Father who is in secret: and your Father, who sees in secret, shall recompense you.

¹⁹Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon the earth, where moth and rust consume, and where thieves break through and steal. ²⁰But lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust consume, and where thieves do not break through nor steal: ²¹for where your treasure is, there will your heart be also. ²²The lamp of the body is the eye: if therefore your eye is single, your whole body shall be full of light. ²³But if your eye is influenced by evil, your whole body shall be full of darkness. If therefore the light that is in you be darkness, how great is the darkness!

²⁴No man can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to one, and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon (the world’s things).

²⁵Therefore I say unto you, be not anxious for your life, what you shall eat, or what you shall drink. Nor yet for your body, what you shall put on. Is not the life more than the food, and the body than the raiment? ²⁶Behold the birds of the heaven, that they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; and your heavenly Father feeds them. Are you not of much more value then they? ²⁷And which of you by being anxious can add one cubit unto the measure of his life? ²⁸And why are you anxious concerning raiment? Consider the lilies of the field, how they grow; they toil not, neither do they spin: ²⁹yet I say unto you, that even Solomon in all his glory was not arrayed like one of these. ³⁰But if God does so clothe the grass of the field, which today is, and to-morrow is cast into the oven, shall he not much more clothe you, O you of little faith? ³¹Be not therefore anxious, saying, What shall we eat? Or, What shall we drink? Or, With what shall we be clothed? ³²For after all these things do the Gentiles seek. For your heavenly Father knows that you have need of all these things. ³³But you must seek first his kingdom, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you. ³⁴Therefore, be not anxious for tomorrow: for tomorrow will be anxious for itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.

7 Judge not, that you be not judged. ²For with whatever judgment you judge, you shall be judged: and with whatever measure you measure out, it shall be measured unto you.

³And why do you behold the mote that is in your brother’s eye, but consider not the beam that is in your own eye? ⁴Or how will you say to your brother, Let me cast out the mote out of your eye; and lo, the beam is in your own eye? ⁵You hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of your own eye; and then shall you see clearly to cast out the mote out of your brother’s eye.

⁶Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast your pearls before the swine, unless by chance they trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you in pieces.

⁷Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and you shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: ⁸for every one that asks receives; and he that seeks finds; and to him that knocks it shall be opened.

⁹Or what man is there of you, who, if his son shall ask him for a loaf, will give him a stone; ¹⁰or if he shall ask for a fish, will give him a serpent? ¹¹If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children, how much more shall your Father who is in heaven give good things to them that ask him?

¹²All things therefore whatsoever you would that men should do unto you, even so do you also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets. (Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.)

¹³Enter in by the narrow gate: for wide is the gate, and broad is the way, that leads to destruction, and many are they that enter in thereby. ¹⁴For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leads unto life, and few are they that find it. (Mat.20:16; 22:14-Many are called, but few are chosen.)

¹⁵Beware of false prophets who come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly are ravening wolves.

¹⁶By their fruits you shall know them. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? ¹⁷Even so every good tree brings forth good fruit; but the corrupt tree brings forth evil fruit. ¹⁸A good tree cannot bring forth evil fruit, neither can a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. ¹⁹Every tree that does not bring forth good fruit is hewn down, and cast into the fire. ²⁰Therefore by their fruits you shall know them.

²¹Not every one that said unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that does the will of my Father who is in heaven. ²²Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy by your name, and by your name cast out demons, and by your name do many mighty works? ²³And then will I say unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, you that work iniquity.

²⁴Every one therefore that hears these words of mine, and does them, shall be likened unto a man, who built his house upon the rock: ²⁵and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon the rock. ²⁶And every one that hears these words of mine, and does not do them, shall be likened unto a foolish man, who built his house upon the sand: ²⁷and the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and smote upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall thereof. ²⁸And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these words, the multitudes were astonished at his teaching: ²⁹for he taught them as one having authority, and not as their scribes.

8 And when he had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed him. ²And behold, there came to him a leper and worshipped him, saying, Lord, if you will, you can make me clean. ³And he stretched forth his hand, and touched him, saying, I will; be made clean. And immediately his leprosy was cleansed. ⁴And Jesus said unto him, See that you tell no man; but go, show yourself to the priest, and offer the gift that Moses commanded, for a testimony unto them.

⁵And when he had entered into Capernaum, there came unto him a centurion, begging him, ⁶and saying, Lord, my servant lays in the house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented. ⁷And he said unto him, I will come and heal him. ⁸And the centurion answered and said, Lord, I am not worthy that you should come under my roof; but only say the word, and my servant shall be healed. ⁹For I also am a man under authority, having under myself soldiers: and I say to this one, Go, and he goes; and to another, Come, and he comes; and to my servant, Do this, and he does it. ¹⁰And when Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to them that followed, Truly I say unto you, I have not found so great faith, no, not in Israel. ¹¹And I say unto you, that many shall come from the east and the west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven: ¹²but the sons of the kingdom shall be cast forth into the outer darkness: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ¹³And Jesus said unto the centurion, Go your way; as you have believed, so be it done unto you. And the servant was healed in that hour.

¹⁴And when Jesus had come into Peter’s house, he saw his wife’s mother lying sick of a fever. ¹⁵And he touched her hand, and the fever left her; and she arose, and ministered unto him. ¹⁶And when evening was come, they brought unto him many possessed with demons: and he cast out the spirits with a word, and healed all that were sick: ¹⁷that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying: Himself took our infirmities, and bare our diseases.

¹⁸Now when Jesus saw the great multitudes about him, he gave commandment to depart unto the other side. ¹⁹And there came a scribe, and said unto him, Teacher, I will follow you wheresoever you go. ²⁰And Jesus said unto him, The foxes have holes, and the birds of the heaven have nests; but the Son of man has not where to lay his head. ²¹And another of the disciples said unto him, Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. ²²But Jesus said unto him, Follow me; and leave the dead to bury their own dead.

²³And when he was entered into a boat, his disciples followed him. ²⁴And behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the boat was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. ²⁵And they came to him, and awoke him, saying, Save us Lord; we perish. ²⁶And he said unto them, Why are you fearful, O you of little faith? Then he arose, and rebuked the winds and the sea; and there was a great calm. ²⁷And the men marveled, saying, What manner of man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him?

²⁸And when he was come to the other side into the country of the Gadarenes, there met him two possessed with demons, coming forth out of the tombs, exceedingly fierce, so that no man could pass by that way. ²⁹And behold, they cried out, saying, What have we to do with you, you Son of God? Are you come here to torment us before the time? ³⁰Now there was afar off from them a herd of many swine feeding. ³¹And the demons asked him, saying, If you cast us out, send us away into the herd of swine. ³²And he said unto them, Go. And they came out, and went into the swine: and behold, the whole herd rushed down the steep place into the sea, and perished in the waters. ³³And they that fed them fled, and went away into the city, and told everything, and what had befallen to them that were possessed with demons. ³⁴And behold, all the city came out to meet Jesus: and when they saw him, they asked him that he would depart from their borders.

9 And he entered into a boat, and crossed over, and came into his own city. ²And behold, they brought to him a man sick of the palsy, lying on a bed: and Jesus seeing their faith said unto the sick of the palsy, Son, be of good cheer; your sins are forgiven. ³And behold, certain ones of the scribes said within themselve’s, This man blasphemes. ⁴And Jesus knowing their thoughts said, Wherefore do you think evil in your hearts? ⁵For which is easier, to say, Your sins are forgiven; or to say, Arise, and walk? ⁶But that you may know that the Son of man has authority on earth to forgive sins (then he said to the sick of the palsy), Arise, and take up your bed, and go up unto your house. ⁷And he arose, and departed to his house. ⁸But when the multitudes saw it, they were afraid, and glorified God, who had given such authority unto men.

⁹And as Jesus passed by from there, he saw a man, called Matthew, sitting at the place of toll: and he said unto him, Follow me. And he arose, and followed him. ¹⁰And it came to pass, as he sat eating in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came and sat down with Jesus and his disciples. ¹¹And when the Pharisees saw it, they said unto his disciples, Why does your Teacher eat with the publicans and sinners? ¹²But when he heard it, he said, They that are whole have no need of a physician, but they that are sick. ¹³But go and learn what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, for I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.

¹⁴Then the disciples of John come to him, saying, Why do we and the Pharisees fast often, but your disciples fast not? ¹⁵And Jesus said unto them, Can the sons of the bridechamber mourn, as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come, when the bridegroom shall be taken away from them, and then will they fast. ¹⁶And no man puts a piece of undressed cloth upon an old garment; for that which should fill it up takes from the garment, and a worse tear is made. ¹⁷Neither do men put new wine into old wineskins: else the skins burst, and the wine is spilled, and the skins perish: but they put new wine into fresh wineskins, and both are preserved.

¹⁸While he spoke these things unto them, behold, there came a ruler, and worshipped him, saying, My daughter is even now dead: but come and lay your hand upon her, and she shall live. ¹⁹And Jesus arose, and followed him, and so did his disciples. ²⁰And behold, a woman, who had an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the border of his garment: ²¹for she said within herself, If I do but touch his garment, I shall be made whole. ²²But Jesus turning and seeing her said, Daughter, be of good cheer; your faith has made you whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour. ²³And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd mourning loudly, ²⁴he said, Be not grieved: for the damsel is not dead, but sleeps. And they scornfully laughed at him. ²⁵But when the crowd was put out, he entered in, and took her by the hand; and the damsel arose. ²⁶And the fame hereof went forth into all that land.

²⁷And as Jesus passed by from there, two blind men followed him, crying out, and saying, Have mercy on us, you son of David. ²⁸And when he was come into the house, the blind men came to him: and Jesus said unto them, Do you believe that I am able to do this? They said unto him, Yes, Lord. ²⁹Then he touched their eyes, saying, According to your faith be it done unto you. ³⁰And their eyes were opened. And Jesus strictly charged them, saying, See that no man know of this. ³¹But they went forth, and spread abroad his fame in all that land. ³²And as they went forth, behold, there was brought to him a dumb man possessed with a demon. ³³And when the demon was cast out, the dumb man spoke: and the multitudes marveled, saying, It was never so seen in Israel. ³⁴But the Pharisees said, By the prince of the demons he casts out demons.

³⁵And Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of disease and all manner of sickness. ³⁶But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion for them, because they were distressed and scattered, as sheep not having a shepherd. ³⁷Then said he unto his disciples, The harvest is indeed plenteous, but the laborers are few. ³⁸Pray therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he send forth laborers into his harvest.

10 And he called unto him his twelve disciples, and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all manner of disease and all manner of sickness. ²Now the names of the twelve apostles are these: The first, Simon, who is called Peter, and Andrew his brother; James the son of Zebedee, and John his brother; ³Philip, and Bartholomew; Thomas, and Matthew the publican; James the son of Alphaeus, and Thaddaeus; ⁴Simon the Cananaean, and Judas Iscariot, who also betrayed him.

⁵These twelve Jesus sent forth, and charged them, saying, Go not into any way of the Gentiles, and enter not into any city of the Samaritans: ⁶but go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel. ⁷And as you go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. ⁸Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse the lepers, cast out demons: freely you have received, freely give. ⁹You are to take no gold, nor silver, nor brass in your purses. ¹⁰Nor wallet for your journey, neither two coats, nor shoes, nor staff: for the laborer is worthy of his food. ¹¹And into whatsoever city or village you shall enter, search out whoever is worthy in it; and there abide there until you go forth. ¹²And as you enter into the house, salute it. ¹³And if the house is worthy, let your peace come upon it: but if it be not worthy, let your peace return to you. ¹⁴And whosoever shall not receive you, nor hear your words, as you go forth out of that house or that city, shake off the dust of your feet. ¹⁵Truly I say unto you, It shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for that city.

¹⁶Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: therefore be wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. ¹⁷But beware of men: for they will deliver you up to councils, and in their synagogues they will scourge you; ¹⁸yes and you shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the Gentiles. ¹⁹But when they deliver you up, be not anxious how or what you shall speak: for it shall be given you in that hour what you shall speak. ²⁰For it is not you that speak, but the Spirit of your Father that is speaking in you. ²¹And brother shall deliver up brother to death, and the father his child: and children shall rise up against parents, and cause them to be put to death. ²²And you shall be hated of all men for my name’s sake: but he that endures to the end, the same shall be saved. ²³But when they persecute you in this city, flee into the next: for truly I say unto you, You shall not have gone through the cities of Israel, till the Son of man is come. ²⁴A disciple is not above his teacher, nor a servant above his lord. ²⁵It is enough for the disciple that he be as his teacher, and the servant as his lord. If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more them of his household! ²⁶Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known. ***²⁷What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear in the ear, proclaim upon the housetops. ²⁸And be not afraid of them that kill the body, but are not able to kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell. ²⁹Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father: ³⁰but the very hairs of your head are all numbered. ³¹Fear not therefore: you are of more value than many sparrows. ³²Every one therefore who shall confess me before men, him will I also confess before my Father who is in heaven. ³³But whosoever shall deny me before men, him will I also deny before my Father who is in heaven. ³⁴Think not that I came to send peace on the earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword. ³⁵For I came to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law: ³⁶and a man’s foes shall be they of his own household. ³⁷He that loves father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; and he that loves son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me. ³⁸And he that does not take his cross and follow after me, is not worthy of me. ³⁹He that finds his life shall lose it; and he that loses his life for my sake shall find it. ⁴⁰He that receives you receives me, and he that receives me receives him that sent me. ⁴¹He that receives a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a prophet’s reward: and he that receives a righteous man in the name of a righteous man shall receive a righteous man’s reward. ⁴²And whosoever shall give a drink unto one of these little ones a cup of cold water only, in the name of a disciple, truly I say unto you he shall in no way lose his reward.

11 And it came to pass when Jesus had finished commanding his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities. ²Now when John heard in the prison the works of the Christ, he sent by his disciples ³and said unto him, Are you he that was to come, or should we look for another? ⁴And Jesus answered and said unto them, Go and tell John the things which you hear and see: ⁵the blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised up, and the poor have good tidings preached to them. ⁶And blessed is he, whosoever shall find no occasion of stumbling in me.

⁷And as these went their way, Jesus began to say unto the multitudes concerning John, You went out into the wilderness to behold what? A reed shaken with the wind? ⁸But what did you go out to see? A man clothed in soft raiment? Behold, they that wear soft raiment are in king’s houses. ⁹But for what reason did you go out? To see a prophet? Yes, I say unto you, and much more than a prophet. ¹⁰This is he, of whom it is written, Behold, I send my messenger before your face, Who shall prepare your way before you. ¹¹Truly I say unto you, Among them that are born of a women there has not arisen any greater than John the Baptist: yet he that is but little in the kingdom of heaven is greater than he. ¹²And from the days of John the Baptist until now the kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and men of violence take it by force. ¹³For all the prophets and the law prophesied until John. ¹⁴And if you are willing to receive it, this is Elijah, that is to come. ¹⁵He that has ears to hear, let him hear.

¹⁶But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the marketplaces, who call unto their fellows ¹⁷and say, We piped unto you, and you did not dance; we wailed, and you did not mourn. ¹⁸For John came neither eating nor drinking, and they say, He has a demon. ¹⁹The Son of man came eating and drinking, and they say, Behold, a gluttonous man and a winebibber, a friend of publicans and sinners! And wisdom is justified by her works. ²⁰Then he began to upbraid the cities wherein most of his mighty works were done, because they repented not. ²¹ Woe unto you, Chorazin! Woe unto you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works had been done in Tyre and Sidon which were done in you, they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²²But I say unto you, it shall be more tolerable for Tyre and Sidon in the day of judgment than for you. ²³And you, Capernaum, shall you be exalted unto heaven? You shall go down unto Hades: for if the mighty works had been done in Sodom which were done in you, it would have remained until this day. ²⁴But I say unto you that it shall be more tolerable for the land of Sodom in the day of judgment, than for you.

²⁵At that time Jesus answered and said, I thank you, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that you did hide these things from the wise and understanding, and did reveal them unto babes: ²⁶yes, Father, for so it was well-pleasing in your sight. ²⁷All things have been delivered unto me of my Father: and no one knows the Son, except the Father; neither does any know the Father, except the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son wills to reveal him. ²⁸Come unto me, all you that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. ²⁹Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and you shall find rest unto your souls. ³⁰For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.

12 At that season Jesus went on the Sabbath day through the grain fields; and his disciples were hungry and began to pluck ears and to eat. ²But the Pharisees, when they saw it, said unto him, Behold, your disciples do that which it is not lawful to do upon the Sabbath. ³But he said unto them, Have you not read what David did, when he was hungry, and they that were with him; ⁴how he entered into the house of God, and ate the showbread, which it was not lawful for him to eat, neither for them that were with him, but only for the priests? ⁵Or have you not read in the law, that on the Sabbath day the priests in the temple profane the Sabbath, and are guiltless? ⁶But I say unto you, that one greater than the temple is here. ⁷But if you had known what this means, I desire mercy, and not sacrifice, you would not have condemned the guiltless. ⁸For the Son of man is lord of the Sabbath. ⁹And he departed from there, and went into their synagogue: ¹⁰and behold, a man having a withered hand. And they asked him, saying, Is it lawful to heal on the Sabbath day? That they might accuse him. ¹¹And he said unto them, What man shall there be of you, that shall have one sheep, and if this sheep fall into a pit on the Sabbath day, will he not lay hold on it, and lift it out? ¹²How much then is a man of more value than a sheep! ***Wherefore it is lawful to do good on the Sabbath day. ¹³Then he said to the man, Stretch forth your hand. And he stretched it forth; and it was restored whole, as the other.

¹⁴But the Pharisees went out, and took counsel against him, how they might destroy him. ¹⁵And Jesus perceiving this withdrew from there: and many followed him; and he healed them all, ¹⁶and charged them that they should not make him known: ¹⁷that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through Isaiah the prophet, saying, ¹⁸Behold, my servant whom I have chosen; My beloved in whom my soul is well pleased: I will put my Spirit upon him, And he shall declare judgment to the Gentiles. ¹⁹He shall not strive, nor cry aloud; Neither shall any one hear his voice in the streets. ²⁰A bruised reed shall he not break, And smoking flax shall he not quench, Till he send forth judgment unto victory. ²¹And in his name shall the Gentiles hope.

²²Then one possessed with a demon, blind and dumb, was brought unto him: and he healed him, insomuch that the dumb man spoke and saw. ²³And all the multitudes were amazed, and said, Can this be the son of David? ²⁴But when the Pharisees heard it, they said, This man does not cast out demons, but by Beelzebub the prince of the demons. ²⁵And knowing their thoughts he said unto them, Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand: ²⁶and if Satan casts out Satan, he is divided against himself; how then shall his kingdom stand? ²⁷And if I by Beelzebub cast out demons, by whom do your sons cast them out? Therefore shall they be your judges. ²⁸But if I by the Spirit of God cast out demons, then is the kingdom of God come upon you. ²⁹Or how can one enter into the house of the strong man, and spoil his goods, except he first bind the strong man? And then he will spoil his house. ³⁰He that is not with me is against me, and he that gathers not with me scatters. ³¹Therefore I say unto you, ***Every sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men; but the blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. ***³²And whosoever shall speak a word against the Son of man, it shall be forgiven him; but whosoever shall speak against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, neither in this world, nor in that which is to come.

 ³³Either make the tree good, and its fruit good; or make the tree corrupt, and its fruit corrupt: for the tree is known by its fruit. ³⁴You offspring of vipers, how can you, being evil, speak good things? For out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. ³⁵The good man out of his good treasure brings forth good things: and the evil man out of his evil treasure brings forth evil things. ³⁶And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. ³⁷For by your words you shall be justified, and by your words you shall be condemned.

³⁸Then some of the scribes and Pharisees answered him, saying, Teacher, we would see a sign from you. ³⁹But he answered and said unto them, An evil and adulterous generation seeks after a sign; and there shall no sign to be given it but the sign of Jonah the prophet: ⁴⁰for as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. ⁴¹The men of Nineveh shall stand up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, a greater than Jonah is here. ⁴²The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. ⁴³But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through dry places, seeking rest, and finds it not. ⁴⁴Then he said, I will return into my house from where I came out; and when he is come, he finds it empty, swept, and garnished. ⁴⁵Then he goes back, and takes with him seven other spirits more evil than himself, and they enter in and dwell there: and the last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so shall it be also unto this evil generation.

⁴⁶While he was yet speaking to the multitudes, behold, his mother and his brethren stood outside, seeking to speak to him. ⁴⁷And one said unto him, Behold, your mother and your brethren stand outside, seeking to speak to you. ⁴⁸But he answered and said unto him that told him, Who is my mother? And who are my brethren? ⁴⁹And he stretched forth his hand towards his disciples, and said, Behold, my mother and my brethren! ⁵⁰For whosoever shall do the will of my Father who is in heaven, he is my brother, and sister, and mother.

13 On that day Jesus went out of the house, and sat by the sea side. ²And there were gathered unto him great multitudes, so that he entered into a boat, and sat; and all the multitude stood on the beach. ³And he spoke to them many things in parables, saying, Behold, the sower went forth to sow; ⁴and as he sowed, some seeds fell by the way side, and the birds came and devoured them. ⁵And others fell upon the rocky places, where they had very little earth to cover them: and because they had no deepness of earth they immediately sprang up, ⁶but when the sun was risen, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. ⁷And others fell upon the thorns; and the thorns grew up and choked them. ⁸And others fell upon the good ground, and yielded fruit, some a hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty. ⁹He that has ears, let him hear.

¹⁰And the disciples came, and said unto him, Why do you speak unto them in parables? ¹¹And he answered and said unto them, Unto you it is given to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given. ¹²For whosoever has, to him shall be given, and he shall have abundance: but whosoever has not, from him shall be taken away even that which he has.

¹³Therefore I speak to them in parables; because seeing they see not, and hearing they hear not, neither do they understand. ¹⁴And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which said: By hearing you shall hear, and shall in no way understand; And seeing you shall see, and shall in no way perceive. ¹⁵For this people’s heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Unless by chance they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.

¹⁶But blessed are your eyes, for they see; and your ears, for they hear. ¹⁷For truly I say unto you, that many prophets and righteous men desired to see the things which you see, and saw them not; and to hear the things which you hear, and heard them not.

¹⁸Hear then the parable of the sower. ¹⁹When any one hears the word of the kingdom, and understands it not, then comes the evil one, and snatches away that which has been sown in his heart. This is he that was sown by the way side. ²⁰And he that was sown upon the rocky places, this is he that hears the word, and immediately with joy receives it; ²¹yet has he not root in himself, but endures for a while; and when tribulation or persecution arises because of the word, immediately he stumbles. ²²And he that was sown among the thorns, this is he that hears the word; and the care of the world, and the deceitfullness of riches, choke the word, and he becomes unfruitful. ²³And he that was sown upon the good ground, this is he that hears the word, and understands it; who truly bears fruit, and brings forth, some a hundred fold, some sixty, some thirty.

²⁴Another parable he set before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is likened unto a man that sowed good seed in his field: ²⁵but while the men slept, his enemy came and sowed tares also among the wheat, and went away. ²⁶But when the blade sprang up and brought forth fruit, then appeared the tares also. ²⁷And the servants of the householder came and said unto him, Sir, did you not sow good seed in your field? Why then has it tares also? ²⁸And he said unto them, An enemy has done this. And the servants say unto him, Would you that we go and gather them up? ²⁹But he said, No; unless by chance while you gather up the tares, you root up the wheat with them. ³⁰Let both grow together until the harvest: and in the time of the harvest I will say to the reapers, Gather up first the tares, and bind them in bundles to burn them; but gather the wheat into my barn.

³¹He then set another parable before them, saying, The kingdom of heaven is like unto a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field. ³²Which indeed is less than all seeds. But when it is grown, it is greater than the herbs, and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the heaven come and lodge in the branches thereof.

³³Another parable he spoke unto them; The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took, and hid in three measures of meal, till it was all leavened. ³⁴All these things Jesus spoke in parables unto the multitudes; and without a parable he spoke nothing unto them: ³⁵that it might be fulfilled which was spoken through the prophet, saying, I will open my mouth in parables; I will utter things hidden from the foundation of the world. ³⁶Then he left the multitudes, and went into the house: and his disciples came unto him, saying, Explain unto us the parable of the tares of the field. ³⁷And he answered and said, He that sows the good seed is the Son of man; ³⁸and the field is the world; and the good seed, these are the sons of the kingdom; and the tares are the sons of the evil one; ³⁹and the enemy that sowed them is the devil: and the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are angels. ⁴⁰As therefore the tares are gathered up and burned with fire; so shall it be in the end of the world. ⁴¹The Son of man shall send forth his angels, and they shall gather out of his kingdom all things that cause stumbling, and them that do iniquity, ⁴²and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁴³Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He that has ears, let him hear.

⁴⁴The kingdom of heaven is like unto a treasure hidden in the field; which a man found, and hid; and in his joy he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field.

⁴⁵Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a merchant seeking goodly pearls: ⁴⁶and having found one pearl of great price, he went and sold all that he had, and bought it.

⁴⁷Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered in of every kind: ⁴⁸which, when it was filled, they drew up on the beach; and they sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but the bad they cast away. ⁴⁹So shall it be in the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the righteous, ⁵⁰and shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be the weeping and the gnashing of teeth. ⁵¹ Have you understood all these things? They say unto him, Yes. ⁵²And he said unto them, ***Therefore every scribe who has been made a disciple to the kingdom of heaven is like unto a man that is a householder, who brings forth out of his treasure things new and old.

⁵³And it came to pass, when Jesus had finished these parables, he departed. ⁵⁴And coming into his own country he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, From where did this man get this wisdom, and these mighty works? ⁵⁵Is not this the carpenter’s son? ***Is not his mother called Mary? And his brethren, James, and Joseph, and Simon, and Judas? ⁵⁶And his sisters, are they not all with us? From where then did this man get all these things? ⁵⁷And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, except in his own country, and in his own house. ***⁵⁸And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief.

14 At that time Herod the tetrarch heard the reports concerning Jesus, ²and said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen from the dead; and therefore do these powers work in him. ³For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison for the sake of Herodias, his brother Philip’s wife. ⁴For John said unto him, It is not lawful for you to have her. ⁵And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. ⁶But when Herod’s birthday came, the daughter of Herodias danced in the midst, and pleased Herod. ⁷Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she should ask. ⁸And she, being put forward by her mother, said, Give me, here on a platter, the head of John the Baptist. ⁹And the king was grieved. But for the sake of his oaths, and of them that sat and ate with him, he commanded it to be given; ¹⁰and he sent and beheaded John in the prison. ¹¹And his head was brought on a platter, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. ¹²And his disciples came, and took up the corpse, and buried him; and they went and told Jesus.

¹³Now when Jesus heard it, he withdrew from there in a boat, to a desolate place apart: and when the multitudes heard of this, they followed him on foot from the cities. ¹⁴And he came forth, and saw a great multitude, and he had compassion on them, and healed their sick. ¹⁵And when evening was come, the disciples came to him, saying, The place is deserted, and the time is already past; send the multitudes away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves food. ¹⁶But Jesus said unto them, They have no need to go away. You give them food to eat. ¹⁷And they said unto him, All we have here are five loaves, and two fishes. ¹⁸And he said, Bring them here to me. ¹⁹And he commanded the multitudes to sit down on the grass; and he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and broke and gave the loaves to the disciples, and the disciples to the multitudes. ²⁰And they all ate, and were filled: and they took up that which remained over of the broken pieces, twelve baskets full. ²¹And they that did eat were about five thousand men, besides women and children.

²²And immediately he constrained the disciples to enter into the boat, and to go before him unto the other side, till he should send the multitudes away. ²³And after he had sent the multitudes away, he went up into the mountain apart to pray: and when evening was come, he was there alone. ²⁴But the boat was now in the midst of the sea, distressed by the waves; for the wind was contrary. ²⁵And in the fourth watch of the night he came unto them, walking upon the sea. ²⁶And when the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were troubled, saying, It is a ghost; and they cried out for fear. ²⁷But immediately Jesus spoke unto them, saying Be of good cheer; it is I; be not afraid. ²⁸And Peter answered him and said, Lord, if it is you, bid me to come unto you upon the waters. ²⁹And he said, Come. And Peter went down from the boat, and walked upon the waters to come to Jesus. ³⁰But when he saw the wind, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried out, saying, Lord, save me. ³¹And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and took hold of him, and said unto him, O you of little faith, why did you doubt? ³²And when they were gone up into the boat, the wind ceased. ³³And they that were in the boat worshipped him, saying, Of a truth you are the Son of God.

³⁴And when they had crossed over, they came to the land, unto Gen-nes-a-ret. ³⁵And when the men of that place knew him, they sent into all that region round about, and brought unto him all that were sick, ³⁶and they asked him that they might only touch the border of his garment: and as many as touched were made whole. <