Matthew 15 Cross References - MSTC

¹ Then came to Jesus scribes and Pharisees from Jerusalem, saying, ² "Why do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? For they wash not their hands, when they eat bread." ³ He answered, and said unto them, "Why do ye also transgress the commandment of God, through your traditions? ⁴ For God commanded, saying, 'Honour thy father and mother,' and, 'He that curseth father or mother, shall suffer death.' ⁵ But ye say, 'Every man shall say to his father or mother: That which thou desirest of me to help thee with, is given God.' ⁶ And so shall he not honour his father or his mother. And thus have ye made, that the commandment of God is without effect, through your traditions. ⁷ Hypocrites; well prophesied of you Isaiah, saying, ⁸ 'This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouths, and honoureth me with their lips, howbeit their hearts are far from me: ⁹ But in vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but men's precepts.'" ¹⁰ And he called the people unto him, and said to them, "Hear and understand. ¹¹ That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man: but that which cometh out of the mouth, defileth the man." ¹² Then came his disciples, and said unto him, "Perceivest thou not, how that the Pharisees are offended in hearing this saying?" ¹³ He answered, and said, "All plants which my heavenly father hath not planted, shall be plucked up by the roots. ¹⁴ Let them alone, they be the blind leaders of the blind. If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch." ¹⁵ Then answered Peter and said to him, "Declare unto us this parable." ¹⁶ Then said Jesus, "Are ye yet without an understanding? ¹⁷ Perceive ye not, that whatsoever goeth in at the mouth, descendeth down into the belly, and is cast out into the draught? ¹⁸ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, breaking of wedlock, whoredom, theft, false witness-bearing, blasphemy. ²⁰ These are the things which defile a man. But to eat with unwashen hands, defileth not a man." ²¹ And Jesus went thence, and departed into the coasts of Tyre and Sidon. ²² And behold, a woman which was a Canaanite came out of the same coasts, and cried unto him, saying, "Have mercy on me Lord, thou son of David, my daughter is piteously vexed with a devil." ²³ And he gave her never a word to answer. Then came to him his disciples, and besought him saying, "Send her away, for she followeth us crying." ²⁴ He answered, and said, "I am not sent, but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel." ²⁵ Then she came and worshipped him, saying, "Master, help me." ²⁶ He answered and said, "It is not good to take the children's bread, and to cast it to whelps." ²⁷ She answered and said, "It is truth, nevertheless the whelps eat of the crumbs, which fall from their masters' table." ²⁸ Then Jesus answered, and said unto her, "O woman great is thy faith, be it to thee, even as thou desirest." And her daughter was made whole even at that same hour. ²⁹ Then Jesus went away from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee, and went up in to a mountain, and sat down there. ³⁰ And much people came unto him, having with them halt, blind, dumb, maimed, and other many: and cast them down at Jesus' feet. And he healed them, ³¹ insomuch that the people wondered, to see the dumb speak, the maimed whole; and the halt to go, the blind to see. And they glorified the God of Israel. ³² Then Jesus called his disciples to him and said, "I have compassion on the people, because they have continued with me now three days, and have nought to eat: and I will not let them depart fasting lest they perish in the way." ³³ And his disciples said unto him, "Whence should we get so much bread in the wilderness as should suffice so great a multitude?" ³⁴ And Jesus said unto them, "How many loaves have ye?" And they said, "Seven, and a few little fishes." ³⁵ And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground; ³⁶ And took the seven loaves, and the fishes, and gave thanks, and brake them, and gave to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. ³⁷ And they did all eat, and were sufficed. And they took up of the broken meat that was left seven baskets full. ³⁸ And yet they that ate were four thousand men, beside women and children. ³⁹ And he sent away the people, and took ship and came into the parts of Magdala.

²⁰ For I say unto you, Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, ye cannot enter into the kingdom of heaven.

² saying, "The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat,

¹⁵ Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which compass sea and land, to bring one into your belief: and when he is brought, ye make him twofold more the child of hell, than ye yourselves are. ¹⁶ Woe be unto you, blind guides, for ye which say, 'Whosoever swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever swear by the gold of the temple, he offendeth.' ¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? ¹⁸ And, 'Whosoever sweareth by the altar it is nothing: but whosoever sweareth by the offering that lieth on the altar offendeth.' ¹⁹ Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering? ²⁰ Whosoever therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that thereon is. ²¹ And whosoever sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. ²² And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the seat of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. ²³ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which tithe mint, anise, and cumin, and leave the weightier matters of the law undone: judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other undone. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. ²⁵ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which make clean the outer side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are full of bribery and excess. ²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, that the inside of the cup and the platter, that the outside of them may also be clean. ²⁷ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness. ²⁸ So are ye, for outward ye appear righteous unto men, when within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity.

²² And the scribes, which came from Jerusalem, said, "He hath Beelzebub, and by the power of the chief devil, casteth out devils."

¹ And the Pharisees came together unto him, and divers of the scribes which came from Jerusalem. ² And when they saw certain of his disciples eat bread with common hands, that is to say, with unwashen hands, they complained. ³ For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, eat not; observing the traditions of the elders. ⁴ And when they come from the market, except they wash themselves they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have taken upon them to observe, as the washing of cups and cruses, and of brazen vessels, and of tables. ⁵ Then asked him the Pharisees and scribes, "Why walk not thy disciples according to the traditions of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?" ⁶ He answered and said unto them, "Well prophesied hath Isaiah of you hypocrites as it is written, 'This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.' ⁷ In vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but the commandments of men, ⁸ for ye lay the commandment of God apart, and ye observe the traditions of men as the washing of cruses and of cups, and many other such like things ye do." ⁹ And he said unto them, "Well, ye cast aside the commandment of God, to maintain your own traditions. ¹⁰ For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother,' and, 'Whosoever curseth father or mother, let him die for it.' ¹¹ But ye say, 'A man shall say to his father or mother, Corban; which is, that thou desirest of me, to help thee with, is given to God.' ¹² And so ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother, ¹³ making the word of God of none effect through your own traditions which ye have ordained. And many such things ye do." ¹⁴ And he called all the people unto him, and said unto them, "Hearken unto me every one of you and understand: ¹⁵ There is nothing without a man that can defile him when it entereth into him, but those things which proceed out of him are those which defile the man. ¹⁶ If any man have ears to hear, let him hear." ¹⁷ And when he came into a house away from the people, his disciples asked him of the similitude, ¹⁸ and he said unto them, "Are ye so without understanding? Do ye not yet perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into a man, it cannot defile him, ¹⁹ because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly: and goeth out into the draught that purgeth out all meats." ²⁰ And he said, "That defileth a man which cometh out of a man. ²¹ For from within even out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts: adultery, fornication, murder, ²² theft, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, uncleanness, and a wicked eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness: ²³ All these evil things come from within, and defile a man."

¹⁷ And it happened on a certain day, that he taught: and there sat the Pharisees, and doctors of law, which were come out of all the towns of Galilee, Jewry, and Jerusalem, and the power of the Lord was to heal them.

²¹ And the scribes, and the Pharisees, began to think saying, "What fellow is this: which speaketh blasphemy? Who can forgive sins, but God only?"

³⁰ And the scribes and Pharisees murmured against his disciples, saying, "Why eat ye and drink ye, with publicans and sinners?"

⁹ And there arose a great cry, and the scribes which were of the Pharisees' part arose and strove, saying, "We find none evil in this man. Though a spirit, or an angel hath appeared to him, let us not strive against God."

¹⁴ Then said God, "Let there be lights in the firmament of heaven, to divide the day from the night; that they may be unto signs, seasons, days and years.

² And when they saw certain of his disciples eat bread with common hands, that is to say, with unwashen hands, they complained.

⁵ Then asked him the Pharisees and scribes, "Why walk not thy disciples according to the traditions of the elders, but eat bread with unwashen hands?"

³⁸ When the Pharisee saw that, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner.

⁸ Beware lest any man come and spoil you through philosophy and deceitful vanity, through the traditions of men, and ordinances after the world, and not after Christ.

²⁰ Wherefore, if ye be dead with Christ from ordinances of the world: Why as though ye yet lived in the world, are ye led with traditions of them that say ²¹ "Touch not; Taste not; Handle not:" ²² which all perish with the using of them, and are after the commandments, and doctrines of men: ²³ which things have the similitude of wisdom in chosen holiness, and humbleness, and in that they spare not the body — and do the flesh no worship unto his need.

¹⁸ Forasmuch as ye know how that ye were not redeemed with corruptible gold and silver from your vain conversation, which ye received by the traditions of the fathers,

³ Why seest thou a mote in thy brother's eye, and perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? ⁴ Or why sayest thou to thy brother, 'Suffer me to pluck out the mote out of thine eye'; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye. ⁵ "Hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to pluck out the mote out of thy brother's eye. ⁶ He answered and said unto them, "Well prophesied hath Isaiah of you hypocrites as it is written, 'This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.' ⁷ In vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but the commandments of men, ⁸ for ye lay the commandment of God apart, and ye observe the traditions of men as the washing of cruses and of cups, and many other such like things ye do."

¹³ making the word of God of none effect through your own traditions which ye have ordained. And many such things ye do."

²³ which things have the similitude of wisdom in chosen holiness, and humbleness, and in that they spare not the body — and do the flesh no worship unto his need.

¹⁴ and not taking heed to Jews fables, and commandments of men, that turn from the truth.

¹² "Honour thy father and thy mother, that thy days may be long in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

¹⁷ And he that curseth his father or mother, shall be put to death for it.

³ See that ye fear every man his father and his mother, and that ye keep my Sabbaths, for I am the LORD your God.

⁹ "'Whosoever curseth his father or mother, shall die for it, his blood on his head, because he hath cursed his father or mother.

¹⁶ 'Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God hath commanded thee: that thou mayest prolong thy days, and that it may go well with thee on the land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee.

¹⁸ If any man have a son that is stubborn, and disobedient, that he will not hearken unto the voice of his father and voice of his mother, and they have taught him nurture, but he would not hearken unto them: ¹⁹ Then let his father and his mother take him and bring him out unto the elders of that city and unto the gate of that same place, ²⁰ and say unto the elders of the city, 'This, our son, is stubborn and disobedient and will not hearken unto our voice; he is a rioter and a drunkard.' ²¹ Then let all the men of that city stone him with stones unto death. And so thou shalt put evil away from thee, and all Israel shall hear and fear.

¹⁶ "'Cursed be he that curseth his father or his mother.' And all the people shall say, 'Amen.'

²⁰ Whoso curseth his father and mother, his light shall be put out in the midst of darkness.

²² Give ear unto thy father that begat thee; and despise not thy mother when she is old.

¹⁷ Whoso laugheth his father to scorn, and setteth his mother's commandment at naught; the ravens pick out his eyes in the valley, and devoured be he of the young Eagles.

²⁰ If any man want light, let him look upon the law and the testimony whether they speak not after this meaning.

¹⁰ Then said Jesus unto him, "Depart, Satan: For it is written, 'Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God and him only shalt thou serve.'"

¹⁷ "Think not that I am come to destroy the law or the Prophets: No, I am not come to destroy them but to fulfill them. ¹⁸ For truly I say unto you, till heaven and earth perish, one jot or one tittle of the law shall not escape till all be fulfilled. ¹⁹ Whosoever breaketh one of these least commandments, and teacheth men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven. But whosoever observeth, and teacheth the same, shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.

¹⁹ Honour father and mother: and thou shalt love thine neighbor as thyself."

³¹ Do we then destroy the law through faith? God forbid. But we, rather, maintain the law.

¹ Children, obey your fathers and mothers in the Lord: for so is it right.

⁹ "'If it be of the beasts of which men bring an offering unto the LORD: all that any man giveth of such unto the LORD, shall be holy. ¹⁰ He may not alter it nor change it: a good for a bad or a bad for good. If he change beast for beast, then both the same beast and it also wherewith it was changed shall be holy. ¹¹ If it be any manner of unclean beast of which men may not offer unto the LORD, let him bring the beast before the priest ¹² and let the priest value it. And whether it be good or bad as the priest setteth it, so shall it be. ¹³ And if he will buy it again, let him give the fifth part more to that it was set at. ¹⁴ "'If any man dedicate his house, it shall be holy unto the LORD. And the priest shall set it; whether it be good or bad, and as the priest hath set it, so it shall be. ¹⁵ If he that sanctified it will redeem his house, let him give the fifth part of the money that it was judged at thereto, and it shall be his. ¹⁶ If a man hallow a piece of his inherited land unto the LORD, it shall be set according to that it beareth. If it bear a homer of barley, it shall be set at fifty sicles of silver. ¹⁷ If he hallow his field immediately from the trumpet year, it shall be worth according as it is esteemed. ¹⁸ But and if he hallow his field after the trumpet year, the priest shall reckon the price with him according to the years that remain unto the trumpet year, and thereafter it shall be lower set. ¹⁹ "'If he that sanctified the field will redeem it again, let him put the fifth part of the price that it was set at thereunto, ²⁰ and it shall be his: if he will not, it shall be redeemed no more. ²¹ But when the field goeth out in the trumpet year, it shall be holy unto the LORD: even as a thing dedicated, and it shall be the priest's possession. ²² "'If a man sanctify unto the LORD a field, which he hath bought and is not of his inheritance, ²³ then the priest shall reckon with him what it is worth unto the trumpet year, and he shall give the price that it is set at the same day, and it shall be holy unto the LORD. ²⁴ But in the trumpet year, the field shall return unto him of whom he bought it, whose inheritance of land it was. ²⁵ "'And all setting shall be according to the holy sicle. One sicle maketh twenty geras. ²⁶ "'But the firstborn of the beasts that pertain unto the LORD, may no man sanctify: whether it be ox or sheep, for they are the LORD's already. ²⁷ If it be an unclean beast, then let him redeem it as it is set at, and give the fifth part more thereto. If it be not redeemed, then let it be sold as it is rated. ²⁸ Notwithstanding, no dedicated thing that a man dedicateth unto the LORD, of all his goods — whether it be man or beast or land of his inheritance — shall be sold or redeemed: for all dedicated things are most holy unto the LORD. ²⁹ No dedicated thing therefore that is dedicated of man, may be redeemed, but must needs die. ³⁰ "'All these tithes of the land, whether it be of the corn of the field or fruit of the trees, shall be holy unto the LORD. ³¹ If any man will redeem ought of his tithes, let him add the fifth part more thereto. ³² "'And the tithes of oxen and sheep and of all that goeth under the herdsman's keeping, shall be holy tithes unto the LORD. ³³ Men shall not look if it be good or bad nor shall change it. If any man change it then both it and that it was changed withal, shall be holy and may not be redeemed.'" ³⁴ These are the commandments which the LORD gave Moses in charge to give unto the children of Israel in mount Sinai.

²⁵ It is a snare for a man to blaspheme that which is holy, and then to go about with vows.

¹⁵ the LORD took me, and said unto me, 'Go thy way, and prophesy unto my people of Israel.' ¹⁶ And therefore, bear thou now the word of the LORD: Thou sayest, 'Prophesy not against Israel, and speak nothing against the house of Isaac.' ¹⁷ Wherefore thus sayeth the LORD, 'Thy wife shall be defiled in the city, thy sons and daughters shall be slain with the sword, and thy land shall be measured out with the line. Thou thyself shall die in an unclean land, and Israel shall be driven out of his own country."

¹⁶ Woe be unto you, blind guides, for ye which say, 'Whosoever swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever swear by the gold of the temple, he offendeth.' ¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? ¹⁸ And, 'Whosoever sweareth by the altar it is nothing: but whosoever sweareth by the offering that lieth on the altar offendeth.'

¹⁰ For Moses said, 'Honour thy father and thy mother,' and, 'Whosoever curseth father or mother, let him die for it.' ¹¹ But ye say, 'A man shall say to his father or mother, Corban; which is, that thou desirest of me, to help thee with, is given to God.' ¹² And so ye suffer him no more to do ought for his father or his mother, ¹³ making the word of God of none effect through your own traditions which ye have ordained. And many such things ye do."

¹⁹ But Peter and John answered unto them and said, "Whether it be right in the sight of God to obey you more than God, judge ye.

²⁹ Peter and the other apostles answered, and said, "We ought more to obey God than men.

¹²⁶ It is time for thee, O LORD, to lay to thine hand; for they have destroyed thy law.

¹³⁹ My zeal hath even consumed me, because mine enemies have forgotten thy words.

⁸ "How dare ye say then, 'We are wise, we have the law of the LORD among us'? Behold, the deceitful pen of the scribes, setteth forth lies:

⁶ My people perish, because they have no knowledge. Seeing then that thou hast refused understanding, therefore will I refuse thee also: so that thou shalt no more be my priest. And forsomuch as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

⁷ For the priest's lips should be sure knowledge, that men may seek the law at his mouth, for he is a messenger of the LORD of Hosts. ⁸ But as for you, ye are gone clean out of the way, and have caused the multitude to be offended at the law: ye have broken the covenant of Levi, sayeth the LORD of Hosts. ⁹ Therefore will I also make you to be despised, and to be of no reputation among all the people: because ye have not kept my ways, but been partial in the law.

³ Honour widows which are true widows. ⁴ If any widow have children or nephews, let them learn first to rule their own houses godly, and to recompense their elders. For that is good and acceptable before God.

⁸ If there be any that provideth not for his own, and namely for them of his household, the same denieth the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

¹⁶ And if any man or woman that believeth have widows, let them minister unto them, and let not the congregation be charged: that it may have sufficient for them that are widows indeed.

⁵ "Hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to pluck out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

²³ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which tithe mint, anise, and cumin, and leave the weightier matters of the law undone: judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other undone. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel. ²⁵ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which make clean the outer side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are full of bribery and excess. ²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, that the inside of the cup and the platter, that the outside of them may also be clean. ²⁷ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye are like unto painted tombs which appear beautiful outwards: but are within full of dead men's bones and of all filthiness. ²⁸ So are ye, for outward ye appear righteous unto men, when within ye are full of hypocrisy and iniquity. ²⁹ Woe be unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye build the tombs of the prophets, and garnish the sepulchers of the righteous

⁶ He answered and said unto them, "Well prophesied hath Isaiah of you hypocrites as it is written, 'This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.'

²⁵ When they agreed not among themselves, they departed, after that Paul had spoken one word, "Well spake the holy ghost by Isaiah the prophet unto our fathers, ²⁶ saying, 'Go unto this people and say: with your ears shall ye hear, and shall not understand: and with your eyes shall ye see and shall not perceive. ²⁷ For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears were thick of hearing, and their eyes have they closed, lest they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and should be converted, and I should heal them.'

²⁶ My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes have pleasure in my ways.

¹³ Therefore thus sayeth the LORD, "Forsomuch as this people, when they be in trouble, do honor me with their mouth, and with their lips, whereas their heart nevertheless is far from me; and the fear which they owe unto me, that turn they to men's laws and doctrines;

² Thou plantest them, they take root, they grow, and bring forth fruit. They boast much of thee, yet doest thou not punish them.

³¹ These come unto thee, after the manner of a great people: yea, my people sit down before thee, and hear thy words, but they do not thereafter: for in their mouths they show themselves, as though they were fervent, but their heart goeth after their own covetous lucre.

⁴⁷ Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and said of him, "Behold a right Israelite, in whom is no guile."

²¹ Thou hast neither part nor fellowship in this business. For thy heart is not right in the sight of God.

¹² Take heed, brethren, that there be in none of you an evil heart, in unbelief, that he should depart from the living God:

¹⁰ If any man long after life, and loveth to see good days, let him refrain his tongue from evil, and his lips, that they speak not guile:

⁷ "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain, for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

¹⁶ then I will do this again unto you: I will visit you with vexations, swelling, and fevers, that shall make your eyes dazzle; and with sorrows of heart. And ye shall sow your seed in vain, for your enemies shall eat it.

²⁰ And so your labour shall be spent in vain. For your land shall not give her increase, neither the trees of the land shall give their fruits.

³² But whatsoever I command you, that take heed ye do: and put nought thereto, nor take ought therefrom.

²¹ And David said, "In vain have I kept all that this fellow had in the wilderness: so that nought was missed that pertained unto him, for he hath quite me with evil for good.

⁶ Yea every man walketh as it were a shadow, and disquieteth himself in vain: he heapeth up riches, and cannot tell who shall gather them.

¹³ and I said, "Then have I cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency?

⁵ All the words of God are pure and clean, for he is a shield unto all them that put their trust in him. ⁶ Put thou nothing therefore unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found as a liar.

² and let not thine heart speak anything rashly before God. For God is in heaven, and thou upon earth, therefore let thy words be few. ³ For where much carefulness is, there are many dreams: and where many words are, there men may hear fools. ⁴ If thou make a vow unto God, be not slack to perform it. As for foolish vows, he hath no pleasure in them. ⁵ If thou promise anything, pay it; for better it is that thou make no vow than that thou shouldest promise, and not pay. ⁶ Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh for to sin, neither say thou before the angel that it is thy ignorance. For then God will be angry at thy voice, and destroy all the works of thine hands. ⁷ And why? Whereas are many dreams and many words, there are also divers vanities: but look that thou fear God.

¹³ Offer me no more oblations, for it is but lost labour. I abhor your incense. I may not away with your new moons, your Sabbaths and solemn days. Your fastings are also in vain. ¹⁴ I hate your new holidays and fastings, even from my very heart. I cannot away with such vanity and holding in of the people. They lay upon me as a burden, and I am weary of bearing them! ¹⁵ When ye hold out your hands, I will turn my eyes from you. And though ye make many prayers, yet will I hear nothing at all; for your hands are full of blood.

¹ Cry with the throat and spare not. Lift up thy voice as a trumpet, and tell my people their offences and the house of Jacob their sins. ² For me they seek day by day; and will know my ways, as a people that doth righteousness, and hath not forsaken the equity of their God. ³ They seek of me righteous judgments, and will draw nigh unto God. Why have we fasted and thou hast not looked upon it? Have humbled our souls, and thou wouldest not wit it?

¹⁴ Ye have said, 'It is but lost labour, to serve God: What profit have we for keeping his commandments, and for walking humbly before the LORD of Hosts?

⁷ In vain they worship me, teaching doctrines which are nothing but the commandments of men,

² by the which also ye are saved — I do you to know, after what manner I preached unto you — if ye keep it, except ye have believed in vain.

¹⁸ Let no man make you shoot at a wrong mark, which after his own imagination walketh in the humbleness and holiness of angels, things which he never saw: causeless, puffed up with his fleshly mind, ¹⁹ and holdeth not the head: whereof all the body by joints and couples receiveth nourishment, and is knit together, and increaseth with the increasing that cometh of God. ²⁰ Wherefore, if ye be dead with Christ from ordinances of the world: Why as though ye yet lived in the world, are ye led with traditions of them that say ²¹ "Touch not; Taste not; Handle not:" ²² which all perish with the using of them, and are after the commandments, and doctrines of men:

⁴ neither give heed to fables and genealogies, which are endless, and breed doubts, more than Godly edifying which is by faith:

¹ The spirit speaketh evidently that in the latter times some shall depart from the faith, and shall give heed unto spirits of error, ² and devilish doctrine of them which speak false through hypocrisy, and have their consciences marked with a hot iron, ³ forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with giving thanks, of them which believe, and know the truth.

⁶ If thou shalt put the brethren in remembrance of these things, thou shalt be a good minister of Jesus Christ which hast been nourished up in the words of the faith, and good doctrine, which doctrine thou hast continually followed. ⁷ But cast away unghostly and old wives' fables. Exercise thyself unto godliness.

⁹ Be not carried about with divers and strange learning. For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace, and not with meats, which have not profited them that have had their pastime in them.

²⁰ Wilt thou understand, o thou vain man, that faith without deeds is dead?

¹⁸ I testify unto every man that heareth the words of prophecy of this book: if any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book.

²⁸ Then Micaiah said, "If thou come safe again, the LORD hath not spoken in me." And he said moreover, "Hearken to the people every one of you."

⁹ And so he said, "Go, and tell this people: 'Ye shall hear indeed, but ye shall not understand; ye shall plainly see, and not perceive.

³ Incline your ears, and come unto me, take heed, and your soul shall live. For I will make an everlasting covenant with you, even the sure mercies of David.

¹⁹ Whosoever heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, there cometh the evil man, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. And this is he which was sown by the wayside.

¹⁵ When ye, therefore, shall see the abomination that betokeneth desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place: let him that readeth it, understand it:

¹⁴ And he called all the people unto him, and said unto them, "Hearken unto me every one of you and understand: ¹⁵ There is nothing without a man that can defile him when it entereth into him, but those things which proceed out of him are those which defile the man.

⁴⁵ Then in the audience of all the people, he said unto his disciples, ⁴⁶ "Beware of the scribes, which desire to go in long clothing: and love greetings in the markets, and the highest seats in the synagogues, and chief rooms at feasts, ⁴⁷ which devour widows' houses, and that under a colour of long praying: The same shall receive greater damnation."

⁴⁵ Then opened he their wits, that they might understand the scriptures,

¹⁷ that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the father of glory, might give unto you the spirit of wisdom, and open to you the knowledge of himself,

⁹ For this cause we also, since the day we heard of it have not ceased praying for you, and desiring that ye might be fulfilled with the knowledge of his will, in all wisdom and spiritual understanding,

⁵ If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, which giveth to all men indifferently and casteth no man in the teeth; and it shall be given him.

⁷ His mouth is full of cursing, deceit and fraud; under his tongue is travail and sorrow.

² They talk of vanity every one with his neighbour; they do but flatter with their lips, and dissemble in their double heart.

² Thy tongue imagineth wickedness, and with lies it cutteth like a sharp razor. ³ Thou lovest ungraciousness more than good, to talk of lies more than righteousness. Selah. ⁴ Thou lovest to speak all words that may do hurt, O thou false tongue.

³ The ungodly are froward, even from their mother's womb; as soon as they be born, they go astray and speak lies. ⁴ They are as venomous as the poison of a serpent, even like the deaf adder that stoppeth her ears,

²³ But thou Sennacherib, whom hast thou defied and blasphemed? And against whom hast thou lifted up thy voice, and exalted thy proud looks? Even against the holy one of Israel.

³ For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with unrighteousness; Your lips speak lies, and your tongue setteth out wickedness. ⁴ No man regardeth righteousness, and no man judgeth truly. Every man hopeth in vain things, and imagineth deceit; conceiveth weariness, and bringeth forth evil. ⁵ They breed cockatrice eggs, and weave the spider's web. Whoso eateth of their eggs dieth. But if one treadeth upon them, there cometh up a serpent.

¹³ Namely transgress and dissemble against the LORD, and fall away from our God: using presumptuous and traitorous imaginations, and casting false matters in our hearts. ¹⁴ And therefore is equity gone aside, and righteousness standeth far off; truth is fallen down in the street, and the thing that is plain and open, may not be showed. ¹⁵ Yea, the truth is laid in prison, and he that refraineth himself from evil must be spoiled. When the LORD saw this, it displeased him sore that there was nowhere any equity.

³ They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD. ⁴ Yea, one must keep himself from another; no man may safely trust his own brother. For one brother undermineth another, and one neighbour begileth another. ⁵ Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief. ⁶ They have set their stole in the midst of deceit, and for very dissembling falsity they will not know me, sayeth the LORD.

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh. ³⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart, bringeth forth good things. And an evil man out of his evil treasure, bringeth forth evil things. ³⁶ But I say unto you, that of every idle word, that men shall have spoken, they shall give accounts at the day of judgment. ³⁷ For by thy words thou shalt be justified: and by thy words thou shalt be condemned."

¹⁸ But those things which proceed out of the mouth come from the heart, and they defile the man. ¹⁹ For out of the heart come evil thoughts, murder, breaking of wedlock, whoredom, theft, false witness-bearing, blasphemy. ²⁰ These are the things which defile a man. But to eat with unwashen hands, defileth not a man."

¹⁵ There is nothing without a man that can defile him when it entereth into him, but those things which proceed out of him are those which defile the man.

³⁸ When the Pharisee saw that, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. ³⁹ And the Lord said to him, "Now do ye, O Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but your inward parts are full of ravening and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Ye fools: did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also? ⁴¹ Nevertheless, ye give alms of that ye have, and behold: all is clean to you.

¹⁴ But Peter said, "God forbid Lord, for I have never eaten anything that is common or unclean." ¹⁵ And the voice spake unto him again the second time, "What God hath cleansed that make thou not common."

⁸ And I said, 'God forbid Lord, for nothing common or unclean hath at any time entered into my mouth.' ⁹ But the voice answered me again from heaven, 'Count not thou those things common, which God hath cleansed.'

¹³ "Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have deceived." "The poison of Asps is under their lips." ¹⁴ "Whose mouths are full of cursing and bitterness."

¹⁴ For I know, and am full certified in the Lord Jesus, that there is nothing common of itself: but unto him that judgeth it to be common, to him it is common.

¹⁷ For the kingdom of God is not meat and drink, but righteousness, peace and joy, in the holy ghost.

²⁰ Destroy not the work of God for a little meat's sake. All things are pure: but it is evil for that man, which eateth with hurt of his conscience.

⁴ For all the creatures of God are good: and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving: ⁵ For it is sanctified by the word of God, and prayer.

¹⁵ Unto the pure, are all things pure: but unto them that are defiled, and unbelieving, is nothing pure: but even the very minds and consciences of them are defiled.

⁵ even so the tongue is little member and boasteth great things. Behold how great a thing a little fire kindleth, ⁶ and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tongue can no man tame. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

¹⁸ For when they have spoken the swelling words of vanity, they beguile with wantonness through the lusts of the flesh them that were clean escaped: but now are wrapped in errors.

¹³ And the messenger that was gone to call Micaiah, said unto him, "See, the words of the Prophets speak good unto the king with one voice: let thy words, I pray thee, be like the words of one of them, and speak that is good." ¹⁴ And Micaiah said, "As surely as the LORD liveth, what the LORD putteth in my mouth, that will I speak."

²⁷ Nevertheless, lest we should offend them, go to the sea and cast in thine angle, and take the fish that first cometh up: and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of twenty pence: that take, and pay for me and thee."

³² See that ye give none occasion of evil: neither to the Jews, nor yet to the gentiles, neither to the congregation of God. ³³ Even as I please all men in all things not seeking mine own profit, but the profit of many, that they might be saved.

³ Let us give no man occasion of evil, that in our office be found no fault:

⁵ To whom we gave no room — no, not for the space of a hour — as concerning to be brought into subjection: and that because that the truth of the gospel might continue with you.

¹⁷ but the wisdom that is from above, is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, and easy to be entreated, full of mercy and good fruits, without judging, and without simulation.

¹³ Such as be planted in the house of the LORD shall flourish in the courts of the house of our God.

²¹ Thy people shall be all godly and possess the land forever: the flower of my planting, the work of my hands whereof I will rejoice.

³ That I might give unto them that mourn in Zion, beauty in the stead of ashes, joyful ointment for sighing, pleasant raiment for a heavy mind; That they might be called excellent in righteousness, a planting of the LORD for him to rejoice in.

⁴⁰ For even as the tares are gathered, and burnt 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 do offend, and all them which do iniquity,

² Every branch that beareth not fruit in me, he will take away. And every branch that beareth fruit will he purge, that it may bring more fruit.

⁶ If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered: and men gather it and cast it into the fire, and it burneth.

⁹ We are God's laborers: ye are God's husbandry, ye are God's building.

¹² If any man build on this foundation, gold, silver, precious stones, timber, hay, or stubble: ¹³ every man's work shall appear. For the day shall declare it, and it shall be showed in fire, and the fire shall try every man's work what it is. ¹⁴ If any man's work, that he hath built upon, abide; he shall receive a reward. ¹⁵ If any man's work burn; he shall suffer loss. But he shall be safe himself, nevertheless yet as it were through fire.

¹⁶ For all they which inform the people that they be in a right cause, such be deceivers. Such as men think also to be perfect among these, are but cast aways.

¹⁹ But who is blinder, than my servant? Or so deaf, as my messengers, whom I send unto thee? For who is so blind as the perfect man, and so blind as the LORD's servant?

¹⁰ For his watchmen are all blind, they have altogether no understanding. They are all dumb dogs, no being able to bark; they are sleepery, sluggish, and lie snorting.

³¹ The Prophets teach falsely, and the priests follow them, and my people hath pleasure therein. What will come thereof at the last?

¹⁵ Therefore they must be ashamed, for they have committed abomination. But how should they be ashamed, when they know nothing, neither of shame nor good nurture? And therefore they shall fall among the slain; and in the hour when I shall visit them, they shall be brought down," sayeth the LORD.

¹² Fie! For shame! How abominable things do they? And yet they be not ashamed; yea, they know of no shame. Wherefore in the time of their visitation, they shall fall among the dead bodies, sayeth the LORD.

⁹ And if that Prophet be deceived, when he telleth him a word: then I the LORD myself have deceived that Prophet, and will stretch forth mine hand upon him, to root him out of my people of Israel: ¹⁰ and they both shall be punished for their wickedness. According to the sin of him that asketh, shall the sin of the Prophet be:

¹⁷ And whereas Ephraim is become partaker of Idols: well, let him go.

⁶ Therefore your vision shall be turned to night, and your prophesying to darkness. The Sun shall go down over those prophets, and the day shall be dark unto them. ⁷ Then shall the vision seers be ashamed, and the soothsayers confounded: yea they shall be fain, all the pack of them, to stop their mouths: for they have not God's word.

⁸ But as for you, ye are gone clean out of the way, and have caused the multitude to be offended at the law: ye have broken the covenant of Levi, sayeth the LORD of Hosts.

¹⁶ Woe be unto you, blind guides, for ye which say, 'Whosoever swear by the temple, it is nothing: but whosoever swear by the gold of the temple, he offendeth.' ¹⁷ Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the gold, or the temple that sanctifieth the gold? ¹⁸ And, 'Whosoever sweareth by the altar it is nothing: but whosoever sweareth by the offering that lieth on the altar offendeth.' ¹⁹ Ye fools and blind: whether is greater; the offering, or the altar which sanctifieth the offering? ²⁰ Whosoever therefore sweareth by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all that thereon is. ²¹ And whosoever sweareth by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein. ²² And he that sweareth by heaven, sweareth by the seat of God, and by him that sitteth thereon. ²³ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which tithe mint, anise, and cumin, and leave the weightier matters of the law undone: judgment, mercy, and faith: these ought ye to have done, and not to have left the other undone. ²⁴ Ye blind guides, which strain out a gnat, and swallow a camel.

³⁹ And he put forth a similitude unto them, "Can the blind lead the blind? Do they not both then fall into the ditch?

⁵ and vain disputations of men with corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, which think that lucre is godliness. From such, separate thyself.

¹ There were false prophets among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you: which privily shall bring in damnable sects, even denying the Lord that hath bought them, and bring upon themselves swift damnation.

¹⁷ These are wells without water, and clouds carried about of a tempest, to whom the mist of darkness is reserved forever.

²⁰ And the beast was taken, and with him that false prophet that wrought miracles before him, with which he deceived them that received the beast's mark, and them that worshipped his image. These both were cast into a pond of fire burning with brimstone:

¹⁵ For without shall be dogs and enchanters, and whoremongers, and murderers, and idolaters, and whosoever loveth or maketh lies.

³⁶ Then sent Jesus the people away, and came to house. And his disciples came unto him, saying, "Declare unto us the similitude of the tares in the field."

³⁴ And without similitude spake he nothing unto them. But when they were apart, he expounded all things to his disciples.

¹⁷ And when he came into a house away from the people, his disciples asked him of the similitude,

²⁹ His disciples said unto him, "Lo, now speakest thou plainly, and thou usest no proverb.

⁹ Whom then shall such one teach knowledge? And whom shall he make to understand the thing that he heareth? For they are as ignorant as young children, which are weeded from suck or taken from the breasts. ¹⁰ Command that may be commanded, bid that may be bidden, forbid that may be forbidden, keep back that may be kept back, here a little, there a little.

⁵¹ Jesus said unto them, "Understand ye all these things?" They said, "Yea, Lord."

¹⁰ And he called the people unto him, and said to them, "Hear and understand.

⁹ Do ye not yet perceive, neither remember those five loaves, when there were five thousand men, and how many baskets took ye up?

¹¹ Why perceive ye not, then, that I spake not unto you of bread, when I said, 'Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees?'"

⁵² For they remembered not of the loaves, because their hearts were blinded.

¹⁸ and he said unto them, "Are ye so without understanding? Do ye not yet perceive, that whatsoever thing from without entereth into a man, it cannot defile him,

¹⁷ And when Jesus knew that, he said unto them, "Why take ye thought because ye have no bread? Perceive ye not yet, neither understand? Have ye your hearts yet blinded? ¹⁸ Have ye eyes and see not? And have ye ears and hear not? Do ye not remember?

³² But they wist not what that saying meant, and were afraid to ask him.

⁴⁵ But they wist not what that word meant, and it was hid from them that they understood it not. And they feared to ask him of that saying.

³⁴ But they understood none of these things. And this saying was hid from them. And they perceived not the things which were spoken.

¹² For when as concerning the time, ye ought to be teachers, yet have ye need again that we teach you the first principles of the word of God; and are become such as have need of milk, and not of strong meat:

²⁷ And they brake the image of Baal, and brake the house of Baal, and made a privy house thereof, unto this day.

¹⁹ Every tree that bringeth not forth good fruit shall be hewn down, and cast into the fire. ²⁰ Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them.

⁴⁵ A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good. And an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart, bringeth forth that which is evil. For of the abundance of the heart, his mouth speaketh.

¹³ Meats are ordained for the belly, and the belly for meats: but God shall destroy both it and them. Let not the body be applied unto fornication, but unto the Lord, and the Lord unto the body.

⁶ and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell.

¹³ According to the old proverb, wickedness shall proceed out of the wicked: But mine hand be not upon thee.

³ The words of his mouth are unrighteous and full of deceit; he hath left off to behave himself wisely, and to do good.

¹² An ungodly person, a wicked man goeth with a froward mouth,

³² The lips of the righteous are occupied in acceptable things; but the mouth of the ungodly taketh them to the worst.

² A wise tongue commendeth knowledge; a foolish mouth babbleth out nothing but foolishness.

²⁸ A righteous man museth in his mind how to do good; but the mind of the ungodly imagineth how he may do harm.

³⁴ O generation of vipers, how can ye say well, when ye yourselves are evil? For of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

¹¹ That which goeth into the mouth, defileth not the man: but that which cometh out of the mouth, defileth the man."

²² And he said unto him, 'Of thine own mouth judge I thee, thou evil servant. Knowest thou that I am a strait man, taking up that I laid not down, and reaping that I did not sow?

⁶ and the tongue is fire, and a world of wickedness. So is the tongue set among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth afire all that we have of nature, and is itself set afire, even of hell. ⁷ All the natures of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and things of the sea, are meeked and tamed of the nature of man. ⁸ But the tongue can no man tame. It is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. ⁹ Therewith bless we God the father, and therewith curse we men which are made after the similitude of God. ¹⁰ Out of one mouth proceedeth blessing and cursing. My brethren, these things ought not so to be.

⁵ And there was a mouth given unto him that spake great things, and blasphemies, and power was given unto him, to continue forty two months. ⁶ And he opened his mouth unto blasphemy against God, to blaspheme his name, and his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven.

⁵ And when the LORD saw that the wickedness of man was increased upon the earth, and that all the imagination and thoughts of his heart was only evil continually,

²¹ And the LORD smelled a sweet savour and said in his heart, "I will henceforth no more curse the earth for man's sake, for the imagination of man's heart is evil even from the very youth of him. Moreover I will not destroy from henceforth all that liveth as I have done.

¹¹³ {Samekh} I hate them that imagine evil things; but thy law do I love.

²³ Keep thine heart with all diligence, for thereupon hangeth life.

¹⁴ he is ever imagining mischief and frowardness in his heart, and causeth discord.

¹⁵ Foolishness sticketh in the heart of the lad; but the rod of correction driveth it away.

⁹ The thought of the foolish is sin, and the scornful is an abomination unto men.

⁷ Let the ungodly man forsake his ways and the unrighteous his imaginations, and turn again unto the LORD: so shall he be merciful unto him; and to our God, for he is ready to forgive.

⁷ Their feet run to evil, and they make haste to shed innocent blood. Their counsels are wicked counsels; harm and destruction are in their ways.

¹⁴ O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be helped. How long shall thy noisesome thoughts remain with thee?

⁹ Among all things living, man hath the most deceitful and unsearchable heart. Who shall then know it?

⁴ And when Jesus saw their thoughts, he said, "Wherefore think ye evil in your hearts?

²² Repent, therefore, of this thy wickedness, and pray God that the thought of thine heart may be forgiven thee.

¹⁰ as it is written, "There is none righteous, no not one: ¹¹ There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God, ¹² they are all gone out of the way, they are all made unprofitable, there is none that doeth good, no not one." ¹³ "Their throat is an open sepulchre, with their tongues they have deceived." "The poison of Asps is under their lips." ¹⁴ "Whose mouths are full of cursing and bitterness." ¹⁵ "Their feet are swift to shed blood. ¹⁶ Destruction and wretchedness are in their ways: ¹⁷ And the way of peace have they not known." ¹⁸ "There is no fear of God before their eyes." ¹⁹ Yea and we know that whatsoever the law saith, he saith it to them which are under the law: That all mouths may be stopped, and all the world be subdued to God,

¹⁸ For I know that in me, that is to say, in my flesh, dwelleth no good thing. To will is present with me: but I find no means to perform that which is good.

⁷ because that the fleshly mind is enmity against God: For it is not obedient to the law of God, neither can be. ⁸ So then, they that are given to the flesh, cannot please God.

¹⁹ The deeds of the flesh are manifest, which are these: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, wantonness, ²⁰ idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, lawing, zeal, wrath, strife, sedition, sects, ²¹ envying, murder, drunkenness, gluttony, and such like. Of the which I tell you before, as I have told you in time past, that they which commit such things shall not inherit the kingdom of God.

¹ And you hath he quickened also, that were dead in trespass and sin: ² in the which, in time past, ye walked, according to the course of this world, and after the governor that ruleth in the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of unbelief, ³ among which we also had our conversation in time past, in the lusts of our flesh, and fulfilled the will of the flesh, and of the mind: and were naturally the children of wrath, even as well as others.

² that they speak evil of no man, that they be no fighters, but soft, showing all meekness unto all men. ³ For we ourselves also were in times past, unwise, disobedient, deceived, in danger to lusts, and to divers manners of voluptuousness, living in maliciousness and envy, full of hate, hating one another. ⁴ But after that the kindness and love of our saviour God to man ward appeared, ⁵ not of the deeds of righteousness which we wrought, but of his mercy, he saved us, by the fountain of the new birth, and with the renewing of the holy ghost, ⁶ which he shed on us abundantly, through Jesus Christ our saviour;

¹³ Let no man say when he is tempted that he is tempted of God: for God tempteth not unto evil, neither tempteth he any man. ¹⁴ But every man is tempted, drawn away, and enticed of his own concupiscence. ¹⁵ Then when lust hath conceived, she bringeth forth sin, and sin when it is finished bringeth forth death.

² "Why do thy disciples transgress the traditions of the elders? For they wash not their hands, when they eat bread."

²⁵ Woe be to you scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites, for ye which make clean the outer side of the cup, and of the platter: but within they are full of bribery and excess. ²⁶ Thou blind Pharisee, cleanse first, that the inside of the cup and the platter, that the outside of them may also be clean.

³ For the Pharisees, and all the Jews, except they wash their hands often, eat not; observing the traditions of the elders. ⁴ And when they come from the market, except they wash themselves they eat not. And many other things there be, which they have taken upon them to observe, as the washing of cups and cruses, and of brazen vessels, and of tables.

³⁸ When the Pharisee saw that, he marveled that he had not first washed before dinner. ³⁹ And the Lord said to him, "Now do ye, O Pharisees, make clean the outside of the cup, and of the platter: but your inward parts are full of ravening and wickedness. ⁴⁰ Ye fools: did not he that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

¹⁶ Are ye not aware that ye are the temple of God, and how that the spirit of God dwelleth in you? ¹⁷ If any man defile the temple of God, him shall God destroy. For the temple of God is holy, which temple ye are.

⁹ Do ye not remember how that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived. For neither fornicators, neither worshippers of images, neither whoremongers, neither weaklings, neither abusers of themselves with mankind, ¹⁰ neither thieves, neither the covetous, neither drunkards, neither cursed speakers, neither extortioners shall inherit the kingdom of God. ¹¹ And such were ye verily: but ye are washed, ye are sanctified, ye are justified by the name of the Lord Jesus: And by the spirit of our God.

¹⁸ Flee fornication. All sins that a man doth, are without the body. But he that is a fornicator, sinneth against his own body. ¹⁹ Either, know ye not how that your bodies are the temple of the holy ghost, which is in you, whom he have of God, and how that ye are not your own? ²⁰ For ye are dearly bought. Therefore glorify ye God in your bodies and in your spirits, for they are God's.

³ So that fornication, and all uncleanness or covetousness, be not once named among you, as it becometh saints: ⁴ neither filthiness, neither foolish talking, neither jestings, which are not comely: but rather giving of thanks. ⁵ For this ye know, that no whoremonger, either unclean person, or covetous person, which is the worshipper of images, hath any inheritance in the kingdom of Christ, and of God. ⁶ Let no man deceive you with vain words. For through such things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of unbelief.

⁸ But the fearful and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone, which is the second death."

²⁷ And there shall enter into it none unclean thing; neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh lies, but they only which are written in the Lamb's book of life.

¹³ "Zebulon shall dwell in the haven of the sea and in the port of ships, and shall reach unto Sidon.

⁸ And the LORD delivered them into the hands of Israel: and they smote them and chased them, into great Sidon, and unto the hot waters, and unto the valley of Mizpeh eastward: and smote them until they had none remaining of them.

⁶ all the inhabiters of the hill country, from Lebanon unto the hot waters even all the Sidonians. I will cast them out from before the children of Israel, and see that thou in any wise divide it by lot unto the children of Israel to inherit, as I have commanded thee.

²⁸ and Hebron, Rehob, Hammon, and Kanah even unto great Sidon. ²⁹ And then the coast turneth to Ramah and to the strong city of Azor and turneth to Hosah and endeth at the sea, by the possession of Achzib;

³¹ Neither did Asher cast out the inhabiters of Acco, neither the inhabiters of Sidon, of Ahlab, Achzib, Helbah, Aphik, nor of Rehob,

⁵ These twelve did Jesus send, and commanded them, saying, "Go not into the ways that lead to the Gentiles, and in to the cities of the Samaritans enter ye not: ⁶ But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

²¹ "Woe be to thee, Chorazsin! Woe be to thee, Bethsaida! for if the miracles, which were showed in you, had been done in Tyre and in Sidon: they would have repented long ago in sackcloth and ashes. ²² Nevertheless I say to you, it shall be easier for Tyre and Sidon, at the day of judgment, than for you. ²³ And thou, Capernaum, which art lift up unto heaven, shalt be brought down to hell: for if the miracles, which have been done in thee, had been showed in Sodom, they had remained to this day.

²⁴ And from thence he rose and went into the borders of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into a house, and would that no man should have known of him: But he could not be hid. ²⁵ For a certain woman, whose daughter had a foul spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet. ²⁶ The woman was a Greek out of Syrophoenicia, and she besought him that he would cast out the devil out of her daughter. ²⁷ And Jesus said unto her, "Let the children first be fed. For it is not meet, to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto whelps." ²⁸ She answered and said unto him, "Even so, Master. Nevertheless, the whelps also eat under the table of the children's crumbs." ²⁹ And he said unto her, "For this saying, go thy way, the devil is gone out of thy daughter." ³⁰ And when she was come home to her house she found the devil departed, and her daughter lying on the bed.

¹ {To the Chanter in Neginoth, a Psalm of David} Hear me when I call, O God of my righteousness! Thou hast set me at liberty when I was in trouble; have mercy upon me, and hearken unto my prayer.

² Have mercy upon me, O LORD, for I am weak; O LORD, heal me, for my bones are vexed.

¹² The daughters of Tyre shall be there with gifts, the rich among the people shall make their supplication before thee.

⁶ Not to many nations which have divers speeches and hard languages, whose words thou understandest not. Nevertheless, if I sent thee to those people, they would follow thee:

¹ This is the book of the generations of Jesus Christ: the son of David, the son also of Abraham.

⁸ Bring forth therefore the fruits belonging to repentance: ⁹ And see that you think not to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham for our father': for I say unto you, that God is able of these stones to raise up children unto Abraham.

²⁴ And his fame spread abroad throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with devils and those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy: and he healed them.

²⁷ And as Jesus departed thence, two blind men followed him crying, and saying, "O thou son of David, have mercy on us."

¹⁵ "Master have mercy on my son, for he is lunatic, and is sore vexed. And ofttimes, he falleth into the fire, and oft into the water.

³⁰ And behold, two blind men sitting by the wayside, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried, saying, "Master, the son of David have mercy on us." ³¹ And the people rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: But they cried the more, saying, "Have mercy on us, Master, which art the son of David."

⁴² saying, "What think ye of Christ? Whose son is he?" They said unto him, "The son of David." ⁴³ He said unto them, "How then doth David in spirit call him Lord, saying, ⁴⁴ 'The Lord said to my Lord, sit on my right hand: till I make thine enemies thy footstool.' ⁴⁵ If David call him Lord: How is he then his son?"

²⁵ For a certain woman, whose daughter had a foul spirit, heard of him, and came and fell down at his feet. ²⁶ The woman was a Greek out of Syrophoenicia, and she besought him that he would cast out the devil out of her daughter.

¹⁷ And one of the company answered, and said, "Master, I have brought my son unto thee, which hath a dumb spirit. ¹⁸ And whensoever he taketh him, he teareth him, and he foameth, and gnasheth with his teeth, and pineth away. And I spake to thy disciples that they should cast him out, and they could not." ¹⁹ He answered him and said, "O generation without faith, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I suffer you? Bring him unto me." ²⁰ And they brought him unto him. And as soon as the spirit saw him, he tare him. And he fell down on the ground, wallowing and foaming. ²¹ And he asked his father, "How long is it ago, since this hath happened him?" And he said, "Of a child. ²² And often times casteth him into the fire, and also into the water, to destroy him. But if thou canst do anything, have mercy on us, and help us."

¹³ and put forth their voices, and said, "Jesus, Master, have mercy on us."

¹³ And the publican stood afar off, and would not lift up his eyes to heaven, but smote his breast, saying, 'God be merciful to me, a sinner.'

³⁸ And he cried, saying, "Jesus the son of David, have thou mercy on me." ³⁹ And they which went before rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he much the more so cried, "Thou son of David, have mercy on me."

⁴¹ Others said, "This is Christ." Some said, "Shall Christ come out of Galilee? ⁴² Saith not the scripture that Christ shall come of the seed of David: and out of the town of Bethlehem where David was?"

⁷ When Joseph saw his brethren, he knew them: But made strange unto them, and spake roughly unto them saying, "Whence come ye?" And they said, "Out of the land of Canaan, to buy victuals."

² And think on all the ways which the LORD thy God led thee this forty years in the wilderness, for to humble thee and to prove thee, to wete what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments or no.

¹ {A Psalm of David} Unto thee will I cry, O LORD, my strength; think no scorn of me, lest, if thou make as though thou hearest not, I become like them that go down into the pit.

⁸ Though I cry and call piteously, yet heareth he not my prayer.

¹⁵ When even was come, his disciples came to him saying, "This is a desert place, and the day is spent, let the people depart that they may go in to the towns, and buy them victuals."

⁴⁷ And when he heard that it was Jesus of Nazareth, he began to cry and to say, "Jesus, the son of David, have mercy on me." ⁴⁸ And many rebuked him, that he should hold his peace. But he cried the more a great deal, "Thou son of David have mercy on me."

⁶ And we went astray as sheep, and turned every man his way: and the LORD put on him the wickedness of us all.

⁶ My people hath been a lost flock. My shepherds have deceived them, and have made them go astray upon the hills. They have gone from the mountains to the little hill, and forgotten their fold. ⁷ All they that came upon them, have devoured them: and their enemies said, 'We have made no fault against them, for they have displeased the LORD, yea even the LORD which is the beauty of their righteousness, and that defended their fathers.'

⁵ Thus are they scattered here and there without a shepherd: yea, all the beasts of the field devour them, and they go astray. ⁶ My sheep go wandering upon all mountains, and upon every high hill. Yea they be scattered abroad in all fields, and there is no man, that careth for them, or seeketh after them.

¹⁶ Such as be lost, will I seek; such as go astray, will I bring again; such as be wounded, will I bind up; such as be weak, will I make strong; such as be fat and well liking, those will I preserve and feed them with the thing that is lawful.

²³ I will raise up to them one only shepherd: even my servant David. He shall feed them, and he shall be their shepherd.

³⁶ But when he saw the people, he had compassion on them, because they were pined away, and scattered abroad, even as sheep having no shepherd.

⁴ "What man of you having a hundred sheep, if he lose one of them doth not leave ninety and nine in the wilderness, and go after that which is lost, until he find him? ⁵ And when he hath found him, he putteth him on his shoulders with joy: ⁶ And as soon as he cometh home he calleth together his lovers, and neighbours saying unto them, 'Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost.'

²⁵ Ye are the children of the prophets, and of the covenant, which God hath made unto our fathers, saying to Abraham, 'Even in thy seed shall all the kindreds of the earth be blessed.' ²⁶ First unto you hath God raised up his son Jesus, and him he hath sent to bless you, that every one of you should turn from your wickedness."

⁴⁶ Then Paul and Barnabas waxed bold, and said, "It was meet that the word of God should first have been preached to you. But seeing ye put it from you, and think yourselves unworthy of everlasting life, lo, we turn to the gentiles.

⁸ And I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers.

²⁶ And he said, "Let me go, for the day breaketh." And he said, "I will not let thee go, except thou bless me."

⁴ He strove with the angel, and gat the victory: so that he prayed and desired him. He found him at Bethel, and there he talked with us.

² And, lo, there came a leper and worshipped him saying, "Master, if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean."

³³ Then they that were in the ship came and worshipped him, saying, "Of a truth thou art the son of God."

³¹ And the people rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: But they cried the more, saying, "Have mercy on us, Master, which art the son of David."

²² And often times casteth him into the fire, and also into the water, to destroy him. But if thou canst do anything, have mercy on us, and help us."

²⁴ And straightway the father of the child cried with tears, saying, "Lord I believe, help mine unbelief."

⁸ I say unto you, Though he would not arise and give him, because he is his friend: Yet because of his importunity he would rise and give him as many as he needed. ⁹ "And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you. Seek, and ye shall find. Knock, and it shall be opened unto you. ¹⁰ For every one that asketh, receiveth: and he that seeketh, findeth: and to him that knocketh shall it be opened.

¹ He put forth a similitude unto them, signifying that men ought always to pray, and not to be weary, ² saying, "There was a Judge in a certain city, which feared not God neither regarded man. ³ And there was a certain widow in the same city, which came unto him saying, 'Avenge me of mine adversary.' ⁴ And he would not for a while. But afterward he said unto himself, 'Though I fear not God, nor care for man, ⁵ yet because this widow troubleth me, I will avenge her: lest at the last she come, and hag on me.'" ⁶ And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge sayeth. ⁷ And shall not God avenge his elect, which cry night and day unto him? Yea though he defer them: ⁸ I tell you, he will avenge them, and that quickly. Nevertheless, when the son of man cometh, suppose ye that he shall find faith on the earth?"

⁶ Give not that which is holy to dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they tread them under their feet, and the other turn again and all to rend you.

²⁷ And Jesus said unto her, "Let the children first be fed. For it is not meet, to take the children's bread, and to cast it unto whelps." ²⁸ She answered and said unto him, "Even so, Master. Nevertheless, the whelps also eat under the table of the children's crumbs."

²¹ And he said unto me, 'Depart for I will send thee afar hence unto the gentiles.'" ²² They gave him audience unto this word, and then lifted up their voices and said, "Away with such a fellow from the earth: it is pity that he should live."

⁴ Which are the Israelites, to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants and the law that was given and the service of God, and the promises,

¹⁵ We which are Jews by nature and not sinners of the gentiles,

¹² remember, I say, that ye were at that time without Christ, and were reputed aliens from the commonwealth of Israel, and were strangers from the testaments of promise, and had no hope, and were without God in this world.

² Beware of dogs, beware of evil workers. Beware of dissension:

¹⁰ I am not worthy of the least of all the mercies and truth which thou hast showed unto thy servant. For with my staff came I over this Jordan, and now have I gotten two droves.

⁴ "Behold, I am too vile a person to answer thee, therefore will I lay my hand upon my mouth. ⁵ Once or twice have I spoken, but I will say no more."

² "I know that thou hast power over all things, and that there is no thought hid unto thee. ³ For who can keep his own counsel so secret, but it shall be known? Therefore have I spoken unwisely, seeing these things are so high, and pass mine understanding. ⁴ O hearken thou unto me also, and let me speak: answer me unto the thing that I will ask thee. ⁵ I have given diligent ear unto thee, and now I see thee with mine eyes. ⁶ Wherefore I give mine own self the blame, and take repentance in the dust and ashes."

⁴ Against thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight, that thou mightest be justified in thy sayings, and clear when thou shalt judge. ⁵ Behold, I was born in wickedness, and in sin hath my mother conceived me.

⁶³ That thou mayest think upon it, be ashamed, and excuse thine own confusion no more: when I have forgiven thee all that thou hast done, sayeth the LORD God.'"

¹⁸ O my God, incline thine ear, and hearken; at the least for thine own sake, open thine eyes. Behold how we be desolated: yea, and the city also, which is called after thy name. For we do not cast our prayers before thee in our own righteousnesses, no, but only in thy great mercies.

⁴⁵ that ye may be the children of your father that is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to arise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth his rain on the just and unjust.

⁸ The Centurion answered and said, "Sir, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.

⁶ And Jesus went with them. And when he was not far from the house, the Centurion sent to him his friends, saying unto him, "Lord trouble not thyself, for I am not worthy that thou shouldest enter under my roof. ⁷ Wherefore I thought not myself worthy to come unto thee: but say the word and my servant shall be whole.

¹⁸ I will arise, and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven and before thee, ¹⁹ and am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy hired servants.'

²¹ desiring to be refreshed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's board. Nevertheless, the dogs came, and licked his sores.

⁴⁰ The others answered and rebuked him, saying, "Neither fearest thou God because thou art in the same damnation? ⁴¹ We are righteously punished, for we receive according to our deeds: But this man hath done no thing amiss." ⁴² And he said unto Jesus, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom."

⁴ God forbid. Let God be true, and all men liars, as it is written, "That thou mightest be justified in thy sayings and shouldest overcome when thou art judged."

¹⁹ Yea and we know that whatsoever the law saith, he saith it to them which are under the law: That all mouths may be stopped, and all the world be subdued to God,

²⁹ Is he the God of the Jews only? Is he not also the God of the gentiles? Yes, even of the Gentiles also.

¹² There is no difference between the Jew and the gentile. For one is Lord of all: which is rich unto all that call on him.

⁸ And last of all he was seen of me, as of one that was born out of due time. ⁹ For I am the least of all the apostles, which am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the congregation of God:

⁸ Unto me, the least of all saints, is this grace given; that I should preach among the gentiles the unsearchable riches of Christ,

¹⁹ and to know what is the love of Christ, which love passeth knowledge: that ye might be fulfilled with all manner of fullness which cometh of God.

¹³ when before I was a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and a tyrant. But I obtained mercy because I did it ignorantly, through unbelief: ¹⁴ Neverthelater, the grace of our Lord was more abundant, with faith and love, which is in Christ Jesus. ¹⁵ This is a true saying, and by all means worthy to be received, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners, of whom I am chief:

³⁰ Wherefore the LORD God of Israel sayeth, 'I said that thine house and the house of thy father should have walked before me forever. But now the LORD sayeth that be far from me: for them that honoureth me I will honour, and they that despise me, shall not be regarded.

¹⁵ Lo, though he slay me, yet will I put my trust in him. But if I shew and reprove mine own ways in his sight,

¹⁰ But as for my way, he knoweth it: and tryeth me as the gold in the fire.

¹⁹ He fulfilleth the desire of them that fear him; he heareth their cry, and helpeth them.

³² But though he do cast off, yet according to the multitude of his mercies, he receiveth to grace again.

¹⁰ When Jesus heard that, he marveled, and said to them that followed him, "Verily I say unto you, I have not found so great faith: no, not in Israel.

¹³ Then Jesus said unto the Centurion, "Go thy way; and as thou believest, so be it unto thee." And his servant was healed the selfsame hour.

²² Then Jesus turned him about, and beheld her, saying, "Daughter, be of good comfort, thy faith hath made thee safe." And she was made whole even that same hour.

²⁹ Then touched he their eyes saying, "According to your faith, be it unto you." ³⁰ And their eyes were opened. And Jesus charged them, saying, "See that no man know of it."

³¹ And immediately Jesus stretched forth his hand, and caught him, and said to him, "O thou of little faith: wherefore didst thou doubt?"

³⁴ And he said unto her, "Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole. Go in peace, and be whole of thy plague."

²³ And Jesus said unto him, "Yea if thou couldest believe, all things are possible to him that believeth." ²⁴ And straightway the father of the child cried with tears, saying, "Lord I believe, help mine unbelief."

⁹ When Jesus heard this, he marveled at him, and turned him about and said to the people that followed him, "I say unto you, I have not found so great faith: No, not in Israel, certainly."

⁵⁰ And he said to the woman, "Thy faith hath saved thee; Go in peace."

⁵ And the apostles said unto the Lord, "Increase our faith."

⁴² Jesus said unto him, "Receive thy sight: Thy faith hath saved thee." ⁴³ And immediately he saw, and followed him, praising God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave laud to God.

⁵⁰ Jesus said unto him, "Go thy way, thy son liveth." And the man believed the words that Jesus had spoken unto him, and went his way. ⁵¹ And anon as he went on his way, his servants met him, and told him, saying, "Thy child liveth." ⁵² Then enquired he of them the hour when he began to amend. And they said unto him, "Yesterday, the seventh hour, the fever left him." ⁵³ And the father knew that it was the same hour in which Jesus said unto him, "Thy son liveth." And he believed, and all his household.

¹⁹ And he fainted not in the faith, nor yet considered his own body, which was now dead, even when he was almost a hundred years old: neither yet that Sara was past childbearing. ²⁰ He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief: But was made strong in the faith, and gave honour to God,

³ We are bound to thank God always for you brethren, as it is meet, because that your faith groweth exceedingly, and every one of you swimmeth in love toward another between yourselves,

³ And in the plain unto the sea of Chinnereth eastward, and unto the sea in the plain called the salt sea eastward, the way to Bethjeshimoth and by south under the springs of Pisgah.

¹ Even like as in time past it hath been well seen, that the land of Zebulun and the land of Naphtali, wherethrough the sea way goeth over Jordan in to the land of Galilee, was at the first in little trouble, but afterward sore vexed.

¹⁸ As Jesus walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw two brethren, Simon which was called Peter, and Andrew his brother, casting a net into the sea: for they were fishers.

¹ When he saw the people he went up into a mountain: and when he was set, his disciples came to him:

² And much people resorted unto him; so greatly that he went and sat in a ship, and all the people stood on the shore.

²⁹ Then Jesus went away from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of Galilee, and went up in to a mountain, and sat down there. ³⁰ And much people came unto him, having with them halt, blind, dumb, maimed, and other many: and cast them down at Jesus' feet. And he healed them, ³¹ insomuch that the people wondered, to see the dumb speak, the maimed whole; and the halt to go, the blind to see. And they glorified the God of Israel.

¹⁶ As he walked by the sea of Galilee, he saw Simon, and Andrew his brother, casting nets into the sea, for they were fishers.

³¹ And he departed again from the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, and came unto the sea of Galilee through the midst of the coasts of the ten cities. ³² And they brought unto him one that was deaf, and stammered in his speech, and prayed him to lay his hand upon him. ³³ And he took him aside from the people, and put his fingers in his ears, and did spit, and touched his tongue, ³⁴ and looked up to heaven and sighted, and said unto him, "Ephphatha," that is to say, "Be opened." ³⁵ And straightway his ears were opened, and the string of his tongue was loosed, and he spake plain. ³⁶ And he commanded them that they should tell no man. But the more he forbade them, so much the more a great deal they published it. ³⁷ And were beyond measure astonished, saying, "He hath done all things well, and hath made both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak."

¹ It came to pass as the people pressed upon him, to hear the word of God, that he stood by the lake of Gennesaret:

¹ After these things, went Jesus his way over the sea of Galilee nigh to a city called Tiberias.

²³ Howbeit, there came other ships from Tiberias, nigh unto the place where they ate bread, when the Lord had blessed.

¹ After that, Jesus showed himself again at the sea of Tiberias. And on this wise showed he himself:

³ Who forgiveth all thy sin, and healeth all thine infirmities?

⁵ Then shall the eyes of the blind be lightened, and the ears of the deaf opened. ⁶ Then shall the lame man leap as a hart and the dumb man's tongue shall give thanks. In the wilderness also, there shall wells spring, and floods of water in the desert.

²³ And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healed all manner of sickness and all manner diseases among the people. ²⁴ And his fame spread abroad throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and gripings, and them that were possessed with devils and those which were lunatic and those that had the palsy: and he healed them.

⁴ Jesus answered and said unto them, "Go and show John what ye have heard and seen: ⁵ The blind see, the halt go, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are risen again, and the glad tidings is preached to the poor.

³⁵ And when the men of that place had knowledge of him, they sent out into all that country round about, and brought unto him all that were sick, ³⁶ and besought him, that they might touch the hem of his vesture only. And as many as touched it, were made whole.

³² And at even, when the sun was down, they brought unto him all that were diseased, and them that were possessed with devils, ³³ and all the city gathered together at the door, ³⁴ and he healed many that were sick of divers diseases. And he cast out many devils; and suffered them not to speak, because they knew him.

⁵⁴ And as soon as they were come out of the ship, straight they knew him, ⁵⁵ and ran forth throughout all the region round about, and began to carry about in beds all that were sick, to place where they heard tell that he was there. ⁵⁶ And whithersoever he entered into the towns, or cities, or villages, they laid their sick in the streets, and prayed him, that they might touch and it were but the edge of his vesture. And as many as touched him were safe.

¹⁷ And he came down with them and stood in the plain field with the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all parts of Jewry and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon: which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases, ¹⁸ and they also that were vexed with foul spirits, and they were healed. ¹⁹ And all the people pressed to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.

²¹ And at the same time, he cured many of their infirmities and plagues, and of evil spirits: and unto many that were blind, he gave sight. ²² And Jesus answered, and said unto them, "Go your ways and show John, what things ye have heard and seen: how that the blind see, the halt go, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead arise: To the poor is the glad tidings preached,

²² "Ye men of Israel, hear these words: Jesus of Nazareth, a man approved of God among you with miracles and wonders, and signs which God did by him in the midst of you, as ye yourselves know:

¹⁵ insomuch that they brought the sick into the streets, and laid them on beds and pallets: that at the least way the shadow of Peter, when he came by, might shadow some of them. ¹⁶ There came also a multitude out of the cities round about unto Jerusalem, bringing with them sick folks and them which were vexed with unclean spirits. And they were healed every one.

¹¹ And God wrought not small miracles by the hands of Paul. ¹² So that from his body were brought unto the sick, napkins or partlets, and the diseases departed from them, and the evil spirits went out of them.

²⁸ And he said, "Thou shalt be called Jacob no more, but Israel. For thou hast wrestled with God and with men and hast prevailed."

²⁰ And he made there an altar, and there called upon the mighty God of Israel.

¹⁰ and saw the God of Israel, and under his feet as it were a brick work of sapphire, and as it were the fashion of heaven when it is clear,

¹⁵ And call upon me in the time of trouble; so will I hear thee, and thou shalt praise me."

²³ Whoso offereth me thanks and praise, he honoureth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation right, will I show the salvation of God."

⁸ And when the people saw it, they marveled and glorified God, which had given such power to men.

³³ And as soon as the devil was cast out, the dumb spake. And the people marveled, saying, "It was never so seen in Israel."

⁸ "Wherefore if thy hand, or thy foot, offend thee, cut him off, and cast him from thee. It is better for thee to enter into life halt or maimed; rather than thou shouldest, having two hands or two feet, be cast in to everlasting fire.

¹⁴ And the blind and the halt came to him in the temple, and he healed them.

¹² And by and by he arose, took up the bed, and went forth before them all: insomuch that they were all amazed, and glorified God saying, "We never saw it on this fashion."

³⁷ And were beyond measure astonished, saying, "He hath done all things well, and hath made both the deaf to hear and the dumb to speak."

⁴³ Wherefore, if thy hand offend thee, cut him off. It is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than to go, having two hands, into hell: into fire that never shall be quenched,

¹⁶ And there came a fear on them all. And they glorified God, saying, "A great prophet is risen among us, and God hath visited his people."

¹³ But when thou makest a feast, call the poor, the maimed, the lame, and the blind,

²¹ And the servant went again, and brought his master word thereof. Then was the good man of the house displeased, and said to his servant, 'Go out quickly into the streets and quarters of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.'

¹⁵ And one of them, when he saw that he was cleansed, turned back again, and with a loud voice praised God, ¹⁶ and fell down on his face at his feet, and gave him thanks. And the same was a Samaritan. ¹⁷ And Jesus answered and said, "Are there not ten cleansed? But where are those nine? ¹⁸ There are not found that returned again, to give God praise, save only this stranger."

⁴³ And immediately he saw, and followed him, praising God. And all the people, when they saw it, gave laud to God.

²⁴ Then again called they the man that was blind, and said unto him, "Give God the praise; we know that this man is a sinner."

² And there was a certain man halt from his mother's womb, whom they brought and laid at the gate of the temple called Beautiful, to ask his alms of them that entered into the temple. ³ Which same, when he saw Peter and John, that they would into the temple, desired to receive an alms; ⁴ And Peter fastened his eyes on him with John and said, "Look on us." ⁵ And he gave heed unto them, trusting to receive something of them. ⁶ Then said Peter, "Silver and gold have I none: such as I have, give I thee. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk." ⁷ And he took him by the right hand, and lifted him up. And immediately his feet and anklebones received strength, ⁸ and he sprang, stood, and also walked, and entered with them into the temple: walking, and leaping, and lauding God. ⁹ And all the people saw him walk and laud God. ¹⁰ And they knew him, that it was he which sat and begged at the Beautiful gate of the temple. And they wondered, and were sore astonished at that which had happened unto him. ¹¹ And as the halt which was healed held Peter and John, all the people ran amazed unto them in Solomon's porch.

⁸ And there sat a certain man at Lystra weak in his feet, being cripple from his mother's womb, and never walked. ⁹ The same heard Paul preach: which beheld him, and perceived that he had faith to be whole, ¹⁰ and said with a loud voice, "Stand upright on thy feet." And he started up, and walked.

²⁸ Then spake one of the people, and said, "Thy father adjured the people, saying, 'Cursed be the man that eateth any sustenance this day.'" And yet the people were fainty. ²⁹ Then said Jonathan, "My father hath troubled the land: for see, mine eyes hath received sight, because I tasted a little of this honey. ³⁰ How then, if all the people had eaten of the spoil of their enemies which they found, had there not been then a much greater slaughter among the Philistines?" ³¹ And they laid on the Philistines that day, from Michmash to Aijalon. And the people were exceeding fainty.

¹¹ Then they found an Egyptian in the field, and brought him to David and gave him bread to eat and water to drink, ¹² and gave him a few figs and two clusters of raisins. And when he had eaten his spirits came again to him: for he had eaten no bread nor drunk no water in three days and three nights.

³² After all these things seek the gentiles: For your heavenly father knoweth that ye have need of all these things. ³³ But rather, seek ye first the kingdom of heaven, and the righteousness thereof; and all these things shall be ministered unto you.

⁴⁰ For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

¹⁴ And Jesus went forth and saw much people: and his heart did melt upon them, and he healed of them those that were sick. ¹⁵ When even was come, his disciples came to him saying, "This is a desert place, and the day is spent, let the people depart that they may go in to the towns, and buy them victuals." ¹⁶ But Jesus said unto them, "They have no need to go away: Give ye them to eat." ¹⁷ Then said they unto him, "We have here but five loaves, and two fishes." ¹⁸ And he said, "Bring them hither to me." ¹⁹ And he commanded the people to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people. ²⁰ And they did all eat, and were sufficed. And they gathered up of the gobbets that remained twelve baskets full. ²¹ And they that ate were in number about five thousand men, besides women and children.

³⁴ Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight: And they followed him.

⁶³ and said, "Sir, we remember that this deceiver said while he was yet alive, after three days I will arise again.

¹ In those days when there was a very great company, and had nothing to eat, Jesus called his disciples to him and said unto them, ² "I have compassion on this people, because they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat: ³ And if I should send them away fasting to their own houses, they should faint by the way. For divers of them came from far." ⁴ And his disciples answered him, "Where should a man have bread here in the wilderness to satisfy these?" ⁵ And he asked them, "How many loaves have ye?" They said, "Seven." ⁶ And he commanded the people to sit down on the ground. And he took the seven loaves, gave thanks, brake, and gave to his disciples, to set before them. And they did set them before the people. ⁷ And they had a few small fishes. And he blessed them and commanded them also to be set before them. ⁸ And they ate and were sufficed, and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets full. ⁹ And they that ate were in number about four thousand. And he sent them away. ¹⁰ And anon he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.

¹³ And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, "Weep not."

²⁹ And ask not what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, neither climb ye up on high: ³⁰ for all such things the heathen people of the world seek for. Your father knoweth that ye have need of such things.

³³ And in the meantime, betwixt that and day, Paul besought them all to take meat, saying, "This is the fourteenth day that ye have tarried and continued fasting receiving nothing at all,

¹⁵ For we have not a high priest, which cannot have compassion on our infirmities: but was in all points tempted, as we are: but yet without sin.

²¹ And Moses said, "Six hundred thousand footmen are there of the people, among which I am. And thou hast said, 'I will give them flesh and they shall eat a month long.' ²² Shall the sheep and the oxen be slain for them to find them, either shall all the fish of the sea be gathered together to serve them?"

⁴² There came a man from Baalshalishah and brought the man of God bread of first fruits, even twenty loaves of barley, and new corn in a cloth he had. And Elisha bade put it before the people that they might eat. Then his minister said, ⁴³ "What should I set this before a hundred men?" And he said, "Set it before the people and let them eat. For thus sayeth the LORD, 'They shall eat and leave.'" ⁴⁴ And he set it before them, and they ate and left, according to the word of the LORD.

³⁷ He answered and said unto them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said unto him, "Shall we go and buy two hundred pennyworth of bread, and give them to eat?"

⁴ And his disciples answered him, "Where should a man have bread here in the wilderness to satisfy these?" ⁵ And he asked them, "How many loaves have ye?" They said, "Seven."

¹³ But he said unto them, "Give ye them to eat." And they said, "We have no more but five loaves and two fishes, except we should go and buy meat for all this people."

⁵ Then Jesus lift up his eyes, and saw a great company come unto him, and said unto Philip, "Whence shall we buy bread that these might eat?" ⁶ This he said to prove him. For he himself knew what he would do. ⁷ Philip answered him, "Two hundred pennyworth of bread are not sufficient for them, that every man have a little." ⁸ Then said unto him, one of his disciples, Andrew, Simon Peter's brother, ⁹ "There is a lad here, which hath five barley loaves, and two fishes: but what is that among so many?"

⁹ Do ye not yet perceive, neither remember those five loaves, when there were five thousand men, and how many baskets took ye up? ¹⁰ Neither the seven loaves, when there were four thousand, and how many baskets took ye up?

⁴¹ And while they yet believed not for joy, and wondered, he said unto them, "Have ye here any meat?" ⁴² And they gave him a piece of a broiled fish, and of a honeycomb.

⁹ As soon as they were come to land, they saw hot coals laid and fish laid thereon, and bread. ¹⁰ Jesus said unto them, "Bring of the fishes which ye have now caught."

³⁹ And he commanded them to make them all sit down, by companies upon the green grass. ⁴⁰ And they sat down: here a row, and there a row, by hundreds and by fifties.

¹⁴ And they were about a five thousand men. And he said unto his disciples, "Cause them to sit down by fifties in a company." ¹⁵ And they did so, and made them all sit down. ¹⁶ And he took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed them, and brake, and gave to the disciples, to set before the people.

¹⁰ And Jesus said, "Make the people to sit down." There was much grass in the place, and the men sat down: in number, about five thousand.

¹³ When ye be come into the city, so shall you find him, yer he go up to the hill to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he must bless the offering. And then eat they that be bidden to the feast. Now therefore get you up for even now shall ye find him."

¹⁹ And he commanded the people to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, and blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples gave them to the people.

²⁶ As they did eat, Jesus took bread and gave thanks, brake it, and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take. Eat. This is my body." ²⁷ And he took the cup, and thanked, and gave it them, saying, "Drink of it every one.

¹⁷ And he took the cup, and gave thanks, and said, "Take this, and divide it among you.

¹⁹ And he took bread, gave thanks, and brake it, and gave it unto them, saying, "This is my body which is given for you. This do in the remembrance of me."

³⁰ And it came to pass as he sat at meat with them, he took bread, and blessed it, and brake it, and gave it unto them.

¹¹ And Jesus took the bread, and gave thanks, and gave to the disciples; and his disciples, to them that were set down. And likewise of the fishes, as much as they would.

³⁵ And when he had thus spoken he took bread and gave thanks to God in presence of them all, and brake it, and began to eat.

⁶ He that observeth one day more than another, doth it for the Lord's pleasure. And he that observeth not one day more than another, doth it to please the Lord, also. He that eateth, doth it to please the lord, for he giveth God thanks; and he that eateth not, eateth not to please the Lord withal, and giveth God thanks.

³¹ Whether therefore ye eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the praise of God.

³ forbidding to marry, and commanding to abstain from meats, which God hath created to be received with giving thanks, of them which believe, and know the truth. ⁴ For all the creatures of God are good: and nothing to be refused, if it be received with thanksgiving:

⁹ For he satisfieth the greedy soul, and filleth the hungry soul with good.

³³ And his disciples said unto him, "Whence should we get so much bread in the wilderness as should suffice so great a multitude?"

⁸ And they ate and were sufficed, and they took up of the broken meat that was left, seven baskets full. ⁹ And they that ate were in number about four thousand. And he sent them away.

¹⁹ When I brake five loaves among five thousand men: How many baskets full of broken meat took ye up?" They said unto him, "Twelve." ²⁰ "When I brake seven among four thousand how many baskets of the leavings of broken meat took ye up?" They said, "Seven." ²¹ And he said unto them, "How is it that ye understand not?"

⁵³ He hath filled the hungry with good things: And sendeth away the rich empty.

²² And straightway Jesus made his disciples enter into a ship, and to go over before him, while he sent the people away.

¹⁰ And anon he entered into a ship with his disciples, and came into the parts of Dalmanutha.