no one to follow him, but Peter and James, and John the 38 brother of James. And he cometh into the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth a tumult, and persons 39 weeping and wailing greatly. And when he was come in, he saith unto them; 'Why make ye this ado, and weep? 40 The child is not dead, but sleepeth.' And they laughed at him. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the child, and those that were with him, and entereth in where the child was. 41 And he taketh the child by the hand, and saith to her;

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And king Herod heard, (for his name was spread 14 abroad,) and he said; John the Baptist hath been raised from the dead, and therefore the mighty powers work in 'him.' Others said; ' He is Elijah;' and others said; 'He 15 'is a prophet, as one of the prophets.' But when Herod 16 heard, he said; 'John, whom I beheaded, hath been raised 'from the dead.' For Herod himself had sent and seized 17 John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother; for he had married her. For John said unto Herod; 'It is not lawful for thee to 18 'have thy brother's wife.' And Herodias hated him, and 19 wished to kill him, and could not; for Herod feared 20 John, knowing that he was a just man and holy; and protected him; and when he heard him he did many things, and heard him gladly. And on a fit day, when 21 Herod on his birthday made a supper for his lords and he captains and the chief men of Galilee; and when the daughter of this Herodias came in, and danced, and pleased Herod and the guests, the king said unto the little girl; Ask of me whatever thou wilt, and I will give it to thee.' And he sware unto her; 'Whatever thou shalt 'ask of me, I will give to thee, unto the half of my king" dom.' And she went out, and said unto her mother; 24 'What shall I ask?' And she said; 'The head of John 'the Baptist.' And she came in straightway with haste 25 unto the king, and asked, saying; 'I will that thou give 'me at once the head of John the Baptist on a dish.' And the king was very sorry, yet for the sake of his oaths 26 and the guests he would not refuse her. And the king 27 immediately sent out an executioner, and ordered his head to be brought in. And he went out and beheaded him in the prison, and brought in his head on a dish, and 28 gave it to the little girl; and the little girl gave it to her mother. And when his disciples heard, they came 29 and took up his body, and laid it in a tomb.

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' awhile;' for there were many coming and going, and 32 they had no leisure even to eat. And they departed into

a desert place by boat privately. And the people saw them departing, and many knew them, and ran with them 34 thither afoot out of all the cities. And when he came out he saw a great crowd, and pitied them, because they were as sheep having no shepherd; and he began to teach 35 them many things. And as the hour was now late, his disciples came unto him, saying; This is a desert place, 36 and the hour is now late; send them away, that they may go into the country round about, and into the 'villages, and buy themselves loaves; for they have 37' nothing to eat.' And he answered and said unto them; 'Give ye unto them to eat.' And they say unto him; Should we go and buy loaves for two hundred Denarii '[or sixteen hundred pence], and give them to eat?' 38 And he saith unto them; ' How many loaves have ye? 'go and see.' And when they knew, they say; 'Five, 39 and two fishes.' And he commanded them to make all lie down, company by company, on the green grass. 40 And they lay down, rank by rank, in hundreds and in 41 fifties. And when he had taken the five loaves and the two fishes, and looked up to heaven, he gave praise, and brake the loaves, and gave them to his disciples to set before them; and the two fishes he divided among all: 4243 And they all ate, and were filled. And they took up twelve baskets full of the fragments and of the fishes. 44 And they that ate of the loaves were five thousand men. And straightway he made his disciples get into the boat, and go on before to the other side towards Beth46 saida, while he sent away the crowd. And when he had

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and were troubled. And immediately he talked with them, and saith unto them; 'Be of good cheer; it is I; 51 be not afraid.' And he went up unto them into the

boat; and the wind ceased; and they were sore amazed in themselves beyond measure, and wondered. For they 52 thought not of the loaves, for their heart was hardened. And when they had passed over, they came to the land 53 of Gennesaret, and drew to the shore.

And when they were come out of the boat, straightway 54 they knew him, and they ran throughout that whole 55 neighbourhood, and began to carry about on their beds those that were sick, wherever they heard that he was. And wherever he entered into villages, or cities, or country 56 places, they laid the sick in the market-places, and besought him that they might touch if it were but the hem of his cloak; and as many as touched him were healed.

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Then came together unto him the Pharisees, and some of the scribes, who came from Jerusalem. And when they saw some of his disciples eating bread with common, that is with unwashen, hands; (for the Pharisees and all the Jews, unless they wash their hands thoroughly, eat not, holding the tradition of the elders; and when they come from the market, except they wash, they eat not; and many other things there be, which they have received to hold; the washing of cups, and of platters, and of brasen vessels, and of couches ;) then the Pharisees and scribes ask him; 'Why walk not thy disciples after the tradition ' of the elders, but eat bread with common hands?' And he answered and said unto them; 'Well hath Isaiah 'prophesied about you hypocrites, as it is written; This 'people honoureth me with the lips, but their heart is far 'from me; and in vain they worship me, teaching for doctrines the commands of men. For laying aside the 'command of God, ye hold the tradition of men; washing of platters and cups; and many other such like things do 'ye. And he said unto them; Full well ye reject the commandment of God, that ye may keep your own tradition. For Moses said; Honour thy father and thy 10 'mother; and, Whoso curseth father or mother, let him die the death. But ye say; If a man say to his father 11 or mother, It is Corban, that is, a gift, whatever thou 'mightest have owing to thee from me; then ye let him 12 do no more for his father or his mother, making void the 13 word of God by your tradition, which ye have delivered; 'and many such like things do ye.' And calling all the 14

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crowd, he said unto them; 'Hear me all of you, and 15 'understand. There is nothing from without the man, 'entering into him, that can make him common; but the 'things which come out of him, those are what make the 16 'man common. If any one hath ears to hear let him 17 'hear.' And when he went into a house from the crowd, 18 his disciples asked him about the parable. And he saith unto them; 'And are ye so without understanding? Do 'ye not perceive that nothing from without that entereth 19 'into the man can make him common? Because it 'entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth 20 'out into the draught, making pure all the meats.' And he said; That which cometh out of the man, that maketh 21 'the man common. For from within, out of the heart of 'men, come evil thoughts; adulteries, fornications, mur22 'ders, thefts, lasciviousness, wickedness, deceit, unclean23 'ness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness; all these

'evil things come from within and make the man common.' 24 And he arose from thence, and went into the neighbourhood of Tyre and Sidon, and entered into the house, and would have no one know it; but he could not keep 25 hid. For a woman, whose young daughter had an unclean spirit, heard about him, and came and fell at his feet. 26 The woman was a Greek, a Syrophenician by birth; and she besought him that he would cast the demon out 27 of her daughter. And Jesus said unto her; 'Let the 'children first be filled; for it is not right to take the 28 'children's bread, and cast it to the dogs.' And she answered and said unto him; 'Yes, Lord; for the dogs 29 under the table eat of the children's crumbs.' And he said unto her; 'For this saying, go thy way; the demon 30 'is gone out of thy daughter.' And when she came into her house, she found the demon gone out, and her daughter laid on the bed.

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